The Novelist’s Film

A film by Hong Sangsoo. In Korean with German subtitles.

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Famous nove­list Junhee’s reuni­on with two acquain­tances would appear to be tin­ged with a slight sen­se of acrim­o­ny. The first of the­se col­le­agues gave up wri­ting to open a book­s­to­re on the out­skirts of Seoul and has not given her any feed­back about her last book. The second, a film­ma­ker, never adapt­ed Junhee’s novel as plan­ned. But the more pres­sing issue is that Junhee has not published any­thing in a while. Instead, she has begun to ques­ti­on her approach to wri­ting and is having doubts about the sen­si­bi­li­ty that for­ged her style and her cha­ris­ma­tic, scathing per­so­na­li­ty. During a stroll in the park with the film direc­tor and his wife, she meets a famous fema­le actor who is expe­ri­en­cing a simi­lar hia­tus. The two con­nect so deep­ly that an idea for a film, which would be her first, soon beg­ins to ger­mi­na­te in the novelist’s mind.
Hong Sangsoo’s twen­ty-seventh fea­ture is an occa­si­on for a spellb­in­ding encoun­ter bet­ween Kim Minhee and Cho Yunhee. His latest work muses on the effect of time on lives devo­ted to art; it also cele­bra­tes the beau­ty of chan­ce encoun­ters and the importance of being truthful in the disho­nest world of film. A pae­an to actors that is, well, sim­ply a love let­ter. Even if you are fami­li­ar with Hong’s con­sis­tent mas­tery of the form, not­hing pre­pa­res you for the heart­brea­king can­dour of the film you are about to see.

Credits:

So-seol-ga-ui yeong-hwa
KR 2021, 92 Min., korea­ni­sche OmU
Regie, Kamera, Schnitt & Buch: Hong Sangsoo
mit Lee Hyeyoung, Kim Minhee, Seo Younghwa, Park Miso

Trailer:
The Novelist’s Film (So-seol-ga-ui yeong-hwa) | Trailer | Berlinale 2022
The film is scree­ned with German subtitles
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  • The Novelist’s Film

    The Novelist’s Film

    A film by Hong Sangsoo. In Korean with German subtitles.

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    Famous nove­list Junhee’s reuni­on with two acquain­tances would appear to be tin­ged with a slight sen­se of acrim­o­ny. The first of the­se col­le­agues gave up wri­ting to open a book­s­to­re on the out­skirts of Seoul and has not given her any feed­back about her last book. The second, a film­ma­ker, never adapt­ed Junhee’s novel as plan­ned. But the more pres­sing issue is that Junhee has not published any­thing in a while. Instead, she has begun to ques­ti­on her approach to wri­ting and is having doubts about the sen­si­bi­li­ty that for­ged her style and her cha­ris­ma­tic, scathing per­so­na­li­ty. During a stroll in the park with the film direc­tor and his wife, she meets a famous fema­le actor who is expe­ri­en­cing a simi­lar hia­tus. The two con­nect so deep­ly that an idea for a film, which would be her first, soon beg­ins to ger­mi­na­te in the novelist’s mind.
    Hong Sangsoo’s twen­ty-seventh fea­ture is an occa­si­on for a spellb­in­ding encoun­ter bet­ween Kim Minhee and Cho Yunhee. His latest work muses on the effect of time on lives devo­ted to art; it also cele­bra­tes the beau­ty of chan­ce encoun­ters and the importance of being truthful in the disho­nest world of film. A pae­an to actors that is, well, sim­ply a love let­ter. Even if you are fami­li­ar with Hong’s con­sis­tent mas­tery of the form, not­hing pre­pa­res you for the heart­brea­king can­dour of the film you are about to see.

    Credits:

    So-seol-ga-ui yeong-hwa
    KR 2021, 92 Min., korea­ni­sche OmU
    Regie, Kamera, Schnitt & Buch: Hong Sangsoo
    mit Lee Hyeyoung, Kim Minhee, Seo Younghwa, Park Miso

    Trailer:
    The Novelist’s Film (So-seol-ga-ui yeong-hwa) | Trailer | Berlinale 2022
    The film is scree­ned with German subtitles
    nach oben
  • Zur Erinnerung an Tatjana Turanskyj

    Zur Erinnerung an Tatjana Turanskyj

    Weitermachen!“ war die Devise von Tatjana Turanskyj, die vor einem Jahr viel zu früh ver­starb. „Tatjana war zu-aller­erst Feministin. Sie war Autorin-Filmemacherin, Aktivistin, Performerin, Galeristin, Werbetexterin, Kritikerin, Freundin, Mentorin, Professorin, Gefährtin und Verbündete“, schrei­ben Jan Ahlrichs und Freund:innen nach ihrem Tod. Die drei Langfilme von Turanskyj (einer davon in Co-Regie mit Marita Neher) wer­den jeweils von Filmausschnitten, Einführungen und Gesprächen beglei­tet. Zahlreiche Wegbegleiter:innen haben sich ange­kün­digt um nach den Filmen zu erin­nern und das Weitermachen weiterzudenken.

