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To protect himself, he decides to use a double. He chooses Latif Yahia, a former schoolmate. Panorama Special press screening CineStar 3
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NEUKOLLN UNLIMITED (Germany) Documentary. 96mins. Dir: Dietmar Ratsch, Agostino Imondi. The Lebanese siblings Hassan, Lial and Maradona are successful dancers and musicians, who live in Berlin’s notorious neighbourhood Neukolln, but their family is in danger of being deported. German Cinema CinemaxX 1
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DOCTOR’S DAY OFF (Japan) Drama. 97mins. Dir: Shibuya Minoru. Key cast: Yanagi Eijiro, Tsuruta Koji, Mikuni Rentaro, Awashima Chikage. The central figure is a doctor. On his day off, several people looking for help turn up at his practice. For this eclectic bunch of war veterans, small-time criminals and youths, he is not only a doctor but a loving yet strict father figure. Forum Delphi Filmpalast
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UTOPIA LTD. (Germany) Drama. 90mins. Dir:
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FREE HANDS (France) Drama. 100mins. Dir: Brigitte Sy. Key cast: Ronit Elkabetz, Carlo Brandt, Camille Figuereo. Barbara is a director who makes films in prison. Michel is a prisoner who takes part
Sandra Trostel. Anton Spielmann and his young friends are signed by a small Hamburg record label, ‘Tapete Records’. The band has high hopes and the members of ‘1000 Robota’ have taken
in her film workshop. They fall in love. Their seemingly controlled relationship goes off the rails. With a fine sense for nuance, Brigitte Sy delivers an impassioned film about forbidden love. Forum press screening CinemaxX 6
it upon themselves to question their own and others’ motivation. They refuse to tow the line and do what is expected of them. But they soon encounter problems and the gulf between their ordinary lives and their
media image put their enthusiasm to the test. Perspektive Deutsches Kino press screening CinemaxX 5
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MONDO LUX —THE VISUAL WORLDS OF WERNER SCHROETER (Germany) Documentary. 97mins. Dir: Elfi Mikesch. Key cast: Isabelle Huppert, Ingrid Caven, Wim Wenders. Werner Schroeter was one of the most significant proponents of New German Cinema. Schroeter was diagnosed with cancer in 2006. At the time, he was working for the Kunsthalle
Dusseldorf gallery on a musical piece entitled ‘The Beauty of Shadows’ based on the works of Robert Schumann and Heinrich Heine. For Schroeter, oscillating between hope and trepidation, it marked the beginning of a race against time. Panorama Dokumente CineStar 7
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GENERATIONS (US) 30mins. Documentary. Dir: Barbara Hammer, Gina Carducci. In a time when digital dominates the art domain, a DIY aesthetic
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is embraced by Gina Carducci, a 30-year-old film-maker who hand processes 16mm film, and 70-year-old pioneer of queer experimental cinema, Barbara Hammer. The two film- makers shoot the last days of Astroland in Coney Island, New York, the aged but vibrant amusement park. Forum Expanded Kino Arsenal 1
MAYA DEREN’S SINK (US) Documentary. 30mins. Dir: Barbara Hammer. This evocative tribute to the mother of American avantgarde film calls forth the spirit of one who was larger than life, as recounted by those who knew her. Forum Expanded Kino Arsenal 1
TABU (US) Documentary. 84mins. Dir: Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau. Key cast: Reri, Matahi, Hitu. About the love between Matahi and Reri that is sacrificed in the name of religion and tradition. Retrospective Special Screening CinemaxX 8
TRUE GRIT (US) Western. 111mins. Dir: Joel and Ethan Coen. Key cast: Jeff Bridges, Hailee Steinfeld, Matt Damon, Josh Brolin. Competition Friedrichstadtpalast
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