50. Karlovy vary 33. Filmfest international München 2015 film festival 2015 Competition Competition

a Film by VISAR MORINA

New York The People vs. Fritz Bauer premiere (Der Staat gegen Fritz Bauer) Presented by the Goethe-Institut New York New York SUNDAY, MAY 15, 4:30 P.M. At MUSEUM OF THE MOVING IMAGE premiere Germany. Dir. Lars Kraume. 2015, 105 mins. In German, English, Yiddish, and Spanish with English subtitles. With Babai Presented by the

Burghart Klaussner, Ronald Zehrfeld, ASTRIT KABASHI, VAL MALOKU, ENVER PETROVCI, ADRIANA MATOSHI, AURITA AGUSHI, ARMEND ISMAJLI, ALBAN UKAJ, XHEVDET JASHARI Albanian Institute New YorkNiKo Film in co-production with ProduKsioNi Krusha / sKoPje Film studio / eaux ViVes ProductioNs in association with Wdr and arte written and directed by Visar moriNa cinematographer matteo cocco production design jutta Freyer costume designer GeNoVeVa KylburG make-up designer astrid Weber casting susaNNe ritter blerta basholli music beNediKt schieFer editing steFaN stabeNoW aNNe FabiNi maja teNNstedt Visar moriNa sound designer iGor PoPoVsKi supervising sound designer malte bieler re-recording mxer thierry delor head of production claudia schuriaN line producer Katja morGeNeier produced by Nicole Gerhards coproduced by Visar Krusha tomi salKoVsKi xéNia maiNGot associate producer KatriN schlösser commissioning editors aNdrea haNKe (Wdr) GeorG steiNert (arte) funded by Film- uNd medieNstiFtuNG NrW, KosoVa ciNematoGraPhy ceNter FFa - GermaN Federal Film board, Nordmedia –FoNds Gmbh NiedersachseN/bremeN, macedoNiaN Film, aGeNcy l‘aide aux ciNémas du moNde - ceNtre NatioNal du ciNéma et de l‘imaGe aNimée, Sebastian Blomberg. The true story of miNistère des aFFaires étraNGères et du déVeloPPemeNt iNterNatioNal - iNstitut FraNc ,ais, GermaN Films SUNDAY, MAY 15, 6:45 P.M. Jewish lawyer Fritz Bauer’s relentless At MUSEUM OF THE MOVING IMAGE quest to bring Nazi war criminal Adolf Kosovo/Germany/FYROM/France. Dir. Visar Morina. 2015, 104 Eichmann to justice provides the basis mins. In Albanian, German, Serbian, and English with English for this gripping, stranger-than-fiction subtitles. With Val Moloku, Astrit Kabashi, Adriana Matoshi. thriller, which features tour-de-force A ten-year-old boy makes the risky journey from Kosovo to performances from The White Ribbon’s Germany as an undocumented immigrant to be reunited with Burghart Klaussner and Phoenix’s Ronald his father in this heartrending look at the refugee experience as Zehrfeld. A Cohen Media Group release. seen through the eyes of a child.

The Cleaner (Cistic) New York Presented by the Consulate General of Slovakia premiere FRIDAY, MAY 20, 7:30 P.M. At MUSEUM OF THE MOVING IMAGE Slovakia. Dir. Peter Bebjak. 2015, 94 mins. In Slovak with New York English subtitles. With Noël premiere Czuczor, Rebeka Poláková, Kamil Kollárik. A loner who cleans houses where people The Beat of Love (Utrip Ljubezni) Presented by the Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia and the Slovenian Film Centre have recently died develops a voyeuristic obsession with a SATURDAY, MAY 21, 3:15 P.M. At MUSEUM OF THE MOVING IMAGE young woman in distress. This gripping psychological drama Slovenia. Dir. Boris Petkovic. 2015, 77 mins. In Slovenian with English toys with thriller conventions, subtitles. With Judita Frankovic, Jernej Gasperin, Zlatan Cordic Zlatko. A while delivering a darkly stylish Slovenian hip-hop artist finds himself torn between music and love. This portrait of urban alienation. infectious ode to Eastern Europe’s hip-hop subculture bursts with music, energy, and the intoxicating abandon of youth.

The Summer of Sangaile (Sangailes vasara) Marshland (La isla mínima) Presented by the Embassy of the Republic of Lithuania Presented by the Instituto Cervantes SUNDAY, MAY 22, 2:00 P.M. SATURDAY, MAY 21, 4:45 P.M. At MUSEUM OF THE MOVING IMAGE At MUSEUM OF THE MOVING IMAGE Lithuania/France/Netherlands. Dir. Alantė Kavaitė. 2015, 88 mins. Spain. Dir. Alberto Rodríguez. 2014, 105 mins. In Spanish with English In Lithuanian with English subtitles. With Julija Steponaityte, Aistė subtitles. With Javier Gutiérrez, Raúl Arévalo. A moody, noir-tinged Diržiūtė, Jūratė Sodytė. A teenage girl is transformed by an mystery unfolds amidst the political unrest of post-Franco Spain in this all-consuming summer love affair in this visually ravishing, sun-kissed “brilliant, compelling edge-of-your-seat detective thriller” (Sight & Sound) coming of age romance that won the World Cinema Directing award about the hunt for a serial killer stalking a forbidding marsh town. at the Sundance Film Festival.

New York premiere

Silent With director Yorgos Gkikapeppas in person Presented by the Consulate General of Greece in New York The Lure (Córki dancingu) and the Onassis Foundation (USA) Presented by the Polish Cultural Institute New York SUNDAY, MAY 22, 4:30 P.M. SUNDAY, MAY 22, 7:00 P.M. At MUSEUM OF THE MOVING IMAGE At MUSEUM OF THE MOVING IMAGE Greece. Dir. Yorgos Gkikapeppas. 2015, 92 mins. In Greek and English Poland. Dir. Agnieszka Smoczynska. 2015, 92 mins. In Polish with English with English subtitles. With Kika Georgiou, Aneza Papadopoulou, Electra subtitles. With Marta Mazurek, Michalina Olszanska, Kinga Preis. At long Nikolouzou. When she mysteriously loses her voice, a young singer is last: the Communist kitsch, mermaid disco musical you’ve been waiting for. left at the mercy of her resentful, uncomprehending family. The latest in This wildly imaginative fantasy plays like a gonzo take on the Little Mermaid the remarkably rich wave of recent Greek cinema, the sophomore feature as two sibling sirens of the sea turn showgirls in a night club—but things get from Yorgos Gkikapeppas is a haunting allegory of generational discord. complicated when love and vampirism enter the mix.

