Official Selection: High Life
Spieltermin: 22.11.2018 | 19:30 Uhr
„High Life is fixated on the hypnotic rhythms of oblivion, and the human desires it brings to the surface.“
Official Selection: The Nightshifter
Spieltermin: 22.11.2018 | 22:15 Uhr
„THE NIGHTSHIFTER also succeeds thanks to compelling lead performances, its inventive scenario and a social backdrop whereupon São Paulo is presented as a city awash with extraordinary levels of violence not unlike David Fincher’s SE7EN.“
Official Selection: Twarz – Die Maske
Spieltermin: 23.11.2018 | 18:30 Uhr
„This study in weathering adversity and adjusting to what life hands you makes some worthy points about human and institutional callousness.“
Official Selection: Birds of Passage
Spieltermin: 23.11.2018 | 20:45 Uhr
„This is certainly not your typical drug crime thriller, where racist caricatures swagger around like oversized villains while white redeemers try to save the day.“
Official Selection: Paradox
Spieltermin: 23.11.2018 | 23:15 Uhr
„Sprinkled with some typically great Hong Kong-style fight scenes that pack a particularly satisfying punch, PARADOX is one of the best Asian actioners of 2017.“
Klassiker: Phantasm – Das Böse
Spieltermin: 24.11.2018 | 16:30 Uhr
„PHANTASM, in all its glorious weirdness, works as a model for imaginative, young filmmakers who aren’t interested in sequels or remakes or knock-offs, who want to make their own films in their own style.“
SHIVERS Shorts Block I
Spieltermin: 24.11.2018 | 18:30 Uhr
Ein unachtsam vergessener Teddybär. Ein Kojote verliert Partnerin und Welpen. Ein kleiner Junge steht nachts im Wohnzimmer. Elki wird im Schulbus gemobbt. Ein Seemann rudert einsam in seinem Boot durch dunkle Gewässer. Packend. Innovativ. Salzig.
Official Selection: The Wind
Spieltermin: 24.11.2018 | 21:00 Uhr
„It’s refreshing to see such an original stab at this type of indie genre-bender, especially one told from a strictly female point of view.“
Official Selection: Perfect
Spieltermin: 24.11.2018 | 23:30 Uhr
„This is a thrilling sci-fi film that is visually beautiful, with a haunting, otherworldy feel to it. It is a tragic take on humanity’s pursuit of perfection.“
Klassiker: 2001: A Space Odyssey
Spieltermin: 25.11.2018 | 13:00 Uhr
„It’s a profound statement on humanity. It is one of the greatest films ever made, and it is one that should be seen in theaters to truly appreciate its greatness.“
Official Selection: Tumbbad
Spieltermin: 25.11.2018 | 16:00 Uhr
„[TUMBBAD] is a deserving entry for what seems like a new era in Indian horror.“
SHIVERS Shorts Block II
Spieltermin: 25.11.2018 | 18:30 Uhr
Da ist er plötzlich weg, der ältere Herr im Krankenbett. Es ist dunkel. Ein Mädchen liegt im Bett. Spitzbergen: ein schmaler Betonbau ragt aus der Erde. Fleisch wird in brutzelndem Fett angebraten, Soßen verdicken sich, werden umgerührt, Gewürze gestreut…
Official Selection: The Standoff at Sparrow Creek
Spieltermin: 25.11.2018 | 21:30 Uhr
„Dunham’s debut is a taut, tight work of pulp fiction that’s practically predestined to draw comparisons to Quentin Tarantino’s RESERVOIR DOGS.“
Official Selection: Luz
Spieltermin: 26.11.2018 | 19:00 Uhr
„LUZ is the best kind of calling card project, and that is not a slight.“
Official Selection: Number 37
26.11.2018 | 21:30 Uhr
„There is a great new wave of genre film emerging from South Africa, and director Nosipho Dumisa should be counted at the forefront.“
Official Selection: Prospect
Spieltermin: 27.11.2018 | 19:00 Uhr
„PROSPECT has one thing that most indie sci-fi movies don’t, and which any human desperately needs when traveling to unfamiliar worlds: atmosphere.“
Official Selection: Climax
Spieltermin: 27.11.2018 | 21:30 Uhr
„Noé has made a film that’s seductive in its rhythms and bold visualization of his young dancers‘ sometimes beautiful, other times brutal somatic expressiveness.“
