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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A film by Assaf Lapid. In English, Hebrew, Yiddish and Dutch with German subtitles.

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A few months after his release from Auschwitz and still in his stri­ped jacket, Yechiel De-Nur sat down and star­ted wri­ting. After two weeks, he was reborn as Ka-Tzetnik, or “the man from the camps.” While the books that he wro­te were trans­la­ted into 32 lan­guages and sold mil­li­ons, the aut­hor hims­elf hid behind the pseud­onym. It wasn’t until the tri­al of Adolf Eichmann in 1961 that his true iden­ti­ty was reve­a­led during his reve­la­to­ry tes­tim­o­ny whe­re he descri­bed Auschwitz as “the other pla­net:” a place out­side of human judgment. Years later, under­go­ing an expe­ri­men­tal LSD tre­at­ment for trau­ma, he revi­sits his expe­ri­ence, ima­gi­ning hims­elf as an SS offi­cer, and that chan­ges ever­y­thing. In this affec­ting docu­men­ta­ry, the life of the mys­te­rious and elu­si­ve aut­hor and his views on human beha­vi­or are exami­ned in depth.

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The Return from the Other Plaent
DE/IL 2023, 81 Min., eng­lisch, hebrä­isch, jid­disch, nie­der­län­disch OmU
Regie: Assaf Lapid
Kamera: Talia Tulik Galon, Jörg Adams
Schnitt: Nohar Avigail Haseen, Assaf Lapid 

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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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A film by Ido Fluk. In German and English with German subtitles.

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Köln 75 tells the true sto­ry behind one of the best-sel­ling jazz records of all time, Keith Jarrett’s “Köln Concert” from 1975. The event almost fai­led to hap­pen – befo­re a for­mi­da­ble German teen­ager, the 18-year-old Vera Brandes, pulls out all the stops and arran­ges the con­di­ti­ons for the crea­ti­on of a mas­ter­pie­ce. Vera, who is still at school when she starts pro­du­cing and pro­mo­ting con­certs in Cologne, puts ever­y­thing on the line to stage this show. It looks like all the odds are against her, but Vera belie­ves in the power of music and has never seen anyo­ne play in the way that Keith Jarrett plays.

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DE/BE/PL 2024, 115 Min.,
Regie: Ido Fluk
Kamera: Jens Harant
Schnitt: Anja Siemens
mit Mala Emde, John Magaro, Michael Chernus, Alexander Scheer, Ulrich Tukur

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A film by Ariane Labed. In English with German subtitles.

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Sisters July and September are very clo­se, but very dif­fe­rent: September is pro­tec­ti­ve and dis­trustful; July, open and curious. An inci­dent in school forces them to flee to an old holi­day home with their mum, whe­re a series of sur­re­al events cau­se their bond to shift in ways July can­not comprehend.

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September Says
FR/GR/IE/DE/UK 2023, 96 Min., engl. OmU
Regie: Ariane Labed
Kamera: Balthazar Lab
Schnitt: Bettina Böhler
mit: Mia Tharia, Pascale Kann, Rakhee Thakrar

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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 Ian White. In English with German subtitles.

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Formed in Melbourne, Australia in the late 1970s The Birthday Party were one of the most influ­en­ti­al acts of their time. From hum­ble begin­nings in sub­ur­ban Melbourne they grew to com­mand a level of respect around the world which remains undi­mi­nis­hed to this day. Fuelled by the incen­dia­ry rela­ti­onship bet­ween voca­list Nick Cave and gui­ta­rist Rowland S. Howard, The Birthday Party were fre­quent­ly descri­bed as the most dan­ge­rous band in the world.

Nick Cave – Vocals

Phill Calvert – Drums

Mick Harvey – Guitar, Drums

Rowland S. Howard – Guitar

Tracy Pew – Bass

Having emer­ged from the ashes of Cave and Harvey’s first punk-pop band, The Boys Next Door and mor­phed into The Birthday Party, they quick­ly rose to beco­me one of the most lau­ded post-punk bands in the coun­try. Motivated, ambi­tious and riding high on their suc­cess, the group deci­ded to relo­ca­te to London – whe­re a total­ly dif­fe­rent rea­li­ty awai­ted them. Scorned by the British music press and unable to obtain more than a handful of gigs, the band’s for­tu­nes col­lap­sed as they fro­ze and star­ved in a series of ever more squ­al­id bed­sits and squats.

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AU 2023, 99 Min, engl. OmU
Regie: Ian White
Kamera: Craig Johnston
Schnitt: Aaron J. March
mit: Phil Calvert, Nick Cave, Mick Harvey, Rowland S. Howard, Tracy Pew

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A film by Ladj Ly. In French with German subtitles.

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When the mayor of a Paris sub­urb dies, Pierre, a doc­tor, agrees to fill the posi­ti­on. He intends to con­ti­nue the xeno­pho­bic poli­ci­es of his pre­de­ces­sor, who aimed to rede­ve­lop the­se pover­ty-stri­cken immi­grant neigh­bor­hoods. But Haby, an acti­vist resi­dent of immi­grant heri­ta­ge, refu­ses to be dri­ven out and mounts an escala­ting batt­le for the office.

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Bâtiment 5 / Les Indésirables
FR 2023, 106 Min., frz. OmU
Regie: Ladj Ly
Kamera: Julien Poupard
Schnitt: Flora Volpelière
mit: Anta Diaw, Alexis Manenti, Aristote Luyindula, Steve Tientcheu, Aurélia Petit

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A film by Gints Zilbalodis. Starts March 6th at the fsk. Without dialogues.

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The world seems to be coming to an end, tee­ming with the ves­ti­ges of a human pre­sence. Cat is a soli­ta­ry ani­mal, but as its home is devas­ta­ted by a gre­at flood, he finds refu­ge on a boat popu­la­ted by various spe­ci­es, and will have to team up with them despi­te their dif­fe­ren­ces. In the lone­so­me boat sai­ling through mys­ti­cal over­flowed land­scapes, they navi­ga­te the chal­lenges and dan­gers of adap­ting to this new world.

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LV/FR/BE 2023, 84 Min., ohne Dialog
Regie: Gints Zilbalodis
Kamera: Léo Silly Pélissier
Schnitt: Gints Zilbalodis

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A film by Jonathan Millet. In Arabic and French with German subtitles.

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Hamid, is part of a secret group pur­suing the Syrian regime’s fugi­ti­ve lea­ders. His mis­si­on takes him to France, on the trail of his for­mer tor­tu­rer whom he must con­front. Based on true events.

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Les Fantômes FR 2024, 106 Min., Arab., Frz. OmU
Regie: Jonathan Millet
Kamera: Olivier Boonjing
Schnitt: Laurent Sénéchal
mit: Adam Bessa, Tawfeek Barhom, Julia Franz Richter, Hala Rajab, Safiqa El Till 

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