In cooperation with the NS-Dokumentationszentrum München, FILMFEST MÜNCHEN will show the documentary A BREATH OF LIFE by Matteo Botrugno and Daniele Coluccini on Wednesday, December 7, at 7 pm. Admission is free. The two co-directors will be present and will have a conversation with Filmfest programmer Julia Weigl after the film.
A pig is trained to be a puppy, an alpaca is a loyal family member, cows and fish sing, and a poodle is given an award at Cannes. Take it from the horse’s mouth: these animal roles in some of the films at FILMFEST MÜNCHEN make us squeal with delight, but they also make us think about our relationship to other living beings and our entire ecosystem.
Tonight, Dominik Graf’s new TV movie SHADOWS OF THE PAST premieres at the Gloria Palast. It’s an artfully layered puzzle straddling different timelines, in which the question of true identity leads to surprising answers. Additionally, PERFORMER by Oliver Grüttner will be screened today for the first time. In this film, a teenager toys with the idea of going on a killing spree — but does he really want to do that? And who exactly is Rose in SECRET NAME?
Some of the films at this year’s edition of the Filmfest incorporate elements of science fiction and fantasy. This time it’s not spaceships or superheroes, but clones, cyborgs, and parallel planes of existence that the filmmakers have worked into seemingly everyday scenarios.
Crises, conflicts, catastrophes: when cultures collide, it’s common for confrontations to occur. Culture clash in cinema can be controversial, but it can also be keenly comical and conducive to cooperation, as is conspicuous in the cornucopia of films at the 39th FILMFEST MÜNCHEN.
Museum Brandhorst and FILMFEST MÜNCHEN are teaming up for the third time in conjunction with the exhibition “Future Bodies from a Recent Past: Sculpture, Technology, and the Body Since the 1950s”.
