SAT. SEPT. 24, 2016 – 3.00 PM - TICKETS
Switzerland 2015
Directed by Xavier Koller - 100 minutes
CAST: Jonas Hartmann, Peter Jecklin, Julia Jeker
Journey to the snowy Alps with this new film based on the most famous Swiss children’s book after Heidi. Meet a brave and determined boy who dares the impossible — to climb to his parents’ summer chalet, high in the mountains, in the deep winter snow to retrieve one of his family’s most prized possessions.
SAT. SEPT. 24, 2016 – 5.00 PM - TICKETS
Germany 2015
Directed by Ekrem Ergün - 83 minutes
CAST: Almila Bagriacik, Hilmi Sözer, Felicitas Woll
Aylin is a 17 year old Muslim girl living in Mannheim who is going through a hard time. At home, she has to take care of her little brother as her father working a lot and at school, she’s victim of intimidation.
SAT. SEPT. 24, 2016 – 9.30 PM TICKETS
Austria, 2014, 110 min
Directed by Gerald Salmina, Tom Dauer
CAST: Aksel Lund Svindal, Erik Guay, Max Franz, Hannes Reichelt, Yuri Danilochkin, Marcel Hirscher, Hans Grugger, Daniel Albrecht and others.
Narrated by Daron Rahlves and Didier Cuche.
Now celebrating its 75th anniversary, the annual Hahnenkamm race in Kitzbühel, Austria, has produced unforgettable triumphs and heart rendering tragedies, a heritage that is full of myths and legends.
SUN. SEPT. 25, 2016 – 1.00 PM - TICKETS
Germany, 1958, 91 min
Directed by Géza von Radványi (as Geza Radvanyi)
CAST: Lilli Palmer, Romy Schneider, Therese Giehse, Sabine Sinjen, Christine Kaufmann
Manuela von Meinhardis (Romy Schneider), whose mother had died when she was young and father serves in the military, is enrolled at an all-girls boarding school headed by an iron-fisted headmistress (Therese Giehse).
MY FRIEND RAFFI (Rettet Raffi!) - TICKETS
SUN. SEPT. 25, 2016 – 3.00 PM
Germany, 2015, 97 min
Directed by Arend Agthe
CAST: Nicolaus von der Recke, Sophie Lindenberg, Henriette Heinze
Raffi the hamster is 8-year-old Sammy's pet and best friend. The little rodent is something very special – he can kick goals with a football and also sniff out smuggled goods better than a tracker dog.
SUN. SEPT. 25, 2016 – 5.00 PM - TICKETS
Germany 2015, 87 min
The short film program NEXT GENERATION was created by German Films in 1998 to introduce young talents from Germany to international audiences. Selected from film school submissions by an independent jury, the program premieres within the framework of the Cannes Film Festival and is then presented worldwide at Festivals of German Films and is also available for screenings at international film festivals.
SUN. Sept. 25, 2016 – 7.00 PM TICKETS
Germany, 2015, 95 min.
Cast: Sebastian Blomberg, Kai Schumann, Jan Messutat
The life and faith of a Catholic prison minister is shaken when his friend and colleague is taken into custody under suspicion of sexual abuse, which drives him to discover the truth.
MON. SEPT. 26, 2016 – 7.00 PM TICKETS
Germany, 1986, 122 min.
After years of political agitation, Rosa Luxemburg, Karl Liebknecht, and Leo Jogiches form a revolutionary German party, the Spartacists.
TUE. Sept. 27, 2016 @ 7.00 PM - Closing Night - TICKETS
US PREMIERE
Germany 2016, 109 min.
Director: Doris Dörrie
Cast: Rosalie Thomass, Kaori Momoi, Moshe Cohen, Nami Kamata
A young German woman bonds with an elderly Japanese woman while touring the Fukushima region of Japan in the aftermath of the 2011 earthquake.
