Bavaria Meets Western Cape Expo 2010 Artscape

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Bavaria Meets Western
Cape Expo 2010
Artscape Theatre
10. 06. – 17. 06. 2010
Bayerische
Staatsregierung
1
special thanks
Bayerische
Staatsregierung
2
Dear Capetonians, Film Fans and Soccer Friends,
We would like to invite you to take part during our Bavarian film week from
10. – 17. June 2010 in Cape Town. An excellent choice of award-winning,
mostly FFF-funded productions will be presented by FFF in Cape Town and
we would like to share this unique event with you.
FilmFernsehFonds Bayern (FFF Bayern) has been funding films in Bavaria
since 1996. The fund consists of funding from five public and private
shareholders and the Free State of Bavaria. FFF supports the development,
production and distribution of TV films as well as movies and strengthens
Bavaria as a film location.
A piece of Bavaria and a taste of Munich are offered in The Story of
Brandner Kaspar, Oktoberfest, and Grave Decisions. The Oscar-winner
The Lives of Others represents contemporary German filmmaking on the
whole.
Furthermore we present a large programme for children and young
people.* In cooperation with our partners PowerChild, missio, and the
German School in Cape Town, we will be showing among others the
Cornelia Funke screen adaptation Wild Chicks I-III, as well as the screen
adaptation Lippel’s Dream by the famous German author Paul Maar, the
cult movies The Wild Soccer Bunch, The Crocodiles, and Vickie the mighty
Viking.
Our selected films for Cape Town tell stories about the world of soccer, the
African continent and Bavarian filmmaking. The directors, producers and
actors traveling with FFF to Cape Town will present their films personally to
you and are eager to answer your questions. All of the selected films have
already enjoyed success at the box offices and international festivals.
The Bavarian delegation will be in Cape Town from 9. – 15. June 2010 and
is looking forward to participating in an exciting exchange of ideas with
you.
The opening film, The Miracle of Bern – a film about the miracle of the
German national soccer team at the 1954 World Cup – will get you in the
mood for the coming weeks. The sport is also the topic of the film Soccer
Rules!. The Oscar-winning drama Nowhere in Africa was shot on the
African continent and Themba, a movie from Stefanie Sycholt, a South
African graduate of the “Hochschule für Fernsehen und Film” in Munich,
shows soccer as a motivation in the battle against AIDS.
Prof. Dr. Klaus Schaefer
Yours sincerely,
*These Films have been highlighted in pink.
The programme and latest information will be available at www.fff-bayern.de
You are also very welcome to join the FilmFernsehFonds Bayern on facebook!
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The Miracle of Bern
Das Wunder von Bern
by Sönke Wortmann
117 min., D 2003
Cast: Peter Lohmeyer, Louis
Klamroth, Lucas Gregorowicz,
Katharina Wackernagel
Little Shark Entertainment,
Senator Film Produktion
World Sales: Bavaria
In presence of Louis Klamroth
Opening Film
June 10, 5.00 pm
Summer, 1954. The Soviet Union is sending its prisoners of war home. Among
them is the father of the quiet, football-loving 11-year-old, Matthias, who lives
with his mother, sister and brother in a West-German mining town. The boy has
long found a surrogate father in the local football player Helmut Rahn, who has
”adopted“ Matthias as his mascot. The return of the boy’s father Richard casts a
shadow over the once-happy family: broken by his years in captivity, Richard has
trouble adapting to life in post-war Germany and alienates his family through his
severity. For Richard, football is pointless, and so is the World Cup that’s about
to be held in Bern, Switzerland. Matthias, however, longs to be there with his
idol, who’s been chosen to play on the German team. Through his passion for
the game and his fighting spirit, Matthias rekindles a love of life in his dad’s heart.
And so, as the final match of the World Cup begins, a little miracle of love and
generosity leaps across borders to help another miracle occur – the victory of
Helmut Rahn and the German team, the miracle of Bern.
The Wild Soccer Bunch II
Die wilden Kerle II
by Joachim Masannek
89 min., D 2005
Cast: Jimi Blue Ochsenknecht,
Sarah Kim Gries, Raban Bieling,
Wilson Gonzalez Ochsenknecht,
Uwe Ochsenknecht
SamFilm
World Sales: Telepool
In presence of Joachim
Masannek, Uwe Ochsenknecht,
Andreas Ulmke-Smeaton
June 11, 11.00 am
Yeeeees! Great dribbling from Leon, there, right across the pitch! He’s going
to shoot! But no! He’s sold the defender the dummy! But what’s this? It’s little
Raban coming down the left wing! He’s taken the ball! He’s heading for the goal!
