German Film Festival 2018

GERMAN FILM FESTIVAL 2018

WELLINGTON / 28 AUG–1 SEPT AUCKLAND / 4–9 SEPT DUNEDIN / 15–17 SEPT CHRISTCHURCH / 21–23 SEPT NELSON / 22 SEPT NEW PLYMOUTH / 25–30 SEPT

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WILLKOMMEN ZUM DEUTSCHEN FILMFESTIVAL 2018

I am delighted to welcome you to this year’s tenth anniversary of the German Film Festival in New Zealand. To celebrate this occasion, it will be opened where it has all started: in the impressive Embassy Theatre in Wellington.

Its distinct atmosphere is the perfect venue to start the jubilee performances. The favourable environment of six cinema locations in the North and South Islands will allow us to discover the fascination of recent German films nationwide.

Film is a particular means of intercultural understanding which has the power, especially in a society with an affinity to cinematic art, to bring people closer together. Germany and New Zealand already enjoy a close friendship with cooperation in a multitude of fields including politics, trade, science and culture.

The latter, with the Goethe-Institut as a principal mediator, once more provides the basis for interconnecting projects.

I am confident that many visitors will enjoy the German Film Festival 2018 and can appreciate insight into our culture when we immerse ourselves in the world of German cinema.

Gerhard Thiedemann Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany

Please join us at this year’s tenth German Film Festival in New Zealand, and together let us discover the newest movies Germany, Switzerland and Austria have to offer.

As well as the award-winning film 3 DAYS IN QUIBERON about the famous actress Romy Schneider, we are delighted to present the documentary THE NIGHT OF ALL NIGHTS, which depicts lifelong relationships in Germany, India, Japan and the USA, and reveals some of the secrets to lasting love.

We are delighted to have the German producer Peter Rommel in New Zealand for this year’s festival. His two movies AS WE WERE DREAMING and BERLIN EXCELSIOR are in the festival line-up. Peter Rommel took part in the New Zealand-German co-production summit in 2017 in Auckland, which resulted in a promising idea for a wonderful co-production.

Enjoy the nationwide screenings in Wellington, Auckland, Dunedin, Christchurch, New Plymouth and Nelson. The generosity of our sponsors and partners has enabled us to make the festival happen, and we would like to thank them all for their ongoing support.

Admission is free – for further details please have a look at the Venues & Tickets pages.

We look forward to captivating movies and the opportunity to exchange ideas and opinions with you.

Christian Kahnt Director of the Goethe-Institut New Zealand

3 DAYS IN QUIBERON (3 TAGE IN QUIBERON)

Robert Lebeck’s photographs of Romy Schneider are world-famous. They capture this actress’s contradictory nature, her exuberance, melancholy and pain. Lebeck also took the photographs that were to accompany the legendary interview Romy Schneider granted ‘Stern’ magazine reporter Michael Jürgs in Quiberon in 1981 – in spite of her previous negative encounters with the German press. The actress had retired to this Breton spa town to recuperate in the company of her long-time friend Hilde.

The interview and black-and-white photos form the basis of this film that captures the special atmosphere of these three days in which Schneider bares her soul – to breaking point. The more the actress exposes herself and allows the person behind the celebrity to come to the fore, the more the group dynamics of the quartet kick in.

GERMANY/FRANCE/AUSTRIA 2018 (FEATURE) Festivals (selection): Berlin 2018, Sydney 2018 Awards (selection): German Film Awards 2018 (Best Film, Best Direction, Best Actress, Best Cinematography) Director: Emily Atef Screenplay: Emily Atef, based on the idea by Denis Poncet, inspired by conversations with Michael Jürgs and Robert Lebeck Cinematography: Thomas Kiennast Editor: Hansjörg Weissbrich

Music: Christoph M. Kaiser, Julian Maas With: Marie Bäumer, Charly Hübner, Birgit Minichmayer, Robert Gwisdek, Denis Lavant Producer: Karsten Stöter Duration: 115 mins Languages: German, French (with English subtitles) Rating: PG - coarse language

“Marie Bäumer is terrific; she brings to the role a skittish mercurial quality which teeters on the edge of panic.”

