BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:sinematranstopia.com NAME:SİNEMA TRANSTOPIA X-WR-CALNAME:SİNEMA TRANSTOPIA DESCRIPTION:SİNEMA TRANSTOPIA von bi’bak untersucht Kino als sozialen Di skursraum\, als Ort des Austauschs und der Solidarität. An seinem neuen S tandort in Berlin-Wedding wird SİNEMA TRANSTOPIA als transnationaler Raum für Filmkultur\, Kunst\, Wissen und Nachbarschaft verstetigt und schläg t eine Brücke zwischen Stadtraum und Film als kultureller Praxis. Hier wi rd ein Ort geschaffen\, der urbane und transnationale Selbstverständlichk eit lebt\, der Zugänge schafft\, zur Diskussion anregt\, weiterbildet\, b ewegt\, provoziert und ermutigt. X-WR-CALDESC:SİNEMA TRANSTOPIA von bi’bak untersucht Kino als sozialen D iskursraum\, als Ort des Austauschs und der Solidarität. An seinem neuen Standort in Berlin-Wedding wird SİNEMA TRANSTOPIA als transnationaler Rau m für Filmkultur\, Kunst\, Wissen und Nachbarschaft verstetigt und schlä gt eine Brücke zwischen Stadtraum und Film als kultureller Praxis. Hier w ird ein Ort geschaffen\, der urbane und transnationale Selbstverständlich keit lebt\, der Zugänge schafft\, zur Diskussion anregt\, weiterbildet\, bewegt\, provoziert und ermutigt. REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT60M X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT60M BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:UTC BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20240324T194942 TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:90721625bd8f8c86bc316f55ae080475e81bd7584925936fa45b66257f687bef DTSTAMP:20241219T194942Z DTSTART:20250122T190000Z DTEND:20250122T200000Z SUMMARY:Ellbogen DESCRIPTION:Followed by a talk with Diversify\, Canê Çağlar\, Dr. Yonca Dege\, Aslı ÖzarslanHazal is 17 and lives in Berlin-Wedding. Despite cou ntless applications\, she can't find an apprenticeship. She simply wants t o celebrate her 18th birthday with her best friends but the night ends up changing her life forever.Ellbogen\, the film adaptation of the bestseller of the same name by Fatma Aydemir\, portrays a young woman searching for her place in the world. A woman who has dreams but doesn't have the same o pportunities to make them come true\, who fights for recognition and const antly has to assert and prove herself to get it.On January 22.\, there wil l be a special free screening of Ellbogen in collaboration with Diversify. The screening will be followed by a discussion with director Aslı Özars lan\, Diversify fellow and political educator Canê Çağlar\, and project manager Dr. Yonca Dege. Together\, we will examine the social challenges that the film addresses and create a space for discussion about feminism\, social inequality and identities. The event is open to everyone. We look forward to a lively exchange! (D)\nDiversify\, a project of the Deutschlan dstiftung Integration and funded by the Stiftung Mercator\, aims to streng then the political participation of socially disadvantaged young people.Ca nê Çağlar is a Diversify scholarship holder\, political educator and do ctoral candidate. In her work\, she addresses structural discrimination\, (multiple) marginalization and educational justice\, among other issues.Dr . Yonca Dege is a social scientist with a focus on flight\, migration and political participation and heads the Diversify project at the DSI.Aslı Özarslan is a director and author. Her debut film project ELLBOGEN was sc reened in the Generation 14+ section at the 74th Berlin International Film Festival and has won several national and international awards. URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/sinelection/71cad3cf-e254-4693-9ae9-fc9 f64a53d71 LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:3b7b4c5458eb0da1f0b47cfd79585ca5f6ace033588830ce680e44ebbd73f08a DTSTAMP:20241219T210228Z DTSTART:20250111T200000Z DTEND:20250111T210000Z SUMMARY:Ellbogen DESCRIPTION:Hazal is 17 and lives in Berlin-Wedding. Despite countless appl ications\, she can't find an apprenticeship and isn't even invited to an i nterview. The only option left is to help out at her family's bakery. She wants to celebrate her 18th birthday with her best friends and just let lo ose for once. This night will change her life forever. Hazal flees into a life in a foreign land: alone and on her own in the megacity of Istanbul.E llbogen\, the film adaptation of Fatma Aydemir’s bestselling novel\, por trays a young woman searching for her place in the world. A woman with dre ams\, but without the same opportunities to realize them. A woman who figh ts for recognition and constantly has to assert and prove herself\, yet on e that is too strong\, too angry\, and too uncompromising to accept the ro le of a victim. She runs through the night\, gasping for air\, fighting to survive. (CS) URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/sinelection/13622534-dd31-4193-b802-9f0 7cb5edcb7 LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8837dffa82c494cf61a8d0fabe7a87b87c48a6a52d373cd1263e9035bbd0bda2 DTSTAMP:20241219T210304Z DTSTART:20250119T190000Z DTEND:20250119T200000Z SUMMARY:Ellbogen DESCRIPTION:Hazal is 17 and lives in Berlin-Wedding. Despite countless appl ications\, she can't find an apprenticeship and isn't even invited to an i nterview. The only option left is to help out at her family's bakery. She wants to celebrate her 18th birthday with her best friends and just let lo ose for once. This night will change her life forever. Hazal flees into a life in a foreign land: alone and on her own in the megacity of Istanbul.E llbogen\, the film adaptation of Fatma Aydemir’s bestselling novel\, por trays a young woman searching for her place in the world. A woman with dre ams\, but without the same opportunities to realize them. A woman who figh ts for recognition and constantly has to assert and prove herself\, yet on e that is too strong\, too angry\, and too uncompromising to accept the ro le of a victim. She runs through the night\, gasping for air\, fighting to survive. (CS) URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/sinelection/13622534-dd31-4193-b802-9f0 7cb5edcb7 LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:75d5c4b23c120febb35d3295b781cf3af2ddd8596b4adb76c726027c32f98077 DTSTAMP:20241219T220704Z DTSTART:20250111T180000Z DTEND:20250111T190000Z SUMMARY:Fanon DESCRIPTION:With the official title of Chroniques fidèles survenues au si ècle dernier à l’hôpital psychiatrique Blida-Joinville\, au temps où le Docteur Frantz Fanon était chef de la cinquième division entre 1953 et 1956\, Abdenour Zahzah recreates Dr. Frantz Fanon’s transformative te nure overseeing the Muslim ward at the Blida-Joinville psychiatric hospita l in Algeria. Dr. Fanon implemented significant reforms\, addressing how r acism\, colonialism\, and prejudice profoundly impacted perceptions of men tal illness. He introduced socio-therapeutic strategies that emphasized th e healing power of social interaction and cultural connection. These inclu ded activities such as team sports\, live music\, and the creation of soci al spaces that resonated with the patients' cultural backgrounds.The film explores the humane motivations behind Dr. Fanon’s philosophical and pol itical insights\, showcasing how he developed a comprehensive understandin g of the psychological toll of colonialism and the importance of national liberation movements for structural change. More than 60 years after his p assing\, this groundbreaking biopic revisits a pivotal chapter in the life of one of the world’s most influential thinkers. (GR) URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/sinelection/fanon LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:08afa209041e128f26731f6ccf052fd05f5c207dfa99f94f66b5ea8fb96826fc DTSTAMP:20241219T220732Z DTSTART:20250116T200000Z DTEND:20250116T210000Z SUMMARY:Fanon DESCRIPTION:With the official title of Chroniques fidèles survenues au si ècle dernier à l’hôpital psychiatrique Blida-Joinville\, au temps où le Docteur Frantz Fanon était chef de la cinquième division entre 1953 et 1956\, Abdenour Zahzah recreates Dr. Frantz Fanon’s transformative te nure overseeing the Muslim ward at the Blida-Joinville psychiatric hospita l in Algeria. Dr. Fanon implemented significant reforms\, addressing how r acism\, colonialism\, and prejudice profoundly impacted perceptions of men tal illness. He introduced socio-therapeutic strategies that emphasized th e healing power of social interaction and cultural connection. These inclu ded activities such as team sports\, live music\, and the creation of soci al spaces that resonated with the patients' cultural backgrounds.The film explores the humane motivations behind Dr. Fanon’s philosophical and pol itical insights\, showcasing how he developed a comprehensive understandin g of the psychological toll of colonialism and the importance of national liberation movements for structural change. More than 60 years after his p assing\, this groundbreaking biopic revisits a pivotal chapter in the life of one of the world’s most influential thinkers. (GR) URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/sinelection/fanon LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:a55c4256e2bf5271a888c85df71997ef1e02e9b8a66ed87bf5a1e41b97a81cca DTSTAMP:20241219T222905Z DTSTART:20250110T200000Z DTEND:20250110T210000Z SUMMARY:All We Imagine as Light DESCRIPTION:Prabha and Anu are two nurses working in a hospital in Mumbai. Prabha\, whose husband from an arranged marriage emigrated to Germany shor tly after the wedding\, lives with young Anu in a working-class neighborho od. Full of dreams for her future\, Anu is in a secret relationship with a Muslim boy. When a rice cooker arrives in the post\, their world suddenly falls apart.With its breathtaking scenes of the Mumbai skyline at night a nd haunting soundtrack\, All We Imagine as Light deftly jumps between mome nts of connection\, heartache\, hope and disappointment. Kapadia’s award -winning feature debut offers a quietly powerful and distinctly poetic per spective on female strength and resilience through the interwoven lives of two different women. (BH) URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/sinelection/all-we-imagine-as-light LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:cef1ab7473f4ef31a5b38309c7cff0b4f9b80d0b7b9153d608a5112c34dfa2ae DTSTAMP:20241219T222954Z DTSTART:20250115T200000Z DTEND:20250115T210000Z SUMMARY:All We Imagine as Light DESCRIPTION:Prabha and Anu are two nurses working in a hospital in Mumbai. Prabha\, whose husband from an arranged marriage emigrated to Germany shor tly after the wedding\, lives with young Anu in a working-class neighborho od. Full of dreams for her future\, Anu is in a secret relationship with a Muslim boy. When a rice cooker arrives in the post\, their world suddenly falls apart.With its breathtaking scenes of the Mumbai skyline at night a nd haunting soundtrack\, All We Imagine as Light deftly jumps between mome nts of connection\, heartache\, hope and disappointment. Kapadia’s award -winning feature debut offers a quietly powerful and distinctly poetic per spective on female strength and resilience through the interwoven lives of two different women. (BH) URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/sinelection/all-we-imagine-as-light LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:f5bf4044cd61c7f60d2f3757d67a64e6eee8d9fb0e0f995eb7e2091870ffc25d DTSTAMP:20241219T223104Z DTSTART:20250125T180000Z DTEND:20250125T190000Z SUMMARY:All We Imagine as Light DESCRIPTION:Prabha and Anu are two nurses working in a hospital in Mumbai. Prabha\, whose husband from an arranged marriage emigrated to Germany shor tly after the wedding\, lives with young Anu in a working-class neighborho od. Full of dreams for her future\, Anu is in a secret relationship with a Muslim boy. When a rice cooker arrives in the post\, their world suddenly falls apart.With its breathtaking scenes of the Mumbai skyline at night a nd haunting soundtrack\, All We Imagine as Light deftly jumps between mome nts of connection\, heartache\, hope and disappointment. Kapadia’s award -winning feature debut offers a quietly powerful and distinctly poetic per spective on female strength and resilience through the interwoven lives of two different women. (BH) URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/sinelection/all-we-imagine-as-light LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:23bdad71f6b3c9bb5494093b748369cf0a69cfb3883ae66d3dcb6fa9fe047cc3 DTSTAMP:20241219T224127Z DTSTART:20250130T200000Z DTEND:20250130T210000Z SUMMARY:REAS DESCRIPTION:Yoseli likes to watch soap operas and has a tattoo of the Eiffe l Tower on her back. She always dreamed of traveling\, but when she tried\ , she was arrested at the airport for illegal drug trafficking. Nacho is a trans man who is in prison for fraud and has formed a rock band with othe r trans prisoners. He falls in love with Yoseli. Soft or hard\, blonde or shaved\, cis or trans\, long-term prisoners or newly imprisoned: In this m ulti-layered musical\, each inmate reimagine their time in a Buenos Aires detention center.REAS is a collective work\, a theatrical-hybrid productio n which reinvents the genre of the musical to offers ingenious forms of co llective empowerment: The performers dance and sing about their prison exp eriences\, reviving them as fiction\, and use fantasy and imagination to p lay out possible futures for themselves by reenacting scenes from the past . Created by award-winning theater and film director Lola Arias\, REAS cel ebrated its world premiere at the 2024 Berlinale. URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/sinelection/002a8690-17d4-411a-a63d-fb6 67bfbb178 LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:4e3c9fa03e031d1798586f5e92ec06c20f20345849eb78489dd7a191546a20f9 DTSTAMP:20241219T230241Z DTSTART:20250117T180000Z DTEND:20250117T190000Z SUMMARY:Sonne DESCRIPTION:In her directorial debut\, Kurdwin Ayub turns her own lived exp eriences into the dynamic story of Yesmin\, a 17-year-old Kurdish girl liv ing in a housing estate in Vienna. Yesmin’s fragile sense of self is thr own into turmoil when a video she makes with her friends goes viral. Esche wing stereotypical depictions of femininity and rebellion\, Ayub reframes the adolescent Muslim experience whilst dealing with universal questions o f how social media is shaping young people's identities. Careful cinematog raphy merges with mobile phone footage\, ensuring the viewer behind the le ns of the phone camera remains continually present. Sonne is a vulnerable and impressive feature debut depicting the nuances of life in the diaspora . URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/sinelection/sonne LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:940f8fe957a0f5e2d931be4903aae4c3bcd9edd90387c05ea5f78fa8ca8a0f39 DTSTAMP:20241219T231630Z DTSTART:20250117T200000Z DTEND:20250117T210000Z SUMMARY:Mond DESCRIPTION:The former MMA fighter Sarah leaves Austria and goes to Jordan to train three sisters from a wealthy family. What initially seems like a dream job soon takes a disturbing turn: the young women are isolated and c onstantly monitored. Their interest in sports appears minimal. Before long \, Sarah begins to question the true reason behind her employment.\nMond i s an engaging\, contemporary exploration of Western prejudices\, the conce pt of \"White Saviorism\"\, and the ways in which genre conventions are us ed to challenge the audience’s perception. (CO) URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/sinelection/mond LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:57c31a8e3adc7d2cc14c44b55de51620212c696b25e1b851b38406640896de60 DTSTAMP:20241219T233440Z DTSTART:20250126T190000Z DTEND:20250126T200000Z SUMMARY:Pies en la tierra (Feet on the Ground) DESCRIPTION:Followed by a live music sessionAfter the sudden death of his m other\, Juan takes to the road in his wheelchair to meet his cousin and ni ece\, two not-so-close relatives who may now be his only surviving link to the world. The impulse that starts this journey is not clear to him at fi rst\, but the road reveals itself in time and colorful characters emerge t o guide his mission. A simple story told from the margins of society\, wor th watching in company to understand that no achievement is undertaken alo ne. (RSA)Rodrigo S. Aguilera was born in Buenos Aires in 1989: “During m y theatrical debut at 3 years old\, I destroyed my costume and sat on the edge of the stage crying. I changed the name of the school’s newspaper b y mistake. I started traveling but the pandemic stranded me in Berlin. Poe try saves me all the time.” Rodrigo is part of the team at SINEMA TRANST OPIA.\n  URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/topias/pies-en-la-tierra-feet-on-the-gr ound LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:10e17e23485c99c0646c642180e2a8dbac7df6169e732bacdf92989e7367305a DTSTAMP:20241224T224251Z DTSTART:20250110T183000Z DTEND:20250110T193000Z SUMMARY:Thank You! Community Meyhane DESCRIPTION:As a gesture of thanks to our community for their unwavering su pport over the past months\, we are starting 2025 as we mean to go on. For the first event of the new year\, we warmly invite you to a Meyhane eveni ng and a FREE screening of Payal Kapadia’s award-winning feature film\, All We Imagine as Light!Chilled Raki and delicious Meze plates will be ava ilable throughout the evening. After the screening\, our friend DJ Hotaru will set the scene with some laidback tracks.Book your free ticket as usua l via our website (on a first come\, first served basis) or simply join us at any point during the evening to soak up the atmosphere\, eat a bite an d say hello: all welcome!DJ Hotaru aka Dila\, is based in Berlin and Istan bul and is the founder of the Qrome Collective. Her music is influenced by her Turkish background and by UK bass\, garage and breaks.\n  URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/sinema-viva/thank-you-community-meyhane LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:5d0781c1f15b85d2259e850db09c3e8d938a2e14f2fae1a147d22f10744c77b0 DTSTAMP:20241224T224802Z DTSTART:20250112T190000Z DTEND:20250112T200000Z SUMMARY:狗阵 DESCRIPTION:Awarded Best Film in the Un Certain Regard section at Cannes\, Black Dog is the story of two outsiders. After a long prison sentence\, La ng returns to his hometown on the edge of the Gobi Desert in north-western China. In the lead-up to the 2008 Olympic Games\, everything is in a stat e of upheaval — buildings are slated for demolition\, and efforts are un derway to eliminate the town’s stray dogs which traipse along sidewalks\ , skulk inside condemned buildings\, and snarl at residents. Haunted by th e victims of his past crimes\, Lang finds work as a dog catcher. Oscillati ng between melancholy and humor\, Black Dog is a bold combination of whims y and social realism. (BH)\n  URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/sinelection/black-dog LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:958dd3f1dab0d0bd4333ae96b6ee29dc6946bb27a9a2cc75ead763a3126c2224 DTSTAMP:20241224T224812Z DTSTART:20250118T200000Z DTEND:20250118T210000Z SUMMARY:狗阵 DESCRIPTION:Awarded Best Film in the Un Certain Regard section at Cannes\, Black Dog is the story of two outsiders. After a long prison sentence\, La ng returns to his hometown on the edge of the Gobi Desert in north-western China. In the lead-up to the 2008 Olympic Games\, everything is in a stat e of upheaval — buildings are slated for demolition\, and efforts are un derway to eliminate the town’s stray dogs which traipse along sidewalks\ , skulk inside condemned buildings\, and snarl at residents. Haunted by th e victims of his past crimes\, Lang finds work as a dog catcher. Oscillati ng between melancholy and humor\, Black Dog is a bold combination of whims y and social realism. (BH)\n  URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/sinelection/black-dog LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:245f9a0b9d475ef63ca541a1ef84113cb46347c23e7be4a1051d23bcf8d55f5c DTSTAMP:20241224T225024Z DTSTART:20250118T220000Z DTEND:20250118T230000Z SUMMARY:SİNEMA VIVA! 2 Years in Wedding DESCRIPTION:Anniversary party with Prince Emrah &\; GoosindraTwo years a go\, after leaving our first home at Haus der Statistik\, we opened our do ors in Wedding. Since then\, we have hosted a whirlwind program of transna tional film screenings\, international symposia\, in-depth conversations\, potluck dinners\, open air events\, hands on workshops\, poetry readings\ , musical performances and… parties! To celebrate this milestone\, we in vite you\, our beloved community\, to join us for a special 2nd anniversar y celebration. Eclectic sets from DJs Prince Emrah and Goosindra will heat up the dancefloor as we reflect on the past two years\, but more importan tly\, begin a new chapter in style: SİNEMA VIVA!Prince Emrah is a profess ional belly dancer\, a dance trainer\, a beauty &\; wellness student\, a make-up artist\, a DJ\, and an occasional drag queen based in Berlin. Go osindra is part of Slaystans\, a Central Asian DJ collective based in Berl in.\n  URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/sinema-viva/sinema-viva-2-years-in-wedd ing LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:c09cb6381737b3f1000a2011b3d97628eb95e1fe2ba87050121a193571643d34 DTSTAMP:20241224T225510Z DTSTART:20250123T200000Z DTEND:20250123T210000Z SUMMARY:Deben Bhattacharya - Asian Voyages I DESCRIPTION:Curated by Arindam SenDeben Bhattacharya’s work as field reco rdist and musical archivist has few parallels in the 20th Century. Born in Varanasi in 1921\, Bhattacharya moved to London in the 1940s. In 1955\, h e set out on an iconic\, one year 12000 mile journey\, traveling through T urkey\, Syria\, Jordan\, Iraq\, Iran\, Afghanistan\, and Pakistan\, all th e way to Calcutta and back\, tracing the living traditions of ethnic music . Bhattacharya wasn’t a musician: his instrument was a 35 kg GB-Kalee sp ool tape recorder. He is globally known thanks to the numerous vinyl recor ds found in “World Music” sections. Less is known about his filmmaking \, which unlike his work with indigenous music and photography\, is more a ccidental. Offered financial assistance by David Attenboroughwhile traveli ng to India in 1962\, he brought back footage shot on a 16mm Bolex camera and musical recordings which were later edited into the documentary films Kathakali and Storytellers from Rajasthan. Buoyed by the success of this v enture\, Bhattacharya finished over twenty films\, produced by the BBC\, U NESCO\, and other record and film producers for a largely western audience His cultural-anthropological and ethnomusicological pursuits resulted in a mode of filmmaking that lies between the Newsreels of British Pathé and the documentaries of Alan Lomax or John Cohen.With two programs on consecu tive evenings comprising a total of six films\, Asian Voyages seeks to pla ce Bhattacharya’s filmmaking into the spotlight for the first time. (AS) With many thanks to Jharna Bose\, Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF)\ , and Sushrita Acharjee.Arindam Sen is an independent film curator and cri tic  He co-founded the Brussels based platform for Experimental film prog rams\, Cinema Parenthèse. His writings have appeared in Millennium Film J ournal\, Senses of Cinema\, Lumière and Marg magazine among others.Faces in the Forest Deben Bhattacharya\, UK\, 1973\, 27 min. EnglishA Gem called Sri Lanka Deben Bhattacharya\, UK\, 1973\, 27 min. EnglishMusic and Dance in Nepal Deben Bhattacharya\, UK\, 1972\, 27 min. EnglishFollowed by a ta lk with Paul PurgasShot in the rural hinterlands of the Belpahari village in West Bengal\, Faces in the Forest documents the lives of the Santhal co mmunity living isolated on the margins of society. Their song and dance tr aditions\, enmeshed in ritualism and veneration of the forest\, remain at the core of the film. A gem called Sri Lanka is the first of three films t hat Bhattacharya made on the island nation in the 1970s. It depicts a peop le that draw their livelihood from agriculture and fishing\, professions t hat are intimately tied to popular forms of music and performance. In Musi c and Dance in Nepal the interrelationship of religion and music for peopl e living in the Himalayan monarchy are portrayed. Musical performances inv olving instruments such as the Sarangi\, the flute\, and different kinds o f percussion take centre stage. (AS)Paul Purgas is a London-based artist\, musician and writer. His research projects include a series of BBC Radio 3 documentaries on the life and work of Deben Bhattacharya\, the history o f India’s first electronic music studio\, and a study of radical pedagog y within South Asian spirituality.