The Chronology of Water

Preview: The Chronology of Water

A film by Kristen Stewart. Starts March 5th at the fsk. Preview on February 3rd. In English with German subtitles.

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Based on the bel­oved memoir by Lidia Yuknavitch and mar­king the direc­to­ri­al debut of Kristen Stewart, The Chronology of Water is a raw and unflin­ching por­trait of sur­vi­val, sexua­li­ty, and self-inven­ti­on. The film traces Lidia’s life from her ear­liest memo­ries in the Pacific Northwest, as a pro­mi­sing swim­mer, through frac­tu­red rela­ti­onships, near-mother­hood, addic­tion, and encoun­ters with artis­tic heroes. Told as a flu­id memo­ry wash, the sto­ry trans­forms trau­ma into art, embo­dy­ing Yuknavitch’s defi­ant voice that made her work a modern cult clas­sic. It is not only a chro­nic­le of a woman beco­ming a wri­ter, but a vis­ce­ral jour­ney through the wrecka­ge and resi­li­ence of a life lived against the grain.

Credits:

US/FR/LV 2025, 128 Min., engl. OmU
Regie: Kristen Stewart
Kamera: Corey C. Waters
Schnitt: Olivia Neergaard-Holm
mit: Imogen Poots, Thora Birch, Susannah Flood, Tom Sturridge, Kim Gordon, Michael Epp, Jim Belushi

Trailer:
The Chronology of Water | Official Trailer UHD

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  • Preview: The Chronology of Water

    Preview: The Chronology of Water

    A film by Kristen Stewart. Starts March 5th at the fsk. Preview on February 3rd. In English with German subtitles.

    [Credits] [Tickets & Termine] [Trailer]

    Based on the bel­oved memoir by Lidia Yuknavitch and mar­king the direc­to­ri­al debut of Kristen Stewart, The Chronology of Water is a raw and unflin­ching por­trait of sur­vi­val, sexua­li­ty, and self-inven­ti­on. The film traces Lidia’s life from her ear­liest memo­ries in the Pacific Northwest, as a pro­mi­sing swim­mer, through frac­tu­red rela­ti­onships, near-mother­hood, addic­tion, and encoun­ters with artis­tic heroes. Told as a flu­id memo­ry wash, the sto­ry trans­forms trau­ma into art, embo­dy­ing Yuknavitch’s defi­ant voice that made her work a modern cult clas­sic. It is not only a chro­nic­le of a woman beco­ming a wri­ter, but a vis­ce­ral jour­ney through the wrecka­ge and resi­li­ence of a life lived against the grain.

    Credits:

    US/FR/LV 2025, 128 Min., engl. OmU
    Regie: Kristen Stewart
    Kamera: Corey C. Waters
    Schnitt: Olivia Neergaard-Holm
    mit: Imogen Poots, Thora Birch, Susannah Flood, Tom Sturridge, Kim Gordon, Michael Epp, Jim Belushi

    Trailer:
    The Chronology of Water | Official Trailer UHD

    Im Kino mit deut­schen Untertiteln

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  • Wilma will mehr

    Wilma will mehr

    A film by Maren-Kea Freese. In German.

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    Former power plant worker Wilma, who sur­vi­ved two poli­ti­cal sys­tems, faces a fresh start. After living her enti­re life in the rural lig­ni­te mining area (Ex-GDR), she left her vil­la­ge in the late 1990s when her world crum­bled. Escaping to Vienna, she wants to rebuild her life. Old dreams of a bet­ter socie­ty resur­face, and she embraces them with rene­wed ener­gy, deter­mi­ned to crea­te new paths for herself.

    Credits:

    DE 2025, 112 Min.,
    Regie: Maren-Kea Freese
    Kamera: Michael Kotschi
    Schnitt: Andrea Muñoz
    Darsteller*innen: Fritzi Haberlandt, Thomas Gerber, Stephan Grossmann, Xenia Snagowski, Katrin Schwingel, Isabel Schosnig

    Trailer:
    Kinotrailer „Wilma will mehr” – Kinostart 31. Juli 2025
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  • Sleep With Your Eyes Open

    Sleep With Your Eyes Open

    A film by Nele Wohlatz. In Mandarin, Portuguese, Spanish, English with Geramn subtitles.

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    A coas­tal city in Brazil. Kai arri­ves on holi­day from Taiwan with a bro­ken heart. A mal­func­tio­ning air con­di­tio­ner leads her to end up in Fu Ang’s umbrel­la shop. He could beco­me a fri­end, but then the rai­ny sea­son fails to arri­ve and the shop clo­ses. While sear­ching for Fu Ang, Kai comes across Xiao Xin and a group of Chinese workers in a fan­cy high-rise buil­ding. Kai finds hers­elf stran­ge­ly mir­rored in Xiao Xin’s sto­ry.
    This quiet come­dy of misun­derstan­dings does not fol­low a tra­di­tio­nal dra­ma­tur­gy. The prot­ago­nists, per­for­med by an ensem­ble of first-time actors and pro­fes­sio­nals, come and go unex­pec­ted­ly. From one unknown city to the next, they fol­low the demands of their work. But over the cour­se of a hot, slow sum­mer, deli­ca­te bonds grow bet­ween them like islands in a sea full of sharks.

    Credits:

    Dormir de olhos aber­tos
    Brazil / Taiwan / Argentina / Germany 2024, 97 Min., Mandarin, Portugiesisch, Spanisch, Englisch OmU
    Regie: Nele Wohlatz
    Kamera: Roman Kasseroller
    Schnitt: Yann-shan Tsai, Ana Godoy
    mit Chen Xiao Xin, Wang Shin-Hong, Liao Kai Ro, Nahuel Pérez Biscayart, Lu Yang Zong

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  • Was uns hält

    Was uns hält

    A film by Daniele Luchetti. In Italian with German subtitles.

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    Naples, ear­ly 1980s: Aldo and Vanda’s mar­ria­ge finds its­elf on the rocks when Aldo falls in love with the young Lidia. Thirty years later, Aldo and Vanda are still mar­ried. A thril­ler about emo­ti­ons, a sto­ry of loyal­ty and infi­de­li­ty, of ran­cor and shame. A betra­y­al, suf­fe­ring, a secret box, a devas­ta­ted home, a cat, the voice of the lovers and that of the estranged.

    Credits:

    Lacci
    IT 2020, 100 Min., ital. OmU
    Regie: Daniele Luchetti
    Kamera: Ivan Casalgrandi
    Schnitt: Aël Dallier Vega · Daniele Luchetti
    mit Alba Rohrwacher, Luigi Lo Cascio, Laura Morante, Silvio Orlando, Giovanna Mezzogiorno

    Trailer:
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  • Auf trockenen Gräsern

    Auf trockenen Gräsern

    A film by Nuri Bilge Ceylan. In Turkish with German subtitles.

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    Samet (Deniz Celiloglu) is a young tea­cher in Eastern Anatolia. While wai­ting seve­ral years for a trans­fer to Istanbul, a series of events make him lose all hope. Until the day he meets Nuray (Merve Dizdar), a young tea­cher like him…

    Credits:

    TK/FR 2023, 197 Min., türk. OmU
    Regie: Nuri Bilge Ceylan
    Kamera: Cevahİr Şahİn, Kürşat Üresİn
    Schnitt: Oğuz Atabaş, Nuri Bilge Ceylan
    Kamera: Cevahİr Şahİn, Nuri Bilge Ceylan
    mit: Deniz Celiloğlu, Merve Dizdar, Musab Ekici

    Trailer:
    Auf tro­cke­nen Gräsern, Trailer OmdU
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  • Ivo – mit Gast

    Ivo – mit Gast

    A film by Eva Trobisch. In German with English subtitles.

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    Ivo works as a pal­lia­ti­ve home-care nur­se. Every day, she visits fami­lies, cou­ples and sin­gle peo­p­le. They live in small flats and lar­ge hou­ses. They all have dif­fe­rent lives and deaths. They all have dif­fe­rent ways of deal­ing with the time that remains. At home, Ivo’s teenage daugh­ter has long sin­ce beco­me inde­pen­dent. From mor­ning to night, Ivo dri­ves around in her old Skoda which she has made into her per­so­nal living space. Here, she eats her meals, works, sings, swears and dreams. One of her pati­ents, Solveigh, has beco­me a clo­se fri­end. Ivo has also for­med a rela­ti­onship with Solveigh’s hus­band, Franz. Day after day, the two work tog­e­ther to care for Solveigh. And they sleep with each other. Solveigh’s strength is dimi­nis­hing and she soon has to rely on sup­port for the simp­lest tasks. She wants the final decis­i­on to be her own: she wants Ivo to help her die.

    Credits:

    DE 2024, 104 Min., deut­sche OmeU
    Regie: Eva Trobisch
    Kamera: Adrian Campean
    Schnitt: Laura Lauzemis
    mit Minna Wündrich, Pia Hierzegger, Lukas Turtur

    Trailer:
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  • Sleep With Your Eyes Open

    Sleep With Your Eyes Open

    A film by Nele Wohlatz. In Mandarin, Portuguese, Spanish, English with Geramn subtitles.

    [Credits] [Tickets & Termine] [Trailer]

    A coas­tal city in Brazil. Kai arri­ves on holi­day from Taiwan with a bro­ken heart. A mal­func­tio­ning air con­di­tio­ner leads her to end up in Fu Ang’s umbrel­la shop. He could beco­me a fri­end, but then the rai­ny sea­son fails to arri­ve and the shop clo­ses. While sear­ching for Fu Ang, Kai comes across Xiao Xin and a group of Chinese workers in a fan­cy high-rise buil­ding. Kai finds hers­elf stran­ge­ly mir­rored in Xiao Xin’s sto­ry.
    This quiet come­dy of misun­derstan­dings does not fol­low a tra­di­tio­nal dra­ma­tur­gy. The prot­ago­nists, per­for­med by an ensem­ble of first-time actors and pro­fes­sio­nals, come and go unex­pec­ted­ly. From one unknown city to the next, they fol­low the demands of their work. But over the cour­se of a hot, slow sum­mer, deli­ca­te bonds grow bet­ween them like islands in a sea full of sharks.

    Credits:

    Dormir de olhos aber­tos
    Brazil / Taiwan / Argentina / Germany 2024, 97 Min., Mandarin, Portugiesisch, Spanisch, Englisch OmU
    Regie: Nele Wohlatz
    Kamera: Roman Kasseroller
    Schnitt: Yann-shan Tsai, Ana Godoy
    mit Chen Xiao Xin, Wang Shin-Hong, Liao Kai Ro, Nahuel Pérez Biscayart, Lu Yang Zong

    Trailer:
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  • Was uns hält

    Was uns hält

    A film by Daniele Luchetti. In Italian with German subtitles.

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    Naples, ear­ly 1980s: Aldo and Vanda’s mar­ria­ge finds its­elf on the rocks when Aldo falls in love with the young Lidia. Thirty years later, Aldo and Vanda are still mar­ried. A thril­ler about emo­ti­ons, a sto­ry of loyal­ty and infi­de­li­ty, of ran­cor and shame. A betra­y­al, suf­fe­ring, a secret box, a devas­ta­ted home, a cat, the voice of the lovers and that of the estranged.

    Credits:

    Lacci
    IT 2020, 100 Min., ital. OmU
    Regie: Daniele Luchetti
    Kamera: Ivan Casalgrandi
    Schnitt: Aël Dallier Vega · Daniele Luchetti
    mit Alba Rohrwacher, Luigi Lo Cascio, Laura Morante, Silvio Orlando, Giovanna Mezzogiorno

    Trailer:
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  • Auf trockenen Gräsern

    Auf trockenen Gräsern

    A film by Nuri Bilge Ceylan. In Turkish with German subtitles.

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    Samet (Deniz Celiloglu) is a young tea­cher in Eastern Anatolia. While wai­ting seve­ral years for a trans­fer to Istanbul, a series of events make him lose all hope. Until the day he meets Nuray (Merve Dizdar), a young tea­cher like him…

    Credits:

    TK/FR 2023, 197 Min., türk. OmU
    Regie: Nuri Bilge Ceylan
    Kamera: Cevahİr Şahİn, Kürşat Üresİn
    Schnitt: Oğuz Atabaş, Nuri Bilge Ceylan
    Kamera: Cevahİr Şahİn, Nuri Bilge Ceylan
    mit: Deniz Celiloğlu, Merve Dizdar, Musab Ekici

    Trailer:
    Auf tro­cke­nen Gräsern, Trailer OmdU
    nach oben
  • Ivo

    Ivo

    A film by Eva Trobisch. In German with English subtitles.

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    Ivo works as a pal­lia­ti­ve home-care nur­se. Every day, she visits fami­lies, cou­ples and sin­gle peo­p­le. They live in small flats and lar­ge hou­ses. They all have dif­fe­rent lives and deaths. They all have dif­fe­rent ways of deal­ing with the time that remains. At home, Ivo’s teenage daugh­ter has long sin­ce beco­me inde­pen­dent. From mor­ning to night, Ivo dri­ves around in her old Skoda which she has made into her per­so­nal living space. Here, she eats her meals, works, sings, swears and dreams. One of her pati­ents, Solveigh, has beco­me a clo­se fri­end. Ivo has also for­med a rela­ti­onship with Solveigh’s hus­band, Franz. Day after day, the two work tog­e­ther to care for Solveigh. And they sleep with each other. Solveigh’s strength is dimi­nis­hing and she soon has to rely on sup­port for the simp­lest tasks. She wants the final decis­i­on to be her own: she wants Ivo to help her die.

    Credits:

    DE 2024, 104 Min., deut­sche OmeU
    Regie: Eva Trobisch
    Kamera: Adrian Campean
    Schnitt: Laura Lauzemis
    mit Minna Wündrich, Pia Hierzegger, Lukas Turtur

    Trailer:
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