– Wendy Ide, Screendaily

SCREENING TIMES Wellington Saturday, 1 September, 7:30pm Auckland Tuesday, 4 September, 6pm

Text: Berlin International Film Festival Image © Beta Cinema

New Plymouth Sunday, 30 September, 6:30pm

ARTHUR & CLAIRE

GERMANY/AUSTRIA/THE NETHERLANDS 2017 (TRAGICOMEDY) Festivals (selection): Lübeck 2017, German Film Festival Australia 2018 Director: Miguel Alexandre Screenplay: Miguel Alexandre, Josef Hader, based on the play by Stefan Vögel Cinematography: Katharina Diessner Editor: Marcel Peragine Music: Dave Alex

Arthur is terminally-ill and travels to Amsterdam with the aim of ending his life.

But his carefully planned, lavish last trip is constantly being disrupted: on the plane, a child knocks over his glass of bubbly, and on the eve of his scheduled death, he hears loud noises from the hotel room next door.

It’s there that he finds Claire, a young Dutch woman bent on committing suicide. After Arthur manages to stop her, she takes him out into the nightlife of Amsterdam, where they each try to change the other’s mind in the last few hours allotted to them.

With: Josef Hader, Hannah Hoekstra, Rainer Bock Producers: Gerald Podgornig, Thomas Hroch, Arnold Heslenfeld, Gudula von Eysmondt Duration: 98 mins Languages: German, Dutch (with English subtitles) Rating: M - drug use, offensive language & suicide references

“A sensitive, intelligent and sharptongued tragicomedy.”

– Manuel Berger, Filmstarts

SCREENING TIMES Wellington Thursday, 30 August, 7:30pm Auckland Saturday, 8 September, 8:30pm

Text: German Film Festival Australia Image © ARRI Media

New Plymouth Friday, 28 September, 6:30pm

AS WE WERE DREAMING

(ALS WIR TRÄUMTEN)

GERMANY 2015 (DRAMA) Festivals (selection): Berlin 2015 Director: Andreas Dresen Screenplay: Wolfgang Haase Cinematography: Michael Hammon, Niklas Hoffmann Editor: Jörg Hauschild Music: Jens Quandt

The Leipzig suburbs, shortly after the collapse of East Germany. Rico, Daniel, Paul and Mark, until recently still Pioneers in their red neckerchiefs, are growing up in the maelstrom of the newly reunited country, where yesterday’s rules no longer count.

The boys turn night into day and make the streets their adventure playground, running wild and hanging out in the neighbourhood stealing cars, experimenting with drugs and trying out the new swingers club.

They open their own disco which is soon besieged by neo-Nazi skinheads. Everything is in a state of flux and decay, everyone is overflowing with dreams: Rico longs for a boxing career; Daniel yearns to have a grand love affair with Little Star, the most beautiful girl Leipzig has ever known...

With: Merlin Rose, Julius Nitschkoff, Marcel Heupermann, Joel Basman, Frederic Haselon, Ruby O. Fee Producers: Peter Rommel Duration: 116 mins Language: German (with English subtitles) Rating: tbc

“Andreas Dresen recounts the dangerous life of five inseparable teens from the East before and after the fall of the Berlin Wall. A humorous coming-of-age story against a techno backdrop.”

– Bénédicte Prot, Cineuropa

SCREENING TIMES Wellington Wednesday, 29 August, 7:30pm (Q&A) Auckland Wednesday, 5 September, 6:15pm (Q&A) New Plymouth Friday, 28 September, 4pm

Text: Berlin International Film Festival Image © Peter Hartwig / Rommel Film; Pandora

Screenings in Wellington and Auckland will be followed by a Q&A with producer Peter Rommel

BERLIN EXCELSIOR GERMANY 2016 (DOCUMENTARY) Festivals (selection): Hof 2017 Director: Erik Lemke Concept: Erik Lemke, André Krummel Cinematography: André Krummel Editor: Erik Lemke Music: Tobias Burkardt

The anonymous concrete construction “Excelsior” is just a stopover for many of its inhabitants. Soon, life will get better and everyone tries to get ahead in his own way: with “Invisible Make-up”, the 49-yearold Michael wants to re-connect with his previous success as a call boy.