\n\n This event is funded by Hauptstadt kulturfonds. URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/retake/deben-bhattacharya-asian-voyages -i LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:85978518f2de038219170cebf8bb33a18dcacabb59ff631cafdf111248fe40fb DTSTAMP:20241224T225847Z DTSTART:20250124T200000Z DTEND:20250124T210000Z SUMMARY:Deben Bhattacharya - Asian Voyages II DESCRIPTION:Curated by Arindam SenDeben Bhattacharya’s work as field reco rdist and musical archivist has few parallels in the 20th Century. Born in Varanasi in 1921\, Bhattacharya moved to London in the 1940s. In 1955\, h e set out on an iconic\, one year 12000 mile journey\, traveling through T urkey\, Syria\, Jordan\, Iraq\, Iran\, Afghanistan\, and Pakistan\, all th e way to Calcutta and back\, tracing the living traditions of ethnic music . Bhattacharya wasn’t a musician: his instrument was a 35 kg GB-Kalee sp ool tape recorder. He is globally known thanks to the numerous vinyl recor ds found in “World Music” sections. Less is known about his filmmaking \, which unlike his work with indigenous music and photography\, is more a ccidental. Offered financial assistance by David Attenboroughwhile traveli ng to India in 1962\, he brought back footage shot on a 16mm Bolex camera and musical recordings which were later edited into the documentary films Kathakali and Storytellers from Rajasthan. Buoyed by the success of this v enture\, Bhattacharya finished over twenty films\, produced by the BBC\, U NESCO\, and other record and film producers for a largely western audience His cultural-anthropological and ethnomusicological pursuits resulted in a mode of filmmaking that lies between the Newsreels of British Pathé and the documentaries of Alan Lomax or John Cohen.With two programs on consecu tive evenings comprising a total of six films\, Asian Voyages seeks to pla ce Bhattacharya’s filmmaking into the spotlight for the first time. (AS) With many thanks to Jharna Bose\, Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF)\ , and Sushrita Acharjee.Arindam Sen is an independent film curator and cri tic  He co-founded the Brussels based platform for Experimental film prog rams\, Cinema Parenthèse. His writings have appeared in Millennium Film J ournal\, Senses of Cinema\, Lumière and Marg magazine among others.The La nd of Smiles: ThailandDeben Bhattacharya\, UK\, 1973\, 26 min\, EnglishThe Island of Temples: BaliDeben Bhattacharya\, UK\, 1973\, 27 min. EnglishSi lk and String: A Tale from Taiwan Deben Bhattacharya\, UK\, 1973\, 25 min. EnglishWith the aid of a voiceover in these three essayistic films Bhatta charya weaves together narratives on nature\, indigenous artisanship\, agr arian labour\, and marginal traditions of music and performance arts that are brutalised by globalisation. The quasi-romantic tenor of these films\, that sometimes betray the objective authority of the voiceover narration\ , eschew a postcolonial analysis in favour of a morphed colonial version o f sensory anthropology\, uneasily straddling Western ethnography and devel opmentalist nationalism without entirely embodying either. The politics in these films\, if any\, is the politics of absence(s). Infrastructural inv estments in Thailand\, the meteoric rise in tourism in Bali\, and Taiwan ’s political situation all deflect our experience of these films in the present day. Looking at them while ruminating on the peripherality of the depicted cultural traditions\, the charged histories of these landscapes a re activated. (AS)\n\n This event is funded by Hauptstadtkulturfonds. URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/retake/deben-bhattacharya-asian-voyages -ii LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:38add39f6c1adbeaccf53e33606d59e2f129b39d9c01bd23edf3fc399995592f DTSTAMP:20241224T230854Z DTSTART:20250124T220000Z DTEND:20250124T230000Z SUMMARY:Deben Bhattacharya - Asian Voyages Listening Session DESCRIPTION:Curated by Arindam SenDeben Bhattacharya’s work as field reco rdist and musical archivist has few parallels in the 20th Century. Born in Varanasi in 1921\, Bhattacharya moved to London in the 1940s. In 1955\, h e set out on an iconic\, one year 12000 mile journey\, traveling through T urkey\, Syria\, Jordan\, Iraq\, Iran\, Afghanistan\, and Pakistan\, all th e way to Calcutta and back\, tracing the living traditions of ethnic music . Bhattacharya wasn’t a musician: his instrument was a 35 kg GB-Kalee sp ool tape recorder. He is globally known thanks to the numerous vinyl recor ds found in “World Music” sections. Less is known about his filmmaking \, which unlike his work with indigenous music and photography\, is more a ccidental. Offered financial assistance by David Attenboroughwhile traveli ng to India in 1962\, he brought back footage shot on a 16mm Bolex camera and musical recordings which were later edited into the documentary films Kathakali and Storytellers from Rajasthan. Buoyed by the success of this v enture\, Bhattacharya finished over twenty films\, produced by the BBC\, U NESCO\, and other record and film producers for a largely western audience His cultural-anthropological and ethnomusicological pursuits resulted in a mode of filmmaking that lies between the Newsreels of British Pathé and the documentaries of Alan Lomax or John Cohen.With two programs on consecu tive evenings comprising a total of six films\, Asian Voyages seeks to pla ce Bhattacharya’s filmmaking into the spotlight for the first time. (AS) With many thanks to Jharna Bose\, Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF)\ , and Sushrita Acharjee.Arindam Sen is an independent film curator and cri tic  He co-founded the Brussels based platform for Experimental film prog rams\, Cinema Parenthèse. His writings have appeared in Millennium Film J ournal\, Senses of Cinema\, Lumière and Marg magazine among others.Deben Bhattacharya travelled far and wide to record music\, sometimes to geograp hies now rendered inaccessible in the aftermath of global conflicts. In th is listening session lasting around quarter to an hour\, we shall collecti vely listen to a selection of his musical recordings to get a sense of the range of acoustic universes that Bhattacharya encountered and archived as part of his field work. An assortment of North Indian classical ragas\, E ast India’s popular Baul music\, Syrian Maqams\, Bedouin dance songs fro m Jordan\, and folkloric chants from Java and Bali will fill the room alon gside other impromptu selections.\n\nThis event is funded by Hauptstadtkul turfonds. URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/retake/deben-bhattacharya-asian-voyages -listening-session-at-migas-bar LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:5bdcd743edaaa05fdb2f9bcdd59c6d734c1ebac41d6e40c0cd654f2bc6c5f32c DTSTAMP:20241224T231434Z DTSTART:20250125T110000Z DTEND:20250125T120000Z SUMMARY:Analog Film in the Digital Age DESCRIPTION:Application until January 6th 2025.\nIn the digital age and wi th ever fewer analog film prints available\, there is a fundamental divide in archival and curatorial ideologies: Restricting access and storing fil m prints for long term survival with digitization vs. loaning and projecti ng analog films as much as possible. However\, these two are not necessari ly polar opposites. Best practice in archiving promotes long term access t o rare prints\, while a trained projectionist with proper equipment can ma ke a worn film print projectable once again and screen it many times witho ut damage. To secure the existence of the analog film experience\, knowled ge both in archival and projection practices is urgently needed.This works hop aims to promote hands-on training on how to build and care for an anal og film archive. At the same time\, it will give you an insight on the tas ks of a film projectionist. In three days you will get a behind-the-scenes look on how to establish an independent cinema and film archive and get a chance to work with the SİNEMA TRANSTOPIA film collection. Projectionist Florian will teach you a basic understanding of how and why analog film i s archived and best practices in its preservation and projection. Through inspecting and projecting 16mm and 35mm film prints\, you will develop a f eeling for the unique qualities of celluloid film and what it means to run an analog film show.Saturday 25.01.202511:00 - 17:00: 16mm &\; 35mm fi lm handling\, inspection &\; repairSunday 26.01.202511:00 - 17:00: 16mm &\; 35mm film projectionThe workshop language is English. The total wo rkshop fee is 50\,00 € which includes materials and lunches.Limited capa city. Ameldung until January 6th 2025.  URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/un-learning/sinema-workshops/fea4b056-6 d5d-447e-94c1-c81e000be38d LOCATION:\, END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:78d6a67de91ae9eaf79cec79d9ef50a4674849a021d329b1da273ec5df47f2d2 DTSTAMP:20241224T231448Z DTSTART:20250126T110000Z DTEND:20250126T120000Z SUMMARY:Analog Film in the Digital Age DESCRIPTION:Application until January 6th 2025.\nIn the digital age and wi th ever fewer analog film prints available\, there is a fundamental divide in archival and curatorial ideologies: Restricting access and storing fil m prints for long term survival with digitization vs. loaning and projecti ng analog films as much as possible. However\, these two are not necessari ly polar opposites. Best practice in archiving promotes long term access t o rare prints\, while a trained projectionist with proper equipment can ma ke a worn film print projectable once again and screen it many times witho ut damage. To secure the existence of the analog film experience\, knowled ge both in archival and projection practices is urgently needed.This works hop aims to promote hands-on training on how to build and care for an anal og film archive. At the same time\, it will give you an insight on the tas ks of a film projectionist. In three days you will get a behind-the-scenes look on how to establish an independent cinema and film archive and get a chance to work with the SİNEMA TRANSTOPIA film collection. Projectionist Florian will teach you a basic understanding of how and why analog film i s archived and best practices in its preservation and projection. Through inspecting and projecting 16mm and 35mm film prints\, you will develop a f eeling for the unique qualities of celluloid film and what it means to run an analog film show.Saturday 25.01.202511:00 - 17:00: 16mm &\; 35mm fi lm handling\, inspection &\; repairSunday 26.01.202511:00 - 17:00: 16mm &\; 35mm film projectionThe workshop language is English. The total wo rkshop fee is 50\,00 € which includes materials and lunches.Limited capa city. Ameldung until January 6th 2025.  URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/un-learning/sinema-workshops/fea4b056-6 d5d-447e-94c1-c81e000be38d LOCATION:\, END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:234617d76d373dcec4822fa879c1310206ab4e85510ea31cb088fe2fede3572b DTSTAMP:20241224T232712Z DTSTART:20250125T200000Z DTEND:20250125T210000Z SUMMARY:Komm dahin wo es still ist DESCRIPTION:Vanessa Vu and Ahmad Katlesh present a performative reading fro m their acclaimed book Komm dahin wo es still ist. Using letters\, family photos and videos\, they explore their very different and yet intertwined migration biographies\, talk about faded and missing memories\, fears of c ontact and internal and external wars. An intimate\, deeply touching story about the traces of flight\, asylum and love across borders. (VV + AK)Van essa Vu is a journalist. She was born in Eggenfelden in 1991 and spent her childhood in a home for asylum seekers in Pfarrkirchen. She has worked as an editor at ZEIT ONLINE since 2017.Ahmad Katlesh is a writer. He was bor n in Damascus in 1988 and studied mathematics there. In addition to numero us publications in Arabic\, his first book in German was published in 2020 \, Das Gedächtnis der Finger. URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/scenes-of-un-translatability/komm-dahin -wo-es-still-ist LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6ddfa75be6115e42ab5e46dac20dde2a1df436b0529588996741a17a322f05e6 DTSTAMP:20241224T233908Z DTSTART:20250129T200000Z DTEND:20250129T210000Z SUMMARY:风流一代 DESCRIPTION:Caught by the Tides blends fiction and documentary\, weaving pa st films\, unused footage\, and new sequences into a fluid narrative that traverses past\, present\, and an imminent future in transition. Shot over 23 years and driven more by music than dialogue\, the film follows Qiaoqi ao as she searches for her lost lover\, Bin. Her unwavering longing stands in stark contrast to the rapidly changing landscape of modern China. Anch ored by Zhao’s understated yet powerful performance\, Jia’s direction captures the evolution of people and society\, offering a profound meditat ion on memory\, time\, and the enduring grip of the past. (CiLENS) URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/year-of-the-snake/caught-by-the-tides LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:3553987f00cec968631b9ef8742dd3f2ea756bd11b24b7432c592849e054d7ac DTSTAMP:20241224T234207Z DTSTART:20250131T180000Z DTEND:20250131T190000Z SUMMARY:Lunar New Year Celebration DESCRIPTION:In celebration of Chinese New Year\, the event will feature com munity activities including a Mahjong tournament in collaboration with Mah jong Baobei\, lively karaoke sessions\, and a festive food spread — come together for a joyful and immersive cultural experience! (CiLENS) URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/year-of-the-snake/lunar-new-year-celebr ation LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:065295d9c3ad11a7139196ae03ddcad6237ca5d4393f4b1a954f3e53b7c4ec7b DTSTAMP:20241224T234733Z DTSTART:20250131T200000Z DTEND:20250131T210000Z SUMMARY:爱情神话 DESCRIPTION:In the bustling alleyways of Shanghai\, divorced artist Lao Bai meets Ms. Li\, a resilient divorcee raising her child alone. Their emergi ng romance is contrasted with Lao Bai's connections to three distinct wome n: Gloria\, a vibrant student who juggles her autonomy against the expecta tions of an overseas husband\; Bebe\, his pragmatic ex-wife whose revealed infidelity challenges societal norms\; and Ms. Li\, who embodies a model of independent womanhood. B for Busy blends humor with emotional depth\, f oregrounding the lives of these women as they assert their individuality a nd navigate love and independence amid modern urban China’s shifting soc ietal expectations. (CiLENS) URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/year-of-the-snake/b-for-busy LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:d0c7564f9e5ff85948604204d2788f69227d706283fb9e3b0a8782f6f9dea257 DTSTAMP:20241224T235302Z DTSTART:20250201T180000Z DTEND:20250201T190000Z SUMMARY:局外人 DESCRIPTION:Stranger unfolds through ten mesmerizing vignettes set in hotel rooms\, sites of transience and quiet tension. These spaces host stories of connection and disconnection\, from a housekeeper’s unseen labor to a couple’s tense immigration interview. The film explores themes of migra tion\, alienation\, and identity with precise cinematography\, capturing t he quiet chaos of being a stranger everywhere—and perhaps nowhere at all . (CiLENS)\n  URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/year-of-the-snake/stranger LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:514c7b16a38fb7396a18eada680d4e9faf499ca0b9d183b65a6a8fc8379aa4c3 DTSTAMP:20241224T235723Z DTSTART:20250201T200000Z DTEND:20250201T210000Z SUMMARY:刺心切骨 DESCRIPTION:After a seven-year stint in juvenile detention for a fatal fenc ing accident\, former champion Zihan returns home\, disrupting the lives o f his brother Zijie and their nightclub singer mother\, Ai Ling\, who want s nothing to do with him. While Ai Ling sees Zihan as a danger\, Zijie bel ieves in his innocence and seeks him out for fencing lessons. As Zihan's t eaching increasingly blurs skill with deception\, Zijie begins to question his trust. Haunted by a long-suppressed childhood trauma\, Zijie faces th e tenuous line between loyalty and doubt. (CiLENS) URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/year-of-the-snake/pierce LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:d6b277e7d77d6fa4b700608bde57855162a266d02711b0ea15e3f8e37fa91179 DTSTAMP:20250114T144119Z DTSTART:20250202T200000Z DTEND:20250202T210000Z SUMMARY:飲食男女 DESCRIPTION:Followed by a talk with Sissi Chen (@eatinginberlin) moderated by Jessie LuEat Drink Man Woman follows Master Chef Chu\, a retired chef l iving with his three adult daughters in 1990s Taipei. Despite his efforts to prepare elaborate Sunday dinners\, his daughters—Jia-Jen\, a teacher\ ; Jia-Chien\, an executive\; and Jia-Ning\, a fast-food worker—are more focused on their own lives. Chu struggles with aging\, losing his sense of taste\, and the recent death of an old friend. While his daughters plan t o find him a companion\, they are shocked to learn that he has already beg un a late-life romance\, sparking a reevaluation of their relationships an d family dynamics. (CiLENS)Sissi Chen explores food in the context of cult ure and identity. Many of her recipes can be found online at Zeit Magazine or in her first cookbook “Einfach Chinesisch.” On her Instagram @eati nginberlin she focuses on representing cuisines that are often not covered in the mainstream media.\nJessie Lu\, a Film Studies Master’s student a nd CiLENS Communications Assistant exploring the intersections of cinema a nd culture. URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/year-of-the-snake/eat-drink-man-woman LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:9c4d7a423981d44bf4133789a5e8ad771f5b6179031be3f401697d9a65336b6c DTSTAMP:20250114T144601Z DTSTART:20250205T200000Z DTEND:20250205T210000Z SUMMARY:Heroico DESCRIPTION:In Heroico\, Luis\, an indigenous young man from a racialized b ackground\, joins the military in the hope of improving his life and provi ding for his family. Within the dark\, foreboding surroundings of the mili tary barracks—which resemble a haunted castle—he confronts the harsh r eality of hierarchical violence\, power abuse\, and corruption ingrained i n the military system. Yet driven by the urgent need to secure health insu rance for his terminally ill mother\, Luis feels compelled to remain withi n the walls of this dehumanizing institution.With a strong emphasis on the oppressive atmosphere of the military training base—where this story\, inspired by true events\, unfolds—director David Zonana immerses us in a world that reveals the systemic forces driving individuals to endure inhu mane hardships. Heroico explores how an institution\, through use of terro r\, molds soldiers into corrupt enforcers of repression. (GR) URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/socio-ficcion/heroico LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ad63bbc3726b0b67f079c74e63f61270e2f460a7e0657e71eecd689cd22627df DTSTAMP:20250114T144624Z DTSTART:20250208T203000Z DTEND:20250208T213000Z SUMMARY:Heroico DESCRIPTION:In Heroico\, Luis\, an indigenous young man from a racialized b ackground\, joins the military in the hope of improving his life and provi ding for his family. Within the dark\, foreboding surroundings of the mili tary barracks—which resemble a haunted castle—he confronts the harsh r eality of hierarchical violence\, power abuse\, and corruption ingrained i n the military system. Yet driven by the urgent need to secure health insu rance for his terminally ill mother\, Luis feels compelled to remain withi n the walls of this dehumanizing institution.With a strong emphasis on the oppressive atmosphere of the military training base—where this story\, inspired by true events\, unfolds—director David Zonana immerses us in a world that reveals the systemic forces driving individuals to endure inhu mane hardships. Heroico explores how an institution\, through use of terro r\, molds soldiers into corrupt enforcers of repression. (GR) URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/socio-ficcion/heroico LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:d04220c5cf32edfb765527e3fb901ed745e0ff9c440b85733e7cfa93f35da866 DTSTAMP:20250114T145541Z DTSTART:20250206T200000Z DTEND:20250206T210000Z SUMMARY:风流一代 DESCRIPTION:Caught by the Tides blends fiction and documentary\, weaving pa st films\, unused footage\, and new sequences into a fluid narrative that traverses past\, present\, and an imminent future in transition. Shot over 23 years and driven more by music than dialogue\, the film follows Qiaoqi ao as she searches for her lost lover\, Bin. Her unwavering longing stands in stark contrast to the rapidly changing landscape of modern China. Anch ored by Zhao’s understated yet powerful performance\, Jia’s direction captures the evolution of people and society\, offering a profound meditat ion on memory\, time\, and the enduring grip of the past. (CiLENS) URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/sinelection/8975f9dd-54cf-43bc-9f32-711 edcfe46e4 LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:436eb3d6efe1400f23276bdb21de4160e23f070ed81a73b928bd2a89b070bde7 DTSTAMP:20250114T145552Z DTSTART:20250228T203000Z DTEND:20250228T213000Z SUMMARY:风流一代 DESCRIPTION:Caught by the Tides blends fiction and documentary\, weaving pa st films\, unused footage\, and new sequences into a fluid narrative that traverses past\, present\, and an imminent future in transition. Shot over 23 years and driven more by music than dialogue\, the film follows Qiaoqi ao as she searches for her lost lover\, Bin. Her unwavering longing stands in stark contrast to the rapidly changing landscape of modern China. Anch ored by Zhao’s understated yet powerful performance\, Jia’s direction captures the evolution of people and society\, offering a profound meditat ion on memory\, time\, and the enduring grip of the past. (CiLENS) URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/sinelection/8975f9dd-54cf-43bc-9f32-711 edcfe46e4 LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:0bdd5ba86c7e3cae5bc7fd26193029e23ecbd034dd68d3e30cd0e51a5e063a39 DTSTAMP:20250114T150225Z DTSTART:20250219T200000Z DTEND:20250219T210000Z SUMMARY:Kneecap DESCRIPTION:Hip-hop trio Kneecap are joined by Michael Fassbender in this h igh-octane trip through Belfast city. Rapping about drugs\, sex and resist ance against Westminster control\, Peppiatt traces the band’s partly-fic tional origin story. As the trio become a symbol of resistance for “the ceasefire generation”\, the police\, politicians and paramilitaries try to curb their influence. A rip-roaring combination of the profane and the political\, Kneecap captures the energy and rebellious spirit of a growing youth movement with a pulsing soundtrack and a willful celebration of the Irish language. (BH) URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/sinelection/kneecap LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:2fe2c82e52de1116f463a797331fefb647f483b045f933da43dc4c1a45f40ae5 DTSTAMP:20250114T150646Z DTSTART:20250212T200000Z DTEND:20250212T210000Z SUMMARY:狗阵 DESCRIPTION:Awarded Best Film in the Un Certain Regard section at Cannes\, Black Dog is the story of two outsiders. After a long prison sentence\, La ng returns to his hometown on the edge of the Gobi Desert in north-western China. In the lead-up to the 2008 Olympic Games\, everything is in a stat e of upheaval — buildings are slated for demolition\, and efforts are un derway to eliminate the town’s stray dogs which traipse along sidewalks\ , skulk inside condemned buildings\, and snarl at residents. Haunted by th e victims of his past crimes\, Lang finds work as a dog catcher. Oscillati ng between melancholy and humor\, Black Dog is a bold combination of whims y and social realism. (BH)\n  URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/sinelection/61279219-897f-4dc5-8992-81c c8c27e7ca LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:956ccab6e86ad33f0ab394942bcc7876a24e0d660bd4d1129361f50199b803da DTSTAMP:20250114T151457Z DTSTART:20250215T190000Z DTEND:20250215T200000Z SUMMARY:Killa DESCRIPTION:Followed by a talk with Frida Muenala (ICA\, mullu.tv\, rupai p roducciones) and Sherman Cabascango moderated by Consuelo Benavides.\n19:0 0 - Food presentation by Luis Flores19:30 - Film screening20:30 - Conversa tion with film crew moderated by Consuelo Benavides (in Spanish)21:00 - Fo od and Vinyl Session with DJ Willy (Latin\, Salsa\, Cumbia\, Boogaloo and other tropical gems)Consuelo Benavides and Willy Conterón\, founders of E cuamig@s and long-standing promoters of Ecuadorian culture in Berlin\, inv ite you to a special film screening and community event. The featured film \, Killa (Before the Moon Rises)\, tells the story of a photojournalist do cumenting the abuses of a mining company in his community's territory. As he faces persecution from those trying to silence his work\, he also grapp les with conflicts of identity\, territorial justice\, betrayal\, and loya lty.Before and after the screening\, Luis Flores will be offering a variet y of Ecuadorian delicacies in the foyer. Enjoy treats such as cositas fina s\, pan de yuca filled with hornado or higos con queso\, encocadas\, and a limited quantity of the delicious encebollado. (GR)Ecuamig@s is an ecuado rian diaspora initiative founded by Consuelo Benavides and Willy Conterón seeking to promote ecuadorian culture in the public space in Berlin. They are the organizers of the yearly community party \"A mi lindo Ecuador\". URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/common-visions-berlin/killa LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:1d68663bf8f9e84c13149309a4edd4e8eab2d1476bbf438baefc2b4cd733b8f2 DTSTAMP:20250114T152458Z DTSTART:20250214T203000Z DTEND:20250214T213000Z SUMMARY:Of Caravan and the Dogs DESCRIPTION:In the weeks before and after the invasion of Ukraine on 24th F ebruary 2022\, the Russian media landscape was radically restructured. Ask old Kurov\, director of The Trial: The State Of Russia Vs Oleg Sentsov (20 17) and Children 404 (2014)\, documents how the tightening grip of politic al repression through new legislation on press freedom prompts some to sel f-censor and forces others into exile. By charting the tipping point in on e country\, Kurov points to the alarming trend of external interference in independent journalism by state and private interests around the world. ( BH) URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/sinelection/of-caravan-and-the-dogs LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:1030c9d1d04e74f0962357ecc8555932e785a61b7a2b07adc89eb4a88fa578d7 DTSTAMP:20250114T152527Z DTSTART:20250221T210000Z DTEND:20250221T220000Z SUMMARY:Of Caravan and the Dogs DESCRIPTION:In the weeks before and after the invasion of Ukraine on 24th F ebruary 2022\, the Russian media landscape was radically restructured. Ask old Kurov\, director of The Trial: The State Of Russia Vs Oleg Sentsov (20 17) and Children 404 (2014)\, documents how the tightening grip of politic al repression through new legislation on press freedom prompts some to sel f-censor and forces others into exile. By charting the tipping point in on e country\, Kurov points to the alarming trend of external interference in independent journalism by state and private interests around the world. ( BH) URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/sinelection/of-caravan-and-the-dogs LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:5515ffe836569284b26250b3c0c4841f6a59876ef517d520f70ca5b1132f9e19 DTSTAMP:20250114T152653Z DTSTART:20250216T190000Z DTEND:20250216T200000Z SUMMARY:狗阵 DESCRIPTION:Awarded Best Film in the Un Certain Regard section at Cannes\, Black Dog is the story of two outsiders. After a long prison sentence\, La ng returns to his hometown on the edge of the Gobi Desert in north-western China. In the lead-up to the 2008 Olympic Games\, everything is in a stat e of upheaval — buildings are slated for demolition\, and efforts are un derway to eliminate the town’s stray dogs which traipse along sidewalks\ , skulk inside condemned buildings\, and snarl at residents. Haunted by th e victims of his past crimes\, Lang finds work as a dog catcher. Oscillati ng between melancholy and humor\, Black Dog is a bold combination of whims y and social realism. (BH)\n  URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/sinelection/61279219-897f-4dc5-8992-81c c8c27e7ca LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:7f3041204ac5bb8596df21b41b7d331c343ea482089f982f2a685e979399444f DTSTAMP:20250114T152736Z DTSTART:20250228T180000Z DTEND:20250228T190000Z SUMMARY:狗阵 DESCRIPTION:Awarded Best Film in the Un Certain Regard section at Cannes\, Black Dog is the story of two outsiders. After a long prison sentence\, La ng returns to his hometown on the edge of the Gobi Desert in north-western China. In the lead-up to the 2008 Olympic Games\, everything is in a stat e of upheaval — buildings are slated for demolition\, and efforts are un derway to eliminate the town’s stray dogs which traipse along sidewalks\ , skulk inside condemned buildings\, and snarl at residents. Haunted by th e victims of his past crimes\, Lang finds work as a dog catcher. Oscillati ng between melancholy and humor\, Black Dog is a bold combination of whims y and social realism. (BH)\n  URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/sinelection/61279219-897f-4dc5-8992-81c c8c27e7ca LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:67b511a95c72513e7f2e8ae8a2b301baa7e578af105c76717be3ec330f73fa3a DTSTAMP:20250114T152855Z DTSTART:20250227T203000Z DTEND:20250227T213000Z SUMMARY:Kneecap DESCRIPTION:Hip-hop trio Kneecap are joined by Michael Fassbender in this h igh-octane trip through Belfast city. Rapping about drugs\, sex and resist ance against Westminster control\, Peppiatt traces the band’s partly-fic tional origin story. As the trio become a symbol of resistance for “the ceasefire generation”\, the police\, politicians and paramilitaries try to curb their influence. A rip-roaring combination of the profane and the political\, Kneecap captures the energy and rebellious spirit of a growing youth movement with a pulsing soundtrack and a willful celebration of the Irish language. (BH) URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/sinelection/kneecap LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:da36da988e4afee96026b5002813270105fa71a78cf2c2025820f8dcee20ab85 DTSTAMP:20250114T153156Z DTSTART:20250216T110000Z DTEND:20250216T120000Z SUMMARY:BAFNET x Asian New Wave BRUNCH @ Berlinale Vol. 2 DESCRIPTION:As part of the Berlinale 2025\, the Berlin Asian Film Network ( BAFNET) x Asian New Wave cordially invites you to a relaxed brunch. The fo cus of this event is the continuous networking of the community as well as developing more solidarity among Asian and BIPOC filmmakers nationally an d internationally. Look forward to meeting exciting people and a free deli cious buffet. Allies are also welcome! URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/common-visions-berlin/bafnet-x-asian-ne w-wave-brunch-at-berlinale-vol-2 LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:04cb3616fe96e64fef6f19e3c33be45e631e5e4455cabb0eec89ba5949487493 DTSTAMP:20250114T154124Z DTSTART:20250220T180000Z DTEND:20250220T190000Z SUMMARY:Queer as Punk DESCRIPTION:LGBT punk band “Shh...Diam!” boldly defies its name – Mal ay for “shut up!” – by shouting their truth to the world. Director Y ihwen Chen chronicles the journey of this chosen family as they grow\, spr eading courage with wit\, humour and irresistible charm. Queer as Punk inv ites audiences into the lives of band members Faris\, Yon and Yoyo\, captu ring candid conversations during Malaysia’s shifting political landscape . The film delves into themes of self-expression\, bodily transformation\, love\, parental expectations\, anxiety and political participation\, all set against the backdrop of a country that denies queer rights. Democracy\ , stifled by state-endorsed monopolies on religion\, desire and identity\, creates a suffocating environment. Amidst the challenges of “pink migra tion”\, where many seek spaces to simply exist\, collective care and cam araderie become essential lifelines. The Covid-19 pandemic adds another la yer of hardship\, yet the band perseveres\, using their music and gigs to vent\, flirt and share laughs. With their bold sound and infectious energy \, “Shh...Diam!” will have you singing along in no time!