KINO/23 German Film Festival
Venue: Louis Koo Cinema, Hong Kong Arts Centre
Date: 2023.10.12 - 2023.10.15
Price: Standard price: HK$85 each / Tickets are now available on POPTICKET.hk.
Welcome to KINO/23, the German Film Festival in Hong Kong and Macau!
This is the 25th edition of the German Film Festival, which was first held in 1998 under the name MAX!
This year we are once again showing a great choice of excellent new films from Germany: New German Cinema is marked by a strong presence of female directors, from the intense sibling drama "Kiss my Wounds" by Hanna Doose to Anita Decker's quirky comedy "Love Things". Among the German Masters, you'll find Fatih Akin's million-viewer success "Rheingold" as well as Christoph Hochhäusler's emotional drama "Till the End of the Night," which premiered at the Berlinale.
And we take a look Behind the Wall: For our wonderful opening film "In a Land That No Longer Exists”, we are pleased to welcome director Aelrun Goette in person for an audience talk.
The Goethe-Institut Hongkong celebrates its 60th anniversary this year. To mark the occasion, we invite you to re-encounter some of the great names of German cinema in the series Six Decades - Six Iconic Films, including Konrad Wolf, Wim Wenders and Tom Tykwer. Their films capture the spirit of an era and have become classics.
We look forward to welcoming you to this very special cinema experience at KINO/23!
KINO/23 German Film Festival @ Hong Kong Arts Centre
This is the 25th edition of the German Film Festival, which was first held in 1998 under the name MAX!
This year we are once again showing a great choice of excellent new films from Germany: New German Cinema is marked by a strong presence of female directors, from the intense sibling drama "Kiss my Wounds" by Hanna Doose to Anita Decker's quirky comedy "Love Things". Among the German Masters, you'll find Fatih Akin's million-viewer success "Rheingold" as well as Christoph Hochhäusler's emotional drama "Till the End of the Night," which premiered at the Berlinale.
And we take a look Behind the Wall: For our wonderful opening film "In a Land That No Longer Exists”, we are pleased to welcome director Aelrun Goette in person for an audience talk.
The Goethe-Institut Hongkong celebrates its 60th anniversary this year. To mark the occasion, we invite you to re-encounter some of the great names of German cinema in the series Six Decades - Six Iconic Films, including Konrad Wolf, Wim Wenders and Tom Tykwer. Their films capture the spirit of an era and have become classics.
We look forward to welcoming you to this very special cinema experience at KINO/23!
KINO/23 German Film Festival @ Hong Kong Arts Centre
Opening Film
In A Land That No Longer Exists
In einem Land, das es nicht mehr gibt
Germany | 2022 | 101’ | Colour | In German with Chinese and English subtitles
Director: Aeltrun Goette
In einem Land, das es nicht mehr gibt
Germany | 2022 | 101’ | Colour | In German with Chinese and English subtitles
Director: Aeltrun Goette
12/10 (Thu) 19:45
* Director will attend the screening
Based on true events and personal experiences, Aelrun Goette’s film centres on the 18-year-old Suzie, who is thrown headfirst into the vibrant fashion scene in communist East Germany when a photo of her ends up on the cover of Sibylle, the Vogue of the East. Her abrupt transition from dreary factory life to the dazzling world of fashion doesn’t come without challenges: nothing is private, nothing is apolitical, and she realises that beauty also has its price.
German Masters
Till the End of the Night
Bis ans Ende der Nacht
Germany | 2023 | 122’ | Colour | In German with English subtitles
Director: Christoph Hochhäusler
13/10 (Fri) 20:00
Robert, an undercover, teams with Leni, who has been released on parole to play along, to gain the trust of a criminal, Victor, at a dance class. Robert and Leni – he gay, she trans – make a great couple and soon have the criminal on the hook. Or is it he who has entrapped them? And are there not more feelings at play in this supposedly fake love affair? Christoph Hochhäusler’s newest film is an ingenious portrait of the emotional intellect that is as witty as it is touching.
New German Cinema
Kiss My Wounds
Wann kommst du meine Wunde küssen
Germany | 2022 | 116’ | Colour | In German with English subtitles
Director: Hanna Doose
14/10 (Sat) 20:00
The acting technique of improvisation returns in Hanna Doose’s second feature film, which centres on two former best friends, Laura and Maria, who lost contact when Maria’s great love, Jan, cheated on her with Laura. After years of deliberate noncontact, the two women meet again in the Black Forest to mourn for the death of Kathi, Maria’s sister. Carefully repressed conflicts erupt on Maria’s arrival. Yet when everything seems lost, they try to make amends and give Kathi a dignified send-off.
German Masters
Rheingold
Germany, Italy, France| 2022 | 138’ | Colour | In German, Kurdish, Dutch, Arabic, English and Turkish with English subtitles
Director: Fatih Akin
Germany, Italy, France| 2022 | 138’ | Colour | In German, Kurdish, Dutch, Arabic, English and Turkish with English subtitles
Director: Fatih Akin
15/10 (Sun) 19:30
Adapted from the autobiography “Alles oder Nix'' by German rapper and music producer Xatar. Fed with his Kurdish parents via Iraq, Xatar, born Giwar Hajabi, grows up in a social housing estate in Bonn, dreaming of fame and fortune. The teenage Xatar initially slips into petty crime, but soon advances to become an influential major dealer. When a cocaine shipment goes missing, he plans a large-scale gold heist to pay off debt. However, this does not go as planned.
KINO/23 German Film Festival: Six Decades - Six Iconic Films
"The Divided Heaven", "The American Friend", "Solo Sunny", "Run Lola Run", "Cherry Blossoms – Hanami" and "My Name Is Victoria" of the Six Decades - Six Iconic Films.
- Include one ticket each for all of the six films, "The Divided Heaven", "The American Friend", "Solo Sunny", "Run Lola Run", "Cherry Blossoms – Hanami" and "My Name Is Victoria" of the Six Decades - Six Iconic Films.
Standard price: HK$85 each
Concession tickets price: HK$68 each, specially offer to:
• 20% discount for tickets for full-time students, senior citizens aged 60 or above, and people with disabilities and the minder and Comprehensive Social Security Assistance (CSSA) recipients. Concessionary ticket holders must produce evidence of their identity or age upon admission.
• 20% discount to Goethe-Institut Hongkong’s students. Ticket holders must present a valid discount letter upon admission.
• 20% discount to HKAC members. Ticket holders must present a valid membership card upon admission.
• 20% discount for each purchase of 4 or more standard tickets.
• Only one discount offer could be applied to each ticket purchase.
• 20% discount for tickets for full-time students, senior citizens aged 60 or above, and people with disabilities and the minder and Comprehensive Social Security Assistance (CSSA) recipients. Concessionary ticket holders must produce evidence of their identity or age upon admission.
• 20% discount to Goethe-Institut Hongkong’s students. Ticket holders must present a valid discount letter upon admission.
• 20% discount to HKAC members. Ticket holders must present a valid membership card upon admission.
• 20% discount for each purchase of 4 or more standard tickets.
• Only one discount offer could be applied to each ticket purchase.
For admission, audience must present the QR code (either in electric or printed version) shown on the popticket.hk e-ticket at the venue.
Ticketing enquiry: ask@popticket.hk (Office hour: Mon-Fri 10am-7pm)
Ticketing enquiry: ask@popticket.hk (Office hour: Mon-Fri 10am-7pm)
Programmes are subject to change without prior notice.
Presenter: Goethe-Institut Hongkong
In collaboration with: Hong Kong Arts Centre
In collaboration with: Hong Kong Arts Centre
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