Claudia’s days as a dancer are over, but a series of new photos are supposed to help her get back on stage. Norman wants to help others find happiness with his start-up “ChangeU”, while also helping himself to a new sports car. It seems no one can escape the lure of success…

With: Inhabitants and visitors of the Berlin Excelsior building Producer: Peter Rommel Duration: 87 mins Languages: German, English (with English subtitles) Rating: exempt

“The lense in Berlin Excelsior observes, as only film can observe, tightly composed, rigid images which follow one after the other as in a photo lecture. They are compositions of weird beauty…”

– Manon Cavagna, Critic

SCREENING TIMES Wellington Wednesday, 29 August, 5pm (Q&A) Auckland Tuesday, 4 September, 8:15pm (Q&A) New Plymouth Wednesday, 26 September, 4pm Text: Hofer Filmtage Image © Rommel Film

Screenings in Wellington and Auckland will be followed by a Q&A with producer Peter Rommel

MADEMOISELLE PARADIS

(LICHT)

Vienna, 1777. The blind 18-year-old “Wunderkind” pianist Maria Theresia Paradis lost her eyesight overnight when she was three years old.

After countless failed medical experiments, her parents take her to the estate of controversial “miracle doctor” Franz Anton Mesmer, where she joins a group of outlandish patients. She enjoys the liberal household in a Rococo world and tastes freedom for the first time, but begins to notice that as Mesmer’s treatment brings back her eyesight, she is losing her cherished musical virtuosity.

Screened in partnership with

AUSTRIA/GERMANY 2017 (HISTORY, DRAMA) Festivals (selection): Toronto 2017 Awards (selection): Main Award (Filmkunstfest Sachsen Anhalt) Best Editing (Graz/Diagonale) Thomas Pluch Script Award Director: Barbara Albert Screenplay: Kathrin Resetarits, based on motives from the novel “Mesmerized”

by Alissa Walser Cinematography: Christine A. Maier Editor: Niki Mossböck

Music: Lorenz Dangel With: Maria Dragus, Devid Striesow, Lukas Miko, Katja Kolm, Maresi Riegner Producers: Michael Kitzberger, Wolfgang Widerhofer, Nikolaus Geyrhalter, Markus Glaser, Martina Haubrich, Gunnar Dedio Duration: 97 mins Language: German (with English subtitles) Rating: M - nudity

“A sightless pianist's recovery reveals society's more glaring blind spots in Barbara Albert's sensual, sensitive historical drama.”

– Guy Lodge, Variety

SCREENING TIMES Wellington Saturday, 1 September, 5pm Auckland Friday, 7 September, 6:15pm Dunedin Saturday, 15 September, 2:30pm Christchurch Sunday, 23 September, 2:30pm

Text: Films Distribution Image © Christian Schulz, NGF/LOOKS

New Plymouth Sunday, 30 September, 4pm

MAGICAL MYSTERY OR THE RETURN OF KARL SCHMIDT

(MAGICAL MYSTERY ODER: DIE RÜCKKEHR DES KARL SCHMIDT)

Hamburg in the mid-1990s: following a breakdown and a stay in a psychiatric ward, Charly Schmidt lives in assisted accommodation in Hamburg. He’s kicked his alcohol and drug habit when he meets old friends from Berlin, who now earn a lot of money as music producers. Instead of his prescribed holiday in the Lüneburg Heath, Charly takes a job with them: he’ll drive their tour bus through Germany and take responsibility for running their rave tour.

MAGICAL MYSTERY is an entertaining, technoreinforced road movie in which, as so often, the journey is the goal.