Schedule VENUES & TICKETS FRIDAY, MAY 6 THURSDAY, MAY 12 THURSDAY, MAY 19 7:00 P.M. Anna at MoMI with actress 7:00 P.M. Home Care at BNH 7:00 P.M. Simshar at BNH with 36-01 35 Ave Valeria Golino; followed with director Slávek Horák director Rebecca Cremona (at 37 Street) by reception Astoria, NY FRIDAY, MAY 13 FRIDAY, MAY 20 SATURDAY, MAY 7 Subway: M, R to 7:00 P.M. The Wednesday Child 7:30 P.M. The Cleaner at MoMI Steinway Street or 1:00 P.M. Spartacus & Cassandra at MoMI N, Q to 36 Avenue at MoMI SATURDAY, MAY 21 SATURDAY, MAY 14 Unless otherwise noted tickets are 3:00 P.M. History’s Future at MoMI 12:30 P.M. The Maias: Scenes from 12:45 P.M. The Spirits Diary at MoMI Romantic Life at MoMI $12 ($9 seniors /students, free for MoMI with director Fiona Tan members at Film Lover level and above). 2:30 P.M. Home Care at MoMI with 3:15 P.M. The Beat of Love at MoMI SUNDAY, MAY 8 A festival pass is $40. director Slávek Horák 4:45 P.M. Marshland at MoMI movingimage.us/PanoramaEurope 2:00 P.M. Ghost Mountaineer at MoMI SUNDAY, MAY 15 SUNDAY, MAY 22 4:30 P.M. Lampedusa in Winter at 2:00 P.M. Cafard at MoMI 2:00 P.M. The Summer of Sangaile MoMI with cinematographer 4:30 P.M. The People vs. Fritz Bauer at MoMI Serafin Spitzer at MoMI 4:30 P.M. Silent at MoMI with director 321 East 73 Street 6:45 P.M. Simshar at MoMI with 6:45 P.M. Babai at MoMI Yorgos Gkikapeppas New York, NY director Rebecca Cremona TUESDAY, MAY 17 7:00 P.M. The Lure at MoMI Subway: 6 to 68 Street or 77 Street TUESDAY, MAY 10 7:00 P.M. Lampedusa in Winter at Films screened at the Bohemian 7:00 P.M The Maias: Scenes from BNH with cinematographer National Hall are free. Seating is on a Romantic Life at BNH Serafin Spitzer first-come, first-served basis.

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A FESTIVAL OF NEW EUROPEAN FILMS

MAY 6−22, 2016 From mind-bending genre experiments that reinvent the musical, sci-fi film, and horror movie, to gripping dramatic features and documentaries capturing the tenuous nature of modern life for a variety of wanderers and refugees, Panorama Marshland Europe 2016 is a vibrant selection of some of the finest and most riveting films coming out of Europe today. Filled with New York premieres, often with the filmmakers in person, this is a great opportunity to discover some of the most exciting new international filmmakers. The festival takes The Wednesday Child place at Museum of the Moving Image in Queens and at the Bohemian National Hall in Manhattan.

The Summer of Sangaile Programmed by David Schwartz, the Museum’s Chief Curator, #PanoramaEurope and Eric Hynes, Associate Curator of Film

Cover image: Anna

OPENING NIGHT FILM & RECEPTION

New York premiere

Anna (Per amor vostro) With actress Valeria Golino in person; followed by reception Presented by the Italian Cultural Institute FRIDAY, MAY 6, 7:00 P.M. At MUSEUM OF THE MOVING IMAGE Italy/France. Dir. Giuseppe M. Gaudino. 2015, 117 mins. In Italian with English subtitles. With Valeria Golino, Massimiliano Gallo, Adriano Giannini. A woman’s dark downward spiral is viscerally evoked in this psychologically shattering character study. Valeria Golino won the Best Actress award at the Venice Film Festival for her astonishing performance as a wife and mother losing her grip as she contends with a hellish home life.

New York premiere

History’s Future With director Fiona Tan in person Spartacus & Cassandra Presented by the Dutch Culture USA program by the Presented by the Cultural Services of the French Embassy Consulate General of the Netherlands in New York SATURDAY, MAY 7, 1:00 P.M. SATURDAY, MAY 7, 3:00 P.M. At MUSEUM OF THE MOVING IMAGE At MUSEUM OF THE MOVING IMAGE France. Dir. Ioanis Nuguet. 2014, 80 mins. In French with English Netherlands/Germany/Ireland. Dir. Fiona Tan. 2016, 95 mins. In English, subtitles. With Cassandra Dumitru, Spartacus Ursu, Camille Brisson. German, French, and Dutch with English subtitles. With Mark O’Halloran, Two homeless Romani children living in France face a harrowing Denis Lavant, Anne Consigny, Christos Passalis. The debut feature from decision: remain on the streets with their troubled parents, or enter acclaimed visual artist Fiona Tan is a mind-bending, genre-hopping foster care. This poignant, lyrical documentary puts a human face on voyage through time, memory, and contemporary Europe in which a man a heart-wrenching subject. with total amnesia embarks on a surreal odyssey in search of his identity.

Ghost Mountaineer (Must alpinist) Presented by the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Estonia Lampedusa in Winter New York (Lampedusa im Winter) premiere SUNDAY, MAY 8, 2:00 P.M. At MUSEUM OF THE MOVING IMAGE With cinematographer Estonia. Dir. Urmas Eero Liiv. 2015, 100 mins. In Estonian and Serafin Spitzer in person Presented by the Austrian Cultural Russian with English subtitles. With Priit Pius, Vadim Andreev, Forum New York Reimo Sagor. A band of student geologists head into the SUNDAY, MAY 8, 4:30 P.M. snowy Siberian mountains where a series of freaky-grisly At MUSEUM OF THE MOVING IMAGE events leave them fighting for survival. This 100-proof pulp TUESDAY, MAY 17, 7:00 P.M. joyride is a deliciously old school slice of retro horror, and a At BOHEMIAN NATIONAL HALL rare genre outing from Estonia. Austria/Italy/Switzerland. Dir. Jakob Brossmann. 2015, 93 mins. In Arabic, English, Italian, and Tigrinya with English subtitles. For thousands of refugees from Africa and the Middle East, the tiny island of Lampedusa is their gateway to Europe. This eye-opening documentary captures not only the struggles of migrants who risk their lives to reach its shores, but of the local residents on the frontlines of a humanitarian crisis.

New York New York premiere premiere free Screening Simshar The Maias: Scenes from With director Rebecca Cremona Romantic Life (Os Maias - in person Cenas da Vida Romântica) Presented by the Arts Council Malta Presented by the Consulate in New York General of Portugal SUNDAY, MAY 8, 6:45 P.M. TUESDAY, MAY 10, 7:00 P.M. At MUSEUM OF THE MOVING IMAGE With director João Botelho in person THURSDAY, MAY 19, 7:00 P.M. At BOHEMIAN NATIONAL HALL At BOHEMIAN NATIONAL HALL SATURDAY, MAY 21, 12:30 P.M. Malta. Dir. Rebecca Cremona. 2014, 101 mins. In Maltese and English At MUSEUM OF THE MOVING IMAGE with English subtitles. With Lofti Abdelli, Clare Agius, Sékouba Doucouré. Portugal/Brazil. Dir. João Botelho. 2014, 139 mins. In Portuguese with This landmark work of Maltese cinema is a heartrending true story of life English subtitles. With Graciano Dias, Maria Flor, Filipe Vargas. Adapted and death on the Mediterranean in which the intersecting fates of two from Portuguese novelist Eça de Queirós’s masterpiece Os Maias, this boats stranded at sea—one containing a fishing family, the other African sumptuously designed tragicomedy is a sweeping saga of forbidden love migrants in need of medical attention—culminates in shocking tragedy. and familial decline set across three generations of an ill-fated bloodline.

