Category: Vorstellung

A film by Christian Petzold. In German with English subtitles.

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On a weekend trip to the coun­try­si­de, Laura mira­cu­lous­ly sur­vi­ves a car crash. Physically unhurt but deep­ly shaken, she is taken in by a local woman who wit­nessed the acci­dent and now cares for Laura with mother­ly devo­ti­on. When her hus­band and adult son also give up their initi­al resis­tance to Laura’s pre­sence, the four of them slow­ly build up some fami­ly-like rou­ti­ne. But soon they can no lon­ger igno­re their past…

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DE 2025, 86 Min., deut­sche OmeU
Regie: Christian Petzold
Schnitt:  Bettina Böhler
Kamera: Hans Fromm
mit: Paula Beer, Barbara Auer, Matthias Brandt, Enno Trebs

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A film by Martina Priessner. In German and Turkish with German and Turkish subtitles.

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In November 1992, a racist arson attack in Mölln shat­te­red the lives of İbrahim Arslan and his fami­ly. At just seven years old, İbrahim sur­vi­ved, but he lost his sis­ter, his cou­sin and his grand­mo­ther. In the after­math of the attacks, the city recei­ved hundreds of let­ters of soli­da­ri­ty which were igno­red for near­ly three deca­des. Woven into İbrahim’s poignant jour­ney of dis­co­very and his encoun­ters with three let­ter wri­ters, the­se redis­co­ver­ed let­ters form a visu­al and emo­tio­nal bridge bet­ween past and pre­sent. The film fol­lows İbrahim and his siblings, pain­ting a com­plex por­trait of the las­ting trau­ma that con­ti­nues to affect them to this day. While İbrahim has found a way to cope by fight­ing against racism and advo­ca­ting for a remem­brance cul­tu­re cent­red on the vic­tims’ per­spec­ti­ves, his brot­her Namik is still at the begin­ning of his jour­ney to come to terms with the trau­ma­tic expe­ri­en­ces.
The film not only ampli­fies the per­spec­ti­ves of the vic­tims and sur­vi­vors but also unco­vers the vibrant soli­da­ri­ty that once exis­ted – a soli­da­ri­ty of which the vic­tims and sur­vi­vors were pre­vious­ly una­wa­re. It offers a new per­spec­ti­ve on remem­brance – one that takes the voices of sur­vi­vors and their expe­ri­en­ces serious­ly and pro­vi­des them with the space and reco­gni­ti­on that they deserve.

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DE 2025, 96 Min., deutsch, tür­ki­sche Originalfassung mit deut­schen und tür­ki­schen Untertiteln
Regie: Martina Priessner 
Schnitt: Maja Tennstedt
Kamera: Ayşe Alacakaptan, Julia Geiß

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A film by Marie Luise Lehner. Starts October 2nd at the fsk. In German, German Sign Language & English with German subtitles.

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Slowly, 12-year-old Anna and her deaf mum are start­ing to feel a bit cram­ped in their flat. It’s not just the lack of pri­va­cy that’s caus­ing fric­tion – Anna has just star­ted secon­da­ry school and quick­ly rea­li­ses what’s important now: brand-name clo­thes and a sen­se of belon­ging. She quick­ly gets hold of a fake Ralph Lauren jum­per, but money’s still tight. In her debut, direc­tor and aut­hor Marie Luise Lehner stages a con­fron­ta­ti­on with clas­sist struc­tures, which Anna tack­les with a mix­tu­re of shame and grit. She finds an ally in Mara, who chal­lenges others with femi­nist issues and who also lives alo­ne with her que­er father. Lehner stands by her heroes uncon­di­tio­nal­ly, giving them space for intro­s­pec­tion and out­bursts, allo­wing them to row back and recon­ci­le. Not fit­ting in allows them to get to know and app­re­cia­te who they are. Lehner flies the flag of soli­da­ri­ty, quite natu­ral­ly and with ple­nty of refe­ren­ces to pop cul­tu­re. And clo­ses with a libe­ra­ting “Fuck you, Vienna”, high abo­ve the city’s rooftops.

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AT 2025, 87 Min., Deutsch, Deutsche Gebärdensprache, Englisch OmU
Regie: Marie Luise Lehner
Kamera: Simone Hart
Schnitt: Jana Libnik, Joana Scrinzi, Alexandra Schneider
mit: Siena Popović, Mariya Menner, Jessica Paar, Daniel Sea

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A film by Christina Tournatzés. In German with English subtitles.

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1962 – Twelve-year-old Karla is a wit­ness in court. She files char­ges against the very per­son who was sup­po­sed to pro­tect her: Her father. Judge Lamy is the hope at her side.

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DE 2025, 104 Min., deut­sche Originalfassung mit eng­li­schen Untertiteln
Regie: Christina Tournatzés
Kamera: Florian Emmerich
Schnitt: Isabel Meier
mit: Elise Krieps, Rainer Bock, Imogen Kogge, Torben Liebrecht, Katharina Schüttler

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A film by Christian Petzold. In German with English subtitles.