GERMANY 2017 (COMEDY, ROAD MOVIE) Festivals (selection): Lünen 2017, Munich 2017, Prague 2018 Awards (selection): Lünen 2017 (Perle – Award for Women in the Film Industry), Munich 2017 (Young German Cinema Award, Most Promising Young Actor) Director: Arne Feldhusen Screenplay: Sven Regener, based on the novel by Sven Regener Cinematography: Lutz Reitemeier Editor: Benjamin Ikes Music: Charlotte Goltermann (concept), Carsten Meyer, Patrick Reising, Francesco Wilking

With: Charly Hübner, Detlev Buck, Marc Hosemann, Annika Meier, Bjarne Mädel, Bastian Reiber, Jacob Matschenz, Sarah Bauerett, Leon Ullrich, Jan Peter Kampwirth Producers: Gerhard Meixner, Roman Paul Duration: 111 mins Language: German (with English subtitles) Rating: M – drug use & nudity

SCREENING TIMES Wellington Friday, 31 August, 7:30pm Auckland Thursday, 6 September, 8:30pm

“Hübner is brilliant in the role of the collapsed psychiatric patient, who is slowly finding his way back to life.”

– Martin Schwickert, EPD Film

Dunedin Sunday, 16 September, 2:30pm Christchurch Saturday, 22 September, 2:30pm Nelson Saturday, 22 September, 6pm

Text: Goethe-Institut Image © Razor / Gordon Timpen

New Plymouth Thursday, 27 September, 6:30pm

Popcorn

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Kultur

Thriller

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PURE CHARCOAL

(KÖHLERNÄCHTE)

Wearing heavy rubber boots, Fränz Röösli climbs atop his charcoal pile and starts poking holes into what he calls the “Grind” – the dome of the pile, which towers four meters above the ground. White smoke rises from the holes, curling around the charcoal burner at the whim of the wind before it is carried off into the dark of night.

In calm, stunning images, the documentary draws the viewer into the archaic world of charcoal burning.

SWITZERLAND 2017 (DOCUMENTARY) Festivals (selection): Leipzig 2017, Solothurn 2018, Trento 2018, Schwerin 2018 Awards (selection): Swiss Film Award 2018 (Best Cinematography), Trento 2018 (Jury Prize) Director: Robert Müller Screenplay: Robert Müller Cinematography: Pio Corradi Editor: Kathrin Plüss, Mirella Nüesch Music: Fritz Hauser

With: Fränz Röösli, Lukas Thalmann, Willi Renggli, Willi Röösli, Doris Wicki, Philipp Röösli, Markus und Martin Wicki, Andreas Schacher, Ruedi Lustenberger Producer: Carola Kutzner Duration: 93 min Languages: Swiss-German, Italian (with English subtitles) Rating: exempt

Screened in partnership with

SCREENING TIMES “As well as conveying fascinating insights into an old craft, Robert Müller’s film also captivates with sensational landscape shots by Pio Corradi and a soundtrack of the spheres by Fritz Hauser.”

– Irene Genhart, Cineman

Wellington Thursday, 30 August, 5pm Auckland Thursday, 6 September, 6:15pm Dunedin Sunday, 16 September, 12pm Christchurch Saturday, 22 September, 12pm New Plymouth Thursday, 27 September, 4pm

Text and Image © Zeitraum Film GmbH

QUEEN OF NIENDORF

(KÖNIGIN VON NIENDORF)

The school holidays have just begun in Brandenburg, but this year Lea isn't going to summer camp – she's starting to find the other girls at her school weird.

So instead, she spends much of her time alone, riding her bike through the village and visiting musician and social drop-out Mark on his overgrown farm. One day while out on one of her excursions, Lea spies five boys heaving an oil barrel over the dye factory fence and pedalling off with their booty on a bicycle trailer. Curious, Lea follows the boys at the next opportunity, and discovers they have built a raft on a small lake. But there's a problem: the raft belongs to the gang, and girls are strictly forbidden. Desperate to be admitted to the group, Lea undergoes a test of courage, and from then on the summer seems filled with adventure...

“The best and most beautiful German children’s film in a long time.”