(B) URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/berlinale-goes-kiez/berlinale-goes-kiez -1 LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8c8cfd796483edd19194ce09c7f473ff36daaffbdbd77262d4799cb43b9d9c3b DTSTAMP:20250114T154250Z DTSTART:20250220T210000Z DTEND:20250220T220000Z SUMMARY:Yunan DESCRIPTION:Munir travels to a remote island to contemplate a drastic actio n. He is haunted by a cryptic parable passed down to him by his mother. In the silence of his isolated island sanctuary\, he encounters the enigmati c Valeska (Hanna Schygulla) and her rough-hewn but loyal son\, Karl. Altho ugh few words are spoken\, simple acts of kindness begin to overcome their mutual distrust. Munir’s heavy burden is gradually eased and his desire for life reignited.(B) URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/berlinale-goes-kiez/9f93525a-fe85-4783- a9a0-e0f12a48d3eb LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:f988f639a270f8bc71955781ad53a7e9be9fad714989a20e49e3559596e2529a DTSTAMP:20250114T201719Z DTSTART:20250218T120000Z DTEND:20250218T130000Z SUMMARY:Nineteen Going On Twenty DESCRIPTION:Berlinale Forum Expanded is turning 20! Founded in 2006 by Arse nal - Institute for Film and Video Art\, this section is an integral part of the festival. Installations\, performances\, talks and experimental fil m programs characterize the selection. Nineteen going on Twenty shows film s from 19 years of the festival and offers insights into the broad spectru m of cinematic forms that make up Forum Expanded. The anniversary program is supported by the Capital Cultural Fund. With films by: Maite Abella\, Z uza Banasińska\, Cana Bilir-Meier\, Filipa César\, Ayse Erkmen\, Kevin J erome Everson\, Harun Farocki\, Mohammadreza Farzad\, Paul Geday\, Ken Jac obs\, Maxime Jean-Baptiste\, Vika Kirchenbauer\, Marie Losier\, Tomonari N ishikawa\, Isabelle Prim\, Shelly Silver\, Clarissa Thieme\, Anton Vidokle and others. (A)Free entry! URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/20-forum-expanded/nineteen-going-on-twe nty LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:9fb0f3181de396564b2d5735f6d841597bb981da31df9c9f28b4219d0a213e61 DTSTAMP:20250114T202413Z DTSTART:20250223T190000Z DTEND:20250223T200000Z SUMMARY:Chez Jolie Coiffure DESCRIPTION:A solidarity cooperation between SINEMA TRANSTOPIA\, Frauenfilm fest Dortmund Köln\, AFRIKAMERA – Aktuelles Kino aus Afrika (toucouleur e.V.) and ProQuote Film e.V.“This film is part of a process I started w hen I arrived in Belgium in 2007: to discover the African community from t he inside\, the other side of the medal\, the other side of the European d ream.”– Rosine Mbakam (director)In Matongé\, the African quarter of B russels\, Sabine Amiyeme\, a native of Cameroon\, runs her hair salon. Jol ie Coiffure offers the latest hair trends\, gossip and advice for everyday life\; it is a microcosm of the African diaspora. Like most of her custom ers\, Sabine has no valid papers\, and every raid becomes an existential t hreat. At Jolie Coiffure\, Sabine nevertheless creates a place of familiar ity and solidarity for the community.Sabine Amiyeme\, the protagonist of t he documentary Chez Jolie Coiffure by Rosine Mbakam\, has been living and working in Brussels for 13 years and has built a life\, a network and a bu siness in Belgium after a long and traumatic migrant journey. Nevertheless \, she has not been able to obtain a permanent residence permit. On Octobe r 2\, 2024\, she was arrested in Liège. She is at acute risk of deportati on to Cameroon. At her last hearing on January 8\, 2025\, Sabine's appeal against the deportation order was again rejected. Her expulsion is a sever e blow not only to her\, but also to her employees and her community\, who have launched a petition.As cinema operators\, we would like to support S abine Amiyeme by showing the film Chez Jolie Coiffure together in Berlin. The entrance fees and donations from the solidarity screening will go to s upport Sabine’s ongoing fight against deportation. (PQ) URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/common-visions-berlin/chez-jolie-coiffu re LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:f8315c4e326a646c7a9397e8a4220a39b44274a33687af1f2560088333f6010b DTSTAMP:20250114T202932Z DTSTART:20250222T193000Z DTEND:20250222T203000Z SUMMARY:Black OurStory Month Cinema 2025 DESCRIPTION:Black Joy (Private Screening)Kemi Fatoba\, Germany\, 2024\, 19 min. English\, German with German subtitlesÒrìṣà Devotion in BerlinRi cardo Bacallao\, Germany\, 2024 (revised version)\, 60 min. Portuguese\, S panish with English and German subtitlesFollowed by a talk with Félix Ayo h’Omidire\, Kemi Fatoba\, Nadja Ofuatey-Alazard (in German)As part of Bl ack History Month\, Each One Teach One (EOTO) e.V. presents two new docume ntary films by and for Berlin's Black communities. Produced by DADDY and d irected by Kemi Fatoba\, Black Joy explores the many facets of joy in Blac k communities\, showing its importance in the context of historical moveme nts\, communities and creative expressions. Òrìṣà Devotion in Berlin traces the spiritual worship of Òrìṣà in Berlin through Candomblé an d Santería. The film accompanies Joaquín La Habana and Baba Murah Soares as they keep Yorùbá\, a spiritual culture which has 100 million followe rs worldwide\, alive in the German capital. It highlights the beauty and r esilience of this religious\, cultural and artistic practice. (EOTO)Félix Ayoh'Omidire is a professor of the Yoruba diaspora and Afro-Latin America n studies.Kemi Fatoba is a freelance journalist\, founder of the magazine DADDY\, and director and producer of Black Joy.Nadja Ofuatey-Alazard\, co- management and artistic direction of Each One Teach One (EOTO) e.V. modera tes the discussion URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/common-visions-berlin/black-ourstory-mo nth-cinema-2025 LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:82a57bc539f2665e5727d113dbe5c6dcfb26f2526fe6d7eb47193a467b426519 DTSTAMP:20250116T115507Z DTSTART:20250209T183000Z DTEND:20250209T193000Z SUMMARY:Exil DESCRIPTION:Followed by a talk and a reading with Elona Beqiraj in GermanEx il\, the latest film by Visar Morina\, tells the story of Xhafer\, a Kosov ar pharmaceutical engineer who has built a life with his German wife and c hildren in Germany. Though he can't find concrete evidence to support his feelings\, he begins to feel increasingly discriminated against and harass ed at work. This uncertainty leads to a growing paranoia\, with Xhafer int erpreting every gesture and word from his colleagues as an attack on his i dentity as a foreigner.Intentionally leaving questions unanswered\, Morina explores the fine line between everyday racism and Xhafer's doubts\, exam ining the subtle racism that lies behind liberal society. By eschewing cle ar resolutions\, the audience is forced to reflect on the complexity of id entity and alienation. (EB)Elona Beqiraj\, based in Berlin\, is an author and political educator who explores themes of right-wing violence and belo nging in Germany. Her 2019 poetry collection und wir kamen jeden sommer de lves into memory and identity and complements her work on inclusive rememb rance culture. URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/deep-cuts/exile LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:065affe079f42f132f645c146fe9d6a53f34a245c383da37c813dd837789de61 DTSTAMP:20250116T115838Z DTSTART:20250207T203000Z DTEND:20250207T213000Z SUMMARY:风流一代 DESCRIPTION:Caught by the Tides blends fiction and documentary\, weaving pa st films\, unused footage\, and new sequences into a fluid narrative that traverses past\, present\, and an imminent future in transition. Shot over 23 years and driven more by music than dialogue\, the film follows Qiaoqi ao as she searches for her lost lover\, Bin. Her unwavering longing stands in stark contrast to the rapidly changing landscape of modern China. Anch ored by Zhao’s understated yet powerful performance\, Jia’s direction captures the evolution of people and society\, offering a profound meditat ion on memory\, time\, and the enduring grip of the past. (CiLENS) URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/sinelection/8975f9dd-54cf-43bc-9f32-711 edcfe46e4 LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:05560b87cf727849c856611d9cca311a87be46d63f8939e100307d40cf73e934 DTSTAMP:20250117T201640Z DTSTART:20250129T163000Z DTEND:20250129T173000Z SUMMARY:Programmpräsentation der Berlinale-Sektion Generation DESCRIPTION:The Berlinale section Generation invites festival fans and inte rested parties to Sinema Transtopia to discuss the upcoming program with m embers of the Generation selection committee\, to exchange ideas and to ex plore impulses for a shared festival experience.Registration until January 28\, 2025 via generation@berlinale.deThe event will be held in German. Ad mission is free. URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/berlinale-generation/programmprasentati on-der-berlinale-sektion-generation LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:eb70245e53dcc47fd105a14534bac483f3b68596125c1d28ce7e9a60c6454696 DTSTAMP:20250118T105954Z DTSTART:20250202T180000Z DTEND:20250202T190000Z SUMMARY:Potluck Dinner with Sissi Chen aka @eatinginberlin DESCRIPTION:In celebration of the Chinese Lunar New Year\, food blogger Sis si Chen aka @eatinginberlin is hosting a potluck dinner and you are all in vited!How does it work? Sissi will prepare hot bowls of congee – a recip e from her cookbook and one of her favorite winter foods – for everyone to try and invites you to bring some food as well!Bring something to eat a nd share and enjoy other tasty foods in a welcoming atmosphere. Attendance to the potluck dinner is free but registration is required and numbers ar e limited. Sign up HERE.After the dinner at 20:00 we will be screening the iconic Chinese film 饮食男女 (Eat Drink Man Woman) followed by a talk with Sissi moderated by Jessie Lu!Screening tickets available via our web site.Jessie Lu\, a Film Studies Master’s student and CiLENS Communicatio ns Assistant exploring the intersections of cinema and culture. URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/year-of-the-snake/potluck-dinner-with-s issi-chen-aka-at-eatinginberlin LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:be011d584111b1b1a117ef551501c5f581b79bcbb86164a535c3fa53e5b055be DTSTAMP:20250130T135259Z DTSTART:20250226T200000Z DTEND:20250226T210000Z SUMMARY:Of Caravan and the Dogs DESCRIPTION:In the weeks before and after the invasion of Ukraine on 24th F ebruary 2022\, the Russian media landscape was radically restructured. Ask old Kurov\, director of The Trial: The State Of Russia Vs Oleg Sentsov (20 17) and Children 404 (2014)\, documents how the tightening grip of politic al repression through new legislation on press freedom prompts some to sel f-censor and forces others into exile. By charting the tipping point in on e country\, Kurov points to the alarming trend of external interference in independent journalism by state and private interests around the world. ( BH) URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/sinelection/b3f90491-55d8-4914-99b5-ad3 613ebf5a9 LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ef9aad7d4599878fb5b2df01d02a54f69ca1b4178a83b8c4b3e403c03f4f0b55 DTSTAMP:20250218T161236Z DTSTART:20250301T180000Z DTEND:20250301T190000Z SUMMARY:Kneecap DESCRIPTION:Hip-hop trio Kneecap are joined by Michael Fassbender in this h igh-octane trip through Belfast city. Rapping about drugs\, sex and resist ance against Westminster control\, Peppiatt traces the band’s partly-fic tional origin story. As the trio become a symbol of resistance for “the ceasefire generation”\, the police\, politicians and paramilitaries try to curb their influence. A rip-roaring combination of the profane and the political\, Kneecap captures the energy and rebellious spirit of a growing youth movement with a pulsing soundtrack and a willful celebration of the Irish language. (BH) URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/sinelection/kneecap-1 LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:55a6c8d86ec00ed8d8f5b5f587c2a0f9d0c1b56b1cade4a4e08c2720227cd3fd DTSTAMP:20250218T161303Z DTSTART:20250305T200000Z DTEND:20250305T210000Z SUMMARY:Kneecap DESCRIPTION:Hip-hop trio Kneecap are joined by Michael Fassbender in this h igh-octane trip through Belfast city. Rapping about drugs\, sex and resist ance against Westminster control\, Peppiatt traces the band’s partly-fic tional origin story. As the trio become a symbol of resistance for “the ceasefire generation”\, the police\, politicians and paramilitaries try to curb their influence. A rip-roaring combination of the profane and the political\, Kneecap captures the energy and rebellious spirit of a growing youth movement with a pulsing soundtrack and a willful celebration of the Irish language. (BH) URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/sinelection/kneecap-1 LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:356f31c3b58717b55295f6cff65cef6dcef3c51780a112312e667cdf8e83ff30 DTSTAMP:20250218T161359Z DTSTART:20250313T200000Z DTEND:20250313T210000Z SUMMARY:Kneecap DESCRIPTION:Hip-hop trio Kneecap are joined by Michael Fassbender in this h igh-octane trip through Belfast city. Rapping about drugs\, sex and resist ance against Westminster control\, Peppiatt traces the band’s partly-fic tional origin story. As the trio become a symbol of resistance for “the ceasefire generation”\, the police\, politicians and paramilitaries try to curb their influence. A rip-roaring combination of the profane and the political\, Kneecap captures the energy and rebellious spirit of a growing youth movement with a pulsing soundtrack and a willful celebration of the Irish language. (BH) URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/sinelection/kneecap-1 LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:61172495c7137e5295a391d211058f271806becd8800968241b405c8de0a1da6 DTSTAMP:20250218T161929Z DTSTART:20250301T203000Z DTEND:20250301T213000Z SUMMARY:Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat DESCRIPTION:Through a fast-paced montage of archival footage and music\, So undtrack to a Coup d'Etat brilliantly exposes how Western powers attempted to use jazz as an imperialist tool. As African nations\, many backed by s ocialist regimes\, rose against European colonial powers in the 1960s\, th e U.S. and its allies intervened in unconventional ways: Jazz legends like Louis Armstrong\, Nina Simone\, and Dizzy Gillespie were sent to Africa a s cultural ambassadors of the West. Behind the scenes\, the CIA operated i n the shadows\, targeting leaders like Patrice Lumumba\, the first Prime M inister of an independent Congo. A sprawling documentary that moves to a f urious beat\, Grimonprez dances through his thesis with an enthralling and thought-provoking energy. (BH) URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/sinelection/soundtrack-to-a-coup-detat LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:b1709e499cb5358d82cceff4fc5a0c020e0ff0a6469a4f1ff459e60ec516e6cd DTSTAMP:20250218T162009Z DTSTART:20250326T200000Z DTEND:20250326T210000Z SUMMARY:Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat DESCRIPTION:Through a fast-paced montage of archival footage and music\, So undtrack to a Coup d'Etat brilliantly exposes how Western powers attempted to use jazz as an imperialist tool. As African nations\, many backed by s ocialist regimes\, rose against European colonial powers in the 1960s\, th e U.S. and its allies intervened in unconventional ways: Jazz legends like Louis Armstrong\, Nina Simone\, and Dizzy Gillespie were sent to Africa a s cultural ambassadors of the West. Behind the scenes\, the CIA operated i n the shadows\, targeting leaders like Patrice Lumumba\, the first Prime M inister of an independent Congo. A sprawling documentary that moves to a f urious beat\, Grimonprez dances through his thesis with an enthralling and thought-provoking energy. (BH) URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/sinelection/soundtrack-to-a-coup-detat LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:2148c0f0b8ea4f23d9b9e0d6a78d450f21058d15e18e5ac3eb457768e27fdd45 DTSTAMP:20250218T162053Z DTSTART:20250312T200000Z DTEND:20250312T210000Z SUMMARY:Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat DESCRIPTION:Through a fast-paced montage of archival footage and music\, So undtrack to a Coup d'Etat brilliantly exposes how Western powers attempted to use jazz as an imperialist tool. As African nations\, many backed by s ocialist regimes\, rose against European colonial powers in the 1960s\, th e U.S. and its allies intervened in unconventional ways: Jazz legends like Louis Armstrong\, Nina Simone\, and Dizzy Gillespie were sent to Africa a s cultural ambassadors of the West. Behind the scenes\, the CIA operated i n the shadows\, targeting leaders like Patrice Lumumba\, the first Prime M inister of an independent Congo. A sprawling documentary that moves to a f urious beat\, Grimonprez dances through his thesis with an enthralling and thought-provoking energy. (BH) URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/sinelection/soundtrack-to-a-coup-detat LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:a190e0565093fcaef3987af8ea5a8d12798b5861bd2b2849e3482b365f90e6fa DTSTAMP:20250218T163234Z DTSTART:20250302T190000Z DTEND:20250302T200000Z SUMMARY:La Cocina DESCRIPTION:Estela arrives at The Grill\, a restaurant in New York City tha t keeps its kitchen running on the backbreaking labor of Latin American im migrants. These workers are lured by the promise of help in obtaining U.S. residence permits\, a promise that often goes unfulfilled. One of the res taurant's top and most hardworking cooks\, Pedro\, helps Estela navigate t he chaotic environment of the kitchen. However\, Pedro is on the brink of burnout\, driven by his bosses' broken promises to secure him a visa\, his explosive and passionate personality\, and his complicated love life. He is entangled in a relationship with a white US woman that could lead to ma rriage and fatherhood\, further fueling his struggle to obtain a residence permit and stabilize his life.La Cocina is a story of Mexican migrant lab or in the U.S. that resonates far beyond its setting\, speaking to broader realities of migrant workers across the Global North. Through a combinati on of dramatic cinematic techniques\, absurdity\, and satire\, viewers are exposed to the anxiety\, frustration\, and passion of migrant service wor kers\, central figures in today's political and social landscape. Raw and intense\, Ruizpalacios presents a powerful commentary on migration\, labor \, and human resilience. (GR) URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/sinelection/la-cocina LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:4f20a8dc1d3962d5b72848634a8f1f99149cb0a6b21e96c165103ce7ba4d64bc DTSTAMP:20250218T163308Z DTSTART:20250323T190000Z DTEND:20250323T200000Z SUMMARY:La Cocina DESCRIPTION:Estela arrives at The Grill\, a restaurant in New York City tha t keeps its kitchen running on the backbreaking labor of Latin American im migrants. These workers are lured by the promise of help in obtaining U.S. residence permits\, a promise that often goes unfulfilled. One of the res taurant's top and most hardworking cooks\, Pedro\, helps Estela navigate t he chaotic environment of the kitchen. However\, Pedro is on the brink of burnout\, driven by his bosses' broken promises to secure him a visa\, his explosive and passionate personality\, and his complicated love life. He is entangled in a relationship with a white US woman that could lead to ma rriage and fatherhood\, further fueling his struggle to obtain a residence permit and stabilize his life.La Cocina is a story of Mexican migrant lab or in the U.S. that resonates far beyond its setting\, speaking to broader realities of migrant workers across the Global North. Through a combinati on of dramatic cinematic techniques\, absurdity\, and satire\, viewers are exposed to the anxiety\, frustration\, and passion of migrant service wor kers\, central figures in today's political and social landscape. Raw and intense\, Ruizpalacios presents a powerful commentary on migration\, labor \, and human resilience. (GR) URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/sinelection/la-cocina LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6d302b00685150cb8e4f318078c331547f0984043c6a73e6820ab1c3b3b3e870 DTSTAMP:20250218T163323Z DTSTART:20250327T200000Z DTEND:20250327T210000Z SUMMARY:La Cocina DESCRIPTION:Estela arrives at The Grill\, a restaurant in New York City tha t keeps its kitchen running on the backbreaking labor of Latin American im migrants. These workers are lured by the promise of help in obtaining U.S. residence permits\, a promise that often goes unfulfilled. One of the res taurant's top and most hardworking cooks\, Pedro\, helps Estela navigate t he chaotic environment of the kitchen. However\, Pedro is on the brink of burnout\, driven by his bosses' broken promises to secure him a visa\, his explosive and passionate personality\, and his complicated love life. He is entangled in a relationship with a white US woman that could lead to ma rriage and fatherhood\, further fueling his struggle to obtain a residence permit and stabilize his life.La Cocina is a story of Mexican migrant lab or in the U.S. that resonates far beyond its setting\, speaking to broader realities of migrant workers across the Global North. Through a combinati on of dramatic cinematic techniques\, absurdity\, and satire\, viewers are exposed to the anxiety\, frustration\, and passion of migrant service wor kers\, central figures in today's political and social landscape. Raw and intense\, Ruizpalacios presents a powerful commentary on migration\, labor \, and human resilience. (GR) URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/sinelection/la-cocina LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:e2fd68f6c9dc3f7bdf48bb5ebae534e4eb8bf2e61ca8ef79fd8bcb38b804e328 DTSTAMP:20250218T174655Z DTSTART:20250306T200000Z DTEND:20250306T210000Z SUMMARY:Ainda estou aqui DESCRIPTION:1970\, Rio de Janeiro: Rubens Paiva is taken from his home neve r to be seen again. Once enjoying a comfortable middle-class life\, Rubens had grown frustrated with Brazil’s military dictatorship and joined the resistance. When he is arrested by the secret police\, the Paiva family i s thrown into turmoil. His wife\, Eunice\, is left to care for their child ren while desperately searching for her husband. As time passes\, hope fad es\, and their once-stable world is upended. I’m Still Here meticulously recreates a turbulent era in Brazil\, capturing the resilience of a famil y as they struggle to uncover the truth about Rubens’ fate. Authentic an d immersive\, Salles draws from his personal connection to the Paiva famil y\, dragging audiences into a world of uncertainty and fear. A timely and a deeply intimate portrait of life under authoritarian rule. (BH) URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/sinelection/ainda-estou-aqui LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:fe9799e3e69cf17232dc4a80f55fe8e08576152120db1aa4c1143bffec84a8a5 DTSTAMP:20250218T180509Z DTSTART:20250307T180000Z DTEND:20250307T190000Z SUMMARY:การต่อสู้ของกรรมกรหญิง โรงงานฮาร่า + Angka Jadi Suara DESCRIPTION:การต่อสู้ของกรรมกรหญิ งโรงงานฮาร่า (Hara Factory Workers Struggle)Jon Ue ngphakorn\, Thailand\, 1975\, 55 min. Thai with English subtitlesAngka Jad i Suara (The Day The Voices Raised)Dian Septi Trisnanti\, Indonesia\, 2017 \, 22 min. Indonesian with English subtitlesWith an introduction by Lisabo na RahmanJon Ungpakorn’s 1975 documentary on the female workers’ strug gle in Bangkok remained relatively unknown until it was presented to the p ublic again by the Thai Film Archive in 2015. Between 1973 and 1976\, soci al movements were thriving in Thailand with active participation from work ers\, farmers\, students\, intellectuals and artists. The film was made co llectively in 1975 by a group of amateur filmmakers: Jon Uengphakorn\, Sud athip Inthorn\, Lawan and Somphot Uppa-in. By the time they finished the p roduction in 1976\, a military coup d’etat took place. The film remained unscreened until it entered the collection of the film archive. The Day T he Voices Raised was produced in 2017 by women workers at the industrial d istrict called KBN (Bonded Nusantara Zone) in the northern part of Jakarta \, Indonesia. It is a state-run enterprise\, housing more than 60 thousand women working for transnational garment industry production. The women wo rkers are getting organised to fight against sexual harassment at their wo rkplace. (LR)Lisabona Rahman is a Berlin-based film archivist and programm er. URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/weaving-dissent/hara-factory-workers-st ruggle LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6778a991ac3f12881f05348112ed45a76a4390e4e92325eff2ecb564b1d12fc6 DTSTAMP:20250218T181446Z DTSTART:20250307T203000Z DTEND:20250307T213000Z SUMMARY:The Day Iceland Stood Still DESCRIPTION:The Day Iceland Stood Still is a vibrant yet deeply impactful d ocumentary that takes us behind the scenes of the remarkable events\, stra tegies\, and sheer chance that led to one of the most significant moments in the fight for gender equality—the day in 1975 when 90% of Icelandic w omen went on strike.In the 1970s\, Iceland\, like much of the world\, uphe ld rigid gender roles. Women were expected to manage households and childc are\, earned significantly less than men\, and were excluded from key sect ors like agriculture. Inspired by the global red-stocking movement\, they decided to take a stand. On October 24\, 1975\, nearly all Icelandic women walked off their jobs and left their domestic duties\, bringing