Home Care (Domácí péce) New York With director Slávek Horák in person premiere Presented by the Czech Center New York THURSDAY, MAY 12, 7:00 P.M. At BOHEMIAN NATIONAL HALL SATURDAY, MAY 14, 2:30 P.M. At MUSEUM OF THE MOVING IMAGE Czech Republic. Dir. Slávek Horák. 2015, 92 mins. In Czech with English subtitles. With Alena Mihulová, Bolek The Wednesday Child (A szerdai gyerek) Polívka, Tatiana Vilhelmová. A home Presented by the Balassi Institute - Hungarian Cultural Center New York care nurse who puts everyone’s needs FRIDAY, MAY 13, 7:00 P.M. before her own discovers that she herself At MUSEUM OF THE MOVING IMAGE may be in need of a little TLC. Czech Hungary/Germany. Dir. Lili Horváth. 2015, 94 mins. In Hungarian with Republic’s submission for the Best English subtitles. With Kinga Vecsei, Zsolt Antal, Szabolcs Thuroczy. A Foreign Language Oscar was this slyly wayward teen mother struggles to turn her life around in order to gain witty, wonderfully wise consideration of custody of her son. The striking, richly emotional feature debut from matters of life and death. writer-director Lili Horváth marks her as “a talent to watch” (Variety).

The Spirits Diary Cafard (Rakijaški dnevnik) Presented by the General Representation Presented by the Consulate General of the Republic of Croatia of the Government of Flanders to the U.S.A. and the Croatian Audiovisual Centre SUNDAY, MAY 15, 2:00 P.M. SATURDAY, MAY 14, 12:45 P.M. At MUSEUM OF THE MOVING IMAGE At MUSEUM OF THE MOVING IMAGE Belgium/France/Netherlands. Dir. Jan Bultheel. 2015, 96 mins. In Dutch, Croatia. Dir. Damir Čučić. 2015, 81 mins. In Croatian with English French, Russian, Chinese and English with English subtitles. With Wim subtitles. With Mario Haber. This daring documentary experiment sets a Willaert, Dinara Drukarova, Sebastien Dewaele, Maarten Ketels. This vivid rush of images to home recordings made by the late Mario Haber, visually dazzling feat of motion-capture animation—about a Belgian a professional sound engineer and distiller of illicit brandy described soldier’s journey through the waking nightmare of World War I—is a variously as an “alien” a “saint” and a “boozer.” shattering tale of heroism and revenge. From mind-bending genre experiments that reinvent the musical, sci-fi film, and horror movie, to gripping dramatic features and documentaries capturing the tenuous nature of modern life for a variety of wanderers and refugees, Panorama Marshland Europe 2016 is a vibrant selection of some of the finest and most riveting films coming out of Europe today. Filled with New York premieres, often with the filmmakers in person, this is a great opportunity to discover some of the most exciting new international filmmakers. The festival takes The Wednesday Child place at Museum of the Moving Image in Queens and at the Bohemian National Hall in Manhattan.

The Summer of Sangaile Programmed by David Schwartz, the Museum’s Chief Curator, #PanoramaEurope and Eric Hynes, Associate Curator of Film

Cover image: Anna

OPENING NIGHT FILM & RECEPTION

New York premiere

Anna (Per amor vostro) With actress Valeria Golino in person; followed by reception Presented by the Italian Cultural Institute FRIDAY, MAY 6, 7:00 P.M. At MUSEUM OF THE MOVING IMAGE Italy/France. Dir. Giuseppe M. Gaudino. 2015, 117 mins. In Italian with English subtitles. With Valeria Golino, Massimiliano Gallo, Adriano Giannini. A woman’s dark downward spiral is viscerally evoked in this psychologically shattering character study. Valeria Golino won the Best Actress award at the Venice Film Festival for her astonishing performance as a wife and mother losing her grip as she contends with a hellish home life.

New York premiere

History’s Future With director Fiona Tan in person Spartacus & Cassandra Presented by the Dutch Culture USA program by the Presented by the Cultural Services of the French Embassy Consulate General of the Netherlands in New York SATURDAY, MAY 7, 1:00 P.M. SATURDAY, MAY 7, 3:00 P.M. At MUSEUM OF THE MOVING IMAGE At MUSEUM OF THE MOVING IMAGE France. Dir. Ioanis Nuguet. 2014, 80 mins. In French with English Netherlands/Germany/Ireland. Dir. Fiona Tan. 2016, 95 mins. In English, subtitles. With Cassandra Dumitru, Spartacus Ursu, Camille Brisson. German, French, and Dutch with English subtitles. With Mark O’Halloran, Two homeless Romani children living in France face a harrowing Denis Lavant, Anne Consigny, Christos Passalis. The debut feature from decision: remain on the streets with their troubled parents, or enter acclaimed visual artist Fiona Tan is a mind-bending, genre-hopping foster care. This poignant, lyrical documentary puts a human face on voyage through time, memory, and contemporary Europe in which a man a heart-wrenching subject. with total amnesia embarks on a surreal odyssey in search of his identity.

Ghost Mountaineer (Must alpinist) Presented by the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Estonia Lampedusa in Winter New York (Lampedusa im Winter) premiere SUNDAY, MAY 8, 2:00 P.M. At MUSEUM OF THE MOVING IMAGE With cinematographer Estonia. Dir. Urmas Eero Liiv. 2015, 100 mins. In Estonian and Serafin Spitzer in person Presented by the Austrian Cultural Russian with English subtitles. With Priit Pius, Vadim Andreev, Forum New York Reimo Sagor. A band of student geologists head into the SUNDAY, MAY 8, 4:30 P.M. snowy Siberian mountains where a series of freaky-grisly At MUSEUM OF THE MOVING IMAGE events leave them fighting for survival. This 100-proof pulp TUESDAY, MAY 17, 7:00 P.M. joyride is a deliciously old school slice of retro horror, and a At BOHEMIAN NATIONAL HALL rare genre outing from Estonia. Austria/Italy/Switzerland. Dir. Jakob Brossmann. 2015, 93 mins. In Arabic, English, Italian, and Tigrinya with English subtitles. For thousands of refugees from Africa and the Middle East, the tiny island of Lampedusa is their gateway to Europe. This eye-opening documentary captures not only the struggles of migrants who risk their lives to reach its shores, but of the local residents on the frontlines of a humanitarian crisis.

New York New York premiere premiere free Screening Simshar The Maias: Scenes from With director Rebecca Cremona Romantic Life (Os Maias - in person Cenas da Vida Romântica) Presented by the Arts Council Malta Presented by the Consulate in New York General of Portugal SUNDAY, MAY 8, 6:45 P.M. TUESDAY, MAY 10, 7:00 P.M. At MUSEUM OF THE MOVING IMAGE With director João Botelho in person THURSDAY, MAY 19, 7:00 P.M. At BOHEMIAN NATIONAL HALL At BOHEMIAN NATIONAL HALL SATURDAY, MAY 21, 12:30 P.M. Malta. Dir. Rebecca Cremona. 2014, 101 mins. In Maltese and English At MUSEUM OF THE MOVING IMAGE with English subtitles. With Lofti Abdelli, Clare Agius, Sékouba Doucouré. Portugal/Brazil. Dir. João Botelho. 2014, 139 mins. In Portuguese with This landmark work of Maltese cinema is a heartrending true story of life English subtitles. With Graciano Dias, Maria Flor, Filipe Vargas. Adapted and death on the Mediterranean in which the intersecting fates of two from Portuguese novelist Eça de Queirós’s masterpiece Os Maias, this boats stranded at sea—one containing a fishing family, the other African sumptuously designed tragicomedy is a sweeping saga of forbidden love migrants in need of medical attention—culminates in shocking tragedy. and familial decline set across three generations of an ill-fated bloodline.

