Ukrainian Film Festival Berlin is organized by an independent initiative Plivka films aiming to promote Ukrainian cinema worldwide
Die Filmemacherin Marta Smerechynska begleitet die wegweisende Entscheidung ihrer Schwester, ins Kloster zu gehen. Die zweiundzwanzigährige Regisseurin spricht über ihre Auseinandersetzung mit der Entscheidung, den ihre Schwester getroffen hat. In ihrem Kameratagebuch offenbart sie ihre Ängste, ihre Zweifel, ihre Werte und die Träume. Während Smerechynska uns unglaublich nah an ihre Familie und ihre innere Welt heranlässt, werden wir die Zeugen ihrer Verletzlichkeit und Stärke, aber vor allem der Stärke ihrer Schwester. Durch die Geschichte eines jungen Mädchens, die zur Braut Christi wird, wird hier auch über das geistige Erbe der griechisch-katholischen Kirche und seine Wiederbelebung in der Ukraine erzählt.
Filmmaking student Marta Smerechynska follows her sister’s life-changing decision to enter a convent. The 22-year-old speaks about the process of coming to terms with the path her sister has chosen, opening up to her camera-diary along with her fears, doubts, values and dearest wishes. Smerechynska lets us get incredibly close to her family and her inner world, allowing us to witness both her vulnerability and her strength, as well as the strength of her sister. A young girl who pledges herself as a bride of Christ becomes the focal point of a narrative about Greek Catholic spiritual heritage and its revival in Ukraine.
Ein Gebäude am Kyjiver U-Bahnhof “Lybidska”, das seit Jahrzehnten als UFO Gebäude unter der Bevölkerung bekannt ist, gehört zu den wichtigsten architektonischen Symbolen der Stadt und ist eins der wichtigsten architektonischen Meisterwerke des Konstruktivismus. Jetzt droht ihm der Abriss. Denn an seiner Stelle soll ein Einkaufszentrum gebaut werden. Der Autor dieses Gebäudes ist der renommierte ukrainische Architekt Florian Jurjew. Seine Zeit als Gulag-Häftling hat seine Persönlichkeit und sein Architekturerbe tief geprägt. “Infinity according Florian” verflechtet die Erinnerungen an frühere Zeiten mit den Herausforderungen des Bauens in der Hauptstadt von heute und zeigt hiermit den Kreislauf vom Alltäglichen und Ewigen.
The ‘flying saucer’ near Kyiv’s Lybidska metro station has been an important architectural landmark in the city for decades and is a masterpiece of Constructivism. Now it is threatened by demolition to allow for the construction of a new shopping centre. The flying saucer’s creator, eminent architect Florian Yuriev, combined music, colour and space in his designs. He was also deeply affected by his time as an inmate of the Gulag. In ‘Infinity According to Florian’, memories of the past intertwine with the present-day challenges of construction in the Ukrainian capital and of the fight against terminal illness.
The Farels are a power couple: Jean is a prominent French pundit and his wife Claire an essayist known for her radical feminism. Together they have a model son, Alexandre, who is a student at a prestigious American university. During a brief visit to Paris, Alexandre meets Mila, the daughter of his mother’s new partner, and invites her to a party. The next day, Mila files a complaint against Alexandre for rape, destroying family harmony and setting in motion an inextricable media-judicial machine that posits opposing truths.
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Naples, early 1980’s. Aldo and Vanda go through a separation, after he reveals his affair. Their two young children are torn between their parents, in a whirlwind of resentment. But the ties that keep people together are inescapable, even without love. Now, 30 years later, Aldo and Vanda are still married.
An aging Chinese immigrant is swept up in an insane adventure, where she alone can save what's important to her by connecting with the lives she could have led in other universes.
Taking place between the years 1837 and 1843, Balzac’s classic novel focuses on the young poet Lucien de Rubempré, who leaves Angouleme for Paris in the pursuit of becoming an author.
