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 Online TicketkaufArthouse (Alba) / Monday 01.October, 20:30 Uhr Trailer | Russland 2005, Director: Ilya Khrjanovsky, Screenplay: Vladimir Sorokin, Producer: Yelena Yatsura, Actors: Shavkat Abdusalamov, Anatoli Adoskin, Aleksei Khvostenko, Andrei Kudriashov, Farbe A deserted Russian village and an all-night bar in the big city. A doll with a face molded from bread and genitals made of folded rags. Could this medieval shamanism create clones? These worlds are so disparate that the director Ilya Khrzhanovsky broke the taboos, rules and norms of the accepted cinematographic language and used two different editing rhythms, and two divergent concepts for both sound and visuals. However, closer examination reveals that these two worlds are but clones of each other, only duplicated in reverse reflections, like positive and negative film. Like the mirror and that which lays beyond. |
4 Luni, 3 Saptamini Si 2 Zile / 4 Monate, 3 Wochen, 2 Tage
 Online Ticketkauf | Rumänien 2007, Director: Cristian Mungiu, Screenplay: Cristian Mungiu, Producer: Oleg Mutu, Cristian Mungiu, Camera: Oleg Mutu, Actors: Anamaria Marinca, Laura Vasiliu, Vlad Ivanov, Alex Potocean, Farbe 4 months, 3 weeks and 2 days have passed since Gabita became pregnant. The student shares a room with her friend Otilia in residential accommodation. She does not want to keep the child and decides on a termination. The illegal abortion is to be carried out by a certain Dr. Bebe, who she meets in a hotel together with Otilia using false names. The doctor, however, demands more than just money in return for his services. This drama, set in the Ceausescu era, was awarded the Golden Palm at Cannes. It convinces with its strong characters and illuminates a sensitive theme using realistic images. |
42plus
 Online Ticketkauf | Österreich 2006, Director: Sabine Derflinger, Screenplay: Sabine Derflinger, Mogens Rukov, Producer: Danny Krausz, Kurt Stocker, Camera: Bernhard Pötscher, Actors: Claudia Michelsen, Ulrich Tukur, Tobias Moretti, Vanessa Krüger, Farbe 42plus tells the story of the 42 year-old, attractive media woman Christine (Claudia Michelsen), who has a professionally successful husband (Ulrich Tukur), a pubescent daughter (Vanessa Krüger) and a friend (Petra Morz) whose husband (Tobias Moretti) she is secretly seeing. While on holiday, Christine meets the young Tamaz and is immediately fascinated by him. As daughter Sonja enjoys her untroubled first love, her mother also realises that she has by no means fulfilled all her wishes and desires. With impetuous passion Christine enters into a sexual relationship with Tamaz and puts everything at stake. In the presence of Sabine Derflinger and Claudia Michelsen |
Alexander
 Online Ticketkauf | Frankreich, England 2004, Director: Oliver Stone, Screenplay: Oliver Stone, Producer: Moritz Borman, Jon Kilik, Thomas Schühly, Iain Smith, Oliver Stone, Camera: Rodrigo Prieto, Actors: Colin Farrell, Jared Leto, Anthony Hopkins, Rosario Dawson, Farbe |
Any Given Sunday / An jedem verdammten Sonntag
 Online Ticketkauf | USA 1999, Director: Oliver Stone, Screenplay: Daniel Pyne, John Logan, Oliver Stone, Producer: Dan Halsted, Lauren Shuler Donner, Clayton Townsend, Actors: Al Pacino, Cameron Diaz, Dennis Quaid, James Woods, Farbe «I love Football coaches!» said Oliver Stone recently about this archetype of America’s favourite sport. Any Given Sunday relates the story of the ageing coach Tony D’Amato (Al Pacino), who desperately attempts to come to terms with the changing, increasingly modern management style of his club. In doing so, he typifies a whole generation of employees who, in today’s working world, are often wrongly and rashly dismissed as being out-dated. |
Bersten / Bursting
 Online TicketkaufCapitol (1) / Thursday 04.October, 18:30 Uhr Trailer | Schweiz 2007, Director: Michael Finger, Screenplay: Michael Finger, Producer: Prisca Aerne, Michael Finger, Music: Martin Ulrich, Camera: Tonio Krüger, Sound: Laurent Barbey, Jürg von Allmen C.A.S., Cut: Roman Weber, Equipment: Daniela Müller, Costumes: Denise Riss, Actors: Sonja Grüntzig, Doro Müggler, Kenneth Huber, Gabriela Brand, Roberto Guerra, Maurin Schulthess, Daniel Länger u.a., Farbe By a stroke of fate – and on the same day but unconnected – the young farmer Leachim, the doctor Biela and the single mother Elena all lose a loved one. None of them are able to deal with the situation. They have in common their lack of ability to accept their loss and deal with their pain, which at once threatens their closest relationships. The inner pressure and desperation they feel at their own inability to mourn gradually increases – until the situation becomes dangerously critical. Supporting Film: Going Home_Diana Rumjahn |
Bikur Hatizmoret / The Band's Visit
