Goethe Film Week 6-15 November 2016
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©Hanno Lentz, Majestic ©Hanno GOETHE FILM WEEK 6-15 NOVEMBER 2016 ORGANISED BY THE GOETHE-INSTITUT AMMAN IN COOPERATION WITH DEUTSCHE GESELLSCHAFT FÜR INTERNATIONALE ZUSAMMENARBEIT (GIZ) GOETHE FILM WEEK 6-15 NOVEMBER 2016 SUN, 06 NOV // 7 PM FUKUSHIMA, MON AMOUR Germany 2016 // 108 min // Feature film // Directed by Doris Dörrie Fukushima region of Japan, in the aftermath of the 2011 earthquake. Young Marie from Germany bonds with elderly Geisha Satomi while traveling the Fukushima region of Japan in a bid to escape her sorrows back home. Slowly getting to know each other, the two women eventually learn that they share similar fears and worries. TUE, 08 NOV // 7 PM WHO AM I Germany 2014 // 102 min // Feature film // Directed by Baran bo Odar Berlin, 2014. Benjamin, an outsider, is invited to join a subversive hacker group. Initially, they do not pursue political objectives, but gradually their actions become more risky and consequently they attract the attention of the German Secret Service and Europol. THU, 10 NOV // 7 PM WADJDA Saudi Arabia, Germany 2012 // 98 min // Feature film // Directed by Haifaa Al Mansour A suburb of Riyadh, these years. A ten-year old girl dreams of a green bicycle, yet bicycles are not for girls. So how do you raise the money? SAT, 12 NOV // 7 PM BABAI Germany 2015 // 104 min // Feature film // Directed by Visar Morina Kosovo/Germany, only a few years after the fall of the Berlin Wall (1989). Gezim and his son Nori live under dire conditions, barely making a living. One day, Gezim decides to go to Germany, leaving his son behind. Desperate Nori does not accept being left behind though and embarks on a dangerous journey to find his father. SUN, 13 NOV // 7 PM ANA HUNNA The films are part of the ANA Hunna initiative promoting economic integration of women in the MENA region implemented in cooperation with EconoWin, the regional programme “Economic Integration of Women in the MENA region”, supported by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH and funded by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ). More information at http://ana-hunna.org/the-films/ MON, 14 NOV // 7 PM THE SALT OF THE EARTH (REPRISE) France, Italy 2014 // 110 min // Documentary // Directed by Juliano Ribeiro Salgado, Wim Wenders The gripping portrait of a world-renowned photographer, and why he gave up. Wim Wenders follows Sebastião Salgado. Un Certain Regard Award at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival. Nominated for an Acadamy Award for best documentary feature in 2015. TUE, 15 NOV // 7 PM VICTORIA Germany 2015 // 138 min // Feature film // Directed by Sebastian Schipper Berlin, these years. On a night out in Berlin, Victoria who has newly moved to the capital meets a group of local guys. Their night begins as a giant wave of adrenaline – and finally turns into a nightmare. Taken in one seamless shot, this movie takes us on a thrilling journey through the streets of Berlin. All screenings at the Rainbow Theatre, Amman (1st circle area, first right on Rainbow St.). All films with English subtitles or in an English language version. Admission free. Except for the ANA Hunna program: No admittance under 18 years. 3 NOTE TO VISITORS All films are screened with English subtitles or in an English language version. Except for the ANA Hunna program: No admittance under 18 years. The organisers reserve the right to restrict attendance. The schedule is also available online at www.goethe.de/amman. Changes in the schedule are unlikely but possible. Please consult the website for updates. All films have been selected by the Goethe-Institut. www.goethe.de/amman www.facebook.com/goetheinstitut.amman 44 5 FUKUSHIMA, MON AMOUR ©Majestic Filmverleih, DIF Filmverleih, ©Majestic Germany 2016 // 108 min // Feature film Directed by Doris Dörrie Director and screenplay: Dories Dörrie // Director of photography: Hanno Lentz // Editor: Frank Müller // Soundtrack: Ulrike Haage // Principal cast: Rosalie Thomass, Kaori Momoi, Nami Kamata // Producers: Harald Kügler, Molly von Fürstenberg // Production company: Olga-Film GmbH // Production format: 35 mm // Rating (FSK, parental guidance): 12 // Web: http://www. majestic.de/gruesse-aus-fukushima-film/ A universal and poetic tale about life and letting go from acclaimed writer-director Doris Dörrie. For the first time, one of her feature films has been shot entirely in Japan and in breath-taking black and white. 