    Freitag, 7.10., 17:30 Uhr, Eine Flexible Frau, D 2010 ‚
    Greta, 40, ist Architektin, arbeits­los, Mutter, Trinkerin. Sie jobbt im Callcenter, doku­men­tiert die Gentrifizierung Berlins, wehrt sich gegen ihre Umwelt und drif­tet tags und nachts durch die Stadt.
    Samstag, 8.10., 17:30 Uhr, Top Girl oder la défor­ma­ti­on pro­fes­si­on­nel­le, D 2014
    Helena, 29, ist allein­er­zie­hen­de Mutter und mäßig erfolg­rei­che Schauspielerin. Deshalb arbei­tet sie neben­bei selbst­stän­dig als Sexarbeiterin. Zweiter Teil der unvoll­ende­ten „Frauen und Arbeit„-Trilogie.
    Sonntag, 9.10., 17:30 Uhr, Orientierungslosigkeit ist kein Verbrechen (mit Marita Neher), D 2016

  • Vesper Chronicles

    Vesper Chronicles

    A film by Kristina Buozyte and Bruno Samper. Starts October 6th at the fsk. 

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    Thirteen-year-old Vesper (Raffiella Chapman) lives on an Earth in which the eco­sys­tem has total­ly col­lap­sed. Inhabiting a dila­pi­da­ted old shack with her bedrid­den father (Richard Brake) – who can com­mu­ni­ca­te through a dro­ne which fol­lows his daugh­ter around – Vesper fora­ges for food in the unwel­co­ming forest whilst also expe­ri­men­ting in her lab. When she dis­co­vers a cra­s­hed ship from the Citadel – a fort­ress for the “gre­at and good” of socie­ty – she finds the uncon­scious body of Camellia (Rosy McEwen). Nursing her back to health, she hopes that this mys­te­rious stran­ger will help them out of their situa­ti­on and allow them to enter the uto­pia of the Citadel. But when neigh­bour Jonas (Eddie Marsan) appears with his own nefa­rious plans, Vesper must find a way to rever­se apocalypse.

    Credits:

    LT/FR/BE 2022, 114 Min., engl. OmU,
    Regie: Kristina Buozyte, Bruno Samper
    Kamera: Feliksas Abrukauskas
    Schnitt: Suzanne Fenn
    mit: Raffiella Chapman, Eddie Marsan, Rosie McEwen, Richard Brake

    Trailer:
    Vesper – Official Trailer | HD | IFC Films
    Im Kino mit deut­schen Untertiteln
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  • Nicht VerRecken

    Nicht VerRecken

    Sorry, this ent­ry is only available in Deutsch.

    Ein Film von Martin Gressmann.

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    Immer wei­ter­lau­fen, um mit dem Leben davon­zu­kom­men … Anfang 1945 wer­den über­all dort, wo die Front in die Nähe der Konzentrationslager kommt, Gefangene Richtung Westen getrie­ben. Häftlinge aus den Lagern Sachsenhausen und Ravensbrück müs­sen bis zu 250 Kilometer mar­schie­ren. Anfang Mai wer­den die Überlebenden der Tortur in Raben Steinfeld bei Schwerin, in Ludwigslust, in Plau am See und noch wei­ter nörd­lich von der Roten Armee und der US-Armee befreit.
    Über sie­ben Jahrzehnte spä­ter folgt Regisseur Martin Gressmann („Das Gelände“) den Hauptrouten der Todesmärsche durch Brandenburg und Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, an denen heu­te 200 Gedenktafeln ste­hen. In sei­nem Film „Nicht verRecken“ lässt er die letz­ten, heu­te hoch­be­tag­ten Zeugen zu Wort kom­men. Einige von ihnen spre­chen zum ers­ten Mal dar­über. Sie erin­nern sich an ein Grauen, das nicht ver­schwin­det. Wie weit muss man zurück­schau­en, um zu ver­ste­hen, wie stark das Vergangene mit dem Heutigen ver­knüpft ist?
    „Martin Gressmann erzählt und ent­deckt Spuren der Grausamkeit des Reichs-Zusammenbruchs, der auf die ent­setz­li­chen Grausamkeiten der Kriegs-Triumphe not­ge­drun­gen fol­gen muss­te. Überall Unvorstellbares, was Menschen, „Häftlinge“ ertru­gen. Beginnende Rechtfertigungsversuche der Nazibonzen ange­sichts der unaus­weich­li­chen Niederlage und der bevor­ste­hen­den Entdeckung ihrer Taten. Tausende von Wandernden durch Brandenburg und Mecklenburg, ohne­hin am Ende der Kräfte, ange­trie­ben von SS-Horden mit Peitschen und Hunden, immer auf Nebenstraßen, mög­lichst unge­se­hen vor­bei an den Dörfern. Wer zurück­blieb bekam den Todesschuss. Wo sie kurz lagern durf­ten, da hat­ten die vor­an­ge­gan­ge­nen Kolonnen bereits das Gras, den Löwenzahn, die Wurzeln ver­tilgt. Völlig anders­ar­tig als die gegen­wär­tig ste­reo­ty­pen Historien-Dokus der Fernsehsender, ganz ohne Musik, lei­se, auf­merk­sam, anteil­neh­mend geht Gressmann die Strecken ent­lang, beob­ach­tet, befragt die noch leben­den einst­ma­li­gen Häftlinge oder die heu­te alten Kinder, die damals die elen­den Vorbeiziehenden gese­hen hat­ten. Er horcht und blickt auf das Detail, gibt acht auf die Topographien und lässt ahnen. Hier erweckt die Sachlichkeit ech­tes Gefühl. So sehen Filme aus, die unei­tel und gedul­dig Wahrheit suchen.“ Dominik Graf