 Online TicketkaufCapitol (1) / Sunday 30.September, 21:00 Uhr Trailer | Israel, Frankreich 2007, Director: Eran Kolirin, Screenplay: Eran Kolirin, Producer: Eilon Ratzkovsky, Ehud Bleiberg, Yossi Uzrad, Koby Gal-Raday, Guy Jacoel, Coproducer: Sophie Dulac Productions, Music: Habib Shehadeh, Camera: Shai Goldman, Sound: Itai Eloav, Cut: Arik Lahav Leibovitz, Equipment: Eitan Levi, Costumes: Doron Ashkenazi, Actors: Sasson Gabai, Ronit Elkabetz, Saleh Bakri, Khalifa Natour, Farbe Kitted out with blue ceremonial uniforms, black trolley cases and musical instruments, a police orchestra travels from Egypt to Israel. The members are invited to perform for the opening of an Arabian cultural centre. Neither chauffeur nor reception committee await them at the airport. A worker at a take-away stand finally adopts the eight hungry and unsheltered Arabs stranded in the Israeli desert. With painful humour, Eran Kolirin presents a little story about people from two different cultures, their dreams and worries, whose journey through life could not have crossed more coincidentally. A heart-warming comedy. Supporting Film: Apple & Ei_Ahmet Tas |
Bis zum Ellenbogen
 Online Ticketkauf | Deutschland 2007, Director: Justus von Dohnányi, Screenplay: Justus von Dohnányi, Producer: Justus von Dohnanyi, Lars Büchel, Bernd T. Hoefflin, Camera: Matthias Schellenberg, Actors: Jan Josef Liefers, Stefan Kurt, Justus von Dohnányi, Luisa Lindner, Farbe Spiv Willi Kolb (Stefan Kurt) and Achim Delvental (Jan Josef Liefers) – junior chief of a shipping company – could not be more different. One holds his head above water by weaving in and out of various jobs, the other enjoys a life of luxury afforded by his position. A traffic accident brings the unlikely pair together – and to a lonely lodge in the Bernese Oberland and Sven, a sympathetic banker from Sylt. During one of their nightly drinking bouts Sven suddenly dies. Because neither Achim nor Willi feel completely without fault they decide to fulfil his last wish: a burial at sea off the Ellenbogen on the Island of Sylt. The three begin the absurd journey during the 2006 Football World Cup in Germany with a ludicrous plan up their sleeve. |
Blackout
 Online TicketkaufCapitol (6) / Friday 06.October, 12:30 Uhr Trailer | USA 2006, Director: Jerry Lamothe, Screenplay: Jerry Lamothe, Producer: Judith Aidoo, Music: George J. Fontenette, Camera: Ben Wolf, Sound: Evan Benjamin, Cut: Tina Pacheco, Equipment: Kai Lee, Costumes: Icy Parks, Actors: Zoe Saldana, Jeffrey Wright, Melvin Van Pebbles, Saul Rubinek u.a., Farbe On August 14, 2003 New York was hit by the biggest blackout in American history – the city lay in total darkness for two days. Many of New York’s districts remained free of criminal incident and official voices commended the population’s level headedness. However, chaos broke out in one part of Brooklyn. While some assisted each other, others shamelessly exploited the extraordinary circumstances. With reference to actual facts, Jerry Lamothe demonstrates in Blackout how relationships and friendships can change in such crisis situations. A trenchantly told story in the tradition of Spike Lee. Supporting Film: Spegelbarn/Looking Glass_Erik Rosenlund |
Blue State
 Online TicketkaufCapitol (1) / Monday 01.October, 16:00 Uhr | USA, Kanada 2007, Director: Marshall Lewy, Screenplay: Marshall Lewy, Script: Marshall Lewy, Producer: Andrew Paquin, Kyle Irving, Music: Nathan Johnson, Camera: Phil Parmet, Sound: Graham Timmer, Cut: Adam Stein, Equipment: Deanne Rohde, Ricardo Alms, Costumes: Bill MacInnis, Actors: Breckin Meyer, Anna Paquin, Adriana O'Neil, Joyce Krenz, Farbe The defeat of his idol John Kerry at the American presidential elections forces the enthusiastic campaigner John Logue to redeem a previous and openly made promise: To emigrate to Canada in the event of George W. Bush being re-elected. With an offer from ‘Marry-A-Canadian’ in his pocket, an introduction agency that has become specialised in homeland-weary Americans, the political romancer sets off together with his travel companion in the direction of Winnipeg. An ironic road movie with Anna Paquin (The Piano), that deals critically and entertainingly with the USA’s present political situation. Supporting Film: Fish Attack!_Nicolas Neuhold |
Born on the Fourth of July
 Online TicketkaufFrosch studio (2) / Friday 28.September, 17:00 Uhr | USA 1989, Director: Oliver Stone, Screenplay: Oliver Stone, Ron Kovic, Script: Ron Kovic, Producer: Oliver Stone, A. Kitman Ho, Music: John Williams, Camera: Robert Richardson, Cut: David Brenner, Actors: Tom Cruise, Raymond J. Barry, Caroline Kava, Josh Evans, Farbe In this film, Oliver Stone presents his most penetrative image about and against violence: It requires only one bullet to change the life of the young, patriotic soldier Ron Kovic forever. After surviving and returning from the Vietnam War, he begins an uphill struggle with his own existence, which ultimately leads him to join the anti-war movement. |
Brando.
