Category: Vorstellung

A film by Thomas Arslan. In German with English subtitles.

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Following In the Shadows, the film Scorched Earth is the second part of Thomas Arslan’s Trojan tri­lo­gy. Twelve years after care­er cri­mi­nal Trojan was forced to flee Berlin, the search for con­tracts leads him back to the city. Trojan is bro­ke and urgen­tly needs a new job. But Berlin has chan­ged and his old cont­acts are no lon­ger of much use. Plus, Trojan’s maxim of only ever working for cash is hard to fol­low in an incre­asing­ly digi­ta­li­sed world. So it takes some time befo­re the midd­le­wo­man Rebecca final­ly offers him the pro­s­pect of a lucra­ti­ve con­tract: a pain­ting by Caspar David Friedrich is to be sto­len from a muse­um. The heist unites Trojan with geta­way dri­ver Diana, his for­mer mate Luca and the young Chris. Everything looks pro­mi­sing, but the shadowy cli­ent and his hench­man Victor have their own plans for the pain­ting. Soon it beco­mes less about the money and more about get­ting out alive.

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DE 2024, 101 Min., dt. OmeU
Regie: Thomas Arslan
Kamera: Reinhold Vorschneider
Schnitt: Reinaldo Pinto Almeida
mit Mišel Matičević, Marie Leuenberger, Alexander Fehling, Tim Seyfi, Bilge Bingül, Marie-Lou Sellem, Katrin Röver, Anja Schneider, Tamer Yiğit

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A film by Levan Akin. In Georgian, Turkish and English with German subtitles.

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Lia, a reti­red tea­cher, has made a pro­mi­se to find out what hap­pen­ed to her long-lost nie­ce, Tekla. When Lia lear­ns from a neigh­bour, Achi, that Tekla might have left their Georgian home­land and be living in Turkey, Lia and Achi set off tog­e­ther to find her. Arriving in Istanbul, they dis­co­ver a beau­tiful city full of con­nec­tions and pos­si­bi­li­ties. But sear­ching for someone who never inten­ded to be found is har­der than they expec­ted – until they meet Evrim, a lawy­er fight­ing for trans rights. As Lia and Achi wea­ve their way through the city’s back­streets, Tekla starts to feel clo­ser than ever.
Levan Akin’s fourth fea­ture film is fil­led with an impres­si­ve emo­tio­nal imme­dia­cy. Two initi­al­ly hesi­tant stran­gers over­co­me not only ideo­lo­gi­cal but also inter­nal boun­da­ries on their mis­si­on and join forces. The topo­gra­phy of the city plays just as important a role in this ode to huma­ni­ty as the array of cha­rac­ters that live within it.

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SE/DK/FR/TR/GE 2023, 105 Min., geor­gisch, tür­kisch, engl. OmU
Regie: Levan Akin
Kamera: Lisabi Fridell
Schnitt: Emma Lagrelius, Levan Akin
mit: Mzia Arabuli, Lucas Kankava, Deniz Dumanlı 

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A film by Fanny Liatard and Jérémy Trouilh. In French with German subtitles.

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Between tower block and orbit: the sto­ry of a young fan of space tra­vel from the ban­lieue is an expe­di­ti­on into the power of the ima­gi­na­ti­on – poe­tic, playful and full of quir­ky moments. 16-year old Yuri has spent his who­le life in the Cité Gagarine, a coun­cil estate from the 1960s on the edge of Paris. Like the eponym of the estate, Yuri dreams of one day lif­ting off into space and esca­ping the drab­ness. But when plans are announ­ced to tear down the estate, he joins the resis­tance. Together with his fri­end Houssam and his neigh­bour Diana, he sets out to save Gagarine – and trans­forms his flat into a space station.

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FR 2020, 95 Min., franz. OmU
Regie: Fanny Liatard, Jérémy Trouilh
Kamera: Victor Seguin
Schnitt: Daniel Darmon
mit Alseni Bathily, Lyna Khoudri, Jamil McCraven, Finnegan Oldfield, Farida Rahouadj, Denis Lavant

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A film by Pawo Choyning Dorji. In Dzongkha and English with German subtitles.

