SPECIAL SCREENING FOR SCHOOLS

We are delighted to announce that in collaboration with Film Education (UK), Goethe-Institut London and Vision Kino (Germany) we will be offering two special screenings and discussions for schools this year.

 Friday 27 November 10:30 

 BERLIN ‘36
Directed by Kaspar Heidelbach. With Karoline Herfurth,
Sebastian Urzendowsky, Axel Prahl, August Zirner, Thomas Thieme, Maria Happel, Marita Breuer, Robert Gallinowski

The Americans are threatening to boycott the Olympic Games if no Jewish athletes are included in the German team. For this reason Gretel Bergmann, the current high-jump champion and a Jew, is sent to the German team training camp. Here athletes train and compete for a place on the German Olympic team. But in the eyes of the Nazis, Gretel must not win under any circumstances. The Minister for Sports sends in the so far unknown competitor Marie Ketteler to take part in the qualifying race. But the National Socialist did not count on the fact that the two competing athletes would become friends. Only at the very end will we discover whether Gretel and Marie will join forces to fight the intrigues of the Nazis or whether Olympic ambitions will win the day.

 Thursday 3 December 10:30 

 EFFI BRIEST
Directed by Hermine Huntgeburth. With Julia Jentsch, Sebastian Koch, Misel Maticevic, Juliane Koehler, Thomas Thieme

Following her parents’ wishes, high-spirited 17-year-old Effi Briest marries the much older Baron von Innstetten. As he devotes himself entirely to his political career, Effi finds little excitement in the sleepy seaside town far away from her friends and family. When Effi starts a passionate affair the fall out proves fatal for her lover. Ostracized Effi is left to face the consequences of her actions and embarks on a new chapter in her life. Published in 1895, Theodor Fontane’s marvelous tale of love and adultery was to mark his breakthrough as a novelist. This new screen adaptation reinterprets this classic work for a modern audience, depicting a young woman’s bid for emancipation.

Film Education shows a wide range of films that enable teachers to use film as a teaching tool, working with the national curriculum as well as creating and sustaining a cine literate audience. Film Education is reflecting the growing stature of European Cinema and the ever-increasing enthusiasm from teachers for films from around Europe, to give their students windows into new worlds and cultures previously unknown to them, by screening films in association with the European Cultural Institutes and Festivals.

Goethe-Institut London promotes international cultural cooperation and offers workshops and teacher training seminars as well as an extensive examination programme. Learning about German life and culture is an integral part of our language courses.

VISION KINO is a film and media competence network which is active throughout Germany, providing a service for educational film work both in and outside schools. The organization was founded in 2005 by the Federal Commissioner for Cultural and Media Affairs (based at the German chancellor’s office), the German Federal Film Board (FFA) and Kino macht Schule GbR (German film industry association, including the German Distributors Association).