He shoots and… GOAL! GOAL! That’s it! And THEEEEERE’S the final whistle!
Clear the pitch! Lock up the referee! The most daring team of junior soccer
players to take to the hallowed green turf, The Wild Soccer Bunch, is back!
This time they not only have to defend the trophy of trophies, the Teufelstopf,
and their command of the town against the dreaded skater gang, the
Flammenmuetzen, but also – shock, horror, gasp – fight for Vanessa (a girl of all
things!) who’s fallen in love with their leader!
The motto still applies: ‘If you want to be cool, you got to be wild’.
Copyright: GermanFilms
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by Joseph Vilsmaier
100 min., D 2008
Cast: Franz Xaver Kroetz,
Michael Bully Herbig,
Lisa Maria Potthoff, Peter Ketnath
Perathon Film- und Fernseh
GmbH, Clasart Film
World Sales: TMG International
In presence of
Joseph Vilsmaier
June 11, 3.00 pm
by Johannes Brunner
104 min., D 2004
Cast: August Schmölzer,
Barbara Rudnik, Peter Lohmeyer,
Branko Samarovski,
Gunnar Möller
Hager Moss Film
June 11, 5.00 pm
The story of Brandner Kaspar
Die Geschichte vom Brandner Kaspar
Oktoberfest
Boandlkramer (aka Death) hasn’t had such a difficult ‘client’ in long time! For
over a thousand years, he’s been traipsing through Bavaria, picking up his fellow
countrymen to bring them to ‘paradise’. But then he happens upon the stubborn
Brandner Kaspar.
Brandner Kaspar definitely does not want to be taken off to all eternity just yet.
No, no, he is 69, way too young to leave now. Boandlkramer tries all his tricks to
get Brandner Kaspar to change his mind, but nothing works. Then Brandner pulls
out some schnapps, really fine stuff, which seems to appeal to Boandlkramer.
So much so, that he doesn’t even realize that Brandner is cheating him at a card
game. With a hangover and without Brandner, Boandlkramer makes his way back
to heaven. He put him off for 21 years and beat him at cards – if Petrus finds that
out, there is going to be trouble. Best thing to do is just not mention it at all.
Brandner Kaspar is reeling with glee, he beat out Death, who has now promised
not to return until his 90th birthday. Now the coast is clear, or so he thinks...
Oktoberfest tells of people who meet on the last day of the Oktoberfest, lose one
another, then find each other again. These little and big stories track individual
destinies drawn to one another, converging at the festival. A handsome Italian falls
madly in love with a Japanese woman he meets in a festival tent… Tamiko, who
happens to be on her honeymoon, realizes that her husband can’t hold his liquor…
At the same time, the waitress Birgit has second thoughts about her marriage to
Max, a musician at the festival… Talla, a dishwasher from Cameroon, hopes that
he will find the courage to admit his feelings to Birgit… 16-year-old Jenny has her
own problems. She loses her little brother Marc in the crowd. In her search she
meets her father, who is there trying to end an affair with a student… While this
is going on, Marc follows his new mentally-retarded friend Karl to the Haunted
House… Edmund, Karl’s grandfather, knows that he doesn’t have much longer to
live… Wheelchair-bound Frank, who only pretends to be handicapped, can’t get
out of his lie without hurting Rena’s feelings.
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by Marcus H. Rosenmüller
105 min., D 2006
Cast: Markus Krojer, Fritz Karl,
Jule Ronstedt, Jürgen Tonkel
Roxy Film GmbH
World Sales: Beta Cinema
June 11, 7.30 pm
by Christian Ditter
93 min., D 2009
Cast: Nick Romeo Reimann,
Fabian Halbig, Manuel Steitz,
Leonie Tepe, Axel Stein
Westside Filmproduktion,
Rat Pack Filmproduktion,
Constantin Film Produktion
World Sales: Delphis
June 12, 12.00 am
Grave Decisions
Wer früher stirbt ist länger tot
The Crocodiles
Die Vorstadtkrokodile I
You can never be too young to be a murderer, thinks 11-year-old Sebastian,
who’s convinced that he killed his mother at the age of 0. The proof is on her
tombstone: she died the day he was born! Though his father Lorenz tries to calm
him, Sebastian is terrified by the thought of spending years in purgatory. Hoping to
knock off a few years by doing good deeds, he sets out to find a wife for his dad.
