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The pdf version of the catalogue is at the end of this post
| Thu 26 Aug UT Connewitz | |
| 7 pm | OPENING FILM THE TWENTIETH CENTURY CA 2019 • D: Matthew Rankin, C: Dan Beirne, Mikhaïl Ahooja, Catherine Saint-Laurent • 90′ • Orig. with Eng. subs • DCP |
| 2cl Sommerkino auf Conne Island 9.30 pm | OPEN AIR HAM ON RYE US 2019 • D: Tyler Taormina, C: Haley Bodell, Audrey Boos, Gabriella Herrera • 85′ • OV • DCP |
| Fri 27 Aug HGB | |
| 10 am | MASTERCLASS Masterclass with ELOY ENCISO Participation is only possible with prior registration. The number of participants is limited. Language: English |
| Fri 27 Aug Luru Kino | |
| 7 pm | BRUCHSTELLEN RODINA MEANS HOME DE 1992 • D: Helga Reidemeister • Doc • 114′ • ger. • 16mm With an introduction by Elina Reitere |
| 10 pm | OPEN AIR IS IT EASY TO BE YOUNG? SU/Lettische SSR 1986 • D: Juris Podnieks • Doc • 83′ • Orig. with Eng. subs • DCP With an introduction by Elina Reitere |
| Sat 28 Aug Schaubühne Lindenfels | |
| 7 pm | A CONTRALUZ FIRE WILL COME ES/FR/LU 2019 • D: Oliver Laxe, C: Amador Arias, Benedicta Sánchez • 85′ • Orig. with Eng. subs • DCP With an introduction by Ricardo Apilánez |
| 9 pm | ON THE NAMES OF THE GOATS ES 2019 • D: Silvia Navarro, Miguel G. Morales • Doc • 63′ • Orig. with Eng. subs • DCP In the presence of Miguel G. Morales |
| Sun 29 Aug Schaubühne Lindenfels | |
| 7 pm | A CONTRALUZ MY MEXICAN BRETZEL ES/FR/LU 2019 • D: Oliver Laxe, C: Ilse Ringier, Frank Lorang • 72′ • Orig. with Eng. subs • DCP With an introduction by Ricardo Apilánez |
| 9 pm | ENDLESS NIGHT ES 2019 • D: Silvia Navarro, C: Misha Bies Golas, Nuria Lestegás, Celsa Araújo • 63′ • Orig. with Eng. subs • DCP In the presence of Eloy Enciso |
| Mon 30 Aug Schaubühne Lindenfels | |
| 7 pm | FOKUS COMA SY/LB 2015 • D: Sara Fattahi • Doc • 98′ • Orig. with Eng. subs • DCP Discussion between director Sara Fattahi and film critic Dennis Vetter |
| 9 pm | CHAOS AT/SY/LB 2018 • D: Sara Fattahi • Doc • 95′ • Orig. with Eng. subs • DCP In the presence of Sara Fattahi |
| Tue 31 Aug UT Connewitz | |
| 7 pm | KRABI, 2562 UK/TH 2019 • D: Ben Rivers & Anocha Suwichakornpong, C: Siraphun Wattanajinda, Arak Amornsupasiri, Primrin Puarat • 93′ • Orig. with Eng. subs • DCP |
| 9 pm | THE METAMORPHOSIS OF BIRDS PT 2020 • D: Catarina Vasconcelos, C: Manuel Rosa, João Móra, Ana Vasconcelos, Henrique Vasconcelos • Dok • 101′ • Orig. with Eng. subs • DCP |
| Wed 01 Sept UT Connewitz | |
| 8 pm | THIS IS NOT A BURIAL, IT’S A RESURRECTION LS/ZA/IT 2019 • D: Lemohang Jeremiah Mosese, C: Mary Twala Mlongo, Jerry Mofokeng Wa • 119′ • Orig. with Eng. subs • DCP |
| Wed 01 Sept Plagwitzer Markthalle | |
| 9.30 pm | SHORT FILM REEL THE BODY IS A MYSTERIOUS LANDSCAPE RAPOSA PT 2019 • D: Leonor Noivo, C: Patricia Guerreiro • 40′ • Orig. with Eng. subs • DCP THE BITE PT/BR 2019 • D: Pedro Neves Marques, C: Ana Flávia Cavalcanti, Alina Dorzbacher, Kelner Macedo • 26′ • Orig. with Eng. subs • DCP DEAD PRINCESS OF JACUI BR 2019 • D: Marcela Ilha Bordin, C: Gabriel Palma, Maíra Flores • 15′ • OmeU • DCP |
| Thu 02 Sept Luru Kino | |
| 7 pm | MADE IN HONG KONG MADE IN HONG KONG HK 1997 • D: Fruit Chan, C: Sam Lee, Neiky Yim Hui Chi, Wenders Li • 104′ • Orig. with Eng. subs • DCP With an introduction by Clemens von Haselberg |
| 10 pm | OPEN AIR DANGEROUS ENCOUNTERS: 1ST KIND HK 1980 • D: Tsui Hark, C: Lo Lieh, Lin Chen-Chi, Albert Au • 95′ • ger. • 35mm |
| Fri 03 Sept Luru Kino | |
| 7 pm | MADE IN HONG KONG THE MIDNIGHT AFTER HK 2014 • D: Fruit Chan • 124′ • Orig. with Eng. subs • DCP With an introduction by Clemens von Haselberg |
| 10 pm | OPEN AIR THE MISSION HK 1999 • D: Johnnie To, C: Anthony Wong, Francis Ng, Jackie Lui Chung-Yin • 81′ • Orig. with Eng. subs • 35mm |
| Sat 04 Sept UT Connewitz | |
| 9 pm | LIVE SCORE // GERMAN PREMIERE Lucrecia Dalt scores THE GOLEM DE 1920 • R: Carl Boese, D: Paul Wegener, Albert Stenrück, Lyda Salmonova, Ernst Deutsch • 76′ • viragiert • DCP 4K |
| Sun 05 Sept UT Connewitz | |
| 2 pm | GEGENkinderkino LE ROI ET L’OISEAU FR 1979 • D: Paul Grimault • 81′ • german version • 35mm • age 6+ |
| 7 pm | BRUCHSTELLEN LADONI SU/Moldauische SSR 1993 • D: Artur Aristakisyan • Doc • 140′ • Orig. with ger. subs • 35mm With an introduction by Elina Reitere |
