Film schedule 2019

TUE, 26. Mar

18:00 h

LICHTER Art Award // Award Ceremony & Opening

Section: Lichter Art Award

Direction: Endre Aalrust, Zanny Begg, Andrew de Freitas, Natasha A. Kelly, Lisa Kori

Video exhibition, D/NO/AUS/BR/CA/USA 2018

Language: Various

Playtime: Loop min

Tuesday, 26 March 2019, 18:00 h,

The five finalists's works are on display in a curated exhibition from the 26th to the 31st of March 2019.

19:00 h

Opening Ceremony + Opening Film Gräns (Border)

Direction: Ali Abbasi

fantastische Horror-Romanze, DK/S 2018

Language: original language with english subtitles

Playtime: 110 min

Admittance at 19 o'clock, the opening ceremony starts at 20 o'clock

Tuesday, 26 March 2019, 19:00 h,

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Lights on! The big LICHTER opening ceremony in the Mousonturm with our opening film Gräns (Border) and the awarding of the Ehrembembel.

19:30 h

Yves’ Versprechen

Section: Regional Feature Film Program

Direction: Melanie Gärtner

Documentary, D 2017

Language: original with german subtitles

Playtime: 78 min

Tuesday, 26 March 2019, 19:30 h,

What made Yves leave his friends and family behind? In the presence of the director Melanie Gärtner.

WED, 27. Mar

15:00 h

LICHTER Art Award // Exhibition

Section: Lichter Art Award

Direction: Endre Aalrust, Zanny Begg, Andrew de Freitas, Natasha A. Kelly, Lisa Kori

Video exhibition, D/NO/AUS/BR/CA/USA 2018

Language: Various

Playtime: Loop min

Wednesday, 27 March 2019, 15:00 h,

The five finalists's works are on display in a curated exhibition from the 26th to the 31st of March 2019.

17:45 h

Memory Games

Section: Specials

Direction: Janet Tobias, Claus Wehlisch

Animated Documentary, D/US/SW 2018

Language: OmeU

Playtime: 85 min

Wednesday, 27 March 2019, 17:45 h, Mal Seh'n Kino

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However does one memorize a fifty-digit number combination when even remembering people´s names causes big enough problems?

18:00 h

Why Are We Creative?

Section: Regional Feature Film Program

Direction: Hermann Vaske

Documentary, D 2018

Language: Original with English subtitles

Playtime: 82 min

Wednesday, 27 March 2019, 18:00 h,

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A thirty-year long odyssey in search of answers to the existential question “Why are we creative?” In the course of his project, filmmaker Hermann Vaske traveled the world and spoke to countless artists. In the presence of the director Hermann Vaske.

18:00 h

International Shorts

Section: International Shorts

Direction: Pablo Muñoz Gómez, C.J. „Fiery“ Obasy, Tommaso Perfetti, Leni Gruber

Short Films, BE/F/NIG/I/AT 2017-2018

Language: Engl. OV / Original with English subtitles

Playtime: 83 min

Wednesday, 27 March 2019, 18:00 h, Kino des DFF

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A lovely selection of short films from all over the globe.

19:00 h

VR Storytelling Screening I

Section: VR Storytelling

Direction: Astrid Schult, Jürgen Brügger, Jörg Haaßengier, Marc Zimmermann, Sngmoo Lee, Kuan Yuan Lai, Benoit Felici

VR , D/KOR/TWN/F 2018

Language: Various

Playtime: 60 min

Wednesday, 27 March 2019, 19:00 h,

The five finalists of this year's VR Storytelling Award.