The heavens must be listening, since Lorenz and Sebastian’s teacher Veronika
both fall madly in love with each other. The only problem is: Veronika is married.
But since Sebastian already killed his mother, surely it’ll be easy to kill a stranger...
It appeared in 1977 as a novel, sold more than 800,000 copies, was issued as
an audio book, is even used across the country in classrooms and has countless
fans across all age groups, Die Vorstadtkrokodile has impressed and fascinated a
whole generation. Now, for the first time, this exciting book for young people is
being adapted with a great deal of humor, action and adventure for today’s cinema
screens.
Ten-year-old Hannes, growing up with his young, single mother wants to join the
coolest gang in the area, the Vorstadtkrokodile (“Suburban ’Gators”). But the
‘entry test’ goes wrong and his life is saved by Kai, who is desperate to join too.
But Kai is wheelchair bound and unable to even run away when things get hot.
But when Kai witnesses a break-in, he suddenly becomes of great interest to the
gang, being the only witness. He, in turn, will talk only if he can join. With his help
and typically youthful imagination and courage, the group sets off to solve the
case and take on the apparently unbeatable criminal gang.
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by Florian Henckel von
Donnersmarck
137 min., D 2006
Cast: Ulrich Mühe,
Martina Gedeck, Sebastian Koch
Wiedemann & Berg
Filmproduktion
June 12, 3.00 pm
by Caroline Link
141 min., D 2001
Cast: Juliane Köhler, Merab
Ninidze, Matthias Habich,
Sidede Onyulo
MTM Filmproduktions GmbH
June 12, 6.00 pm
The Lives of Others
Das Leben der Anderen
Nowhere in Africa
Nirgendwo in Afrika
East Berlin, November 1984. Five years before its downfall, the former EastGerman government ensured its claim to power with a ruthless system of
control and surveillance. Party-loyalist Captain Gerd Wiesler hopes to boost his
career when given the job of collecting evidence against the playwright Georg
Dreyman and his girlfriend, the celebrated theater actress Christa-Maria Sieland.
After all, the “operation” is backed by the highest political circles. What he didn’t
anticipate, however, was that submerging oneself into the world of the target
also changes the surveillance agent. The immersion in The Lives of Others – in
love, literature, free thinking and speech – makes Wiesler acutely aware of the
meagerness of his own existence and opens to him a completely new way of life
which he has ever more trouble resisting. But the system, once started, cannot be
stopped. A dangerous game has begun…
Just before the outbreak of World War II, the German-Jewish Redlich family
manages to escape the Nazi terror at the very last moment.
Five year old Regina begins a new life with her parents, Jettel and Walter, on
a small isolated farm in Kenya, where they lead an impoverished existence far
removed from their roots in Germany. While Regina discovers the magic of
Africa, a foreign continent full of strange people, her parents become desperate
in the face of poverty and isolation. For Walter, his inability to cut Germany out
of his heart tortures him far more than their economic plight. This remains so
even when he becomes certain that the rest of his family in Germany has been
murdered by the Nazis.
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by Joseph Vilsmaier
127 min., D 1994
Cast: André Eisermann, Dana
Vávrová, Ben Becker
Perathon
World Sales: Atlas Film
In presence of
Joseph Vilsmaier and
Janina Vilsmaier
June 12, 8.30 pm
by Joachim Masannek
93 min., D 2006
Sarah Kim Gries, Raban Bieling,
Nick Romeo Reimann
SamFilm
In presence of Joachim
Masannek, Uwe Ochsenknecht,
June 13, 12.00 am
Brother of Sleep
Schlafes Bruder
Wild Soccer Bunch III
Die wilden Kerle III
Based on Robert Schneider’s bestseller of the same name (now translated into 24
languages), Brother of Sleep recounts the story of the musician Johannes Elias
Alder, who brought an end to his life at the age of 22 after he decided not to sleep
anymore. A mountain village cut off from the rest of the world is the setting for
the fate of this man whose musical genius overwhelms him like a catastrophe
because it prevents him from following his heart and being happy with the woman
he loved more than his own life.