 Online Ticketkauf | USA 2007, Director: Mimi Freedman, Producer: Leslie Greif, Coproducer: Tom Brown, Actors: Marlon Brando, Edward R. Murrow, Janet Aemisegger, Betty Gossell, Farbe An unmistakable voice, good looks, a wilful character and a revolutionary approach to acting made Marlon Brando one of the most influential actors of the past century in the 1950’s. In Brando, renowned personalities such as Martin Scorsese, Jane Fonda and Al Pacino talk about their personal and professional encounters with this exceptional actor. In addition to his acting abilities in such films as A Streetcar Named Desire, The Godfather or Last Tango in Paris, Brando’s youth, his relationships and political engagements are also touched upon. The producer Leslie Greif delivers a comprehensive portrait of one of the most important actors in the history of Hollywood. |
Chapter 27
 Online TicketkaufCapitol (1) / Friday 05.October, 18:30 Uhr | USA 2006, Director: Jarrett Schaefer, Screenplay: Jarrett Schaefer, Producer: Robert Salerno, Naomi Despres, Alexandra Milchan, Coproducer: Artina Films, Music: Anthony Marinelli, Camera: Tom Richmond, Cut: Andrew Hafitz, Jim Makiej, Equipment: Kalina Ivanov, Costumes: Ane Crabtree, Actors: Jared Leto, Lindsay Lohan, Judah Friedlander u.a., Farbe In the freezing cold, Mark David Chapman waits for John Lennon in front of the Dakota Building in New York. He wants an autograph. And he wants to kill the legendary Ex-Beatle. Having traveled alone from Hawaii and suffering from psychological delusions, he found consolation in J. D. Salinger’s cult classic «The Catcher in the Rye». In the firm belief of having recognized the protagonist Holden Caulfield in himself, he follows the scenes of the novel – and with that writes the next, the 27th chapter – with five fatal shots fired on John Lennon. A subtle study of the psyche of the assassin Mark David Chapman. Supporting Film_Surprise |
Cocalero
 Online TicketkaufCapitol (1) / Monday 01.October, 18:30 Uhr | Argentinien, Bolivien 2007, Director: Alejandro Landes, Producer: Alejandro Landes, Julia Solomonoff, Music: Leonardo Heiblum, Jacobo Lieberman, Camera: Jorge Manrique Behrens, Sound: Lena Exquenazi, Cut: Kate Taverna, Joge Manrique Behrens, Lorenzo Bombicci, Actors: Evo Morales, Leonilda Zurita u.a., Farbe Cocalero follows the presidential candidate Evo Morales at the end of 2005 on his election campaign through Bolivia. As the leader of the «Movimiento al Socialismo» party and an advocate for the rights of coca farmers, he gives his best to become the first indigenous president of Bolivia. With the well-organized coca union behind him – thousands of indigenous coca farmers, so-called Cocaleros – he succeeds in making the historical breakthrough. On January 22, 2006 he is endorsed as Head of State. Alejandro Landes’ debut film paints the portrait of an involved activist while simultaneously alluding to the present political upheavals in Latin America. Supporting Film: Say Can You See_Tony Caio |
Comandante
 Online Ticketkauf | USA 2003, Director: Oliver Stone, Actors: Fidel Castro, Oliver Stone, Juanita Vera, Farbe Fidel Castro lives! JFK, Nixon, Reagan, Bush, Clinton, Bush II - none of them were able to overthrow, prevent or destroy Cuba’s socialist rule. Comandante goes shoulder to shoulder with the Cuban leader. Oliver Stone portrays a man who, even after forty years, continues to hold on to his ideologies and fight selflessly for the objectives of his people. |
Die Kleinen Strolche / Our Gang
 Online Ticketkauf | USA 1922-28, Director: Robert F. McGowan, Screenplay: Hal Roach, Actors: Anna Mae Bilson, Peggy Cartwright, Jackie Condon, Mickey Daniels, Farbe Die Kleinen Strolche, the children’s film classic from the 1920’s, still creates great amusement at cinemas today. The vagabonds are cheeky, shrewd and always full of mischief. A selection of their adventures will be set to music by the percussionist Yogo Pausch. A sound workshop for the kids will follow the screening – an experience for children and parents alike. |
Egoïste - Lotti Latrous
