Film
Berlin in KL

Thu, 03.05.2018 -
Thu, 31.05.2018
8:00 PM fono

What do you think if you hear Berlin? Do you think of flashing lights, young urban culture, free spirit, the historical past? Berlin is a city that functions as a “projection screen” for human desires, a city where good and bad are often closely linked together. What medium, if not film, would be better to transport the “Berlin feeling”? 
This May we will bring Berlin to KL. The Goethe-Institut is going to screen five iconic films that allow the audience to dive into various perspectives on Berlin, starting in the late 1980s with Wim Wender’s “Der Himmel über Berlin” and closing with “Victoria” from 2015.

All films are with English subtitles.
 
 
Thursday, 3 May 2018 at 8pm
Der Himmel über Berlin (Wings of Desire)
Director: Wim Wenders
Country: Germany/France 1987
Cast: Bruno Ganz, Solveig Dommartin, Otto Sander, Curt Bois
Duration: 127 min
 
In Berlin 1987 the angel Damiel wanders with his friend Cassiel through the city that is divided by the Berlin Wall. The people on the streets can’t see them, so Damiel and Cassiel can firmly listen to their conversations and stories. Damiel gets more and more curious about humans and finally falls in love with the acrobat Marion. To be near to her he decides to become a human being.
 
Awards & Festivals:
Cannes Film Festival 1987: Winner in the category Best Director, Nominee Palme d’Or; German Film Awards 1988: Winner Film Awards in Gold in the categories Outstanding Feature Film and Best Cinematography


Thursday 10 May 2018 at 8pm
Lola rennt (Run Lola Run)
Director: Tom Twyker
Country: Germany 1998
Cast: Franka Potente, Moritz Bleibtreu, Herbert Knaup, Nina Petri
Duration: 81 min
 
“Lola rennt” takes place in Berlin in the late 1990s. Lola runs. She has to organize 100.000 D-Mark for her friend in only 20 minutes, otherwise her friend will be in serious trouble with a gangster. The story is told in three versions with three different endings emphasizing the power of chance in life.
 
Awards & Festivals:
Sundance Film Festival 1999: Winner in the category World Cinema; Venice Film Festival 1998: Nominee in the category Golden Lion; German Film Awards 1999: Winner Audience Award in the category German Film of the Year.

 
Thursday 17 May 2018 at 8pm
Good Bye, Lenin!
Director: Wolfgang Becker
Country: Germany 2003
Cast: Daniel Brühl, Katrin Saß, Chulpan Khamatova
Duration: 121 min
 
Due to a heart attack Alex‘s mom is comatose while the Berlin Wall falls. She wakes up in the summer of 1990. Any disconcertment could kill her, says her doctor, so Alex wants to keep the Fall of the Wall a secret. He and his friends pretend that the GDR (German Democratic Republic) still exists, by creating a whole world for Alex’s sick mother. But trying to keep the secret is not as easy as they expected.
 
Awards & Festivals:
German Film Awards 2003: Winner Audience Award in the category German Film of the Year, Winner Film Award in Gold in 5 categories; European Film Awards 2003: Winner Audience Award in the categories Best European Director, Best European Actor, Best European Actress, Winner European Film Award in the categories European Film et al.;
 
 
Thursday 24 May 2018 at 8pm
Oh Boy (A Coffee In Berlin)
Director: Jan-Ole Gerster
Country: Germany 2012
Cast: Tom Schilling, Marc Hosemann, Friederike Kempter
Duration: 83 min
 
Niko lives for the moment. He drifts through Berlin, wanders and watches people. One day his life changes: His father stops paying for him, his girlfriend leaves him and he loses his driving license. While the day passes by, Niko meets strange people on the streets. He starts getting involved in their lives and experiences the feeling of emancipating from his unconsciousness.
 
Awards & Festivals:
Munich International Film Festival 2012: Winner Young German Cinema Award in the category Screenwriting; German Film Awards: Winner Film Awards in Gold in the categories Outstanding Feature Film, Best Direction, Best Screenplay, Best Film Score et al.
 
 
Thursday 31 May 2018 at 8pm
Victoria
Director: Sebastian Schipper
Country: Germany 2015
Cast: Laia Costa, Frederick Lau, Franz Rogowski, Max Mauff
Duration: 140 min
 
During a club night in Berlin Victoria, a Spanish girl, meets four local guys from Berlin. In search of acquaintanceship she follows them to have a beer. The next morning Victoria has to work in a café, to where one of the guys, Sonne, accompanies her. Their flirt is being interrupted by the other boys who return to ask for a favor: The four want to rob a bank and convince Victoria to join them.
 
Awards & Festivals:
Berlin International Film Festival 2015: Winner Prize of the Guild of German Art House Cinemas, Winner Silver Berlin Bear for Outstanding Artistic Contribution (for camera), Nominee Golden Berlin Bear; German Film Awards 2015: Winner Film Award in Gold in 5 categories.
 
 
The screenings are supported by fono and the Goethe-Institut Malaysia.