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ADVENTURE CIRCUMNAVIGATION WITH BORIS HERRMANN ACTION ICE COLD AL ASK AN SURF BREAK OCEAN LIFE DIVING EXPEDITION IN THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH DEEP INSIDE A GLACIER OPPORTUNIT Y SURFING TO A BRIGHTER FUTURE IN BANGL ADESH INTERNATIONAL OCEAN FILM TOUR VOLUME 8

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BRIN G IN G EXTRA ADVENTURE TO YOU, AT HOME! On our streaming portal OUTDOOR CINEMA, you can now access two exclusive adventure film collections, RAW ADVENTURE and WILD WOMEN, from the Banff Centre Mountain Film Festival 2021. Stream now!

RAW ADVENTURE FROM 16 FEB 2022

WILD WOMEN

© Foto: Basecamp, Denali National Park, Alaska © Christian Pondella

FROM 16 FEB 2022

NOW ON TOUR and streaming from mid-May 2022

DD I TEORRTIEAXLT B L I N D H I E R B LEI N

French diver and photographer Laurent Ballesta spent a full 28 days underwater on his latest expedition in the Mediterranean. He wanted to avoid the time-consuming decompression process and have more time for research and taking photos, so he decided to live, along with three other divers, for just under a month in a tiny diving capsule that replicated the same pressure conditions as the sea floor. Within this capsule, they were submerged at 20 different locations in the Mediterranean Sea. At the end of these four weeks, it was time for the four divers to rise to the surface and emerge from the capsule—and be amazed! Laurent Ballesta captured stunning photos of the intricate world at the bottom of the sea, and we are very happy to be able to share these fascinating images with you on the International OCEAN FILM TOUR Volume 8, along with many other exciting stories! After our film tour had to take a break for a year, it also feels as if we have finally emerged—and we are so looking forward to seeing you again, OCEAN LOVERS! YOUR INT. OCEAN FILM TOUR TEAM

Photo: Laurent Ballesta

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BACK ON COURSE! COLD WATER THERAPY

Three sun-kissed surfers— Remy, Josh, and Jake—have had enough of the crowded surf spots in their Australian homeland. Their search for unoccupied waves leads them to the other end of the world—to icy Alaska.

W I T H : Joshua Miller, Jake Foster, Remy Brand D I R E C T E D B Y: Remy Brand L E N G T H : 16 min Australia, 2020

Boris Herrmann is sailing round the world—solo, non-stop, and without assistance.

The Hamburg native is able to hold on to one of the top spots in the world's toughest sailing regatta, the legendary Vendée Globe, until an unexpected event threatens to sink his hopes.

W I T H : Boris Herrmann D I R E C T E D B Y: Philipp Grieß L E N G T H : 32 min (Int. OCEAN FILM TOUR Edit) Germany, 2021

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With five new films, the International OCEAN FILM TOUR Volume 8 finally resumes after a year in port! On board are stories from all four points of the compass from a collection of OCEAN LOVERS who couldn't be more diverse—in, on, and under the water.

Glaciologist Alun Hubbard is hoping to unlock secrets in Greenland's ice sheet. Seeking to understand how rising sea levels from meltwater affects climate models, he embarks on a dangerous mission deep inside a glacier.

W I T H : Alun Hubbard D I R E C T E D B Y: Lars H. Ostenfeld L E N G T H : 7 min (Int. OCEAN FILM TOUR Edit) Denmark, 2022

Photos: Lars H. Ostenfeld, Saikat Mojumdar

INTO THE ICE

Marine biologist and photographer Laurent Ballesta embarks on a 28-day diving mission to document the diverse ecosystem at the bottom of the Mediterranean Sea. W I T H : Laurent Ballesta, Thibault Rauby, Antonin Guilbert, Yanick Gentil D I R E C T E D B Y: Gil Kebaïli L E N G T H : 33 min (Int. OCEAN FILM TOUR Edit) France, 2020

Surfing to a Better Life.

13-year-old Shobe from Bangladesh loves to surf. This is often met with a lack of understanding in her home country. Can the sport be her ticket to a brighter future?

