From 26 June to 7 August, we will be showing four audience favourites from the last festival programme – in the open air and on the big screen. Find everything you need for great cinema experiences with summer atmosphere in this space.
Open-Air cinema at the Spinnerei (in cooperation with Luru Kino)
The first DOK summer cinema night will take place during CSD week, on 26 June at 22:00. In “Sabbath Queen”, meet queer activist Amichai Lau-Lavie – born in Israel, son of a Holocaust survivor, drag queen, rabbi and spiritual leader of a Jewish congregation in New York. He wants to be a ‘virus inside the system’ to break patriarchal traditions and make Judaism more humane, more open. Director Sandi DuBowski followed Amichai for over twenty years for this long-term portrait.
2cl Sommerkino at Conne Island (in cooperation with the Cinèmatheque)
On 10 July, we celebrate the “Sisterqueens”: Jamila (9), Rachel (11) and Faseeha (12) are part of a rap project in Berlin-Wedding. For four years, this documentary film follows them through everyday life with their parents, siblings and their unusual chosen hip-hop family, where they learn a lot about hook lines and even more about self-respect. “Sisterqueens" starts at 21:30.
Summer cinema at the Plagwitzer Markthalle (in cooperation with Schaubühne Lindenfels)
Get ready for an incredible story: “Balomania” takes you to the heart of the Brazilian favelas, where so-called ‘baloeiros’ are dedicated to building, launching and chasing hot air balloons. A logistically complex endeavour – and dangerous, since the ‘baloeiros’ are prosecuted as a criminal organisation. An intimate, multi-layered and action-packed film that turns conventional ideas about life in the favelas on their head. It takes off on 24 July at 22:00.
“Blueberry Dreams”: The finale of our summer cinema is set for 7 August at 21:30. In the north of Georgia, a family starts growing blueberries. A courageous step for the farming newcomers, who spend month after month settling into their new life. In the evenings, the television is on in the background: images of a Ukraine under attack, news of the escalation in the Middle East remind the adults of the Russo-Georgian War sixteen years ago. The head of the family, Soso, looks thoughtfully at his home in the midst of the escalating political situation in the world. What dreams will still find a place there?
Tickets are available from the respective cinema partner and at the box office. We look forward to your visit and to summery film evenings together!