GERMANY 2017 (FAMILY) Festivals (selection): Hamburg 2017, Munich 2017, Tallinn 2017, Warsaw 2017 Awards (selection): Achtung Berlin! – New Berlin Film Award 2017 Director: Joya Thome Screenplay: Joya Thome, Philipp Wunderlich Cinematography: Lydia Richter Editor: Carola Sultan Bauermeister Joya Thome Music: Conrad Oleak

With: Lisa Moell, Denny Moritz Sonnenschein, Salim Fazzani, Ivo Tristan Michligk, Moritz Riek, Elias Sebastian, Mex Schlüpfer, Cornelius Schwalm, Til Schindler, Frederik Schindler Producer: Joya Thome Duration: 67 mins Language: German (with English subtitles) Rating: G

SCREENING TIMES Wellington Thursday, 30 August, 12:30pm* Saturday, 1 September, 12:30pm Auckland Wednesday, 5 September, 12:30pm* Sunday, 9 September, 3:30pm Dunedin Monday, 17 September, 12pm* Christchurch Friday, 21 September, 12pm* Nelson Saturday, 22 September, 4:30pm

– Rochus Wolff, Kinderfilmblog

New Plymouth Sunday, 30 September, 2:30pm Text: Goethe-Institut Image © Joya Thome Filmproduktion – Lupa Film Gmbh

*School screenings

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STYX GERMANY/AUSTRIA, 2018 (DRAMA)

Rike is a successful doctor whose job demands everything of her. She intends to use her much-needed annual holiday to fulfil her long-cherished dream of sailing single-handedly from Gibraltar to Ascension, a small tropical island in the middle of the Atlantic. Her desire for a carefree holiday seems to be coming to pass but then, after a storm, her beautiful adventure suddenly turns into an unprecedented challenge when she spots a badly damaged, hopelessly overloaded refugee boat nearby. More than a hundred people face drowning. Rike tries to organise help, but she increasingly feels that humanitarianism has deteriorated into mere wishful thinking.

Festivals (selection): Berlin 2018, Schwerin 2018 Awards (selection): Label Europa Cinemas 2018, Heiner-Carow-Award 2018, Filmkunstfest MV 2018 (Best Film, Audience Award) Director: Wolfgang Fischer Screenplay: Wolfgang Fischer Ika Künzel Cinematography: Benedict Neuenfels Editor: Monika Willi

Music: Dirk von Lowtzow With: Susanne Wolff, Gedion Oduor Wekesa Producers: Marcos Kantis, Martin Lehwald, Michal Pokorny Duration: 94 mins Languages: German, English, Kisuaheli (with English subtitles) Rating: M

“Susanne Wolff thrills in Wolfgang Fischer's visceral, oceanic allegory about personal responsibility in the face of the refugee crisis.”

– Jessica Kiang, Variety

SCREENING TIMES Wellington Saturday, 1 September, 2:30pm Auckland Friday, 7 September, 8:30pm

Text: Berlin International Film Festival Image © Beta Cinema

New Plymouth Saturday, 29 September, 4pm

THE NIGHT OF ALL NIGHTS

(DIE NACHT DER NÄCHTE)

Together. For a lifetime. Who can manage this? And who still wants this? What seems to be an oddity for us nowadays was the norm for the generation of our grandparents.

GERMANY 2018 (DOCUMENTARY) Festivals (selection): Toronto 2018 (Hot Docs) Awards (selection): Bavarian Film Award 2018 (Best Documentary) Director: Yasemin Şamdereli Screenplay: Nesrin Şamdereli & Yasemin Şamdereli Cinematography: Marcus Winterbauer Editor: Mechthild Barth Animation: Izabela Plucinska (ClayTraces) Music: Dürbeck & Dohmen

With: Hildegard and Heinz-Siegfried Rotthauser, Shigeko and Isao Sugihara, Kamala and Nagarajayya Hampana, and Bill Novak and Norman MacArthur Producers: Anja-Karina Richter, Arne Birkenstock Duration: 96 mins Languages: German, English, Hindi, Japanese (with English subtitles) Rating: exempt

The documentary THE NIGHT OF ALL NIGHTS by Yasemin and Nesrin Şamdereli (ALMANYA) portrays four couples from Japan, USA, India and Germany who all have celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary together. It’s a light-hearted and humorous experience that reveals the secrets of longterm partnerships and love.