Home Care (Domácí péce) New York With director Slávek Horák in person premiere Presented by the Czech Center New York THURSDAY, MAY 12, 7:00 P.M. At BOHEMIAN NATIONAL HALL SATURDAY, MAY 14, 2:30 P.M. At MUSEUM OF THE MOVING IMAGE Czech Republic. Dir. Slávek Horák. 2015, 92 mins. In Czech with English subtitles. With Alena Mihulová, Bolek The Wednesday Child (A szerdai gyerek) Polívka, Tatiana Vilhelmová. A home Presented by the Balassi Institute - Hungarian Cultural Center New York care nurse who puts everyone’s needs FRIDAY, MAY 13, 7:00 P.M. before her own discovers that she herself At MUSEUM OF THE MOVING IMAGE may be in need of a little TLC. Czech Hungary/Germany. Dir. Lili Horváth. 2015, 94 mins. In Hungarian with Republic’s submission for the Best English subtitles. With Kinga Vecsei, Zsolt Antal, Szabolcs Thuroczy. A Foreign Language Oscar was this slyly wayward teen mother struggles to turn her life around in order to gain witty, wonderfully wise consideration of custody of her son. The striking, richly emotional feature debut from matters of life and death. writer-director Lili Horváth marks her as “a talent to watch” (Variety).

The Spirits Diary Cafard (Rakijaški dnevnik) Presented by the General Representation Presented by the Consulate General of the Republic of Croatia of the Government of Flanders to the U.S.A. and the Croatian Audiovisual Centre SUNDAY, MAY 15, 2:00 P.M. SATURDAY, MAY 14, 12:45 P.M. At MUSEUM OF THE MOVING IMAGE At MUSEUM OF THE MOVING IMAGE Belgium/France/Netherlands. Dir. Jan Bultheel. 2015, 96 mins. In Dutch, Croatia. Dir. Damir Čučić. 2015, 81 mins. In Croatian with English French, Russian, Chinese and English with English subtitles. With Wim subtitles. With Mario Haber. This daring documentary experiment sets a Willaert, Dinara Drukarova, Sebastien Dewaele, Maarten Ketels. This vivid rush of images to home recordings made by the late Mario Haber, visually dazzling feat of motion-capture animation—about a Belgian a professional sound engineer and distiller of illicit brandy described soldier’s journey through the waking nightmare of World War I—is a variously as an “alien” a “saint” and a “boozer.” shattering tale of heroism and revenge. 50. Karlovy vary 33. Filmfest international München 2015 film festival 2015 Competition Competition

a Film by VISAR MORINA

New York The People vs. Fritz Bauer premiere (Der Staat gegen Fritz Bauer) Presented by the Goethe-Institut New York New York SUNDAY, MAY 15, 4:30 P.M. At MUSEUM OF THE MOVING IMAGE premiere Germany. Dir. Lars Kraume. 2015, 105 mins. In German, English, Yiddish, and Spanish with English subtitles. With Babai Presented by the

Burghart Klaussner, Ronald Zehrfeld, ASTRIT KABASHI, VAL MALOKU, ENVER PETROVCI, ADRIANA MATOSHI, AURITA AGUSHI, ARMEND ISMAJLI, ALBAN UKAJ, XHEVDET JASHARI Albanian Institute New YorkNiKo Film in co-production with ProduKsioNi Krusha / sKoPje Film studio / eaux ViVes ProductioNs in association with Wdr and arte written and directed by Visar moriNa cinematographer matteo cocco production design jutta Freyer costume designer GeNoVeVa KylburG make-up designer astrid Weber casting susaNNe ritter blerta basholli music beNediKt schieFer editing steFaN stabeNoW aNNe FabiNi maja teNNstedt Visar moriNa sound designer iGor PoPoVsKi supervising sound designer malte bieler re-recording mxer thierry delor head of production claudia schuriaN line producer Katja morGeNeier produced by Nicole Gerhards coproduced by Visar Krusha tomi salKoVsKi xéNia maiNGot associate producer KatriN schlösser commissioning editors aNdrea haNKe (Wdr) GeorG steiNert (arte) funded by Film- uNd medieNstiFtuNG NrW, KosoVa ciNematoGraPhy ceNter FFa - GermaN Federal Film board, Nordmedia –FoNds Gmbh NiedersachseN/bremeN, macedoNiaN Film, aGeNcy l‘aide aux ciNémas du moNde - ceNtre NatioNal du ciNéma et de l‘imaGe aNimée, Sebastian Blomberg. The true story of miNistère des aFFaires étraNGères et du déVeloPPemeNt iNterNatioNal - iNstitut FraNc ,ais, GermaN Films SUNDAY, MAY 15, 6:45 P.M. Jewish lawyer Fritz Bauer’s relentless At MUSEUM OF THE MOVING IMAGE quest to bring Nazi war criminal Adolf Kosovo/Germany/FYROM/France. Dir. Visar Morina. 2015, 104 Eichmann to justice provides the basis mins. In Albanian, German, Serbian, and English with English for this gripping, stranger-than-fiction subtitles. With Val Moloku, Astrit Kabashi, Adriana Matoshi. thriller, which features tour-de-force A ten-year-old boy makes the risky journey from Kosovo to performances from The White Ribbon’s Germany as an undocumented immigrant to be reunited with Burghart Klaussner and Phoenix’s Ronald his father in this heartrending look at the refugee experience as Zehrfeld. A Cohen Media Group release. seen through the eyes of a child.

The Cleaner (Cistic) New York Presented by the Consulate General of Slovakia premiere FRIDAY, MAY 20, 7:30 P.M. At MUSEUM OF THE MOVING IMAGE Slovakia. Dir. Peter Bebjak. 2015, 94 mins. In Slovak with New York English subtitles. With Noël premiere Czuczor, Rebeka Poláková, Kamil Kollárik. A loner who cleans houses where people The Beat of Love (Utrip Ljubezni) Presented by the Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia and the Slovenian Film Centre have recently died develops a voyeuristic obsession with a SATURDAY, MAY 21, 3:15 P.M. At MUSEUM OF THE MOVING IMAGE young woman in distress. This gripping psychological drama Slovenia. Dir. Boris Petkovic. 2015, 77 mins. In Slovenian with English toys with thriller conventions, subtitles. With Judita Frankovic, Jernej Gasperin, Zlatan Cordic Zlatko. A while delivering a darkly stylish Slovenian hip-hop artist finds himself torn between music and love. This portrait of urban alienation. infectious ode to Eastern Europe’s hip-hop subculture bursts with music, energy, and the intoxicating abandon of youth.

