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

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A Utopian design for sexua­li­ty, rela­ti­onships and love in the 21st cen­tu­ry. Marianne is a doc­tor based in Oslo. She longs for clo­sen­ess with other peo­p­le, but she’s fed up with her sex life being con­stant­ly ana­ly­sed and ques­tio­ned by the expec­ta­ti­ons of others. One evening, she meets Tor, a nur­se and col­le­ague, on a fer­ry. He tells her of the fer­ry trips he takes when he can’t sleep and his chan­ce mee­tings with other men. Curious, Marianne starts explo­ring other designs for rela­ti­onships, off the bea­ten track.

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Love
NO 2024, 119 Min, Norwegische OmU
Regie: Dag Johan Haugerud
Kamera: Cecilie Semec
Schnitt: Jens Christian Fodstad,
mit: Andrea Bræin Hovig, Tayo Cittadella Jacobsen, Marte Engebrigtsen, Lars Jacob Holm, Thomas Gullestad

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LOVE International Trailer

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A film by Kurdwin Ayub. In German, Arabic and English with German subtitles.

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Kurdwin Ayub elec­trified with her wide­ly-lau­ded fea­ture debut SONNE (2022), depic­ting a Muslim girl’s expe­ri­en­ces gro­wing up in Vienna. She flips the per­spec­ti­ve in MOND, fol­lo­wing an Austrian woman on a work trip to Jordan. In an inspi­red cas­ting choice, cho­reo­grapher and per­for­mance artist Florentina Holzinger plays Sarah, a reti­red mixed mar­ti­al arts figh­ter hired as a per­so­nal trai­ner by a wealt­hy fami­ly in Amman. What initi­al­ly appears like a dream job—swanky hotel, pri­va­te driver—quickly turns troubling. The teenage sis­ters she is sup­po­sed to train show no inte­rest in the sport. Their pala­ti­al home is always deser­ted, apart from the clea­ning staff and seve­ral body­guards, who pat­rol the house as if it were a pri­son. The girls aren’t allo­wed to access the WiFi net­work and seem shut off from the out­side world. When Sarah enqui­res about the iden­ti­ty of her employ­ers at the hotel bar and men­ti­ons their fami­ly name, the pre­vious­ly fri­end­ly bar­man abrupt­ly ends the con­ver­sa­ti­on. While kee­ping the sto­ry in a rea­list regis­ter, Ayub bor­rows tro­pes from the thril­ler and hor­ror gen­res to gene­ra­te moun­ting sus­pen­se and upend the arche­ty­pe of the white saviour, thus for­cing view­ers to con­front their own pre­con­cep­ti­ons. (Giovanni Marchini Camia)

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AU 2024, 93 Min, deutsch/arabisch/englische OmU
Regie: Kurdwin Ayub
Kamera: Klemens Hufnagl,
Schnitt: Roland Stöttinger,
mit: Florentina Holzinger, Andria Tayeh, Celina Antwan, Nagham Abu Baker, u.a.

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

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A Utopian design for sexua­li­ty, rela­ti­onships and love in the 21st cen­tu­ry. Marianne is a doc­tor based in Oslo. She longs for clo­sen­ess with other peo­p­le, but she’s fed up with her sex life being con­stant­ly ana­ly­sed and ques­tio­ned by the expec­ta­ti­ons of others. One evening, she meets Tor, a nur­se and col­le­ague, on a fer­ry. He tells her of the fer­ry trips he takes when he can’t sleep and his chan­ce mee­tings with other men. Curious, Marianne starts explo­ring other designs for rela­ti­onships, off the bea­ten track.

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Love
NO 2024, 119 Min, Norwegische OmU
Regie: Dag Johan Haugerud
Kamera: Cecilie Semec
Schnitt: Jens Christian Fodstad,
mit: Andrea Bræin Hovig, Tayo Cittadella Jacobsen, Marte Engebrigtsen, Lars Jacob Holm, Thomas Gullestad

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LOVE International Trailer

Im Kino mit deut­schen Untertiteln.