| Sun 05 Sept Luru Kino | |
| 7 pm | IMPERIAL VALLEY AT/DE 2018 • D: Lukas Marxt • Doc • 14′ • without dialogue • DCP RALFS FARBEN AT/DE 2019 • D: Lukas Marxt • Doc • 74′ • Orig. with Eng. subs • DCP In the presence of Lukas Marxt and cameraman Michael Petri |
| JUST DON’T THINK I’LL SCREAM FR 2019 • D: Frank Beauvais • 75′ • Orig. with Eng. subs • DCP |
| 10.09-12.09 tba | |
| Jugendaktivistischer Filmworkshop zu klimapolitischen Fragen CHANGE THE SHOW! |
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CA 2019, D: Matthew Rankin, C: Dan Beirne, Mikhaïl Ahooja, Catherine Saint-Laurent, 90′, Orig. with Eng. subs, DCP
Canada, 1899. 22-year-old Lyon King is in diplomatic training, aiming for the office of prime minister, which is assigned in a competition. Victories in disciplines such as calligraphic peeing of one’s own name in the snow and the ceremonial cutting of red ribbons are supposed to prove leadership qualities. In addition to a neurotic, bedr idden mother, with whom King maintains an oedipal relationship, an obsessive shoe fetish and his rival Bert Harper prevent him from succeeding in the role of a statesman. A satirical and queerly perverted dismantling of national pride and the cult of leadership.
| Thu 26 Aug | UT Connewitz |
| 7 pm | regular: 6,5€ / reduced 5,5€ |
US 2019, D: Tyler Taormina, C: Haley Bodell, Audrey Boos, Gabriella Herrera, 85′, OV, DCP
A US-American independent film somewhere between prom night comedy and surreal smalltown roundel: several kids are dressing up, some of them feel visibly comfortable, others timidly fear the upcoming event. They are all meeting at the local attraction, Monty’s Diner. This is not only a place for juicy sandwiches and music, but also for unreal dating rituals, which are going to confound the tranquil life of this proto-American village immensely. In the course of this, HAM ON RYE is less straightforward than it may sound: different settings, styles and moods keep changing again and again.
| Thu 26 Aug | 2cl Sommerkino auf Conne Island |
| 9.30 pm | regular: 6,5€ / reduced 5,5€ |
Until today, the endless night of Franco’s fascist regime has been throwing a shadow on to current politics in Europe. Against this background, Galician filmmaker Eloy Enciso examines his 2019 film LONGA NOITE (ENDLESS NIGHT) together with the participants at the Academy of Fine Arts Leipzig. Subsequently, different aspects will be illuminated based on the screening: the role of documentary and literary texts while developing the script, the systematic work with non-professional actors, the effects of an aesthetic minimalism as well as the possibilities and limits of a political parable in feature and documentary films.
Eloy Enciso studied documentary filmmaking at Escuela Internacional de Cine y TV in Cuba. His works were shown at Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona, at Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, at Museum of Modern Art New York (MoMA) and at Museum of the Moving Image. 2014, he received the Robert Gardner-scholarship from Harvard’s Film Study Center and participated in the Modern Mondays programme at MoMA. Enciso lives and works in Galicia.
| Fri 27 Aug | Academy of Fine Arts Leipzig |
| 10 am – 3.30 pm | Participation is only possible with prior registration via kontakt@gegenkino.de. The number of participants is limited. Language: English |
supported by the embassy of Spain in Berlin
GER 1992, D: Helga Reidemeister, Doc, 114’, ger. OV, 16mm
In 1991, West German filmmaker Helga Reidemeister observed the Soviet regiment´s withdrawal from Meiningen in Thuringia over the period of eight months. During that year, the Soviet Union fell apart, thus posing the question to which country the young people were supposed to return to. As soldiers, they had to obey the hierarchy of military structures, while Soviet citizens had simultaneously shown their free will and reshaped their country. More than only being a historical document, RODINA MEANS HOME has become highly topical, as questions dealing with freedom of speech and self-censorship have to be posed again, considering political developments in Europe and Russia over the last decade.
| Fri 27 Aug | Luru Kino |
| 7 pm | With an introduction by Elina Reitere |
