Category: Vorstellung

A film by Ruth Beckermann. In German with English subtitles.

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“Beid, Hafsa, Melissa, Manessa, Mohammad… 25 child­ren and their dedi­ca­ted tea­cher. We wan­ted to find out who they are and beco­me fami­li­ar with their skills and stra­te­gies, their joys, fears and hard­ships,” says direc­tor Ruth Beckermann. More than 60 per­cent of all child­ren in Viennese pri­ma­ry schools do not speak German as their first lan­guage. At the same time, the­re is an acu­te shorta­ge of tea­chers and super­vi­sors. Such adver­se con­di­ti­ons are the start­ing point of Ruth Beckermann’s docu­men­ta­ry Favoriten, for which the Austrian film­ma­ker of The Waldheim Waltz and Mutzenbacher fol­lo­wed a Viennese pri­ma­ry school class for three years. The result is an asto­nis­hin­gly cheerful por­trait of an unu­su­al com­mu­ni­ty. A film about tea­ching and lear­ning and the often very sur­pri­sing expe­ri­en­ces some­whe­re in between.

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AT 2024, 118 Min.
Regie: Ruth Beckermann
Kamera: Johannes Hammel
Schnitt: Dieter Pichler

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A film by Ramon Zürcher. In German with English subtitles.

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Karen lives with her hus­band Markus and their child­ren in her idyl­lic child­hood home. Karen’s sis­ter Jule and her fami­ly are visi­ting for Markus’ bir­th­day. The two women could not be more dif­fe­rent. Grim remin­ders of their decea­sed mother inci­te Jule’s rebel­li­on against her domi­nee­ring sis­ter. As the house gra­du­al­ly fills with life and a spar­row in the chim­ney seeks a way out to free­dom, Karen beco­mes incre­asing­ly ten­se – until it all comes to a head and the old is des­troy­ed to make room for the new.

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CH 2024, 117 Min., deut­sche Originalfassung mit eng­li­schen Untertiteln
Regie & Schnitt: Ramon Zürcher
Kamera: Alex Hasskerl
Produzent: Silvan Zürcher
mit: Maren Eggert, Britta Hammelstein, Luise Heyer, Andreas Döhler, Milian Zerzawy, Lea Zoe Voss, Ilja Bultmann, Paula Schindler, Luana Greco

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A film by Bertrand Bonello. In English and French with German subtitles.

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The Beast, Bertrand Bonello’s asto­nis­hing sci-fi dra­ma, is a thril­ling jour­ney of the mind staged with visio­na­ry élan. Loosely adap­ting the Henry James novel­la The Beast in the Jungle (1903), Bonello tells the ill-fated sto­ry of Gabrielle (Léa Seydoux) and Louis (George MacKay), which is recon­fi­gu­red over three points in time and space: Paris in 2044, in Los Angeles in 2014 and Paris once again in 1910. A dark cloud looms over the heroine’s trou­bled soul from the out­set. In a near-future world domi­na­ted by AI whe­re pro­duc­ti­vi­ty is ever­y­thing, she is rest­less, emo­tio­nal and thus sub-opti­mal. Cleansing her “DNA” offers an appa­rent solu­ti­on, wher­eby she is trans­por­ted through a time por­tal whe­re she expe­ri­en­ces frag­ments of her past lives, which are dele­ted from her mind in the pro­cess. Gabrielle first meets Louis in 1910, who cap­tures her heart and spi­rit, as a powerful bond is for­ged, full of melan­cho­ly and eter­nal lon­ging. A poignant quest for deeper con­nec­tion, LA BÊTE fol­lows two lovers who will never live out their mutu­al attrac­tion. As we move with them from one epoch to the next, like in a hall of bro­ken mir­rors whe­re memo­ry and fee­lings mer­ge into exci­ting but pain­ful expe­ri­en­ces, we rea­li­ze that ever­y­thing human is doo­med to vanish. (Maria Giovanna Vagenas)

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FR/CA 2023, 146 Min., engl./frz. OmU
Regie: Bertrand Bonello
Kamera: Josée Deshaies
Schnitt: Anita Roth
mit: Léa Seydoux, George MacKay, Guslagie Malanda, Dasha Nekrasova, Martin Scali, Elina Löwensohn

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A film by Charly Hübner. Starts October 1st at the fsk.

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A Film about the German Band Element of Crime throug­hout the centuries.

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DE 2024, 93 Min.,
Regie: Charly Hübner
Kamera: Casey Campbell
Schnitt: Christoph Brunner
mit: Sven Regener, Jakob Ilja, Richard Pappik und Maike Rosa Vogel, Florian
Horwarth, Isolation Berlin, Von wegen Lisbeth, Steiner & Madlaina, Ansa
Sauermann

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A film by Ruth Beckermann. In German with English subtitles.

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“Beid, Hafsa, Melissa, Manessa, Mohammad… 25 child­ren and their dedi­ca­ted tea­cher. We wan­ted to find out who they are and beco­me fami­li­ar with their skills and stra­te­gies, their joys, fears and hard­ships,” says direc­tor Ruth Beckermann. More than 60 per­cent of all child­ren in Viennese pri­ma­ry schools do not speak German as their first lan­guage. At the same time, the­re is an acu­te shorta­ge of tea­chers and super­vi­sors. Such adver­se con­di­ti­ons are the start­ing point of Ruth Beckermann’s docu­men­ta­ry Favoriten, for which the Austrian film­ma­ker of The Waldheim Waltz and Mutzenbacher fol­lo­wed a Viennese pri­ma­ry school class for three years. The result is an asto­nis­hin­gly cheerful por­trait of an unu­su­al com­mu­ni­ty. A film about tea­ching and lear­ning and the often very sur­pri­sing expe­ri­en­ces some­whe­re in between.