SCREENING TIMES “The Night of All Nights is a thoughtful film. With its focus on heart-warming love stories, it has space for hardship and drama amidst its overarching romantic comedy.”

– Chelsea Philips-Carr, Point of View Magazine

Wellington (Embassy Theatre) Tuesday, 28 August, 8pm Auckland Saturday, 8 September, 6:15pm Dunedin Saturday, 15 September, 12pm Christchurch Sunday, 23 September, 12pm

Text: Magnetfilm Image © S2RFilm; Fruitmarket

New Plymouth Tuesday, 25 September, 6:30pm

THE SILENT REVOLUTION

(DAS SCHWEIGENDE KLASSENZIMMER)

It’s 1956 and during a visit to West Berlin, high school students Theo and Kurt witness dramatic footage of the Budapest uprising.

Back in Stalinstadt, they spontaneously hold a two-minute silence during class in solidarity with the victims of the Hungarian struggle against Soviet oppression. But the gesture causes much bigger ripples than expected...

The People's Education Minister condemns the action as a counter-revolutionary act and demands that the ringleader be named, forcing the students to choose between standing together... or not.

GERMANY 2018 (DRAMA) Festivals (selection): Berlin 2018 Awards (selection): Bavarian Film Awards 2018 (Best Young Actor) Director: Lars Kraume Screenplay: Lars Kraume, based on the book by Dietrich Garstka Cinematography: Jens Harant Editor: Barbara Gies Music: Christoph M. Kaiser, Julian Maas

With: Leonard Scheicher, Tom Gramenz, Lena Klenke, Jonas Dassler, Isaiah Michalski, Ronald Zehrfeld, Carina Wiese, Rolf Kanies, Florian Lukas, Jördis Triebel Producers: Miriam Düssel, Susanne Freyer Duration: 111 mins Language: German (with English subtitles) Rating: M - violence

“The 1956 Hungarian Revolution inspires a few East German teenagers to stage a wordless protest with far-reaching consequences in the handsomely accoutered The Silent Revolution.”

– Boyd van Hoeij, The Hollywood Reporter

SCREENING TIMES Wellington Friday, 31 August, 5pm Auckland Sunday, 9 September, 6:15pm

Text: German Film Festival Australia Image © Studiocanal

New Plymouth Saturday, 29 September, 6:30pm

SCHEDULE

WELLINGTON 28 AUG

AUCKLAND 4–9 SEPT

EMBASSY THEATRE (OPENING NIGHT)

ACADEMY CINEMAS

TUESDAY 28 AUGUST

TUESDAY 4 SEPTEMBER

8:00pm The Night of All Nights

6:00pm 3 Days in Quiberon 8:15pm Berlin Excelsior + Q&A

WELLINGTON 29 AUG–1 SEPT NGĀ TAONGA SOUND & VISION

WEDNESDAY 29 AUGUST 5:00pm Berlin Excelsior + Q&A 7:30pm As We Were Dreaming + Q&A

THURSDAY 30 AUGUST 12:30pm Queen of Niendorf* 5:00pm Pure Charcoal 7:30pm Arthur & Claire

FRIDAY 31 AUGUST

WEDNESDAY 5 SEPTEMBER 12:30pm Queen of Niendorf* 6:15pm As We Were Dreaming + Q&A

THURSDAY 6 SEPTEMBER 6:15pm Pure Charcoal 8:30pm Magical Mystery or The Return of Karl Schmidt

FRIDAY 7 SEPTEMBER 6:15pm Mademoiselle Paradis 8:30pm Styx

5:00pm The Silent Revolution 7:30pm Magical Mystery or The Return of Karl Schmidt