20:00 h

A Land Imagined

Direction: Yeo Siew Hua

Drama/Mystery, SIN/F/NL 2018

Language: Original with english subtitles

Playtime: 96 min

abasbababa

Wednesday, 27 March 2019, 20:00 h,

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The chinese immigrant worker Wang has gone mysteriously missing from one of the countless land reclamation sites. He seems to have disappeared from the face of the earth. Detective Lok is on the case. Blabla

20:30 h

Fly Rocket Fly

Direction: Oliver Schwehm

Documentary, D/BE 2018

Language: original with English subtitles

Playtime: 91 min

Wednesday, 27 March 2019, 20:30 h, Kino des DFF

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Involving impressive original images and accounts of participants, Fly Rocket Fly tells OTRAG's crazy story in the midst of the make-believe paradise of Central Africa. With following Film Talk.

20:45 h

Free Solo

Direction: Jimmy Chin, Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi

Documentary, USA 2018

Language: English Original

Playtime: 97 min

Wednesday, 27 March 2019, 20:45 h,

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Free Solo shows Alex Honnold´s attempt of freeclimbing 1000-metres-high El Capitan in Yosemite National Park – as the first person ever.

21:00 h

VR Storytelling Screening II

Section: VR Storytelling

Direction: Astrid Schult, Jürgen Brügger, Jörg Haaßengier, Marc Zimmermann, Sngmoo Lee, Kuan Yuan Lai, Benoit Felici

VR , D/KOR/TWN/F 2018

Language: Various

Playtime: 60 min

Wednesday, 27 March 2019, 21:00 h,

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The five finalists of this year's VR Storytelling Award.

22:00 h

Charlotte Simon. Polissons Et Galipettes

Section: Specials

Direction: anonym, Kompilation: Michel Reilhac

Pornographic Compilation, F 2002

Playtime: 75 min

Wednesday, 27 March 2019, 22:00 h,

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Michel Reilhacs compilation Polissons et Galipettes combines 12 erotic short films from anonymous directors ranging from 1905 to 1930.

THU, 28. Mar

15:00 h

LICHTER Art Award // Exhibition

Section: Lichter Art Award

Direction: Endre Aalrust, Zanny Begg, Andrew de Freitas, Natasha A. Kelly, Lisa Kori

Video exhibition, D/NO/AUS/BR/CA/USA 2018

Language: Various

Playtime: Loop min

Thursday, 28 March 2019, 15:00 h,

The five finalists's works are on display in a curated exhibition from the 26th to the 31st of March 2019.

18:00 h

Barstow, California

Section: Regional Feature Film Program

Direction: Rainer Komers

Documentary, D/USA 2018

Language: original with german subtitles

Playtime: 76 min

Thursday, 28 March 2019, 18:00 h, Kino des DFF

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The third part of The American West trilogy by Rainer Komers is a compley portrait of the landscapes of Mojave Desert and the local life. In the presence of the director.

18:00 h

Von Bienen und Blumen

Direction: Lola Randl

Documentary, D 2018

Language: German OV

Playtime: 96 min

Hessian Premiere

Thursday, 28 March 2019, 18:00 h,

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Who does not long for some relaxing time out every now and then? Lola Randl presents a witty and ironic Mockumentary and a clever analysis of modern human beings in times of slowing down and being mindful. With following Film Talk.

19:00 h

VR Storytelling Screening III

Section: VR Storytelling

Direction: Astrid Schult, Jürgen Brügger, Jörg Haaßengier, Marc Zimmermann, Sngmoo Lee, Kuan Yuan Lai, Benoit Felici

VR , D/KOR/TWN/F 2018

Language: Various

Playtime: 60 min

Thursday, 28 March 2019, 19:00 h,

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The five finalists of this year's VR Storytelling Award.

19:00 h

Oray

Section: Future German Cinema

Direction: Mehmet Akif Büyükatalay

Feature film, D 2019

Language: original language german

Playtime: 100 min

Hessian premiere

Thursday, 28 March 2019, 19:00 h, Pupille Kino

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His conflict of beliefs drives Oray to desperation: will he let the rest of his life be decided by the Quran or will he follow the love of his life? In the presence of the director and the producer.