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Kingdom of Bhutan, 2006. Modernization has final­ly arri­ved. Bhutan beco­mes the last coun­try in the world to con­nect to the inter­net and tele­vi­si­on, and now the big­gest chan­ge of all: demo­cra­cy. To teach the peo­p­le how to vote, the aut­ho­ri­ties orga­ni­ze a mock elec­tion, but the locals seem uncon­vin­ced. Traveling to rural Bhutan whe­re reli­gi­on is more popu­lar than poli­tics, the elec­tion super­vi­sor dis­co­vers that a monk is plan­ning a mys­te­rious cerem­o­ny for the elec­tion day.

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The Monk and the Gun
BT 2023, 107 Min., Dzongkha, Englisch OmU
Regie: Pawo Choyning Dorji
Kamera: Jigme Tenzing
Schnitt: Hsiao-Yun Ku
mit: Tandin Wangchuk, Deki Lhamo, Pema Zangmo Sherpa, Tandin Sonam, Harry Einhorn, Choeying Jatsho, Tandin Phubz, Yuphel Lhendup Selden, Kelsang Choejay

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A film by Mohamed Kordofani.
In Arabic with German subtitles.

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Wracked by guilt after cove­ring up a mur­der, Mona a nor­t­hern Sudanese reti­red sin­ger in a ten­se mar­ria­ge tri­es to make amends by taking in the deceased’s sou­thern Sudanese widow, Julia, and her son, Daniel, into her home. Unable to con­fess her trans­gres­si­ons to Julia, Mona deci­des to lea­ve the past behind and adjust to a new sta­tus quo, una­wa­re that the country’s turm­oil may find its way into her home and put her face to face with her sins.

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SD/SE/DE/SA/FR/EG 2023, 120 Min., arab. OmU,
Regie: Mohamed Kordofani
Kamera: Pierre de Villiers
mit: Eiman Yousif, Siran Riak, Nazar Gomaa, Ger Duany 

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A film by Levan Akin. In Georgian, Turkish and English with German subtitles.

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Lia, a reti­red tea­cher, has made a pro­mi­se to find out what hap­pen­ed to her long-lost nie­ce, Tekla. When Lia lear­ns from a neigh­bour, Achi, that Tekla might have left their Georgian home­land and be living in Turkey, Lia and Achi set off tog­e­ther to find her. Arriving in Istanbul, they dis­co­ver a beau­tiful city full of con­nec­tions and pos­si­bi­li­ties. But sear­ching for someone who never inten­ded to be found is har­der than they expec­ted – until they meet Evrim, a lawy­er fight­ing for trans rights. As Lia and Achi wea­ve their way through the city’s back­streets, Tekla starts to feel clo­ser than ever.
Levan Akin’s fourth fea­ture film is fil­led with an impres­si­ve emo­tio­nal imme­dia­cy. Two initi­al­ly hesi­tant stran­gers over­co­me not only ideo­lo­gi­cal but also inter­nal boun­da­ries on their mis­si­on and join forces. The topo­gra­phy of the city plays just as important a role in this ode to huma­ni­ty as the array of cha­rac­ters that live within it.

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SE/DK/FR/TR/GE 2023, 105 Min., geor­gisch, tür­kisch, engl. OmU
Regie: Levan Akin
Kamera: Lisabi Fridell
Schnitt: Emma Lagrelius, Levan Akin
mit: Mzia Arabuli, Lucas Kankava, Deniz Dumanlı 

Trailer:

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A film by Fanny Liatard and Jérémy Trouilh. In French with German subtitles.

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Between tower block and orbit: the sto­ry of a young fan of space tra­vel from the ban­lieue is an expe­di­ti­on into the power of the ima­gi­na­ti­on – poe­tic, playful and full of quir­ky moments. 16-year old Yuri has spent his who­le life in the Cité Gagarine, a coun­cil estate from the 1960s on the edge of Paris. Like the eponym of the estate, Yuri dreams of one day lif­ting off into space and esca­ping the drab­ness. But when plans are announ­ced to tear down the estate, he joins the resis­tance. Together with his fri­end Houssam and his neigh­bour Diana, he sets out to save Gagarine – and trans­forms his flat into a space station.