Wild Soccer Bunch splits up.
All of a sudden Fabi comes up with a new team: the Beastly Beasts. And they
contest the Bunch as the world’s wildest soccer team ever. The Wild Soccer
Bunch is up against their greatest challenge so far, an opponent more devious,
more dangerous, more diabolical, more than even they had ever imagined –
girls!!! And if it weren’t for Nerv, their greatest fan, the wildest of all showdowns
would not be happening. But watch out Beastly Beasts, “The Wild Soccer Bunch”
is back and you’d better believe it: they’re wild, wild, wild!
Copyright: German Films
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by Christian Ditter
90 min., D 2009
Cast: Nick Romeo Reimann,
Fabian Halbig, Leonie Tepe,
Manuel Steitz, Javidan Imani
Westside Filmproduktion, Rat
Pack Filmproduktion, Constantin
Film Produktion
World Sales: Delphis
June 13, 2.00 pm
by Tomy Wigand
97 min., D 1999
Cast: Uwe Ochsenknecht,
Ralf Richter,
Oscar Ortega Sánchez
Novamedia Osiris, Hofmann &
Voges Entertainment
World Sales: Beta Film
In presence of
Uwe Ochsenknecht
June 13, 4.30 pm
The Crocodiles Strike back
Vorstadtkrokodile II
Football is our Life
Fußball ist unser Leben
Summer vacation, the first tender stirrings of romance and cool new gang
headquarters – life could be perfect for The Crocodiles, were there not strange
goingson in the plant where Ollie and Maria’s parents work. The factory is facing layoffs and maybe even closure, meaning their parents may lose their jobs, even their
home. That would spell the end of the Crocodiles: if Ollie and Maria have to move,
there would be no gang left for Hannes, Kai, Jorgo, Frank and Peter, either! So of
course the Crocodiles would do anything to get to the bottom of the mysterious
series of accidents at the plant – including hair-raising stunts and chases, secretive
sleuthing, and even going so far as to get a makeover from Kai’s seriously annoying
big-city cousin Jenny, so they can go undercover at the hippest nightclub in town.
The Crocodiles put the pedal to the metal and race full speed ahead – on bikes and
souped-up wheelchairs – into their next adventure!
Hans Pollak is a hard core fan of Schalke 04. Together with his best friend Mike,
he is member of the fanclub “Dios Knappen Gelsenkirchen”, named after their
idol, the (fictional) Schalke star player Pablo Di Ospeo . Pollak is so single-minded
that he neglects the birth of his second child to watch his favorite club, and takes
his family and girlfriend for granted.
One day, Pollak decides to bet his house that Di Ospeo will score in the next
game. He is shocked to see that his idol is addicted to cocaine, abducts him and
chains him into his room to make him quit cold turkey. Then, Pollak’s neglected
girlfriend has an affair and Pollak’s mother dies of a coronary; Di Ospeo has tried
to rescue her but could not reach her because he was shackled. Desperate Pollak
decides to hang himself so that his family – he assumes that his house is lost –
will at least get his life insurance. But his friends save him from the gallows with
a Schalke flag, and a rehabilitated Di Ospeo scores the winning goal in the next
game. Having won the bet after all, Pollak keeps his house and makes up with his
girlfriend.
Copyright: Constantin Film
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by Stefanie Sycholt
105 min., D/SA 2010
Zeitsprung Entertainment,
Cast: Junior Singo,
Patrick Mofokeng,
Emmanuel Soquinase
In presence of
Stefanie Sycholt
June 13, 6.30 pm
by Lars Büchel
101 min., D 2009
Cast: Karl Alexander Seidel,
Anke Engelke, Moritz Bleibtreu
collina Filmproduktion
June 14, 11.00 am
Themba*
Lippel’s Dream
Lippels Traum
Set predominantly in the spectacular Eastern Cape of South Africa, Themba, is
the moving story of a young Xhosa boy who dreams of being a soccer star and
longs for his absent father to return home. His non-idyllic childhood in the rural
Eastern Cape comes to an abrupt end when his mother is forced to look for work
in Cape Town after losing her job, and he and his sister are left in the care of
her lover. After Themba is raped, he and his sister go to look for their mother in
Cape Town even though his soccer team stands to win the Eastern Cape Junior
championships. They find her dying of AIDS. Themba has to force the fact that he,
too, is infected. Against all odds, he realizes his soccer dream and plays for Bafana
Bafana. This gives him the courage to take a public stand and tell the world that
he is HIV positive.