6 7 FUKUSHIMA, MON AMOUR GRÜSSE AUS FUKUSHIMA A film by Doris Dörrie ABOUT THE FILM With FUKUSHIMA, MON AMOUR the team from the of a Geisha”). They are supported by Aya Irizuki sensational success of “Cherry Blossoms – Hanami” (“Cherry Blossoms”), and also American clown star (2008) is back together: writer and director Doris Moshe Cohen (founding member of Clowns Without Dörrie, producers Harry Kügler and Molly von Borders), and Munich-based musician Nami Kamata Fürstenberg, and German distributor Benjamin (member of the band Coconami) both making their film Herrmann (Majestic). With her new feature film, debuts. […] exceptional director and screenwriter Doris Dörrie has again managed to tell a universal and poetic story In 1985 Doris Dörrie made her first trip to Japan when about life and letting go. For the first time, one of her her film “Straight Through the Heart”, was presented feature films has been entirely shot in Japan and in at the Tokyo International Film Festival. “I was so striking black and white. fascinated by Japan that I hitchhiked throughout the country and took pleasure in getting lost. Again The main roles in FUKUSHIMA, MON AMOUR are and again, total strangers took me by the hand and played by Rosalie Thomass (“Eine ganz heisse showed me the way. I have seldom felt so cared for Nummer”, “Best Chance”) and Kaori Momoi (“Memoirs and coddled in a strange country. And this feeling made a deep impression upon me: being a stranger and being cared for.” […] ©Hanno Lentz, Majestic ©Hanno THE DIRECTOR Doris Dörrie and Rosalie Thomass first met by chance when chatting after a film screening at a festival. Doris Dörrie, born in 1955 in Hanover, won fame They then continued to cross paths. When Dörrie told in 1985 with the sensational success of “Männer…” the young actress that she was intending to shoot a (“Men…”), for which she was awarded numerous film in Fukushima, Thomass was initially impressed prizes. by the bravery that made the director want to film in such a region. When Dörrie offered her the main role Since 1987, she has been publishing novellas of Marie, Thomass’ first impulse was that she felt like and short stories which she increasingly peoples going on this journey with the director. “A sensational with her film characters. Doris Dörrie has been script and a female character who is wonderful as she lecturing since 1997 as professor for applied is allowed to do so much” is how Thomass described dramaturgy and story development at the that first impulse, elaborating by saying that the University of Television and Film Munich. cultural opposition between the two women in the Filmography (selection) film was something she found particularly exciting; 1983 – STRAIGHT THROUGH THE HEART the one having run away from home but then having 1985 – MEN… to recognize that her problems are truly first world 2000 – ENLIGHTENMENT GUARANTEED problems in the truest sense of the word compared 2007 – HOW TO COOK YOUR LIFE to those of the people she encounters in Japan. To 2008 – CHERRY BLOSSOM – HANAMI Thomass, it is a very poetic and universal story about pain. // Press Kit, The Match Factory ©Mathias Bothor, Majestic ©Mathias 2012 – BLISS 2016 – FUKUSHIMA, MON AMOUR 8 9 WHO AM I NO SYSTEM IS SAFE ©Wiedemann & Berg Film Germany 2014 // 102 min // Feature film (comedy) Directed by Baran bo Odar Director: Baran bo Odar // Screenplay: Jantje Friese, Baran bo Odar // Director of photography: Nikolaus Summerer // Editor: Robert Rzesacz // Soundtrack: Michael Klamm // Principal cast: Tom Schilling, Elyas M’Barek, Hannah Herzsprung // Producers: Max Wiedemann, Quirin Berg // Production company: Wiedemann & Berg Filmproduktion // Production format: 35 mm // Rating (FSK, parental guidance): 12 // Web: http://www.whoami-film.de/ site/ 2015 Bayerischer Filmpreis 2015 Deutscher Filmpreis Benjamin (Tom Schilling) is a nobody, an outsider. This changes when he meets the charismatic Max (Elyas M‘Barek). The two of them couldn’t be more different, but they share one mutual interest: hacking. Together with Max‘s friends, impulsive Stephan (Wotan Wilke Möhring) and paranoid Paul (Antoine Monot, Jr.) they form the subversive hacker group CLAY (CLOWNS LAUGHING @ YOU). CLAY provokes with hilarious hacks and has the finger on the pulse of a whole generation. For the first time in his life Benjamin feels like he belongs and even attractive Marie (Hannah Herzsprung) starts to notice him. What started out as fun soon turns deadly serious, when Benjamin and CLAY are suddenly investigated by German Secret Service and Europol. With Hanne Lindberg (Trine Dyrholm), the leading Europol cybercrime investigator, at their heels, Benjamin starts to realize that he is no longer a nobody, but one of the most wanted hackers of the world. 10 11 WHO AM I NO SYSTEM IS SAFE A film by Baran bo Odar ABOUT THE FILM The title gives away the film’s two main themes: The the paranoid Paul, they form the subversive hacker search for one’s own identity and the vulnerability of group CLAY, which stands for Clowns Laughing @ You. an electronically interconnected world. Playing with one’s identity is deeply rooted in the hacker scene. The members of CLAY see themselves as a fearless, Hackers wear digital masks and form alliances and prevocational troop. As playful guerrilla fighters. start battles, without knowing who their allies or their Through their actions and social performances, the foes actually are.