Archive 2009
Publikumspreis "Der Heinrich"
Bad day to go fishing (Mal Día Para Pescar)Director: Álvaro Brechner, ROU 2009, 110 min, 35 mm, colour, ES
Actors: Gary Piquer, Jouko Ahola, Antonella Costa
Jacob van Oppen, former strongest man of the world, and his wily manager “Principe” Orsini tour small South American towns staging rigged exhibition fights. In one little village it initially looks like money easily earned, but then the odd couple are caught unawares by the unusual enthusiasm of the people. When the young adversary, prompted by his pregnant girlfriend, refuses to lose on purpose, everything gets out of control, and their friendship and existence are tried very hard. A lovable, taciturn road movie with unexpected changes, with allusions to classical cowboy films and great clichés.
Bollywood Hero
Director: Diederik Van Rooijen, NL 2009, 85 min, 35 mm, colour, ES
Actors: Egbert Jan Weeber, Rubina Ali, Ishwari Bose-Bhattacharya
Young Dutch actor, Nick, has a role in a Bollywood film in Mumbai. Shortly after arrival, he is involved in an accident with a young beggar girl. This changes his life as he decides to intervene in future rather than look away. He documents his conduct in a moving video-diary and soon gets into serious trouble – an exciting debut film.
Der Vater meiner Kinder (Le Père de mes enfants)
Director: Mia Hansen-Løve, F/D 2009, 110 min, 35 mm, colour, GS
Actors: Louis Do de Lencquesaing, Chiara Caselli, Dominique Frot
Charismatic film producer Grégoire is admired for his wonderful family and fascinating job. His hectic everyday life is only interrupted by quiet weekends with the family in the country. What nobody knows: Grégoire’s company is broke. Inspired by the life and tragic death of French producer Humbert Balsan.
This film also takes part in the "Kinema"-competition.
Mensch Kotschie
Director: Norbert Baumgarten, D 2009, 96 min, 35 mm, colour, GV
Actors: Robert Gwisdek, Stefan Kurt, Ulrike Krumbiegel, Claudia Michelsen
Short of his fiftieth birthday, Kotschie falls into a deep hole and experiences a serious, sentmental crisis of meaning. Taking provisional stock of his life, he can be quite proud: A family, a big house, a good job. Nevertheless he suddenly questions everything. Somehow the running is not smooth any more. The craziness of everyday routine, and the physical deterioration: He gains weight, breaks out in sweat, he suffers from short breath. His former lover Carmen appearing in his dreams does not make it easier for him to see his current life through different eyes. Kotschie gets involved more and more.br>
This film also takes part in the "Kinema"-competition.
Night of the Fighter (Noch Boytsa)
Director: Dushan Gligorov, RUS 2009, 88 min, 35 mm, colour, GS
Actors: Anastasiya Pronina, Nina Ruslanova, Aleksej Panin
16-year-old Lisa loves video-games, especially virtual fights. One night, after helping her grandmother who keeps watch in an old maze-like St. Petersberg factory, Lisa hurtles along the dark passages on her roller-blades and comes across a mysterious bag full of money. Soon she is in the middle of a thrilling but real battle for life and death –and this time it is not a virtual world.
Be good (Sois sage)
Director: Juliette Garcias, F/DK 2008, 91 min, 35 mm, colour, GS
Actors: Anaïs Demoustier, Bruno Todeschini, Nade Dieu
Ève works for a country bakery delivering bread in order to spy out the family life of a piano player she apparently knows from earlier. Why does she seek contact with this man? BE GOOD is an intensive character study with vivid surrealistic pictures that get well and truly under the audience’s skin – a fascinating debut film, with an outstanding actress.
This film also takes part in the "Kinema"-competition.
The Clown (Pa-Ra-Da)
Director: Marco Pontecorvo, I 2008, 100 min, 35 mm, colour, GS
Actors: Jalil Lespert, Evita Ciri, Gabi Rauta
Based on a true story, the film tells about the clown Miloud Oukili who travelled to Bukarest in 1992 where he established a circus-project with street kids. With a lot of perseverance he addresses hisself to forsaken children of the Rumanian society and wins their confidence. A real act of humanity.
The Damned United
Director: Tom Hooper, GB 2009, 97 min, 35 mm, colour, GS
Actors: John Travers, Gerry Doherty, Pauline Goldsmith
Tom Hooper's cinema debut The Damned United tells the passionate and dramatic story of controversial and gifted football coach and manager Brian Clough and his turbulent 44-day period in 1974 in charge of Leeds United. This film, peppered with black humour, deals above all with rivalries and friendships between men.
The Wish Tree (Soovide Puu)
Director: Liina Paakspuu, EW 2008, 86 min, 35 mm, colour, GS
Actors: Elina Pähklimägi, Marilyn Jurman, Erki Laur
Pretty country girl Liina wants to start a new, independent life in Estonia’s capital. Too clumsy to be a strip-tease dancer like her cousin Ave, she takes on a job as a supermarket checkout girl. A black comedy providing an absurd but sensitive portrait of Liina, her neighbours and her colleagues.
Wrong Rosary (Uzak Ihtimal)
Director: Mahmut Fazil Coskun, TR 2009, 89 min, 35 mm, colour, ES
Actors: Nadir Saribacak, Görkem Yeltan, Ersan Uysal
Wrong Rosary tells a simple story of Musa, a young Muezzin, working in a mosque and falling in love with his neighbour Clara, a Christian, who does voluntary work in a church. The invisible barriers due to their different religions prevent Musa from expressing his true feelings to Clara.