Berlin

For the seventh year running, the special series Berlinale Goes Kiez will roll through a variety of Berlin’s independent cinemas on seven festival evenings and roll out the red carpet on neighbourhood sidewalks, not only to welcome local and international guests but also to honour the cinemas themselves along with their faithful audience.

From February 13 to 19 2016, one independent neighbourhood cinema per evening will be featured as an additional festival venue and present selected films from the various sections of the Berlinale.

Numerous guests from the film teams have already announced their intention to attend and take advantage of the opportunity to present their work personally and engage in conversations with the audience after their screenings.

No less than four of the seven cinemas will be taking part in Berlinale Goes Kiez for the first time. Neukölln’s IL KINO, which opened one year ago, will kick off the special series with two Asian films from Panorama (Jug-yeo-ju-neun Yeo-ja | The Bacchus Lady) and Forum (Lao Shi | Old Stone). An eclectic evening awaits the audience in ACUDkino, with Berlin um die Ecke (Berlin Around the Corner) from the Retrospective and Boris sans Béatrice (Boris without Béatrice) from the Competition section.

The Neue Kammerspiele in Kleinmachnow will also show two films from the Competition section of the festival, Cartas da Guerra (Letters from War) and 24 Wochen (24 Weeks). And in City Kino Wedding, located in the Centre Français de Berlin, the Culinary Cinema section will welcome its guests to the neighbourhood with The Singhampton Project. A menu inspired by the documentary film will be presented by Vincent Garcia at the Restaurant Pastis. Finally, the Kino UNION in Friedrichshagen will be celebrating the grand opening of two new projection rooms together with Berlinale Goes Kiez.

For every cinema, a prominent filmmaker will serve as a “cinema patron” for the evening and thus help to support the cultural mission of the neighbourhood movie theatre. On opening night, Sebastian Schipper, who presented his film Victoria in the series last year, will be our guest at IL KINO.

Festival Director Dieter Kosslick: “The festival would like to thank these brave champions of independent neighbourhood theatres, who have created a place where film can grow beyond the screen with their cinemas. They make a great effort to ensure that a simple trip to the movies can also lead to a dialogue – we are delighted to be able to support them in these efforts with Berlinale Goes Kiez.”

Programme
Saturday, February 13 at IL KINO, Neukölln

18.30 pm Panorama: Jug-yeo-ju-neun Yeo-ja (The Bacchus Lady) by E J-yong

21.30 pm Forum: Lao Shi (Old Stone) by Johnny Ma

Sunday, February 14 at Toni & Tonino, Weißensee

15.30 pm Generation Kplus: Rara by Pepa San Martín

18.30 pm Competition: Mahana (The Patriarch) by Lee Tamahori

21.30 pm Competition: Inhebbek Hedi (Hedi) by Mohamed Ben Attia

Monday, February 15 at ACUDkino, Mitte

18.30 pm Retrospective: Berlin um die Ecke (Berlin Around the Corner) by Gerhard Klein

21.30 pm Competition: Boris sans Béatrice (Boris without Béatrice) by Denis Côté

Tuesday, February 16 at Neue Kammerspiele, Kleinmachnow

18.30 pm Competition: Cartas da Guerra (Letters from War) by Ivo M. Ferreira

21.30 pm Competition: 24 Wochen (24 Weeks) by Anne Zohra Berrached

Wednesday, February 17 at Kino UNION, Friedrichshagen

18.30 pm Generation 14plus: Das Tagebuch der Anne Frank (The Diary of Anne Frank) by Hans Steinbichler

21.30 pm Panorama: Jonathan by Piotr J. Lewandowski

Thursday, February 18 at Babylon, Kreuzberg

18.30 pm Competition: Alone in Berlin by Vincent Perez

21.30 pm Berlinale Shorts Go Kiez

Hopptornet (Ten Meter Tower) by Axel Danielson, Maximilien Van Aertryck

Another City by Pham Ngoc Lan

Love by Réka Bucsi

personne by Christoph Girardet, Matthias Müller
Notre Héritage (Our Legecy) by Jonathan Vinel in Zusammenarbeit mit Caroline Poggi

Friday, February 19 at City Kino Wedding at the Centre Français de Berlin

15.00 pm Homage: Die Ehe der Maria Braun (The Marriage of Maria Braun) by Rainer Werner Fassbinder

18.30 pm Culinary Cinema Goes Kiez: Schwarzbunt Märchen by Detlev Buck, Roger Heeremann; The Singhampton Project by Jonathan Staav. To be followed by a dinner at Restaurant Pastis

21.30 pm Perspektive Deutsches Kino: Meteorstraße (Meteor Street) by Aline Fischer