Shy 11-year-old Philipp, whom everyone just calls Lippel, lives in a small town in
Germany with his father, a famous gourmet chef. When his dad has to go away
on business for a week, he leaves Lippel in the care of his new housekeeper,
Mrs. Jakob. She seems very nice at first, but soon Lippel finds himself arguing
with her over little household matters. It slowly turns into a domestic war, while
Lippel seeks escape in his dreams at night, fleeing into an oriental fairy-tale world.
There, his father is the lovable but weak king, whose children are at the mercy of
his malevolent sister-in-law. The dreamworld double for Mrs. Jakob wants to do
away with the children to take the throne herself. Soon Lippel finds himself living
through incredible adventures in his dreams…
Written by Stefanie Sycholt
* not FFF-funded
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The Wild Soccer Bunch IV
Die wilden Kerle IV
by Joachim Masannek
111 min., D 2007
Wilson Gonzalez Ochsenknecht,
Sarah Kim Gries
SamFilm
In presence of
Joachim Masannek,
June 14, 3.00 pm
After the victory over the Beastly Beasts, the Wild Soccer Bunch was in top form
and won all of their following matches. But they need one more victory to get
the “Pott”, the freestyle soccer trophy. And to get it, they have to beat Ragnarok
Wolves. But the Wolves are no ordinary opponents. They have a dark secret and in the background lurks a certain power that is stronger than all of them: a
clever girl named Horizon and the silver lights in mist. Marlon falls hopelessly for
Horizon. She, however, has one simple goal: to pull Marlon and Leon apart. A
bitter struggle breaks out and threatens to break up the Wild Soccer Bunch. Will
they be able to survive one of the greatest challenges of their lives?
by Joseph Vilsmaier
104 min., D 2010
Cast: Florian Stetter,
Andreas Tobias, Karl Markovics
Perathon
In presence of
Joseph Vilsmaier
June 14, 6.00 pm
Nanga Parbat
Reinhold and Günther Messner dream of climbing the world’s highest steep
face on the Nanga Parbat in the Himalaya since their childhood. In 1970 the two
young men are upon to fulfil their dreams in an international team guided by the
expedition leader Karl Maria Herligkoffer. Though, rivalries within the group and
bad weather are everything else but ideal preconditions and at the attempt to
reach the peak the drama takes its course…
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by Joseph Vilsmaier
105 min., D 1997
Cast: Ben Becker, Heino Ferch,
Ulrich Noethen
Perathon
In presence of
Joseph Vilsmaier
June 14, 9.00 pm
by Michael Bully Herbig
87 min., D 2009
Cast: Jonas Hämmerle,
Waldemar Kobus, Nic Romm
Rat Pack Filmproduktion
World Sales:Timeless Films
June 15, 11.00 am
The Harmonists
Comedian Harmonists
Vickie the mighty Viking
Wickie und die starken Männer
In 1927, the 20-year-old Berlin drama student Harry Frommermann makes up his
mind to found a German singing group modelled on the feted American a-capella
formation “The Revellers”. He places an advertisement and, very soon, he is
snowed under with candidates. After initial difficulties, the band’s first appearance
is a great success. A German tour follows and it’s not long before the Comedian
Harmonists are on every-body’s lips. But the enormous success makes the young
men blind to the changing political situation. None of the six wants to take Hitler’s
rise to power seriously although three members of the troupe are Jews... Six
men, six voices, six fates – Joseph Vilsmaier’s film version of the rise and fall of
the legendary Berlin ensemble Comedian Harmonists who started an international
career at the end of the20s and fell victim to the National Socialist racial policy
only a few years later.
