The summer in Berlin is hotter than usually. Nora is a quiet and reserved teenager, who lives alone with her mother and older sister. With the latter, she spends most of her days at school, on the roofs of the overheated apartments and at the swimming pool. It is at the pool that she first sees Romy… It is clear that the summer will bring many transformations and changes for Nora: her first period, first kiss, relationships and disappointments. Nora is getting to know herself and the people around her. Full of courageous and pleasant summer scintillation, the film shows the troubles and joys of looking for your place among your peers, in society and the world.
Cocoon Kokon
Let film take you away on the wings of awakening!
Screenplay Leonie Krippendorff, Cinematography Martin Neumeyer, Editing Emma Graef, Sound Desgin Cristoph Walter, Music Maya Postepski, Production Jost Hering, Cast Lena Urezndowsky, Jella Haase, Lena Klenke, Elina Vildanova
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Melting Dreams Smučarske sanje
Haidy Kancler
Saturday, 04. 02. 2023 / 17:30 / Small Hall
This documentary by a Slovenian director follows three Afghan girls who dream of becoming professional skiers and competing in the Olympic Games. But when they arrive in Europe to start the intensive training, their dreams begin to crumble …
Aftersun Aftersun
Charlotte Wells
Saturday, 04. 02. 2023 / 18:30 / Main Hall
As she browsed through old family albums, the director was inspired to reflect on our inability to ever truly understand the complex inner lives of our loved ones. Her deeply personal, stylistically original and moving feature-length debut won over the critics at the Cannes festival and was included in numerous Best Film lists in of 2022.
All the Beauty and the Bloodshed All the Beauty and the Bloodshed
Laura Poitras
Saturday, 04. 02. 2023 / 19:30 / Small Hall
This deeply personal yet at the same time distinctly political documentary by Laura Poitras (Citizenfour) explores the inextricable link between the activism and the life and artistic work of Nan Goldin, one of the world’s most prominent photographers. A Golden Lion for the best film at last year’s Venice Film Festival.