A film by Hannes Obens & Claudia Morar.
A documentation about some „undercover agents” in activists groups around the „Rote Flora” cultural centre.
D 2017, 83 Min.
Regie: Hannes Obens und Claudia Morar
Kamera: Maurice Wilkerling, Lasse Teubner
Ton: Timo Selengia
Schnitt: Michelle Barbin
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A film by Julian Radlmaier. In german & english with german subtitles
A bourgeois greyhound confesses how he turned from an ambitious but little-recognised filmmaker into a canine. When his latest project is rejected by every single funding institution, Julian is forced to take on a job as a fruit picker. When he makes a young Canadian woman named Camille believe that this is research for a communist fairytale film in which she is to play the leading role, she wants to come along, which kindles romantic notions in Julian. The pair winds up on an ostensibly idyllic but in reality deeply exploitative apple farm. Whilst Julian has a hard time coping with the physical strain, Camille throws herself enthusiastically into their supposed research and befriends Hong and Sancho, two naïve proletarians in search of happiness. Julian finds it increasingly difficult to play the communist filmmaker, then a model worker who dreams the American dream gets in his way, not to mention an unhinged monk with magical powers. With all these seething conflicts going on it’s no surprise that the farm owner is accidentally killed. In the end the entire orchard is buzzing with an outrageous plan.
Deutschland 2017, 99 Min.
Regie, Buch, Schnitt: Julian Radlmaier
Kamera: Markus Koob
Mit:
Julian Radlmaier
Deragh Campbell
Kyung-Taek Lie
Beniamin Forti
Ilia Korkashvili
Bruno Derksen
A film by Thomas Riedelsheimer. Starts 1. Juni at the fsk in several languages with german subtitles.
What is the meaning of home? What is the meaning of happiness? And how do you find it – just where you are? With his dependable flair for camera positions and people, Riedelsheimer travels to six different destinations to find out exactly that.
Deutschland 2016, 92 Min., portugiesisch, japanisch, deutsch, arabische OmU
Regie, Kamera, Schnitt: Thomas Riedelsheimer
Die 20-jährige Jane arbeitet im San Fernando Valley als Porno-Darstellerin. Mit ihrer Kollegin Melissa lebt sie in einem Haus, das Melissas Freund und Manager Mikey gehört und oft auch als Filmset dient. Um ihr karges Zimmer ein bisschen gemütlicher zu machen, klappert Jane die umliegenden Flohmärkte ab. In einer Thermoskanne, die sie als Vase benutzen will, findet sie 10.000 Dollar. Spontan geht sie einkaufen – dann plagen sie Gewissensbisse. Doch die ahnungslose Verkäuferin Sadie (Besedka Johnson), eine verschlossene Witwe von 85 Jahren, lässt Jane gar nicht erst zu Wort kommen, als die von ihrem Fund erzählen will. Jane will nun herausfinden, ob Sadie das viele Geld nötig hat, und es ihr nur dann zurückgeben. Frech drängt sie sich ins Leben der alten Frau, um sie kennen zu lernen, bis sich langsam eine ungewöhnliche Freundschaft entwickelt. Doch auch Melissa benötigt immer wieder Janes Aufmerksamkeit: Sie ist drogensüchtig, und ihre Unzuverlässigkeit und ihr chronischer Geldmangel werden zum Problem …
„Starlet” ist ein Film über Vertrauen und Vertrauensmissbrauch. Sadie und Jane sind beide auf sich allein gestellt und leben wie in einem Kokon: Sadie verlässt ihr leicht verwahrlostes Haus fast nur noch zum wöchentlichen Bingo, Jane lebt in einer aseptischen Welt, in der es außer dem Job kaum mehr gibt als Computerspielen auf der Couch und Drogen. Die Bildgestaltung des Films ist äußerst gelungen. Oft scheint Jane sich in einer lichtdurchfluteten Traumwelt zu bewegen. Der elegische Elektrosoundtrack trägt ebenfalls zu dieser entrückten Atmosphäre bei. Dann wiederum setzt der Film auf die dokumentarisch anmutende Nähe der Handkamera und strafft Szenen mit sichtbaren Jumpcuts. (…). Ein wunderbarer Film. (BR – KinoKino)
„STARLET entwirft die klassische Geschichte der unwahrscheinlichen Freundschaft als zartes, pastellfarbenes, sonnengetränktes, flüchtig-spontanes Gewebe und wartet mit zwei Entdeckungen auf: Mariel Hemingways Tochter Dree in der Rolle der Jane und Besedka Johnson, die im Greisinnenalter ihr Debüt als Sadie gibt.” (Viennale)
USA 2012, 103 Min., engl. OmU
Regie: Sean S. Baker
Darsteller: Dree Hemingway, Besedka Johnson, Stella Maeve, James Ransone, Karren Karagulian
A film by Bertram Verhaag.In german language.
The film opens with farmers in the USA. Here, every year, the fields are sprayed with millions of tonnes of “Roundup”, a pesticide whose main active ingredient is the chemical glyphosate. Multinational chemical companies market Roundup for use with plants which are genetically modified to be resistant to it. The idea is that farmers can apply the poison to large swathes of farmland, killing everything except their crop. But this weapon is losing its power. Nature is creating glyphosate-resistant weeds which spread at a biblical rate and grow incredibly fast – allowing them to quickly overpower and kill the crops. We meet farmers who’ve been driven to desperation. No longer able to control these “superweeds”, they have no choice but to abandon huge areas of good-quality farmland – losing their livelihoods in the process.
The film explores poisons such as Roundup and the ways in which they have seeped into our lives: although Germany is virtually GM-free, glyphosate can now be detected in all of our bodies. Using powerful images, the film explains how the large-scale application of poison is destroying soil biology, causing a global drop in soil fertility.
