Film: INGEBORG BACHMANN – JOURNEY INTO THE DESERT + Film Discussion

INGEBORG BACHMANN – SOMEONE WHO ONCE WAS ME In this film, actress Sandra Hüller approaches Ingeborg Bachmann's life on an imaginary day in Rome and gives her words a haunting presence. With an artistic web of improvised scenes, archival treasures, interviews, and Bachmann's own texts, the film traverses the author's central phases of life – [...]

Reading: Şeyda Kurt reads from her book „Zeit der Monster“

TIME OF THE MONSTERS – Reading with Şeyda Kurt The place is a neighborhood. The time is the apocalypse – or at least that is what more and more people believe, spurred on by a prophecy racing through the web. Through the wild, broken neighborhood where, despite everything, people stick together, young Sanya wanders with a gun in her backpack, until one […]

Film: A NOBODY VERSUS PUTIN + Discussion panel

A NOBODY AGAINST PUTIN Pavel Talankin lives in Karabasch, according to UNESCO the „most toxic place on earth.“ He works as a teacher and video chronicler at the local school – he is loved by his students for his open, trustworthy, and humorous manner. With the beginning of Russia's war of aggression, however, everything changes. The school becomes a stage for state […]

Film: SUNNY DANCER (as part of the FoG School Cinema, public screening) + discussion panel

School Cinema – The Youth Jury Winners 2026 Selected by class 9c of the Juri Gagarin Secondary School Fürstenwalde (Youth Jury 2026) 17-year-old Ivy has survived cancer and finally wants to lead a normal life. To achieve this, her parents send her to a summer camp for teenagers with cancer. Ivy initially rejects the camp, but unexpectedly finds friendship and […]

Film: DJ AHMET (as part of the FoG School Cinema, public screening + discussion panel)

School cinema – The winners of the 2026 Youth Jury Selected by class 9c of the Juri Gagarin Secondary School in Fürstenwalde (Youth Jury 2026) Ahmet falls in love with a girl who is promised to another. In doing so, he comes into conflict with the rules of his Islamic-influenced village environment. Because music means freedom to him, he wants to become a DJ. This allows him to [...]

Film: SOMETHING VERY SPECIAL + Film Discussion (Opening Part 2)

SOMETHING VERY SPECIAL When asked during the selection process of a casting show, 16-year-old Lea does not consider her life to be anything very special. Her and her family's supposedly unspectacular living conditions are characterized by conflicts and financial insecurity. After separating from her father, Lea's mother is pregnant by another man, her grandparents [...]

Reading: Simon Strauß reads from his book „In der Nähe – Vom Politischen Wert einer Ostdeutschen Sehnsucht“ + pre-film (Opening Part 1)

NEARBY – Reading with Simon Strauss Nearby – On the Political Value of an East German Longing is an essayistic non-fiction book in which Simon Strauss uses the Brandenburg small town of Prenzlau as an example to reflect on social cohesion, democracy, and the importance of local community. Far removed from media-fueled self-righteousness, Strauss finds a more direct form of [...]