Films

90 Minutes
by Eva Sørhaug
Norway 2012, 86 min., feature film, OV, English subtitles

The last 90 minutes in the lives of three different men before they each set a catastrophe in motion. In a setting of bright, clean Norwegian homes these men end their broken marriages – with disturbing violence. The Motives and relationships are left up to interpretation and intuition, and demand all the more a reaction of the whole of society.
Amanda Awards for Editing and Best Newcomer.

Blancanieves
by Pablo Berger
Spain 2012, 104 min., feature film, black-and-white, silent movie

After her mother’s death, Carmen is raised at her father’s house - once a celebrated Torero, he is now wheelchairbound. They develop a close-knit bond and he playfully teaches his daughter his passion: bullfighting. Little does Carmen know that one day she will follow in his footsteps asbe the star of a bullfighting team – together with six dwarfish toreros...
An adaption of Grimm’s Snow White set in 1920s Seville.
33 Awards, 10 Goya.

The Artist and the Model
by Fernando Trueba
Spain 2012, 105 min., feature film, black-and-white, OV, German subtitles

Southern France under Nazi occupation, 1943: after escaping Franco's Spain, 20-year-old resistance fighter Mercé finds refuge as a nude model for the aged sculptor Marc Cros, who has lost his faith in the world and in his artistic inspiration – an encounter that will change both of them.
Award for Best Director in San Sebastian.
Oscar Winner Fernando Trueba present.

Wadjda
by Haifaa Al Mansour
Saudi Arabia/Germany 2012, 98 min., feature film, OV, German subtitles

Ten-year-old Wadjda is living in the conservative Islamic world of Saudi Arabia. She dreams of a green bicyle – she wants to beat her friend Abdullah in a biking race. Her problem is that as a girl she is not allowed to ride a bike, and she needs money to buy it. But strong-willed Wadjda doesn’t want to give up her dream.
14 international awards, among them three awards in Venice.
Filmmaker present.

Don Jon
by Joseph Gordon-Levitt
USA 2013, 90 min., feature film, OV, German subtitles

Don Jon loves his family, his apartment, his car and the beautiful women he takes home every weekend. But what he loves most is: porn. His dream woman, Barbara (Scarlett Johansson), has her own unrealistic expectations: she’ herself is looking for a love story à la Hollywood. But then an older woman, ex-hippie Esther (Julianne Moore), teaches Jon that relationships between men and women can be very different...
A satirical, intelligent comedy.

Good Morning Karachi
by Sabiha Sumar
Pakistan 2011, 86 min. feature film, OV, German subtitles

Young Rafina is torn apart. Two worlds collide when she starts working in an elegant, western-influenced beauty parlor. Her traditional mother, however, wants her to marry neighbor Arif, which would mean an end to her dreams of a career as a model. She enters into a deep personal conflict in the midst of swirling political upheaval in her home city, Karachi...
Director present.

Lovelace
by Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman
USA 2013, 93 min., feature film, OV

1972: The porn movie “„Deep Throat“ becomes a box office hit and makes its main actress Linda Lovelace the poster-girl of the sexual revolution. Outwardly, Linda enjoys her new identity, but behind the scenes, she soon learns the dark side of the business and her husband’s brutality. The film highlights her story, being used and abused by the porn industry at the behest of her coercive husband, before taking control of her own life and becoming a fighter against domestic violence.

Made in Ash
by Iveta Grófová
Slovakia/Czech Republic 2012, 80 min., feature film, OV, German subtitles

Roma-girl Dorotka has few chances of finding a job in Slovakia. Leaving her boyfriend and family, she moves to a Czech town at the German border. When she loses her poorly paid job as a seamstress, she is forced to find other ways to pay for shelter and food. Her roommate introduces her to German men and draws her into the world of dark bars, drugs and selling her own body. Smashed hopes and ideals in a very realistic movie.
Expert present.

Short Term 12
von Destin Cretton
USA 2013, 96 min., feature film, OV, German subtitles

Grace and Mason work at a foster-care facility with at-risk-teenagers. As a couple they are at a point of making life-changing-decisions, at work they accompany the kids with passion and understanding. They often have to chase after runaways When troubled Jaden appears, Grace identifies with her and finds herself confronted with her own difficult past. She is tempted herself to run away instead of doing what she encourages the teenagers to do: talk about their conflicts. In defiance of their wounds they all Together they struggle with a lot of heart and humor for survival and healingto live a normal life.
Four awards at Locarno Filmfestival.

The Patience Stone
by Atiq Rahimi
France/Germany/Afghanistan 2012, 102 min., feature film, OV, German subtitles

Afghanistan: in the middle of the war, a young woman is caring for her husband, a Mudjahedin, who has slipped into coma. She starts telling him about her childhood, her suffering during their marriage and her desires. Being able to say things about tabu subjects in an oppressive society that she could have never said before becomes more and more an act of liberation... Expert present.

Thy Womb
by Brillante Mendoza
The Philippines 2012, 105 min., feature film, OV, English subtitles

Shaleha and her husband, very dedicated to each other, live on an island in the Islamic part of the Philippines and make their living by fishing and weaving mats. Shaleha is also the local midwife, a bittersweet fact, as she herself is unable to bear children. One day she decides to help fulfil her husband’s urgent wish to have a child: She starts the search for a second wife for him.
17 awards, 2 in Venice.

Zwei Mütter
by Anne Zohra Berrached
Germany 2013, 75 min., feature film, German version

Katja and Isabella are a lesbian couple wanting to have a baby. As German family law still involves barriers for lesbian couples, they are denied assistance at sperm banks and fertility centers. Finally a gynecologist undertakes an insemination, but Isabella doesn’t get pregnant. Financial and emotional pressure strains the relationship, and leads them to consider dubious Internet offers...
Director present.