W I T H : Shobe Mehraz, Rashed Alam D I R E C T E D B Y: Elizabeth D. Costa P R O D U C T I O N : InSync Media, Lalita Krishna L E N G T H : 36 min Canada, 2021

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“WHEN I P L AY I N T H E WAVES, I FORGET EVERYTHING E L S E .”

SHOBE MEHRAZ

SHOBE SURFS

In Bangladesh, it is highly unusual for girls to surf.

Shobe Mehraz is doing it anyway. But she is still a long way from achieving her dreams.

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“WHENEVER I CATCH A WAVE, IT BREAKS AFTER A FEW SECONDS. MY LIFE IS LIKE T H A T .”

Cox‘s Bazar, a coastal city to grow up very quickly in in southern Bangladesh, Bangladesh. Shobe is only is most widely known for allowed to surf because the having the longest sandy surf club distributes food beachfront in the world. to the girls so that they can Everyday life for the comcontribute to the family SHOBE MEHRAZ munity in this fishing port is livelihood. Permission from influenced by their religious the parents for young girls beliefs and the societal impact on the distri- to surf is primarily financially motivated. Mobution of roles and power between men and reover, it is temporary. women. In the film, we gain insight into what Shobe is well aware of what lies ahead for this means for a young girl like Shobe. her. Many girls in her neighborhood are already She has lived here all her life, under challen- married by the age of 14. After marriage, their ging family circumstances and the restraints of husbands may simply forbid them from surfing. poverty. Shobe attends school and dreams of a This is exactly the situation Shobe is working better life, but she cannot expect any support hard to avoid. She is determined to stand on from her family. Children and teenagers have her own two feet and shape her own future. It

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was through surfing that she learned this is a which she can draw strength, day by day as possibility, so it's no wonder that the sport is well as for the future. so important to her.

Shobe, along with her surfing friend Aisha, Over the past few years, the surf club has is now planning to start her own surf club. This become a kind of family for Shobe, and Rashed represents another step toward independence Alam, her surf instructor, like a surrogate fa- and demonstrates her resolve to take this path. ther. The feeling she gets from surfing is the Surfing is still met with oppressive community same that connects surfers judgment in Cox's Bazar, but all over the world, but the Shobe is determined not to SUPPORT freedom she feels is diffebe influenced by that.

SHOBE rent. Only in the water can The film shows us what a If you want to help she escape for a time from simple surfboard can do; it girls like Shobe continue to have the restrictions that govern can provide self-confidence the opportunity to surf in the future, send your her life. These times are and the courage to chalsupport via the JAAGO fleeting and rare, and they lenge the status quo and, as Foundation crowdfunding are exceedingly precious. best you can, take your life campaign. #supportshobe They are moments from into your own hands.

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MADE TO BE REMADE Wear it down, then return it. We grind it, shred it and turn into something new. The end of one product is the beginning of the next. This is made for performance.

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With a long road ahead, it is up to all of us to make a change and shape a future where the environment is given precedence. Pivoting to circular production process is a great place to start.

STORM RIDE

In 2020/21, Boris Herrmann became the first German to take part in the legendary Vendée Globe, and despite a collision shortly before the finish line, he still managed to take fifth place.

The Vendée Globe is considered the toughest single-handed regatta in the world.

We talked to Boris about the race and its challenges.

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Boris, you had already successfully circumnavigated the globe four times in a sailboat before taking part in the Vendée Globe in 2020/21. What was your strategy for this race?

I sailed rather cautiously. I didn't want to be adrift in the Southern Ocean with a broken mast or other major damage. I am not a do-or-die sportsman. Maybe sometimes that can lead to quicker success, but when it doesn't, you can end up like Kevin Escoffier whose boat broke right in half.

You were involved in his rescue operation. Had you ever experienced anything like that before?

No, never. This was the first time. And it was a really unsettling experience because I was confronted with how big and how fierce the ocean truly is. It's not easy to understand what actu-

ally happened. If the mast breaks, it's pretty much because you sailed too hard.

But it's very, very uncommon for a boat to just break apart.

How well did you know your boat, the “Seaexplorer”? Did you feel confident sailing it?