19:00 h

Captain Fantastic

Section: Specials

Direction: Matt Ross

Feature film, USA 2016

Language: original with german subtitles

Playtime: 119 min

film starts around 8pm

Thursday, 28 March 2019, 19:00 h,

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The film is poignant, irritating, and liberatingly beautiful – and does without obscenities, kitsch, cliché, and coca cola!

20:00 h

The Watson's Hotel

Section: Regional Feature Film Program

Direction: Ragunath Vasudevan, Nathaniel Knop, Peter Rippl

Documentary, D 2019

Language: original language with english subtitles

Playtime: 76 min

German premiere

Thursday, 28 March 2019, 20:00 h, Mal Seh'n Kino

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Alongside many inhabitants of the now dilapidated building, three Frankfurt filmmakers trace back the history of this place, which combines the history of film and colonial history like no other. In the presence of the directors.

20:30 h

Aquarela

Direction: Viktor Kossakovsky

Documentary, GB/D/DK/US 2018

Language: Version with English subtitles

Playtime: 83 min

Thursday, 28 March 2019, 20:30 h, Kino des DFF

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Water is the source and basis of all life on earth. Director Viktor Kossakovsky's breathtaking pictures show – using 96 frames per second – the overwhelming power this force of nature is capable of.

20:30 h

Fausto

Direction: Andrea Bussmann

Experimental film, CDN/MX 2018

Language: Original with english subtitles

Playtime: 70 min

German premiere

Thursday, 28 March 2019, 20:30 h,

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In her experimental film, Andrea Bussmann tries to reconstruct the image of pre-colonial times, in which country and capital were not yet synonymous. In the presence of members of the mexican consulate.

20:45 h

Lysis

Section: Regional Feature Film Program

Direction: Rick Ostermann

Drama, D 2018

Language: German language

Playtime: 92 min

Hessian premiere

Thursday, 28 March 2019, 20:45 h,

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Lysis is an experiment – no film camera, no classic screenplay, but only three GoPro cameras and two actors.

21:00 h

Regional Shorts I (2019)

Direction: Gunter Deller, Holger Enck, Niels Walter, Florian Maubach, Leonard Mink, Matthias Kreter, Matthias Lawetzky, Jannik Gensler, Lukas von Berg

Short Films, D/USA 2017-2019

Language: German OV

Playtime: 90 min

Thursday, 28 March 2019, 21:00 h, Pupille Kino

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The best Hessian short films compete for the legendary LICHTER Bembel.

21:00 h

VR Storytelling Screening IV

Section: VR Storytelling

Direction: Astrid Schult, Jürgen Brügger, Jörg Haaßengier, Marc Zimmermann, Sngmoo Lee, Kuan Yuan Lai, Benoit Felici

VR, D/KOR/TWN/F 2018

Language: Various

Playtime: 60 min

Thursday, 28 March 2019, 21:00 h,

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The five finalists of this year's VR Storytelling Award.

21:30 h

Belve Feroci (Wild Beasts)

Direction: Franco Prosperi

Horror, I 1984

Language: Original with subtitles

Playtime: 86 min

*FREE ENTRY*

Thursday, 28 March 2019, 21:30 h,

*free admission* - Belve Feroci is a wild mixture: Italian horror film, radical ecological thriller and a glimpse of Germany in the 80s. A real rarity.

22:00 h

Khrustal (Crystal Swan)

Section: Regional Feature Film Program

Direction: Darya Zhuk

Drama, BRS/US/D/R 2018

Language: original language with english subtitles

Playtime: 95 min

Hessian premiere

Thursday, 28 March 2019, 22:00 h,

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Velya dreams of traveling to the USA, seeing Chicago – the birthplace of House music. But the authorities are putting a spoke in her wheel.