 Online TicketkaufCapitol (1) / Saturday 29.September, 16:00 Uhr | Deutschland, Schweiz 2007, Director: Stephan Anspichler, Screenplay: Stephan Anspichler, Producer: Stephan Anspichler, Music: Arthur Besson, Kay Scheibner, Camera: Alban Kakulya, Sound: Oliver Eberhardt, Matthias Guetersloh, Cut: Thomas Belitz, Actors: Lotti Latrous, Aziz Latrous, Selim Latrous u.a., Farbe Lotti Latrous made a serious decision when she opened her «Centre Espoir d‘Eux» on the Ivory Coast. She began to question her life as a wife and mother; exchanging luxury for material poverty and putting her mission before the interests of her own family were for her the most «egoistic actions» of her life. The young director Anspichler portrays the involved personality voted Swiss Woman of the Year 2004 at work in the Abidjanian hospice and fathoms her perspective and that of her family. Supporting Film: Überraschungsfilm |
Frei nach Plan / According to the Plan
 Online TicketkaufCapitol (1) / Friday 28.September, 21:00 Uhr | Deutschland 2007, Director: Franziska Meletzky, Farbe The three entirely different sisters Anne, Iris and Marianne attempt to make arrangements for their mother’s birthday party. Anne, the rebel and adventurer, stirs up the preparations when she falls for her younger sister’s husband and leaves the entire responsibility of the upcoming party to her older sister Iris. Accordingly, the preparations for the party are continually interrupted by minor and major interpersonal catastrophes. The absurd comedy and tragedy of life ensures that these birthday festivities do not turn out according to plan. Those of you who dread family celebrations will love this film. Supporting Film: Frog Jesus_Ben Peters |
Freundschaft / Friendship
 Online TicketkaufCapitol (1) / Friday 28.September, 18:30 Uhr Trailer | Österreich 2006, Director: Rupert Henning, Screenplay: Rupert Henning, Florian Scheuba, Script: Rupert Henning, Producer: Danny Krausz, Kurt Stocker, Music: Mnozil Brass, Camera: Michi Riebl, Sound: Moritz Fritsch, Cut: Britta Nahler, Equipment: Hans Jager, Costumes: Michaela Kovacs, Actors: Rupert Henning, Erwin Steinhauer, Arthur Klemt, Herbert Brunner, Farbe Father and son finally make a clean sweep of things. On the pivotal day they settle fifty years of political, contemporary and familial history with ideologies, illusions and, above all, with each other. All in one day. Thus created is a satirical yet authentic picture of the last decade of Austrian history. Adapted from the repeatedly premiered theatrical piece Freundschaft this is an exceedingly amusing film that, with typical Austrian charm, grapples with the recent history of this alpine republic and its present political realities. Supporting Film: Teat Beat of Sex_Signe Baumane |
Fuerte Apache
 Online TicketkaufCapitol (1) / Friday 05.October, 16:00 Uhr Trailer | Spanien 2007, Director: Jaume Mateu Adrover, Screenplay: Mateu Adrover, Producer: Joume Roures, Enrique Gonzalez Macho, Coproducer: Alta Producción, Music: Óscar Maceda, Camera: Pancho Alcaine, Sound: Albert Manera, Cut: Eloy González, Goyo Villasevil, Actors: Juan Diego, Lolita Flores, Pep Tosar, Jordi Rico, Farbe Toni Darder is without all hope, useless at his job, burnt out. Nonetheless he wants to continue working at a home for minors with learning difficulties. One day the police delivers the young boy Tariq and the burnt out teacher fosters new hope. This is the last attempt Toni will allow himself. Tariq pushes Toni’s patience and trust to the limit – until there is a murder and Tariq has to flee. A moving film about children and adolescents, the hope of a new life and the psychological strain of teachers lacking the power to teach. Supporting Film: Kasting_Alyosha Saari |
Full Metal Village
 Online TicketkaufCapitol (1) / Wednesday 03.October, 16:00 Uhr | Deutschland Director: Sung-Hyung Cho, Producer: Florian, Farbe Introspective, unsophisticated country life with coffee parties and village dances on the one hand side and loud, pierced heavy-metal fans from around the globe on the other: The small town of Wacken in Schleswig-Holstein and its identity without its relation to the Wacken Open-Air, one of the biggest heavy-metal festivals worldwide, appears almost unthinkable. With this backdrop, the Korean-born Sung-Hyung Cho portrays the township and its inhabitants: Everyday farm life and idyllic provinciality before the recurring madness of a crazy festival. With intuition and slapstick comedy, Full Metal Village deals with the curious encounter of two differing cultures, which, despite all extremes, proceeds with love and harmony. Supporting Film: Superdong_Pok Yue Weng |
