GERMAN FILM FESTIVAL 2018 - Govett-Brewster
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GERMAN FILMFESTIVAL 2018
WELLINGTON / 28 AUG–1 SEPTAUCKLAND / 4–9 SEPTDUNEDIN / 15–17 SEPT CHRISTCHURCH / 21–23 SEPT NELSON / 22 SEPTNEW PLYMOUTH / 25–30 SEPT
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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
WILLKOMMEN ZUM DEUTSCHEN FILMFESTIVAL 2018
Festivals (selection):Berlin 2018,Sydney 2018Awards (selection):German Film Awards 2018 (Best Film, Best Direction, Best Actress, Best Cinematography)Director: Emily AtefScreenplay: Emily Atef, based on the idea by Denis Poncet, inspired by conversations with Michael Jürgs and Robert LebeckCinematography: Thomas KiennastEditor: Hansjörg Weissbrich
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 fi lm 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.
Music: Christoph M. Kaiser,Julian MaasWith: Marie Bäumer,Charly Hübner,Birgit Minichmayer, Robert Gwisdek,Denis LavantProducer: Karsten Stöter Duration: 115 minsLanguages: German, French(with English subtitles)Rating: PG - coarse language
GERMANY/FRANCE/AUSTRIA 2018 (FEATURE)
Text: Berlin International Film FestivalImage © Beta Cinema
3 DAYS IN QUIBERON (3 TAGE IN QUIBERON)
“Marie Bäumer is terrifi c; she brings to the role a skittish mercurial quality which teeters on the edge of panic.” – Wendy Ide, Screendaily
WellingtonSaturday, 1 September, 7:30pm
AucklandTuesday, 4 September, 6pm
New PlymouthSunday, 30 September, 6:30pm
SCREENING TIMES
Festivals (selection): Lübeck 2017, German Film Festival Australia 2018Director: Miguel AlexandreScreenplay: Miguel Alexandre, Josef Hader, based on the play by Stefan VögelCinematography: Katharina DiessnerEditor: Marcel PeragineMusic: 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 BockProducers: Gerald Podgornig, Thomas Hroch,Arnold Heslenfeld, Gudula von EysmondtDuration: 98 minsLanguages: German, Dutch (with English subtitles)Rating: M - drug use, offensive language & suicide references
GERMANY/AUSTRIA/THE NETHERLANDS 2017 (TRAGICOMEDY)
Text: German Film Festival Australia Image © ARRI Media
ARTHUR & CLAIRE
“A sensitive, intelligent and sharp-tongued tragicomedy.” – Manuel Berger, Filmstarts
Wellington Thursday, 30 August, 7:30pm
Auckland Saturday, 8 September, 8:30pm
New Plymouth Friday, 28 September, 6:30pm
SCREENING TIMES
Festivals (selection):Berlin 2015Director:Andreas DresenScreenplay:Wolfgang HaaseCinematography:Michael Hammon,Niklas HoffmannEditor:Jörg HauschildMusic: 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 fl ux and decay, everyone is overfl owing 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...
AS WE WERE DREAMING (ALS WIR TRÄUMTEN)
With:Merlin Rose,Julius Nitschkoff,Marcel Heupermann,Joel Basman,Frederic Haselon,Ruby O. FeeProducers:Peter RommelDuration:116 minsLanguage:German(with English subtitles)Rating:tbc
GERMANY 2015 (DRAMA)
Text: Berlin International Film FestivalImage © Peter Hartwig / Rommel Film; Pandora
WellingtonWednesday, 29 August, 7:30pm (Q&A)
AucklandWednesday, 5 September, 6:15pm (Q&A)
New PlymouthFriday, 28 September, 4pm
SCREENING TIMES
Screenings in Wellington and Auckland will be followed by a Q&A with producer Peter Rommel
“Andreas Dresen recounts the dangerous life of fi ve 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
BERLIN EXCELSIOR
Festivals (selection):Hof 2017Director: Erik LemkeConcept:Erik Lemke, André KrummelCinematography: André KrummelEditor: Erik LemkeMusic: 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-year-old 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 buildingProducer:Peter RommelDuration: 87 minsLanguages: German, English (with English subtitles)Rating: exempt
GERMANY 2016 (DOCUMENTARY)
“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
Text: Hofer Filmtage Image © Rommel Film
Wellington Wednesday, 29 August, 5pm (Q&A)
Auckland Tuesday, 4 September, 8:15pm (Q&A)
New Plymouth Wednesday, 26 September, 4pm
SCREENING TIMES
Screenings in Wellington and Auckland will be followed by a Q&A with producer Peter Rommel
MADEMOISELLE PARADIS (LICHT)
Festivals (selection):Toronto 2017 Awards (selection):Main Award (Filmkunstfest Sachsen Anhalt) Best Editing (Graz/Diagonale) Thomas Pluch Script AwardDirector:Barbara AlbertScreenplay:Kathrin Resetarits, based on motives from the novel “Mesmerized” by Alissa WalserCinematography:Christine A. MaierEditor:Niki Mossböck
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.
Music:Lorenz DangelWith:Maria Dragus, Devid Striesow, Lukas Miko, Katja Kolm,Maresi RiegnerProducers:Michael Kitzberger, Wolfgang Widerhofer, Nikolaus Geyrhalter, Markus Glaser, Martina Haubrich, Gunnar Dedio Duration: 97 mins Language: German (with English subtitles) Rating: M - nudity
AUSTRIA/GERMANY 2017 (HISTORY, DRAMA)
Text: Films DistributionImage © Christian Schulz, NGF/LOOKS
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Wellington Saturday, 1 September, 5pm
Auckland Friday, 7 September, 6:15pm
Dunedin Saturday, 15 September, 2:30pm
Christchurch Sunday, 23 September, 2:30pm
New Plymouth Sunday, 30 September, 4pm
SCREENING TIMES
“A sightless pianist's recovery reveals society's more glaring blind spots in Barbara Albert's sensual, sensitive historical drama.” – Guy Lodge, Variety
MAGICAL MYSTERY OR THE RETURN OF KARL SCHMIDT (MAGICAL MYSTERY ODER: DIE RÜCKKEHR DES KARL SCHMIDT)
Festivals (selection):Lünen 2017, Munich 2017, Prague 2018Awards (selection):Lünen 2017 (Perle – Award for Women in the Film Industry),Munich 2017 (Young German Cinema Award, Most Promising Young Actor)Director:Arne FeldhusenScreenplay:Sven Regener, based on the novel by Sven RegenerCinematography:Lutz ReitemeierEditor:Benjamin IkesMusic:Charlotte Goltermann (concept),Carsten Meyer,Patrick Reising,Francesco Wilking
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, techno-reinforced road movie in which, as so often, the journey is the goal.
With:Charly Hübner,Detlev Buck,Marc Hosemann,Annika Meier,Bjarne Mädel,Bastian Reiber,Jacob Matschenz, Sarah Bauerett,Leon Ullrich,Jan Peter KampwirthProducers: Gerhard Meixner,Roman PaulDuration:111 minsLanguage:German (with English subtitles)Rating:M – drug use & nudity
GERMANY 2017 (COMEDY, ROAD MOVIE)
“Hübner is brilliant in the role of the collapsed psychiatric patient, who is slowly finding his way back to life.”– Martin Schwickert, EPD Film
Text: Goethe-InstitutImage © Razor / Gordon Timpen
Wellington Friday, 31 August, 7:30pm
Auckland Thursday, 6 September, 8:30pm
Dunedin Sunday, 16 September, 2:30pm
Christchurch Saturday, 22 September, 2:30pm
Nelson Saturday, 22 September, 6pm
New Plymouth Thursday, 27 September, 6:30pm
SCREENING TIMES
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PURE CHARCOAL(KÖHLERNÄCHTE)
Festivals (selection): Leipzig 2017, Solothurn 2018, Trento 2018, Schwerin 2018 Awards (selection):Swiss Film Award 2018 (Best Cinematography),Trento 2018 (Jury Prize)Director: Robert MüllerScreenplay: Robert MüllerCinematography: Pio CorradiEditor: Kathrin Plüss, Mirella NüeschMusic: Fritz Hauser
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.
With: Fränz Röösli, Lukas Thalmann, Willi Renggli, Willi Röösli, Doris Wicki, Philipp Röösli, Markus und Martin Wicki, Andreas Schacher, Ruedi LustenbergerProducer: Carola KutznerDuration: 93 minLanguages: Swiss-German, Italian (with English subtitles)Rating: exempt
SWITZERLAND 2017 (DOCUMENTARY)
Text and Image © Zeitraum Film GmbH
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“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
SCREENING TIMES
Festivals (selection): Hamburg 2017,Munich 2017,Tallinn 2017,Warsaw 2017Awards (selection):Achtung Berlin! – New Berlin Film Award 2017Director:Joya ThomeScreenplay:Joya Thome,Philipp WunderlichCinematography:Lydia RichterEditor:Carola Sultan BauermeisterJoya ThomeMusic:Conrad Oleak
The school holidays have just begun in Brandenburg, but this year Lea isn't going to summer camp – she's starting to fi nd 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 fi ve 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 fi lled with adventure...
QUEEN OF NIENDORF(KÖNIGIN VON NIENDORF)
With:Lisa Moell,Denny Moritz Sonnenschein,Salim Fazzani,Ivo Tristan Michligk,Moritz Riek,Elias Sebastian,Mex Schlüpfer,Cornelius Schwalm,Til Schindler,Frederik SchindlerProducer:Joya ThomeDuration:67 minsLanguage:German(with English subtitles)Rating:G
GERMANY 2017 (FAMILY)
Wellington Thursday, 30 August, 12:30pm* Saturday, 1 September, 12:30pm
AucklandWednesday, 5 September, 12:30pm*Sunday, 9 September, 3:30pm
DunedinMonday, 17 September, 12pm*
ChristchurchFriday, 21 September, 12pm*
NelsonSaturday, 22 September, 4:30pm
New PlymouthSunday, 30 September, 2:30pm
SCREENING TIMES
“The best and most beautiful German children’s fi lm in along time.”– Rochus Wolff, Kinderfi lmblog
Text: Goethe-InstitutImage © Joya Thome Filmproduktion – Lupa Film Gmbh *School screenings
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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 KünzelCinematography:Benedict NeuenfelsEditor:Monika Willi
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.
Music: Dirk von Lowtzow With:Susanne Wolff, Gedion Oduor WekesaProducers:Marcos Kantis, Martin Lehwald, Michal PokornyDuration:94 minsLanguages:German, English, Kisuaheli (with English subtitles) Rating:M
GERMANY/AUSTRIA, 2018 (DRAMA)
Wellington Saturday, 1 September, 2:30pm
Auckland Friday, 7 September, 8:30pm
New Plymouth Saturday, 29 September, 4pm
SCREENING TIMES
Text: Berlin International Film FestivalImage © Beta Cinema
“Susanne Wolff thrills in Wolfgang Fischer's visceral, oceanic allegory about personal responsibility in the face of the refugee crisis.”– Jessica Kiang, Variety
Festivals (selection):Toronto 2018 (Hot Docs) Awards (selection):Bavarian Film Award 2018 (Best Documentary) Director: Yasemin Şamdereli Screenplay: Nesrin Şamdereli & Yasemin ŞamdereliCinematography: Marcus WinterbauerEditor: Mechthild BarthAnimation:Izabela Plucinska (ClayTraces)Music:Dürbeck & Dohmen
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.
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 long-term partnerships and love.
THE NIGHT OF ALL NIGHTS(DIE NACHT DER NÄCHTE)
With:Hildegard and Heinz-Siegfried Rotthauser,Shigeko and Isao Sugihara, Kamala and Nagarajayya Hampana, and Bill Novak and Norman MacArthurProducers:Anja-Karina Richter, Arne BirkenstockDuration:96 minsLanguages:German, English,Hindi, Japanese(with English subtitles)Rating:exempt
GERMANY 2018 (DOCUMENTARY)
“The Night of All Nights is a thoughtful fi lm. With its focus on heart-warming love stories, it has space for hardship and drama amidst its overarchingromantic comedy.”– Chelsea Philips-Carr, Point of View Magazine
Text: Magnetfi lmImage © S2RFilm; Fruitmarket
Wellington (Embassy Theatre)Tuesday, 28 August, 8pm
AucklandSaturday, 8 September, 6:15pm
DunedinSaturday, 15 September, 12pm
ChristchurchSunday, 23 September, 12pm
New PlymouthTuesday, 25 September, 6:30pm
SCREENING TIMES
THE SILENT REVOLUTION (DAS SCHWEIGENDE KLASSENZIMMER)
Festivals (selection):Berlin 2018Awards (selection):Bavarian Film Awards 2018 (Best Young Actor)Director:Lars Kraume Screenplay:Lars Kraume, based on the book by Dietrich Garstka Cinematography:Jens HarantEditor:Barbara GiesMusic:Christoph M. Kaiser,Julian Maas 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.