22:00 h

Tarde Para Morir Joven (Too Late To Die Young)

Direction: Dominga Sotomayor

Coming-of-Age, ARG/ BRA/ CHI/ NL/ Q 2018

Language: Original Language

Playtime: 110 min

Thursday, 28 March 2019, 22:00 h, Mal Seh'n Kino

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Through sun-soaked pictures we follow Sofia and Lucas, who face the joys and disappointments of growing up. In the presence of members of the chilean consulate.

22:30 h

Sunrise - Silent movie including live scoring of Benedikt Kuhn

Direction: F.W. Murnau

silent movie, D/USA 1927

Language: original language with english subtitles

Playtime: 95 min

Thursday, 28 March 2019, 22:30 h, Kino des DFF

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Screening of F.W. Murnau's silent movie Sunrise including live scoring of Benedikt Kuhn with jazz/ swing, classic and electronic music.

FRI, 29. Mar

11:00 h

Lucky Shots: Producing Films with a Micro Budget

Section: Specials

Language: german

Playtime: 240 min

11 a.m. - 3 p.m. Deutsches Filmmuseum

Friday, 29 March 2019, 11:00 h, Kino des DFF

Even a small budget can pave the way to cinema for creative filmmakers. Application under events@hessenfilm.de

15:00 h

LICHTER Art Award // Exhibition

Section: Lichter Art Award

Direction: Endre Aalrust, Zanny Begg, Andrew de Freitas, Natasha A. Kelly, Lisa Kori

Video exhibition, D/NO/AUS/BR/CA/USA 2018

Language: Various

Playtime: Loop min

Friday, 29 March 2019, 15:00 h,

The five finalists's works are on display in a curated exhibition from the 26th to the 31st of March 2019.

18:00 h

Guided Tour - Nature Theme

Language: german

Playtime: 60 min

Friday, 29 March 2019, 18:00 h, Kino des DFF

Guided tour through the permanent exhibition of DFF – Deutsches Filminstitut & Filmmuseum

18:00 h

Atlas

Section: Regional Feature Film Program

Direction: David Nawrath

Drama, D 2018

Language: German Original

Playtime: 100 min

Hessian premiere

Friday, 29 March 2019, 18:00 h,

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A story of father and son that solidifies into an exciting thriller in the wake of gentrification and criminal property schemes. Following Film Talk.

18:00 h

Facing the Dragon

Direction: Sedika Mojadidi

Documentary, AFG/US 2018

Language: original with English subtitles

Playtime: 80 min

Hessian premiere

Friday, 29 March 2019, 18:00 h, Kino des DFF

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In Facing the Dragon, Sedika Mojadidi introduces two women demanding their place in a religious, patriarchal society while accepting the dangerous consequences. With following Film Talk.

18:00 h

Das melancholische Mädchen

Section: Future German Cinema

Direction: Susanne Heinrich

Comedy, D 2019

Language: original language german

Playtime: 80 min

Hessian premiere

Friday, 29 March 2019, 18:00 h,

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Formally unique and original, highly political and incredibly funny. Brechtian alienation through a postmodern, wildly colourful lens.

19:00 h

Why Are We Creative?

Section: Regional Feature Film Program

Direction: Hermann Vaske

Friday, 29 March 2019, 19:00 h, Pupille Kino

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19:00 h

VR Storytelling Screening V

Section: VR Storytelling

Direction: Astrid Schult, Jürgen Brügger, Jörg Haaßengier, Marc Zimmermann, Sngmoo Lee, Kuan Yuan Lai, Benoit Felici

VR, D/KOR/TWN/F 2018

Language: Various

Playtime: 60 min

Friday, 29 March 2019, 19:00 h,

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The five finalists of this year's VR Storytelling Award.

19:30 h

Crew Call

Section: Specials

Friday, 29 March 2019, 19:30 h,

Get together of guests from film, television, music, theatre, gaming and media.

