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Ghosts | More… |
| Gespenster, Germany/France 2005, 35mm (censors rating tbc) | ||
Two separate narratives – a French couple searching for their missing child and the uneasy friendship between two teenage drifters – interlock. Christian Petzold’s second film with screenwriter Harun Farocki follows his audience favourite, The State I Am In. |
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Pool of Princesses | More… |
| Prinzessinnenbad, Bettina Blümner, Germany 2007, 35mm | ||
“As frank as it is elegantly filmed, Bettina Blümner’s superb film runs rings around most current documentaries as it coolly and patiently observes the lives of three 15-year-old girls living in Berlin’s multicultural Kreuzberg district.” – Variety |
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Requiem | More… |
| Hans-Christian Schmid, Germany 2006, 35mm (M content may disturb) | ||
| Loosely based on a true case of exorcism, this film follows young epileptic Michaela from her repressed Bavarian village to university, where her social awakening gives way to the conviction that she is possessed by demonic forces. Newcomer Sandra Hüller won the Best Actress Award at the Berlin Film Festival. | ||
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Longing | More… |
| Sehnsucht, Valeska Grisebach, Germany 2006, 35mm (M sex scenes) | ||
| Markus and Ella are a happily married couple, but a moment of infidelity prompts a crisis which leads to tragedy. “A wondrously honest, tender and understanding account of a very happily married fireman falling in love all over again – with a different woman.” – Sight and Sound | ||
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| Germany Now |
| This selection of recent German cinema highlights young women actors and directors. Presented with the support of the Goethe-Institut, Wellington. |