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Sat 31.10.
31.10. 18:00 – 19:13 The Masturbator - The Adventures of Edgar Hilsenrath #681 UT Connewitz During Checkout you can apply discounts, your accreditation or season passes 18:00 – 19:13 UT Connewitz #681 The Masturbator - The Adventures of Edgar Hilsenrath During Checkout you can apply discounts, your accreditation or season passes Calendar The Masturbator – The Adventures of Edgar Hilsenrath Le Branleur – Les aventures d’Edgar Hilsenrath François-Xavier Destors France, Germany, Belgium Positions He dared to confront trauma with black humour: Using animation and archive material, this film delves into the radically scandalous world of the writer and Holocaust survivor Edgar Hilsenrath. More Details
31.10. 18:00 – 19:33 When the Sea Was Calm + Letters from the Silenced Country #6C1 Cinémathèque in der naTo During Checkout you can apply discounts, your accreditation or season passes 18:00 – 19:33 Cinémathèque in der naTo #6C1 When the Sea Was Calm + Letters from the Silenced Country During Checkout you can apply discounts, your accreditation or season passes Calendar When the Sea Was Calm When the Sea Was Calm Mamuka Tkeshelashvili Georgia International Competition Animated Film Summer, football, a first infatuation: it’s 1993 in Sukhumi, Georgia, just before everything will change. Touching, poetic memories of carefree days, narrated from exile. Contains depictions of war scenes More Details Letters from the Silenced Country Listy Andrei Kutsila Poland, Lithuania, Germany International Competition Documentary Film A country in which any type of opposition is persecuted and violently put down. Accounts from Belarus tell of sacrifice, solidarity and the human cost of resistance. Contains mentions of death Contains depictions of physical violence More Details
31.10. 18:00 – 19:47 Short Film Reel: Art of Life #663 Passage Kinos Astoria During Checkout you can apply discounts, your accreditation or season passes 18:00 – 19:47 Passage Kinos Astoria #663 Short Film Reel: Art of Life During Checkout you can apply discounts, your accreditation or season passes Calendar The Way We Look at Things The Way We Look at Things Aline Helmcke Germany International Competition Animated Film Lines that turn into insects, an entire swarm, a landscape – before dissolving once again. Simple elements produce fleeting meaning in this film which celebrates drawing. More Details Broken Glass Broken Glass Kateryna Voznytsia Ukraine International Competition Animated Film The ingredients are sugar, silicon and plastic filaments. While making a zoetrope jelly, the director reflects on the birth of her daughter and her own excessive perfectionism. More Details Division Division James Paul Dallas USA International Competition Documentary Film What may be kept, what can go? From a distance, the director is guided through a deserted flat and library. A parkour through the private, along paths of knowledge and guilty pleasures. More Details Strahlen Strahlen Juliane Ebner Germany German Competition Documentary Film Fokus Ost Summer 1995 in East Germany. Artists in the country, working, living, loving. A video treasure trove enables a portrait of painter Käthe Ebner to emerge from their midst. Contains mentions of death More Details How to Catch a Butterfly How to Catch a Butterfly Kiriko Mechanicus Netherlands International Competition Documentary Film Racially motivated femicides. The director writes letters to the perpetrator in prison, blending projection with performance. A self-interrogation about the fetishisation of Asian women. Contains mentions of murder, racism Contains depictions of racism More Details
31.10. 19:30 – 20:59 The Autoharp Crushing on Hot Guys + Nicole Nicole Hauptbahnhof Osthalle Free entry During Checkout you can apply discounts, your accreditation or season passes 19:30 – 20:59 Hauptbahnhof Osthalle The Autoharp Crushing on Hot Guys + Nicole Nicole Free entry Free entry During Checkout you can apply discounts, your accreditation or season passes Calendar The Autoharp Crushing on Hot Guys Zamilovaná autoharfa na sexy kluky Antonie Zavadilová, Lucie Krejčí Czech Republic International Competition Animated Film What if there were a magical string instrument that could help people find a partner? At once similar and very different, two friends fantasise about a new conception of the family. Contains mentions of mental health conditions German subtitles More Details Nicole Nicole Nicole Nicole Lauren Dällenbach Switzerland, France Audience Competition Nicole is 55 and still lives with her mother by Lake Geneva. Within this symbiotic family, the need for greater independence rears its head. A tender tale of connection and emancipation. Contains depictions of mental health conditions German subtitles More Details
31.10. 20:00 – 21:38 Bára - Diary of a Rockstar #6B3 Schauburg During Checkout you can apply discounts, your accreditation or season passes 20:00 – 21:38 Schauburg #6B3 Bára - Diary of a Rockstar During Checkout you can apply discounts, your accreditation or season passes Calendar Bára – Diary of a Rockstar Bára Basiková Helena Třeštíková Czech Republic International Competition Documentary Film The portrait of a Czech rock icon over a period of 50 years. A true virtuoso of longitudinal observation, Helena Třeštíková shows Bára Basiková’s fast-paced life with all its ups and downs. More Details
31.10. 20:00 – 21:00 Presentation of the Golden and Silver Doves #6A1 Schaubühne Lindenfels During Checkout you can apply discounts, your accreditation or season passes 20:00 – 21:00 Schaubühne Lindenfels #6A1 Presentation of the Golden and Silver Doves During Checkout you can apply discounts, your accreditation or season passes Calendar
