A young novelist attends the trial of a young woman accused of killing her 15-month-old daughter by abandoning her to the rising tide on a beach in northern France. But as the trial continues, the words of the accused and witness testimonies will shake Rama’s convictions and call into question our own judgement. In SAINT [...]
No Bears
Jan Smacka2022-11-11T13:31:06+00:00No Bears portrays two parallel love stories. In both, the lovers are troubled by hidden, inevitable obstacles, the forces of superstition and the mechanics of power. Monday, 05.12.2022 – 7.30 pm, Kino in der KulturBrauerei, theater 6 Tuesday, 06.12.2022 – 8.45 pm, delphi LUX, theater 2 >>> TICKETS Credits +++ Berlin Premiere +++ OT: Khers [...]
When the Waves Are Gone
Jan Smacka2022-11-15T11:54:54+00:00Lieutenant Hermes Papauran, one of the best investigators of the Philippines, is at a deep moral crossroad. As a member of the police forces, he is a first-hand witness of the murderous anti-drug campaign that his institution is implementing with dedication. The atrocities are corroding Hermes physically and spiritually, causing him a severe skin disease [...]

Trenque Lauquen Part 1 and Part 2
Jan Smacka2022-11-11T13:13:28+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 [...]
Autobiography
Jan Smacka2022-11-21T13:16:50+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 [...]
The Banshees of Inisherin
Jan Smacka2022-12-06T11:05:08+00:00Set on a remote island off the west coast of Ireland, The Banshees of Inisherin follows lifelong friends Padraic and Colm, who find themselves at an impasse when Colm unexpectedly puts an end to their friendship. A stunned Padraic, aided by his sister Siobhan and troubled young islander Dominic, endeavours to repair the relationship, refusing [...]
Parallel Mothers
Jan Smacka2021-12-01T14:07:10+00:00Two women meet in a hospital about to give birth. Both are single and became pregnant by accident. Janis, middle-aged, is exultant. Ana, an adolescent, is scared, repentant and traumatized. While they move like sleepwalkers along the hospital corridors, Janis tries to encourage her. The few words they exchange creates a very close bond between [...]
El Gran Movimiento
Jan Smacka2021-12-01T14:09:00+00:00Bolivia today. After walking for a week, Elder and his miner companions arrive in La Paz wanting their jobs back. But suddenly Elder starts to feel sick. He’s gasping and struggling for breath until Mamá Pancha sends him to see a witch doctor, who may be able to restore the young man’s health. Friday, 03.12.2021 [...]
Happening
Jan Smacka2021-12-01T14:16:26+00:00France, 1963. In a society that censures women’s desires and sex in general, Anne, a young woman, decides to have an abortion to finish her studies and escape the social constraints of a working-class family. This simple but cruel story follows a woman who decides to go against the law. And Anne has little time [...]
Anatomy of Time
Jan Smacka2021-11-12T16:39:18+00:001960s Rural Thailand, 1960s. The father imparts his philosophy onto his daughter, Maem, while the political tensions are rising and Maem is courted by two very different young men, a feeble rickshaw driver and an ambitious, ruthless army chief. Fifty years later, the latter has become a disgraced general. Maem nurses her abusive husband during [...]