Schedule Film | Neu 2018

THURSDAY, 11/1 OPENING NIGHT CLOSING NIGHT 7:00 pm • OPENING 3 Days in Quiberon THURS, NOV 1 • 7:00 PM SUN, NOV 4 • 7:00 PM (3 Tage in Quiberon), 3 Days in Quiberon The Silent Revolution 115 min. Followed (3 Tage in Quiberon) (Das schweigende by reception. Germany /Austria / Klassenzimmer) France, 2018, 115 min. Germany, 2017, 111 min. FRIDAY, 11/2 Director/Screenplay: Emily Atef Director/Screenplay: Lars Kraume 6:30 pm Cast: Marie Bäumer, Birgit Blue My Mind, Minichmayr, Charly Hübner, Cast: Leonard Scheicher, Tom Robert Gwisdek 98 min. Followed Gramenz, Lena Klenke, Jonas Dassler, Ronald Zehrfeld, Florian by reception. Distribution: Beta Cinema Lukas, Jördis Triebel, Michael 8:30 pm Prizes: German Film Awards 2018 Gwisdek, Burghart Klaußner (Best Film Gold, Best Director, Best Welcome to the Back For Good, 91 min. Distribution: Studiocanal Leading Actress, Best Supporting 26th edition of Film|Neu, Actress, Best Supporting Actor, Prizes: Bavarian Film Washington’s annual SATURDAY, 11/3 Best Cinematography, Best Score) Prize 2017 (Best Newcomer Actor: Jonas Dassler) festival of new films from Deeply private and in precarious 2:00 pm health, enigmatic and elusive A classroom in 1956 East Germany, Austria, and Short Films from actress Romy Schneider grants an Germany holds a minute of Switzerland. This year’s Germany, Austria, and interview and portrait session to silence for the victims of a films explore challenges Switzerland, 112 min. a journalist and a photographer, violently-suppressed uprising in despite her misgivings about that come with the passage 4:15 pm Budapest. The consequences of goethe.de/washington the press. What unfolds over Washington Goethe-Institut this act will affect their school, 1990 Washington, 03, DC Suite 20006 K Street NW, L’Animale, 100 min. of time, navigating identity three days at a French health the community, and the children and personal relationships Followed by reception. retreat is a fascinating portrait themselves more than they can in an increasingly 6:30 pm of the legendary actress. With ever imagine. Although the school The Migrumpies (Die the support of her best friend, principal tries to diffuse the globalized world, and Schneider must come to terms Migrantigen), 95 min. incident and deal with it internally, transformation —­ in almost with her vulnerabilities and the pupils find themselves 8:30 pm personal tragedies as the ensnared in the political every sense of the word. Magical Mystery public eye is turned onto her. machinery of a state determined to make an example of them. (Magical Mystery: Emily Atef (b. 1973) was born Aside from a variety of Oder die Rückkehr des in Berlin to French and Iranian Lars Kraume (b. 1973) was born feature films, we are Karl Schmidt), 111 min. parents. She grew up in Los in Chieri, Italy, and grew up in proud of this year’s Angeles and Paris, before moving Frankfurt am Main. He worked as diverse selection of to London to work in theater. Her a freelance photographer before SUNDAY, 11/4 acclaimed films include: Molly’s enrolling at the German Film shorts. There’s sure to Way (2005), The Stranger in & Television Academy in Berlin be something for you! 2:00 pm Me (2008), Kill Me (2011), Don’t (DFFB) in 1994. Since then he has A Dysfunctional Worry, I’m Fine (TV, 2017), and worked as a director, writer, and Information on our Cat (Die defekte 3 Days In Quiberon (2018). producer, and has been involved special guests and Katze), 93 min. Reception and discussion in numerous television projects in addition to his work as a director. receptions can be found on 3:45 pm with producer Karsten Stöter NEW FILMS FROM GERMANY follows the screening. Reception at 6:15 PM precedes our Film|Neu website. We In the Aisles (In den AUSTRIA • SWITZERLAND Gängen), 125 min. the screening. Discussion look forward to welcoming with producer Miriam Düssel 7:00 pm • CLOSING follows the screening. Nov 1-4, 2018 you to screenings at the The Silent Revolution Landmark E Street Cinema! (Das schweigende Klassenzimmer), Landmark’s E Street Cinema 111 min. Preceded www.FilmNeu.org by reception. www.FilmNeu.org Note: All films have www.facebook.com/FilmNeuDC English subtitles. #FilmNeu Tickets General Admission • $12.50 Partners Festival Venue Senior • $9.50 Tickets can be purchased Student/Military/Friend of the Goethe-Institut • $11.00 Landmark’s E Street Cinema at the theater box office 555 11th St. NW New Short Films from Germany, OPENING Night Screening followed by or online at tickets. reception at E Street Cinema with complimentary Washington, DC 20004 Austria, & Switzerland landmarktheatres.com. wine, beer, and German snacks • $27.50 CLOSING Night Pre-film reception at 6:15 pm • $17.50 www.FilmNeu.org • www.facebook.com/FilmNeuDC Metro: Metro Center SAT, NOV 3 • 2:00 PM