    Credits:

    DE 2021, 110 Min.,
    Regie & Buch: Martin Gressmann
    Kamera: Volker Gläser, Sabine Herpich
    Schnitt: Stefan Oliveira-Pita
    mit: Simcha Applebaum, Guy Chataigné, Alexander Fried, Karol Gdanietz, Wladimier Wojwodschenko

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  • Nachbarn

    Nachbarn

    A film by Mano Khalil. In Kurdish, Hebrew and Arabic with German subtitles 

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    A small vil­la­ge on the Syrian-Turkish bor­der in the ear­ly 1980s: The six-year-old Kurdish boy Sero expe­ri­en­ces his first school year in an Arab school and has to watch his small world being radi­cal­ly chan­ged in the cour­se of an absurd natio­na­lism. Humorous yet serious, the film tells of a child­hood that also finds its light moments bet­ween dic­ta­tor­ship and dark drama.

    Credits:

    CH/FR 2021, 124 Min., kur­disch, hebrä­isch, ara­bische OmU
    Regie & Buch: Mano Khalil
    Kamera: Stéphane Kuthy
    Schnitt: Thomas Bachmann
    mit: Serhed Khalil, Jalal Altawil, Jay Abdo, Zîrek, Heval Naif, Tuna Dwek, Mazen Al Natour

    Trailer:
    NACHBARN – Trailer OV/df
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  • Solastalgia

    Solastalgia

    A film by Marina Hufnagel. In German with English subtitles.

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    An artful explo­ra­ti­on of acti­vism; a smart and time­ly hybrid film about an enti­re gene­ra­ti­on pushing boundaries.

    Edda has been over­co­me by solast­al­gia: angu­ish over the des­truc­tion of our pla­net. Seeking refu­ge on the North Frisian island of Pellworm, she meets Sophie, a young far­mer who is suing the German govern­ment for her right to a future, in this artis­tic, ver­a­cious immersi­on in the lives of the Fridays for Future generation.


    Credits:

    DE 2022, 72 Min., dt OmeU,
    Regie: Marina Hufnagel
    Kamera:: Felix Riedelsheimer
    Schnitt: Melanie Jilg
    mit: Marie Tragoustie, Sophie Backsen

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  • Justine

    Justine

    A film by Jamie Patterson. In English with ger­man subtitles. 

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    Justine is a love sto­ry set against the back­drop of Brighton and tra­cked by a vio­lent and puz­zling tale of a young woman’s des­cent into self-des­truc­tion. She meets Rachel and love takes over.

    Credits:

    GB 2020, 82 Min., engl. OmU
    Regie: Jamie Patterson
    Kamera: Paul O’Callaghan
    Schnitt: David Fricker
    mit: Tallulah Rose Haddon, Sophie Reid, Sian Reese-Williams

    Trailer:
    JUSTINE Official Trailer (2021) Sian Reese Williams
    im Kino mit deut­schen Untertiteln
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  • Verabredungen mit einem Dichter – Michael Krüger

    Verabredungen mit einem Dichter – Michael Krüger

    A film by Frank Wierke. In German.

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    Michael Krüger was not only one of the most important publishers and lite­ra­ry media­tors in Germany and world­wi­de – first and fore­most he is a poet. We have an appoint­ment in the unof­fi­ci­al spaces whe­re poems and an uncon­ven­tio­nal, fateful life meet. “How a poem is real­ly made? If you knew, no more poems would be crea­ted. That’s very clear to me.”

