GERMAN FILM WEEK 5th Edition 13 - 23 SEPTEMBER 2018 Metropolis Empire Sofil – Ashrafieh Design: Christopher Rizkallah Christopher Design: Photo: © Camino Filmverleih © Camino Photo: goethe.de/beirut/gfw | metropoliscinema.net Screenplay Emily Atef Camera Thomas Kiennast Editing Hansjörg Weißbrich Music Christoph M. Kaiser Julian Maas Starring Marie Bäumer Birgit Minichmayr Robert Gwisdek Charly Hübner © Peter Harting - Rohfilm Factory - Prokino 3 DAYS IN QUIBERON Director Emily Atef 13 | 09 | 2018 Year 2018 Genre Drama Length 115 mins Robert Lebeck’s photographs of Romy Schneider are world-famous. They capture this actress’s contradictory nature, her exuberance, melancholy and pain. Lebeck also took the photographs that were to accompany the legendary interview Romy Schneider granted ‘Stern’ magazine reporter Michael Jürgs in Quiberon in 1981 – in spite of her previous negative encounters with the German press. The actress had retired to this Breton spa town to recuperate with Hilde, her close friend of many years, keeping her company. The interview and black-and-white photos form the basis of this film that captures the special atmosphere of these three days in which Schneider bares her soul – to breaking point… In the presence of award winning Emily Atef German Film Awards 2018: Film Award in Gold, Outstanding Feature Film, Best Direction, Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role - Marie Bäumer, Best Cinematography, Best Film Score Berlin International Film Festival 2018: Nominee Golden Berlin Bear Best Film Screenplay Valeska Grisebach Camera Bernhard Keller Editing Bettina Böhler Starring Meinhard Neumann Reinhardt Wetrek Syuleyman Letifov Veneta Frangova © Komplizen Film WESTERN Director Valeska Grisebach 14 | 09 | 2018 Year 2017 Genre Drama Length 121 mins A group of German construction workers moves to a construction site in the border region between Bulgaria and Greece. When the men realize there is a village nearby, they are confronted with their prejudice and mistrust. Two of the men turn the village into a stage on which they compete for the recognition and favor of the villagers. German Film Awards 2018: Lola in Bronze, Best Feature Film German Film Critics Association Awards 2018: German Film Critics Award, Best Film of 2017 Cannes Film Festival 2017: Nominee Un Certain Regard Award, Valeska Grisebach Screenplay Simon Verhoeven Camera Jo Heim Editing Stefan Essl Denis Bachter Music Gary Go Starring Senta Berger Heiner Lauterbach Florian David Fitz Palina Rojinski Eric Kabongo © 2016 Warner Bros. Ent WELCOME TO GERMANY Director Simon Verhoeven 15 | 09 | 2018 Year 2016 Genre Comedy Length 116 mins There is a lot going on at the Hartmanns’ place: Mother Angelika’s singlehanded decision to take in the asylum seeker Diallo after visiting a refugee shelter has upset her husband Richard. Naturally, the arrival of the unexpected guest causes some misunderstandings and turbulence. Then, daughter Sophie shows up without prior notice: The aimless long- term student is trying to get away from a manic admirer. And if that wasn’t enough, son Philip whose nerves are worn out returns home with his son Basti. The illustrious gathering of unequal characters obviously calls for conflict and soon things get rocky with the Hartmanns Bavarian Film Awards 2017: Best Production, Audience Award German Film Awards 2017: Audience Award Hubert Burda Media 2017: Bambi, Film national Screenplay Ziad Kalthoum Camera Talal Khoury Editing Aleksei Bakri Frank Brummundt Music Sebastian Tesch © Talal Khoury TASTE OF CEMENT Director Ziad Kalthoum 16 | 09 | 2018 Year 2017 Genre Documentary Length 89 mins In Beirut, Syrian construction workers are building a skyscraper while at the same time their own houses at home are being shelled. The Lebanese war is over but the Syrian one still rages on. The workers are locked in the building site. They are not allowed to leave it after 7p.m. The Lebanese government has imposed night-time curfews on the refugees. The only contact with the outside world for these Syrian workers is the hole through which they climb out in the morning to begin a new day of work. Cut off from their homeland, they gather at night around a small TV set to get the news from Syria. Tormented by anguish and anxiety, while suffering the deprivation of the most basic human and workers right, they keep hoping for a different life. Adelaide Film Festival 2017: Winner Foxtel Movies International Award, Best Documentary, Ziad Kalthoum Camden International Film Festival 2017: Winner, Harrell Award, Best Documentary Feature Nyon Visions du Réel 2017: Winner Grand Prix, International Feature Film Competition, Ziad Kalthoum Screenplay Clemens Meyer, Thomas Stube Camera Peter Matjasko Editing Kaya Inan Sound design Kai Tebbel Sound