I knew every screw and every sail thread. I had already sailed the boat for a really long time beforehand, for a total distance greater than that of the Vendée Globe. I've crossed the Atlantic ten times, once even with Greta Thunberg.

In the race, you have to sail the entire route alone, without advice from your team. What's it like when you meet your competitors along the way?

If you're within sight, then you do talk to each other via VHF radio. And, all our cell phones are connected to a satellite via the onboard WLAN,

VENDÉE GLOBE The Vendée Globe is a nonstop single-handed regatta. It is considered the toughest sailing race in the world. Both start and finish are in France. The route leads once around the globe, through the Roaring Forties that batter the Southern Ocean.

There is a wide protection zone around Antarctica and the icebergs floating near its coastline, where skippers are not allowed to sail.

LES SABLES-D'OLONNE Département Vendée

ATL ANTIC

INDIAN OCEAN

Cape of Good Hope

Cape Leeuwin

PACIFIC Antarctic Protection Zone Border

Cape Horn

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so almost all the skippers were part of a WhatsApp group, except for the top favorites, and everyone texted something or posted a joke.

Still, most of the time you had no one to talk to. Did it help to capture the experience on your phone?

Absolutely. I always felt a bit refreshed afterwards.

You make a few attempts at recording something; it doesn't cost anything, and if what you say comes across as too grumpy, then you try again in a nicer way. And you smile. You essentially force yourself to be a little more positive, and that provides a better mindset for the rest of the day.

Did you discover new facets of yourself during these 80 days at sea?

When you get into a situation like this and have no other options, you discover how much

strength your body and mind can still mobilize and that you can push your limits so much farther. That is an exciting experience—that you can sleep so interruptedly for weeks and months, with never more than two hours at a time, and that you can be so constantly physically active. You simply have to do everything yourself. It's incredibly fascinating and never gets boring.

Your team is in the process of building a new boat for the next Vendée Globe. Do you think it will give you a better chance of winning?

The funny thing is that, at the moment, many of the top participants in the last Vendée Globe are building new boats! Postponing the competition for four years raised it to a higher level, so we're all starting from scratch. To finish fifth again would be a huge success.

BORIS HERRMANN

Photos: UFA Documentary

took part in the Mini-Transat at the age of 18. The solo transatlantic race was his "gateway drug" into the world of sailing. He studied economics in Bremen and sailed successfully for various teams. He is currently the skipper of Team Malizia, which he founded in 2016 with Pierre Casiraghi. In 2019, he was able to provide climate-neutral transportation for Greta Thunberg to cross the Atlantic and attend the UN Climate Summit in New York.

“ 8 0 D AYS O F L O N E L I N E S S . N O O N E C O U L D GIVE ME ADVICE ABOUT HOW TO MANAGE THAT B E C A U S E H A R D LY A N Y O N E H A S E V E R E X P E R I E N C E D I T .”

BORIS HERRMANN

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ENGAGEMENT

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Many organizations are fighting to protect our oceans. Which one would you like to support?

Underwater noise, plastic pollution, overfishing, animal welfare issues—there is much to do for marine conservationists.

We are so grateful that you do not turn a blind eye to these problems but help us find and implement solutions. As a small gift, we will send you a stunning digital image every month of a marine animal to download for your desktop and mobile wallpaper. You will be surprised, you will laugh, and sometimes maybe even cry—for joy, of course!

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The Surfrider Foundation Europe is a non-profit organization whose purpose is to protect and showcase the importance of lakes, rivers, oceans, waves, and coastlines.It was founded in 1990 by a group of surfers who wanted to defend their playground. Today, it has more than 13,000 members and is active in 12 countries through its volunteer local chapters. The organization has become a reference in the fight to protect the ocean and its users, with passion and commitment on the ground. Surfrider Foundation Europe has become a recognized authority in three areas of expertise: Marine Litter, Water Quality and Health, and Coastal Protection and Climate Change.

