Primadonna – Das Mädchen von morgen

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.

Credits:

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

Trailer:
Trailer „Primadonna”
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  • Primadonna – Das Mädchen von morgen

    Primadonna – Das Mädchen von morgen

    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.

    Credits:

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

    Trailer:
    Trailer „Primadonna”
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  • Köln 75

    Köln 75

    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.

    Köln 75
    Credits:

    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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  • September & July

    September & July

    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.

    Credits:

    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

    Trailer:
    September Says – Official Clip
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  • Mond

    Mond

    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)

    Credits:

    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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  • Mutiny in Heaven

    Mutiny in Heaven

    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.

    Credits:

    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

    Trailer:
    MUTINY IN HEAVENNICK CAVES FRÜHE JAHRE | OmU Trailer
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  • Die Unerwünschten

    Die Unerwünschten

    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.

    Credits:

    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

    Trailer:
    BÂTIMENT 5 (Official Trailer, OV/d)
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  • Flow

    Flow

    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.

    Credits:

    LV/FR/BE 2023, 84 Min., ohne Dialog
    Regie: Gints Zilbalodis

    Kamera: Léo Silly Pélissier
    Schnitt: Gints Zilbalodis

    Trailer:
    FLOW l Kinotrailer
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  • Die Schattenjäger

    Die Schattenjäger

    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.

    Credits:

    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 

    Trailer:
    Die Schattenjäger (Ghost Trail) Trailer Original mit dt. UT
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  • Bird

    Bird

    A film by Andrea Arnold. In English with German subtitles.

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    12 year old Bailey lives with her sin­gle dad Bug and brot­her Hunter in a squat in North Kent. Bug doesn’t have much time for his kids and Bailey who is approa­ching puber­ty seeks atten­ti­on and adven­ture elsewhere.

    Credits:

    GB 2023, 119 Min., engl. OmU,
    Regie: Andrea Arnold
    Kamera: Robbie Ryan
    Schnitt: Joe Bini
    mit: Barry Keoghan, Franz Rogowski, Nykiya Adams, Jason Edward Buda, Jasmine Jobson, James Nelson-Joyce
    Kayleigh Frankie Box

    Trailer:
    BIRD l Deutscher OmU Trailer
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  • The Village next to Paradise

    The Village next to Paradise

    Sorry, this ent­ry is only available in Deutsch.

    Ein Film von Mo Harawe.

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    Der Eröffnungsfilm des letz­ten Afrikamera-Filmfestivals hat vie­le über­ra­schen­de Aspekte, ohne Wundertüte zu sein. Trotz Bürgerkrieg und pre­kä­rem Leben im Postkolonialismus geht es ruhig zu, die Sprache ist ein­fach und der Ton lako­nisch. Die drei Mitglieder einer unfrei­wil­li­gen Patchworkfamilie im Dorf Paradise in Somalia haben ihre eige­nen Sorgen. Mamargades Job als tra­di­tio­nel­ler Leichenbestatter wird bald von Maschinen über­nom­men, sei­ne Schwester Araweelo lebt in Scheidung und muss sich neu ori­en­tie­ren, und Ziehsohn Cigaal wird wegen Lehrermangels aufs Internat geschickt, was er nicht will, und wofür auch eigent­lich kein Geld da ist.
    Der soma­lisch-öster­rei­chi­sche Drehbuchautor und Regisseur Mo Harawe lie­fert mit sei­nem Debütfilm einen sel­te­nen Einblick in ein Land, das kaum je auf der gro­ßen Leinwand zu sehen ist.
    „Doch trotz der zahl­rei­chen per­sön­li­chen Rückschläge, die Harawe fast neben­bei in einen grö­ße­ren, poli­ti­schen Kontext ein­bet­tet, ist The Village Next to Paradise kei­ne Leidenspassion. Bild und Ton stre­ben dem ent­ge­gen: Die Primärfarben leuch­ten vor dem san­di­gen Hintergrund, Musik wird in Form von Liedern aus der Region sehr gezielt ein­ge­setzt. … Weltkino im bes­ten Sinn. Harawe gibt Einblicke in das Leben in einer Gegend, das so bis­lang kaum zu sehen war. Das gelingt ihm ohne Ausstellen von Fremdheit, Elend oder Sentimentalität. Fast sind sei­ne Charaktere zu resi­li­ent für das Leben in einer Wirklichkeit, in der eine Frau Worte sagen kann wie: ‚Es hat kei­nen Sinn, Kinder zu bekom­men. Sie haben kei­ne Zukunft und ster­ben jung.‘“
    Valerie Dirk, Der Standard

    ​THE VILLAGE NEXT TO PARADISE ist der ers­te soma­li­sche Film, der jemals in der pres­ti­ge­träch­ti­gen Sektion „Un Certain Regard“ in Cannes gezeigt wurde.

    Credits:

    DE/FR/AU/SO 2024, 133 Min., Somali OmU
    Regie: Mo Harawe
    Kamera: Mostafa El Kashef
    Schnitt: Joana Scrinzi, aea
    mit
    Ahmed Ali Farah, Anab Ahmed Ibrahim, Ahmed Mohamud Saleban

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