Night in Tehran. A daydreaming cab driver falls in love with a woman he can’t have, leading to a series of encounters, filled with mystery and fantasy. Around the World in 14 Films 2022 Credits +++ German Premiere +++ OT: Tasavor Director: Ali Behrad Screenplay: Ali Behrad Country: Iran 2022 Production: Ghabe Asemanjavad Noruzbegin [...]
Pacifiction
Jan Smacka2023-05-17T14:42:21+00:00On the French Polynesian island of Tahiti, the High Commissioner of the Republic and French government official DE ROLLER is a calculating man with flawless manners. His somewhat broad perception of his role brings him to navigate the high end ’establishment’ as well as shady venues where he mingles with the locals. Especially since a [...]
Decision to Leave
Jan Smacka2023-05-17T14:44:06+00:00A man falls from a mountain peak to his death. The detective in charge, Hae-joon, comes to meet the dead man's wife Seo-rae. She does not show any signs of agitation at her husband's death. With her behavior so unlike that of a grieving relative, the police consider her a suspect. Hae-joon interrogates Seo-rae, and [...]
Broker
Jan Smacka2023-05-17T14:44:51+00:00Sang-hyun runs a laundry shop but is constantly saddled with debt. Dong-soo, who grew up in an orphanage, works in a baby box facility. One night, they secretly carry off an infant who was left at the baby box. But on the following day, the mother, So-young, unexpectedly returns for her son. Realizing that her [...]
Petrov’s Flu
Jan Smacka2023-05-17T14:45:42+00:00A flu-ridden family of nobodies in post-Soviet Russia lives out their ordinary days with extraordinary secrets- the husband is a plumber that transforms humdrum moments into wonderfully weird Japanese comic strips whenever things excite him and the wife is a librarian who has a thing for killing abusive men with a kitchen knife. Around the [...]
The Dam
Jan Smacka2023-05-17T14:49:12+00:00Sudan, near the Merowe Dam. Maher works in a traditional brickyard fed by the waters of the Nile. Every evening, he secretly wanders off into the desert to build a mysterious construction made of mud. While the Sudanese people rise to claim their freedom, his creation slowly starts to take a life of its own... [...]
Under the Fig Trees
Jan Smacka2023-05-17T14:51:33+00:00Among the trees, young women and men working the summer harvest develop new feelings, flirt, try to understand each other, find – and flee – deeper connections. Around the World in 14 Films 2022 In cooperation with the World Cinema Fund (WCF) of the Berlinale Credits +++ Berlin Premiere +++ OT: Taht el Karmouss, [...]
Burning Days
Jan Smacka2023-05-17T14:55:03+00:00Emre, a young and dedicated prosecutor, is newly appointed to a small town hit by a water crisis and political scandals. After an initial welcome, he experiences an increasing number of tense interactions and is reluctantly dragged into local politics. When Emre forms a bond with the owner of the local newspaper pressure escalates under [...]
Final Cut of the Dead
Jan Smacka2023-05-17T14:22:45+00:00Things go badly for a small film crew shooting a low budget zombie movie when they are attacked by real zombies. In a frenetic one-shot where body parts and fluids are flying, the actors fight the undead, and their director, for their lives before the film comes to a shocking conclusion and the credits roll... [...]
The Worst Person in the World
Jan Smacka2022-10-28T11:09:46+00:00“For a long time I have wanted to make a film about love. One that goes a bit deeper than normal onscreen love stories, where everything is so simple.... A film that will look seriously at the difficulties of meeting someone … at how irresolute and uncertain even the most rational and otherwise self-confident people [...]