Desert Bloom Facing Mecca Austria, 2016, 12 min., Switzerland, 25 Min., Directors: Peter Kutin Director: Jan-Eric Mack & Florian Kindlinger Retiree Roli comes to Fareed’s The urban landscape and assistance when the Syrian lights of the Las Vegas refugee is faced with the burial Strip are rendered audible, of his Muslim wife. Together forming a symphony of they stumble into a bewildering electric smog in the middle mire of Swiss bureaucracy. of the Nevadan desert. FRI, NOV 2 • 6:30 PM FRI, NOV 2 • 8:30 PM SAT, NOV 3 • 4:15 PM SAT, NOV 3 • 6:30 PM SAT, NOV 3 • 8:30 PM SUN, NOV 4 • 2:00 PM SUN, NOV 4 • 3:45 PM Rewind Forward Blue My Mind Back For Good L‘Animale The Migrumpies Magical Mystery A Dysfunctional Cat In the Aisles Rhapsodariddim Switzerland, 2017, 24 min., Switzerland, 2017, 98 min. Germany, 2017, 91 min. Austria, 2017, 100 min. (Die Migrantigen) (Magical Mystery (Die defekte Katze) (In den Gängen) Austria, 2017, 2 Min., Director: Justin Stoneham Director: Jessica Hausner/ When Justin was four, a Austria, 2017, 95 min. oder: die Rückkehr Germany, 2018, 93 min. Germany, 2018, 125 min. Director/Screenplay: Director: Mia Spengler Director/Screenplay: des Karl Schmidt) Markus Binder stroke left his mother Lisa Brühlmann Katharina Mückstein Director: Arman T. Riahi Director/Screenplay: Director: Thomas Stuber Screenplay: Stefanie In an empty gymnasium, a partially paralyzed and Germany, 2017, 111 min. Susan Gordanshekan dancer moves to the beat unable to speak. Through Cast: Luna Wedler, Zoë Pastelle Schmitz, Mia Spengler Cast: Sophie Stockinger, Kathrin Screenplay: Aleksandar Screenplay: Clemens of rhythmic poetry, in his father’s VHS recordings, Holthuizen, Regula Grauwiller Resetarits, Dominik Warta Petrovic, Faris Rahoma Director: Arne Feldhusen Cast: Pegah Ferydoni, Meyer, Thomas Stuber Cast: Kim Riedle, Juliane sync with the spoken word. Justin sees the healthy Hadi Khanjanpour Distribution: Be For Films Köhler, Leonie Wesselow Distribution: Nikolaus Geyrhalter Cast: Faris Rahoma, Aleksandar Screenplay: Sven Regener Cast: Sandra Hüller, Franz Rhapsodariddim is part of mother he longed to have. Filmproduktion, La Banda Film Petrovic, Doris Schretzmayer Distribution: Glory Film/Munich Rogowski, Peter Kurth Prizes: Swiss Film Prize (Best Film, Distribution: Zum Goldenen Cast: Charly Hübner, Annika an endless poem from the book Teilzeitrevue, from Best Actress, Best Screenplay) Lamm Filmproduktion Festivals: Cinema Jove – Valencia Distribution: AFC – Austrian Films Meier, Detlev Buck Festivals: Berlinale 2018, Distribution: MusicBox Films the author Markus Binder. Follower International Film Festival Shanghai 2018, Taipei 2018 After her family’s big move Festivals: Berlinale 2017 38. Filmfestival Max Distribution: Razor German Film Guild Germany, 2018, 10 Min., (Best Female Director) Prizes: Prizes: to Zürich, 15-year-old Mia (Perspektive Deutsches Kino) Ophüls Preis 2017 (Audience Film Produktion GmbH, Two strangers under one roof: Award & Ecumenical Jury Award Director: Jonathan Behr is facing an overwhelming A life between what seems and Award), Nashville Film Festival ARTE, Brainpool TV It wasn’t fate that brought Berlin 2018, German Film Award First and Foremost Clara is spending the evening From Jungle Camp to parent- transformation that calls her what is: Mati is about to graduate (In Erster Linie) babysitting for a wealthy teacher conference. After a 2017 (Audience Award) Festivals: Munich Film Festival Mina and Kian together, but a 2018 (Best Leading Actor) entire existence into question. from high school when a former professional matchmaker. After Austria, 2016, 6 Min., family when she suddenly publicity stunt that involved a For a TV documentary, (Most Promising