The Summer of Sangaile (Sangailes vasara) Marshland (La isla mínima) Presented by the Embassy of the Republic of Lithuania Presented by the Instituto Cervantes SUNDAY, MAY 22, 2:00 P.M. SATURDAY, MAY 21, 4:45 P.M. At MUSEUM OF THE MOVING IMAGE At MUSEUM OF THE MOVING IMAGE Lithuania/France/Netherlands. Dir. Alantė Kavaitė. 2015, 88 mins. Spain. Dir. Alberto Rodríguez. 2014, 105 mins. In Spanish with English In Lithuanian with English subtitles. With Julija Steponaityte, Aistė subtitles. With Javier Gutiérrez, Raúl Arévalo. A moody, noir-tinged Diržiūtė, Jūratė Sodytė. A teenage girl is transformed by an mystery unfolds amidst the political unrest of post-Franco Spain in this all-consuming summer love affair in this visually ravishing, sun-kissed “brilliant, compelling edge-of-your-seat detective thriller” (Sight & Sound) coming of age romance that won the World Cinema Directing award about the hunt for a serial killer stalking a forbidding marsh town. at the Sundance Film Festival.

New York premiere

Silent With director Yorgos Gkikapeppas in person Presented by the Consulate General of Greece in New York The Lure (Córki dancingu) and the Onassis Foundation (USA) Presented by the Polish Cultural Institute New York SUNDAY, MAY 22, 4:30 P.M. SUNDAY, MAY 22, 7:00 P.M. At MUSEUM OF THE MOVING IMAGE At MUSEUM OF THE MOVING IMAGE Greece. Dir. Yorgos Gkikapeppas. 2015, 92 mins. In Greek and English Poland. Dir. Agnieszka Smoczynska. 2015, 92 mins. In Polish with English with English subtitles. With Kika Georgiou, Aneza Papadopoulou, Electra subtitles. With Marta Mazurek, Michalina Olszanska, Kinga Preis. At long Nikolouzou. When she mysteriously loses her voice, a young singer is last: the Communist kitsch, mermaid disco musical you’ve been waiting for. left at the mercy of her resentful, uncomprehending family. The latest in This wildly imaginative fantasy plays like a gonzo take on the Little Mermaid the remarkably rich wave of recent Greek cinema, the sophomore feature as two sibling sirens of the sea turn showgirls in a night club—but things get from Yorgos Gkikapeppas is a haunting allegory of generational discord. complicated when love and vampirism enter the mix.

Schedule VENUES & TICKETS FRIDAY, MAY 6 THURSDAY, MAY 12 THURSDAY, MAY 19 7:00 P.M. Anna at MoMI with actress 7:00 P.M. Home Care at BNH 7:00 P.M. Simshar at BNH with 36-01 35 Ave Valeria Golino; followed with director Slávek Horák director Rebecca Cremona (at 37 Street) by reception Astoria, NY FRIDAY, MAY 13 FRIDAY, MAY 20 SATURDAY, MAY 7 Subway: M, R to 7:00 P.M. The Wednesday Child 7:30 P.M. The Cleaner at MoMI Steinway Street or 1:00 P.M. Spartacus & Cassandra at MoMI N, Q to 36 Avenue at MoMI SATURDAY, MAY 21 SATURDAY, MAY 14 Unless otherwise noted tickets are 3:00 P.M. History’s Future at MoMI 12:30 P.M. The Maias: Scenes from 12:45 P.M. The Spirits Diary at MoMI Romantic Life at MoMI $12 ($9 seniors /students, free for MoMI with director Fiona Tan members at Film Lover level and above). 2:30 P.M. Home Care at MoMI with 3:15 P.M. The Beat of Love at MoMI SUNDAY, MAY 8 A festival pass is $40. director Slávek Horák 4:45 P.M. Marshland at MoMI movingimage.us/PanoramaEurope 2:00 P.M. Ghost Mountaineer at MoMI SUNDAY, MAY 15 SUNDAY, MAY 22 4:30 P.M. Lampedusa in Winter at 2:00 P.M. Cafard at MoMI 2:00 P.M. The Summer of Sangaile MoMI with cinematographer 4:30 P.M. The People vs. Fritz Bauer at MoMI Serafin Spitzer at MoMI 4:30 P.M. Silent at MoMI with director 321 East 73 Street 6:45 P.M. Simshar at MoMI with 6:45 P.M. Babai at MoMI Yorgos Gkikapeppas New York, NY director Rebecca Cremona TUESDAY, MAY 17 7:00 P.M. The Lure at MoMI Subway: 6 to 68 Street or 77 Street TUESDAY, MAY 10 7:00 P.M. Lampedusa in Winter at Films screened at the Bohemian 7:00 P.M The Maias: Scenes from BNH with cinematographer National Hall are free. Seating is on a Romantic Life at BNH Serafin Spitzer first-come, first-served basis.

with director João Botelho czechcenter.com

the Italian Cultural Institute, the Consulate General of Greece in New York and the Onassis Foundation (USA), and the Polish Cultural Institute New York. New Institute Cultural Polish the and (USA), Foundation Onassis the and York New in Greece of General Consulate the Institute, Cultural Italian the

members and observers. and members of Slovenia and the Slovenian Film Centre, the General Representation of the Government of Flanders to the U.S.A., the Goethe-Institut New York, Instituto Cervantes, Cervantes, Instituto York, New Goethe-Institut the U.S.A., the to Flanders of Government the of Representation General the Centre, Film Slovenian the and Slovenia of

Nations, Dutch Culture USA program by the Consulate General of the Netherlands in New York, the Embassy of the Republic of Lithuania, the Embassy of the Republic Republic the of Embassy the Lithuania, of Republic the of Embassy the York, New in Netherlands the of General Consulate the by program USA Culture Dutch Nations,

14 full members and 32 associate associate 32 and members full 14

Consulate General of Portugal, the Consulate General of Slovakia, the Cultural Services of the French Embassy, the Delegation of the European Union to the United United the to Union European the of Delegation the Embassy, French the of Services Cultural the Slovakia, of General Consulate the Portugal, of General Consulate

was founded in 2007 and has has and 2007 in founded was

Cultural Center New York, the Consulate General of the Republic of Croatia and the Croatian Audiovisual Centre, the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Estonia, the the Estonia, of Republic the of Culture of Ministry the Centre, Audiovisual Croatian the and Croatia of Republic the of General Consulate the York, New Center Cultural

all continents. EUNIC New York York New EUNIC continents. all National Hall, is comprised of the Albanian Institute New York, the Arts Council Malta in New York, the Austrian Cultural Forum New York, the Balassi Institute - Hungarian Hungarian - Institute Balassi the York, New Forum Cultural Austrian the York, New in Malta Council Arts the York, New Institute Albanian the of comprised is Hall, National