the count ry to a standstill.Through a compelling mix of archival footage\, personal stories\, and firsthand accounts\, Pamela Hogan offers a deeper look at t he impact of that groundbreaking day and how it reshaped Icelandic society and gender equality in the workplace. (BH) URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/weaving-dissent/the-day-iceland-stood-s till LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:2b20185b825227d45b237a32c6da209be947877df174391b8bf7120ca0d3ab13 DTSTAMP:20250218T181509Z DTSTART:20250308T180000Z DTEND:20250308T190000Z SUMMARY:The Day Iceland Stood Still DESCRIPTION:The Day Iceland Stood Still is a vibrant yet deeply impactful d ocumentary that takes us behind the scenes of the remarkable events\, stra tegies\, and sheer chance that led to one of the most significant moments in the fight for gender equality—the day in 1975 when 90% of Icelandic w omen went on strike.In the 1970s\, Iceland\, like much of the world\, uphe ld rigid gender roles. Women were expected to manage households and childc are\, earned significantly less than men\, and were excluded from key sect ors like agriculture. Inspired by the global red-stocking movement\, they decided to take a stand. On October 24\, 1975\, nearly all Icelandic women walked off their jobs and left their domestic duties\, bringing the count ry to a standstill.Through a compelling mix of archival footage\, personal stories\, and firsthand accounts\, Pamela Hogan offers a deeper look at t he impact of that groundbreaking day and how it reshaped Icelandic society and gender equality in the workplace. (BH) URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/weaving-dissent/the-day-iceland-stood-s till LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8251f3488cc6f9a2e79405ac5a6dc5470fbaf04590e5ea71bedbf6cc824dcff4 DTSTAMP:20250219T100625Z DTSTART:20250308T203000Z DTEND:20250308T213000Z SUMMARY:La Camarista DESCRIPTION:With an introduction by Rachel ProngerEve (Gabriela Cartol) is a conscientious chambermaid who works long hours at a luxurious Mexico Cit y hotel. A single mother\, Eve is determined to provide a better future fo r her son by working her way up the company’s rigid internal hierarchy a nd landing a prestigious position cleaning the presidential suite on the 4 2nd floor. Eager to get ahead\, Eve enrolls in the hotel’s adult educati on program\, but it soon becomes clear that it takes more than hard work t o succeed in a rigged system. The debut feature from Lila Avilés (Totem)\ , is a nuanced human drama with a streak of dry\, absurdist humour. Amidst crisp white sheets and plump pillows\, Eve invisibly serves the whims of her super-wealthy guests\, struggles to navigate cut-throat workplace dyna mics and\, occasionally\, dares to dream of something better. Lila Avilés illustrates with dry wit\, the impossibility of navigating the Snakes and Ladders world of work\, especially for women\, people of colour and those from other marginalised backgrounds\, who so often discover that offers o f gainful employment come littered with hidden steps\, tripwires and trapd oors. A deeply satisfying capitalist satire with a beating human heart. (R P)Rachel Pronger is a curator\, writer and editor based in Berlin. She is a founder of archive activist feminist film collective Invisible Women. Sh e is also co-editor of Cinema of Commoning (cinemaofcommoning.com)\, an ed itorial platform celebrating global alternative cinema practice. URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/weaving-dissent/la-camarista LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:3649f69f74d68f144e2e26e1622e6918cd140bda0ff53d7a0b29731193f95c40 DTSTAMP:20250219T101209Z DTSTART:20250309T190000Z DTEND:20250309T200000Z SUMMARY:다음 소희 DESCRIPTION:Followed by a panel talk Migrant Women and Labor\, 'Who Am I an d Where Am I? curated by a.k.a FilmfestivalKorean street food (Ddukbboki) prepared by a.k.a Filmfestival team will be available to buy before the sc reening.As part of a school program\, young Sohee begins her first job at a telecommunications call center. What is presented to her as a golden opp ortunity soon turns into a relentless ordeal. Overpowered by the crushing pressure to constantly attain performance targets\, Sohee desperately sear ches for a way to escape which leads to tragic consequences. Police office r Yoo-jin takes on the case\, uncovering a harrowing reality. Director Jul y Jung delves deep into the harsh working conditions of South Korea\, expo sing a system where corporations bypass labor rights through subcontractor s and where promised rewards heighten pressure on workers but are never de livered. Women\, in particular\, face systemic violence in the form of har assment and coercion. With unflinching precision and profound empathy for its protagonist\, Next Sohee unravels a tightly woven web of societal oppr ession—until no one can deny their share of responsibility. After the fi lm was released\, a law protecting the human rights of trainees was enacte d in South Korea: it is named the Sohee Law. (BH)a.k.a Filmfestival presen ts monthly screenings that explore various aspects of Korean cinema\, focu ssing on the most controversial and cutting-edge portrayals of topics such as politics\, labor\, and the environment.\n  URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/weaving-dissent/next-sohee-0 LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:43920855a0949515d07aa4bd446bd0380ebe5898d1ede69d705fa236dc9f0c8b DTSTAMP:20250219T102959Z DTSTART:20250314T180000Z DTEND:20250314T190000Z SUMMARY:Sara DESCRIPTION:Followed by conversation with Asha Smara Darra moderated by Lis abona Rahman (in English)Sara\, a transwoman\, has to return to her villag e to attend the funeral of her father. Once there\, she discovers that her mother is severely traumatized by her father's death\, has no memory of h er and treats her like a complete stranger. When her attempts to recover h er mother's memories fail miserably\, Sara decides to create new memories for her mother by play-acting as her late father\, the person she despises the most and the reason she escaped her family a long time ago. (FT)Asha Smara Darra is an Indonesian fashion designer. In 2023\, Asha made her lea d acting debut\, starring in the titular role of the film Sara. For her pe rformance\, Asha won 'The Best Leading Performance' at the 2024 Festival Écran Mixtes in Lyon\, France.Lisabona Rahman ​​is a Berlin-based fil m archivist and programmer URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/young-birds-from-strange-mountains/sara LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:44f1a2316fd30e20bb4df887b7a02cbc0b2f6a0738b8160614ea622771535348 DTSTAMP:20250219T104626Z DTSTART:20250314T203000Z DTEND:20250314T213000Z SUMMARY:Their Paths Ran in Parallel Across the Miles DESCRIPTION:Followed by a conversation with Quế aka Nguyễn Đức Hùng (in English)Người kiến (The Ant-Man)Việt Vũ\, Vietnam\, 2018\, 27 min. Vietnamese with English subtitlesThân Thể Rừng Thiêng (Landsca pe of Our Body)Trâm Anh Nguyễn\, Vietnam 2024\, 19 min. Vietnamese with English subtitlesNgười Chó\, Chó Người (Man Dog\, Dog Man)A Sông Collective\, Mai Huyền Chi\, Vietnam 2023\, 6 min. No dialogueBồng B ềnh (Buoyant)Đoàn Thanh Toàn\, Nguyễn Lê Hoàng Phúc\, Vietnam 20 23\, 20 min. No dialogueNước Lành Mang Bệnh (Healthy Water with Dise ases)Quế aka Nguyễn Đức Hùng\, Vietnam 2024\, 6 min. Vietnamese wi th English subtitlesScreening in collaboration with Leipzig Art Residency (LIA)\, Cinema Con Nhà Nghèo\, and A Sông.Moving through memories and s hifting forms\, these four short films trace the thresholds between humans and non-humans\, the spiritual and material\, past and present. The Ant-M an portrays the search for freedom\, depicting the daily life of a homosex ual man whose body is inhabited by ants. Landscape of Our Body is a journe y of the sacred and the corporeal through a meditation between deviant bod ies and nature. In Man Dog\, Dog Man a chain of surreal events links a man walking a dog\, a nose that turned into a DJ\, and villagers who metamorp hose through dancing. Buoyant is a tale of a fisherman and a mermaid that draws aesthetic inspiration from the drag community in Sài Gòn\, where e roticism\, fantasy\, and joy serve as strategies of resilience. Healthy Wa ter with Diseases captures the lingering ghosts of war through mosquitoes. Initially screened by Cinema Con Nhà Nghèo and A Sông Collective at N ổ Cái Bùm Festival 2024\, the films ultimately ask the question if und erstanding is necessary to feel connected. (TO) Quế (aka Nguyễn Đức Hùng) is a self-taught visual artist and independent producer from Đà Nẵng. His practice explores the influence of urbanization on the human a nd natural environment\, generational trauma and post-heritage legacy in s ocial exchange time. Currently he is an artist resident at LIA Leipzig.A S ông founded in 2019 in Da Nang-Quang Nam (Central Vietnam)\, A Sông is a n interdisciplinary collective of artists\, performer\, curator\, and film makers committed to nurturing a grassroots art community in Central Vietna m. By organizing and curating events such as art festival\, screening prog ram\, and communal gathering\, A Sông emphasizes the symbiotic relationsh ip between artistic expression and the non-art aspects of life. This appro ach situates the collective at the intersection of art\, friendship buildi ng\, community development\, and socio-environmental discourse.Cinema CNN Cinema Con Nhà Nghèo (Cinema of the Peasants) is a program that organi zes screenings and discussions for filmmakers\, film lovers\, and those wh o are interested and support low-budget or independent filmmaking practice s that diverge from the mainstream of contemporary Vietnamese cinema. CNN is a regular program under A Sông based in Da Nang City. CNN was initiat ed by filmmaker Mai Huyen Chi and co-curated by filmmaker Le Ngoc Duy. URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/young-birds-from-strange-mountains/shor t-films LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:b8692b521b4557173b747d6b298c51b174b29497de1ab75838f890f45849d319 DTSTAMP:20250219T105320Z DTSTART:20250315T203000Z DTEND:20250315T213000Z SUMMARY:วิมานหนาม DESCRIPTION:Dessert made with durian* will be served before the screening ( *the smell of durian may be too pungent for some)Content advisory: acciden t trauma\, explicit violence\, sexual contentReflecting on the recently pa ssed bill of marriage rights for LGBT+ persons in Thai parliament\, this f ilm stands as a testament to the battles queer activists have fought for d ecades. It rightfully exemplifies the fictionalized but true case of a gay couple: Thongkam and Sek who built a paradise of durian orchards and prom ised each other an eternity. As homosexual partners without equal rights\, when one of them died the other had to fight against the world that came crashing down on him. This tragedy is similarly reflected in Ray Yeung’s recent film All Shall be Well which zooms in on the tension between chose n and biological kin. June Kim of Toronto Film Festival wrote: “As with the durian flowers that need an extra touch to pollinate\, it’s imperati ve to build the right foundations to bear fruit. Thailand’s recently pas sed same-sex marriage bill — the first in Southeast Asia — is hopefull y the first of many.” (SU) URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/young-birds-from-strange-mountains/the- paradise-of-thorns LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8f8fe793c040bd5ba85cb5c7f99f2cab835523eed20409a7f924908b2b87fee7 DTSTAMP:20250219T115124Z DTSTART:20250315T180000Z DTEND:20250315T190000Z SUMMARY:When the Royal Descends to Flirt with Passersby DESCRIPTION:Followed by a live Chinese fortune-telling / astrology reading by Le Mai Ai (in Vietnamese with English translation)White Butterfly - B ạch Hồ ĐiệpCatherine T. Nguyen\, US\, Vietnam 2024\, 19 min. Vietna mese with English subtitlesSpring Will ComeMarion Hoang Ngoc Hill\, US\, V ietnam 2024\, 17 min. Vietnamese with English subtitles The Memory of Sky is EnoughViet Le\, Vietnam 2024\, 35 min. Vietnamese with English subtitle s Đạo Mẫu (Mother Goddess Religion)\, a shamanic practice in Vietnam which was once deemed superstitious and banned until 1987\, is now experie ncing a revival in contemporary society. More than just a spiritual tradit ion\, Đạo Mẫu embodies strong feminist ideals and holds significance in precolonial queer history\, as its shamans—predominantly male—perfo rmed rituals by channeling female deities. In White Butterfly - Bạch H ồ Điệp\, May\, a Vietnamese American\, returns to her family in Vietn am to mourn her mother’s death. As she confronts her family’s past\, s he seeks to understand why her mother chose to stay behind\, leaving her d aughter across the ocean. Spring Will Come follows Saigonese DJ Van Anh an d her girlfriend Ly as they struggle to end their relationship. Their emot ional pain is disrupted by the arrival of a mysterious woman who seeks to free the spirit of her lost father from their apartment. The Memory of Sky is Enough remixes the high-energy\, high-stakes\, centuries-old hầu bó ng ceremonies\, to re-envision chronic illness and disability. By reconnec ting queer rituals in Southeast Asia\, its diasporas\, and worlds beyond\, Viet Le asks: Is illness an initiation? Is pathology a power? The screeni ng will be accompanied by two Ziwei Doushu (Chinese fortune-telling) readi ng sessions by Master Le Mai Ai. Viewers will be randomly selected through their seat numbers after the film. To participate\, attendees must provid e their birth date and the hour of their birth.Le Mai Ai is a Vietnamese Z iwei Doushu master who lives in Berlin. URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/young-birds-from-strange-mountains/when -the-royal-descends-to-flirt-with-passersby LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:d1496ecaec4d5be3c07894cc579b9b60225b84eea96c1c36769c174f572429df DTSTAMP:20250219T122341Z DTSTART:20250316T170000Z DTEND:20250316T180000Z SUMMARY:PAPUA MINI FILM FESTIVAL 2025 FOR INDIGENOUS RIGHTS DESCRIPTION:Pemutaran film-film dan bincang-bincang film dengan sutradara d an aktivis.Pepera 1969\, A Democratic Integration?Hengky Yeimo\, Indonesia 2023\, 37 min. Bahasa Indonesia with English subtitles My Name is Pengung si (Refugee)Yuliano Lantipo\, Indonesia 2023\, 38 min. Bahasa Indonesia wi th English subtitles Black Pearl \"General of the Field\"Mauris Yansip\, I ndonesia 2023\, 30 min. Bahasa Indonesia with English subtitles A cooperat ion with Watch Indonesia! e.V\, Westpapua-Netzwerk\, Peace Brigades Intern ational Germany\, Jubi and SOWP – Samenwerkenden Organisaties voor West Papua17:00: Welcome + introduction 17:30: Screening19:15: Discussion19:45: Open exchange in barA diverse mini festival of fresh short documentaries from inside West Papua (Indonesia) starts its tour around Germany and the Netherlands at SİNEMA TRANSTOPIA in Berlin.Each of these captivating shor t films sheds light on the conditions and developments in West Papua\, a r egion in Indonesia that lies beyond the international spotlight\, civil an d armed conflicts characterize everyday life\, where thousands of internal ly displaced people live\, and where the environmental destruction caused by mining and the timber industry threatens the livelihoods of the indigen ous population.Created by local activist filmmakers\, they also tell posit ive stories of peaceful resistance\, struggles for social justice\, and th e fight against environmental destruction.Following the screening\, severa l of the filmmakers will be present for discussions\, publicizing their si tuation and lending support to activists in West Papua as they struggle fo r basic human and land rights. (WI) URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/common-visions-berlin/papua-mini-film-f estival-2025-for-indigenous-rights LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:c46ad6f175b7817cfafabd1d9203c2f7f306c3201dc1042d75150635f96ead5c DTSTAMP:20250219T141640Z DTSTART:20250319T200000Z DTEND:20250319T210000Z SUMMARY:Gölge DESCRIPTION:Followed by a talk with Sema PoyrazGölge\, a young girl who li ves with her sister and parents in a cramped two-room apartment in Berlin- Kreuzberg\, is trying to find her own place between Turkish and German lif e. Her dream is to become an actress. Adamidis and Poyraz trace the awaken ing sexuality of young Gölge\, her conflicts with her family\, and eventu al flight from the confines of the family apartment. Inspired by true even ts and her own experiences\, Gölge was Sema Poyraz’s graduation film fo r the German Film and Television Academy Berlin (dffb) in collaboration wi th her Greek student\, Sofoklis Adamidis. (ML) “This film\, which marks the founding of Turkish-German cinema\, breaks new ground with its concep tual rigor and portrayal of society as an ongoing process of negotiation\, as well as its sympathetic staging of the sexual fantasies of the adolesc ent Gölge.” Madeleine BernstorffKineKiez takes place in cooperation wit h the Deutsche Kinemathek.For the monthly series “KineKiez”\, four Ber lin cinemas take turns selecting films from the archive of the Deutsche Ki nemathek. In March\, the Kinemathek is a guest at Sinema Transtopia in Wed ding. URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/kinekiez/golge-10 LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:d1ea1561bf5dbb89324c2302f631016bc5a666a91fb19c4ce64e8f304466d17e DTSTAMP:20250219T143509Z DTSTART:20250320T200000Z DTEND:20250320T210000Z SUMMARY:The Orphanage DESCRIPTION:Followed by a talk with Shaarbanoo SadatThe orphanage recounts the experiences of young Afghans residing in a state-run institution for b oys during the period of Communist occupation in 1981. Quodrat\, a fervent admirer of Bollywood cinema\, assimilates his personal experiences into t he films he views at the local cinema. This remarkable film by the gifted Shaarbanoo Sadat weaves together a compelling narrative that draws upon he r country's historical backdrop. (AM)Shahrbanoo Sadat is an Afghan writer and director. She lived in Kabul until the Taliban took over the city\, an d now she lives in France. Her second feature film\, The Orphanage\, is th e first of five films based on an unpublished autobiography. URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/no-roz-nowruz-a-new-day/the-orphanage LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:f5527f94e1e84284c086778eb37c077c4437ff1eb80cfa761ef38b0100e09bea DTSTAMP:20250219T144324Z DTSTART:20250321T190000Z DTEND:20250321T200000Z SUMMARY:The Mother Trilogy + Nowrouz fire DESCRIPTION:18:00: Meze + Drinks20:00: Screening of Mother Trilogy + Discus sion22:00: Nowruz Fire\, Get togetherMother Prays All Day Long مادر ت مام روز دعا مي خوان  24 min\, Iran\, 2022\, Farsi with Eng lish subtitlesAs if Mother Cried That Night انگار مادرم گريس ته بود آن شب19min Iran\, 2023\, Farsi with English subtitlesMothe r is a Natural Sinner مادر گناهكار طبيعيست15 min Iran\, 2024\, Farsi with English subtitlesThe collaborative endeavours of Hoda Ta heri and Boris Hadzija\, in their capacities as writers\, directors and pr oducers\, have culminated in a series of films that have garnered consider able plaudits. The titles Mother Prays All Day Long\, As if Mother Cried T hat Night and Mother is a Natural Sinner stand as a testament to the duo's artistic prowess and the crew they work with. Themes of gender liberation \, the transition from one culture to another and the pursuit of passion\, offering a multifaceted perspective on contemporary living conditions are explored. The films premiered three times in succession at the Locarno Fi lm Festival. Here\, they will be screened together as the Trilogy for the first time. (AM)Meze is the word for \"taste\" in some central and west As ian cultures. The Nowruz meze will be a real treat for your senses\, with all kinds of Persian food. We will serve Ash-e Anar\, a pomegranate stew\; Kuku Sabzi\, a herbal dish\; and kashk-e bademjan\, an aubergine dish\, w ith yoghurt dips accompanied by special gin-flavoured longdrinks. Hoda Tah eri and Boris Hadžija are a filmmaking duo based in Berlin. Hoda complete d her bachelor's degree in Visual Communication in Malaysia before moving to Germany in 2018 as a political refugee. In 2019\, she began studying fi lm directing at the German Film and Television Academy Berlin (DFFB). Bori s\, a filmmaker and musician\, earned his master’s degree in classical p iano at the University of Arts in Belgrade and studied directing at the DF FB. URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/no-roz-nowruz-a-new-day/mother-trilogy- nowrouz-fire LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:88ff8b9aae1eff9083aee8e4605faaab5ae0250786f92e9c55f51b90a3ab82e0 DTSTAMP:20250219T164732Z DTSTART:20250322T190000Z DTEND:20250322T200000Z SUMMARY:QueerBerg Collective presents Nowruz! DESCRIPTION:19:00: Screening Lola und Bilidikid + surprise guest21:00: Nowr uz celebrations begin21:30: QueerBerg Cabaret23:00: Dance Party with Dj Ma sta Sai and Dj ÖzLola und BilidikidKutluğ Ataman\, Germany 1998\, 95 min . German\, Turkish with English subtitlesRenowned BiPOC collective QueerBe rg join us in Wedding for a special celebratory evening of film\, drag\, d ance\, and music inspired by different Nowruz traditions.Festivities begin at 19:00 with a screening of Kutluğ Ataman’s classic Lola und Bilidiki d\, a film which follows Murat\, a young closeted man who escapes the judg ement of his family to find a new life in Berlin’s Turkish drag subcultu re.Following the screening\, performer Prince Emrah + special guest will t ake audiences on a transnational journey through Nowruz traditions: expect drums\, drag and a little bit of pyrotechnic magic!Starting at 21:30\, pe rformers Kekik\, Sinazz\, Rage\, Yenny Stark and Prince Emrah will take to the stage for the inaugural QueerBerg Cabaret.From 23:00 onwards\, Dj Mas ta Sai and Dj Öz will invite everyone to the dance floor to welcome a new day in style: nowruz mobārak!Festive outfits encouraged!Tickets 15€ on line. A limited number of tickets will be available on the door throughout the evening. Book in advance to avoid disappointment! For Sinema 10X card holders event will cost 2 entries and include access to screening and par ty.QueerBerg Collective Berlin is a BiPOC\, refugee collective for queer a nd trans* artists and performers. Founded by Prince Emrah in 2018\, QueerB erg provides a support system for refugee artists – Black and Brown quee rs and trans* folks from Syria\, Malaysia\, Kurdistan\, Turkey\, Asia and many more – both on stage as well as in everyday challenges. URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/no-roz-nowruz-a-new-day/queerberg-colle ctive-presents-nowruz LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:3c99048093769e12ce24e4fb703ba0da2a9c318e06c0af826fcd402dfec55059 DTSTAMP:20250219T165240Z DTSTART:20250328T180000Z DTEND:20250328T190000Z SUMMARY:Mond DESCRIPTION:The former MMA fighter Sarah leaves Austria and goes to Jordan to train three sisters from a wealthy family. What initially seems like a dream job soon takes a disturbing turn: the young women are isolated and c onstantly monitored. Their interest in sports appears minimal. Before long \, Sarah begins to question the true reason behind her employment.\nMond i s an engaging\, contemporary exploration of Western prejudices\, the conce pt of \"White Saviorism\"\, and the ways in which genre conventions are us ed to challenge the audience’s perception. (CO) URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/sinelection/mond-1 LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:f6d5d0cb4dc327a6850d93ad51976354dbb30a63b00a274984b78d0d214a883b DTSTAMP:20250219T165315Z DTSTART:20250329T180000Z DTEND:20250329T190000Z SUMMARY:Mond DESCRIPTION:The former MMA fighter Sarah leaves Austria and goes to Jordan to train three sisters from a wealthy family. What initially seems like a dream job soon takes a disturbing turn: the young women are isolated and c onstantly monitored. Their interest in sports appears minimal. Before long \, Sarah begins to question the true reason behind her employment.\nMond i s an engaging\, contemporary exploration of Western prejudices\, the conce pt of \"White Saviorism\"\, and the ways in which genre conventions are us ed to challenge the audience’s perception. (CO) URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/sinelection/mond-1 LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:7ade2ff16a8d904bbe9727dcc8b673ba4ecaf7438cfacca4f50c3b7798da1c10 DTSTAMP:20250219T170344Z DTSTART:20250328T203000Z DTEND:20250328T213000Z SUMMARY:Bao giờ cho đến tháng Mười (When the Tenth Month Comes) DESCRIPTION:Followed by a talk with Vanessa VuWhen the Tenth Month Comes is the first post-war Vietnamese film to reach a wider international audienc e. In Vietnam itself\, it was shown in numerous small villages and is stil l considered a milestone in Vietnamese film history.On the surface\, Đặ ng Nhật Minh tells the story of Duyên\, a young woman whose husband is killed in the war. To spare her family further suffering\, she withholds t he news of his death and becomes entangled in an increasingly elaborate we b of lies – until\, overwhelmed by grief and responsibility\, she embark s on a journey into the world of ghosts.Beyond the poetic imagery and the focus on rural everyday life during wartime\, the film poses underlying qu estions of identity of particular interest to what was the newly socialist Vietnam: What remains where so much has been destroyed? How can a new\, i ndependent nation be created after all the violence? And: What to do with the traumas? (VV)Vanessa Vu is a journalist. She was born in Eggenfelden i n 1991 and spent her childhood in a home for asylum seekers in Pfarrkirche n. She has worked as an editor at ZEIT ONLINE since 2017. URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/deep-cuts/bao-gio-cho-den-thang-muoi-wh en-the-tenth-month-comes LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:2e080eb99d38452045fefe6eaeff9ca02cc1dd577fc8c01ccdca023fb362c4e5 DTSTAMP:20250219T171215Z DTSTART:20250329T203000Z DTEND:20250329T213000Z SUMMARY:Crossing DESCRIPTION:Director Levan Akin centers the vital spirit of Istanbul’s tr ans community in this poignant story of unlikely connection. With three ex quisite performances that vividly transcend generational divides\, Crossin g is a defiant city symphony and a compassionate tale of hope\, identity\, and forgiveness. URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/sinelection/crossing LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8295867052f3c442dc949e6497642898f6fbf02246e47a3f576e11baa6c6bcb6 DTSTAMP:20250219T172953Z DTSTART:20250330T190000Z DTEND:20250330T200000Z SUMMARY:Nuevo Orden DESCRIPTION:During a white bourgeois social gathering in Mexico City\, a wa ve of social protests erupts across the city\, interrupting the lavish par ty and forcing the guests to confront the dystopian apocalyptic reality un folding throughout the country. Amidst the social chaos\, a military dicta torship has seized power and is confronting civilians on the streets.In em ploying a zombie horror aesthetic to depict social protests and their part icipants\, New Order opens up bigger questions of how the fear-driven narr atives and imagery of horror films often serve to reinforce negative stere otypes of class struggle.Despite its questionable approach\, New Order sta nds out as a bold and visually striking film that challenges viewers to re flect on societal inequalities and the fragility of privilege. The film’ s portrayal of class struggle and its visceral\, dystopian atmosphere crea te a powerful commentary on the consequences of systemic oppression and so cial inequalities in the most unequal continent in the world. (GR) URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/socio-ficcion/nuevo-orden LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6eab6ef0d059d456971cee4f70ad8d5a6d3e52a12e8e6d122c82117472c3dac0 DTSTAMP:20250225T144510Z DTSTART:20250309T180000Z DTEND:20250309T190000Z SUMMARY:Like a river runs through us DESCRIPTION:Curated by a.k.a Festival\, performance in GermanHow is class r eflected within bodies? This performance brings close attention to the liv es of first-generation Korean immigrants\, particularly those who came to West Germany as female nurses during 1960 and 1970 under guest worker cont racts. The performance weaves together personal stories and historical nar ratives\, incorporating the oral transmission of the stories\, dances\, an d songs from a group of retired female nurses who have been dancing togeth er for four decades in Berlin. Their dance serves as a form of solidarity and resilience amidst the challenges of caregiving and relentless labor. T he four amateur dancers share autobiographical stories of assimilation\, m arginalization\, isolation stemming from language\, cultural\, and class b arriers. Offering an intimate experience where the audience sits alongside the performers\, becoming listeners and witnesses\, the performance quest ions the dominant Western narratives in contemporary art and exposes the c lassism inherent in the art scene.Concept / Choreography: Jee-Ae LimDramat urgy: Sang Hwa NamVideo: Jae-Pyung ParkStory / Performance: Kyong Soo Shin Nolte\, Ok Hi Kim-Wehnes\, Keh-Sook Sin-Hermeneit\, Hwa-Cha Schwabe URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/weaving-dissent/like-a-river-runs-throu gh-us LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:e91f531aded8edf84ecfefd7c198219e2d229217f645d4ac194bd6eb1db7b0b5 DTSTAMP:20250310T142849Z DTSTART:20250329T140000Z DTEND:20250329T150000Z SUMMARY:Challenges and opportunities with low-budget films DESCRIPTION:Please register hereThis workshop is all about the art of makin g a high-quality film with limited resources. Using the example of the awa rd-winning film Trading Happiness (Max Ophüls Audience Award 2020\, NO FE AR - First Steps Award and Golden Rider of the Dresden Film Festival)\, we talk to director Duc Ngo Ngoc and camerawoman Meret Madörin about their experiences and creative solutions in producing a low-budget film.