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IFI German Film Festival

The Irish Film Institute (IFI) are holding their annual German Film Festival from 3rd to 13th December this year.  Click on the banner to access the IFI festival site.

In summary:

“Continuing a trend that has been much commented on, modern German cinema seems fascinated with exploring the country’s troubled past. Kaspar Heidelbach’s Berlin ’36 tells the extraordinary true story of Gretel Bergmann, who was destined for an Olympic gold medal before she was forced out of the German team for being a Jew. Max Färberböck’s A Woman in Berlin is based on the diary of the only woman to write about the taboo topic of the rape of German women by Red Army soldiers at the end of World War II. Two large-budget biographical features look at the lives of two very different figures from German history: Hilde, about the iconic actress-singer Hildegard Knef, and John Rabe, about the reluctant World War II hero.”

The film schedule is as follows:

BERLIN 36 – 6.30pm DEC 3
HILDE – 6.00pm DEC 4
THE CROCODILES – 1.30pm DEC 5
GERMANY 09 – 6.00pm DEC 5
GERMAN SOULS – 2.00pm DEC 6
LONG SHADOWS – 4.30pm DEC 6
STORM – 6.30pm DEC 6
ALIAS – 5.15pm DEC 7
BASTION OF SIN – 7.00pm DEC 8
PEACEFUL TIMES – 6.40pm DEC 9
A WOMAN IN BERLIN – 6.00pm DEC 10
GERDA’S SILENCE – 6.45pm DEC 11
THE MIRACLE OF LEIPZIG – 4.30pm DEC 12
EFFI BRIEST – 6.30pm DEC 12
LULU & JIMI – 4.00pm DEC 13
JOHN RABE – 6.10pm DEC 13

The IFI are also screening the acclaimed Austrian film, The White Ribbon from today until 3rd December.