20:00 h

Weitermachen Sanssouci

Section: Future German Cinema

Direction: Max Linz

Feature film, D 2019

Language: original language german

Playtime: 80 min

In attendance of director Max Linz

Friday, 29 March 2019, 20:00 h,

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Is an academic career still viable these days? To answer this question, the director Max Linz from Frankfurt has made the film for decision making. Subversive, absurdly comic, cryptic.

20:00 h

Earth (Erde)

Direction: Nikolaus Geyrhalter

Documentary, A 2019

Language: original with english subtitles

Playtime: 115 min

Friday, 29 March 2019, 20:00 h, Mal Seh'n Kino

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Nikolas Geyrhalter built a memorial to large construction sites.

20:15 h

Wintermärchen // Short film: Stiller Löwe

Section: Future German Cinema

Direction: Jan Bonny

Feature film, D 2018

Language: original language german

Playtime: 125 min

in co-operation with: epd film and DFF - Deutsches Filminstitut & Filmmuseum

Friday, 29 March 2019, 20:15 h, Kino des DFF

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Jan Bonny´s drama Wintermärchen is explicitly political. The harsh and drastic camera shots show right-wing violence, dysfunctional sexuality, and social abysses. IN THE PRESENCE OF THE DIRECTOR

21:00 h

Regional Shorts II (2019)

Section: Regional Short Film Program

Direction: Nikita Diakur, Jannik Gensler, Jan Riesenbeck, Dennis Stein-Schomburg, Daniel Hartlaub, Nele Dehnenkamp, Sekander Sharifi, Christoph Oliver Strunck, Vincent Ercolani, Julius Schulze Farwi

Short Films, D 2017-2019

Language: German OV

Playtime: 93 min

Friday, 29 March 2019, 21:00 h, Pupille Kino

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The best Hessian short films compete for the legendary LICHTER Bembel.

21:00 h

VR Storytelling Screening VI

Section: VR Storytelling

Direction: Astrid Schult, Jürgen Brügger, Jörg Haaßengier, Marc Zimmermann, Sngmoo Lee, Kuan Yuan Lai, Benoit Felici

VR, D/KOR/TWN/F 2018

Language: Various

Playtime: 60 min

Friday, 29 March 2019, 21:00 h,

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The five finalists of this year's VR Storytelling Award.

22:00 h

High Life

Direction: Claire Denis

Science Fiction, D/UK/PO/US 2018

Language: original with english subtitles

Playtime: 110 min

Hessian premiere

Friday, 29 March 2019, 22:00 h,

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Claire Denis' film High Life does neither fit into traditional standards of the genre, nor does it follow the tradition of experimental cinematic language like Tarkowski. In between, the light is more glaring and colours are brighter.

22:30 h

Kahlschlag

Section: Future German Cinema

Direction: Max Gleschinski

Feature film, D 2018

Language: original language german

Playtime: 97 min

Hessian premiere

Friday, 29 March 2019, 22:30 h, Mal Seh'n Kino

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Accompanied by gripping music and told through multiple timelines, Max Gleschinski manages a complex structure of human relationships and emotions one cannot separate from. In the presence of the director.

SAT, 30. Mar

14:00 h

VR Storytelling Screening VII

Section: VR Storytelling

Direction: Astrid Schult, Jürgen Brügger, Jörg Haaßengier, Marc Zimmermann, Sngmoo Lee, Kuan Yuan Lai, Benoit Felici

VR, D/KOR/TWN/F 2018

Language: Various

Playtime: 60 min

Saturday, 30 March 2019, 14:00 h,

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The five finalists of this year's VR Storytelling Award.

14:00 h

LICHTER Art Award // Exhibition

Section: Lichter Art Award

Direction: Endre Aalrust, Zanny Begg, Andrew de Freitas, Natasha A. Kelly, Lisa Kori

Video exhibition, D/NO/AUS/BR/CA/USA 2018

Language: Various

Playtime: Loop min

Saturday, 30 March 2019, 14:00 h,

The five finalists's works are on display in a curated exhibition from the 26th to the 31st of March 2019.