\nWe tak e a close look at key case studies from the film\, which was shot abroad\, and explore how documentary elements can be integrated into a feature fil m - not only to save costs\, but also to create authenticity and a special cinematic style.\nThe workshop provides practical insights into:\n\nChall enges and opportunities in low-budget films\nHow documentary means can enr ich feature films\nTechnology\, light\, sound - smart solutions for small budgets\nHow Trading Happiness opened doors into the industry\nWe look for ward to exchanging ideas with you.\n\nTrading Happiness\, Duc Ngo Ngoc\, G ermany &\; Vietnam 2020\, 24 minTrading Happinessfollows the story of N ghi\, a Vietnamese mother who arranges a marriage for her daughter Phuong to alleviate the family debt. When Phuong flees after the ceremony\, Nghi has to deal with the consequences of her sacrifices for the family's happi ness. The 24-minute film was produced in collaboration with the Babelsberg Film School and Ever Rolling Films.\nSponsor of the workshop:Tilta is a l eading provider of high-quality camera and film equipment\, offering innov ative solutions to filmmakers worldwide. With products such as camera rigs \, gimbals and lighting technology\, Tilta enables professional film produ ctions\, even on a small budget. The brand stands for precision and creati vity in the film industry. URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/un-learning/sinema-workshops/challenges -and-opportunities-with-low-budget-films LOCATION:\, END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:0418c8ec3536b65f60f7669dc34491d46de7ac6297b81c65f2ce5f27ec89f29d DTSTAMP:20250311T110114Z DTSTART:20250323T170000Z DTEND:20250323T180000Z SUMMARY:No Other Land DESCRIPTION:The film follows the Palestinian activist Basel and the Israeli journalist Yuval\, who find common ground through their shared conviction to bring the truth to light\, despite coming from opposing worlds. The de struction of Masafer Yatta\, a small Palestinian village that has suffered for decades under the constant threat of the so-called demolition orders from the Israeli authorities\, is at the center of the film. The documenta ry starkly captures the reality of life under occupation and highlights th e daily struggles of the Palestinian community\, which is facing the immin ent threat of eviction and the destruction of their homes.No Other Land sh ows how unexpected alliances can form amidst destruction and suffering and urges viewers to consider the ongoing conflict and displacement in the We st Bank from a new perspective. URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/sinelection/no-other-land-1 LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:c1d45b76e8b33290799d9155f748aed576241c6adafe0cb8b3e35ff17ce856e4 DTSTAMP:20250317T114257Z DTSTART:20250402T200000Z DTEND:20250402T210000Z SUMMARY:Les Indésirables DESCRIPTION:In an impoverished Parisian suburb\, two opposing visions for t he community collide. A housing block is set for demolition forcing its re sidents to relocate. Pediatrician Pierre\, who is appointed interim mayor by the ruling leftist party after his predecessor’s sudden death\, faces resistance from activist Haby\, who fights against the redevelopment plan s that will force out migrants and marginalized groups. Two deaths catalyz e an outbreak of unrest in a neighborhood already pushed to the edge. Some relief is found in the small local restaurant that offers a sense of comm unity and testifies to the residents' resilience in the face of adversity and dehumanisation. With Les Indésirables\, Ladj Ly delivers another grip ping exploration of France’s bubbling social\, political and racial tens ions. (BH) URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/sinelection/les-indesirables LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ea97198f86e3d3c8122f641a661b4a6a6918584d4bb945b2d5f6dce29904ee33 DTSTAMP:20250317T114803Z DTSTART:20250403T200000Z DTEND:20250403T210000Z SUMMARY:ŞokoGelin DESCRIPTION:This event will be in TurkishDanish Hannelore and Turkish Metin meet in the Netherlands\, marry\, and move to Turkey. Metin insists she c onvert to Islam\, and she agrees\, adopting the name Hatice. Wanting to le arn about her new faith\, she finds no support from Metin or his circle\, as they only understand Islam superficially. Seeking guidance\, she turns to books and religious communities but soon faces backlash\, is ostracized \, and labeled radical. Feeling unable to practice her faith freely in Tur key\, she returns to the Netherlands. Gonca Günsel Alev’s 1982 short st ory Danimarkalı Gelin (The Danish Bride) was adapted into a radio play an d in 1993 a kitsch TV film by Salih Diriklik. In a work-in-progress screen ing and lecture performance\, Ekim Acun will explore this cult story\, whi ch will be released on Şokopop in the coming months. (EZA)Ekim Zafer Acun is the founder of Şokopop\, a documentary platform known for its deep di ves into Turkish pop cultural history through a queer and feminist lens. H is work explores themes of censorship\, cultural memory\, and media histor y in Turkey. URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/deep-cuts/deep-cuts-with-sokopop LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:423bc17c48d938028190aa90c5b28e51bba945c26527819209e79503a99b36c0 DTSTAMP:20250317T114931Z DTSTART:20250404T180000Z DTEND:20250404T190000Z SUMMARY:Les Indésirables DESCRIPTION:In an impoverished Parisian suburb\, two opposing visions for t he community collide. A housing block is set for demolition forcing its re sidents to relocate. Pediatrician Pierre\, who is appointed interim mayor by the ruling leftist party after his predecessor’s sudden death\, faces resistance from activist Haby\, who fights against the redevelopment plan s that will force out migrants and marginalized groups. Two deaths catalyz e an outbreak of unrest in a neighborhood already pushed to the edge. Some relief is found in the small local restaurant that offers a sense of comm unity and testifies to the residents' resilience in the face of adversity and dehumanisation. With Les Indésirables\, Ladj Ly delivers another grip ping exploration of France’s bubbling social\, political and racial tens ions. (BH) URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/sinelection/les-indesirables LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:03284739f9bc94fc005f2b91b65af50e2f7b9d1c48185a26494bc9459a96e7ea DTSTAMP:20250317T115036Z DTSTART:20250404T203000Z DTEND:20250404T213000Z SUMMARY:Mond DESCRIPTION:The former MMA fighter Sarah leaves Austria and goes to Jordan to train three sisters from a wealthy family. What initially seems like a dream job soon takes a disturbing turn: the young women are isolated and c onstantly monitored. Their interest in sports appears minimal. Before long \, Sarah begins to question the true reason behind her employment.\nMond i s an engaging\, contemporary exploration of Western prejudices\, the conce pt of \"White Saviorism\"\, and the ways in which genre conventions are us ed to challenge the audience’s perception. (CO) URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/sinelection/mond-1-1 LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:649168364049be363b44648e30a59f232756097a0d366c91f10c2d7ff8e58f80 DTSTAMP:20250317T115534Z DTSTART:20250405T180000Z DTEND:20250405T190000Z SUMMARY:김복동 DESCRIPTION:Kim Bok-Dong (1926–2019) was a courageous voice in the fight for Japan to come to terms with the so-called “comfort women” system. In 1940\, at the age of 14\, she was abducted by the Japanese military and forced into a “comfort station”. From 1992 until her passing\, she fo ught for justice\, human rights\, and an official apology from Japan. Even in her 90s\, she remained a tireless activist. The documentary My Name is Kim Bok-Dong chronicles her 27-year journey of resistance and shows her d etermination to preserve the truth – for herself\, other survivors\, and future generations. (KV)Korea-Verband e.V. is a non-profit organization t hat emerged from the democracy and solidarity movement for Korea in 1990 a nd is committed to human rights\, peace\, and justice\, as well as intercu ltural exchange between Germany and Korea. URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/common-visions-berlin/my-name-is-kim-bo k-dong LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:c8ab5c3cc95a25e454fdd7223191e0aba9b06e2967ba8bcac3e22abf1e7f1b88 DTSTAMP:20250317T115925Z DTSTART:20250405T203000Z DTEND:20250405T213000Z SUMMARY:Mond DESCRIPTION:The former MMA fighter Sarah leaves Austria and goes to Jordan to train three sisters from a wealthy family. What initially seems like a dream job soon takes a disturbing turn: the young women are isolated and c onstantly monitored. Their interest in sports appears minimal. Before long \, Sarah begins to question the true reason behind her employment.\nMond i s an engaging\, contemporary exploration of Western prejudices\, the conce pt of \"White Saviorism\"\, and the ways in which genre conventions are us ed to challenge the audience’s perception. (CO) URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/sinelection/mond-1-1 LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:013b447775406698e91cd205460d7d1a8a589b296544308e0b590604c0aa76f5 DTSTAMP:20250317T120027Z DTSTART:20250406T170000Z DTEND:20250406T180000Z SUMMARY:No Other Land DESCRIPTION:The film follows the Palestinian activist Basel and the Israeli journalist Yuval\, who find common ground through their shared conviction to bring the truth to light\, despite coming from opposing worlds. The de struction of Masafer Yatta\, a small Palestinian village that has suffered for decades under the constant threat of the so-called demolition orders from the Israeli authorities\, is at the center of the film. The documenta ry starkly captures the reality of life under occupation and highlights th e daily struggles of the Palestinian community\, which is facing the immin ent threat of eviction and the destruction of their homes.No Other Land sh ows how unexpected alliances can form amidst destruction and suffering and urges viewers to consider the ongoing conflict and displacement in the We st Bank from a new perspective. URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/sinelection/no-other-land-1-1 LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6806fb4fe290f309b1e5a9d822b36c9026ce89584ec84f6dd1da7db10eba1d86 DTSTAMP:20250317T124544Z DTSTART:20250406T190000Z DTEND:20250406T200000Z SUMMARY:Hasta que se apague el sol DESCRIPTION:Followed by a conversation with Luz Marina Bernal Parra\, Jonas Brander\, and members of Kolumbien Kampagne BerlinHasta que se apague el sol (Until The Sun Dies) unfolds its stories over co-incidences of the con trary: life born from death\, and death from the pursuit of peace and just ice. It follows Luz Marina Bernal\, a Nobel Peace Prize nominee and mother seeking justice after the extrajudicial killing of her son and Albeiro Ca mayo\, a Nasa indigenous leader who defends his territory against armed gr oups and multinational companies\, both social leaders in the Colombian \" post-conflict\" landscape.Here\, the ancestral Indigenous saying “until the sun dies” mirrors Luz Marina’s and Albeiro’s\, uncompromising fi ght for a world where life wins over death\, equality over inequality\, an d the voice of the people over the imposed silence of violence.Hasta que s e apague el sol (Until The Sun Dies) is a restless meditation on territory and identity\, grief\, and community. (CFI)Luz Marina Bernal Parra is a C olombian peace and human rights activist. Her fight for justice in the mur der of her son\, made her an internationally known icon for female resista nce\, courage and dignity. She was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize in 2016. Jonas Brander is an award-winning filmmaker and activist\, whose wor k is centered around social resistance processes and migration. He is curr ently in the master program in documentary filmmaking at Filmuniversität Babelsberg Konrad Wolf.Kolumbien Kampagne Berlin is a solidarity organizat ion focused on raising awareness about human rights issues and the struggl es of social movements in Colombia.  URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/common-visions-berlin/hasta-que-se-apag ue-el-sol-1 LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:39850e9131c7e775b3c6c45601482a21c329e610a7548cf98fa702000a551d73 DTSTAMP:20250317T130052Z DTSTART:20250409T200000Z DTEND:20250409T210000Z SUMMARY:วิมานหนาม DESCRIPTION:Content advisory: accident trauma\, explicit violence\, sexual contentReflecting on the recently passed bill of marriage rights for LGBT+ persons in Thai parliament\, this film stands as a testament to the battl es queer activists have fought for decades. It rightfully exemplifies the fictionalized but true case of a gay couple: Thongkam and Sek who built a paradise of durian orchards and promised each other an eternity. As homose xual partners without equal rights\, when one of them died the other had t o fight against the world that came crashing down on him. This tragedy is similarly reflected in Ray Yeung’s recent film All Shall be Well which z ooms in on the tension between chosen and biological kin. June Kim of Toro nto Film Festival wrote: “As with the durian flowers that need an extra touch to pollinate\, it’s imperative to build the right foundations to b ear fruit. Thailand’s recently passed same-sex marriage bill — the fir st in Southeast Asia — is hopefully the first of many.” (SU) URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/sinelection/the-paradise-of-thorns-1 LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:a565674b2b7de8bfc8c0d951c4164bdc9ab72708cb0437460cfdf921f5301b54 DTSTAMP:20250317T130437Z DTSTART:20250410T200000Z DTEND:20250410T210000Z SUMMARY:Ainda estou aqui DESCRIPTION:1970\, Rio de Janeiro: Rubens Paiva is taken from his home neve r to be seen again. Once enjoying a comfortable middle-class life\, Rubens had grown frustrated with Brazil’s military dictatorship and joined the resistance. When he is arrested by the secret police\, the Paiva family i s thrown into turmoil. His wife\, Eunice\, is left to care for their child ren while desperately searching for her husband. As time passes\, hope fad es\, and their once-stable world is upended. I’m Still Here meticulously recreates a turbulent era in Brazil\, capturing the resilience of a famil y as they struggle to uncover the truth about Rubens’ fate. Authentic an d immersive\, Salles draws from his personal connection to the Paiva famil y\, dragging audiences into a world of uncertainty and fear. A timely and a deeply intimate portrait of life under authoritarian rule. (BH) URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/sinelection/ainda-estou-aqui-1 LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8a763bdcb8de89a28dbbee7224e8449d0356e97034b3a86744aead838fe25c26 DTSTAMP:20250317T130634Z DTSTART:20250411T180000Z DTEND:20250411T190000Z SUMMARY:Les Indésirables DESCRIPTION:In an impoverished Parisian suburb\, two opposing visions for t he community collide. A housing block is set for demolition forcing its re sidents to relocate. Pediatrician Pierre\, who is appointed interim mayor by the ruling leftist party after his predecessor’s sudden death\, faces resistance from activist Haby\, who fights against the redevelopment plan s that will force out migrants and marginalized groups. Two deaths catalyz e an outbreak of unrest in a neighborhood already pushed to the edge. Some relief is found in the small local restaurant that offers a sense of comm unity and testifies to the residents' resilience in the face of adversity and dehumanisation. With Les Indésirables\, Ladj Ly delivers another grip ping exploration of France’s bubbling social\, political and racial tens ions. (BH) URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/sinelection/les-indesirables LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:2821c34fd257da9e5659cebcaccc7527d396476509969a0e07c9fb19ad3e504b DTSTAMP:20250317T130718Z DTSTART:20250411T203000Z DTEND:20250411T213000Z SUMMARY:Mond DESCRIPTION:The former MMA fighter Sarah leaves Austria and goes to Jordan to train three sisters from a wealthy family. What initially seems like a dream job soon takes a disturbing turn: the young women are isolated and c onstantly monitored. Their interest in sports appears minimal. Before long \, Sarah begins to question the true reason behind her employment.\nMond i s an engaging\, contemporary exploration of Western prejudices\, the conce pt of \"White Saviorism\"\, and the ways in which genre conventions are us ed to challenge the audience’s perception. (CO) URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/sinelection/mond-1-1 LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:d6ab8049a1a9932afb9135fcc9929892bdd2b6f73ed9d0ab8f2422285b81931c DTSTAMP:20250317T130754Z DTSTART:20250412T180000Z DTEND:20250412T190000Z SUMMARY:Mond DESCRIPTION:The former MMA fighter Sarah leaves Austria and goes to Jordan to train three sisters from a wealthy family. What initially seems like a dream job soon takes a disturbing turn: the young women are isolated and c onstantly monitored. Their interest in sports appears minimal. Before long \, Sarah begins to question the true reason behind her employment.\nMond i s an engaging\, contemporary exploration of Western prejudices\, the conce pt of \"White Saviorism\"\, and the ways in which genre conventions are us ed to challenge the audience’s perception. (CO) URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/sinelection/mond-1-1 LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:9abb665ebce841e8d0bef08c917c3b57380dc951f7159059f980bcd15af8dca0 DTSTAMP:20250317T130955Z DTSTART:20250412T203000Z DTEND:20250412T213000Z SUMMARY:วิมานหนาม DESCRIPTION:Content advisory: accident trauma\, explicit violence\, sexual contentReflecting on the recently passed bill of marriage rights for LGBT+ persons in Thai parliament\, this film stands as a testament to the battl es queer activists have fought for decades. It rightfully exemplifies the fictionalized but true case of a gay couple: Thongkam and Sek who built a paradise of durian orchards and promised each other an eternity. As homose xual partners without equal rights\, when one of them died the other had t o fight against the world that came crashing down on him. This tragedy is similarly reflected in Ray Yeung’s recent film All Shall be Well which z ooms in on the tension between chosen and biological kin. June Kim of Toro nto Film Festival wrote: “As with the durian flowers that need an extra touch to pollinate\, it’s imperative to build the right foundations to b ear fruit. Thailand’s recently passed same-sex marriage bill — the fir st in Southeast Asia — is hopefully the first of many.” (SU) URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/sinelection/the-paradise-of-thorns-1 LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:18d1e20692090b0d1e68040f184bcecc7711c103ef7a2a1423ef47e386e93dda DTSTAMP:20250317T131110Z DTSTART:20250413T170000Z DTEND:20250413T180000Z SUMMARY:No Other Land DESCRIPTION:The film follows the Palestinian activist Basel and the Israeli journalist Yuval\, who find common ground through their shared conviction to bring the truth to light\, despite coming from opposing worlds. The de struction of Masafer Yatta\, a small Palestinian village that has suffered for decades under the constant threat of the so-called demolition orders from the Israeli authorities\, is at the center of the film. The documenta ry starkly captures the reality of life under occupation and highlights th e daily struggles of the Palestinian community\, which is facing the immin ent threat of eviction and the destruction of their homes.No Other Land sh ows how unexpected alliances can form amidst destruction and suffering and urges viewers to consider the ongoing conflict and displacement in the We st Bank from a new perspective. URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/sinelection/no-other-land-1-1 LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ff22d929575ed9c0ede7a375e6656cee9bce533402c210d15b72edc777abac90 DTSTAMP:20250317T133049Z DTSTART:20250413T190000Z DTEND:20250413T200000Z SUMMARY:Obras del Colectivo Cine Mujer DESCRIPTION:Rompiendo el silencio (Breaking the Silence)Rosa Martha Fernán dez\, Mexico\, 1979\, 42 min. Spanish with English subtitles No es por gus to  (Not Without Reason)María del Carmen de Lara\, Mexico\, 1981\, 51 mi n. Spanish with English subtitles\nAfter the movie  we will break a piña ta as symbolic collective breaking of silence and Tlayolan will prepare fr esh gorditas filled with beans and cheese\, using their own corn harvest.\ nNo es por gusto and Rompiendo el silencio are two films by Colectivo Cine Mujer\, a pioneering group in Mexico composed of feminist filmmakers\, es pecially from Latin America. In the 70’s\, much of the female expression in national cinema emerged from secrecy. The aim of Colectivo Cine Mujer was to amplify the voices of women — students\, housewives\, sex workers \, and leaders of labor organizations — representing both their public a nd private lives. Their movies responded to the male-dominated perspective that shaped — and continues to shape — Mexican cinema.Rompiendo el si lencio is a documentary that examines the issue of rape in Mexico. The fil m exposes the complicity of various institutions — the Church\, the judi cial system\, and the patriarchal culture — in perpetuating this violenc e. In a context where an estimated 60\,000 rapes occurred annually\, the f ilm denounces the structures that protect and conceal these crimes within legal\, religious\, educational\, family\, and justice institutions.No es por gusto is a series of interviews with women engaged in sex work in publ ic spaces. Through their testimonies\, the documentary reveals their daily experiences and how they are repressed by the police\, exposing the dynam ics of violence and marginalization to which they are subjected. (CV)Cleli a Villarreal (she/they) is a Mexican Film projectionist at SİNEMA TRANSTO PIA who is studying film science and cinematography in Berlin. URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/topias/obras-del-colectivo-cine-mujer LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:2126770953c0e85eebd108b209dc2f124a14c6375ac690baeeccca3bd2e8fdb5 DTSTAMP:20250317T135620Z DTSTART:20250416T200000Z DTEND:20250416T210000Z SUMMARY:Notes on the Passage of Time: A Tribute to Corinne Cantrill DESCRIPTION:Introduction and discussion with Juan González and Angelika Ra mlow4000 frames – An Eye-Opener FilmArthur Cantrill\, Corinne Cantrill\,   Australia 1970\, 3 min. EnglishPrinter Light PlayArthur Cantrill\, Cori nne Cantrill\,  Australia 1978\, 6 min. No dialogueAt Eltham\, a Metaphor on DeathArthur Cantrill\, Corinne Cantrill\,  Australia\, 1973/1974\, 24 min. No dialogueNotes on the Passage of TimeArthur Cantrill\, Corinne Can trill\,  Australia\,1979\, 13 min. No dialogueWaterfallArthur Cantrill\, Corinne Cantrill\,  Australia\,1984\, 17 min. No dialogueGarden of Chroma tic DisturbanceArthur Cantrill\, Corinne Cantrill\,  Australia\, 1999\, 1 1 min. No dialogueCondition Report is a series in which Juan David Gonzál ez Monroy shares his discoveries as a print inspector at the Arsenal Archi ve. This edition\, co-curated with Angelika Ramlow\, pays tribute to the p ioneering work of Corinne Cantrill (1928-2025). Featuring films she create d both independently and in collaboration with Arthur Cantrill\, the progr am reflects the breadth and depth of her artistic vision. Preserved in the Arsenal collection\, these works held special significance for Corinne an d stand as a testament to her lasting influence as a leading figure in exp erimental film. (JG)Angelika Ramlow has been working at the Arsenal – In stitute for Film and Video Art since 2001 and has been in charge of arsena l distribution since 2004\, focusing on experimental film\, video art and installations.                   Juan David González Mo nroy is a visual artist based in Berlin. Since 2010\, he has collaborated with Anja Dornieden under the moniker OJOBOCA. Their artistic practice foc uses on photochemical film and explores cinema as a social ritual.Conditio n Report is part of the Arsenal on Location event series supported by the Capital Cultural Fund. URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/condition-report/notes-on-the-passage-o f-time-a-tribute-to-corinne-cantrill LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:87b3ff814b8b81b8978fa4476f965fe2c947a38923651639f335aaacac4a9b4f DTSTAMP:20250317T135855Z DTSTART:20250417T200000Z DTEND:20250417T210000Z SUMMARY:Mond DESCRIPTION:The former MMA fighter Sarah leaves Austria and goes to Jordan to train three sisters from a wealthy family. What initially seems like a dream job soon takes a disturbing turn: the young women are isolated and c onstantly monitored. Their interest in sports appears minimal. Before long \, Sarah begins to question the true reason behind her employment.