The series’ main character is Vicky, son of Halvar, chief of the Viking village of
Flake. Unlike his village fellows - including most of the other boys of his age
- Vicky is blessed with a sharp and imaginative mind which helps him and his
fellow Vikings out of many tight situations, including rival Viking lord Sven the
Terrible. Certain results of his intellectual approach shown in the series and the
film adaptation include building a makeshift catapult to beat his father in a stoneferrying contest, fitting their longship with kites to make it glide through the air,
and using a small sawfish to cut an escape hole through a wooden door.
Copyright: German Films
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by Chris Kraus
111 min., D 2007
Cast: Monica Bleibtreu,
Hannah Herzsprung, Richy Müller
Kordes & Kordes Film
June 15, 6.00 pm
by Maren Ade
119 min., D 2009
Cast: Birgit Minichmayr,
Lars Eidinger
Komplizen Film with SWR/WDR/
ARTE
June 15, 8.00 pm
Four Minutes*
Vier Minuten
Everyone Else
Alle Anderen
Schubert, Mozart, Chopin and a bunch of killers. That’s life for 80-year-old piano
teacher Traude Krueger. The old lady has been teaching music at the women’s
prison for ages. But she has never met an inmate like Jenny: a killer who beats
everything around her to a pulp just to amuse herself. However, she used to be a
great talent. A piano prodigy even. And beneath her fierce façade, she still is. With
Traude’s help, she could manage to win a prestigious piano contest. But a contest
is no challenge to those who want their lives to stand still.
On the surface, Chris and Gitti are lost in perfect amorous bliss during their
getaway in their Sardinian vacation home. But amidst their playful romps, secret
rituals and silly habits belies an underlying tension. Full of verve, the idiosyncratic
Gitti is fearless in expressing her love and devotion for Chris, while Chris is more
reserved in his outlook on life and sports, varying personal and professional
degrees of insecurity.
When they casually run into another, obviously happier and more successful,
couple that on top of it all appears to be modern gender role proof, their
relationship destabilizes. In a silly attempt at lifestyle bootlegging, Chris begins
to show his wilful girlfriend who is boss, with the result that Gitti’s faith in her
partner takes a hard knock. She attempts to conform to his new ideal, but what
begins as a playful experiment soon turns into a quiet struggle with her own
personality. While Chris flourishes in his role as the stronger one of the two, Gitti
begins to loosen up in a completely new way.
* not FFF-funded
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by Caroline Link
109 min., D 1998
Cast: Elea Geissler, Max Felder,
Juliane Köhler
Peter Zenk, Uschi Reich,
Christoph Holch, Susanne van
Lessen
June 16, 11.00 am
by Vivian Naefe
109 min., D 2005
Cast: Michelle von Treuberg,
Lucie Hollmann, Paula Riemann
Bavaria Filmverleih- und
Produktions GmbH
June 16, 3.00 pm
Annaluise and Anton
Pünktchen und Anton
Wild Chicks
Die wilden Hühner
Annaluise has rich parents who are so busy with social obligations that they
seldom have any time for her. Anton comes from a very poor background and
works every evening in a little ice-cream parlour as a stand-in for his sick mother.
In spite of these social differences, the two are the best of friends. In the new
film version of Erich Kaestner’s children’s book of the same name, Annaluise isn’t
selling matches this time to help Anton earn some money, but is instead singing
in Munich’s town center while her parents are at the opera. Annaluise learnt
the songs from her French aupair Laurence whom the eternally absent parents
thought was the ideal chaperone for Annaluise. When Carlos, Laurence’s greasy
boyfriend, tries to break into Annaluise’s home, Anton is, fortunately, there again
and the housekeeper, big fat Berta, has a great idea....
Every girl needs a best girlfriend. And Sprotte has no less than three! Together,
they’re the “Wild Chicks,” the coolest girl gang of the pre-teen set. Though
they’re as different as can be, they’re inseparable when the going gets tough.
Melanie raves about Robbie Williams, Trude loves Italian food, Frieda is socially
mega-committed and Sprotte herself secretly finds her teacher Frau Rose really
cool. And then there’s Wilma, who still has to prove herself before being inducted
into the gang. The biggest problem facing the girls is the rival boy gang, the
“Pygmies.” Next to its leader Fred, there’s the insatiable Torte, fortune-teller
Steve and the aggressive Willi. Then something incredible happens: Sprotte
sounds the fox alarm! Grandma Slaettberg wants to slaughter her hens – even
though Daphne, Kokoschka and the other feathered damsels are the gang’s
mascots. Only the Pygmies can help now...