SATURDAY 8 SEPTEMBER

SATURDAY 1 SEPTEMBER

6:15pm The Night of All Nights 8:30pm Arthur & Claire

12:30pm 2:30pm 5:00pm 7:30pm

Queen of Niendorf Styx Mademoiselle Paradis 3 Days in Quiberon

*School screenings

SUNDAY 9 SEPTEMBER 3:30pm Queen of Niendorf 6:15pm The Silent Revolution

DUNEDIN 15–17 SEPT

NEW PLYMOUTH 25–30 SEPT

DUNEDIN PUBLIC ART GALLERY

LEN LYE CENTRE / GOVETT-BREWSTER ART GALLERY

SATURDAY 15 SEPTEMBER

TUESDAY 25 SEPTEMBER

12:00pm The Night of All Nights 2:30pm Mademoiselle Paradis

6:30pm The Night of All Nights

SUNDAY 16 SEPTEMBER 12:00pm Pure Charcoal 2:30pm Magical Mystery or The Return of Karl Schmidt

MONDAY 17 SEPTEMBER 12:00pm Queen of Niendorf*

NELSON 22 SEPT SUTER THEATRE

WEDNESDAY 26 SEPTEMBER 4:00pm Berlin Excelsior

THURSDAY 27 SEPTEMBER 4:00pm Pure Charcoal 6:30pm Magical Mystery or The Return of Karl Schmidt

FRIDAY 28 SEPTEMBER 4:00pm As We Were Dreaming 6:30pm Arthur & Claire

SATURDAY 22 SEPTEMBER 4:30pm Queen of Niendorf 6:00pm Magical Mystery or The Return of Karl Schmidt

CHRISTCHURCH 21–23 SEPT CHRISTCHURCH ART GALLERY

FRIDAY 21 SEPTEMBER 12:00pm Queen of Niendorf*

SATURDAY 22 SEPTEMBER 12:00pm Pure Charcoal 2:30pm Magical Mystery or The Return of Karl Schmidt

SUNDAY 23 SEPTEMBER 12:00pm The Night of All Nights 2:30pm Mademoiselle Paradis

SATURDAY 29 SEPTEMBER 4:00pm Styx 6:30pm The Silent Revolution

SUNDAY 30 SEPTEMBER 2:30pm Queen of Niendorf 4:00pm Mademoiselle Paradis 6:30pm 3 Days in Quiberon

VENUES AND TICKETS WELLINGTON OPENING NIGHT (28 AUGUST, 8PM)

The Embassy Theatre 10 Kent Terrace Wellington Phone: 04 3847657 Website: www.eventcinemas.co.nz/Cinema/The-Embassy Opening Night tickets must be pre-booked via Eventbrite (https://gff2018_opening.eventbrite.com). Please bring your printed ticket with you.

Tickets will be checked on entry to the cinema.

WELLINGTON (FESTIVAL DATES: 29 AUGUST – 1 SEPTEMBER 2018)

Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision Te Anakura Whitiāhua 84 Taranaki Street Wellington Phone: 04 3847647 Website: www.ngataonga.org.nz

Festival entry is free and tickets (2 tickets max) can be picked up from the venue in person only, one hour prior to each screening. First come, first served – no reservations by phone or email. A waiting list will operate half an hour prior to each screening. Please take your seat 10 mins before the film starts as empty seats will be allocated to people on the waiting list.

AUCKLAND (FESTIVAL DATES: 4-9 SEPTEMBER 2018)

Academy Cinemas Central Library Building 44 Lorne Street Auckland City Phone: 09 3732761 Website: www.academycinemas.co.nz

Festival entry is free and tickets can be picked up on the day for screenings on that day only.

First come, first served. Online bookings are available (a non-refundable booking fee of $1.50 per ticket applies) via the Academy Cinemas website, but tickets must be picked up at least 30 mins prior to the screening, otherwise tickets will be released again.

DUNEDIN (FESTIVAL DATES: 15-17 SEPTEMBER 2018)

Dunedin Public Art Gallery 30 The Octagon Dunedin Phone: 03 4743240 Website: http://dunedin.art.museum

Festival entry is free and seats will be allocated on a first come, first served basis.