The Festival Board, headed by Gaelle Duchemin, European Union Delegation to the United Nations, and in partnership with the Czech Center New York/Bohemian York/Bohemian New Center Czech the with partnership in and Nations, United the to Delegation Union European Duchemin, Gaelle by headed Board, Festival The work in more than 80 cities on on cities 80 than more in work

from the European Union that that Union European the from

cultural diplomatic services services diplomatic cultural

national cultural institutes and and institutes cultural national

is part of a global coalition of of coalition global a of part is

and academia. The organization organization The academia. and

in the arts, languages, education, education, languages, arts, the in

institutions to provide programs programs provide to institutions

eminent American and European European and American eminent

EUNIC New York partners with with partners York New EUNIC

New York and U.S. audiences. audiences. U.S. and York New

European achievements to to achievements European

provoking artistic and intellectual intellectual and artistic provoking

presents cutting-edge and thought thought and cutting-edge presents

for Culture (EUNIC) Culture for

Institutes National European Union Union European

A FESTIVAL OF NEW EUROPEAN FILMS

MAY 6−22, 2016 50. Karlovy vary 33. Filmfest international München 2015 film festival 2015 Competition Competition

a Film by VISAR MORINA

New York The People vs. Fritz Bauer premiere (Der Staat gegen Fritz Bauer) Presented by the Goethe-Institut New York New York SUNDAY, MAY 15, 4:30 P.M. At MUSEUM OF THE MOVING IMAGE premiere Germany. Dir. Lars Kraume. 2015, 105 mins. In German, English, Yiddish, and Spanish with English subtitles. With Babai Presented by the

Burghart Klaussner, Ronald Zehrfeld, ASTRIT KABASHI, VAL MALOKU, ENVER PETROVCI, ADRIANA MATOSHI, AURITA AGUSHI, ARMEND ISMAJLI, ALBAN UKAJ, XHEVDET JASHARI Albanian Institute New YorkNiKo Film in co-production with ProduKsioNi Krusha / sKoPje Film studio / eaux ViVes ProductioNs in association with Wdr and arte written and directed by Visar moriNa cinematographer matteo cocco production design jutta Freyer costume designer GeNoVeVa KylburG make-up designer astrid Weber casting susaNNe ritter blerta basholli music beNediKt schieFer editing steFaN stabeNoW aNNe FabiNi maja teNNstedt Visar moriNa sound designer iGor PoPoVsKi supervising sound designer malte bieler re-recording mxer thierry delor head of production claudia schuriaN line producer Katja morGeNeier produced by Nicole Gerhards coproduced by Visar Krusha tomi salKoVsKi xéNia maiNGot associate producer KatriN schlösser commissioning editors aNdrea haNKe (Wdr) GeorG steiNert (arte) funded by Film- uNd medieNstiFtuNG NrW, KosoVa ciNematoGraPhy ceNter FFa - GermaN Federal Film board, Nordmedia –FoNds Gmbh NiedersachseN/bremeN, macedoNiaN Film, aGeNcy l‘aide aux ciNémas du moNde - ceNtre NatioNal du ciNéma et de l‘imaGe aNimée, Sebastian Blomberg. The true story of miNistère des aFFaires étraNGères et du déVeloPPemeNt iNterNatioNal - iNstitut FraNc ,ais, GermaN Films SUNDAY, MAY 15, 6:45 P.M. Jewish lawyer Fritz Bauer’s relentless At MUSEUM OF THE MOVING IMAGE quest to bring Nazi war criminal Adolf Kosovo/Germany/FYROM/France. Dir. Visar Morina. 2015, 104 Eichmann to justice provides the basis mins. In Albanian, German, Serbian, and English with English for this gripping, stranger-than-fiction subtitles. With Val Moloku, Astrit Kabashi, Adriana Matoshi. thriller, which features tour-de-force A ten-year-old boy makes the risky journey from Kosovo to performances from The White Ribbon’s Germany as an undocumented immigrant to be reunited with Burghart Klaussner and Phoenix’s Ronald his father in this heartrending look at the refugee experience as Zehrfeld. A Cohen Media Group release. seen through the eyes of a child.

The Cleaner (Cistic) New York Presented by the Consulate General of Slovakia premiere FRIDAY, MAY 20, 7:30 P.M. At MUSEUM OF THE MOVING IMAGE Slovakia. Dir. Peter Bebjak. 2015, 94 mins. In Slovak with New York English subtitles. With Noël premiere Czuczor, Rebeka Poláková, Kamil Kollárik. A loner who cleans houses where people The Beat of Love (Utrip Ljubezni) Presented by the Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia and the Slovenian Film Centre have recently died develops a voyeuristic obsession with a SATURDAY, MAY 21, 3:15 P.M. At MUSEUM OF THE MOVING IMAGE young woman in distress. This gripping psychological drama Slovenia. Dir. Boris Petkovic. 2015, 77 mins. In Slovenian with English toys with thriller conventions, subtitles. With Judita Frankovic, Jernej Gasperin, Zlatan Cordic Zlatko. A while delivering a darkly stylish Slovenian hip-hop artist finds himself torn between music and love. This portrait of urban alienation. infectious ode to Eastern Europe’s hip-hop subculture bursts with music, energy, and the intoxicating abandon of youth.

The Summer of Sangaile (Sangailes vasara) Marshland (La isla mínima) Presented by the Embassy of the Republic of Lithuania Presented by the Instituto Cervantes SUNDAY, MAY 22, 2:00 P.M. SATURDAY, MAY 21, 4:45 P.M. At MUSEUM OF THE MOVING IMAGE At MUSEUM OF THE MOVING IMAGE Lithuania/France/Netherlands. Dir. Alantė Kavaitė. 2015, 88 mins. Spain. Dir. Alberto Rodríguez. 2014, 105 mins. In Spanish with English In Lithuanian with English subtitles. With Julija Steponaityte, Aistė subtitles. With Javier Gutiérrez, Raúl Arévalo. A moody, noir-tinged Diržiūtė, Jūratė Sodytė. A teenage girl is transformed by an mystery unfolds amidst the political unrest of post-Franco Spain in this all-consuming summer love affair in this visually ravishing, sun-kissed “brilliant, compelling edge-of-your-seat detective thriller” (Sight & Sound) coming of age romance that won the World Cinema Directing award about the hunt for a serial killer stalking a forbidding marsh town. at the Sundance Film Festival.

New York premiere

Silent With director Yorgos Gkikapeppas in person Presented by the Consulate General of Greece in New York The Lure (Córki dancingu) and the Onassis Foundation (USA) Presented by the Polish Cultural Institute New York SUNDAY, MAY 22, 4:30 P.M. SUNDAY, MAY 22, 7:00 P.M. At MUSEUM OF THE MOVING IMAGE At MUSEUM OF THE MOVING IMAGE Greece. Dir. Yorgos Gkikapeppas. 2015, 92 mins. In Greek and English Poland. Dir. Agnieszka Smoczynska. 2015, 92 mins. In Polish with English with English subtitles. With Kika Georgiou, Aneza Papadopoulou, Electra subtitles. With Marta Mazurek, Michalina Olszanska, Kinga Preis. At long Nikolouzou. When she mysteriously loses her voice, a young singer is last: the Communist kitsch, mermaid disco musical you’ve been waiting for. left at the mercy of her resentful, uncomprehending family. The latest in This wildly imaginative fantasy plays like a gonzo take on the Little Mermaid the remarkably rich wave of recent Greek cinema, the sophomore feature as two sibling sirens of the sea turn showgirls in a night club—but things get from Yorgos Gkikapeppas is a haunting allegory of generational discord. complicated when love and vampirism enter the mix.