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by Enrique Sánchez Lansch,
Thomas Grube
104 min., D 2004
Cast: Sir Simon Rattle,
Berliner Philharmoniker,
Royston Maldoom
Boomtown Media, Cine Plus,
RBB
June 16, 6.00 pm
by Marc Rothemund
116 min., D 2004
Cast: Julia Jentsch,
Alexander Held, Fabian Hinrichs
Goldkind Film, Broth Film
June 16, 8.00 pm
Rhythm is it!*
Sophie Scholl – The Final Days
Sophie Scholl – Die letzten Tage
Berlin, January 2003. In a former bus depot something amazing is happening.
250 pupils from 25 nations are dancing to Stravinsky’s Sacre du Printemps, which
they have rehearsed for nearly three months, trained by the British choreographer
Royston Maldoom and accompanied by the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra under
its chief conductor, Sir Simon Rattle.
Through the eyes of three young protagonists we take part in the project’s
development, its ups and downs, doubts and enthusiasms, uncertainties and
renewals of self-confidence. It is a fascinating journey into new, undreamed-of
worlds and reveals surprising facets of the protagonists’ personalities. Recorded
with a breathtaking fidelity of sound, the film documents the stages of the Sacre
project and offers deep insights into the rehearsals of the Berlin Philharmonic
Orchestra. Rhythm is it! is a delightful and moving record of the fascination of
music, of the need for safeguarding education and training, of passion, diligence,
love, esteem and zest.
Munich, 1943. As Hitler wages a devastating war in Europe, a group of young
people, mostly university students, resorts to passive resistance as the only
effective way to cripple the Nazis and their inhuman war machine. The White
Rose is formed, a resistance movement dedicated to the downfall of the Third
Reich. Sophie Scholl joins the group as its only female member – an innocent
young girl who matures into a committed and fearless anti-Nazi. On 18 February
1943, Sophie and her brother Hans are caught distributing leaflets at the university
and arrested. Over the next few days, Sophie’s interrogation by the Gestapo
officer Mohr evolves into an intense psychological duel. She lies and denies,
schemes and challenges, lays down her arms and picks them up again, with
greater force, nearly disarming her opponent. Then, the crushing evidence, the
confession, and Sophie’s last, desperate attempt to protect her brother and the
other members of the White Rose. Moved by Sophie’s uncommon bravery, Mohr
even offers her a way out – but at the price of betraying her ideals.
* not FFF-funded
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by Vivian Naefe
108 min., D 2007
Paula Riemann, Jette Hering
Produktions GmbH
June 17, 11.00 am
by Vivian Naefe
112 min., D 2008
Lucie Hollmann, Sonja Gerhardt
Produktions GmbH
June 17, 3.00 pm
Wild Chicks II
Die wilden Hühner und die Liebe
Wild Chicks III
Die wilden Hühner und das Leben
Love sure is a tough nut to crack, and Sprotte, Frieda, Melanie, Wilma and Trude
can tell you a thing or two about it. All the “wild chicks” are struggling with
it, almost as in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, which they’re staging with their
teacher Rose. Melanie is deeply hurt since Willi has left her for another girl, Nana,
who’s two years older than him. Frieda has a complicated weekend relationship
with Maik, whom she met at riding camp. Trude dreams of fellow student Ricky’s
smoldering gaze. And Sprotte is still seeing Fred. In fact, everything would be
great between them if it weren’t for Sprotte’s jealousy. The wild chicks’ leader
also has another problem to cope with: her mother Sybille is planning to marry the
smart alec Thorben when Sprotte’s father suddenly turns up after twelve years
and sets Sybille’s heart all aflutter... But the most difficult relation of all has to
be Wilma’s. Love, as the chicks come to realize, doesn’t always have to do with
boys. In spite of all the emotional turmoil, the clique manages to stick together –
which is just what you’d expect from these wild chicks!
