As daunting as an all-German-language film festival may sound to the teutolinguistically challenged, the good folks at the 15th achtung berlin - the new berlin film award have made an effort to present many of the films with English subtitles.

At fsk Kino the following films are on offer:

Sunday, 14th of April.

18;30: DER STEIN ZUM LEBEN - BREATHING LIFE INTO STONE:
→ In dialogue with the mourning, stonemason Michael Spengler translates life stories into stone. Step by step the tombstones take shape and create a new connection between the living and the dead.
DE 2018, 79 Min., Dir:, Camera: Katinka Zeuner, Editing: Anna Pesavento

21.00 FRAU STERN - MS. STERN
→ Ms Stern is 90 years old, Jewish and survived the Nazis. Love, she learned, is a decision. Death as well. But again and again she is charmingly prevented from putting an end to her life.
DE 2019, 79 Min., Written and directed by: Anatol Schuster, Camera: Adrian Campean, Editing: Sarah Marie Franke, Anatol Schuster


Mon, 15th of April.

21.00 DREISSIG - THIRTY
→ Six friends in their 30s are close to a mid life crisis. Together they are looking for a reward for all the things they have to endure in everyday life.
DE 2019, 114 Min., OmU, Directed and edited by: Simona Kostova, Camera: Anselm Belser


Di., 16.4.

18.30 BARSTOW, CALIFONRNIA - Documentary
→ With a vivid voice, within the panorama of the Mojave Desert, Stanley »Spoon« Jackson reads from his autobiography. An encounter with average Americans and an exploration of Route 66.
DE/USA 2018, 76 Min., Dir:, Camera: Rainer Komers, Editing: Gregor Bartsch ➤ englisch with german subtitles

21.00 DAS MELANCHOLISCHE MÄDCHEN - AREN'T YOU HAPPY?
→ In fifteen pastel-colored episodes, a melancholic girl wanders around town looking for a place to sleep. Instead of adapting, she starts considering her depression a political issue.
DE 2019, 80 Min., Dir: Susanne Heinrich, Camera: Agnesh Pakozdi, Schnitt: Susanne Heinrich, Benjamin Mirguet


Mi., 17.4.

18.30 (M)OTHER - Documentary
→ A young filmmaker raises the question: What makes a mother? The movie kaleidoscopically descends on a journey questioning the stereotype »mother« from a variety of voices and perspectives.
DE 2018, 88 Min., Dir;, Camera: Antonia Hungerland, Editing: Antonella Sarubbi

Find out more at: Achtungberlin.de/