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A film by Marta Savina. In Italian with German subtitles.

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Ahead of her time: an Italian sto­ry, which reso­na­tes today, about a bra­ve woman’s strugg­le against patri­ar­chal values.

Defying the social norm in 1960s Sicily, Lia wants to take char­ge of her life. When she rejects Lorenzo, the son of a local busi­ness­man, he uses bru­tal means to kid­nap her. To save her honor, Lia must con­sent to mar­ry­ing the man who raped her. Instead, though, she embarks on an unpre­ce­den­ted legal batt­le for self-determination.

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IT 2023 – 102 Min.
Italienische OmU
Regie: Marta Savina
Kamera: Francesca Amitrano
Schnitt: Paola Freddi

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Trailer „Primadonna”

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Sorry, this ent­ry is only available in Deutsch.

Die bra­si­lia­ni­sche Filmemacherin und Kamera­frau Flora Dias (*1985) hat zwei zeit­ge­nös­si­sche Filme aus­ge­wählt, die sich mit indi­ge­nen Völkern in Brasilien beschäf­ti­gen und bei­de gemein­schaft­lich ent­stan­den sind: O ESTRANHO (2023) hat sie selbst zusam­men mit Juruna Mallon gedreht, der epi­sche Dokumentarfilm MARTÍRIO (2016) ist eine Zusammenarbeit von Vincent Carelli, Tatiana Almeida und Ernesto de Carvalho.

O estran­ho
Flora Dias, Juruna Mallon ,  Brasilien, Frankreich 2023, por­tu­gie­si­sche OmeU 107 Min.
am 23.4. um 20:00 im fsk. Anschließend Diskussion mit Flora Dias,
Moderation: Birgit Kohler

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Der 1985 eröff­ne­te inter­na­tio­na­le Flughafen Guarulhos bei São Paulo befin­det sich auf indi­ge­nem Land. Seine Hallen, Start- und Landebahnen wur­den auf einst bewohn­te Dörfer und eine üppi­ge Vegetation gebaut. Alês Familie hat so ihr Haus ver­lo­ren, und der Fluss, an dem sie frü­her mit ihrer seit lan­gem ver­schwun­de­nen Schwester spiel­te, ist jetzt ver­schmutzt. Heute arbei­tet sie bei der Gepäckbeförderung, teilt ihre Erinnerungen und sam­melt Steine, Fotos und getrock­ne­te Pflanzen. Ihre Partnerin Silvia nimmt an Ritualen in einem indi­ge­nen Tempel teil und will mit ihrer Tochter weg­zie­hen. O ESTRANHO lässt Vergangenheit und Gegenwart inein­an­der fal­len und ver­bin­det – unter­stützt von einem ein­drück­li­chen Soundtrack – fik­tio­na­le und doku­men­ta­ri­sche, sozi­al­rea­lis­ti­sche und fan­tas­ti­sche Elemente. Ein archäo­lo­gi­sches Projekt, das eine ange­sichts von Beton und Asphalt uner­war­te­te Lebendigkeit zuta­ge fördert.

Dieses Programm ist Teil der vom Hauptstadtkulturfonds geförderten Veranstaltungsreihe Arsenal on Location:

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

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A Utopian design for sexua­li­ty, rela­ti­onships and love in the 21st cen­tu­ry. Marianne is a doc­tor based in Oslo. She longs for clo­sen­ess with other peo­p­le, but she’s fed up with her sex life being con­stant­ly ana­ly­sed and ques­tio­ned by the expec­ta­ti­ons of others. One evening, she meets Tor, a nur­se and col­le­ague, on a fer­ry. He tells her of the fer­ry trips he takes when he can’t sleep and his chan­ce mee­tings with other men. Curious, Marianne starts explo­ring other designs for rela­ti­onships, off the bea­ten track.

