In our Monthly Film Series, we will show a variety of GERMAN or GERMAN language films from Germany, Austria and Switzerland. On the 2nd Wednesday of each month, audiences will now have a chance to see these films on a regular basis at the CLINTON STREET THEATER. (Children movies will be playing on Sunday afternoons – please check our website.) All films are with English subtitles.
No hard feelings (Future Drei)
WEDNESDAY, June 8, 2022 – 7:00 PM
Germany – 2020 – 92 minutes, Languages: German, Arabic, and Persian with English subtitles
Director: Faraz Shariat
Cast:
High-cut trousers, skin-tight t-shirt, short, peroxide-blond hair. On his birthday, Parvis celebrates by stealing a bottle from the bar at the club and dancing. The son of Iranian parents, he has established himself in the attic of his parents’ house in a quiet new housing estate in Lower Saxony and is busy trying out everything and anything from sex dates to raves. After getting caught shoplifting, he is sent to do community service in a refugee shelter where he falls in love with Amon, who has fled Iran with his sister Banafshe Arezu. The trio enjoys a summer of fierce partying till dawn, coloured by the realisation that, in their different ways, none of them is at home in Germany.
In his powerful, semi-biographical debut peppered with pop-cultural references, Faraz Shariat unfolds a tale of intense first love. With a precise grasp of social context, he offers a sensitive insight into the experience of migrants in Germany caught between feeling foreign, being excluded and obtaining the permanent right to stay, and shows how even subsequent generations are still in the process of arriving.
Faraz Shariat
Born in Cologne, Germany in 1994, he worked first as a director and actor at Schauspiel Köln and on video installations for the Staatstheater Hannover before studying dramatic arts at the University of Hildesheim. His work focuses on post-migrant experiences and stories about immigrant families. His debut feature film, Futur Drei, evolved from his autobiographical documentaries exploring his family history and from his work as a translator for refugees. The film was developed in collaboration with Paulina Lorenz and Raquel Molt in the Jünglinge film collective, where the three have been working together ever since they met at university.
Filmography
2013 GemEinsam Judas; short film · Fühlgefühl; short film 2015 Ich bin euer Sohn; short documentary · The Dichotomous Trilogy; short film 2020 Aïcha; short film · Futur Drei; Panorama
© Bio- & filmography as of Berlinale 2020
Berlin International Film Festival 2020
| Winner Teddy |
Best Feature Film Faraz Shariat |
| Männer Magazine Readers’ Jury Award Faraz Shariat |
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| Nominee Panorama Audience Award |
Fiction Film Faraz Shariat |
German Film Critics Association Awards 2021
| Nominee German Film Critics Award |
Best Feature Film Debut (Bestes Spielfilmdebüt) Faraz Shariat |
| Best Actor (Bester Darsteller) Benny Radjaipour |
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| Best Film Score (Beste Musik) Jan Günther Jakob Hüffell Säye Skye |
German Screen Actors Awards 2020
| Nominee DSP Award |
Best Young Actor (Bester Nachwuchsdarsteller) Benny Radjaipour |
Guadalajara International Film Festival 2020
| Nominee PREMIO MAGUEY |
Best Feature Film Faraz Shariat |
L.A. Outfest 2020
| Winner Grand Jury Award |
Outstanding Screenwriting in an International Feature Paulina Lorenz Faraz Shariat |
Merlinka festival 2020
| Nominee Jury Prize |
Best Feature Film Rafael Gomes Cesar Sodero Ian Watson David Moser Faraz Shariat For Música para Morrer de Amor , Emilia , Unsound and Schwarz Weiss Bunt |
Molodist International Film Festival 2020
| Winner Sunny Bunny Prize |
Special Jury Diploma Faraz Shariat (director) |
| Nominee Sunny Bunny Prize |
Best LGBTQ Film Faraz Shariat (director) |
São Paulo International Film Festival 2020
| Nominee New Directors Competition |
Best Fiction Faraz Shariat |