Schedule VENUES & TICKETS FRIDAY, MAY 6 THURSDAY, MAY 12 THURSDAY, MAY 19 7:00 P.M. Anna at MoMI with actress 7:00 P.M. Home Care at BNH 7:00 P.M. Simshar at BNH with 36-01 35 Ave Valeria Golino; followed with director Slávek Horák director Rebecca Cremona (at 37 Street) by reception Astoria, NY FRIDAY, MAY 13 FRIDAY, MAY 20 SATURDAY, MAY 7 Subway: M, R to 7:00 P.M. The Wednesday Child 7:30 P.M. The Cleaner at MoMI Steinway Street or 1:00 P.M. Spartacus & Cassandra at MoMI N, Q to 36 Avenue at MoMI SATURDAY, MAY 21 SATURDAY, MAY 14 Unless otherwise noted tickets are 3:00 P.M. History’s Future at MoMI 12:30 P.M. The Maias: Scenes from 12:45 P.M. The Spirits Diary at MoMI Romantic Life at MoMI $12 ($9 seniors /students, free for MoMI with director Fiona Tan members at Film Lover level and above). 2:30 P.M. Home Care at MoMI with 3:15 P.M. The Beat of Love at MoMI SUNDAY, MAY 8 A festival pass is $40. director Slávek Horák 4:45 P.M. Marshland at MoMI movingimage.us/PanoramaEurope 2:00 P.M. Ghost Mountaineer at MoMI SUNDAY, MAY 15 SUNDAY, MAY 22 4:30 P.M. Lampedusa in Winter at 2:00 P.M. Cafard at MoMI 2:00 P.M. The Summer of Sangaile MoMI with cinematographer 4:30 P.M. The People vs. Fritz Bauer at MoMI Serafin Spitzer at MoMI 4:30 P.M. Silent at MoMI with director 321 East 73 Street 6:45 P.M. Simshar at MoMI with 6:45 P.M. Babai at MoMI Yorgos Gkikapeppas New York, NY director Rebecca Cremona TUESDAY, MAY 17 7:00 P.M. The Lure at MoMI Subway: 6 to 68 Street or 77 Street TUESDAY, MAY 10 7:00 P.M. Lampedusa in Winter at Films screened at the Bohemian 7:00 P.M The Maias: Scenes from BNH with cinematographer National Hall are free. Seating is on a Romantic Life at BNH Serafin Spitzer first-come, first-served basis.

with director João Botelho czechcenter.com

the Italian Cultural Institute, the Consulate General of Greece in New York and the Onassis Foundation (USA), and the Polish Cultural Institute New York. New Institute Cultural Polish the and (USA), Foundation Onassis the and York New in Greece of General Consulate the Institute, Cultural Italian the

members and observers. and members of Slovenia and the Slovenian Film Centre, the General Representation of the Government of Flanders to the U.S.A., the Goethe-Institut New York, Instituto Cervantes, Cervantes, Instituto York, New Goethe-Institut the U.S.A., the to Flanders of Government the of Representation General the Centre, Film Slovenian the and Slovenia of

Nations, Dutch Culture USA program by the Consulate General of the Netherlands in New York, the Embassy of the Republic of Lithuania, the Embassy of the Republic Republic the of Embassy the Lithuania, of Republic the of Embassy the York, New in Netherlands the of General Consulate the by program USA Culture Dutch Nations,

14 full members and 32 associate associate 32 and members full 14

Consulate General of Portugal, the Consulate General of Slovakia, the Cultural Services of the French Embassy, the Delegation of the European Union to the United United the to Union European the of Delegation the Embassy, French the of Services Cultural the Slovakia, of General Consulate the Portugal, of General Consulate

was founded in 2007 and has has and 2007 in founded was

Cultural Center New York, the Consulate General of the Republic of Croatia and the Croatian Audiovisual Centre, the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Estonia, the the Estonia, of Republic the of Culture of Ministry the Centre, Audiovisual Croatian the and Croatia of Republic the of General Consulate the York, New Center Cultural

all continents. EUNIC New York York New EUNIC continents. all National Hall, is comprised of the Albanian Institute New York, the Arts Council Malta in New York, the Austrian Cultural Forum New York, the Balassi Institute - Hungarian Hungarian - Institute Balassi the York, New Forum Cultural Austrian the York, New in Malta Council Arts the York, New Institute Albanian the of comprised is Hall, National

The Festival Board, headed by Gaelle Duchemin, European Union Delegation to the United Nations, and in partnership with the Czech Center New York/Bohemian York/Bohemian New Center Czech the with partnership in and Nations, United the to Delegation Union European Duchemin, Gaelle by headed Board, Festival The work in more than 80 cities on on cities 80 than more in work

from the European Union that that Union European the from

cultural diplomatic services services diplomatic cultural

national cultural institutes and and institutes cultural national

is part of a global coalition of of coalition global a of part is

and academia. The organization organization The academia. and

in the arts, languages, education, education, languages, arts, the in

institutions to provide programs programs provide to institutions

eminent American and European European and American eminent

EUNIC New York partners with with partners York New EUNIC

New York and U.S. audiences. audiences. U.S. and York New

European achievements to to achievements European

provoking artistic and intellectual intellectual and artistic provoking

presents cutting-edge and thought thought and cutting-edge presents

for Culture (EUNIC) Culture for

Institutes National European Union Union European

A FESTIVAL OF NEW EUROPEAN FILMS

MAY 6−22, 2016 50. Karlovy vary 33. Filmfest international München 2015 film festival 2015 Competition Competition

a Film by VISAR MORINA

New York The People vs. Fritz Bauer premiere (Der Staat gegen Fritz Bauer) Presented by the Goethe-Institut New York New York SUNDAY, MAY 15, 4:30 P.M. At MUSEUM OF THE MOVING IMAGE premiere Germany. Dir. Lars Kraume. 2015, 105 mins. In German, English, Yiddish, and Spanish with English subtitles. With Babai Presented by the

Burghart Klaussner, Ronald Zehrfeld, ASTRIT KABASHI, VAL MALOKU, ENVER PETROVCI, ADRIANA MATOSHI, AURITA AGUSHI, ARMEND ISMAJLI, ALBAN UKAJ, XHEVDET JASHARI Albanian Institute New YorkNiKo Film in co-production with ProduKsioNi Krusha / sKoPje Film studio / eaux ViVes ProductioNs in association with Wdr and arte written and directed by Visar moriNa cinematographer matteo cocco production design jutta Freyer costume designer GeNoVeVa KylburG make-up designer astrid Weber casting susaNNe ritter blerta basholli music beNediKt schieFer editing steFaN stabeNoW aNNe FabiNi maja teNNstedt Visar moriNa sound designer iGor PoPoVsKi supervising sound designer malte bieler re-recording mxer thierry delor head of production claudia schuriaN line producer Katja morGeNeier produced by Nicole Gerhards coproduced by Visar Krusha tomi salKoVsKi xéNia maiNGot associate producer KatriN schlösser commissioning editors aNdrea haNKe (Wdr) GeorG steiNert (arte) funded by Film- uNd medieNstiFtuNG NrW, KosoVa ciNematoGraPhy ceNter FFa - GermaN Federal Film board, Nordmedia –FoNds Gmbh NiedersachseN/bremeN, macedoNiaN Film, aGeNcy l‘aide aux ciNémas du moNde - ceNtre NatioNal du ciNéma et de l‘imaGe aNimée, Sebastian Blomberg. The true story of miNistère des aFFaires étraNGères et du déVeloPPemeNt iNterNatioNal - iNstitut FraNc ,ais, GermaN Films SUNDAY, MAY 15, 6:45 P.M. Jewish lawyer Fritz Bauer’s relentless At MUSEUM OF THE MOVING IMAGE quest to bring Nazi war criminal Adolf Kosovo/Germany/FYROM/France. Dir. Visar Morina. 2015, 104 Eichmann to justice provides the basis mins. In Albanian, German, Serbian, and English with English for this gripping, stranger-than-fiction subtitles. With Val Moloku, Astrit Kabashi, Adriana Matoshi. thriller, which features tour-de-force A ten-year-old boy makes the risky journey from Kosovo to performances from The White Ribbon’s Germany as an undocumented immigrant to be reunited with Burghart Klaussner and Phoenix’s Ronald his father in this heartrending look at the refugee experience as Zehrfeld. A Cohen Media Group release. seen through the eyes of a child.