14:30 h

Die sagenhaften Vier

Section: Regional Feature Film Program

Direction: Wolfgang Lauenstein, Christoph Lauenstein

Animation/Comedy, D/BE 2018

Language: German Original

Playtime: 92 min

German premiere

Saturday, 30 March 2019, 14:30 h,

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A charmingly realised story of courage, adventure and friendship. In the presence of the directors Wolfgang and Christoph Lauenstein.

15:00 h

In My Room

Direction: Ulrich Köhler

Feature film, D/I 2018

Language: german original language

Playtime: 120 min

Saturday, 30 March 2019, 15:00 h,

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Marburg director Ulrich Köhler makes the dystopia of being the last survivor appear almost promising; being a hermit becomes a liberation. In the presence of the director.

16:00 h

Nuestro tiempo (Our Time)

Direction: Carlos Reygadas

MEX, F, D, DK, SE 2018

Language: original with English subtitles

Playtime: 173 min

German premiere

Saturday, 30 March 2019, 16:00 h, Kino des DFF

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With Nuestro tiempo, Carlos Reygadas paints a breathtaking picture of a decaying social class, which took its own order for granted for a long time. In the presence of Eduardo Ruiz Mazón (Deputy consul of Mexico in Frankfurt)

16:00 h

VR Storytelling Screening VIII

Section: VR Storytelling

Direction: Astrid Schult, Jürgen Brügger, Jörg Haaßengier, Marc Zimmermann, Sngmoo Lee, Kuan Yuan Lai, Benoit Felici

VR, D/KOR/TWN/F 2018

Language: Various

Playtime: 60 min

Saturday, 30 March 2019, 16:00 h,

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The five finalists of this year's VR Storytelling Award.

18:00 h

Die Kandidaten

Section: Regional Feature Film Program

Direction: Michael Schwarz

Documentary, D 2019

Language: german original language

Playtime: 82 min

Saturday, 30 March 2019, 18:00 h,

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Election campaign for the Bundestag 2017: In Rhineland-Pfalz, where political explosiveness is usually close to non-existent, one can witness ambitious competition for the direct mandate. In the presence of the director Michael Schwarz.

19:00 h

VR Storytelling Screening IX

Section: VR Storytelling

Direction: Astrid Schult, Jürgen Brügger, Jörg Haaßengier, Marc Zimmermann, Sngmoo Lee, Kuan Yuan Lai, Benoit Felici

VR, D/KOR/TWN/F 2018

Language: Various

Playtime: 60 min

Saturday, 30 March 2019, 19:00 h,

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The five finalists of this year's VR Storytelling Award.

20:00 h

Memories of My Body

Direction: Garin Nugroho

Biopic, IDN 2018

Language: original language with english subtitles

Playtime: 105 min

German premiere

Saturday, 30 March 2019, 20:00 h, Mal Seh'n Kino

Memories of My Body is a heart-gripping criticism on the unnatural separation of masculinity and femininity as well as a poetic call to love one’s own body.

20:00 h

Erased

Direction: Miha Mazzini

Drama, SLO, KRO, SRB 2018

Language: original with English subtitles

Playtime: 86 min

German premiere

Saturday, 30 March 2019, 20:00 h, Kino des DFF

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Ana gives birth to her first child at the local hospital. But joy is soon followed by shock: she is untraceable in the digital records. A gripping race against time begins. In the presence of the producer Christoph Thoke.

20:00 h

Cómprame un Revólver (Buy Me a Gun)

Direction: Julio Hernández Cordón

Dystopian drama, MEX, COL 2018

Language: Original with English subtitles

Playtime: 84 min

Hesse Premiere

Saturday, 30 March 2019, 20:00 h,

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In a dystopian “Mad Max”-like version of Mexico, nine-year-old Huck is being hidden by her father. This is necessary as a Mafia organisation that rules ruthlessly in this apocalyptic spirit world is in the habit of hunting on women, of whom there aren ́t many left.