Arthur & Claire © ARRI Media

NELSON (FESTIVAL DATE: 22 SEPTEMBER 2018)

Suter Theatre 91 Trafalgar Street Nelson Phone: 03 5483885

Festival entry is free and seats will be allocated on a first come, first served basis.

CHRISTCHURCH (FESTIVAL DATES: 21-23 SEPTEMBER 2018)

Christchurch Art Gallery 49 Worcester Blvd Christchurch Phone: 03 9417382 Website: www.christchurchartgallery.org.nz

Festival entry is free and seats will be allocated on a first come, first served basis.

NEW PLYMOUTH (FESTIVAL DATES: 25-30 SEPTEMBER 2018)

Len Lye Centre / Govett-Brewster Art Gallery 42 Queen Street New Plymouth Phone: 06 7596060 Website: www.govettbrewster.com

Festival entry is free and tickets can be picked up on the day for screenings on that day only.

First come, first served.

PLEASE NOTE: Festival tickets are free and will be allocated on a first come, first served basis.

Koha is gratefully accepted.

All cinemas are wheelchair accessible, however seating is limited so please contact the cinema to arrange bookings for these seats.

ID will be required for all restricted films.

Please contact us for school screenings of Queen of Niendorf as they need to be pre-booked one week in advance: judith.geare@goethe.de Phone: 04 3856924 There will only be a few tickets available to the public for designated school screenings.

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Published by Goethe-Institut New Zealand Design: Darcy Woods Design Cover Images: Queen of Niendorf © Joya Thome Filmproduktion – Lupa Film Gmbh / Magical Mystery or The Return of Karl Schmidt / © Razor – Gordon Timpen / The Silent Revolution © Studiocanal Mademoiselle Paradis © Christian Schulz, NGF/LOOKS.

Special Thanks to: Alastair Ross, Alex Giesen, Alison Franks, Amy Hayes, Andreas Welte, Angela Flynn, Anna-Corinna Benz, Anne Laurent-Delage, Anton Musin, Astrid Peter, Bernhard Zimburg, Bill Gosden, Chris Hormann, Chris Payne, Claudia Rudolph-Hartmann, Claus Falkenberg, Cosima Finkbeiner, Darcy Woods, Dave Williams, David Klein, David Vogelsanger, Diane Pivac, Dorothee Basel, Edel Everling, Elizabeth Ireland, Erin Edwards, Eva Brox, Finn Diedrichs Farnan, Frankie Kersten, Frauke Knappke, Friederike Petereit, Gerhard Thiedemann, Goran Vulinovic, Gunther Bittmann, Haleigh Trower, Junelle Ward, Jürg Bono, Justin Lester, Kai Schubert, Kasia Wysocki, Kevin Anweiler, Lana Coles, Lynda Cullen, Melissa Cheals, Michael McDonnell, Mike Walsh, Mirjam Gautschi, Mirjam-Isabel Herzog, Marlon Hofmann, Nicola Denney, Nicola Röckinger, Noni Lickleder, Oscar Halberg, Paul Brobbel, Patricia Watson, Peter Rommel, Polly Case, Rachael Foley, Ralph Schermbach, Ramona Sehr, Renate Zylla, Robert Distelrath, Robert Müller, Roman Paul, Saskia Schlesinger, Sharon Walling, Sonia McEwen, Stefan Hajszan, Stephanie Gutsmann, Sue Footitt, Tamara Winkler, Theo Giesen, Timo Bauer-Savage, Warwick Foley, Waveney Parkinson, Wolfgang Rainer Hüsgen.

Programme Changes We reluctantly reserve the right to change the schedule by amending dates or replacing films.

Any necessary changes will be advertised at the festival venue and on the Goethe-Institut New Zealand website.

Film Ratings At the time of printing some films have not yet been rated. Until they receive a censor rating, they are considered R18 and can only be attended by people aged 18 or over.

Classifications will be published on the Goethe-Institut website and will be on display at the venues.

Films will be screened from DCP or BluRay.

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