Good News

A film by Hannes Schilling. In German, English, Thai and Melayu with German subtitles

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The jour­na­list Leo hopes to final­ly make an inter­na­tio­nal breakth­rough with a report about a rebel group in Thailand. His fri­end Mawar helps him make local cont­acts. In return, Leo pro­mi­ses to sup­port him in start­ing over in Germany. But when the edi­tors sen­ding him the pho­to­grapher Julian wit­hout asking, Leo beco­mes incre­asing­ly ent­an­gled in a web of lies and moral­ly ques­tionable decisions.

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DE 2024, 75 Min., Deutsch, Englisch, Thai und Melayu mit deut­schen Untertiteln,
Regie: Hannes Schilling
Schnitt: Marie Fontanel, Paul Gröbel
Kamera: Falco Seliger

mit: Ilja Stahl, Sabree Matming, Dennis Scheuermann

Trailer:
GOOD NEWS (2024) TRAILER
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  • Good News

    Good News

    A film by Hannes Schilling. In German, English, Thai and Melayu with German subtitles

    [Credits] [Tickets & Termine] [Trailer]

    The jour­na­list Leo hopes to final­ly make an inter­na­tio­nal breakth­rough with a report about a rebel group in Thailand. His fri­end Mawar helps him make local cont­acts. In return, Leo pro­mi­ses to sup­port him in start­ing over in Germany. But when the edi­tors sen­ding him the pho­to­grapher Julian wit­hout asking, Leo beco­mes incre­asing­ly ent­an­gled in a web of lies and moral­ly ques­tionable decisions.

    Credits:

    DE 2024, 75 Min., Deutsch, Englisch, Thai und Melayu mit deut­schen Untertiteln,
    Regie: Hannes Schilling
    Schnitt: Marie Fontanel, Paul Gröbel
    Kamera: Falco Seliger

    mit: Ilja Stahl, Sabree Matming, Dennis Scheuermann

    Trailer:
    GOOD NEWS (2024) TRAILER
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  • Oslo Stories: Sehnsucht

    Oslo Stories: Sehnsucht

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

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    Two chim­ney sweeps living in mono­ga­mous, hete­ro­se­xu­al mar­ria­ges both end up in situa­tions that chall­enge their views on sexua­li­ty and gen­der roles. One has a sexu­al encoun­ter with ano­ther man, wit­hout hims­elf expe­ri­en­cing it eit­her as an expres­si­on of homo­se­xu­al lon­gings or infi­de­li­ty. The other sud­den­ly expe­ri­en­ces noc­turnal dreams in which he is seen as a woman. This con­fu­ses and dis­turbs him. He beg­ins to won­der to what ext­ent the gaze of others shapes his per­so­na­li­ty and whe­ther the­re are aspects of hims­elf that he has sup­pres­sed, ther­eby limi­ting hims­elf.
    In Dag Johan Haugerud’s Sex, the chim­ney is swept befo­re we get down to busi­ness. Whether hete­ro or homo, wit­ty word­play chal­lenges nor­ma­ti­ve images of men and socie­ty in modern urban Norway.

    Credits:

    OT: Sex
    DE 2023, 90 Min., norw. OmU
    Regie: Dag Johan Haugerud

    Kamera: Cecilie Semec
    Schnitt: Jens Christian Fodstad
    mit: Jan Gunnar Røise, Thorbjørn Harr, Siri Forberg, Birgitte Larsen

    Trailer:
    Sex Trailer | OIFF 2024
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  • Caught by the Tides

    Caught by the Tides

    A film by Jia Zhang-Ke. In Mandarin with German subtitles.

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    An endu­ring but fra­gi­le love sto­ry shared by Qiaoqiao and Bin, set in China, from the ear­ly 2000s to the pre­sent day.
    Caught up in each other, Qiaoqiao and Bin enjoy­ed all that the city had to offer, sin­ging and dancing. Until one day, Bin finds hims­elf wan­ting to try his luck in a big­ger place than Datong. He left wit­hout any noti­ce. Some time later, Qiaoqiao deci­des to go on a jour­ney to look for him.
    Traversing all of his past films, Jia Zhangke deli­vers an epic look at the roman­tic desti­ny of his peren­ni­al heroi­ne, Qiaoqiao. Spanning 21 years of a coun­try going through pro­found trans­for­ma­ti­on, the film gives a new per­spec­ti­ve to look into the con­tem­po­ra­ry China as well as the indi­vi­du­al expe­ri­en­ces under the tur­bu­lent emo­tio­nal and social changes.