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On a weekend trip to the coun­try­si­de, Laura mira­cu­lous­ly sur­vi­ves a car crash. Physically unhurt but deep­ly shaken, she is taken in by a local woman who wit­nessed the acci­dent and now cares for Laura with mother­ly devo­ti­on. When her hus­band and adult son also give up their initi­al resis­tance to Laura’s pre­sence, the four of them slow­ly build up some fami­ly-like rou­ti­ne. But soon they can no lon­ger igno­re their past…

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DE 2025, 86 Min., deut­sche OmeU
Regie: Christian Petzold
Schnitt:  Bettina Böhler
Kamera: Hans Fromm
mit: Paula Beer, Barbara Auer, Matthias Brandt, Enno Trebs

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A film by Christina Tournatzés. In German with English subtitles.

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1962 – Twelve-year-old Karla is a wit­ness in court. She files char­ges against the very per­son who was sup­po­sed to pro­tect her: Her father. Judge Lamy is the hope at her side.

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DE 2025, 104 Min., deut­sche Originalfassung mit eng­li­schen Untertiteln
Regie: Christina Tournatzés
Kamera: Florian Emmerich
Schnitt: Isabel Meier
mit: Elise Krieps, Rainer Bock, Imogen Kogge, Torben Liebrecht, Katharina Schüttler

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A film by  Emanuel Pârvu. In Romanian with German subtitles.

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Adi (17) is spen­ding the sum­mer in his home vil­la­ge in the Danube Delta. One night he is bru­t­ally atta­cked on the street, the next day his world is tur­ned upsi­de-down. His par­ents no lon­ger look at him as they did, and the see­ming tran­qui­li­ty of the vil­la­ge starts to crack.

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TREI KILOMETRI PÂNĂ LA CAPĂTUL LUMII
RO 2024, 105 Min., rumä­ni­sche OmU
Regie: Emanuel Pârvu
Kamera: Silviu Stavilã
Schnitt: Mircea Olteanu
mit: Ciprian Chiujdea) · Bogdan Dumitrache · Laura Vasiliu · Valeriu Andriutâ · Ingrid Micu-Berescu 

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A film by Mascha Schilinski. In German.

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Four girls, Alma, Erika, Angelika, and Lenka, each spend their youth on the same farm in nor­t­hern Germany. As the home evol­ves over a cen­tu­ry, echo­es of the past lin­ger in its walls. Though sepa­ra­ted by time, their lives begin to mir­ror each other.

Cannes 2025 – Jury Prize

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DE 2024, 149 Min.,
Regie: Mascha Schilinski
Kamera: Fabian Gamper
Schnitt: Evelyn Rack
Darsteller*innen: Luise Heyer, Lena Urzendowsky, Claudia Geisler-Bading, Lea Drinda, Hanna Heckt

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A film by Marie Luise Lehner. Starts October 2nd at the fsk. In German, German Sign Language & English with German subtitles.

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Slowly, 12-year-old Anna and her deaf mum are start­ing to feel a bit cram­ped in their flat. It’s not just the lack of pri­va­cy that’s caus­ing fric­tion – Anna has just star­ted secon­da­ry school and quick­ly rea­li­ses what’s important now: brand-name clo­thes and a sen­se of belon­ging. She quick­ly gets hold of a fake Ralph Lauren jum­per, but money’s still tight. In her debut, direc­tor and aut­hor Marie Luise Lehner stages a con­fron­ta­ti­on with clas­sist struc­tures, which Anna tack­les with a mix­tu­re of shame and grit. She finds an ally in Mara, who chal­lenges others with femi­nist issues and who also lives alo­ne with her que­er father. Lehner stands by her heroes uncon­di­tio­nal­ly, giving them space for intro­s­pec­tion and out­bursts, allo­wing them to row back and recon­ci­le. Not fit­ting in allows them to get to know and app­re­cia­te who they are. Lehner flies the flag of soli­da­ri­ty, quite natu­ral­ly and with ple­nty of refe­ren­ces to pop cul­tu­re. And clo­ses with a libe­ra­ting “Fuck you, Vienna”, high abo­ve the city’s rooftops.

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AT 2025, 87 Min., Deutsch, Deutsche Gebärdensprache, Englisch OmU
Regie: Marie Luise Lehner
Kamera: Simone Hart
Schnitt: Jana Libnik, Joana Scrinzi, Alexandra Schneider
mit: Siena Popović, Mariya Menner, Jessica Paar, Daniel Sea

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A film by Ibrahim Nash’at. On October 3rd at the fsk, with QnA, A LET‘S DOK event.

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After the USA’s with­dra­wal from Afghanistan, Taliban forces take over the for­mer “Hollywoodgate” CIA base, which they see as an “ene­my camp.” They are accom­pa­nied by the direc­tor Nash’at. His foo­ta­ge gives us a uni­que cine­ma­tic expe­ri­ence and a record of con­tem­po­ra­ry histo­ry, that obser­ves the ter­ro­rist militia wit­hout com­men­ta­ry as they are car­ri­ed away by the eupho­ria of their power trip, a fer­vour to explo­re and mega­lo­ma­nia. Pablo Bücheler

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DE/US 2023, 95 Min., Dari, Englisch, Pashtu OmU
Regie & Kamera: Ibrahim Nash’at
Kamera: Christian Kochmann
Schnitt: Marion Tuor, Atanas Georgiev

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