The Cleaner (Cistic) New York Presented by the Consulate General of Slovakia premiere FRIDAY, MAY 20, 7:30 P.M. At MUSEUM OF THE MOVING IMAGE Slovakia. Dir. Peter Bebjak. 2015, 94 mins. In Slovak with New York English subtitles. With Noël premiere Czuczor, Rebeka Poláková, Kamil Kollárik. A loner who cleans houses where people The Beat of Love (Utrip Ljubezni) Presented by the Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia and the Slovenian Film Centre have recently died develops a voyeuristic obsession with a SATURDAY, MAY 21, 3:15 P.M. At MUSEUM OF THE MOVING IMAGE young woman in distress. This gripping psychological drama Slovenia. Dir. Boris Petkovic. 2015, 77 mins. In Slovenian with English toys with thriller conventions, subtitles. With Judita Frankovic, Jernej Gasperin, Zlatan Cordic Zlatko. A while delivering a darkly stylish Slovenian hip-hop artist finds himself torn between music and love. This portrait of urban alienation. infectious ode to Eastern Europe’s hip-hop subculture bursts with music, energy, and the intoxicating abandon of youth.

The Summer of Sangaile (Sangailes vasara) Marshland (La isla mínima) Presented by the Embassy of the Republic of Lithuania Presented by the Instituto Cervantes SUNDAY, MAY 22, 2:00 P.M. SATURDAY, MAY 21, 4:45 P.M. At MUSEUM OF THE MOVING IMAGE At MUSEUM OF THE MOVING IMAGE Lithuania/France/Netherlands. Dir. Alantė Kavaitė. 2015, 88 mins. Spain. Dir. Alberto Rodríguez. 2014, 105 mins. In Spanish with English In Lithuanian with English subtitles. With Julija Steponaityte, Aistė subtitles. With Javier Gutiérrez, Raúl Arévalo. A moody, noir-tinged Diržiūtė, Jūratė Sodytė. A teenage girl is transformed by an mystery unfolds amidst the political unrest of post-Franco Spain in this all-consuming summer love affair in this visually ravishing, sun-kissed “brilliant, compelling edge-of-your-seat detective thriller” (Sight & Sound) coming of age romance that won the World Cinema Directing award about the hunt for a serial killer stalking a forbidding marsh town. at the Sundance Film Festival.

New York premiere

Silent With director Yorgos Gkikapeppas in person Presented by the Consulate General of Greece in New York The Lure (Córki dancingu) and the Onassis Foundation (USA) Presented by the Polish Cultural Institute New York SUNDAY, MAY 22, 4:30 P.M. SUNDAY, MAY 22, 7:00 P.M. At MUSEUM OF THE MOVING IMAGE At MUSEUM OF THE MOVING IMAGE Greece. Dir. Yorgos Gkikapeppas. 2015, 92 mins. In Greek and English Poland. Dir. Agnieszka Smoczynska. 2015, 92 mins. In Polish with English with English subtitles. With Kika Georgiou, Aneza Papadopoulou, Electra subtitles. With Marta Mazurek, Michalina Olszanska, Kinga Preis. At long Nikolouzou. When she mysteriously loses her voice, a young singer is last: the Communist kitsch, mermaid disco musical you’ve been waiting for. left at the mercy of her resentful, uncomprehending family. The latest in This wildly imaginative fantasy plays like a gonzo take on the Little Mermaid the remarkably rich wave of recent Greek cinema, the sophomore feature as two sibling sirens of the sea turn showgirls in a night club—but things get from Yorgos Gkikapeppas is a haunting allegory of generational discord. complicated when love and vampirism enter the mix.

Schedule VENUES & TICKETS FRIDAY, MAY 6 THURSDAY, MAY 12 THURSDAY, MAY 19 7:00 P.M. Anna at MoMI with actress 7:00 P.M. Home Care at BNH 7:00 P.M. Simshar at BNH with 36-01 35 Ave Valeria Golino; followed with director Slávek Horák director Rebecca Cremona (at 37 Street) by reception Astoria, NY FRIDAY, MAY 13 FRIDAY, MAY 20 SATURDAY, MAY 7 Subway: M, R to 7:00 P.M. The Wednesday Child 7:30 P.M. The Cleaner at MoMI Steinway Street or 1:00 P.M. Spartacus & Cassandra at MoMI N, Q to 36 Avenue at MoMI SATURDAY, MAY 21 SATURDAY, MAY 14 Unless otherwise noted tickets are 3:00 P.M. History’s Future at MoMI 12:30 P.M. The Maias: Scenes from 12:45 P.M. The Spirits Diary at MoMI Romantic Life at MoMI $12 ($9 seniors /students, free for MoMI with director Fiona Tan members at Film Lover level and above). 2:30 P.M. Home Care at MoMI with 3:15 P.M. The Beat of Love at MoMI SUNDAY, MAY 8 A festival pass is $40. director Slávek Horák 4:45 P.M. Marshland at MoMI movingimage.us/PanoramaEurope 2:00 P.M. Ghost Mountaineer at MoMI SUNDAY, MAY 15 SUNDAY, MAY 22 4:30 P.M. Lampedusa in Winter at 2:00 P.M. Cafard at MoMI 2:00 P.M. The Summer of Sangaile MoMI with cinematographer 4:30 P.M. The People vs. Fritz Bauer at MoMI Serafin Spitzer at MoMI 4:30 P.M. Silent at MoMI with director 321 East 73 Street 6:45 P.M. Simshar at MoMI with 6:45 P.M. Babai at MoMI Yorgos Gkikapeppas New York, NY director Rebecca Cremona TUESDAY, MAY 17 7:00 P.M. The Lure at MoMI Subway: 6 to 68 Street or 77 Street TUESDAY, MAY 10 7:00 P.M. Lampedusa in Winter at Films screened at the Bohemian 7:00 P.M The Maias: Scenes from BNH with cinematographer National Hall are free. Seating is on a Romantic Life at BNH Serafin Spitzer first-come, first-served basis.

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