Christoph Schilling Starring Franz Rogowski Sandra Hüller Peter Kurth Andreas Leupold © Sommerhaus Filmproduktion GmbH, Anke Neugebauer IN THE AISLES Director Thomas Stuber 17 | 09 | 2018 Year 2018 Genre Drama Length 125 mins Christian is new to the superstore. He mutely plunges into this unknown universe: the endless aisles, the eternal order of the warehouses, the surreal mechanicisms of the forklift trucks. His colleague Bruno from the drinks department takes him under his wing, showing him all the tricks of the trade and soon becomes a fatherly friend. Marion from the confectionary department likes to have a bit of a laugh and a joke with Christian. When he falls in love with her, the entire warehouse is rooting for him. But Marion is married, albeit unhappily by all accounts. All of a sudden she goes on sick leave. Christian falls into a deep hole, so deep in fact, that his miserable old life threatens to engulf him once more. Berlin International Film Festival 2018: winner, Guild Film Prize, Thomas Stuber, Prize of the Ecumenical Jury, Competition, Thomas Stuber, Nominee, Golden Berlin Bear, Best Film German Film Awards 2018: Lola, Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role, Franz Rogowski German Screenplay Award: winner Screenplay Award, Thomas Stuber, Clemens Meyer Screenplay Sonja Kröner Camera Julia Daschner Editing Ulrike Tortora Music Sebastian Fillenberg Starring Laura Tonke Mavie Hörbiger Ursula Werner Günther Maria Halmer Thomas Loibl © Prokino Filmverleih THE GARDEN Director Sonja Kröner 18 | 09 | 2018 Year 2017 Genre Drama Length 97 mins Germany, the summer of 1976: Eva, her husband Bernd and their children drive to the summer cottage of Grandmother Sophie. It’s a long-standing tradition that all branches of the family meet there every year to spend the holidays together. Yet this year everything is different: Sophie recently passed away, and a lightning bolt has destroyed the old tree in the garden. While the children are having carefree fun, the adults get increasingly tense. Eva feels annoyed by her sister-in-law Gitti, and Bernd tries to set the record straight with his father Erich. Aunt Ilse flirts with the female neighbor, and freethinking aunt Mathilde turns the garden into a nude area. Meanwhile, the kids explore the surroundings and the mysterious estate next door. When a girl from the area disappears, the dramatic news threatens to shatter the illusion of an idyllic family reunion. Bavarian Film Awards 2018: Best Screenplay Munich Film Festival 2017: Young German Cinema Award for Best Direction and Best Production, Tobias Walker and Philipp Worm German Film Awards 2017: Audience Award Screenplay Stefan Kolditz Stephan Suschke Camera Frank Lamm Editing Jens Klüber Music Jean Rondeau Starring Carla Juri Albrecht Schuch Roxane Duran Joel Basman © Pandora Film - Martin Menke PAULA Director Christian Schwochow 19 | 09 | 2018 Year 2016 Genre Biography / Drama Length 123 mins Born in Dresden in 1876, Paula Becker early discovers her love for art and culture. At sixteen, she moves to England to study English and housekeeping, yet her homesickness had her returning to Germany soon. There she begins to train as a teacher at her parent’s request, while also trying to fulfill her dream of becoming a painter. Since she isn’t accepted into the Berlin art academy, she attends drawing classes and hones her technical skills. She joins the art commune of Worpswede, and in 1899, she makes a fateful study trip to Paris. There she meets Otto Modersohn, whom she marries in 1901. Artist Clara Westhoff and writer Rainer Maria Rilke become her like-minded friends, yet despite her vast talent the significance of Paula Becker’s paintings is only recognized after her premature death in 1907. Today, she is hailed as one of the most important progenitors of expressionism. Bavarian Film Awards 2017: Best Cinematography German Film Awards 2017: Best Production Design, Tim Pannen and Best Costume De- sign, Frauke Firl Screenplay Nils Mohl Max Reinholdn Camera Florian Mag Editing Jan Ruschke Music Martin Gretschmann Starring Leonard Scheicher Johanna Polley Emilia Schüle Joel Basman © Riva Filmproduktion Once Upon a Time in Director Ilker Çatak Year 2017 An Indian Country Genre Comedy / Drama 20 | 09 | 2018 Length 97 mins Adapted from Nils Mohl’s eponymous novel, İlker Çatak’s feature debut is a wild genre mix between a boxer film, urban western, road movie and music video, set at the end of the summer holidays in a drab neighborhood on the outskirts of Hamburg. Young boxing talent Mauser is preparing for a pivotal competition when his father kills his step-mother and flees. Trying to find his father, Mauser embarks on a journey through the world of music, psychedelia, violence, love, and a biblical thunderstorm.