    Credits:

    Feng liu yi dai
    CN 2024, 110 Min., chin. OmU
    Regie: Jia Zhang-Ke
    Kamera:
    Yu Lik-Wai, Eric Gautier
    Schnitt: Yang Chao, Lin Xudong, Matthieu Laclau
    mit: Zhao Tao, Li Zhubin, Pan Jianlin, Lan Zhou

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  • Spielerinnen

    Spielerinnen

    A film by Aysun Bademsoy. In German & Turkish with Turkish and German subtitles

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    Aysun Bademsoy’s long-term obser­va­ti­on of Turkish fema­le soc­cer play­ers in Berlin-Kreuzberg focu­ses on the next gene­ra­ti­on 30 years after their first encoun­ter. Born and rai­sed in Germany, they still ask them­sel­ves the ques­ti­on: Do we real­ly feel accept­ed here? It seems as if a cul­tu­ral rift still defi­nes their lives. Referring back to the 1990s, their mothers today remi­nis­ce about a youth in which the game of soc­cer pro­vi­ded the space for emancipation.

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    DE 2024, 86 Min., deutsch, tür­ki­sche OmU
    Regie: Aysun Bademsoy

    Kamera: Isabelle Casez, Ines Thomsen
    Schnitt: Maja Tennstadt

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  • Good News

    Good News

    A film by Hannes Schilling. In German, English, Thai and Melayu with German subtitles

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    The jour­na­list Leo hopes to final­ly make an inter­na­tio­nal breakth­rough with a report about a rebel group in Thailand. His fri­end Mawar helps him make local cont­acts. In return, Leo pro­mi­ses to sup­port him in start­ing over in Germany. But when the edi­tors sen­ding him the pho­to­grapher Julian wit­hout asking, Leo beco­mes incre­asing­ly ent­an­gled in a web of lies and moral­ly ques­tionable decisions.

    Credits:

    DE 2024, 75 Min., Deutsch, Englisch, Thai und Melayu mit deut­schen Untertiteln,
    Regie: Hannes Schilling
    Schnitt: Marie Fontanel, Paul Gröbel
    Kamera: Falco Seliger

    mit: Ilja Stahl, Sabree Matming, Dennis Scheuermann

    Trailer:
    GOOD NEWS (2024) TRAILER
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  • Oslo Stories: Sehnsucht

    Oslo Stories: Sehnsucht

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

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    Two chim­ney sweeps living in mono­ga­mous, hete­ro­se­xu­al mar­ria­ges both end up in situa­tions that chall­enge their views on sexua­li­ty and gen­der roles. One has a sexu­al encoun­ter with ano­ther man, wit­hout hims­elf expe­ri­en­cing it eit­her as an expres­si­on of homo­se­xu­al lon­gings or infi­de­li­ty. The other sud­den­ly expe­ri­en­ces noc­turnal dreams in which he is seen as a woman. This con­fu­ses and dis­turbs him. He beg­ins to won­der to what ext­ent the gaze of others shapes his per­so­na­li­ty and whe­ther the­re are aspects of hims­elf that he has sup­pres­sed, ther­eby limi­ting hims­elf.
    In Dag Johan Haugerud’s Sex, the chim­ney is swept befo­re we get down to busi­ness. Whether hete­ro or homo, wit­ty word­play chal­lenges nor­ma­ti­ve images of men and socie­ty in modern urban Norway.

    Credits:

    OT: Sex
    DE 2023, 90 Min., norw. OmU
    Regie: Dag Johan Haugerud

    Kamera: Cecilie Semec
    Schnitt: Jens Christian Fodstad
    mit: Jan Gunnar Røise, Thorbjørn Harr, Siri Forberg, Birgitte Larsen

    Trailer:
    Sex Trailer | OIFF 2024
    nach oben
  • Caught by the Tides

    Caught by the Tides

    A film by Jia Zhang-Ke. In Mandarin with German subtitles.

    [Credits] [Tickets & Termine] [Trailer]

    An endu­ring but fra­gi­le love sto­ry shared by Qiaoqiao and Bin, set in China, from the ear­ly 2000s to the pre­sent day.
    Caught up in each other, Qiaoqiao and Bin enjoy­ed all that the city had to offer, sin­ging and dancing. Until one day, Bin finds hims­elf wan­ting to try his luck in a big­ger place than Datong. He left wit­hout any noti­ce. Some time later, Qiaoqiao deci­des to go on a jour­ney to look for him.
    Traversing all of his past films, Jia Zhangke deli­vers an epic look at the roman­tic desti­ny of his peren­ni­al heroi­ne, Qiaoqiao. Spanning 21 years of a coun­try going through pro­found trans­for­ma­ti­on, the film gives a new per­spec­ti­ve to look into the con­tem­po­ra­ry China as well as the indi­vi­du­al expe­ri­en­ces under the tur­bu­lent emo­tio­nal and social changes.

