Following Koffi’s return to his birthplace after he has been ostracized by his family, ‘Omen’ explores the weight of beliefs on one’s destiny through four characters accused of being witches and sorcerers, all of them intertwined and guiding each other into the phantasmagoria of Africa. Sun 03.12. 9:45 pm Kino in der KulturBrauerei, theatre [...]
Four Daughters – Les Filles d’Olfa
Nikola Mirza2023-12-06T13:32:03+00:00Between light and darkness stands Olfa, a Tunisian woman and the mother of four daughters. One day, her two older daughters disappear. To fill in their absence, the filmmaker Kaouther Ben Hania invites professional actresses and invents a unique cinema experience that will lift the veil on Olfa and her daughters’ life stories. An intimate [...]
Tiger Stripes
Nikola Mirza2023-12-06T13:33:10+00:00The first amongst her friends to hit puberty, Zaffan, 12, discovers a terrifying secret about her body. Ostracized by her community, Zaffan fights back, leaning that to be free she must embrace the body she feared, emerging as a proud, strong woman. Sun 03.12. 9.45 pm Kino in der KulturBrauerei, theatre 6 Tickets presented by [...]
City of Wind
Nikola Mirza2023-12-06T13:34:18+00:00A spiritual shaman is a crucial member of the community, the one who everyone depends on when in need of moral and spiritual guidance. What happens when that shaman is a 17-year-old high school student who must balance his profound Spiritual responsibilities while also juggling another life – that of a high school student – [...]
Trenque Lauquen Part 1 and Part 2
Jan Smacka2023-05-17T14:46:55+00:00This epic work from Argentina is an elaborate trip through the genres – from romcom via fantasy to thriller. A woman disappears, two men set out to find her. Both are in love with her. Why did she go? Both have an idea, and neither is right. The sudden disappearance is the starting point for [...]
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 [...]
Autobiography
Jan Smacka2023-05-17T14:56:09+00:00A young man torn between loyalty and justice confronts the truth of his father figure that may destroy them both. With his father in prison and his brother abroad for work, young Rakib works as the lone housekeeper in an empty mansion belonging to Purna, a retired general whose family Rakib’s clan have served for [...]
Clara Sola
Jan Smacka2021-12-06T15:51:06+00:00A magical realism drama set in a remote village in Costa Rica, Clara, a withdrawn 40-year-old woman, experiences a sexual and mystical awakening as she begins a journey to free herself from the repressive religious and social conventions that have dominated her life and repress her individual development and rediscovery. Sunday, 05.12.2021 – 7.15 pm, [...]