\nMond i s an engaging\, contemporary exploration of Western prejudices\, the conce pt of \"White Saviorism\"\, and the ways in which genre conventions are us ed to challenge the audience’s perception. (CO) URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/sinelection/mond-1-1 LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8beb84efb2ee3a08182983397d4813a2b907818d98ac3abf5de7fba1cd918006 DTSTAMP:20250317T140954Z DTSTART:20250418T180000Z DTEND:20250418T190000Z SUMMARY:青蛇 DESCRIPTION:Tsui Hark’s Green Snake reimagines the legendary folktale of the White Snake with a provocative and subversive lens. Unlike traditional retellings that center on the White Snake’s romance\, Tsui shifts the p erspective to Green Snake (Maggie Cheung)\, a younger\, mischievous\, and sensuous spirit that blurs the lines between love\, morality\, and human d esire.With its lush cinematography\, striking visual effects\, and experim ental storytelling\, Green Snake transcends the boundaries of fantasy and eroticism\, challenging Buddhist orthodoxy and Confucian ideals. A fever d ream of colors and emotions\, the film is an intoxicating fable that quest ions the very nature of human and non-human existence. (CiLENS) URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/plum-rain-murmurs/green-snake LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:673550b02797ecdbbb3f81c2f92eb7a0abbfa0c39b405809d874773db18f341f DTSTAMP:20250317T201428Z DTSTART:20250418T203000Z DTEND:20250418T213000Z SUMMARY:血观音 DESCRIPTION:A gripping tale of power\, deception\, and maternal manipulatio n\, The Bold\, the Corrupt\, and the Beautiful immerses viewers in the opu lent yet morally decayed world of Madame Tang (Kara Wai)\, a matriarch who maintains her family’s wealth and influence through covert political de als and calculated betrayals. Set in 1980s Taiwan\, the film unravels a wo rld where elegance masks cruelty\, and power is a game played with blood a nd beauty. Through stunning cinematography and psychological depth\, direc tor Yang Ya-che crafts a slow-burning noir thriller that exposes the corru ption lurking behind the gilded doors of Taiwanese aristocracy. (CiLENS)\n   URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/plum-rain-murmurs/the-bold-the-corrupt- and-the-beautiful LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:f6292b50f89ea5c034174f81e5b3c5e6833c1d907aa3a3998bcbbd74c7c847c9 DTSTAMP:20250317T203342Z DTSTART:20250419T180000Z DTEND:20250419T190000Z SUMMARY:乘船而去 DESCRIPTION:Jin\, an aged mother living alone in a village in Southern Chin a\, has been diagnosed with a brain tumor. After finding out\, her daughte r Jenny\, who runs an overseas education consultant in Shanghai and is suf fering from her second divorce\, insists on finding the best treatment for Jin. However\, Jenny’s younger brother Qing\, who works as a tourist gu ide\, believes in fate and encourages the family to embrace this harsh rea lity. Accompanied by her family\, Jin spends her final days seeking her sp iritual “destination”. Meanwhile\, Jenny and Qing realize they should reconsider the relationship between themselves and their homeland. A poeti c rendering of the ways in which time flies and things change but the vill age remains beside the river to witness each farewell. (CiLENS) URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/plum-rain-murmurs/gone-with-the-boat LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:49f5ef070d7ec6ee538c162fae4e8209eb91e1146bd7264938d2a46f2497a242 DTSTAMP:20250317T203718Z DTSTART:20250420T170000Z DTEND:20250420T180000Z SUMMARY:No Other Land DESCRIPTION:The film follows the Palestinian activist Basel and the Israeli journalist Yuval\, who find common ground through their shared conviction to bring the truth to light\, despite coming from opposing worlds. The de struction of Masafer Yatta\, a small Palestinian village that has suffered for decades under the constant threat of the so-called demolition orders from the Israeli authorities\, is at the center of the film. The documenta ry starkly captures the reality of life under occupation and highlights th e daily struggles of the Palestinian community\, which is facing the immin ent threat of eviction and the destruction of their homes.No Other Land sh ows how unexpected alliances can form amidst destruction and suffering and urges viewers to consider the ongoing conflict and displacement in the We st Bank from a new perspective. URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/sinelection/no-other-land-1-1 LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:39a5ef8f6aae0bcacf394f9eb111627c7e0424a58939ce094615bb3327dac1a6 DTSTAMP:20250317T205358Z DTSTART:20250420T190000Z DTEND:20250420T200000Z SUMMARY:路边野餐 DESCRIPTION:Bi Gan’s debut feature Kaili Blues defies narrative conventio ns\, immersing the viewer in a dreamlike odyssey through the misty landsca pes of southern China. A former convict sets out on a journey to find his lost nephew\, leading him into a labyrinth of memory\, poetry\, and stunni ng long takes that distort the passage of time.With its hypnotic cinematog raphy and existential undertones\, Kaili Blues establishes Bi Gan as a mas ter of cinematic trance\, crafting a film that feels like an extended drea m—fragile\, fragmented\, and endlessly mesmerizing. (CiLENS) URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/plum-rain-murmurs/kaili-blues LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:85dde9716af823b312562056d993ffb43678c59d480a9ef31ca15222190449be DTSTAMP:20250317T212321Z DTSTART:20250423T200000Z DTEND:20250423T210000Z SUMMARY:Almanya Acı Vatan DESCRIPTION:Introduction by Ömer AlkinAlmanya Acı Vatan (Germany\, Bitter Homeland) follows the lives of Güldane (Hülya Koçyiğit) and her husba nd Mahmut (Rahmi Saltuk)\, who enter into a sham marriage in order to move from Turkey to West Berlin as migrant workers. Combining comedy and melod rama with social criticism\, the film shows an intimate look into the live s of Turkish factory workers in West Berlin from the perspective of worker s themselves. Directed by renowned filmmaker Şerif Gören (1944-2024)\, t he film was produced and distributed by the Turkish film industry\, an his toric example of a foreign film production shot in West Germany. (CK)The s creening is also part of the film series Postmigrantische Audiovisionen at University of Applied Sciences Niederrhein. Ömer Alkin is a media and cu ltural studies scholar who focuses on aesthetics\, migration\, racism and audiovisual education. In 2019\, he published his study Die visuelle Kultu r der Migration\, the first encompassing analysis of Turkish-German cinema that includes Turkish productions. URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/transnational-filmmaking-in-germany/alm anya-aci-vatan LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:d250657f3b675ea50926a4a2e9f0be9effd20eb84a7cebb5aeaca2067e33c042 DTSTAMP:20250320T120102Z DTSTART:20250430T190000Z DTEND:20250430T200000Z SUMMARY:Ainda estou aqui DESCRIPTION:1970\, Rio de Janeiro: Rubens Paiva is taken from his home neve r to be seen again. Once enjoying a comfortable middle-class life\, Rubens had grown frustrated with Brazil’s military dictatorship and joined the resistance. When he is arrested by the secret police\, the Paiva family i s thrown into turmoil. His wife\, Eunice\, is left to care for their child ren while desperately searching for her husband. As time passes\, hope fad es\, and their once-stable world is upended. I’m Still Here meticulously recreates a turbulent era in Brazil\, capturing the resilience of a famil y as they struggle to uncover the truth about Rubens’ fate. Authentic an d immersive\, Salles draws from his personal connection to the Paiva famil y\, dragging audiences into a world of uncertainty and fear. A timely and a deeply intimate portrait of life under authoritarian rule. (BH) URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/sinelection/ainda-estou-aqui-1 LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:854d99ba52d4e22be1f5072a823954b009ce238b3599f4c0c8240913ed0aa6c7 DTSTAMP:20250320T122527Z DTSTART:20250424T190000Z DTEND:20250424T200000Z SUMMARY:Moondove DESCRIPTION:Followed by a film talk with director Karim KassemMoondove is a poignant meditation on the everyday life of a Lebanese village where wate r scarcity is creeping in\, disrupting daily life and jeopardizing the har vest. In this intimate portrait\, Karim Kassem melds imaginative storytell ing with observational documentary\, drawing on the personal narratives of local residents – many of whom play themselves – to reveal the tensio ns between tradition and the inexorable forces of change. Meanwhile\, the villagers prepare an annual play titled Departures\, which highlights thei r quiet endurance in the face of adversity. (AF)Moondove premiered at Most ra De Valencia 2024\, winning the jury prize and best cinematography\, and later screened in the International Competition at the 45th Cairo Interna tional Film Festival.Karim Kassem is an award-winning Lebanese director an d cinematographer. In a four-year period\, he has yielded Only The Winds ( 2020)\, Octopus (2021)\, Thiiird (2023) and now Moondove (2024). His fifth feature Before Now\, Later (2025) is in development.\n  URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/16th-alfilm/moondove LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ed1e4184d5673e5695c0a0386863f70c9a9cc5b20f7a65338dd652470ad65084 DTSTAMP:20250320T123048Z DTSTART:20250424T213000Z DTEND:20250424T223000Z SUMMARY:The Village Next to Paradise DESCRIPTION:In a remote coastal village battered by maddening winds and shi fting sands\, Mamargade struggles with precarious jobs to secure a better future for his son\, Cigaal\, a bright schoolboy full of dreams. Their sma ll family also includes Araweelo\, Mamargade’s sister\, who has returned home after a divorce\, determined to reclaim her independence. Each of th em carries a simple dream – be it a steady job\, a tailor shop\, a prope r education – all in the hope of making life a little easier. However\, even the smallest aspirations come with challenges under the constant pres ence of US drones and the weight of their harsh realities. Mo Harawe’s a pproach is characterized by a focus on the micro aspects of life to commen t on broader socio-political issues. By highlighting the strength and dign ity of his characters\, the film becomes a mirror to Somalia's oral storyt elling\, capturing life’s hardships with quiet grace. (AF)As the first S omali feature ever selected for Cannes\, The Village Next to Paradise prem iered in the Un Certain Regard section at the 77th Cannes Film Festival ma rking a landmark moment for Somali cinema. URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/16th-alfilm/the-village-next-to-paradis e LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:970a5d2f8bf95d530ed1edff054e379a47d24a44496de26150c4e68a69248d35 DTSTAMP:20250320T124513Z DTSTART:20250425T180000Z DTEND:20250425T190000Z SUMMARY:A Fidai Film DESCRIPTION:In the summer of 1982\, the Israeli army invaded Beirut\, raidi ng the Palestine Research Center and seizing its entire archive. This coll ection\, which preserved historical records of Palestine\, included both s till and moving images. Taking this as a premise\, A Fidai Film seeks to c onstruct a counter-narrative to loss. Through artistic interventions and b y exposing the damage done to the physical film copies\, Aljafari reclaims the colonial image\, disrupts its narratives\, and builds a counter-archi ve\, one that challenges how imperialist power shapes memory. (AF)A Fidai Film premiered in the Visions du Réel film festival where it won the Jury Prize in the Burning Lights Competition. It has been touring the world si nce\, collecting many awards\, among them the International Feature Award at DokuFest\, Cinematic Vision Award at the Camden International Film Fest ival\, and the Tanit d’Or at the Carthage Film festival.\n  URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/16th-alfilm/a-fidai-film LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:06cd110f40555aba01148580af742fc0b8523cffac9daf46cc1cfd9c899926a8 DTSTAMP:20250320T125830Z DTSTART:20250425T213000Z DTEND:20250425T223000Z SUMMARY:From Abdul to Leila DESCRIPTION:Followed by a film talk with director Leila AlbayatyIn this int imate documentary\, Leila Albayaty sings her story. She tells of her relat ionship to her father\, to his native language\, Arabic\, and to her attem pts at learning it by setting the poems he wrote for her to music. The fil m chronicles her journeys to Iraq\, the home her father had fled\, and to Cairo\, the city where her sister lives. We also learn of her life in Fran ce and of her fleeing to Berlin after a traumatic accident from which she still carries scars. Albayaty weaves a musical that explores her intricate identity\, her urge to understand her roots\, her fight to overcome traum a\, and her love for Arabic and song. (AF)From Abdul to Leila won the best documentary award at the Arab Film Festival Rotterdam and the Annual Aarh us Film Festival in Denmark as well as the Grand Jury Prize at the Tetouan Mediterranean Film Festival.Leila Albayaty is a French director\, musicia n and visual artist of Iraqi origin. Self-taught\, she writes\, directs\, plays and composes music for her films. She works between the West and the Middle East.In cooperation with AFAC (Arab Fund for Arts and Culture). URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/16th-alfilm/from-abdul-to-leila LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:edb4d1923f740678199b4ccab72955a88db2d9dd00bbda2dd441e033fd4ef311 DTSTAMP:20250320T141404Z DTSTART:20250425T193000Z DTEND:20250425T203000Z SUMMARY:A Masterclass with Kamal Aljafari: DESCRIPTION:Moderated by Saleh DabbahPalestinian visual artist and filmmake r Kamal Aljafari has developed a unique style of storytelling and a compel ling visual language that moves across genres\, blending fictional and doc umentary elements. Works such as The Roof (2006)\, Port of Memory (2010)\, An Unusual Summer (2020)\, and Paradiso\, XXXI\, 108 (2022) have situated memories\, personal histories\, and encounters within a tragic continuum of loss inflicted on Palestinians since the Nakba\, revealing legacies of structural violence and attempts at erasure. Aljafari has not only shed li ght on untold stories and suppressed narratives\, but crucially demonstrat ed that being and living as a Palestinian inherently entails a stance on h ow and what to narrate—as well as the limits of doing so.In this masterc lass\, Aljafari will reflect on his artistic journey and practice in light of his most recent film\, A Fidai Film (2024). A particular focus will be decolonial engagements with archives and the possibilities of hijacking t heir representational logics and hegemonic structures. The masterclass is open to professional filmmakers\, artists\, and historians\, as well as no n-professionals interested in questions of power\, image\, and decoloniali ty. (AF)Kamal Aljafari a Palestinian filmmaker and artist\, whose work has been showcased at major international festivals and museums. Currently a fellow at Columbia University\, he is developing his fiction film Beirut 1 931.Saleh Dabbah is a Palestinian film critic\, programmer\, and cultural journalist based in Berlin. URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/16th-alfilm/a-masterclass-with-kamal-al jafari-on-decolonial-film-practices-and-the-unmaking-of-the-archive LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:1c99d899189e4fc29930b37f2b6e1450ec015e2200ad641e990598b91e51fb4a DTSTAMP:20250320T142026Z DTSTART:20250426T170000Z DTEND:20250426T180000Z SUMMARY:Panel: Jailbird / طير القفص DESCRIPTION:With Monika Borgmann\, Yazan Rabee and Joud Hassan (tbc). Moder ated by Rasha Abbas. Prison literature and prisoner’s cinema as artistic genres have long been instrumental in shaping our political imaginaries. They present us with the possibility of liberation but also an ethical con undrum. With the post-apocalyptic visuals and stories of liberated prisone rs that have recently emerged from both Palestine and Syria\, we are left overwhelmed with emotions of extreme joy and intense grief alike. This pan el will question how narratives from and about imprisonment can be process ed\, both artistically and politically\, using cinema\, activism\, and poe try as entry points. (AF)\n  URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/16th-alfilm/panel-jailbird-tyr-alkfs LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:168deb1bf582d3247ea6f1aa35323e192049a821aac2d8b2615edcb6ebbf5bb1 DTSTAMP:20250320T142706Z DTSTART:20250426T190000Z DTEND:20250426T200000Z SUMMARY:ALFILM SHORTS: On Militarization DESCRIPTION:Followed by a talk with Yazan Rabee (director of Back)Back / ا لعودة Yazan Rabee\, Syria/Netherlands\, 2023\, 7 min\, AR\, with EN s t.Who Loves The Sun / من يُحب الشمسArshia Shakiba \, Syria/Cana da\, 2024\, 20 min\, AR\, with EN st.Apoléon / أبوليونAmir Youssef \, Egypt/France\, 2024\, 14 min\, AR\, with EN st.The Watchman / الحا رسAli Cherri\, Lebanon/France/Italy\, 2024\, 26 min\, Turkish\, with EN st.An Orange From Jaffa / برتقالة من يافاMohammed Almughanni\ , Palestine\, 2024\, 26 min\, AR\, with EN st.From Bonaparte’s campaigns in Egypt to American oil interests in Northern Syria\, the colonization o f Arab lands has taken different forms across centuries. This rich collect ion of short films spanning eras and geographies highlights how militariza tion shapes not only the land and the mind but the very experience of time itself through different filmic approaches. Together\, they paint a poeti c tale not devoid of the spirit of resilience against a reality of increas ed securitization\, land grabs\, and dispossession. (AF)Yazan Rabee is a S yrian filmmaker based in the Netherlands whose work spans fiction and docu mentary\, often delving into themes of trauma\, memory\, and resilience in spired by his personal journey of displacement. URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/16th-alfilm/alfilm-shorts-ii LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:850c3f30923f80c8894a0ad5153300f1f1c7ba379b728cfccc797cffd767ff28 DTSTAMP:20250320T143322Z DTSTART:20250426T213000Z DTEND:20250426T223000Z SUMMARY:Red Path DESCRIPTION:Set in November 2015 on Tunisia’s Mghila Mountain\, Red Path follows 13-year-old shepherd\, Achraf\, and his cousin Nizar as they tend to their flock with fleeting innocence. Inspired by true events\, their da y takes a harrowing turn when they are violently ambushed by violent fugit ives that have taken refuge in the mountains. Nizar suffers a gruesome fat e\, leaving Achraf traumatized by what he has witnessed and thrusting him back into a world of grief\, fear\, and a community paralysed by helplessn ess and governmental neglect. (AF)Red Path continues Lotfi Achour’s expl oration of Tunisia’s contradictions. Oscillating between hope and despai r\, it foregrounds innocence in the face of violence\, and resilience agai nst oppression. By blending stark realism with haunting\, dreamlike imager y\, Red Path captures both the tenderness of childhood and the devastating impact of loss and trauma\, offering a visually arresting and emotionally searing portrait of a nation and a boy on the edge of survival. (AF)Premi ered at the Locarno Film Festival's \"Filmmakers of the Present\" section\ , Red Path has garnered international acclaim\, including the Golden Yusr for Best Feature Film and Best Director at the Red Sea Film Festival.The f ilm contains some graphic violence that may be distressing for some viewer s.\n  URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/16th-alfilm/red-path LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ba4787492dee74581117fa9f2e35fb2b67f48919cee0b89d8dfb9da747d39bad DTSTAMP:20250320T144637Z DTSTART:20250427T160000Z DTEND:20250427T170000Z SUMMARY:Chronicle of the Year of Fire DESCRIPTION:The screening will be introduced by scholar and filmmaker Viola Shafik A sweeping saga of the Algerian Revolution told in six chapters t hat spans the period from the Second World War to the War of Independence. The film focuses on a poor farmer\, Ahmad\, who leaves his barren\, droug ht-stricken village only to be drafted into the French army\; years later\ , he becomes passionately involved in the struggle to break his country fr ee from the yoke of French colonialism. Often compared to The Battle of Al giers — whose cinematographer\, Marcello Gatti\, provides Chronicle's sc orching CinemaScope compositions\, including a legendary five-minute seque nce that has to be seen to be believed — Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina's anti- colonialist epic profoundly fulfils the director's stated intention: “I tried to recount\, with dignity and nobility\, this uprising that then bec ame the Algerian Revolution[..] an uprising not only against the colonizer but against a certain human condition.” (TIFF)The film is regarded as a masterpiece of Arab cinema and remains the only Arab film to have won the Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival. ALFILM presents it in its recen tly restored version by the World Cinema Project and Cineteca di Bologna.V iola Shafik is a German-Egyptian film theorist\, curator\, and filmmaker b ased in Berlin.\n  URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/16th-alfilm/chronicle-of-the-year-of-fi re LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8f07f51efb17c63a0b84980e8250c101b29ab95f2badfba2da4a3b90d2de6b68 DTSTAMP:20250320T150543Z DTSTART:20250427T193000Z DTEND:20250427T203000Z SUMMARY:We Are Inside DESCRIPTION:Followed by a talk with Farah KassemMustapha Kassem's life revo lves around poetry. Every day\, he reworks a poem or writes a new one. He recites his poetry at symposia or meets regularly with fellow poets\, enga ging them in lively discussions. After several years abroad\, his daughter Farah returns to Lebanon to look after her aging father\, whose health is steadily declining. In an effort to get closer to him and his world\, she also tries her hand at writing poetry. Will she manage to convince her fa ther of her talent? In intimate images\, Farah Kassem presents a sensitive portrait of a father-daughter relationship full of warmth\, humour and me lancholy\, while also depicting a stumbling country that is collapsing aro und them and plunging from one crisis to the next. (AF)We Are Inside premi ered at Visions du Réel in 2024 and was screened in the Official Selectio n at IDFA (International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam)\, among othe r international film festivals.Farah Kassem is a Lebanese filmmaker and ed itor whose award-winning short documentaries have screened at festivals li ke Visions du Réel and DOK Leipzig. Currently pursuing a PhD in the Arts\ , We Are Inside is her debut feature.\n  URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/16th-alfilm/we-are-inside LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:d186b088e824f47e74fed0cc4657d1a17b837e52caf7c714e46f3cc3008dc234 DTSTAMP:20250320T151956Z DTSTART:20250428T190000Z DTEND:20250428T200000Z SUMMARY:(Y)our mother DESCRIPTION:Followed by a talk with Samira El MouzghibatiLike a stranger in one's own family: Filmmaker Samira El Mouzghibati shares a close bond wit h her four sisters. However\, the relationship the daughters have with the ir mother\, shaped by anger\, helplessness\, and disappointment\, is dista nt and cold. Raised in Belgium\, El Mouzghibati embarks on a journey to Mo rocco with her mother\, visiting her village of origin in the Rif mountain s\, in an attempt to improve this connection. Infused with home video foot age and old family photos\, the result is a film about toxic family dynami cs\, the struggle with tradition and the fight for a self-determined life\ , with a complex and complicated mother at its center. (AF)(Y)our Mother i s El Mouzghibati’s debut feature\, premiering in 2024 at Visions du Rée l\, where it was awarded the FIPRESCI Prize.In cooperation with AFAC (Arab Fund for Arts and Culture).Samira El Mouzghibati is a Belgian-Moroccan fi lmmaker and editor\, with a background in editing and scriptwriting from I NSAS Brussels. In her work she delicately weaves personal and universal na rratives while reconnecting with her roots.\n  URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/16th-alfilm/your-mother LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:04d571c0f5f12a79058674b306d7010034c6b8f20fc61cb3187a0da705428737 DTSTAMP:20250320T152840Z DTSTART:20250428T213000Z DTEND:20250428T223000Z SUMMARY:Bandido + Abo Zaabal 89 DESCRIPTION:BandidoبانديدوMohamad El-Hadidi\, Egypt\, Germany 2024\, 23 min. Arabic\, English with English subtitlesAbo Zaabal 89أبو زعب ل ٨٩ Bassam Mortada\, Egypt\, Germany 2024\, 83 min. Arabic with Englis h subtitles Followed by a talk with Bassam Mortada and Mohamad El-HadidiBa ndido* follows photojournalist Alaa\, who\, after fleeing from Cairo to Be rlin to escape police prosecution\, meets Lia at a party. A mutual attract ion ignites\, except Alaa doesn’t know who Lia really is. Abo Zaabal 89 director\, the filmmaker and activist Bassam Mortada\, once said\, “I al ways felt he betrayed us by leaving me\, my mother\, and the struggle.” In search of understanding and healing\, Mortada delves into the legacy of his father’s imprisonment and torture in Abo Zaabal prison in 1989\, re constructing the traumatic events that divided his family and finally led to his father departuring to Vienna. While rooted in Egypt’s turbulent p olitical history\, the film remains a deeply personal exploration of a chi ld trying to understand how his family was torn apart. Mortada uncovers ho w his parents’ political activism shaped their lives as he films his eff orts to renew and restore relationships with them. Through intimate conver sations\, archival footage\, theatrical monologues and his father’s cass ette tapes from exile\, Abo Zaabal 89 shows the impact of the “big” hi story of Egypt on the “small” history of his family. (AF)The film prem iered in the International Critics’ Week Competition of the 45th Cairo F ilm Festival and was part of IDFA’s Luminous Section 2024. *In cooperati on with AFAC (Arab Fund for Arts and Culture).Bassam Mortada is a director \, producer\, activist and co-founder of See Media Production. He studied Independent Filmmaking at the Jesuit Cairo Cinema School and worked with N GOs and activists. His debut feature Reporting... a Revolution premiered a t Berlinale 2012. (AF)Mohamad El-Hadidi is a Berlin-based filmmaker and co -founder of Rufy’s Films. Hadidi’s works have been screened at various prestigious festivals across the world and currently\, he is writing the script of his first feature fiction film.\n  URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/16th-alfilm/bandido-abo-zaabal-89 LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:baf6142400c4da37dc693aa0047009b23d8e01954371ea88d3e0e00a7443277d DTSTAMP:20250320T153349Z DTSTART:20250429T190000Z DTEND:20250429T200000Z SUMMARY:Locus Cordis + A Frown Gone Mad DESCRIPTION:Locus Cordisموطن القلب Alhasan Yousef\, Belgium\, Port ugal\, Hungary 2023\, 19 min. Arabic with English subtitlesA Frown Gone Ma dفتنة في الحاجبينOmar Mismar\, Lebanon 2024\, 71 min. Arabic with English subtitlesOccupied by Israel since 1967\, the Syrian Golan ha s a heavily military border running through it. Families “cross” it by shouting to their loved ones. From his European exile\, in Locus Cordis A lhasan Yousef focuses on the body and the power of sound as sites for the exploration of anxiety\, inner isolation\, and torn identities\, attemptin g to reconnect with his lost country from afar.A Frown Gone Mad revolves a round a bootleg beauty salon in suburban Beirut that continues to serve it s clients amid turbulent times. As another war threatens to engulf the cou ntry\, exacerbating political and economic crises\, business thrives: Boto x\, filler injections\, and other skin rejuvenation treatments remain in h igh demand. Beyond mastering the art of erasing wrinkles\, Bouba\, the sal on owner\, possesses a natural talent for entertainment. As she treats her clients\, she engages them in lively and amusing conversations\, offering a revealing glimpse into Lebanese society: its resilience\, fears\, hopes \, peculiarities\, and contemporary obsessions. (AF)The first feature docu mentary by Lebanese visual artist Omar Mismar premiered at the Internation al Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA) in 2024.