Das junge Männer-Model Carl (Harris Dickinson) und die erfolgreiche Influencerin Yaya (Charlbi Dean Kriek), in deren Beziehung es ein wenig kriselt, sind es gewohnt, ihr Luxus-Leben auf Instagram zu vermarkten. Als sie auf eine Kreuzfahrt für Superreiche eingeladen werden, können sie Erholung und Arbeit perfekt miteinander verbinden – sich mit einem Champagner-Glas auf dem Sonnendeck zu räkeln, ist schließlich absolut social-media-tauglich. Hinter den Kulissen geht es jedoch weit weniger paradiesisch zu. Während sich der dauerbetrunkene, marxistische Kapitän (Woody Harrelson) in seiner Kabine einschließt, versucht die Crew unter Leitung ihrer perfektionistischen Chefin Paula (Vicki Berlin), den verwöhnten Gästen jeden noch so absurden Wunsch zu erfüllen. Als das obligatorische Kapitänsdinner, zu dem sich der Captain dann doch noch breitschlagen lässt, ausgerechnet während eines Sturms stattfindet, laufen die Dinge jedoch völlig aus dem Ruder.
Models Carl and Yaya are navigating the world of fashion while exploring the boundaries of their relationship. The couple are invited for a luxury cruise with a rogues’ gallery of super-rich passengers, a Russian oligarch, British arms dealers and an idiosyncratic, alcoholic, Marx-quoting captain. At first, all appears Instagrammable. But a storm is brewing, and heavy seasickness hits the passengers during the seven-course captain’s dinner. The cruise ends catastrophically. Carl and Yaya find themselves marooned on a desert island with a group of billionaires and one of the ship’s cleaners. Hierarchy is suddenly flipped upside down, as the housekeeper is the the only one who knows how to fish.
It may only be a tower block on the edge of a forest, but you can tell by the look on the faces of the people hoping to join the building’s community that this must be one of the last bastions of civilisation in a world that has fallen apart. To live here, shielded from a dangerous environment, is the goal. But when the caretaker’s dog disappears, an irrational fear spreads among the residents. Security officer Anna makes an appeal for reason and begins to search for the animal. Meanwhile, her daughter Iris locks herself in the bathroom. She is convinced that, with her “evil eye”, she herself is responsible for the dog’s disappearance. When a newly formed vigilante group demands stricter security measures and a renewed suitability test for the entire community, Anna begins to fear for her right to stay.
Under the Sicilian sunlight, Oscar collects scrap metal with his father. At the other end of town, Stanley the Nigerian migrant gets by thanks to small tasks given by the parish priest. Both share the same desire for a better life.
Daniele is a young man from Sant’Erasmo, an island on the edges of the Venice Lagoon. He lives on his wits, isolated even from his peer group who are busy exploring an existence of pleasure-seeking expressed in the cult of the barchino (motorboat). This obsession focuses on the building of ever more powerful engines to transform the little lagoon launches into dangerously fast racing boats. Daniele too dreams of a record-breaking barchino, one that will take him to the top of the leader board, but everything he does to further his dream and win respect from the others turns out to be tragically counterproductive. The decline that erodes the relationships, environment and habits of a rootless generation is observed from the timeless perspective of the Venetian landscape and its island outskirts: the point of no return is a foolish, vestigial tale of male initiation. Violent and destined to fail, it explodes dragging the ghost city along on a psychedelic shipwreck.
Daniele is a young man from Sant’Erasmo, an island on the edges of the Venice Lagoon. He lives on his wits, isolated even from his peer group who are busy exploring an existence of pleasure-seeking expressed in the cult of the barchino (motorboat). This obsession focuses on the building of ever more powerful engines to transform the little lagoon launches into dangerously fast racing boats. Daniele too dreams of a record-breaking barchino, one that will take him to the top of the leader board, but everything he does to further his dream and win respect from the others turns out to be tragically counterproductive. The decline that erodes the relationships, environment and habits of a rootless generation is observed from the timeless perspective of the Venetian landscape and its island outskirts: the point of no return is a foolish, vestigial tale of male initiation. Violent and destined to fail, it explodes dragging the ghost city along on a psychedelic shipwreck.
The film explores the life and music of Elvis Presley, seen through the prism of his complicated relationship with his enigmatic manager, Colonel Tom Parker.
