Playtime: ca. 120 Min. from 12 years
Venue: Kinopolis Cinema 8 Time: 7:30 PM Date: Friday, 03/15
Venue: Kinoptikum Time: 10:00 PM Date: Saturday, 03/16

G-S-A Competition 4

Many of the protagonists in this year’s G-S-A competition are searching for a fulfilling life goal or their own identity. But even if they are still aimless, they want to remain true to themselves along the way. And in the end, isn’t the journey really the destination?

On the wall of the modest hut beams the pride of the family in CRUST: a constantly growing fresco, a family tree that shows each ancestor at the moment when she bravely received her first serious wound. It is an honour, for in this family, “scars make you strong”. But do we really have to feel the pain of past generations in order to claim our rightful place in the family structure?

In a picturesque forest somewhere in Poland lies a deep, barren quarry, nestled in the beauty of a sunny summer’s day. This is the destination that Nora from Vienna is heading for. This is where she wants to end her life. But she doesn’t want to go quietly: she wants her death to be a symbol, the culmination of all the protests that never really had the result she had dreamed of (LIFE, DEATH & PICKLES).

Mena in THERE’S NO END TO THIS STORY is also saying goodbye, but not for good. After years she is leaving Berlin and her boyfriend, and she is roaming her neighbourhood for the last time. She still has a few everyday errands to run and gets caught up in random conversations along the way, which give her a melancholy last snapshot of her neighbourhood.

48 films that showcase the vibrant, confident and versatile cinematic landscape of Germany, Austria and Switzerland.

G-S-A Competition 4

Valve

Driven by the pressure to prove himself, Mike decides to fight back between screaming engines and the neon lights of a gas station.

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Halfway House

In a facility for juvenile offenders, inmate Jurek finds himself caught in a delicate tension between attraction and aggression towards new arrival Sascha.

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Corruption on Earth

The short film titled “Corruption on Earth” is about a fictional award ceremony for the “Best Regime in the World”. The prize is awarded to Iran.

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In And Out

Three gangsters, a mysterious client and a legendary painting and its owner are the ingredients for this fast and bitterly evil gangster comedy.

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Bye Bye, Bowser

Luna rebels against the indifference of her artsy friends by writing a punk song about Laugo, the construction worker from across the street.

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Slam and Howl

An advertising agency. A slogan that should lead to success. An attempted rape. The shock of the intern Lisa afterwards. But how to deal with this helplessness?

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