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AT 2024, 118 Min.
Regie: Ruth Beckermann
Kamera: Johannes Hammel
Schnitt: Dieter Pichler

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A film by Ramon Zürcher. In German with English subtitles.

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Karen lives with her hus­band Markus and their child­ren in her idyl­lic child­hood home. Karen’s sis­ter Jule and her fami­ly are visi­ting for Markus’ bir­th­day. The two women could not be more dif­fe­rent. Grim remin­ders of their decea­sed mother inci­te Jule’s rebel­li­on against her domi­nee­ring sis­ter. As the house gra­du­al­ly fills with life and a spar­row in the chim­ney seeks a way out to free­dom, Karen beco­mes incre­asing­ly ten­se – until it all comes to a head and the old is des­troy­ed to make room for the new.

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CH 2024, 117 Min., deut­sche Originalfassung mit eng­li­schen Untertiteln
Regie & Schnitt: Ramon Zürcher
Kamera: Alex Hasskerl
Produzent: Silvan Zürcher
mit: Maren Eggert, Britta Hammelstein, Luise Heyer, Andreas Döhler, Milian Zerzawy, Lea Zoe Voss, Ilja Bultmann, Paula Schindler, Luana Greco

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A film by Bertrand Bonello. In English and French with German subtitles.

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The Beast, Bertrand Bonello’s asto­nis­hing sci-fi dra­ma, is a thril­ling jour­ney of the mind staged with visio­na­ry élan. Loosely adap­ting the Henry James novel­la The Beast in the Jungle (1903), Bonello tells the ill-fated sto­ry of Gabrielle (Léa Seydoux) and Louis (George MacKay), which is recon­fi­gu­red over three points in time and space: Paris in 2044, in Los Angeles in 2014 and Paris once again in 1910. A dark cloud looms over the heroine’s trou­bled soul from the out­set. In a near-future world domi­na­ted by AI whe­re pro­duc­ti­vi­ty is ever­y­thing, she is rest­less, emo­tio­nal and thus sub-opti­mal. Cleansing her “DNA” offers an appa­rent solu­ti­on, wher­eby she is trans­por­ted through a time por­tal whe­re she expe­ri­en­ces frag­ments of her past lives, which are dele­ted from her mind in the pro­cess. Gabrielle first meets Louis in 1910, who cap­tures her heart and spi­rit, as a powerful bond is for­ged, full of melan­cho­ly and eter­nal lon­ging. A poignant quest for deeper con­nec­tion, LA BÊTE fol­lows two lovers who will never live out their mutu­al attrac­tion. As we move with them from one epoch to the next, like in a hall of bro­ken mir­rors whe­re memo­ry and fee­lings mer­ge into exci­ting but pain­ful expe­ri­en­ces, we rea­li­ze that ever­y­thing human is doo­med to vanish. (Maria Giovanna Vagenas)

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FR/CA 2023, 146 Min., engl./frz. OmU
Regie: Bertrand Bonello
Kamera: Josée Deshaies
Schnitt: Anita Roth
mit: Léa Seydoux, George MacKay, Guslagie Malanda, Dasha Nekrasova, Martin Scali, Elina Löwensohn

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A film by Charly Hübner. Starts October 1st at the fsk.

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A Film about the German Band Element of Crime throug­hout the centuries.

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DE 2024, 93 Min.,
Regie: Charly Hübner
Kamera: Casey Campbell
Schnitt: Christoph Brunner
mit: Sven Regener, Jakob Ilja, Richard Pappik und Maike Rosa Vogel, Florian
Horwarth, Isolation Berlin, Von wegen Lisbeth, Steiner & Madlaina, Ansa
Sauermann

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A film by Pedro Almodóvar. In English with German subtitles.

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Ingrid and Martha were clo­se fri­ends in their youth, when they work­ed tog­e­ther at the same maga­zi­ne. Ingrid went on to beco­me an auto­fic­tion nove­list while Martha beca­me a war repor­ter. Eventually, they were sepa­ra­ted by the cir­cum­s­tances of life. After years of being out of touch, they meet again in an extre­me but stran­ge­ly sweet situation.

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DE 2023, 90 Min., engl. OmU
Regie: Pedro Almodóvar
Kamera: Eduard Grau
Schnitt: Teresa Font
mit: Tilda Swinton, Julianne Moore, John Turturro, Alessandro Nivola, Juan Diego Botto 

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A film by Mati Diop.

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November 2021. 26 roy­al tre­asu­res of the Kingdom of Dahomey are about to lea­ve Paris to return to their coun­try of ori­gin, the pre­sent-day Republic of Benin. Along with thou­sands of others, the­se arte­facts were plun­de­red by French colo­ni­al tro­ops in 1892. But what atti­tu­de to adopt to the­se ances­tors’ home­co­ming in a coun­try that had to for­ge ahead in their absence? The deba­te rages among stu­dents at the University of Abomey-Calavi.

Berlinale 2024: Golden Bear

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FR/SN/BJ 2024, 67 Min., Französisch, Fon, Englisch OmU
Regie: Mati Diop
Kamera: Josephine Drouin Viallard
Schnitt: Gabriel Gonzalez

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