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Love
NO 2024, 119 Min, Norwegische OmU
Regie: Dag Johan Haugerud
Kamera: Cecilie Semec
Schnitt: Jens Christian Fodstad,
mit: Andrea Bræin Hovig, Tayo Cittadella Jacobsen, Marte Engebrigtsen, Lars Jacob Holm, Thomas Gullestad

Trailer:

LOVE International Trailer

Im Kino mit deut­schen Untertiteln.

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A film by Leonardo van Dijl. In Dutch and French with German subtitles.

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As the star play­er at an eli­te ten­nis aca­de­my, Julie’s life revol­ves around the game she loves. When her coach falls under inves­ti­ga­ti­on and is sud­den­ly sus­pen­ded, all of the club­’s play­ers are encou­ra­ged to speak up. But Julie deci­des to keep quiet…

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Julie Keeps Quiet
BE/SE 2024, 100 Min., Niederländisch-fran­zö­si­sche OmU
Regie: Leonardo van Dijl
Kamera: Nicolas Karakatsanis
Schnitt: Bert Jacobs
mit: Tessa Van den Broeck, Grace Biot, Alyssa Lorette, Ruth Becquart, Koen De Bouw,
Pierre Gervais, Claire Bodson und Laurent Caron

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In November, Forum & Friends VI will pre­sent films by Israeli artist Keren Cytter on two evenings at the fsk cine­ma: two short film pro­gram­mes and the fea­ture-length film THE WRONG MOVIE (USA, Belgium 2024), which pre­mie­red at the Berlinale Forum. Keren Cytter’s films are cha­rac­te­ri­sed by a deli­bera­te­ly arti­fi­ci­al artis­tic style, com­bi­ning nar­ra­ti­on with decon­s­truc­tion, linea­ri­ty with frag­men­ta­ti­on, figu­ra­ti­on with the absurd, rebel­li­on with fra­gi­li­ty, cool­ness with trips, punk with romance. The high­ly ori­gi­nal plots are com­ple­men­ted by an asso­cia­ti­ve play with form and medi­um, foils and gene­ric codes, from gen­re and cul­tu­ral histo­ry to indi­vi­du­al auteur signa­tures – a whirl­wind of film that draws us into the pre­sent moment as a vir­tu­al sta­te of being. To the point of trance. Keren Cytter is a veri­ta­ble mul­ti­me­dia artist, working in the fields of dance and per­for­mance, video and film, poet­ry and the visu­al arts, espe­ci­al­ly dra­wing, and has writ­ten five novels and three child­ren’s books. A sel­ec­tion of her film and video works can now be seen in the pro­gram­mes cura­ted and mode­ra­ted by Christiane Büchner and Barbara Wurm, with Keren Cytter as a guest. (Barbara Wurm)

Mi, 26.11., 18 Uhr, zu Gast: Keren Cytter Moderation: Irina Bondas
EXPERIMENTAL FILM • Keren Cytter • NL 2002 • Digital file • hebr. OmeU 6’
FRENCH FILM • Keren Cytter • Israel 2002 • Digital file • franz. OmeU 12’
SOMETHING HAPPENED • Keren Cytter • D 2009 • Digital file• engl. OF 8’
CORRECTIONS • Keren Cytter • D 2014 • Digital file • dt./engl. OmeU 8’
NIGHTMARE • Keren Cytter • D 2007 • Digital file • dt. OmeU 6’
UNTITLED • Keren Cytter • D 2009 • Digital file • dt. OmeU 9’
OBJECT • Keren Cytter • USA 2016 • Digital file • russ. OmeU 27’
DES TROUS • Keren Cytter • Israel 2018 • Digital file • franz. OmeU 14′

Mi, 26.11., 20.30 Uhr, zu Gast: Keren Cytter Moderation: Barbara Wurm
RAINBOW SERPENT • Keren Cytter • USA 2022 • Digital file • ohne Dialog • 5’
THE WRONG MOVIE • Keren Cytter • USA/BEL 2024 • DCP • engl. OF 96′