Gewinner Audience Award / Winner Audience Award
 | Grossbritannien 2006, Director: John McKenzie, Screenplay: John McKenzie, Camera: Nicholas JS Wise, Actors: Brian Mitchell, Anjella Mackintosh, Kenneth Collard, Caty Wix, Farbe The winner of this year's Audience Award was „Twelve In A Box“ by John McKenzie (Grossbritannien, 2006). |
Gewinner Debütspielfilm / Winner Debut Feature Film
 | USA 2006, Director: Jarrett Schaefer, Screenplay: Jarrett Schaefer, Camera: Tom Richmond, Actors: Jared Leto, Lindsay Lohan, Judah Friedlander, Farbe Jarrett Schaefer won with Chapter 27 the "Golden Eye" in his category. |
Gewinner Nachwuchsdokumentarfilm / Winner New Documentary Film
 | USA 2006, Director: Dan Cox, Screenplay: Dan Cox, Camera: Alan Cibrian, Mobolaji Olambiwonnu, Actors: Larry Flint, Francis Ford Coppola, Farbe Winner in the category "New Documentary" is Running With Arnold by Dan Cox. |
Gewinner Nachwuchsspielfilm / Winner New Fiction
 | Frankreich, Israel 2007, Director: Eran Kolirin, Screenplay: Eran Kolirin, Camera: Shai Goldman, Actors: Sasson Gabai, Ronit Elkabetz, Saleh Bakri, Farbe In the category "Best New Fiction Film" Bikur Hatizmoret/The Band's Visit convinced the jury and won the "golden Eye", endowed with 10'000 Swiss Francs. For the fist time, Variety awarded the Variety's New Talent Award in the framework of the third Zurich Film Festival. Winner was again „The Band’s Visit" ("Bikur Hatizmoret") by Eran Kolirin. |
Heaven & Earth / Zwischen Himmel und Hölle
 Online TicketkaufFrosch studio (2) / Friday 28.September, 21:00 Uhr | USA, Frankreich 1993, Director: Oliver Stone, Screenplay: Jay Wurts, Le Ly Hayslip, James Hayslip, Oliver Stone, Producer: A. Kitman Ho, Robert Kline, Arnon Milchan, Oliver Stone, Camera: Robert Richardson, Cut: David Brenner, Sally Menke, Actors: Haing S. Ngor, Bussaro Sanruck, Supak Pititam, Joan Chen, Farbe In the last part of his Vietnam trilogy, Stone captures the «other» perspective on the Vietnam war with this true-story account of a young Vietnamese communist. Le Ly – raped and accused of treason – bears an illegitimate child and ekes out a living as a prostitute. However, when US -Sgt. Steve Butler takes her to America, the would-be paradise turns out to be a nightmare. |
Hello Goodbye / Hello Goodbye
 Online TicketkaufCapitol (1) / Friday 05.October, 21:15 Uhr Trailer | Schweiz 2007, Director: Stefan Jäger, Screenplay: Mona Petri, Stefan Gubser, Stefan Jäger, Producer: Stefan Gubser, Stefan Jäger, Coproducer: Abrakadabra, Schweizer Fernsehen, Music: Angelo Berardi, Camera: Piotr Jaxa, Sound: Laurent Barbey, Cut: Roman Vital, Equipment: Georg Bringolf, Costumes: Gisela Storch-Pestalozza, Actors: Stefan Gubser, Mona Petri, Francesca Tappa, Hanspeter Müller-Drossaart u.a., Farbe Melina is young and full of illusions. She has just fallen in love and is now ready to stand on her own two feet. She fosters a profound and loving relationship with her father who, nevertheless, confronts her with an outrageous demand. Together, father and daughter must face their fears and discover just how much courage it takes to let go of a loved one. Stefan Jäger, together with the leading actors, developed the screenplay for this film ad lib. Behind the camera is Piotr Jaxa, who worked with Kieslowski before and has already aroused interest in Switzerland with Stina Werenfels’ Nachbeben. Supporting Film: A Nick in Time_Bé Garrett |
Immer Nie am Meer / Forever Never Anywhere
 Online TicketkaufCapitol (1) / Tuesday 02.October, 16:00 Uhr Trailer | Österreich 2006, Director: Antonin Svoboda, Screenplay: Christoph Grissemann, Dirk Stermann, Heinz Strunk, Antonin Svoboda, Jörg Kalt, Producer: Coop99 Filmproduktion, Martin Gschlacht, Jessica Hausner u.a., Camera: Martin Gschlacht, Sound: Dietmar Zuson, Cut: Oliver Neumann, Equipment: Katharina Wöppermann, Costumes: Katharina Wöppermann, Actors: Christoph Grissemann, Dirk Stermann, Heinz Strunk, Philip Bialkowski u.a., Farbe History professor Baisch, his depressive and pill-addicted brother-in-law Anzengruber and a manic cabaret artist suffer a crash on a lonely country lane following a party. They remain trapped between two trees, injured and with little chance of escape they await rescue. Their only provisions are a bowl of herring salad and sparkling white wine. Over-the-top joviality, desperate fits of tears, absurd conversations and moments of intimacy – the car becomes a prison from which there is no escape. At least not by one’s own doing. A dry Austrian grotesque with Heinz Strunk, Christoph Grissemann and Dirk Stermann. Supporting Film: Surprise |
Izgnanie / The Banishment
 Online TicketkaufArthouse (Alba) / Friday 05.October, 19:30 Uhr Trailer | Russland 2007, Director: Andrei Zvyagintsev, Producer: Dmitri Lesnevsky, Actors: Konstantin Lavronenko, Aleksandr Baluyev, Maxim Shibaev, Maria Bonnevie, Farbe Alex moves from the city taking his wife Vera and his two children back to his father’s house in the countryside. There, in the middle of a paradisiacal landscape and in the security of his childhood memories, he hopes peace of mind will return to his brother who was left by his wife and children. However, as Vera reveals a secret to Alex, which leads to a succession of misunderstandings and recriminations, the house becomes a foreboding place of banishment. |
JFK / JFK - Tatort Dallas
 Online TicketkaufFrosch studio (1) / Friday 28.September, 16:30 Uhr | USA, Frankreich 1991, Director: Oliver Stone, Screenplay: Zachary Sklar, Oliver Stone, Producer: A. Kitman Ho, Oliver Stone, Music: John Williams, Camera: Robert Richardson, Cut: Joe Hutshing, Actors: Sally Kirkland, Anthony Ramirez, Ray LePere, Kevin Costner, Farbe This film, which brought a very important part of American history back to the minds of its audience, earned Oliver Stone the reputation of a conspiracy theorist. With a mixture of authentic and staged material he «proved», in an extremely virtuoso manner, that Lee Harvey Oswald was possibly not a lone perpetrator but a very small cog in the huge conspiracy machine. |
Klass / The Class
 Online Ticketkauf | Estland 2007, Director: Ilmar Raag, Screenplay: Ilmar Raag, Producer: Riina Sildos, Ilmar Raag, Music: Martin Kallasvee, Paul Oja, Timo Steiner, Camera: Kristjan-Jaak Nuudi, Cut: Tambet Tasuja, Actors: Vallo Kirs, Pärt Uusberg, Lauri Pedaja, Paula Solvak, Farbe In an Estonian school class Joosep is the obvious outsider. With nasty little games, humiliating taunts and hard beatings the boys celebrate their superiority while the girls look on with indifference. A quickly plotted drama with videoclip aesthetics on the indignity and violence of youths. |
La Caja / The Wooden Box
 Online TicketkaufCapitol (1) / Tuesday 02.October, 18:30 Uhr Trailer | Spanien 2006, Director: Juan Carlos Falcón Rivero, Screenplay: Juan Carlos Falcón, Producer: Andrés Santana Quintana, Coproducer: Imanol Uribe, Antonio Chavarrías, José Mazeda, Music: Joan Valent, Camera: Gonzalo Berridi, Sound: Carlos Bonmatí, Cut: José Salcedo, Costumes: Lena Mossum, Actors: Ángela Molina, Elvira Mínguez, Antonia San Juan, Vladimir Cruz, Farbe Because there is no room for the storage of her suddenly deceased husband Don Lucio in the cramped little home of Eloisa, Doña Isabel offers up her home for use. However, it is not mourning but long nurtured hate that breaks out, and the presence of the dead brings to light uncomfortable truths, shamefully concealed secrets, fears, hidden desires and unfulfilled yearnings. While the widow enjoys her newly gained freedom her neighbors settle their drastic accounts with the dead, a denunciator and pursuer of Franco’s regime. This is a bitter, poetic tragicomedy about the attitudes of a fishing village on the Canary Islands in the 1960’s. Supporting Film: AlpTraum_This Lüscher |
Lagerfeld Confidential
 Online TicketkaufCapitol (1) / Wednesday 03.October, 21:00 Uhr | Frankreich 2007, Director: Rodolphe Marconi, Screenplay: Rodolphe Marconi, Producer: Gregory Bernard, Coproducer: Matthieu Warter, Camera: Rodolphe Marconi, Sound: Rodolphe Marconi, Actors: Karl Lagerfeld, Prinzessin Caroline von Monace, Nicole Kidman u.a., Farbe Grey ponytail, black sunglasses, eccentric appearance: Karl Lagerfeld, Chanel’s chief designer, is regarded as one of the most influential fashion designers of our time. Who is the man behind the glamorous façade, behind the Karl Lagerfeld media product? The first documentary film to be authorised by Lagerfeld allows an insight into his life and portrays him as a passionate photographer and designer. Simultaneously, the film offers a sample of his private life, reveals Lagerfeld’s obsessions, his intransigence and his propensity to provoke. This intimate portrait of a remarkable man is the result of two years work and over 200 hours of film material. Supporting Film: I Think I Thought_Matthew Modine |
Looking For Fidel
 Online TicketkaufArthouse (Alba) / Friday 28.September, 15:00 Uhr | USA 2004, Director: Oliver Stone, Screenplay: Oliver Stone, Producer: Alvaro Longoria, Carla Pagi, Fernando Sulichin, Actors: Fidel Castro, Oliver Stone, Jimmy Carter, James Cason, Farbe After Cuba’s 2003 refugee crisis – one year after Comandante – Oliver Stone catches up with Fidel Castro. In critical Interviews, the two discuss Cuban politics, democracy and human rights, Castro’s possible successor, the handling of political dissension and the future of Cuba. |
Mars
 Online Ticketkauf | Russland 2004, Director: Anna Melikian, Farbe On the run from himself and his past the famous and ‘invincible’ boxer Boris ends up in Mars, a small town on the island of Krim and also the name of the factory there that supplied the whole country with soft toys and provided jobs for most of its residents during the days of the Soviet Union. The combat sportsman from Moscow will spend one day in this small town – and this day will bring about a new turn in the life of the librarian Greta and her admirer Grigorij. In her feature film debut the young director Anna Melikian combines a bitter-sweet love triangle with references to the realities of today’s Russia. |
Mechenosets / The Sword Bearer
 Online TicketkaufArthouse (Alba) / Saturday 29.September, 20:30 Uhr | Russland 2006, Director: Filipp Yankovsky, Screenplay: Konstantin Syngayevsky, Script: Yevgeni Danilenko, Producer: Sergei Selyanov, Actors: Artyom Tkachenko, Chulpan Khamatova, Leonid Gromov, Aleksei Zharkov, Farbe Both the law enforcement officers and bandits are in hot pursuit of Sasha. But nobody knows he is in possession of special powers that enable him to destroy anything in his path. His encounter with Katya, who falls in love with him and shows no fear of his supernatural abilities, changes Sasha completely. Will he be able to safeguard something as fragile as love in such a brutal environment? In this fascinating mixture of mystery elements and thriller, Philipp Yankovsky tells the story of a society that turns a man into a monster and, as is the case with this man, how love gains the upper hand. |
Midnight Express
 Online TicketkaufCapitol (6) / Friday 28.September, 18:00 Uhr | USA 1978, Director: Alan Parker, Screenplay: Oliver Stone, Script: William Hayes, William Hoffer, Producer: Alan Marshall, David Puttnam, Actors: Brad Davis, Irene Miracle, Bo Hopkins, Paolo Bonacelli, Farbe Das Drama erzählt die fiktionalisierte Geschichte des real existierenden amerikanischen Studenten Billy Hayes. Dieser versuchte, Haschisch aus der Türkei zu schmuggeln, und wurde dafür zu 30 Jahren Haft verurteilt. Bei seinen Fluchtversuchen aus türkischer Gefangenschaft schreckte er vor keinem Mittel zurück. Oliver Stone erhielt für sein packendes Drehbuch im Jahr 1978 seinen ersten Oscar. |
Naked on the Inside
 Online TicketkaufCapitol (1) / Saturday 29.September, 18:30 Uhr | Australien 2006, Director: Kim Farrant, Screenplay: Kim Farrant, Producer: Ian Walker, Camera: Andrew Commis, Sound: Jed Kurzel, Cut: Emma Hay, Actors: Dave Toole, Carré Otis, Marcus Van u.a., Farbe Never before were the inhabitants of the western world more concerned with the way they look than they are today. In her documentary film Naked on the Inside, director Kim Farrant investigates why this is so and questions who we are without our clothes. Six extraordinary people from around the world unveil their bodies for Farrant, reveal their secrets and resort to this unusual experiment in the search for their true selves. At first glance they appear entirely different but, through their intimate portrayal in front of the camera, their similarities gradually become visible. Supporting Film: Tricko/The T-Shirt_Hossein Fazeli |
Natural Born Killers
 Online TicketkaufArthouse (Alba) / Saturday 29.September, 18:00 Uhr | USA 1994, Director: Oliver Stone, Screenplay: David Veloz, Richard Rutowski, Oliver Stone, Script: Quentin Tarantino, Producer: Jane Hamsher, Actors: Woody Harrelson, Juliette Lewis, Tom Sizemore, Rodney Dangerfield, Unbekannt «Natural Born Killers is a cartoon, don’t take it literally» says Oliver Stone about his often criticised, technically experimental portrait of the cold-blooded lovers Mickey and Mallory. The story of these two social outsiders, who take to the road as serial killers, is Stone’s satirical view of the sensationalist and violence-glorifying media. |
New York City Serenade
 Online TicketkaufCapitol (1) / Thursday 04.October, 21:00 Uhr | USA 2006, Director: Frank Whaley, Screenplay: Frank Whaley, Producer: Rachel Peters, Music: Ed Harcourt, Camera: Ryan Samul, Sound: Fred Rosenberg, Lewis Goldstein, Cut: Miran Miosic, Equipment: Dara Wishingrad, Costumes: Virginia Cook, Actors: Freddie Prinze Jr., Chris Klein, Jamie-Lynn Sigler, Heather Bucha u.a., Farbe Two friends, Ray a Rock’n’Roll band drummer and Owen, an aspiring film director, who have known each other since childhood must now discover what they expect from life and, above all, how their relationship should develop. Owen takes Ray to a film festival he has been invited to with his short film. As Owen attempts to give his life a new direction, Ray sabotages his intentions nonstop and becomes an impostor. As everything blows up, Owen sets his friend an ultimatum. A humorous and tender film with Freddie Prinze, Jr. and Wallace Shawn about the friendship between two men who, despite newly set aspirations, have to discover whether their friendship will remain stable. Supporting Film: Le Géneraliste_Damien Chemin |
Nixon
 Online Ticketkauf | USA 1995, Director: Oliver Stone, Screenplay: Stephen J. Rivele, Christopher Wilkinson, Oliver Stone, Producer: Oliver Stone, Clayton Townsend, Andrew G. Vajna, Music: John Williams, Camera: Robert Richardson, Cut: Brian Berdan, Hank Corwin, Actors: Anthony Hopkins, Joan Allen, Powers Boothe, Ed Harris, Farbe Nixon is a very human portrait of the 37th president of the United States whose motives, even today, still remain a puzzle to many people. It is the story of a man whose career collapses under the weight of his past, his ambitions and his blindness to events occurring beyond even his remarkably broad horizon. |
Noel Poeta da Vila / The Samba Poet
 Online TicketkaufCapitol (1) / Wednesday 03.October, 18:30 Uhr Trailer | Brasilien 2006, Director: Ricardo Van Steen, Screenplay: Pedro Vicente, Producer: Paulo Dantas, Coproducer: Zohar Cinema e Comunicaçao, Music: Luís Filipe de Lima, Camera: Paulo Vainer, Cut: Umberto Martins, Costumes: Bia Salgado, Actors: Camila Pitanga, Paulo Cesar Peréio, Jonathan Haagensen, Rafael Raposo, Farbe Rio de Janeiro, 1920: Noel Rosa, son of a middle-class family living in the white, middle-class district of Vila Isabel, should actually be studying medicine. Instead he prefers to write poetry, nurture friendships with easy women and similarly aged blacks from the Favelas – and to make music. The popular song «Come que roupa», which parodies the Brazilian national anthem, marks the beginning of Noel Rosa’s triumph as the reviver of the popular Brazilian music, the samba. Yet the feverishly intense life comes at a price. The poet and philosopher dies of tuberculosis at the age of 26. Today, his musical legacy of 259 compositions belongs to the standard repertoire. The film impressively depicts the life stages of the man who revived the samba and shaped it into the music we know today. Supporting Film: Bellringer_Dustin Rees |
Odette Toulemonde
 Online TicketkaufArthouse (Le Paris) / Tuesday 02.October, 21:15 Uhr Trailer |