Film Screening
791 KM

Festival Opening

Sat, 02.11.2024
8:00 PM - 22:00 Auckland, The Vic

791km is this year's opening film. Tickets include a drink and snacks on arrival. The films starts at 8pm- drinks and canapés start at 7pm.

791 KM: Comedy, 2023, 104 minutes

791 kilometres is the distance between Munich and Hamburg, which can be covered quickly and comfortably by train or plane - unless a storm paralyses all connections. Just like this evening, as Marianne (Iris Berben), Tiana (Nilam Farooq), Susi (Lena Urzendowsky) and Philipp (Ben Münchow) end up in Joseph's (Joachim Król) hotly contested taxi. They don't know each other, but they all have to get to Hamburg - and set off on a night-time journey together. The most diverse personalities, life stories and views collide in Joseph's taxi in a very confined space. They argue, laugh, cry, make up, lie and tell the truth. And with each of the 791 kilometres that the small community of fate approaches its destination, it becomes clearer that there is no one truth and that things are not always as they seem at first glance.