Do, 27.11., 18 Uhr, zu Gast: Keren Cytter Moderation: Christiane Büchner
THE DATES SERIES • Keren Cytter • NL 2004 • Digital file • hebr./dt./frz./nl./engl. OmeU 49’
DER SPIEGEL • Keren Cytter • D 2008 • Digital file • dt./engl. OmeU 5’
METAMORPHOSIS • Keren Cytter • USA 2016 • Digital file • engl. OF 11’
FASHIONS • Keren Cytter • D 2020 • Digital file • engl. OF 31′

Do, 27.11., 20.30 Uhr, zu Gast: Keren Cytter Moderation: Christiane Büchner
TERRORIST OF LOVE • Keren Cytter • USA 2016 • Digital file • engl. OF 3’
ENDURANCE • Keren Cytter • USA 2025 • DCP • engl. OF 85′

Dieses Programm ist Teil der vom Hauptstadtkulturfonds geförderten Veranstaltungsreihe Arsenal on Location:

A film by Saulė Bliuvaitė. In Lithuanian with German subtitles.

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Dreaming of escape from the ble­ak­ne­ss of their indus­tri­al home­town, two 13-year-olds, Marija and Kristina, form a uni­que bond at a local mode­ling school, whe­re the pro­mi­se of a bet­ter life pushes girls to vio­la­te their bodies in incre­asing­ly extre­me ways.
„Through the sto­ry of young girls navi­ga­ting toxic land­scapes, I wan­ted to explo­re the con­cept of the human body – the body as a pro­ject, cur­ren­cy, an object of desi­re, the body as a source of pain and magic.” Saulė Bliuvaitė

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Akiplėša
LT 2024, 99 Min., Litauische OmU
Regie: Saulė Bliuvaitė
Kamera: Vytautas Katkus
Schnitt: Ignė Narbutaitė
mit: Ieva Rupeikaitė, Vesta Matulytė, Giedrius Savickas, Vilma Raubaitė, Eglė Gabrėnaitė 

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The Singaporean screen­wri­ter, direc­tor, and cur­rent DAAD fel­low Yeo Siew Hua (1985), has cho­sen ano­ther con­tem­po­ra­ry Asian cine­ma film along­side his third fea­ture STRANGER EYES (2024): POETRY (2010) by Lee Chang-dong. Both films boast renow­ned per­for­man­ces by lea­ding actres­ses: Lee Kang-sheng, the star from Tsai Ming-liang’s films in STRANGER EYES, and the legen­da­ry Yun Jung-hee, who has retur­ned from reti­re­ment for her role in POETRY.

The pre­sen­ta­ti­on of fel­lows from the Berlin Artists Program of the DAAD, which has tra­di­tio­nal­ly taken place at the Arsenal cine­ma for deca­des, will con­ti­nue as part of Arsenal on Location at fsk Kino at Oranienplatz.

Poetry / Shi
Wed 15.10., 20 Uhr, Introduction (in English): Yeo Siew Hua
SHI (Poetry) • Lee Chang-dong • South Korea 2010 • DCP • OmeU 139′

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The importance of see­ing, of loo­king at the world, is at the heart of POETRY. The 66-year-old widow Mi-ja (Yun Jung-hee) works as a care­gi­ver, while also rai­sing her teenage grand­son. After being dia­gno­sed with Alzheimer’s, she enrolls in a poet­ry class — she wants to wri­te a poem befo­re she loses her words. “To wri­te poet­ry, you have to be able to see well. The most important thing in life is see­ing,” says the ins­truc­tor. But Mi-ja’s search for beau­ty and inspi­ra­ti­on is abrupt­ly inter­rupt­ed by the cruel­ty and indif­fe­rence of an igno­rant socie­ty: her grand­son is invol­ved in the death of a class­ma­te, which plun­ges Mi-ja into a moral dilem­ma. It is her pain that ulti­m­ate­ly allows her to see and wri­te. (bik)

Dieses Programm ist Teil der vom Hauptstadtkulturfonds geförderten Veranstaltungsreihe Arsenal on Location: