FILMNÄCHTE
German film season in collaboration with the Goethe-Institut.
VOSE film screenings.
Every Monday at 6.30 pm at Casa Planas, av. Sant Ferran 21.
3€ donation (free for members, Es Fortí neighbours and people under 30 years old).
Limited capacity. Book your ticket at cccpcasaplanas@gmail.com
This film series offers a selection of films from the Goethe-Institut Cinematheque curated by visual artist Gunnar Friel on Hypermobility. It is part of the COSTA Observatory of Casa Planas to study different perspectives on travel, geographical and cultural displacements of human beings from a perspective of gender, tourism, migration and territory.
Through a selection of documentary and fiction films, it portrays migratory movements from the 1960s to the present day: from migration between East and West Germany, foreign workers in the 1970s, to the migratory flows of the 21st century. The programme combines classics with more experimental proposals, bringing together tales of love, searches for identity, social phenomena and family micro-stories.
Program:
10.03 Es gilt das gesprochene Wort
(It is worth the spoken word)
Dir. Ilker Çatak
122 min – 2019 – trailer
Synopsis: Marion, a German pilot with a meticulously controlled life, sees her world change when she meets Baran, a gigolo on the Turkish coast. To help him obtain German citizenship, she agrees to a sham marriage. What begins as a simple arrangement soon becomes an intense story of love, identity and integration, exploring the connection between two cultures.
17.03 Lovemobil
(Caravan of Love)
Dir. Elke M. Lehrenkrauss
103 min – 2019 – trailer
Synopsis: This powerful documentary portrays the lives of young sex workers from Africa and Eastern Europe who, in their search for a better life, sell their bodies in abandoned caravans on lonely German country roads. These mini brothels, illuminated by neon lights, look like ships stranded in a desolate universe. Tension mounts when one of the women is murdered, spreading fear in a world already marked by precariousness and uncertainty.
24.03 Abschied von Gestern
(A Girl Without a Story)
Dir. Alexander Kluge
88 min – 1966 – trailer
Synopsis: Anita G., a 22-year-old refugee from East Germany, is convicted of stealing a coat. In an attempt to rebuild her life, she works as a clerk, has a relationship with her boss and commits embezzlement. After several failed attempts to integrate into society, she ends up turning herself in to the authorities. With this odyssey of a wandering woman, Alexander Kluge set a milestone in German cinema, integrating multiple layers of reality into his narrative.
31.03 Zuhurs Töchter
(The Daughters of Zuhur)
Dir. Laurentia Genske & Robin Humboldt
89 min – 2021 – trailer
Synopsis: Lohan and Samar are trans teenagers who fled with their family from Syria to Germany. They live in a refugee centre with their parents and nine siblings, caught between two worlds: the strict rules of their community and the freedom of expression in the West. For three years, the documentary accompanies them in their transition process, showing their struggle to find their identity in an environment that oscillates between tradition and change.
07.04 Adopted
(Adopted)
Dir. Rouven Rech & Gudrun F. Widlok
99 min – 2011 – imdb
Synopsis: A moving documentary about an unusual cultural exchange: African families ‘adopt’ European adults who feel disconnected from their own families. The film follows Gisela, Thelma and Ludger on their journey to Ghana, exploring the misunderstandings, the clash of customs and the process of integration into their new families.
14.04 Almanya – Willkommen in Deutschland
(Welcome to Germany)
Dir. Yasemin Samdereli
95 min – 2010 – trailer
Synopsis: In 1964, Hüseyin Yilmaz emigrated from Turkey to Germany and later brought his wife and children with him. Decades later, her granddaughter recounts the family history with humour and warmth as the clan travels to their homeland. Along the way, each of them must ask themselves: where is home?
28.04 Angst essen Seele auf
(Fear devours the soul)
Dir. Rainer Werner Fassbinder
93 min – 1974 – trailer
Synopsis: Emmi, an elderly widow who works as a cleaner, never imagined that love would surprise her again. But when she meets Ali, a young Moroccan worker, she begins a relationship with him that defies all social norms. She soon faces rejection from her friends and children, but her love will have to prove whether it can withstand the intolerance and prejudice of German society at the time.
05.05 Walchensee Forever
(Walchensee Forever)
Dir. Janna Ji Wonders
110 min – 2020 – trailer
Synopsis: In a café by Lake Walchensee in Bavaria, founded more than a century ago by the director's great-grandmother, four generations of women are intertwined in an epic family story. Through memories, photographs and testimonies, the film narrates a century-long quest for identity, duty and freedom, exploring how women have built and redefined their destiny over time.
