Category: Vorstellung

A film by Jia Zhang-Ke. In Mandarin with German subtitles.

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An endu­ring but fra­gi­le love sto­ry shared by Qiaoqiao and Bin, set in China, from the ear­ly 2000s to the pre­sent day.
Caught up in each other, Qiaoqiao and Bin enjoy­ed all that the city had to offer, sin­ging and dancing. Until one day, Bin finds hims­elf wan­ting to try his luck in a big­ger place than Datong. He left wit­hout any noti­ce. Some time later, Qiaoqiao deci­des to go on a jour­ney to look for him.
Traversing all of his past films, Jia Zhangke deli­vers an epic look at the roman­tic desti­ny of his peren­ni­al heroi­ne, Qiaoqiao. Spanning 21 years of a coun­try going through pro­found trans­for­ma­ti­on, the film gives a new per­spec­ti­ve to look into the con­tem­po­ra­ry China as well as the indi­vi­du­al expe­ri­en­ces under the tur­bu­lent emo­tio­nal and social changes.

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Feng liu yi dai
CN 2024, 110 Min., chin. OmU
Regie: Jia Zhang-Ke
Kamera: Yu Lik-Wai, Eric Gautier
Schnitt: Yang Chao, Lin Xudong, Matthieu Laclau
mit: Zhao Tao, Li Zhubin, Pan Jianlin, Lan Zhou

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A film by Dag Johan Haugerud. In Norwegian with German subtitles.

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Two chim­ney sweeps living in mono­ga­mous, hete­ro­se­xu­al mar­ria­ges both end up in situa­tions that chall­enge their views on sexua­li­ty and gen­der roles. One has a sexu­al encoun­ter with ano­ther man, wit­hout hims­elf expe­ri­en­cing it eit­her as an expres­si­on of homo­se­xu­al lon­gings or infi­de­li­ty. The other sud­den­ly expe­ri­en­ces noc­turnal dreams in which he is seen as a woman. This con­fu­ses and dis­turbs him. He beg­ins to won­der to what ext­ent the gaze of others shapes his per­so­na­li­ty and whe­ther the­re are aspects of hims­elf that he has sup­pres­sed, ther­eby limi­ting hims­elf.
In Dag Johan Haugerud’s Sex, the chim­ney is swept befo­re we get down to busi­ness. Whether hete­ro or homo, wit­ty word­play chal­lenges nor­ma­ti­ve images of men and socie­ty in modern urban Norway.

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OT: Sex
DE 2023, 90 Min., norw. OmU
Regie: Dag Johan Haugerud
Kamera: Cecilie Semec
Schnitt: Jens Christian Fodstad
mit: Jan Gunnar Røise, Thorbjørn Harr, Siri Forberg, Birgitte Larsen

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Sex Trailer | OIFF 2024

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A film by Jia Zhang-Ke. In Mandarin with German subtitles.

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An endu­ring but fra­gi­le love sto­ry shared by Qiaoqiao and Bin, set in China, from the ear­ly 2000s to the pre­sent day.
Caught up in each other, Qiaoqiao and Bin enjoy­ed all that the city had to offer, sin­ging and dancing. Until one day, Bin finds hims­elf wan­ting to try his luck in a big­ger place than Datong. He left wit­hout any noti­ce. Some time later, Qiaoqiao deci­des to go on a jour­ney to look for him.
Traversing all of his past films, Jia Zhangke deli­vers an epic look at the roman­tic desti­ny of his peren­ni­al heroi­ne, Qiaoqiao. Spanning 21 years of a coun­try going through pro­found trans­for­ma­ti­on, the film gives a new per­spec­ti­ve to look into the con­tem­po­ra­ry China as well as the indi­vi­du­al expe­ri­en­ces under the tur­bu­lent emo­tio­nal and social changes.

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Feng liu yi dai
CN 2024, 110 Min., chin. OmU
Regie: Jia Zhang-Ke
Kamera: Yu Lik-Wai, Eric Gautier
Schnitt: Yang Chao, Lin Xudong, Matthieu Laclau
mit: Zhao Tao, Li Zhubin, Pan Jianlin, Lan Zhou

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A film by Reto Caduff. In German with English subtitles.

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„Don’t talk, do!” At the end of the 70s, punk pro­mi­sed rebel­li­on and self-empower­ment. Also for the women in the sce­ne. They fought for their place on stage bet­ween the domi­nant punk top dogs, play­ing against social norms and long-out­da­ted fema­le role models. This is their story.