A class trip to an idyllic castle nestled in a lush countryside? Most kids would
see it as a welcome opportunity to have fun, play pranks and plot romantic
rendezvous. But other than Trude, who’s developing a crush on Steve, the Wild
Chicks aren’t in the mood for any of the above. Sprotte is upset and confused
that her Fred wants to rush their “first time”. Melanie has been in a foul mood for
days now, and won’t tell her friends what’s wrong. Is she having problems with
her boyfriend Willi? Trying to mediate between the two, Frieda starts falling in love
with Willi herself! Wilma can’t think of anything but her acting career. And to top
it all off, Sprotte’s mom is going along on the trip as bus driver! The chicks and
their male counterparts couldn’t be bothered with exploring the wonders of nature
– they’re over their heads in exploring the wonders of young adulthood. And this
means letting go of cherished friends and comforting rituals as well as accepting
their own and others’ failings and strengths.
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by Peter Heller
93 min., D 2007
Documentary
World Sales: Kinowelt
June 17, 6.00 pm
by Doris Dörrie
127 min., D 2007
Cast: Elmar Wepper,
Hannelore Elsner, Nadja Uhl
OLGA-Film
June 17, 8.00 pm
Plattln in Umtata
Cherry Blossoms
Kirschblüten-Hanami
In spring of 2007, three musicians from Bavaria – aka „Die Biermösl Blosn“travelled fullpacked to Africa for a unique musical adventure: With trumpets,
alphorn and tuba, they took part in a rhythmical battle with African musicians on
the streets, in the neigborhoods and townships.
Only Trudi knows that her husband Rudi is suffering from a terminal illness. It is
up to her to tell him or not. The doctor suggests that they do something together,
perhaps something they were long planning to do… Trudi decides not to tell her
husband about the gravity of his illness and to follow the doctor’s advice. She
convinces Rudi to visit their children and grandchildren in Berlin. But once they
arrive, they realize that their children are so busy with their own lives that they
have no time for them. Then, suddenly, Trudi dies. Rudi is devastated and has
no idea what to do next. From his daughter’s girlfriend he learns that Trudi’s love
for him had led her to forego the life that she had wanted to live. He begins to
see her with new eyes and vows to make up for her lost life. And so he embarks
on his last journey – to Tokyo, in the midst of the cherry blossom festival, a
celebration of beauty, impermanence, and new beginnings…
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Screenings,
shown in the Arena of the Artscape Theatre. All films for free.
Thursday 10/06
Address: Artscape Theatre Centre
D F Malan Street, Foreshore,
Cape Town 8001
The Miracle of Bern / Das Wunder von Bern
Haindling Concert, Civic Center
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Saturday 12/06 12.00am
3.00pm
6.00pm
8.30pm
The Wild Soccer Bunch II / Die wilden Kerle II
The story of Brandner Kaspar / Die Geschichte vom Brandner Kaspar
Oktoberfest Grave Decisions / Wer früher stirbt ist länger tot
The Crocodiles / Vorstadtkrokodile
The Lives of Others / Das Leben der Anderen Nowhere in Africa / Nirgendwo in Afrika
Brother of Sleep / Schlafes Bruder
Sunday
13/06 12.00am
2.00pm
4.30pm
6.30pm
9.00pm
The Wild Soccer Bunch III / Die wilden Kerle III
The Crocodiles strike back / Vorstadtkrokodile II
Football is our Life / Fußball ist unser Leben
Themba
Film
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5.00pm
8.30pm
Friday 11/06 11.00am
3.00pm
5.00pm
7.30pm
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Films for children and young people
Monday
14/06
11.00am
3.00pm
6.00pm
9.00pm
Lippel’s Dream / Lippels Traum The Wild Soccer Bunch IV / Die wilden Kerle IV
Nanga Parbat
Comedian Harmonists / The Harmonists
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Tuesday
15/06
11.00am
3.00pm
6.00pm
8.00pm
Vickie the mighty Viking / Wickie und die starken Männer
Film
Four Minutes / Vier Minuten
Everyone Else / Alle Anderen
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Wednesday 16/06 11.00am
3.00pm
6.00pm
8.00pm
Annaluise & Anton / Pünktchen & Anton Wild Chicks / Die wilden Hühner
Rhythm is it! Sophie Scholl – The Final Days / Sophie Scholl – Die letzten Tage
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Thursday 17/06 11.00am
3.00pm
6.00pm
8.00pm
Wild Chicks II / Die wilden Hühner und die Liebe
Wild Chicks III / Die wilden Hühner und das Leben
Plattln in Umtata
Cherry Blossoms / Kirschblüten-Hanami
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