FRI. OCT. 5, 2018 @ 07.30 PM - OPENING NIGHT!

Germany, 2017 - 110 min - OR PREMIERE

Director:  Claus Räfle

Cast: Max Mauff, Ruby O.Fee, Alice Dwyer, Aaron Altaras

In June 1943, Germany infamously declared Berlin “judenfrei”—“free of Jews.” But at that moment there were still 7,000 Jews living in the Nazi capital: hiding in attics, basements, and warehouses, protected by courageous Berliners while desperately trying to avoid deportation. Only 1,700 lived to liberation.

SAT. OCT. 6, 2018 @ 01.00 PM

Austria/ Germany/ Russia/ UK 2016 - 92 min

Director:  Peter Stephen Jungk

EDITH TUDOR–HART, A COURAGEOUS WOMAN WITH A MISSION

Edith Tudor-Hart’s pioneering photography documented the social ills of its time, focusing on poverty and child welfare in 1930s and 1940s Britain. These concerns were also the driving force behind Tudor-Hart’s second, clandestine, career as a KGB spy.

SAT. OCT. 6, 2018 @ 03.00 PM

Germany (2017), 97 min.

Director:Christian Theede

Cast: Marleen Quentin, Ruben Storck, Emilia Flint, Luke Matt Röntgen, Leo Gapp, Devdi Striesow, Katharina Wackernagel

Young amateur detectives Mia (Marleen Quentin), Benny (Ruben Storck), and Alice (Emilia Flint) solve crimes in their big-city hometown of Hamburg, Germany. Because they are small, fiery, tough, and as a group, pack a powerful punch, they are known as The Peppercorns. Before their summer class trip to the Gruber family’s mountain ranch, Mia’s young friend Luca Gruber (Leo Gapp) warns them not to come. Luca fears that his search for the fabled treasure of the Black King has cursed the ranch. When the class arrives, a series of mysterious events seem to confirm Luca’s fears. What is behind the curse? Where will the clues lead them?

SAT. OCT. 6, 2018 @ 05.00 PM

Germany 2017 , 54 min.

Director Kathrin Anderson

Cast Dieter Kosslick, Mario Adorf, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Klaus Maria Brandauer

In 1946, aged 28, Artur Brauner started producing films in the completely destroyed Berlin. He wanted to narrate the suffering that the Nazi regime had wrought on Europe's Jews and became Germany's most successful producer. His company, CCC Filmkunst, brought both big screen entertainment and socially critical chamber pieces to the screen. Brauner also brought America's most renowned directors back to Germany; Robert Siodmak, William Dieterle, Fritz Lang and Gerd Oswald, all of whom had been forced to emigrate. He filmed Mabuse, Karl May and Edgar Wallace crime stories. He also constantly returned to the theme of his life, the Holocaust. Here, outstanding personalities of the film industry pay tribute to Brauner's work and incomparable story.

SAT. OCT. 6, 2018 @ 07.00 PM

Germany, 2017 - 104 min

Director:  Marc Rothemund

Cast: Elyas M'Barek, Philip Schwarz, Nadine Wrietz

When 30-ish rich kid Lenny has to take care of 15-year-old David, who’s suffering from heart disease, it’s the beginning of a wild adventure. Lenny fearlessly breaks all the rules to fulfill his young friend’s every wish.

SAT. OCT. 6, 2018 @ 09.00 PM

CO-PRESENTED BY the Portland Queer Film Festival

Actor Aaron Altaras in attendance for Q&A following the screening! (Schedule permitted)

Switzerland / 2018 / 119 mins
In Swiss German with English subtitles.

Director: Marcel Gisler
Cast: Max Hubacher, Aaron Altaras

When Leon, a talented striker newly arrived from a soccer team in Germany, shows up in the locker room of his new Swiss club, he attracts both suspicion and admiration from his teammates, who marvel at his on-field play even if they resent his sudden status as the star forward. But he attracts something more in his assigned roommate Mario, and the pair develop an intense bond—not only as the team’s top prospects for advancing to an elite professional league, but also as clandestine lovers.