    Credits:

    DE 2022, 91 Min.,
    Regie, Kamera und Schnitt: Frank Wierke

    Trailer:
    VERABREDUNGEN MIT EINEM DICHTERMICHAEL KRÜGER – Offizieller Trailer
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  • Mutter

    Mutter

    A film by Carolin Schmitz. In German with English subtitles.

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    Bewildering, amusing, insightful: Anke Engelke acts out eight authen­tic inter­views, assembling them into a gigan­tic mosaic about motherhood.

    This film tells of the joy and doubt, the power and power­less­ness, the anger and love invol­ved in mother­hood. It is at its heart a docu­men­ta­ry pro­ject: eight women aged bet­ween 30 and 75 talk about their lives as mothers. What all the­se women have in com­mon is their rea­liza­ti­on that mother­hood is a high­ly ambi­va­lent expe­ri­ence. For the film, the­se docu­men­ta­ry state­ments are brought tog­e­ther visual­ly in the form of a fic­tion­al cha­rac­ter por­tray­ed by Anke Engelke. The actress com­bi­nes the women’s reports into a laco­nic nar­ra­ti­ve about the ever­y­day life of a mother.

    Credits:

    DE 2022, 88 Min., deut­sche OmeU
    Regie & Buch: Carolin Schmitz
    Kamera: Reinhold Vorschneider
    Schnitt: Stefan Oliveira-Pita, Annett Kiener
    mit: Anke Engelke

    Trailer:
    MUTTER von Carolin Schmitz mit Anke Engelke // Trailer
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  • Liebe, D‑Mark und Tod

    Liebe, D‑Mark und Tod

    A film by Cem Kaya. In German Turkish and English with German suntitles.

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    The German Federal Republic’s 1961 recruit­ment agree­ment with Turkey not only brought “guest workers” to Germany but also their music. Cem Kaya’s den­se docu­men­ta­ry film essay is a tuto­ri­al in Turkish-German recent histo­ry that tells a tale of assem­bly line jobs, home­sick­ness and fami­ly reuni­fi­ca­ti­on, the bazaar in the ele­va­ted rail­way sta­ti­on at Berlin’s Bülowstraße, xeno­pho­bia and racism, the wistful songs of the ear­ly years and the hip-hop of the post-reuni­fi­ca­ti­on peri­od. These are the sto­ries shared by musi­ci­ans begin­ning with Metin Türköz and Yüksel Özkasap, to the psy­che­de­lic Derdiyoklar and the chart-top­ping rap­per Muhabbet. Their music has evol­ved a long way from that of German bands and has always deve­lo­ped out of the Turkish com­mu­ni­ty and its desi­res. This is the world of Radio Yilmaz, various music cas­set­te labels, pro­test rocker Cem Karaca’s German exi­le, and wed­ding bands that also sing in Kurdish and Arabic to meet the demands of the mar­ket. Extensive archi­val rese­arch and an inte­rest in Turkish popu­lar cul­tu­re are recur­ring the­mes in Cem Kaya’s work. With Aşk, Mark ve Ölüm, he has crea­ted a rhyth­mic and vivid­ly nar­ra­ted cine­ma­tic ency­clo­paed­ia of Turkish music in Germany.

    Credits:

    Aşk, Mark ve Ölüm
    DE 2022, 96 Min., Türkisch, Deutsch, Englisch OmU
    Regie: Cem Kaya
    Buch Cem Kaya, Mehmet Akif Büyükatalay
    Koautor*in Ufuk Cam
    Kamera: Cem Kaya, Mahmoud Belakhel, Julius Dommer, Christian Kochmann
    Schnitt: Cem Kaya
    mit İsmet Topçu, Ömer Boral, Yüksel Ergin, İhsan Ergin, Metin Türköz, Adnan Türköz, Yüksel Özkasap, Cevdet Yıldırım, Ercan Demirel, Cavidan Ünal, Ata Canani, Cem Karaca, Betin Güneş, Aykut Şahin, Fehiman Uğurdemir, Cengiz Öztunç, Dede Deli, Mustafa Çetinol, Erdal Karayağız, İzzet Nihat Yarsaloğlu, Hatay Engin, Yasin Kıran, Aytaç Kıran, Serdar Saydan, Serkan Kaynarcalı, Rüştü Elmas, Mustafa Deniz, Oktay Vural, Orhan Amuroğlu, Ümit Gücüyener, Sultan Korkmaz, Bekir Karaoğlan, Ümit Çağlar, Ali Ekber Aydoğan, Killa Hakan, Kabus Kerim, Derya Yıldırım, Tümay Koyuncuoğlu, Rossi Pennino, Kutlu Yurtseven, Erci E., Alper Ağa, Boe B., Tahir Çevik, Volkan Türeli, Nellie, Muhabbet, Aziza A., İmran Ayata, Bülent Kullukcu, Ibrahim Ertalay, Ilkay Kökel, Mehmet Yozgut

    Trailer:
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