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DE/CH 2024, 89 Min., deut­sche OmeU
Regie: Reto Caduff
Kamera: Roman Schauerte, Stephan Huwyler
Schnitt: Beatrice Babin, Ginés Olivares 

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A film by Sabine Herpich. In German with English subtitles.

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For the first time in six years, Barbara Morgenstern, pio­neer of German-style elec­tro­nic inti­ma­te pop, works on a new album. Her lap­top sits on a shoe­box, in the pri­va­cy of her home she finds first lines and har­mo­nies: “I like to be alo­ne,” one song beg­ins. One by one, musi­ci­ans join her. Intuitive ide­as take shape. A win­dow has ope­ned. Arrangements, rehear­sals, recor­dings fol­low. Step by step, the music enters public space, images are pro­du­ced, vide­os, nar­ra­ti­ves. Questions ari­se: New begin­ning or back to the roots? New Biedermeier or tough poli­ti­cal com­ment? The big­ger the band, the ris­kier the boo­king. The more cri­sis-rid­den the envi­ron­ment, the more com­fort­ing the music-making.
Sabine Herpich shows the crea­ti­on of a pop album as a working pro­cess. Her view is as unpre­ten­tious as her prot­ago­nist, her quiet obser­va­ti­on not inte­res­ted in sto­ry and gla­mour, but in clo­sen­ess and com­pre­hen­si­on. We under­stand why someone works as an artist, even if it is never explai­ned. Barbara Morgenstern shares what moves her: “Labour of love / for the rest of the earth / I’m more than cer­tain / that this still has worth.”

Jan Künemund

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DE 2024, 109 Min., dt. OmeU
Regie, Kamera & Schnitt: Sabine Herpich
Ton: Sabine Herpich, Tobias Büchner
Produktion: Tobias Büchner

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A film by Rúnar Rúnarsson. In Icelandic with German subtitles.

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When the light breaks on a long summer’s day in Iceland. From one sun­set to ano­ther, Una, a young art stu­dent encoun­ters love, fri­end­ship, sor­row and beauty.

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Ljósbrot
IS/NL/HR FR 2024, 82 Min., islän­di­sche OmU
Regie: Rúnar Rúnarsson
Kamera: Sophia Olsson
Schnitt: Andri Steinn Guðjónsson
mit: Elín Hall, Mikael Kaaber, Katla Njálsdóttir

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WENN DAS LICHT ZERBRICHT – Trailer OmeU | eng­lish Subs

Im Kino mit deut­schen Untertiteln.

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A film by Jennifer Mallmann. In Greek, Farsi, German, English with German subtitles.

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There was an eery silence after a fire had des­troy­ed the Moria camp com­ple­te­ly in September 2020. Not just local­ly, but in public dis­cour­se. The world did not seem par­ti­cu­lar­ly con­cer­ned with the inhu­ma­ne con­di­ti­ons in other camps on Europe’s exter­nal bor­ders or the count­less push­backs in the Mediterranean. Nor did the arrest of six ado­le­s­cents who were accu­sed of arson reso­na­te in any audi­ble way – though even a second glan­ce at the cir­cum­s­tances of the inves­ti­ga­ti­on and the cri­mi­nal pro­cee­dings reve­a­led the actions of the Greek judi­cia­ry to be ques­tionable. Not to men­ti­on the under­ly­ing refu­gee poli­cy of the European Union.
Jennifer Mallmann dares to take this second glan­ce with her film. At its cent­re is her cor­re­spon­dence with Hassan, one of the con­vic­ted youths, who tells her of his ever­y­day life, his desi­res and fears from pri­son. Calm, pre­cis­e­ly framed images docu­ment “nor­ma­li­ty” on the frin­ges of Fortress Europe. They show how stra­te­gi­cal iso­la­ti­on and the ensuing struc­tu­ral exclu­si­on work. If you want to know how our com­mu­ni­ty of nati­ons ima­gi­nes its future you only need to look at the new­ly-built futu­ristic high-secu­ri­ty camps, whe­re new arri­vals are trea­ted like peo­p­le who have com­mit­ted serious cri­mes. Luc-Carolin Ziemann

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DE 2024, 82 Min., OmU,
Regie: Jennifer Mallmann
Kamera: Sina Diehl
Schnitt: Maxie Borchert

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A film by Dag Johan Haugerud. In Norwegian with German subtitles.