31.10. 20:00 – 21:53 Kurtág Fragments #614 CineStar 2 During Checkout you can apply discounts, your accreditation or season passes 20:00 – 21:53 CineStar 2 #614 Kurtág Fragments During Checkout you can apply discounts, your accreditation or season passes Calendar Kurtág Fragments Kurtág töredékek Dénes Nagy Hungary Audience Competition An expansive, deeply intimate portrait of musical genius György Kurtág, who just turned 100. A man who lives and breathes music, creating entire worlds brimming with emotion. German subtitles More Details
31.10. 20:00 – 22:34 Detention #634 CineStar 5 During Checkout you can apply discounts, your accreditation or season passes 20:00 – 22:34 CineStar 5 #634 Detention During Checkout you can apply discounts, your accreditation or season passes Calendar Detention La Détention Guillaume Massart France Positions Aspiring prison guards in the classroom. Can there be such a thing as good training for a questionable system? How does a uniform form you? A disturbing dive into a grey area. More Details
31.10. 20:30 – 22:18 Afterlives #6D1 Kinobar Prager Frühling During Checkout you can apply discounts, your accreditation or season passes 20:30 – 22:18 Kinobar Prager Frühling #6D1 Afterlives During Checkout you can apply discounts, your accreditation or season passes Calendar Afterlives Afterlives Kevin B. Lee Germany, Belgium, France Doc Alliance An essay film in two parts: When decoding an IS propaganda film reaches its limits, the director, together with experts, looks for alternatives to the digital traces of ideological violence. Contains mentions of torture Contains depictions of war scenes, torture More Details
31.10. 20:30 – 21:41 Short Film Reel: Perfect Trips and Twists #674 Passage Kinos Wintergarten During Checkout you can apply discounts, your accreditation or season passes 20:30 – 21:41 Passage Kinos Wintergarten #674 Short Film Reel: Perfect Trips and Twists During Checkout you can apply discounts, your accreditation or season passes Calendar Awaken, My Children Awaken, My Children Christopher Galinos Estonia, South Africa International Competition Animated Film From through the thick smoke, the creation monster speaks to us, more animal than god. It regrets its biggest mistake of all: creating civilisation. Just what have we done? More Details Leave This Room Buried Ovu sobu ostavite zakopanu Iva Kraljević Croatia International Competition Documentary Film What is the dominant mood of our era? Shifting seamlessly between pristine 16mm, archive footage and home movies, this essay seeks to tap into the zeitgeist: fearful, nostalgic, untamed. More Details Hi Mom :O Hi Mom :O Peer Langenheim Germany, Switzerland German Competition Documentary Film The director’s footage and that of his mother flow together. Full of doll faces and flowers, her film archive throws up questions. She says, “Film your own reality!” Sounds great, but how? More Details Melk Melk Filip Anthonissen Belgium International Competition Animated Film Charel is the odd man out in the village community. In an attempt to gain recognition, he naively prowls through biblical history – and fails. Masterfully animated, absurd folk horror. Contains depictions of violence against animals, murder, physical violence More Details Tutaro Tutaro Anne Isensee Germany International Competition Animated Film Hungry for life, an egg yolk dives headlong into the world and gets lost in restless ecstasy. A captivating and uncompromising choreography in turbulent colours and shapes. Photosensitivity warning Audio Description More Details
31.10. 20:30 – 22:05 Haus der Trinker #624 CineStar 4 During Checkout you can apply discounts, your accreditation or season passes 20:30 – 22:05 CineStar 4 #624 Haus der Trinker During Checkout you can apply discounts, your accreditation or season passes Calendar Haus der Trinker Haus der Trinker Janis Westphal Germany German Competition Documentary Film DOK im Knast A Berlin housing project for homeless men follows a different approach: acceptance, support, dignity instead of forced abstinence. A longitudinal observation of impressive horizontality. Contains mentions of addiction, death, mental health conditions, drug-use Contains depictions of addiction More Details
31.10. 21:00 – 22:39 White Lies #682 UT Connewitz During Checkout you can apply discounts, your accreditation or season passes 21:00 – 22:39 UT Connewitz #682 White Lies During Checkout you can apply discounts, your accreditation or season passes Calendar White Lies White Lies Alba Zari Italy, Belgium Audience Competition The “Children of God” are notorious for the systematic abuse of thousands of followers – artist Alba Zari confronts painful questions about her family’s past in the sect. Contains depictions of mental health conditions German subtitles More Details
31.10. 21:00 – 22:42 Concrete Land #6C2 Cinémathèque in der naTo During Checkout you can apply discounts, your accreditation or season passes 21:00 – 22:42 Cinémathèque in der naTo #6C2 Concrete Land During Checkout you can apply discounts, your accreditation or season passes Calendar Concrete Land Tiyaha Asmahan Bkerat Jordan, Palestine International Competition Documentary Film Despite living in tents on the edge of Amman, everyday life for the Najars, an Afro-Palestinian Bedouin family, is oddly peaceful. But soon the outside world starts to intrude. Contains mentions of physical violence, racism, death, war scenes Photosensitivity warning More Details
31.10. 21:00 – 22:22 The Nights #664 Passage Kinos Astoria During Checkout you can apply discounts, your accreditation or season passes 21:00 – 22:22 Passage Kinos Astoria #664 The Nights During Checkout you can apply discounts, your accreditation or season passes Calendar The Nights Las Noches Ana Bovino Argentina International Competition Documentary Film In a velvety nocturnal Buenos Aires, the irrepressible La Pichi tells stories of relationships, family, body issues and class. What’s more empowering than narrating life on your own terms? Contains depictions of nudity, explicit sex scenes More Details