With:Leonard Scheicher,Tom Gramenz,Lena Klenke,Jonas Dassler,Isaiah Michalski,Ronald Zehrfeld,Carina Wiese,Rolf Kanies,Florian Lukas,Jördis TriebelProducers:Miriam Düssel,Susanne FreyerDuration:111 minsLanguage:German (with English subtitles) Rating:M - violence
GERMANY 2018 (DRAMA)
Wellington Friday, 31 August, 5pm
Auckland Sunday, 9 September, 6:15pm
New Plymouth Saturday, 29 September, 6:30pm
SCREENING TIMES
Text: German Film Festival Australia Image © Studiocanal
“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
AUCKLANDACADEMY CINEMAS
SCHEDULE
4–9 SEPT
TUESDAY 28 AUGUST
8:00pm The Night of All Nights
TUESDAY 4 SEPTEMBER
WEDNESDAY 5 SEPTEMBER
6:00pm 3 Days in Quiberon8:15pm Berlin Excelsior + Q&A
12:30pm Queen of Niendorf*6:15pm As We Were Dreaming + Q&A
THURSDAY 6 SEPTEMBER
6:15pm Pure Charcoal8:30pm Magical Mystery or The Return of Karl Schmidt
FRIDAY 7 SEPTEMBER
6:15pm Mademoiselle Paradis8:30pm Styx
SATURDAY 8 SEPTEMBER
6:15pm The Night of All Nights8:30pm Arthur & Claire
SUNDAY 9 SEPTEMBER
3:30pm Queen of Niendorf6:15pm The Silent Revolution
WEDNESDAY 29 AUGUST
5:00pm Berlin Excelsior + Q&A7:30pm As We Were Dreaming + Q&A
THURSDAY 30 AUGUST
FRIDAY 31 AUGUST
12:30pm Queen of Niendorf*5:00pm Pure Charcoal7:30pm Arthur & Claire
5:00pm The Silent Revolution7:30pm Magical Mystery or The Return of Karl Schmidt
SATURDAY 1 SEPTEMBER
12:30pm Queen of Niendorf2:30pm Styx5:00pm Mademoiselle Paradis7:30pm 3 Days in Quiberon
NGĀ TAONGA SOUND & VISION
WELLINGTON 29 AUG–1 SEPT
EMBASSY THEATRE (OPENING NIGHT)
WELLINGTON 28 AUG
*School screenings
25–30 SEPT15–17 SEPT NEW PLYMOUTHLEN LYE CENTRE / GOVETT-BREWSTER ART GALLERYDUNEDIN PUBLIC ART GALLERY
DUNEDIN
21–23 SEPT
TUESDAY 25 SEPTEMBER
WEDNESDAY 26 SEPTEMBER
THURSDAY 27 SEPTEMBER
FRIDAY 28 SEPTEMBER
SATURDAY 29 SEPTEMBER
SUNDAY 30 SEPTEMBER
6:30pm The Night of All Nights
4:00pm Berlin Excelsior
4:00pm Pure Charcoal6:30pm Magical Mystery or The Return of Karl Schmidt
4:00pm As We Were Dreaming6:30pm Arthur & Claire
4:00pm Styx6:30pm The Silent Revolution
2:30pm Queen of Niendorf4:00pm Mademoiselle Paradis6:30pm 3 Days in Quiberon
CHRISTCHURCH ART GALLERY
CHRISTCHURCH
FRIDAY 21 SEPTEMBER
SATURDAY 22 SEPTEMBER
12:00pm Queen of Niendorf*
12:00pm Pure Charcoal2:30pm Magical Mystery or The Return of Karl Schmidt
SUNDAY 23 SEPTEMBER
12:00pm The Night of All Nights2:30pm Mademoiselle Paradis
SATURDAY 15 SEPTEMBER
SUNDAY 16 SEPTEMBER
12:00pm The Night of All Nights2:30pm Mademoiselle Paradis
12:00pm Pure Charcoal2:30pm Magical Mystery or The Return of Karl Schmidt
22 SEPT
SUTER THEATRE
NELSON
SATURDAY 22 SEPTEMBER
4:30pm Queen of Niendorf6:00pm Magical Mystery or The Return of Karl Schmidt
MONDAY 17 SEPTEMBER
12:00pm Queen of Niendorf*
VENUES AND TICKETSWELLINGTON OPENING NIGHT (28 AUGUST, 8PM)The Embassy Theatre10 Kent TerraceWellingtonPhone: 04 3847657Website: 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 & VisionTe Anakura Whitiāhua 84 Taranaki Street Wellington Phone: 04 3847647Website: 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 CinemasCentral Library Building 44 Lorne StreetAuckland CityPhone: 09 3732761Website: 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 Gallery30 The OctagonDunedinPhone: 03 4743240Website: http://dunedin.art.museum
Festival entry is free and seats will be allocated on a first come, first served basis.
Arthur & Claire © ARRI Media
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: [email protected] Phone: 04 3856924
There will only be a few tickets available to the public for designated school screenings.
NELSON (FESTIVAL DATE: 22 SEPTEMBER 2018)Suter Theatre91 Trafalgar StreetNelsonPhone: 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 BlvdChristchurchPhone: 03 9417382Website: 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 StreetNew Plymouth Phone: 06 7596060Website: 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.
Berlin Excelsior © Rommel Film
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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 ChangesWe reluctantly reserve the right to change the schedule by amending dates or replacing fi lms.Any necessary changes will be advertised at the festival venue and on the Goethe-Institut New Zealand website.
Film RatingsAt the time of printing some fi lms 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. Classifi cations 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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