SUN. OCT. 7, 2018 @ 01.00 PM

THIS IS A FREE SCREENING  - IN GERMAN ONLY/ NO SUBTITLES

Germany, 2018  -  90 min

Direcctor: Raymond Ley

Cast: Arnd Klawitter, Christoph Bach, Peter Kurth

In 1962, the brothers Theo and Karl Albrecht opened Germany's first Albrecht discount. ALDI was born, but who were these brothers who set up the largest trading company in the history of Germany?

SUN. OCT. 7, 2018 @ 3.00 PM

Germany 2018, 105 min.

Directed by: Dennis Gansel
Cast: Henning Baum, Kao Chenmin, Andy Cheung, Tadashi Endo

When an orphaned baby is mysteriously delivered to the island of Morrowland, the four inhabitants decide to raise him as their own and name him Jim. When he turns ten and learns of how he came to the island, he yearns to un-cover his true origins. Tagging along with his friend Luke, Jim sets out on the adventure of a lifetime in an unstoppable train engine—across seas, deserts, forests, mountains, and even volcanoes.

SUN, Oct. 7, 2018 @ 7.00 PM

Austria/ Germany 2017 - 97 min

Director: Barbara Albert

Cast: Maria Dragus, Devid Striesow, Lukas Miko

The year is 1777, and Vienna is in the midst of Mozart’s takeover as high society obsesses over new melodies and compositions. A small concert hall is enthralled by a young and blind harpsichordist with unabashed skill. That musician is the famed Maria Theresia von Paradis, whose story comes to life in this exquisitely detailed period piece from Austrian filmmaker Barbara Albert. Maria’s parents take her to doctor Frank Mesmer, the man who coined the term “animal magnetism,” in the hopes of curing her blindness. At first scared of her new environment, Maria finds safety and an empowering sense of self-worth insulated from society’s mockery about her disability.

Ingmar Bergman Centennial

MON. OCT. 8, 2018 @ 07.00 PM

Germany 2018 - 99 min - OR Premiere

Director: Felix Moeller, Margarethe von Trotta

Cast: Liv Ullmann, Olivier Assayas, Ruben Östlund

German director Magareth von Trotta pays tribute to Swedish director Ingmar Bergman in honor of the centennial of his birth. Margarethe von Trotta presents a detailed account of his life and his impact on filmmaking through excerpts of his work and interviews with family and contemporaries (Olivier Assyas, Mia Hansen-Love, Ruben Ostlund). 

NOTE: THE TIME SLOT FOR THIS SHORT PROGRAM HAS CHANGED!

TUE. OCT. 9, 2018 @ 05.00 PM

Germany 2017, 97 min

The short film program NEXT GENERATION was created by German Films in 1998 to introduce young talents from Germany to international audiences. Selected from film school submissions by an independent jury, the program premieres within the framework of the Cannes Film Festival and is then presented worldwide at Festivals of German Films and is also available for screenings at international film festivals. Since 2011, German Films has cooperated with the German Federal Film Board (FFA) to present the nominees of their annual SHORT TIGER Award as part of the program, now called NEXT GENERATION SHORT TIGER.

TUES. OCT. 9, 2018 @ 07.00 PM - CLOSING NIGHT!

Switzerland 2017, 91 min

Director: Peter Luisi

Cast: Beat Schlatter, Doro Muggler, Bendrit Bajra, Luna Wedler, Daniel Mangisch

Balz Naef, a high school's part-time bookkeeper and literature teacher, possesses a deep passion for the Swiss author Gottfried Keller. For years, Balz has been massaging the budget in hopes of saving enough money to turn Keller's house into a museum. However, no sooner does he succeed than the school board decides to reallocate the funds for a new soccer field.