20:00 h

Bears in Films (Bär im Film)

short presentation,

Language: german

Playtime: 45 min

Saturday, 30 March 2019, 20:00 h,

A short presentation accompanied by photographs, by and with Stefanie Plappert and a bear curator from Frankfurt Zoo.

21:00 h

VR Storytelling Screening X

Section: VR Storytelling

Direction: Astrid Schult, Jürgen Brügger, Jörg Haaßengier, Marc Zimmermann, Sngmoo Lee, Kuan Yuan Lai, Benoit Felici

VR, D/KOR/TWN/F 2018

Language: Various

Playtime: 60 min

Saturday, 30 March 2019, 21:00 h,

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The five finalists of this year's VR Storytelling Award.

22:00 h

Dreissig

Section: Future German Cinema

Direction: Simona Kostova

Feature film, D 2019

Language: original language german

Playtime: 114 min

Hessian Premiere

Saturday, 30 March 2019, 22:00 h,

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Between hedonistic nights full of parties and the fear of being alone they ask themselves: how should, how can one live his/her live? In the presence of the director Simona Kostova.

22:00 h

International Shorts Nature

Direction: Stephanie Lansaque, François Leroy, Rati Tsiteladze, Nazlı Dinçel, Martina Scarpelli, Michaël Soyez, Sylvia Schedelbauer, Alison Snowden, David Fine

Short Films, F/GEO/AR/USA/DK/D/CDN 2018-2019

Language: Various

Playtime: 103 min

Saturday, 30 March 2019, 22:00 h, Mal Seh'n Kino

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Short films about nature. A promise for big pictures, which will make us think.

22:30 h

Gräns (Border)

Direction: Ali Abbasi

Feature film, DK/S 2018

Language: original language with English subtitles

Playtime: 110 min

Saturday, 30 March 2019, 22:30 h, Kino des DFF

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It´s hard to say what Border is exactly. Mystery, romance, crime? It must be something in between.

SUN, 31. Mar

12:00 h

Das 25. Jahr - Von der Poetisierung der Welt

Section: Specials

Direction: Otmar Hitzelberger

Theatre-Film, D 2019

Language: German Original

Playtime: 90 min

Sunday, 31 March 2019, 12:00 h,

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13:15 h

Monowi Nebraska // Short film: Julius Meyer. November 1938

Direction: Lilo Mangelsdorff

Documentary, D 2018

Language: original with german subtitles

Playtime: 80 min

Sunday, 31 March 2019, 13:15 h, Mal Seh'n Kino

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With Monowi Nebraska Lilo Mangelsdorff paints the portrait of a remarkable woman, who, despite all circumstances, takes her life and her destiny in her own hands.

14:00 h

Der König von Augsburg // Short Film: Telefon-Trottoir

Direction: Erik Hartmann

Documentary, D 2018

Language: original language with english subtitles

Playtime: 44 min

Sunday, 31 March 2019, 14:00 h,

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Director Erik Hartmann paints the dignified portrait of a libertine, who abdicates material things while creating the world as he likes it. In the presence of the director.

14:00 h

VR Storytelling Screening XI

Section: VR Storytelling

Direction: Astrid Schult, Jürgen Brügger, Jörg Haaßengier, Marc Zimmermann, Sngmoo Lee, Kuan Yuan Lai, Benoit Felici

VR, D/KOR/TWN/F 2018

Language: Various

Playtime: 60 min

Sunday, 31 March 2019, 14:00 h,

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The five finalists of this year's VR Storytelling Award.

14:00 h

LICHTER Art Award // Exhibition

Section: Lichter Art Award

Direction: Endre Aalrust, Zanny Begg, Andrew de Freitas, Natasha A. Kelly, Lisa Kori

Videoausstellung, D/NO/AUS/BR/CA/USA 2018

Language: Various

Playtime: Loop min

Sunday, 31 March 2019, 14:00 h,

The five finalists's works are on display in a curated exhibition from the 26th to the 31st of March 2019.

