2015 German Film Festival
Herzlich Willkomen!
A warm welcome to the 14th annual Audi Festival of German Films!
Join us in watching a spectacular collection of films highlighting a robust and very creative film industry Germany, Austria and Switzerland. The variety of movies as selected by the Australian-German jury is most amazing, ranging from thrillers, alpine Western, to comedies and thigh-slapping Kraut pleasers, to quirky drama queens.
Make your voice heard and vote for your favourite film online. You might even win a fantastic price! At the end of the festival the most popular film will be awarded.
Watch the movie Beloved Sisters from Director Dominik Graf who has won the Bavarian Film Award 2014 with this film. The movie shows Germany in the late 18th century. Two beautiful, aristocratic sisters meet a young man who is infatuated with both of them. The man is none other than the writer, playwright, philosopher and hothead Friedrich Schiller, whose career has just begun. Today, Schiller is really famous for his poems in Germany. Both sisters long for love, but only one, Charlotte, is free. Neither noble nor wealthy, Schiller is no match for Charlotte. Tension mounts between the sisters who have always loved each other dearly and shared all their secrets and desires.
Miss Sixty is the feature film direction debut from Sigrid Hoerner. Now that we are living longer and ´40 is the new ´30, why can not ´60 be the new ´40? That´s what Louise and Frans think when they embark on bold new life adventures. Louise is a molecular biologist who decides to make a withdrawal from the sperm bank and have a baby. Meanwhile, gallery owner Frans decides to re-boot his career by finding the hottest new talent on the art scene. While attempting to recapture their lost youth and avoid total ridicule, Louise and Frans accidentally cross paths. This whimsical and heartfelt comedy bubbles along splendidly with witty dialogue and bounce performances from a splendid cast.
One of the most famous and popular movies in Germany in 2014 was Suck me Shakespeer. This movie has won the Bavarian Film award for the Best Director, Best Leading Actor and for the Best Jury Special Prize. It´s a comedy for the whole family.
“Outrageous antics plus sweet romance and good actors makes for winner”, says Boyd van Hoeij (Hollywood Review)
Ex-con Zeki Mueller is itching to get his hands on stolen loot. There´s just one small problem: the once-vacant lot where the stash of cash was buried is now the site of Goethe Comprehensive School´s gymnasium. Zeki applies as a janitor but is then mistaken for a substitute teacher and placed in charge of the unruly rabble in class 10B. How will Zeki maintain the hoodwink and find time to burrow for the bonanza in banknotes? So begins the career of the craziest teacher Goethe Comprehensive has ever seen. Zeki´s methods are eccentric to say the least but somehow he´s getting results. Prim and proper colleague Lisi Schnabelstedt disapproves but can´t help falling in love with Zeki. From all this chaos can Zeki get the cash and the girl? This raucous and riotous outstanding was Germany´s highest grossing film of the year.
The famous German actors Jürgen Vogel and Moritz Bleibtreu play the main characters in the thriller Stereo. Stereo is about a guy called Eric who runs a motorcycle repair shop in a peaceful rural location. With great new girlfriend Julia and her adorable daughter by his side, it is an easy-going life for this laid-back guy. That is until a weirdo named Henry suddenly shows up and starts invading Eric´s life. Henry is not alone, either. Other shifty and shady character soon enter the picture, none of whom have Eric´s health, wealth and happiness at heart. It seems that unfinished business from the past is catching up with Eric, or is it? This stylish, multilayered thriller keeps its secrets well hidden and builds to an explosive finale.
What: 2015 German Film Festival
When: Wednesday 13th of May to Sunday 31st of May
Where: Palace Norton St & Chauvel Cinema
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See you at the movies! Viel Vergnügen!