The death of his mother brings Richie Bravo back from his adopted home in Italy to his teenage bedroom in Lower Austria, where Charlton Heston is still flexing his biceps and Winnetou is still alive. With a schnapps in hand and velvety Wurlitzer melodies in the air, he and his “piccolo fratello” bid farewell in the cellar to the parental home. His father is in a nursing home. Pop star Richie makes his money in Rimini. Life-size posters on the walls of his villa tell of a glorious past but the present is a damp squib. Richie claims he is still “con molto amore” – a bit of a squeeze, and squeezing is what it takes to get Richie into his corset and “jacketto”, with which he rhymes “perfetto”, before ardently crooning schmaltzy German songs in staid hotel foyers. Oozing sultry charm, this Austrian gigolo inveigles his way into the minds, bodies and wallets of women of a certain age.
Seidl’s new magnum opus is deeply romantic, even sad. No matter how dirty and perverse on the surface, few films capture life’s pathos as this one does. Bookended by Hans-Michael Rehberg’s last appearance on screen, Rimini stars Michael Thomas, who shines in the role of son, father and man. His suffering is as real and as false as his love, and his singing is the lonely soliloquy of a loser
Eine unerwartete Dreiecksbeziehung, eine gescheiterte Verführungsfalle und eine Begegnung, die aus einem Missverständnis resultiert, sind die drei Episoden, die in drei Akten erzählt werden, um drei weibliche Figuren darzustellen und die Wege zwischen ihren Entscheidungen und ihrem Bedauern nachzuzeichnen.
An unexpected love triangle, a seduction trap, and a random encounter are the three episodes, told in three movements to depict three female characters and trace the trajectories between their choices and regrets.
For as long as they can remember, the Solé family has spent every summer picking the peaches in their orchard in Alcarràs, a small village in Catalonia. But this year’s crop may well be their last, as they face eviction. The new plans for the land, which include cutting down the peach trees and installing solar panels, cause a rift in this large, tight-knit family. For the first time, they face an uncertain future and risk losing more than their orchard.
Director Joachim Trier returns with another modern twist on a classically constructed character portrait of contemporary life in Oslo. Chronicling four years in the life of Julie, THE WORST PERSON IN THE WORLD examines one woman’s quest for love and meaning in the modern world. Fluidly told in twelve chapters, the film features a breakout performance by Cannes Best Actress winner Renate Reinsve as she explores new professional avenues and embarks on relationships with two very different men (Anders Danielsen Lie and Herbert Nordrum) in her search for happiness and identity.
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In den frühen 1980er Jahren tobt auf Sizilien ein regelrechter Streit zwischen den dort vorherrschenden Mafiabossen. Tommaso Buscetta (Pierfrancesco Favino) ist einer dieser Bosse und flieht kurzerhand nach Brasilien, um dort unterzutauchen. Doch zuhause in Italien geht alles seinen gewohnten Gang: Alte Rechnungen werden beglichen und Buscettas Verbündete nach und nach umgebracht. Nachdem Buscetta schließlich von der brasilianischen Polizei verhaftet und nach Italien ausgeliefert wird, trifft er eine folgenschwere Entscheidung, die die gesamte Mafia für immer verändern wird: Er trifft sich mit dem Richter Giovanni Falcone (Fausto Russo Alesi) und bricht damit das Gelübde, das er einst für die Cosa Nostra abgelegt hat. Seine Zeugenaussage hilft nun bei der Verurteilung hunderter Angehöriger der sizilianischen Cosa Nostra in den Vereinigten Staaten und Italien während der sogenannten Maxiprozesse der 1980er Jahre.
Erzählt die wahre Geschichte von Tommaso Buscetta, dem sogenannten „Boss der zwei Welten“. In den 1980er Jahren war er einer der ersten Mafia-Informanten auf Sizilien.
Palermo, Sicily, 1980. Mafia member Tommaso Buscetta decides to move to Brazil with his family fleeing the constant war between the different clans of the criminal organization. But when, after living several misfortunes, he is forced to return to Italy, he makes a bold decision that will change his life and the destiny of Cosa Nostra forever.