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FR 2020, 95 Min., franz. OmU
Regie: Fanny Liatard, Jérémy Trouilh
Kamera: Victor Seguin
Schnitt: Daniel Darmon
mit Alseni Bathily, Lyna Khoudri, Jamil McCraven, Finnegan Oldfield, Farida Rahouadj, Denis Lavant

Trailer:

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A film by Pawo Choyning Dorji. In Dzongkha and English with German subtitles.

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Kingdom of Bhutan, 2006. Modernization has final­ly arri­ved. Bhutan beco­mes the last coun­try in the world to con­nect to the inter­net and tele­vi­si­on, and now the big­gest chan­ge of all: demo­cra­cy. To teach the peo­p­le how to vote, the aut­ho­ri­ties orga­ni­ze a mock elec­tion, but the locals seem uncon­vin­ced. Traveling to rural Bhutan whe­re reli­gi­on is more popu­lar than poli­tics, the elec­tion super­vi­sor dis­co­vers that a monk is plan­ning a mys­te­rious cerem­o­ny for the elec­tion day.

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The Monk and the Gun
BT 2023, 107 Min., Dzongkha, Englisch OmU
Regie: Pawo Choyning Dorji
Kamera: Jigme Tenzing
Schnitt: Hsiao-Yun Ku
mit: Tandin Wangchuk, Deki Lhamo, Pema Zangmo Sherpa, Tandin Sonam, Harry Einhorn, Choeying Jatsho, Tandin Phubz, Yuphel Lhendup Selden, Kelsang Choejay

Trailer:

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A film by Mohamed Kordofani.
In Arabic with German subtitles.

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Wracked by guilt after cove­ring up a mur­der, Mona a nor­t­hern Sudanese reti­red sin­ger in a ten­se mar­ria­ge tri­es to make amends by taking in the deceased’s sou­thern Sudanese widow, Julia, and her son, Daniel, into her home. Unable to con­fess her trans­gres­si­ons to Julia, Mona deci­des to lea­ve the past behind and adjust to a new sta­tus quo, una­wa­re that the country’s turm­oil may find its way into her home and put her face to face with her sins.

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SD/SE/DE/SA/FR/EG 2023, 120 Min., arab. OmU,
Regie: Mohamed Kordofani
Kamera: Pierre de Villiers
mit: Eiman Yousif, Siran Riak, Nazar Gomaa, Ger Duany 

Trailer:

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A film by Levan Akin. In Georgian, Turkish and English with German subtitles.

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Lia, a reti­red tea­cher, has made a pro­mi­se to find out what hap­pen­ed to her long-lost nie­ce, Tekla. When Lia lear­ns from a neigh­bour, Achi, that Tekla might have left their Georgian home­land and be living in Turkey, Lia and Achi set off tog­e­ther to find her. Arriving in Istanbul, they dis­co­ver a beau­tiful city full of con­nec­tions and pos­si­bi­li­ties. But sear­ching for someone who never inten­ded to be found is har­der than they expec­ted – until they meet Evrim, a lawy­er fight­ing for trans rights. As Lia and Achi wea­ve their way through the city’s back­streets, Tekla starts to feel clo­ser than ever.
Levan Akin’s fourth fea­ture film is fil­led with an impres­si­ve emo­tio­nal imme­dia­cy. Two initi­al­ly hesi­tant stran­gers over­co­me not only ideo­lo­gi­cal but also inter­nal boun­da­ries on their mis­si­on and join forces. The topo­gra­phy of the city plays just as important a role in this ode to huma­ni­ty as the array of cha­rac­ters that live within it.

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SE/DK/FR/TR/GE 2023, 105 Min., geor­gisch, tür­kisch, engl. OmU
Regie: Levan Akin
Kamera: Lisabi Fridell
Schnitt: Emma Lagrelius, Levan Akin
mit: Mzia Arabuli, Lucas Kankava, Deniz Dumanlı 

Trailer:

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