Deutschland 2017, 95 Min.
Regie: Bertram Verhaag
Kamera: Waldemar Hauschild, Gerald Fritzen
Schnitt: Hauke von Stietencron, Corinna Lösel, Melanie Singer, Verena Schönauer
A film by Ounie Lecomte, In french with german subtitles.
Elisa, physiotherapist, went to live with her young son, Noé, in Dunkirk, the town where she was born under X. A few months earlier, she began researching her biological mother, but the woman refused to reveal her identity. In search of an unknown mother, her past and their history, Elisa did not give up and wants to understand as luck will change their expectations …
Je vous souhaite d’être follement aimée
Frankreich 2015, frz. OmU, 100 Min.
Regie: Ounie Lecomte
Buch: Ounie Lecomte, Agnès de Sacy
Kamera: Caroline Champetier
Darsteller: Céline Sallette, Anne Benoit, Elyes Aguis, Françoise Lebrun, Louis-Do de Lencquesaing, Pascal Elso, Micha Lescot, Catherine Mouchet
A Film by Carsten Rau & Hauke Wendler. In german and albanian with german subtitles.
They come in the night, tear families from their sleep, give them just enough time to pack and put them on a plane: this is the role of the so-called ‚transportation commandos‘ comprising police officers and immigration officials. Last year, over 22,000 failed asylum seekers were deported from Germany. The documentary DEPORTATION CLASS presents a comprehensive view of this state enforcement measure for the first time: from detailed planning in the office to night-time operations at asylum seeker accommodation blocks and the arrival of asylum seekers back in their respective homelands – and the question of what awaits them there. Following extensive research, the film crew led by Carsten Rau and Hauke Wendler were present at a collective deportation in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. A project favoured by Interior Minister Lorenz Caffier who was present in person at the deportations. Haunting, moving images unlike anything seen before, repeated week after week as hundreds of asylum seekers are flown out, mostly to the Balkans. Two years ago, Rau and Wendler documented how Germany reacted to these new arrivals in their hit film ‚Willkommen auf Deutsch‘. With DEPORTATION CLASS, they show where things lead as the mood shifts against the refugees. As more and more countries are declared to be ‚safe countries of origin‘ and basic rights are restricted. The film depicts these ‚returnees‘ as people with dignity and their own opinions.
D 2016, 85 Min.
deutsch-albanische OmU
Regie: Carsten Rau, Hauke Wendler
Kamera: Boris Mahlau
Schnitt: Sigrid Sveistrup
A film by Sobo Swobodnik. 20.,21. + 28. May at the fsk. In german language.
In the space of 6 years, 7 months and 16 days, the National Socialist Underground (NSU) murdered nine migrants and a German police officer without being stopped. Sobo Swobodnik’s black and white film essay acts as an audiovisual memorial to the victims.
Deutschland 2016, 73 Min.
Regie, Kamera & Buch: Sobo Swobodnik
Schnitt: Manuel Stettner.
A Jeff Nichols film. In english with german subtitles
Mildred and Richard Loving were arrested in 1958 for the crime of getting married. According to the state of Virginia, she was „colored,” he was „white,” and their marriage was illegal. Both were sentenced to a year in prison — a sentence that was only suspended on the condition that they leave Virginia. The couple fought that judgment before the US Supreme Court, which ultimately ruled in their favour, bringing an end to Virginia’s anti-miscegenation laws. This inspiring film from Jeff Nichols (Mud, Take Shelter) tells Mildred and Richard’s story of romance and injustice with tenderness and wisdom.
The Civil Rights movement is still in its infancy when Richard (Joel Edgerton), a construction worker, proposes to Mildred (Ruth Negga) on the same Virginia acreage where he plans to build their home. It should be the beginning of a blissful period, but trouble is already brewing. Someone informs the authorities of Richard and Mildred’s union. It is not long before police break down the couple’s door and drag them off to the county jail. They face this indignity with stoicism, but the worst is yet to come.
Edgerton is taciturn but vulnerable, using body language to transmit both ferocious love and righteous outrage. Negga is nothing less than a revelation, conveying turbulent emotions with a glance. The subtle power of these performances is heightened by Nichols‘ refusal to reduce his story to speeches and high drama. In keeping with David Wingo’s sombre score, Nichols doesn’t push sentiment. He allows his characters‘ story to steep for greater resonance.
Loving does not revisit history merely to flatter the present. Rather, it recognizes how far we’ve come while implicitly reminding us how far we still have to go.
USA 2016, 123 Min., engl. OmU
Regie & Buch: Jeff Nichols
Kamera: Adam Stone
Schnitt: Julie Monroe
mit: Joel Edgerton, Ruth Negga, Michael Shannon, Marton Csokas
A film by Jakob Schmidt.. In german language.
The mainly theoretic university teacher training has for decades been followed with bureaucratic regularity by two years of student teaching, the practical part of the training. It’s comparable to a leap into icy water when prospective teachers work for two years in the field of tension between grading and being graded. They must educate and are educated themselves. From day one they are forced to play conflicting roles. It’s a permanent test, always caught between two stools.
Student teachers must discipline classes and be disciplined by their tutors. They must distribute grades while they panic before their own test lessons. And they are always both student and teacher. Some start out with idealism and passion, others for lack of alternatives, others see themselves as future professionals in solid employment. Step by step they become – willy-nilly – the representatives of a system that has shaped each of us. “To Be a Teacher” follows three very different characters on this tension-filled path.
Ralph Eue
D 2016, 102 Min.
Regie und Buch: Jakob Schmidt
Kamera: David Schittek, Evgeny Revvo, Jakob Schmidt
Schnitt: Julia Wiedwald
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