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Every minute, a truckload of waste ends up in the oceans and poses a danger to humans, animals, and the environment. The transport route for this material is often rivers, referred to as plastic highways. The startup everwave is putting a stop to this by removing trash from rivers worldwide and recirculating it back into the system through environmentally sustainable recycling. AI-supported garbage collection boats and stationary river platforms have been put into operation to collect the waste. The objective is to initiate a holistic change. All OCEAN LOVERS can do their part by supporting everwave in collecting waste from rivers: 1 Euro = 1kg less waste in the water.

Poachers plunder marine sanctuaries with impunity, and illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing goes unchecked in the high seas, far from the eyes of international authorities and public scrutiny.

International laws and agreements exist to protect ocean wildlife and marine habitats, but they can be difficult to enforce because of a lack of political will, insufficient economic resources, or transnational boundaries that blur jurisdiction. Where a law enforcement vacuum exists, Sea Shepherd acts to fill that void.

Fish form shoals because they can achieve more as a community. This is the spirit behind the German Ocean Foundation. In cooperation with many ocean initiatives, we can make a difference. In our Ocean Competition project, young researchers learn about the fascination of the oceans on the research vessel ALDEBARAN. At the Ocean Festival in Berlin, we form a highly visible swarm in support of the UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development of the Intergovernmental Commission on Oceans of UNESCO. We support initiatives within the framework of the United Nations Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development (UNESCO) and are looking for further partners who want to join.

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INTO THE ICE

In Greenland, glaciologist Alun Hubbard seeks to elicit answers from the ice.

WHAT THE ICE KNOWS

Photo: Lars H. Ostenfeld

We know that the earth's climate is changing.

Temperatures are rising and, along with them, so are sea levels. Our glaciers are retreating.

Large volumes of water that were bound in the ice for thousands of years are now being released. How exactly does this process affect rising sea levels? No one knows for sure. While there are many theories, there is too little firm data.

Glaciologist Alun Hubbard is determined to rectify this. For the past 15 years, he has spent three months a year on glacier expeditions

collecting data. He is particularly fascinated by moulins, or glacier mills. Like sinkholes that dissolve the bedrock of the earth's crust, moulins are huge well-like cavities that are formed when meltwater streams on the surface of the glacier find a crevasse or weak spot and begin to pour down through the ice. This torrent can rapidly descend all the way to the bottom of the glacier, hundreds of meters deep, and ultimately accelerate the disintegration of the ice sheet. It is here, deep in the glacier, that the answers to the scientist's questions reside.

The International OCEAN FILM TOUR shows an excerpt of the 90-minute feature documentary.

The full-length documentary can be seen on film festivals and in selected cinemas around the world. www.riseandshine-cinema.de

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ICE COLD ESCAPE Landscape: Awesome. Waves: None. This is not how Remy, Josh, and Jake had imagined surfing in Alaska. Hadn't their trusted skipper Mike claimed the day before that today there would be waves here, in this bay?

Yes, he had. And a little later, there are. Waves. As the three surfers get into the water and on their boards, the mood rises, and with it, the respect these Australians have for the old sea dog, Mike, who always seems to be able to scout out and deliver them—via his fishing boat, Milo— to the best surfing spots. Apart from the sea lions, which are mildly perturbed by the three surfers and defend their territory with loud barking, Remy, Josh, and Jake have the

waves all to themselves. The long journey was worth it.

With every wave, the work/life balance the three surfers were seeking regains its equilibrium once again. Remy works in advertising, Josh in film, and Jake is a teacher.

All of them were itching for a break and for an adventure.

Who hasn't fantasized about curling up in a cozy bunk with

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“ALASKA HAS WILDERNESS AND ADVENTURE. IT SEEMED LIKE THE PERFECT P L A C E .”

distant wolves howling in the backchallenge aboard the Milo would be to ground and a mug of coffee in hand, lisurvive a full-blown storm. And while stening to your new mate, Captain Mike, Remy, Josh, and Jake take turns hurling tell treacherous stories of narrowly over the railing, skipper Mike cracks REMY BRAND escaping a bear attack? Fortunately, one joke after another. When the squall the bears are hibernating now, but the subsides, just as quickly as it arrived, trip holds a whole host of new experiences for the three the three realize that Alaska is a land of contrasts, and that sun-kissed surfers. They never expected that their first what they experience here will stay with them forever.