\n  URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/16th-alfilm/locus-cordis-a-frown-gone-m ad LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:1a0c1070ef9704e33fe5a0ce5fb38c8509be2f9aaa05f7a9676b6c8304842a12 DTSTAMP:20250328T123635Z DTSTART:20250419T160000Z DTEND:20250419T170000Z SUMMARY:Mahjong! Mahjong! DESCRIPTION:An immersive Mahjong experience in collaboration with Mahjong B aobei\, embracing the lively spirit of this traditional game beloved in th e Southernland. URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/plum-rain-murmurs/mahjong-mahjong LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:26ef45c6adbb6ec61ba6b2b95b6ca4fccf772aa8b593f96a227b466f69bdbe56 DTSTAMP:20250328T124315Z DTSTART:20250419T203000Z DTEND:20250419T213000Z SUMMARY:胭脂扣 DESCRIPTION:Stanley Kwan’s Rouge unfolds as a hauntingly melancholic roma nce transcending life and death. Set in both a decadent 1930s and a modern ized 1980s Hong Kong\, the film follows the ghost of Fleur (Anita Mui)\, a courtesan who returns to the mortal world searching for her long-lost lov er\, Chan Chen-pang (Leslie Cheung). Their tragic love story—sealed with a suicide pact—stands in stark contrast to the transformed city that ha s forgotten them.A meditation on memory\, longing\, and the irretrievabili ty of the past\, Rouge captures the ethereal yet ephemeral nature of love\ , echoing the ghostly presence of old Hong Kong amidst rapid modernization . Kwan’s delicate storytelling\, combined with Christopher Doyle’s atm ospheric cinematography and Mui’s breathtaking performance\, crafts an e legy for a bygone era\, where romance and heartbreak linger like faded per fume in the air. (CiLENS) URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/plum-rain-murmurs/rouge LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:b27492673cf392e53e643ffab08cbbe143ca9a5c12b87efc24522c55c4ba2831 DTSTAMP:20250331T122258Z DTSTART:20250403T200000Z DTEND:20250403T210000Z SUMMARY:Midwives DESCRIPTION:Following the screening\, there will be a poetry reading by art ist Zoncy Heavenly and a conversation with activist and writer Ma Thida\, moderated by Sarnt Utamachote.This screening is a solidarity event aimed a t raising funds to support the victims of the earthquake on March 28\, 202 5\, which has also impacted Thailand. This disaster sheds light on ongoing oppression by the Min Aung Hlaing government\, wars against ethnic minori ties\, and systemic corruption in the country.Proceeds from ticket sales\, after covering operational costs for the evening\, will be donated to Mut ual Aid Myanmar. Additionally\, QR codes linking to other trustworthy NGOs will be available during the screening for audiences who wish to contribu te further.Following the screening\, there will be a poetry reading by art ist Zoncy Heavenly and a conversation with activist and writer Ma Thida\, moderated by Sarnt Utamachote.Photo prints by Min Ma Naing will be on disp lay and available for purchase in the cinema lounge.Midwives tells a story of solidarity between two women who\, despite their different ethnic and religious backgrounds (Buddhist Rakhine and Muslim Rohinya)\, come togethe r to establish a local midwifery clinic in their village in Rakhine State\ , western Myanmar. Over time\, they build a system of kinship and care\, e xtending their support to women there\, in the midst of civil wars and vio lence. Spanning several years\, the film explores female agency amid war\, political instability\, and moments of profound vulnerability. The film w as released after Myanmar's 2021 military coup.Ma Thida is an award-winnin g dissident writer and human rights activist from Myanmar. She spent six y ears in prison in the 1990s\, which she wrote about in her acclaimed memoi r\, Prisoner of Conscience: My Steps through Insein. In the book she detai ls her use of vipassana meditation to get her through the untold hardships of jail. Ma Thida has published more than a dozen books as well as short stories and she has worked as an editor and a surgeon. She was awarded the PEN/Barbara Goldsmith Freedom to Write Award and the Reebok Human Rights Award and is currently the chair of PEN International’s Writers in Priso n Committee.Zoncy Heavenly is an interdisciplinary artist who focuses on i mmateriality in body-based arts\, the intangibility of collective trauma\, and contemporary concepts in phenomenology. She has been living and worki ng in Berlin since August 2022.Min Ma Naing\, a Myanmar exile artist based in Berlin\, began her career as a photojournalist before transitioning to a slow contemporary documentary practice. She co-founded Myanmar’s firs t women photographers’ collective\, Thuma\, to challenge gender inequali ty within the industry. Beyond image-making\, she uses photobooks as art o bjects to invite viewers into an intimate engagement with her narratives. Drawing from her experiences of exile and diaspora\, her recent work inter twines personal history with themes of political upheaval and border regim es.\nSnow Hnin Ei Hlaing has worked as a freelance filmmaker in Myanmar si nce 2006\, acting as director\, producer\, editor\, and sound recordist af ter attending film schools in both Myanmar and Germany. Her documentary sh ort Burmese Butterfly played festivals in more than 20 countries\, and PER IOD@PERIOD won for Best Short at the Wathann Film Festival. Her debut feat ure documentary\, Midwives\, premiered at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival\ , winning the Excellence in Verité Filmmaking Award. It also won several awards at international film festivals\, including Asian Competition Grand Prize and Next Award at the DMZ International Film Festival in Korea. Mid wives screened at over 40 international festivals\, including CPH:Dox\, Ho t Docs\, San Francisco\, DOK.fest Munich\, Sheffield\, and IDFA’s Best o f Fests. The film was released in Germany\, the UK\, and the USA\, and nom inated for an Independent Spirit Award. Due to Myanmar's political situati on\, Snow now lives in exile in Berlin for security reasons.Sarnt Utamacho te (ษาณฑ์ อุตมโชติ) is a Southeast Asian nonbina ry filmmaker and curator based in Berlin. They curated “In Nobody’s Se rvice” at Galerie Wedding and was a part of the team of “Echoes of the Brother Countries” at HKW Berlin. They also work as a film programmer a t Short Film Festival Hamburg and XPOSED Queer Film Festival Berlin.Links to fundraiser where you can donate: BETTER BURMA (USA)\, MUTUAL AID MYANMA R\, MEDICAL ACTION MYANMAR (UK) URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/common-visions-berlin/midwives LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:5bca215a63aa584b2cdec7874a7c35bd9096d0da55642c62cc78e78d3253f9d1 DTSTAMP:20250416T142423Z DTSTART:20250501T200000Z DTEND:20250501T210000Z SUMMARY:Above All Divisions There Lays a Moon DESCRIPTION:Above All Divisions There Lays a Moon - 50th Anniversary of the End of the American-Vietnam War [VN: Trên Mọi Chia Cắt Có Một M ặt Trăng]Curated by the Berlin Asian Film Network (BAFNET) e.V.This fil m program reflects on the deep echoes of the past\, fifty years after the end of the American-Vietnam War. Far from Vietnam\, here in Berlin\, where diverse Vietnamese and Viet-diasporic communities have coexisted since th e 20th century\, we gather to reflect on fragments of a shared past - poli tical upheavals\, demographic shifts\, and social transformations. The war \, long over\, is still felt in the landscapes of memory — in the sounds of ghosts and mothers\, in silences that bury the unspoken\, and rituals of remembrance that bind generations across borders. As we revisit this pi votal moment in history\, we are invited to reconsider the divisions of th e past — North and South\, East and West - to look into the complexity o f what remains. Just as rice\, a symbol of sustenance\, serves as both nou rishment and a reminder of what has been lost\, the film and the following panel in Above All Divisions There Lays a Moon offer a space to engage wi th the aftermath of a conflict that shaped not only the nation’s future but also the diasporic communities around the world. (BAFNET)Viet and NamT rương Minh Quý\, France\, Switzerland\, Liechtenstein\, Vietnam\, 2024\ , Vietnamese original version with English subtitles\, 129 Min\, FSK: 12Fo llowed by a talk with members of the Asian-Diasporic community\, moderated by Dieu Hao Do (BAFNET)Nam and Viet love each other. Both are miners\, wo rking 1000 meters below ground where danger awaits and darkness prevails. Coal earns them a living\, while polluting the land and the sea. Black sea . Black coal. Burnt coal. Wet coal. Dusty coal. When Nam decides to leave the country via an agent who smuggles people in shipping containers\, it c auses a rift between his love for Viet and the desires for his own future. (BAFNET)The Berlin Asian Film Network (BAFNET) e.V. is a discrimination-c ritical initiative pushing for diverse\, nuanced representations of Asian- German lives in film and TV. We support young BIPOC filmmakers by building networks and creating space for their stories – especially in curated d iasporic settings.\n  URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/common-visions-berlin/above-all-divisio ns-there-lays-a-moon LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:e48670bf736ddc2492fd414462b204366dd4120cac8e689c0f88c91941c91b43 DTSTAMP:20250416T142605Z DTSTART:20250502T180000Z DTEND:20250502T190000Z SUMMARY:风流一代 DESCRIPTION:Caught by the Tides blends fiction and documentary\, weaving pa st films\, unused footage\, and new sequences into a fluid narrative that traverses past\, present\, and an imminent future in transition. Shot over 23 years and driven more by music than dialogue\, the film follows Qiaoqi ao as she searches for her lost lover\, Bin. Her unwavering longing stands in stark contrast to the rapidly changing landscape of modern China. Anch ored by Zhao’s understated yet powerful performance\, Jia’s direction captures the evolution of people and society\, offering a profound meditat ion on memory\, time\, and the enduring grip of the past. (CiLENS) URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/sinelection/8975f9dd-54cf-43bc-9f32-711 edcfe46e4 LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:fc514744cac46600a14c9d011088a19ea65fede168bc92f8564731ffed67697f DTSTAMP:20250416T143435Z DTSTART:20250502T203000Z DTEND:20250502T213000Z SUMMARY:Ernest Cole: Lost and Found DESCRIPTION:Following the success of his Oscar-nominated documentary I Am N ot Your Negro which was based on the writings of James Baldwin\, Raoul Pec k turns his lens to another visionary: Ernest Cole\, the trailblazing Blac k South African photographer whose searing images exposed apartheid’s br utality to the world. Cole’s life would take a tragic turn\; exiled\, st ateless\, and struggling in America\, he died in obscurity just as aparthe id began to crumble.With Cole’s writings hauntingly voiced by LaKeith St anfield\, Peck crafts a poignant portrait of an artist torn between his cr aft\, his homeland\, and the crushing weight of expectation.A baffling foo tnote marks the end of Cole’s life and the film: in the midst of poverty \, a mysterious benefactor in Sweden secretly preserved his lost archive\, saving his legacy but deepening his despair. A gripping meditation on art \, exile\, and identity\, Ernest Cole: Lost and Found leaves the question hanging: Was Cole’s work rescued\, or was he robbed of his final connect ion to it? (BH)\n  URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/sinelection/ernest-cole-lost-and-found LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:a8b306289cc4fb89ebcfe57f4db86061c7657faf79b044cd8fef59dd3d84e57a DTSTAMP:20250416T145352Z DTSTART:20250503T180000Z DTEND:20250503T190000Z SUMMARY:Toxic DESCRIPTION:In a desolate Lithuanian town\, 13-year-old Marija clings to he r dream of becoming a model despite her physical disability and the relent less bullying she faces. Alongside her best friend Kristina\, she enrolls in a ruthless modeling school\, where her youthful ambition quickly warps into a dangerous obsession with body image. Saulė Bliuvaitė crafts a har rowing portrait of adolescence under the crushing weight of capitalism whe re every glance in the mirror becomes an act of self-betrayal. Winner of t he Locarno Golden Leopard\, Toxic exposes how society weaponizes female am bition\, transforming self-improvement into self-destruction. With documen tary-like intimacy\, the film reveals how eating disorders aren't personal failures but logical responses to impossible demands. In a world where wo rth is measured in centimeters and grams\, Marija's story becomes a devast ating metaphor for a generation taught to shrink themselves to fit. (BH)Co ntent warning: Eating disorders URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/sinelection/toxic LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:716a0b2264d3c0eaeb697cfe47eb202d36981dc30d809f62dd422d2bed69bb06 DTSTAMP:20250416T145606Z DTSTART:20250503T203000Z DTEND:20250503T213000Z SUMMARY:Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat DESCRIPTION:Through a fast-paced montage of archival footage and music\, So undtrack to a Coup d'Etat brilliantly exposes how Western powers attempted to use jazz as an imperialist tool. As African nations\, many backed by s ocialist regimes\, rose against European colonial powers in the 1960s\, th e U.S. and its allies intervened in unconventional ways: Jazz legends like Louis Armstrong\, Nina Simone\, and Dizzy Gillespie were sent to Africa a s cultural ambassadors of the West. Behind the scenes\, the CIA operated i n the shadows\, targeting leaders like Patrice Lumumba\, the first Prime M inister of an independent Congo. A sprawling documentary that moves to a f urious beat\, Grimonprez dances through his thesis with an enthralling and thought-provoking energy. (BH) URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/sinelection/soundtrack-to-a-coup-detat LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6d5ae54a7e9b182a29bacda3517bd56f03891b93d08694f9d51d877f200478ae DTSTAMP:20250416T150934Z DTSTART:20250504T190000Z DTEND:20250504T200000Z SUMMARY:We Share Our Own Language: Korean Women’s Cinema DESCRIPTION:What does nationality mean today? How is Korean cinema defined in the current era?This short film program seeks to redefine Korean cinema through the lens of transnationalism. The four directors in this program share key characteristics: they are all women and immigrants. Additionally \, Korean is spoken in their films. As such\, their works are categorized as Korean cinema\, regardless of when and where they were made or the nati onality of their protagonists. At a time when national borders are called into question and a history of immigration shapes our world\, we will coll ectively explore the evolution of Korean cinema. (JO)Johee Oh is a Korean filmmaker based in Korea\, Vietnam and Germany and is focusing particularl y on the subject of diaspora\, social integration and identity.거북이 ( The Turtle) Yara Gari\, South Korea 2023\, 14 min. Korean\, Mandarin with English subtitles세이 썸띵 (Say Something)Jiin Oh\, USA\, South Korea 2023\, 13 min. Korean\, English with English subtitles같은 하늘 아래 서 (The Good Samaritan Girl)Johee Oh\, Germany\, Korea 2023\, 29 min. Ger man\, Korean\, Kurdish with English subtitles부서진 밤 (Broken Night)Y ang Hyo-joo\, Korea 2010\, 23 min. Korean with English subtitlesFollowed b y a talk with Yang Hyo-jooIn The Turtle\, a half-Korean/half-Chinese kid m ust navigate the challenges of a new home and cultural identity when a tur tle’s discovery and a misunderstanding take her on an unexpected journey of self-discovery. Fresh from Seoul\, a teen girl struggles to find a con nection in her new home until she sees the church band’s drummer and str ikes up a daring idea to get his attention in Say Something. A refugee bec omes a Samaritan in The Good Samaritan Girl\, a film about the lives of tw o girls who are out of touch with society and their friendship across diff erent cultural circles. Broken Night follows Kyoung-pyo\, a man who earns a living as an insurance fraudster. He and his partner fake car accidents and claim the insurance payments. Their scam works well until one evening after another ‘accident’ he is involved in a real accident\, causing a dazzling series of events to unfold. (JO)Yang Hyo-joo is an autodidact ba sed in Berlin and Seoul. Her focus is the interplay between artistic exper imentation and narrative filmmaking.\n  URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/topias/we-share-our-own-language-korean -womens-cinema LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:a6df16863544378110e0d000140a6416ff3f174e17a6d662a091514c52a56ce7 DTSTAMP:20250416T151302Z DTSTART:20250507T200000Z DTEND:20250507T210000Z SUMMARY:Toxic DESCRIPTION:In a desolate Lithuanian town\, 13-year-old Marija clings to he r dream of becoming a model despite her physical disability and the relent less bullying she faces. Alongside her best friend Kristina\, she enrolls in a ruthless modeling school\, where her youthful ambition quickly warps into a dangerous obsession with body image. Saulė Bliuvaitė crafts a har rowing portrait of adolescence under the crushing weight of capitalism whe re every glance in the mirror becomes an act of self-betrayal. Winner of t he Locarno Golden Leopard\, Toxic exposes how society weaponizes female am bition\, transforming self-improvement into self-destruction. With documen tary-like intimacy\, the film reveals how eating disorders aren't personal failures but logical responses to impossible demands. In a world where wo rth is measured in centimeters and grams\, Marija's story becomes a devast ating metaphor for a generation taught to shrink themselves to fit. (BH)Co ntent warning: Eating disorders URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/sinelection/toxic LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:e10a4ba39f4fb62759e026fcd4f5a7f472e43e430d8db14a403615cdb2fd439e DTSTAMP:20250416T151404Z DTSTART:20250508T200000Z DTEND:20250508T210000Z SUMMARY:Ernest Cole: Lost and Found DESCRIPTION:Following the success of his Oscar-nominated documentary I Am N ot Your Negro which was based on the writings of James Baldwin\, Raoul Pec k turns his lens to another visionary: Ernest Cole\, the trailblazing Blac k South African photographer whose searing images exposed apartheid’s br utality to the world. Cole’s life would take a tragic turn\; exiled\, st ateless\, and struggling in America\, he died in obscurity just as aparthe id began to crumble.With Cole’s writings hauntingly voiced by LaKeith St anfield\, Peck crafts a poignant portrait of an artist torn between his cr aft\, his homeland\, and the crushing weight of expectation.A baffling foo tnote marks the end of Cole’s life and the film: in the midst of poverty \, a mysterious benefactor in Sweden secretly preserved his lost archive\, saving his legacy but deepening his despair. A gripping meditation on art \, exile\, and identity\, Ernest Cole: Lost and Found leaves the question hanging: Was Cole’s work rescued\, or was he robbed of his final connect ion to it? (BH)\n  URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/sinelection/ernest-cole-lost-and-found LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ae94064c5e011b29a91df13640caf4b25ff163aaecd08658b2ee10f5914d33cb DTSTAMP:20250416T151506Z DTSTART:20250509T180000Z DTEND:20250509T190000Z SUMMARY:No Other Land DESCRIPTION:The film follows the Palestinian activist Basel and the Israeli journalist Yuval\, who find common ground through their shared conviction to bring the truth to light\, despite coming from opposing worlds. The de struction of Masafer Yatta\, a small Palestinian village that has suffered for decades under the constant threat of the so-called demolition orders from the Israeli authorities\, is at the center of the film. The documenta ry starkly captures the reality of life under occupation and highlights th e daily struggles of the Palestinian community\, which is facing the immin ent threat of eviction and the destruction of their homes.No Other Land sh ows how unexpected alliances can form amidst destruction and suffering and urges viewers to consider the ongoing conflict and displacement in the We st Bank from a new perspective. URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/sinelection/no-other-land-1-1 LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:37203a949f1d22fb1bb779623d7ae96e1d84164757a8f6410e70e23e4ca4b0b6 DTSTAMP:20250416T151613Z DTSTART:20250509T203000Z DTEND:20250509T213000Z SUMMARY:风流一代 DESCRIPTION:Caught by the Tides blends fiction and documentary\, weaving pa st films\, unused footage\, and new sequences into a fluid narrative that traverses past\, present\, and an imminent future in transition. Shot over 23 years and driven more by music than dialogue\, the film follows Qiaoqi ao as she searches for her lost lover\, Bin. Her unwavering longing stands in stark contrast to the rapidly changing landscape of modern China. Anch ored by Zhao’s understated yet powerful performance\, Jia’s direction captures the evolution of people and society\, offering a profound meditat ion on memory\, time\, and the enduring grip of the past. (CiLENS) URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/sinelection/8975f9dd-54cf-43bc-9f32-711 edcfe46e4 LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:c55623d1609701426cbb2a7b4d22bdc4d49dd078e522ff69217857dfbecb6466 DTSTAMP:20250416T151803Z DTSTART:20250510T180000Z DTEND:20250510T190000Z SUMMARY:Ernest Cole: Lost and Found DESCRIPTION:Following the success of his Oscar-nominated documentary I Am N ot Your Negro which was based on the writings of James Baldwin\, Raoul Pec k turns his lens to another visionary: Ernest Cole\, the trailblazing Blac k South African photographer whose searing images exposed apartheid’s br utality to the world. Cole’s life would take a tragic turn\; exiled\, st ateless\, and struggling in America\, he died in obscurity just as aparthe id began to crumble.With Cole’s writings hauntingly voiced by LaKeith St anfield\, Peck crafts a poignant portrait of an artist torn between his cr aft\, his homeland\, and the crushing weight of expectation.A baffling foo tnote marks the end of Cole’s life and the film: in the midst of poverty \, a mysterious benefactor in Sweden secretly preserved his lost archive\, saving his legacy but deepening his despair. A gripping meditation on art \, exile\, and identity\, Ernest Cole: Lost and Found leaves the question hanging: Was Cole’s work rescued\, or was he robbed of his final connect ion to it? (BH)\n  URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/sinelection/ernest-cole-lost-and-found LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:de20ea8b3b583444e865901f62e9108c429d5f3f4c96844d244e7abf485eb9ba DTSTAMP:20250416T151943Z DTSTART:20250510T203000Z DTEND:20250510T213000Z SUMMARY:Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat DESCRIPTION:Through a fast-paced montage of archival footage and music\, So undtrack to a Coup d'Etat brilliantly exposes how Western powers attempted to use jazz as an imperialist tool. As African nations\, many backed by s ocialist regimes\, rose against European colonial powers in the 1960s\, th e U.S. and its allies intervened in unconventional ways: Jazz legends like Louis Armstrong\, Nina Simone\, and Dizzy Gillespie were sent to Africa a s cultural ambassadors of the West. Behind the scenes\, the CIA operated i n the shadows\, targeting leaders like Patrice Lumumba\, the first Prime M inister of an independent Congo. A sprawling documentary that moves to a f urious beat\, Grimonprez dances through his thesis with an enthralling and thought-provoking energy. (BH) URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/sinelection/soundtrack-to-a-coup-detat LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:74ae1427bea31e856e225ea3e11178b5d9ba11bbda0e38444c33d1212b5ffebc DTSTAMP:20250417T114347Z DTSTART:20250514T190000Z DTEND:20250514T200000Z SUMMARY:Reconnecting Through The Cracks DESCRIPTION:Curated by Marwa Zein for the Goethe-Institut in ExileIn a time that for many is characterized by pain\, loss and alienation\, Reconnecti ng Through The Cracks\, a film series curated by Marwa Zein for the Goethe -Institut in Exile\, invites us to come together and reconnect. The title of the series stems from a genuine need to reflect on disconnection. It of fers a space to recognize our barriers while also holding together in chal lenging times. Each screening is dedicated to stories of pain\, resilience and breakthroughs and features one feature film and one short film. (GIE) ---JawabatAli Ahmed\, 2025\,  Sudan\, Arabic with English subtitlesKharto umAnas Saeed\, Rawia Alhag\, Ibrahim Snoopy Ahmad\, Timeea Mohamed Ahmed\, Philip Cox\, Sudan\, United Kingdom\, Germany\, Qatar\, 2025\, 80 min. Ar abic with English subtitlesFollowed by a talk with Ibrahim SnoopyFive live s\, one city\, a nation at war.  