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At 17, Johanne falls head over heels in love with her fema­le tea­cher. In an attempt to cap­tu­re this first crush, she pours her expe­ri­en­ces onto paper with raw hones­ty. When her mother and grand­mo­ther dis­co­ver her wri­tin­gs, their initi­al shock at the inti­ma­te descrip­ti­ons gives way to admi­ra­ti­on for their lite­ra­ry merit. The two older women begin to reflect on their own love lives, their plea­su­res and missed oppor­tu­ni­ties, and are remin­ded of the over­whel­ming sen­sa­ti­on of first love; and of the lon­ging for some­thing more. Johanne’s grand­mo­ther, an estab­lished poet hers­elf, feels both pri­de and unea­se at her granddaughter’s natu­ral talent. But ques­ti­ons lin­ger: What tru­ly hap­pen­ed bet­ween Johanne and her tea­cher? Where does rea­li­ty end and fic­tion begin? And should the­se deep­ly per­so­nal wri­tin­gs ever find their way to publication?

Golden Bear – Berlinale 2025

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NO 2024, 110 Min., nor­we­gi­sche OmU
Regie: Dag Johan Haugerud
Kamera: Cecilie Semec
Schnitt: Jens Christian Fodstad
mit: Ella Øverbye, Selome Emnetu, Ane Dahl Torp, Anne Marit Jacobsen

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DREAMS (SEX LOVE) International Trailer

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A film by Dag Johan Haugerud. In Norwegian with German subtitles.

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Two chim­ney sweeps living in mono­ga­mous, hete­ro­se­xu­al mar­ria­ges both end up in situa­tions that chall­enge their views on sexua­li­ty and gen­der roles. One has a sexu­al encoun­ter with ano­ther man, wit­hout hims­elf expe­ri­en­cing it eit­her as an expres­si­on of homo­se­xu­al lon­gings or infi­de­li­ty. The other sud­den­ly expe­ri­en­ces noc­turnal dreams in which he is seen as a woman. This con­fu­ses and dis­turbs him. He beg­ins to won­der to what ext­ent the gaze of others shapes his per­so­na­li­ty and whe­ther the­re are aspects of hims­elf that he has sup­pres­sed, ther­eby limi­ting hims­elf.
In Dag Johan Haugerud’s Sex, the chim­ney is swept befo­re we get down to busi­ness. Whether hete­ro or homo, wit­ty word­play chal­lenges nor­ma­ti­ve images of men and socie­ty in modern urban Norway.

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OT: Sex
DE 2023, 90 Min., norw. OmU
Regie: Dag Johan Haugerud
Kamera: Cecilie Semec
Schnitt: Jens Christian Fodstad
mit: Jan Gunnar Røise, Thorbjørn Harr, Siri Forberg, Birgitte Larsen

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Sex Trailer | OIFF 2024

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A film by Jia Zhang-Ke. In Mandarin with German subtitles.

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An endu­ring but fra­gi­le love sto­ry shared by Qiaoqiao and Bin, set in China, from the ear­ly 2000s to the pre­sent day.
Caught up in each other, Qiaoqiao and Bin enjoy­ed all that the city had to offer, sin­ging and dancing. Until one day, Bin finds hims­elf wan­ting to try his luck in a big­ger place than Datong. He left wit­hout any noti­ce. Some time later, Qiaoqiao deci­des to go on a jour­ney to look for him.
Traversing all of his past films, Jia Zhangke deli­vers an epic look at the roman­tic desti­ny of his peren­ni­al heroi­ne, Qiaoqiao. Spanning 21 years of a coun­try going through pro­found trans­for­ma­ti­on, the film gives a new per­spec­ti­ve to look into the con­tem­po­ra­ry China as well as the indi­vi­du­al expe­ri­en­ces under the tur­bu­lent emo­tio­nal and social changes.

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Feng liu yi dai
CN 2024, 110 Min., chin. OmU
Regie: Jia Zhang-Ke
Kamera: Yu Lik-Wai, Eric Gautier
Schnitt: Yang Chao, Lin Xudong, Matthieu Laclau
mit: Zhao Tao, Li Zhubin, Pan Jianlin, Lan Zhou

Trailer:

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