For the 16th year, XPOSED shows film by, with and about the queer community
IM SCHATTEN DES ORANGENBAUMS
von Cherien Dabis
Today
12:00
English subtitles
Friday 02.01.
18:30
German subtitles
Sunday 04.01.
13:40
English subtitles
In the Occupied West Bank of the 1980s, a Palestinian teenager is swept into a protest that changes the course of his family's life. Reeling from its aftermath, his mother, Hanan, shares the story that led them to that fateful moment. Spanning seven decades, this epic drama traces the hopes and heartaches of one uprooted family, revealing not only the scars of displacement, but the unbreakable spirit of survival.
IM SCHATTEN DES ORANGENBAUMS
IL KINDERKINO
BIBI BLOCKSBERG - DAS GROßE HEXENTREFFEN
von Gregor Schnitzler
Today
14:40
German (dubbed)
Tomorrow
13:50
German (dubbed)
Thursday 01.01.
15:00
German (dubbed)
Friday 02.01.
14:40
German (dubbed)
Saturday 03.01.
15:00
German (dubbed)
Sunday 04.01.
12:00
German (dubbed)
Bibi, the young witch from Neustadt, is excited: the big international witches' convention is taking place on the Blocksberg and she and her friends Schubia and Flauipaui are allowed to be there as volunteers. But just as the future of the young witches is at stake, events take a turn for the worst and complete chaos ensues! The old witches of Neustadt suddenly start behaving like unpredictable teenagers and the young witches have their hands full not only trying to bring order to the chaos they have caused...
IL KINDERKINO
BIBI BLOCKSBERG - DAS GROßE HEXENTREFFEN
SENTIMENTAL VALUE
von Joachim Trier
Today
16:20
English subtitles
Thursday 01.01.
18:50
English subtitles
Saturday 03.01.
20:50
English subtitles
Sunday 04.01.
20:30
German subtitles
Sisters Nora and Agnes reunite with their estranged father, the charismatic Gustav, a once-renowned director who offers stage actress Nora a role in what he hopes will be his comeback film. When Nora turns it down, she soon discovers he has given her part to an eager young Hollywood star.
SENTIMENTAL VALUE
DER HELD VOM BAHNHOF FRIEDRICHSTRAßE
von Wolfgang Becker
Today
18:50
English subtitles
Tomorrow
15:30
English subtitles
Thursday 01.01.
16:40
English subtitles
Friday 02.01.
16:20
English subtitles
Saturday 03.01.
16:40
English subtitles
Sunday 04.01.
16:20
English subtitles
All his life, Michael Hartung, owner of a hopelessly debt-ridden video store, has bet on the wrong horse. When an ambitious journalist confronts him with the results of his research, everything changes for the charmingly melancholy Micha. Many years ago, as an employee of the Reichsbahn, he is said to have organized the largest mass escape in the GDR. Stasi files prove the case. He was apparently even imprisoned and then deported to an open-cast lignite mine. Seduced by a lavish salary, Micha confirms the story, although only fragments of it are true.
DER HELD VOM BAHNHOF FRIEDRICHSTRAßE
DIE JÜNGSTE TOCHTER
von Hafsia Herzi
Today
21:00
English subtitles
Tomorrow
17:40
English subtitles
Thursday 01.01.
21:10
English subtitles
Friday 02.01.
21:10
German subtitles
Saturday 03.01.
18:40
English subtitles
Sunday 04.01.
18:30
German subtitles
Fatima, 17, the youngest of three daughters, treads carefully as she searches for her own path, grappling with emerging desires, her attraction to women, and her loyalty to her caring French-Algerian family. Starting university in Paris, she dates, makes friends, and explores a whole new world, all while confronting a timeless and heartrending dilemma: How can one stay true to oneself when reconciling different parts of one’s identity feels impossible?
DIE JÜNGSTE TOCHTER
EIN EINFACHER UNFALL
von Jafar Panahi
Thursday 08.01.
19:00
German subtitles
Thursday 08.01.
21:05
English subtitles
Thursday 15.01.
16:50
German subtitles
Vahid, an Azerbaijani auto mechanic, was once imprisoned by Iranian authorities. During his sentence, he was interrogated blindfolded. One day, a man named Eqbal enters his workshop. His prosthetic leg creaks, and Vahid thinks he recognizes one of his former torturers.
EIN EINFACHER UNFALL
AISHA CAN’T FLY AWAY OmeU
von Murad Mustafa
Thursday 15.01.
18:50
English subtitles
Aisha, a 26-year-old Sudanese woman, lives in Ain-Shams, a neighborhood in Cairo with a large African migrant community. The authorities’ indifference to the violent tensions between Egyptians and various African nationalities, has allowed different gangs to seize control of the neighborhood. The situation quickly turns sour after one of them offers Aisha security in exchange for a favor.
AISHA CAN’T FLY AWAY OmeU
SILENT FRIEND
von Ildikó Enyedi
Thursday 15.01.
21:00
German subtitles
On the grounds of a medieval German university town looms an imposing Ginkgo biloba, a tree whose longevity stands in marked contrast to three intimate, human-scaled stories. In 1908, the university’s first female student gains admission into the prestigious botany department, confronting the sexism of both professors and peers. In 1972, amidst counterculture movements, a reserved student finds his attention captured by a fellow housemate and the geranium plant she studies. In 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic, a neuroscientist from Hong Kong secures the help of a renowned botanist for an experiment on the old ginkgo tree.
SILENT FRIEND
IL KINO ITALIA PREVIEW
LA GRAZIA
von Paolo Sorrentino
Sunday 18.01.
