LA HIJA CÓNDOR
| Mon 31.08. | 19:30 | LA HIJA CÓNDOR Im Gotthard um die Welt | OVdf |  | Gotthard |
By Álvaro Olmos Torrico, with Marisol Vallejo Montaño, María Magdalena Sanizo, Nely Huayta
Clara is a teenager growing up in a small indigenous community high in the Andes. Her adoptive mother, an elderly midwife who took her in as a baby, is training her to take on her vital role for the community. She has taught her the ancient songs used to guide women through childbirth, and bring new lives safely into the world for generations.
PALESTINE 36
| Mon 07.09. | 19:30 | PALESTINE 36 Im Gotthard um die Welt | OVdf | | Gotthard |
By Annemarie Jacir, with Saleh Bakri, Hiam Abbass, Karim Daoud Anaya, Yasmine Al Massri, Billy Howle, Jeremy Irons
1936. As villages across Mandate Palestine rise against British rule, Yusuf drifts between his rural home and the restless energy of Jerusalem, longing for a future beyond the growing unrest. But history is relentless. With rising numbers of Jewish immigrants escaping an increasingly fascist Europe, and Palestinian calls for independence, all sides spiral towards inevitable colllision in a decisive moment for the British Empire and the future of the entire region.
SALVATION
By Emin Alper, with Caner Cindoruk, Berkay Ates, Feyyaz Duman, Naz Göktan
In a remote village high in the Turkish mountains, the return of an exiled clan reignites a decades-old land feud. While dormant resentments resurface, Mesut, the local leader’s brother, is seized by unsettling visions. Believing them to be divine warnings, he starts to challenge his brother’s leadership. Religious convictions, power struggles and tensions surge in the community. Will this all lead to tragedy or salvation?
YI YI (2000)
| Mon 28.09. | 19:30 | YI YI (2000) Im Gotthard um die Welt | OVdf | | Gotthard |
By Edward Yang, with Nien-Jen Wu, Elaine Jin, Issey Ogata, Kelly Lee II, Jonathan Chang
The Taiwanese filmmaker Edward Yang shows in his film YI YI the life of a family in modern Taipei. NJ is a man in his mid-forties. He is married, a father of two children and successful in his job - still he is no longer happy with himself and with his life.
While NJ starts seing his old flame again his mother-in-law is in a coma. It is NJ's eight year old son who guides us through everyday life of the family and who asks critical questions and surprises the spectators with his experiments in the water. The older sister has her first experiences with love and learns that one can not force felicity.
PROMIS LE CIEL
| Mon 05.10. | 19:30 | PROMIS LE CIEL Im Gotthard um die Welt | OVdf | | Gotthard |
By Erige Sehiri, with Aïssa Maïga, Debora Lobe Naney, Laetitia Ky, Mohamed Grayaa
Marie, an Ivorian pastor and former journalist, has lived in Tunisia for ten years. Her home becomes a refuge for Naney, a young mother seeking a better future, and Jolie, a strong-willed student carrying her family’s hopes. The arrival of a little orphan girl challenges their sense of solidarity in a tense social climate, revealing both their fragility and strength.
A SAD AND BEAUTIFUL WORLD
| Mon 12.10. | 20:00 | A SAD AND BEAUTIFUL WORLD FLIZ-Filmclub | OVdf | Gotthard |
By Cyril Aris, with Mounia Akl, Hasan Akil & Julia Kassar.
Nino and Yasmina are born on the same day, in the same hospital, just one minute apart, while civil war rages outside. Close friends as children, they lose touch when Yasmina moves away and don’t meet again until twenty years later. It’s love at second sight—but their visions of life and a future together couldn’t be more different, as their personal experiences and the country’s political unrest have left their mark.
MOTHER - DIE FRAU HINTER DER IKONE
| Mon 19.10. | 19:30 | MOTHER - DIE FRAU HINTER DER IKONE Im Gotthard um die Welt | Edf | | Gotthard |
By Teona Strugar Mitevska, with Noomi Rapace, Sylvia Hoeks, Nikola Ristanovski, Ekin Corapci
Calcutta, India, August 1948. Teresa, Mother Superior of the convent of the Sisters of Loreto, is anxiously waiting for the letter that will finally allow her to leave her monastery and create her new order in response to the call she has received from God. Just when everything seems ready, she finds herself faced with a dilemma that questions her own ambitions and faith at a major turning point in her life.
LOVE ON TRIAL
| Mon 26.10. | 19:30 | LOVE ON TRIAL Im Gotthard um die Welt | JAPdf | | Gotthard |
By Koji Fukada, with Kyoko Saito, Yuki Kura, Yuuna Nakamura, Miyu Ogawa, Mitsuki Imamura
Mai, a rising J-Pop idol, is finally about to have her big break when she unexpectedly falls in love. But in a treacherous industry where young singers must maintain an image of flawless purity, love is forbidden. When her relationship is exposed, Mai’s agency takes drastic action, dragging the couple to court over the “no love” clause in her contract, throwing her life into chaos.
DAS GETRÄUMTE ABENTEUER
| Mon 02.11. | 19:30 | DAS GETRÄUMTE ABENTEUER Im Gotthard um die Welt | OVdf | | Gotthard |
By Valeska Grisebach, with Yana Radeva, Syuleyman Letifov
In Svilengrad, a small town on the Bulgarian border, Veska, crosses paths with Said, an old acquaintance whose car has been stolen. Offering her help, she brings him along to the excavation site where she is working as an archaeologist. As they reconnect, Veska is pulled more into the shady world that he has emerged from, soon embarking on her own exploration of the criminal ties that lurk beneath the surface of this seemingly innocent town at the outskirts of Europe. As figures from her own past start to close in, Veska is forced to confront the truth about the town and her experiences.