16:00 h

Teatro de guerra (Theatre of War)

Section: Regional Feature Film Program

Direction: Lola Arias

Documentary, AR 2018

Language: original language with english subtitles

Playtime: 82 min

Sunday, 31 March 2019, 16:00 h,

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35 years after the war on the Falkland islands, Argentinian and British veterans meet each in scripted situations – in a film studio, a public pool or at a table of tin soldiers. Following: Film-Talk with Anette Reschke and Matthias Pees. In the presence of the director Lola Arias.

16:00 h

Anote's Ark

Direction: Matthieu Rytz

Documentary, CDN 2018

Language: original with english subtitles

Playtime: 77 min

Hessian premiere

Sunday, 31 March 2019, 16:00 h,

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Everybody is talking about climate change. But what does it mean for those, who are actually and directly affected by it?

16:00 h

VR Storytelling Screening XII

Section: VR Storytelling

Direction: Astrid Schult, Jürgen Brügger, Jörg Haaßengier, Marc Zimmermann, Sngmoo Lee, Kuan Yuan Lai, Benoit Felici

VR, D/KOR/TWN/F 2018

Language: Various

Playtime: 60 min

Sunday, 31 March 2019, 16:00 h,

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The five finalists of this year's VR Storytelling Award.

18:00 h

Von Neonazis und Superhelden – die Kleinstadt Themar und der Rechtsrock

Direction: Adrian Oeser

Documentary, D 2018

Language: original language german

Playtime: 56 min

Sunday, 31 March 2019, 18:00 h, Kino des DFF

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Because the number of extreme right-wing concerts in Thuringia continues to grow, a protest movement has formed – led by a superhero. In the presence of the director.

19:00 h

Award ceremony + Closing film: Tarde Para Morir Joven (Too Late To Die Young)

Direction: Dominga Sotomayor

Coming-of-Age, ARG/BRA/CHI/NL/Q 2018

Language: original language with english subtitles

Playtime: 110 min

Award ceremony at 19 o'clock, the film starts at about 20 o'clock

Sunday, 31 March 2019, 19:00 h,

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Chile in 1990: far-off the city, several artists, intellectuals and their families have retreated to a forest at the foothills of the Andes. In the presence of members of the chilean consulate.

20:00 h

Experimental Film Reel Nature

Direction: George Kuchar; Margaret Tait; Marie Menken; Andrea Leuteneker; Helga Fanderl; Gregor Maria Schubert, Sylvie Hohlbaum; Sharon Sandusky

experimental, D/USA/GB 1912-2008

Language: englische OV, Omu

Sunday, 31 March 2019, 20:00 h, Mal Seh'n Kino

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An experimental short film programme by the Kinothek Asta Nielsen in cooperation with the Mal Seh’n Kino.

20:30 h

Wiñaypacha (Eternity)

Direction: Óscar Catacora

Drama, PE 2018

Language: Original with English subtitles

Playtime: 87 min

Sunday, 31 March 2019, 20:30 h, Kino des DFF

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Willka and Phasi live on a little farm that is located five thousand metres above the ocean and a day´s journey from the next town. Wiñaypacha is a highly emotional film and the impressive camera imaging importantly contributes to this.

Film schedule 2019

Section

Country

Language

TUE, 26. MarLichter FilmfestLichter Filmfest

WED, 27. MarLichter FilmfestLichter Filmfest

THU, 28. MarLichter FilmfestLichter Filmfest

FRI, 29. MarLichter FilmfestLichter Filmfest

SAT, 30. MarLichter FilmfestLichter Filmfest

SUN, 31. MarLichter FilmfestLichter Filmfest

TUE, 26. Mar

WED, 27. Mar

THU, 28. Mar

FRI, 29. Mar

SAT, 30. Mar

SUN, 31. Mar