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Rébecca Déraspe winns this year’s prestigious Michel Tremblay Prize for Drama. Déraspe was awarded for her latest play LES GLACES, which had its premiere at Théâtre de La Bordée in co-production with Théâtre de La Manufacture in fall 2022.

“With a mixture of clarity and hope, anger and humour, Rébecca Déraspe presents a complex, committed and deeply human fiction about sexualized violence… One recognizes the undeniable talent, the great sensitivity and all the experience of the author in the harrowing monologues, the wonderful symbolic web that haunts the text, the dialogues of impeccable precision and the impeccably taut thread of the dramatic structure.” – from the jury’s statement

Following its successful premiere at the 40th Munich Film Festival, Erol Afşin’s drama IT’S BURNING (ES BRENNT) is currently touring through festivals in Germany and Turkey. At the 37th Braunschweig International Film Festival, the debut will screen in the “New German Films“-category on November 7 and 11, both at 6:00 p.m.
Tickets available under this link.

IT’S BURNING
D, feature, 88 min., 2022
Directed & written by: Erol Afşin

Amal, Omar and their son Ahmad are a happy Arab family living in Germany. In the playground, they meet a man named Franz. The situation gets out of hand when Franz insults and attacks Amal because of her headscarf. A court case is initiated. During the hearings, an incident occurs that will completely change the family’s life.
Based on a true story.

Ádám Czászi’s second feature film THREE THOUSAND NUMBERED PIECES celebrates its German premiere at the Cottbus Film Festival. The film, which bitterly portrays the exploitation of a Romani theater troupe, is running in the competition with two screenings: on November 10th, at 5:00 p.m. in the Stadthalle & on November 11th, at 4:00 p.m. in Weltspiegel (Saal 2).
Tickets & information

THREE THOUSAND NUMBERED PIECES

Directed by: Ádám Császi
Written by: Ádám Császi, Balázs Lengyel
HUN, 2022, 93 min.

 

After the successful premiere at the 40th Munich Film Festival, Erol Afşin’s drama IT’S BURNING tours through festivals in Germany and Turkey.
At the 3rd Oberschwaben Film Festival, Afşin’s directorial debut wins the Audience Award.

IT’S BURNING (ES BRENNT)
DE, feature, 88 min., 2022
Written & directed by: Erol Afşin

Amal, Omar, and their son Ahmad are a happy Arab family living in Germany. At the playground, they encounter a man named Franz. The situation gets out of hand when Franz insults and attacks Amal because of her headscarf. The case goes to court, but an incident during the hearing changes everything for the family.
Based on real events.

THREE THOUSAND NUMBERED PIECES

Directed by: Ádám Császi
Written by: Ádám Császi und Balázs Lengyel
Hungary, 2022, 93 min.

A white director is rehearsing a play with five marginalized Roma actors. His play is supposed to reflect on their true life stories of abuse, drug addiction, and crime. However, instead of portraying the depth of their experiences, the actors are being exploited and their pain is being capitalized.

THREE THOUSAND NUMBERED PIECES
23 October 2023 at 7:30 p.m.
Screening & FAQ at Babylon Berlin

Eliza Petkova, Shirin Sabahi and Zora Rux are three female filmmakers from Berlin and the current fellows at Villa Kamogawa in Kyoto. On October 20, at 4:00 p.m., they will show selected works from their cinematic oeuvre. Thus, Eliza Petkova will present her feature film ZHALEIKA (Director: Eliza Petkova, BG/DE, 92 min., 2016).
The artists will be available for direct exchange afterwards.

3 x Berlin
Goethe-Institut Villa Kamogawa
Kyoto, Japan

Premiere DAS GROẞE HEFT by Ágota Kristóf
Directed by: Ran Chai Bar-zvi
at Volkstheater Munich

In search of his brother, a now grown-up twin reflects on their joint childhood in times of war, hunger and misery.
Ran Chai Bar-zvi directs for the first time at the Munich Volkstheater and incorporates into the narrative Ágota Kristóf’s two other books, “The Proof” and “The Third Lie”.

Premiere on October 1, 2023 at 8:00 p.m.
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MONTAG
from Kate Tarker

Director: Lily Sykes
German by Cornelia Enger

German premiere on 29 September at 7:30 p.m.

Faith and Novella live in a small German town near an American military base. The two friends hide in Novella’s basement apartment and fantasize about an attack – probably fatal. Novella, a sex worker of Turkish descent, is disgusted by the contempt of her neighbors, and she is afraid of her ex-partner’s violent jealousy. Faith rebels against the hierarchies of the military. For seven sleepless days, they’ve been training, building barricades from the furniture and dancing until exhaustion to Beyoncé and club music.
A comedy about obcessions and a cheer for female friendship!
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DAS KRAFTWERK
A theater evening about coal, water and eternity

by Calle Fuhr, in cooperation with CORRECTIV
Director: Aram Tafreshian

Premiere was on 23 September 2023
at Staatstheater Cottbus

Carla, a young journalist, returns to her hometown Cottbus. Shortly before his death, her late grandfather left her a folder with documents about the LEAG company, around Vattenfall, the Jänschwalde power plant, the Baltic Sea and the Gigawatt Factory. Carla’s research begins, and she encounters completely different characters: an activist whose home has already been dredged twice, a young man who is committed to LEAG’s green future. And the CEO of the company, who in turn has to ensure supply security in the event of a coal phase-out.
An interwoven story about the coal industry, based on exclusive research by the investigative journalistic collective CORRECTIV on the region’s water supply.

Dates & tickets