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RIOUS DEEP Mediterranean. We spoke with him about his passion and his expedition.

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Laurent, you studied marine mystery. It helps that its beautiful, but more imbiology but are now also an underportantly, it has to be new. On my expeditions, water photographer. How did three things are important to me—I want to adthat come about? vance scientific study, the diving has to be chalI was always frustrated by the fact that, com- lenging, and I hope to photograph something pared to other scientists, marine biologists can that has never been seen before. For 90 percent spend very little time doing of all living creatures, all we research onsite—under the know about them is that “THE water. A botanist roams they exist. I'm eager to find O N LY T H I N G the woods for weeks at a out more about their behaTHAT CAN time, but we're lucky if we viors, such as, what do they can dive for an hour a day. eat? How do they mate?

CAPTURE OUR By taking photos, I can in a How do they live?

ATTENTION sense extend my dive. I am To do that, you spent IS THE able to examine the images 28 days in extreme M Y S T E R Y.” later, zooming in to see confinement. Were you L AU R E N T BA L L E S TA things that I missed when I ever too cramped in was underwater. your dive pod?

Your photos show places and When you do dives like that, you're so increcreatures that many people will never dibly tired afterwards that you don't even mind see firsthand. Is it your intention that you don't have room. You just want to eat to spread the word about the beauty of and sleep. this endangered world?

What was the most uncomfortable Honestly, first and foremost, I want to do sopart of your expedition? mething that I enjoy. Still, I hope that through The cold. At 14 degrees, it wasn't technically my work I'm creating awareness of these cold. I've dived at minus 1.8 degrees in Antarplaces. I'm saying, 'Look, people, it's all down ctica, and yet we froze more in the Mediterrathere. Now you can't say nean. This was due to the you didn't know.' But I doubt high-pressure conditions “THE that beautiful pictures alone under water. Temperature COLD DOWN can cause people to change and pressure are directly THERE their behavior. related, which is something Why? you easily forget on land.

DOESN'T Beauty is something that We also breathed in a gas BITE; loses its appeal very quicmixture with an extremely IT'S LIKE A kly. People used to think high helium content. This P O I S O N .” that showing the beauty of causes you to freeze from L A U R E N T B A L L E S T A the ocean would be enough the inside out. The cold to make people love and redown there doesn't bite spect it, but that thought seems a bit too naïve you; it's like a poison. With every exhalation, to me. you lose a little bit of heat. It was tough, espeThen what drives you to keep exploring cially at first, but if I had had the money and the the underwater world? conviction, I would have talked everyone into I think the only thing that can capture our at- adding another week! tention is the mystery; we are drawn in by the Thank you very much for the interview!

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For Shobe and her friends Aisha and Suma as lifeguards at the beach. By having a reguwho live in the slums around the coastal town lar income, they are making good progress on of Cox's Bazar in southern Bangladesh, sur- the road to independence. But Shobe and Aisha fing marked the beginning of a new phase in want even more; they want to start their own their lives. The girls became girls-only surf club to pass more courageous, felt freer, on their experience and to “I MIGHT and began to question the influence the next genelife path that had been preration of girls to become BE JUST A KID, determined for them, even self-confident. You can supBUT I though they were met with port them in this endeavor D R E A M B I G .“ little understanding from via the JAAGO Foundation SHOBE MEHRAZ their parents. Shobe and crowdfunding campaign.