Young Actor) After losing his job, shy and Her body has begun changing enemy unexpectedly turns into their wedding, Mina moves from Director: Veronika Schubert has a new follower on her stay in rehab, former reality TV unemployed friends Benny (Bester Nachwuchsschauspieler) introverted Christian discovers radically and mysteriously, and a friend, and a former friend Iran to Germany, where Kian More than 3000 engraved Instagram account. But star Angie must move back in with and Marko use their immigrant love, friendship and a whole despite desperate attempts to suddenly wants something more. Ex-artist Karl Schmidt lives works as a surgeon. What ensues pieces of glass show the time- this one is strange - and her mother and take care of her backgrounds to their advantage in new mysterious world between halt the process, she is soon This coming-of-age drama set a quiet life after suffering a is the newlyweds‘ attempt to lapse movement of clouds. not easy to shake off. sister, who is going through the order to make a few bucks. They the surprisingly intriguing forced to accept that nature is in provincial Austria follows a nervous breakdown. When his make their traditional Iranian But the outlines appear to struggles of adolescence. As she pretend to be petty criminals aisles of a wholesale market. far more powerful than her. young tomboy whose family old friends from the Berlin techno marriage work in German society. be the border lines of ever- rien ne va plus reconnects with her family, Angie from a rough neighborhood, scene ask him to join them on Mentored by Bruno from the changing countries, reflecting suddenly finds itself in crisis. Germany, 2017, 15 Min., Lisa Brühlmann (b. 1981) must decide whether to stay with exploiting clichés and stereotypes their tour, he suddenly finds Susan Gordanshekan (b. beverage aisle and attracted to the movement of thousands of Director: Sophie Linnenbaum studied acting in Berlin, then them or return to the cutthroat Katharina Mückstein (b. 1982) of their communities for “good himself on a whirlwind techno 1978) was born in Kassel to Marion from the sweets aisle, he refugees arriving in Austria. Bodo is standing on a studied film at the University world of reality television. studied film direction at the Film TV.” The show is a success, and journey through 1990s Germany parents from the Iranian slowly finds himself a member of the Arts in Zürich. She now Academy of the University of their “politically incorrect” city of Isfahan. She grew up of a small close-knit family. rooftop, ready to jump, when Mia Spengler (b. 1986) was that triggers old anxieties and works as a director, writer, Music and Performing Arts in spiel is going well – but will speaking German and Farsi, and Nelly suddenly his phone rings. born in Munich and studied fosters new personal growth. Thomas Stuber (b. 1981) has and actor based in Zürich. Vienna. She co-founded La Banda their ruse be discovered? much of her work explores Austria, 2015, 17 Min., It’s Evi, telling Bodo he won at the Filmakademie Baden- made a number of acclaimed Film with Flavio Marchetti, Michael Arne Feldhusen (b. 1971) experiences of characters Director: Chris Raiber a prize in a competition Film followed by reception. Württemberg. Aside from her i (b. 1981) was feature films, including Teenage Schindegger, and Natalie Schwager. Arman T. Riah directed commericals, music A car drives through the he never took part in. feature films, her short films with multifaceted identities. born in Iran and grew up in videos, television programs, Angst (2008), A Heavy Heart snow. Behind the wheel is include the award-winning shorts Followed by reception Vienna, Austria. He has worked and documentary films, before (2016), and In the Aisles (2018). thirteen-year-old Nelly. She Dazwischen (2009), Das Ritual between showings of L’Animale in London and Vienna on directing Stromberg (2014), his Film followed by discussion wants to go home. Separating (2010), and Heimweg (2012). and The Migrumpies. television projects, and made first feature film to be released with director Thomas Stuber. her from this goal are three short films and documentaries. in cinemas. He instructs at questions, two keys, a diving the Hamburg Media School. tower, and a racing heart.