19:00
English subtitles
President Mariano De Santis' term is coming to an end. Disparagingly nicknamed 'Cemento armato' (reinforced concrete) for his intractable nature and overly careful approach to politics, he has grown lonely in the echoing halls of the presidential palace, mourning the loss of his wife and listening to hip-hop. Before returning to civilian life, De Santis must make a series of bold decisions – a pair of presidential pardons and a groundbreaking policy bill – that will cement his legacy.
IL KINO ITALIA PREVIEW
LA GRAZIA
PREVIEW:
COEXISTENCE, MY ASS! mit Filmgespräch
von Amber Fares
Thursday 29.01.
19:00
English subtitles
PREVIEW:
COEXISTENCE, MY ASS! mit Filmgespräch
EIN KUCHEN FÜR DEN PRÄSIDENTEN
von Hasan Hadi
Thursday 05.02.
17:00
German subtitles
In 1990s Iraq, 9-year-old Lamia must bake the President's birthday cake. She scrambles to find ingredients for this compulsory task while facing potential punishment if she fails.
EIN KUCHEN FÜR DEN PRÄSIDENTEN
NO OTHER CHOICE OmeU
von Park Chan-wook
Thursday 05.02.
19:00
English subtitles
Thursday 05.02.
21:30
German subtitles
Sunday 08.02.
19:00
English subtitles
After being laid off and humiliated by a ruthless job market, a veteran paper mill manager descends into violence in a desperate bid to reclaim his dignity.
NO OTHER CHOICE OmeU
TOD BROWNING'S "THE UNKNOWN" – LIVE SCORING BY PETROLIO"
Sunday 08.02.
21:30
German (dubbed)
Petrolio (Enrico Cerrato) faces the ultimate challenge: to tailor a musical score to match the already extraordinary visual score that is Tod Browning's 1927 masterpiece, The Unknown. The stream of consciousness sound arises from a few deep notes in continuous dramatic oscillation, while the emotional/musical exploration draws strength from its constant relationship with the images, which communicate through the artist with visceral power, between telluric broadsides and post-industrial meditations. The musical heart of Petrolio, inspired by dark noise, without neglecting purely experimental music, blends perfectly with the vibrant atmospheres of the film, in a dark and almost symphonic rapture. The performance is also segmented by more lyrical passages, with wide ambient spaces that literally expand the vision, allowing us to glide over the film's splendid circus architecture. The music is therefore not mere accompaniment, but a true multimedia integration that becomes a hybrid vortex, radiating a vibrant discharge of a timeless masterpiece."
TOD BROWNING'S "THE UNKNOWN" – LIVE SCORING BY PETROLIO"
COSI COM'È - WIE ES IST - mit Filmgespräch
von Antonello Scarpelli
Wednesday 11.02.
18:50
German subtitles
Eine Autofiktion, in der der Regisseur seine Familie inszeniert: eine besorgte Mutter, ein kranker Vater und ein desillusionierter Sohn, verloren in mangelnder Kommunikation und der Schwierigkeit, sich gegenseitig zu verstehen. Mit Fragmenten von Familienvideos beginnend, wechselt der Film in die Gegenwart, die wir aus dem Blickwinkel der Eltern erleben. Eine Reflexion über entfernte Familienbeziehungen, das Vergehen der Zeit und was passiert, wenn emotionale Bindungen erodieren.
COSI COM'È - WIE ES IST - mit Filmgespräch
THE CHRONOLOGY OF WATER
von Kristen Stewart
Thursday 05.03.
19:00
German subtitles
Nichts anderes als dieses stilistisch und inhaltlich maximal kompromisslose Biopic haben wir von Kristen Stewarts Regiedebüt erwartet.
Rotes Blut auf weißen Kacheln. Angsterfüllte Blicke. Das Geräusch von Schlägen auf nackter Haut. Ein sauber beschriebenes Blatt Papier zerfällt in schwarzem Wasser. Überhaupt immer wieder Wasser, poolblau, das von Schwimmerinnen durchpflügt wird. Eine Frauenstimme flüstert: »How many miles does it take to swim to a self? How – many – fucking – miles?«
Ab der ersten Sekunde nimmt Regisseurin Kristen Stewart den größten, schwersten Vorschlaghammer und prügelt wieder und wieder und wieder Löcher in den Putz unserer emotionalen Widerstandskraft. Gekonnt schachtelt sie Momente ineinander, isoliert Gesten und Gesichtszüge, assoziiert Motive und fügt sie asynchron zusammen. In diesem maximal intensiven, unerbittlich harten, subjektiv zerstückelten Strom legt sie offen, was von Frauen üblicherweise zu verstecken verlangt wird. In Hauptdarstellerin Imogen Poots findet sie eine Komplizin auf Augenhöhe. Deren Figur schwimmt, vögelt, säuft und schreibt sich mit trotziger Willensstärke und rebellischer Wut durch die Untiefen ihres Lebens. So erzählt THE CHRONOLOGY OF WATER nicht nur von Gewalt, Schmerz und Trauer – sondern auch vom zehrenden Weg, sich von diesen Erfahrungen zu emanzipieren. [Transit Filmfest]
Content Note: sexualisierte Gewalt, Totgeburt
THE CHRONOLOGY OF WATER
A POET
von Simón Mesa Soto
Thursday 12.03.
19:00
German subtitles
Middle-aged and erratic, Oscar is a failed writer who has given up on life. Unemployed and living with family, he wanders the streets of Medellín in a drunken stupor, lamenting the state of literature in his home country, where he has succumbed to the cliché of the tortured artist. However, the opportunity to mentor a young student offers a chance at redemption, if he doesn’t screw it up first.