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GERMANY

08.03. HAMBURG, CinemaxX 11.03. STRALSUND, Ozeaneum 12.03. COLOGNE, Cinenova LÜBECK, Kolosseum 13.03. MAINZ, Capitol KIEL, Studio Filmtheater MUNICH, Alte Kongresshalle 14.03. MUNICH, Alte Kongresshalle FRANKFURT, CineStar FLENSBURG, UCI 15.03. MANNHEIM, Capitol DUISBURG, UCI HAMBURG, CinemaxX 16.03. HAMBURG, CinemaxX AUGSBURG, CinemaxX ESSEN, Eulenspiegel 17.03. HANNOVER, Theater am Aegi STUTTGART, SSB Veranstaltungszentrum OSNABRÜCK, Arthouse 19.03. BERLIN, Urania KONSTANZ, Cinestar NÜRNBERG, kleine Meistersingerhalle 20.03. MUNICH, BMW Welt LINDAU, Inselhalle 21.03. BRAUNSCHWEIG, Astor Filmpalast REGENSBURG, Kolpinghaus LUDWIGSBURG, Scala 22.03. ROSENHEIM, Ballhaus BAYREUTH, Das Zentrum - Europasaal 23.03. PFORZHEIM, Kulturhaus Osterfeld CHEMNITZ, Luxor 24.03. DRESDEN, CinemaxX 26.03. DÜSSELDORF, Savoy Theater

27.03. BONN, Brückenforum BERLIN, Urania POTSDAM, Thalia 28.03. HALLE, CinemaxX LEIPZIG, Werk 2 MARBURG, Cineplex 29.03. WÜRZBURG, CinemaxX FULDA, CineStar ROSTOCK, CineStar 30.03. STUTTGART, Gloria HAMBURG, CinemaxX 31.03. OLDENBURG, CinemaxX AUGSBURG, CinemaxX 01.04. BREMEN, Pier 2 02.04. WITTEN, BlueBeach HEIDELBERG, Musik und Singschule 03.04. COLOGNE, Cinenova MÜNSTER, Wilhelms-Universität KARLSRUHE, Konzerthaus 04.04. HANNOVER, CinemaxX AACHEN, Cineplex STUTTGART, Liederhalle 05.04. STUTTGART, Liederhalle ESSEN, Lichtburg BIELEFELD, Stadthalle kl. Saal 06.04. MANNHEIM, Capitol FRANKFURT, CineStar 07.04. KASSEL, Anthroposophisches Zentrum FREIBURG, Bürgerhaus Zähringen FRANKFURT, CineStar 08.04. ULM, Kornhaus

02.05. STUTTGART, Liederhalle BAMBERG, Konzerthalle - Hegelsaal HAMBURG, CinemaxX 03.05. FRANKFURT, CineStar 04.05. DARMSTADT, Centralstation GÖTTINGEN, CinemaxX 05.05. PADERBORN, UCI LEIPZIG, Cinestar 07.05. COLOGNE, Cinenova DÜSSELDORF, Savoy Theater MÜNSTER, Wilhelms-Universität 08.05. MAINZ, Capitol 09.05. WIESBADEN, Arkaden Kino STRALSUND, Ozeaneum 10.05. POTSDAM, Thalia FREIBURG, Bürgerhaus Zähringen 11.05. COLOGNE, Cinedom ERFURT, Kaisersaal 12.05. DRESDEN, Rundkino BÖBLINGEN, Sparkassenforum BRAUNSCHWEIG, Astor Filmpalast 13.05. MAGDEBURG, Altes Theater NÜRNBERG, kleine Meistersingerhalle 15.05. KIEL, Studio Filmtheater 16.05. JENA, Volkshaus 18.05. ESSEN, Lichtburg MUNICH, CinemaxX LÜNEBURG, Filmpalast 19.05. MUNICH, CinemaxX 20.05. SAARBRÜCKEN, Congresshalle

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SWITZERLAND

02.05. ZÜRICH, Volkshaus 03.05. ZÜRICH, Volkshaus 04.05. LUZERN, Le Théâtre 05.05. WINTERTHUR, Gate27 06.05. RORSCHACH, Carmen Würth Saal 08.05. BERN, FGB 09.05. BASEL, Volkshaus 11.05. CHUR, Marsöl Saal 14.05. LAUSANNE, Casino de Montbenon 15.05. GENEVA, Cinerama Empire

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BENELUX

28.03. VIENNA, Gartenbaukino 29.03. GRAZ, Annenhofkino 31.03. VIENNA, Gartenbaukino 01.04. INNSBRUCK, Metropolkino 02.04. SALZBURG, Mozartkino 03.04. LINZ, Central 04.04. VILLACH, Bambergsaal 05.04. SALZBURG, Mozartkino

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