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| Lykke (13), the daughter of a prominent Labour Party politician, has accidentally beaten her classmate Jamie, the son of a local right wing-politician, to death. Lykke claims Jamie's death was an accident, but nobody believes her. The school's principal, Liv, is an idealist who, against her political beliefs, has been living in a secret relationship with Karl Erik, Jamie's father. When they can't keep their relationship a secret anymore, the surroundings react with disbelief. Liv's brother Anders is Lykke and Jamie's class teacher. He was supposed to be in the school yard when the accident happened, and is overwhelmed with guilt for not having been able to prevent the accident from happening. Like water surrounding an undertow, we'll experience how the community relates to the accident and the aftermath. How could it happen - and how is it possible to continue living afterwards? |
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| The opening event of the 19th British Shorts Film Festival features a diverse selection of acclaimed short films spanning drama, animation, documentary, comedy, and coming-of-age stories, followed by a live concert by Neoangin. An evening that sets the tone for the festival with bold voices, emotional storytelling, and stylistic range. |
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| Rick's Cafe in Casablanca is a meeting place for many people from Europe who want to flee to America during World War II. Rick Blaine, the owner of the cafe, reunites with Ilsa here, with whom he had an affair in Paris. But a revival of their old feelings is doomed to fail, as Ilsa's husband Victor must be saved from the Nazis. |
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| Lena, a 27-year-old open-minded primary school teacher from Berlin, joins her boyfriend Ole and his brother on a winter trip to Ole’s rural hometown, hoping for a peaceful break from city life. What begins as an idyllic escape soon tests their relationship to its core. In the emotionally barren surroundings of his childhood village, Ole begins to change, revealing unsettling traits and behaviors Lena has never seen before. |
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| The Hero of Friedrichstrasse Station tells the story of Micha Hartung (Charly Hübner), a Berlin video store owner on the verge of bankruptcy who unwittingly becomes a hero for all of Germany: When, on the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, a journalist casts him as the mastermind behind the largest mass escape from the GDR, his life is suddenly turned upside down. As an unwilling impostor, Micha becomes entangled in a web of half-truths and blatant lies. |
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| Two angels watch over Berlin. Damiel (Bruno Ganz) and Cassiel (Otto Sander) are silent observers, accompanying people through the city's rooftops and streets. They hear their thoughts and feelings, without being able to feel them themselves. Ever since Damiel fell in love with the trapeze artist Marion (Solveig Dommartin), he struggles with his fate. He would love to become human. To do this, he would have to become mortal, with all the consequences. A former angel (Peter Falk) advises him to take the plunge into life. |
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| For the first time, Johanne falls in love with her teacher. She keeps a written record of her intense fantasies and feelings so she won't forget them. When her mother and grandmother read the texts, they are initially shocked by the intimate content, but soon recognize the literary potential. As they debate whether to publish it, all three women are confronted with their own unfulfilled dreams and desires. |
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| When his mother, who has sheltered him his entire 40 years, dies, sensitive would-be poet Elling is sent to live in a state institution. There he meets Kjell Bjarne, a gentle giant and woman-obsessed virgin in his 40s. After two years, the men are released and provided with a state-funded apartment and stipend with the hope they will be able to live on their own. Initially, the simple act of going around the corner for groceries is a challenge. Through a friendship born of desperate dependence, the skittish Elling and the boisterous, would-be ladies' man Kjell Bjarne discover that not only can they survive on the outside--they can thrive. But as their courage grows, they find oddball ways to cope with society and strike up friendships in the unlikeliest places. |
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| Marianne and Tor run into each other by chance on a ferry heading to Oslo. They both work in the same hospital, she as a competent doctor, he as a compassionate nurse. When Tor mentions that he often spends his nights on the ferry to have quick sex, Marianne wonders if this type of spontaneous intimacy could also be an option for her. |
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| Riots break out in the bleak social housing estates of the Paris suburbs after a 16-year-old Arab boy was nearly beaten to death by the police. After a night full of violence between adolescents and the police, a state of emergency prevails. Driven by hatred against the system, the friends Hubert, Said, and Vinz stand at the forefront, on a day that will change their lives. |
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| NORTH Following a nervous breakdown, ski athlete Jomar has isolated himself in a lonely existence as the guard of a ski park. When he learns that he might be the father of a child way up north, he sets on a strange and poetic journey through Norway on a snowmobile, with 5 liters of alcohol as sole provisions. On this trip through amazing arctic landscapes, Jomar seems to do everything in his power to avoid reaching his destination. He meets other tender and confused souls, who will all contribute to push Jomar further along his reluctant journey towards the brighter side of life. |
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| Karin's world is the suburbs. It sells low-cost cosmetics in the large area of Leverkusen. She lives in simple hotels - during the week, the company pays, on weekends she gets special conditions, because you have known them for years. She does not have a home. Karin works hard because she needs every penny to reach her goal: Paris. There she wants to live some day. |
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| When two boys are kidnapped in a border town in Nepal, Detective Inspector Pooja is sent from Kathmandu to solve the case. But when she arrives, the brewing political unrest and violent protests throw her off course, and she is forced to seek help from Mamata, a local Madhesi policewoman. By putting aside systemic discrimination and pushing through everyday misogyny, the women solve the case - but at what personal cost? Inspired by real events which took place in Southern Nepal during the 2015 race protests. |
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| People in New York: Uli, a nurse from the Swabian Jura, to whose image of America Karl May also contributed, practices her naive innocence as a survival strategy. As the only white person, she lives in Harlem. She works in the psychiatric emergency department of a hospital. Claudia from Essen recounts her rape and her unbroken determination to assert herself. Anna earned the money for her training as a psychotherapist by working as a go-go girl. In two Catholic schools she helps children with their conflicts. |
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