    Credits:

    Feng liu yi dai
    CN 2024, 110 Min., chin. OmU
    Regie: Jia Zhang-Ke
    Kamera:
    Yu Lik-Wai, Eric Gautier
    Schnitt: Yang Chao, Lin Xudong, Matthieu Laclau
    mit: Zhao Tao, Li Zhubin, Pan Jianlin, Lan Zhou

    Trailer:
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  • Oslo Stories: Sehnsucht

    Oslo Stories: Sehnsucht

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

    [Credits] [Tickets & Termine] [Trailer]

    Two chim­ney sweeps living in mono­ga­mous, hete­ro­se­xu­al mar­ria­ges both end up in situa­tions that chall­enge their views on sexua­li­ty and gen­der roles. One has a sexu­al encoun­ter with ano­ther man, wit­hout hims­elf expe­ri­en­cing it eit­her as an expres­si­on of homo­se­xu­al lon­gings or infi­de­li­ty. The other sud­den­ly expe­ri­en­ces noc­turnal dreams in which he is seen as a woman. This con­fu­ses and dis­turbs him. He beg­ins to won­der to what ext­ent the gaze of others shapes his per­so­na­li­ty and whe­ther the­re are aspects of hims­elf that he has sup­pres­sed, ther­eby limi­ting hims­elf.
    In Dag Johan Haugerud’s Sex, the chim­ney is swept befo­re we get down to busi­ness. Whether hete­ro or homo, wit­ty word­play chal­lenges nor­ma­ti­ve images of men and socie­ty in modern urban Norway.

    Credits:

    OT: Sex
    DE 2023, 90 Min., norw. OmU
    Regie: Dag Johan Haugerud

    Kamera: Cecilie Semec
    Schnitt: Jens Christian Fodstad
    mit: Jan Gunnar Røise, Thorbjørn Harr, Siri Forberg, Birgitte Larsen

    Trailer:
    Sex Trailer | OIFF 2024
    nach oben
  • Im Prinzip Familie

    Im Prinzip Familie

    A film by Daniel Abma. Starts June 5th at the fsk. In German with English subtitles.

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    When par­ents can no lon­ger ful­fil their duty of care, the children’s world often falls apart. Nothing stays as it was. Suddenly it is no lon­ger mum or dad who are in char­ge but the youth wel­fa­re sys­tem. Daniel Abma fol­lo­wed a youth housing group in a rural area over seve­ral years, show­ing pro­fes­sio­nal edu­ca­tors who want to give five boys bet­ween the ages of seven and four­teen what they need most urgen­tly, day by day: secu­ri­ty, ori­en­ta­ti­on, a home.
    The docu­men­ta­ry focus is not on the child­ren but on tho­se who take the par­ents’ place. They some­ti­mes remind us of Don Quixote til­ting at the wind­mills, for the­re is a dif­fu­si­on of respon­si­bi­li­ty bet­ween school, youth wel­fa­re ser­vices, and absent mothers and fathers. Words fail when adults do not keep appoint­ments, when tho­se in char­ge capi­tu­la­te in the face of racist bul­ly­ing and pro­po­se some “time out” – for the bul­lied boy – in a psych­ia­tric faci­li­ty. It would be easy to denoun­ce the­se mecha­nisms, but that is not the point Daniel Abma wants to make. His obser­va­ti­on, both empha­tic and reser­ved, looks ques­tio­nin­gly into the gaps in the sys­tem – with tho­se who are in dan­ger of fal­ling through and tho­se who try to fill them with affec­tion. He makes us suspect that the ans­wer is not to clo­se all the system’s gaps. It is peo­p­le who are the­re for other peo­p­le and take respon­si­bi­li­ty. Luc-Carolin Ziemann

    Credits:

    DE 2024, 91 Min., dt. OmeU
    Regie: Daniel Abma

    Kamera: Johannes Praus
    Schnitt: Jana Dugnus 

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  • Caught by the Tides

    Caught by the Tides

    A film by Jia Zhang-Ke. In Mandarin with German subtitles.

    [Credits] [Tickets & Termine] [Trailer]

    An endu­ring but fra­gi­le love sto­ry shared by Qiaoqiao and Bin, set in China, from the ear­ly 2000s to the pre­sent day.
    Caught up in each other, Qiaoqiao and Bin enjoy­ed all that the city had to offer, sin­ging and dancing. Until one day, Bin finds hims­elf wan­ting to try his luck in a big­ger place than Datong. He left wit­hout any noti­ce. Some time later, Qiaoqiao deci­des to go on a jour­ney to look for him.
    Traversing all of his past films, Jia Zhangke deli­vers an epic look at the roman­tic desti­ny of his peren­ni­al heroi­ne, Qiaoqiao. Spanning 21 years of a coun­try going through pro­found trans­for­ma­ti­on, the film gives a new per­spec­ti­ve to look into the con­tem­po­ra­ry China as well as the indi­vi­du­al expe­ri­en­ces under the tur­bu­lent emo­tio­nal and social changes.

    Credits:

    Feng liu yi dai
    CN 2024, 110 Min., chin. OmU
    Regie: Jia Zhang-Ke
    Kamera:
    Yu Lik-Wai, Eric Gautier
    Schnitt: Yang Chao, Lin Xudong, Matthieu Laclau
    mit: Zhao Tao, Li Zhubin, Pan Jianlin, Lan Zhou

    Trailer:
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