A civil servant\, a tea lady\, a resista nce committee volunteer and two street boys. Five stories from Sudan weave together in search of freedom through animated dreams\, street revolution s and a war from the metropolis of Khartoum to escape in East Africa. (GIE )The Goethe-Institut in Exile offers a place for displaced\, exiled and mi grated artists to arrive and continue their work. It is a meeting place\, discourse space and stage for endangered cultural practitioners from count ries in which the Goethe-Institut had to close its locations due to war an d censorship. Ibrahim Snoopy is a visionary Sudanese cinematographer and f ilmmaker renowned for his bold storytelling and evocative visuals. His lat est film\, Khartoum\, was honored with the Berlinale Peace Award (2025)\, solidifying his impact on global cinema. URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/common-visions-berlin/reconnecting-thro ugh-the-cracks LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:a35d26815d54f98db630d98cc678f3e5e56b2a16ba6d186da77c4e1afb3bfbaa DTSTAMP:20250417T114559Z DTSTART:20250515T200000Z DTEND:20250515T210000Z SUMMARY:Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat DESCRIPTION:Through a fast-paced montage of archival footage and music\, So undtrack to a Coup d'Etat brilliantly exposes how Western powers attempted to use jazz as an imperialist tool. As African nations\, many backed by s ocialist regimes\, rose against European colonial powers in the 1960s\, th e U.S. and its allies intervened in unconventional ways: Jazz legends like Louis Armstrong\, Nina Simone\, and Dizzy Gillespie were sent to Africa a s cultural ambassadors of the West. Behind the scenes\, the CIA operated i n the shadows\, targeting leaders like Patrice Lumumba\, the first Prime M inister of an independent Congo. A sprawling documentary that moves to a f urious beat\, Grimonprez dances through his thesis with an enthralling and thought-provoking energy. (BH) URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/sinelection/soundtrack-to-a-coup-detat LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:eeec4ce7eb04d3e725a2da9aee8f1db337d49c09bd97d934bbef31194eed378a DTSTAMP:20250417T115519Z DTSTART:20250517T180000Z DTEND:20250517T190000Z SUMMARY:风流一代 DESCRIPTION:Caught by the Tides blends fiction and documentary\, weaving pa st films\, unused footage\, and new sequences into a fluid narrative that traverses past\, present\, and an imminent future in transition. Shot over 23 years and driven more by music than dialogue\, the film follows Qiaoqi ao as she searches for her lost lover\, Bin. Her unwavering longing stands in stark contrast to the rapidly changing landscape of modern China. Anch ored by Zhao’s understated yet powerful performance\, Jia’s direction captures the evolution of people and society\, offering a profound meditat ion on memory\, time\, and the enduring grip of the past. (CiLENS) URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/sinelection/8975f9dd-54cf-43bc-9f32-711 edcfe46e4 LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:11fdbeaba4bfe7ecaf5bee34fca997ff5f2f6dc479ed25669350fb73aed7cf9c DTSTAMP:20250417T115810Z DTSTART:20250521T200000Z DTEND:20250521T210000Z SUMMARY:No Other Land DESCRIPTION:The film follows the Palestinian activist Basel and the Israeli journalist Yuval\, who find common ground through their shared conviction to bring the truth to light\, despite coming from opposing worlds. The de struction of Masafer Yatta\, a small Palestinian village that has suffered for decades under the constant threat of the so-called demolition orders from the Israeli authorities\, is at the center of the film. The documenta ry starkly captures the reality of life under occupation and highlights th e daily struggles of the Palestinian community\, which is facing the immin ent threat of eviction and the destruction of their homes.No Other Land sh ows how unexpected alliances can form amidst destruction and suffering and urges viewers to consider the ongoing conflict and displacement in the We st Bank from a new perspective. URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/sinelection/no-other-land-1-1 LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:17bf5178381fd0deafa4f1a84e2e8ad29ed0a808825e4c863963c246d1d273b1 DTSTAMP:20250417T121244Z DTSTART:20250522T200000Z DTEND:20250522T210000Z SUMMARY:Mário DESCRIPTION:Billy Woodberry traces the life of Angolan-born Mário Pinto de Andrade\, one of the greatest African intellectuals who belonged to the g eneration of African independence. Co-founder of the party that has been g overning Angola for 50 years\, de Andrade is an almost non-existent memory for the majority of young Angolans. In Mário\, Woodberry vividly brings the story of the revolutionaries' anti-colonial struggles to wider audienc es\, and in doing so captures an important part of Angola's history. (NS) URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/marginalised-memories/mario LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:1472bb9a5addbeafc42f5d28202fb022bd7add5f832a0c670ece4a67ec0ce3d2 DTSTAMP:20250417T121916Z DTSTART:20250523T180000Z DTEND:20250523T190000Z SUMMARY:Don't be Late for My Funeral DESCRIPTION:Apartheid stands as a monstrous act of recent history. Yet\, in the midst of the immeasurable pain caused by the crimes committed by men\ , there are also stories of love that give us hope in human goodness\, sto ries that were almost erased by the atrocities of the system. Don't be Lat e for My Funeral is an intimate behind-the-scenes exploration of a life li ved against the backdrop of apartheid that is touched by births\, deaths\, weddings\, violence\, celebrations\, and tragedies. (NS)\n  URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/marginalised-memories/dont-be-late-for- my-funeral LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:eb44d6d3502884d8eef57f59a25943a1a93f0e4bf0bc0f92a4cb5a3abc785f74 DTSTAMP:20250417T123709Z DTSTART:20250524T180000Z DTEND:20250524T190000Z SUMMARY:No Simple Way Home DESCRIPTION:Often\, the reconciliation and reconnection of the post-indepen dence generation in some African countries comes up against the fears of t heir diaspora. These young people feel lost because they don't always fit into the places their parents call home. It's a very personal conflict abo ut who they are and where they [want to] belong. In No Simple Way Home\, A kuol de Mabior explores this tension through the story of a mother and her two daughters’ who return to South Sudan from exile. The mother’s mis sion is to safeguard her late husband’s vision for their people\, family \, and country while her daughters struggle to come to terms with what it means to call South Sudan home. (NS)\n  URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/marginalised-memories/no-simple-way-hom e LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:1ee279ab35f983ace0dbb0a5b85e923ea19c4bd5666684978ceb7776dd579e98 DTSTAMP:20250417T124331Z DTSTART:20250524T203000Z DTEND:20250524T213000Z SUMMARY:Our Land\, Our Freedom DESCRIPTION:The way the former colonising powers deal with the memory of th e colonised countries reinforces the idea that leaving those countries was never a spontaneous and conscious decision to do the right thing. The pur poseful noise and denial of facing up to history and sharing the truth con tinues to be a way of demonstrating power. In Our Land\, Our Freedom\, Mee na Nanji and Zippy Kimundi trace their own personal histories and in doing so meet Mau Mau veterans\, families of dispossessed individuals\, inspiri ng activists\, and uncovered atrocities of British colonial rule in Kenya. Their guiding motto: ‘Let the truth be told without fear. (NS) URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/marginalised-memories/our-land-our-free dom LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:a191ecf7d811c4263087e789111eeabbc833dbc6f9b819e4460a8caf850dec28 DTSTAMP:20250417T125059Z DTSTART:20250525T170000Z DTEND:20250525T180000Z SUMMARY:Dahomey DESCRIPTION:The restitution of the artistic and intellectual heritage of Af rica plundered by the colonial powers is a debate that continues on a down ward slope. Mati Diop’s Dahomey is an articulate and forensically struct ured argument against the false discourse fuelled by the Europeans that wh en Africans receive their heritage back\, they won't know what to do with it or how to look after it. (NS) URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/marginalised-memories/dahomey-1 LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:c3aedfbb8b8a119c95fbad47d52bb8fa3263a5a0a7122f76b5bedfc11ca8d6a6 DTSTAMP:20250417T130407Z DTSTART:20250525T190000Z DTEND:20250525T200000Z SUMMARY:La ley del deseo (Law of Desire) DESCRIPTION:Followed by a talk with Fatma AydemirLa ley del deseo revolves around a toxic love triangle: filmmaker Pablo (Eusebio Poncela) is unhappi ly in love with Juan. Pablo\, in turn\, is stalked and seduced by his youn g fan Antonio (Antonio Banderas). Finally\, Pablo's sister Tina (Carmen Ma ura)\, an actress and trans woman raising a child on her own\, also gets c aught up in the chaos that ensues around her brother's love life.It is not only one of Pedro Almodóvar's most personal films\, but also one of the most controversial for its time due to the very explicit gay sex scenes. T he provocations are deliberate\, but never empty\; Almodóvar develops a u nique poetry of transgression in images and dialogue that recurs and is co ntinued in his subsequent works. (FA)Fatma Aydemir is a writer and journal ist. Her first novel\, Ellbogen\, was made into a film in 2024 by Asli Öz arslan. Her second novel\, Dschinns\, was published in 2022 and has receiv ed multiple awards. Fatma is co-editor of the literary magazine Delfi\, a columnist for the British newspaper The Guardian and the author of the pla y Doktormutter Faust\, a Goethe overwriting that premiered at Schauspiel E ssen in 2023. URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/deep-cuts/la-ley-del-deseo-law-of-desir e LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:53fecc9dd11af6024e857ba073d89a1dda032fc0ab8ecf99a2cca3fd11000380 DTSTAMP:20250417T131044Z DTSTART:20250528T200000Z DTEND:20250528T210000Z SUMMARY:1001 Frames DESCRIPTION:One by one\, a series of young women take a seat in the middle of a sparsely furnished room. They have come to audition for the part of S cheherazade in 1001 Nights\, the legendary storyteller who saved her life with her ability to tell a tale. The person auditioning them\, who we lear n is a well-known director\, asks the women to perform different roles. Ho wever\, his questions and requests quickly become more probing\; he plays on the women’s ambitions to be cast as a way to exert his power over the m.Ingeniously\, the director remains unseen throughout\, existing only as an offscreen voice\, thus becoming a stand-in for any man\, everyman. The camera too\, which he wields to trace the contours of the women’s bodies unbeknownst to them\, becomes a further extension of his exploitative gaz e.1001 Frames is not only a deeply unnerving portrait of the kind of abuse s which catalysed the Me Too movement in the film industry but of the viol ent\, male-dominated systems that all women\, whether in Iran or elsewhere \, find themselves trapped within. Masterfully crafted using limited means \, Mehrnoush Alia demonstrates that the true power of film lies in vivid s torytelling: this is a story that most women know all too well and that ev eryone needs to hear. (BH) URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/sinelection/1001-frames LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8bc76672c583911bfa2f060fb2a92d3fd6deb09d68931a1a915da1d12d73d710 DTSTAMP:20250417T132344Z DTSTART:20250529T200000Z DTEND:20250529T210000Z SUMMARY:FIlm Schools in East and West Germany DESCRIPTION:Introduced by Ying Sze PekCultural NationalismSkip Norman\, Fed eral Republic of Germany\, 1969\, 11 min. EnglishOn AfricaSkip Norman\, Fe deral Republic of Germany\, 1970\, 35 min. German with English subtitlesOy oyoChetna Vora\, German Democratic Republic\, 1980\, 47 min. German with E nglish SubtitlesThe second event in the series examines the transnational film practices of students at film academies in former West and East Germa ny. The evening focuses on two exemplary filmmakers: Skip Norman’s Cultu ral Nationalism (1969) combines a speech by Bobby Seale\, co-founder of th e Black Panther Party\, with a shot of a snowy field in West Berlin\, them atizing racial and class disenfranchisement. In On Africa (1970)\, Norman juxtaposes tracking shots of Berlin\, with photographs and economic data o n West Africa\, producing an essay film that explores the continent’s un derdevelopment\, conquest\, and decolonization. Shot in a student residenc e in Karlshorst\, Berlin\, Chetna Vora’s Oyoyo (1980) features the lived experiences of foreign students in the former German Democratic Republic\ , highlighting intimate moments of friendship and transnational solidarity . (CK)Ying Sze Pek is a scholar working at the intersection of film and me dia studies\, global modern and contemporary art history\, and German stud ies. OYOYO\, Chetna Vora\, Film and Television Academy of the GDR 1980Digi tisation and restoration of the Film University Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF\, s upported by the Film Heritage Funding Programme\, financed by BKM\, Länd er and FFA. URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/transnational-filmmaking-in-germany/fil m-schools-in-east-and-west-germany LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:758a9ad44c23fab5bba1c9590df5ae0aa3f64e34b9460bb3fddb513ed23622de DTSTAMP:20250417T132639Z DTSTART:20250530T180000Z DTEND:20250530T190000Z SUMMARY:Toxic DESCRIPTION:In a desolate Lithuanian town\, 13-year-old Marija clings to he r dream of becoming a model despite her physical disability and the relent less bullying she faces. Alongside her best friend Kristina\, she enrolls in a ruthless modeling school\, where her youthful ambition quickly warps into a dangerous obsession with body image. Saulė Bliuvaitė crafts a har rowing portrait of adolescence under the crushing weight of capitalism whe re every glance in the mirror becomes an act of self-betrayal. Winner of t he Locarno Golden Leopard\, Toxic exposes how society weaponizes female am bition\, transforming self-improvement into self-destruction. With documen tary-like intimacy\, the film reveals how eating disorders aren't personal failures but logical responses to impossible demands. In a world where wo rth is measured in centimeters and grams\, Marija's story becomes a devast ating metaphor for a generation taught to shrink themselves to fit. (BH)Co ntent warning: Eating disorders URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/sinelection/toxic LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:5097cff2247eeee60bc2910167e1ecd74c910b1a4ba876f1a07f9910a97cb67b DTSTAMP:20250417T133032Z DTSTART:20250530T203000Z DTEND:20250530T213000Z SUMMARY:Ernest Cole: Lost and Found DESCRIPTION:Following the success of his Oscar-nominated documentary I Am N ot Your Negro which was based on the writings of James Baldwin\, Raoul Pec k turns his lens to another visionary: Ernest Cole\, the trailblazing Blac k South African photographer whose searing images exposed apartheid’s br utality to the world. Cole’s life would take a tragic turn\; exiled\, st ateless\, and struggling in America\, he died in obscurity just as aparthe id began to crumble.With Cole’s writings hauntingly voiced by LaKeith St anfield\, Peck crafts a poignant portrait of an artist torn between his cr aft\, his homeland\, and the crushing weight of expectation.A baffling foo tnote marks the end of Cole’s life and the film: in the midst of poverty \, a mysterious benefactor in Sweden secretly preserved his lost archive\, saving his legacy but deepening his despair. A gripping meditation on art \, exile\, and identity\, Ernest Cole: Lost and Found leaves the question hanging: Was Cole’s work rescued\, or was he robbed of his final connect ion to it? (BH)\n  URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/sinelection/ernest-cole-lost-and-found LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:e85f75c27c0bd1097b185101692d440eced14d5eda9d7c289861636e56fa1ba0 DTSTAMP:20250417T133117Z DTSTART:20250531T180000Z DTEND:20250531T190000Z SUMMARY:风流一代 DESCRIPTION:Caught by the Tides blends fiction and documentary\, weaving pa st films\, unused footage\, and new sequences into a fluid narrative that traverses past\, present\, and an imminent future in transition. Shot over 23 years and driven more by music than dialogue\, the film follows Qiaoqi ao as she searches for her lost lover\, Bin. Her unwavering longing stands in stark contrast to the rapidly changing landscape of modern China. Anch ored by Zhao’s understated yet powerful performance\, Jia’s direction captures the evolution of people and society\, offering a profound meditat ion on memory\, time\, and the enduring grip of the past. (CiLENS) URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/sinelection/8975f9dd-54cf-43bc-9f32-711 edcfe46e4 LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:7f388b5960191d10b00011f5113a1c2697e169aef7552298e6598893cb65e3b9 DTSTAMP:20250417T133217Z DTSTART:20250531T203000Z DTEND:20250531T213000Z SUMMARY:1001 Frames DESCRIPTION:One by one\, a series of young women take a seat in the middle of a sparsely furnished room. They have come to audition for the part of S cheherazade in 1001 Nights\, the legendary storyteller who saved her life with her ability to tell a tale. The person auditioning them\, who we lear n is a well-known director\, asks the women to perform different roles. Ho wever\, his questions and requests quickly become more probing\; he plays on the women’s ambitions to be cast as a way to exert his power over the m.Ingeniously\, the director remains unseen throughout\, existing only as an offscreen voice\, thus becoming a stand-in for any man\, everyman. The camera too\, which he wields to trace the contours of the women’s bodies unbeknownst to them\, becomes a further extension of his exploitative gaz e.1001 Frames is not only a deeply unnerving portrait of the kind of abuse s which catalysed the Me Too movement in the film industry but of the viol ent\, male-dominated systems that all women\, whether in Iran or elsewhere \, find themselves trapped within. Masterfully crafted using limited means \, Mehrnoush Alia demonstrates that the true power of film lies in vivid s torytelling: this is a story that most women know all too well and that ev eryone needs to hear. (BH) URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/sinelection/1001-frames LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:b4f57dc6e47d465d0f54c07216f6fc7b68439d739c6b39678290b890014933c4 DTSTAMP:20250422T110450Z DTSTART:20250511T180000Z DTEND:20250511T190000Z SUMMARY:Warmi Pachakutik DESCRIPTION:Followed by a musical performance with Inti YakuOn Mother's Day \, Ecuamig@s presents a celebration dedicated to all the matriarchs who nu rtured\, sowed and harvested the worlds on which we stand to continue thei r legacy.The film Warmi Pachakutik\, which tells the story of four young w omen who are redefining femininity from the lens of andean cosmoexistence through activism and art\, will be screened.\nAfter the screening\, Inti Y aku will offer a performance of Andean music in homage to the Andean mothe r\, from Berlin. There will also be a delicious menestra for sale to accom pany this encounter. (EM)Inti Yaku is a project that proposes to revitaliz e Ecuadorian music in an international context\, exploring and adapting tr aditional melodies and giving them a new air. Formed by Aude Boucher\, Fer nando Velasco and Washo Valenzuela.Ecuamig@s is an Ecuadorian diaspora ini tiative founded by Consuelo Benavides and Willy Conterón. For over a deca de\, they have promoted Ecuadorian culture in Berlin’s public spaces whi le providing community support. They are also the organizers of the annual A mi lindo Ecuador festival\, a vibrant celebration of tradition.\n  URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/common-visions-berlin/warmi-pachakutik LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:f8f038201c425728961b2f3cade19b0419421766a973a1812afab7b38df530f0 DTSTAMP:20250422T210412Z DTSTART:20250517T203000Z DTEND:20250517T213000Z SUMMARY:Toxic DESCRIPTION:In a desolate Lithuanian town\, 13-year-old Marija clings to he r dream of becoming a model despite her physical disability and the relent less bullying she faces. Alongside her best friend Kristina\, she enrolls in a ruthless modeling school\, where her youthful ambition quickly warps into a dangerous obsession with body image. Saulė Bliuvaitė crafts a har rowing portrait of adolescence under the crushing weight of capitalism whe re every glance in the mirror becomes an act of self-betrayal. Winner of t he Locarno Golden Leopard\, Toxic exposes how society weaponizes female am bition\, transforming self-improvement into self-destruction. With documen tary-like intimacy\, the film reveals how eating disorders aren't personal failures but logical responses to impossible demands. In a world where wo rth is measured in centimeters and grams\, Marija's story becomes a devast ating metaphor for a generation taught to shrink themselves to fit. (BH)Co ntent warning: Eating disorders URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/sinelection/toxic LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:40df0631163dce1fd3ae9872f70d90b627171c4f5695282830a5e4458376c0b4 DTSTAMP:20250422T210603Z DTSTART:20250518T190000Z DTEND:20250518T200000Z SUMMARY:No Other Land DESCRIPTION:The film follows the Palestinian activist Basel and the Israeli journalist Yuval\, who find common ground through their shared conviction to bring the truth to light\, despite coming from opposing worlds. The de struction of Masafer Yatta\, a small Palestinian village that has suffered for decades under the constant threat of the so-called demolition orders from the Israeli authorities\, is at the center of the film. The documenta ry starkly captures the reality of life under occupation and highlights th e daily struggles of the Palestinian community\, which is facing the immin ent threat of eviction and the destruction of their homes.No Other Land sh ows how unexpected alliances can form amidst destruction and suffering and urges viewers to consider the ongoing conflict and displacement in the We st Bank from a new perspective. URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/sinelection/no-other-land-1-1 LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:a05b1d74182b9043dfeced9abf0862cc1cb4df19acef3e4e684ad88556086ade DTSTAMP:20250422T211757Z DTSTART:20250523T203000Z DTEND:20250523T213000Z SUMMARY:Salomé DESCRIPTION:Introduced by programmers of XPOSEDContent warning: drug abuseI n Salomé\, the lines between reality and fantasy blur as Cecília\, a suc cessful model\, returns to her hometown of Recife for Christmas and is dra wn into a hypnotic and mysterious world. A chance encounter with João\, a long-lost neighbor\, leads her to a mind-altering green substance and a s ecret cult devoted to Salomé\, the extravagant biblical princess. What un folds is a feverish journey through love\, desire\, and obsession\, where the boundaries of identity\, genre\, and cinematic convention are pushed t o their limits. Bold\, provocative\, and deeply playful\, it pays homage t o Hollywood’s grand storytelling traditions while reinventing them with queer and trans bodies at the center. The result is a film that is both th rillingly accessible and radically subversive. With its electrifying style \, rich soundtrack\, and fearless imagination\, Salomé is a hallucinatory \, intoxicating ride\, destined to ignite passion\, conversation\, and\, m ost of all\, a belief in the wild magic of cinema. (DB)This screening is a preview showcase of the upcoming 19th XPOSED Queer Film Festival Berlin\, happening from 29.05.–01.06.2025. URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/xposed-queer-film-festival-berlin-at-si nema-transtopia/salome LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:dbe362f7ca902d8692d37193c013fa11b4152f82d92e1659036a8e752bd52e14 DTSTAMP:20250430T211304Z DTSTART:20250516T183000Z DTEND:20250516T193000Z SUMMARY:OPENING PROGRAM DESCRIPTION:Ich war fremdLado Pavlik\, Fritz Fischer\, BRD 1970\, 5 min. no dialogue\, 16mmAbschiedŽelimir Žilnik\, BRD 1975\, 9 min. German with E nglish subtitles\, digital fileSie dienen Allah und den DeutschenMichael B rückner und Peter Heller\, BRD 1973\, 25 min.  German with English live- translation\, 16mm18 Minuten ZivilcourageRahim Shirmahd\, Deutschland 1991 \, 18 min. German with English subtitles\, digital fileAsylFriedrich Klüt sch\, BRD 1984\, 17 min\, German with English live-translation\, 16mmFollo wed by a conversation with Aurora Rodonò und Ömer AlkinThe event will be held in German with simultaneous translation into EnglishTHE PAST IS NO T ANOTHER COUNTRY opens with a program showcasing selected films from the SİNEMA TRANSTOPIA collection. Ich war fremd and Sie dienen Allah und den Deutschen are two films discovered in 2021 during research for a film seri es on labor migration\, found in the archive of DOMiD in Cologne. Abschied was also unexpectedly uncovered there — a film depicting the final minu tes of a Yugoslav guest worker at Munich station before his departure\, lo ng thought lost by its director Želimir Žilnik. Asyl and 18 Minuten Zivi lcourage shed light on narratives of asylum seekers in Germany through dif ferent cinematic approaches. A conversation with film scholar Ömer Alkin and migration history curator Aurora Rodonò will follow\, discussing posi tionalities in front of and behind the camera\, as well as critical questi ons around archival practices and film heritage.Aurora Rodonò is an autho r\, mediator\, and curator for migration history at the Stadtmuseum Berlin .Ömer Alkin is a media and cultural scholar whose research focuses on aes thetics\, migration\, racism\, and audiovisual culture and education. His study Die visuelle Kultur der Migration (The Visual Culture of Migration) was published in 2019. URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/the-past-is-not-another-country/opening -program LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:15a410fd02598d5534658000d9fb6311956cce306cc551c68dbedec2979f19ff DTSTAMP:20250519T173639Z DTSTART:20250601T190000Z DTEND:20250601T200000Z SUMMARY:No Other Land DESCRIPTION:The film follows the Palestinian activist Basel and the Israeli journalist Yuval\, who find common ground through their shared conviction to bring the truth to light\, despite coming from opposing worlds. The de struction of Masafer Yatta\, a small Palestinian village that has suffered for decades under the constant threat of the so-called demolition orders from the Israeli authorities\, is at the center of the film. The documenta ry starkly captures the reality of life under occupation and highlights th e daily struggles of the Palestinian community\, which is facing the immin ent threat of eviction and the destruction of their homes.No Other Land sh ows how unexpected alliances can form amidst destruction and suffering and urges viewers to consider the ongoing conflict and displacement in the We st Bank from a new perspective. URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/sinelection/no-other-land-1-1 LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:400b3b68c5b8a257a4ea45c8333c623ef28dc942bf9ec4d51dd4491bf3041e48 DTSTAMP:20250519T175019Z DTSTART:20250604T200000Z DTEND:20250604T210000Z SUMMARY:The Falling Sky DESCRIPTION:In collaboration with Brazil’s indigenous Yanomami people\, T he Falling Sky follows the Yanomami leader and shaman Davi Kopenawa as he fights to return the world to balance in closely observed rituals and tren chant comments on the ruthless logic of a materialistic outside culture. I llegal logging\, gold mining\, and the deadly mix of epidemics these intru sions spread threaten the existence of the Yanomami. Based on an acute und erstanding of geopolitical forces\, Davi Kopenawa holds up a mirror to cap italist societies of “the merchandise people” and the unsustainable li festyle of the so-called “developed countries” that threatens the surv ival of humanity as a whole. (VT) URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/devolver-a-terra-a-terra/the-falling-sk y LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:2a6e65fe29d6939de4c5318fffc78a61ca192e31e2740d70dd54f0a73697d98e DTSTAMP:20250519T175344Z DTSTART:20250605T200000Z DTEND:20250605T210000Z SUMMARY:1001 Frames DESCRIPTION:One by one\, a series of young women take a seat in the middle of a sparsely furnished room. They have come to audition for the part of S cheherazade in 1001 Nights\, the legendary storyteller who saved her life with her ability to tell a tale. The person auditioning them\, who we lear n is a well-known director\, asks the women to perform different roles. Ho wever\, his questions and requests quickly become more probing\; he plays on the women’s ambitions to be cast as a way to exert his power over the m.Ingeniously\, the director remains unseen throughout\, existing only as an offscreen voice\, thus becoming a stand-in for any man\, everyman. The camera too\, which he wields to trace the contours of the women’s bodies unbeknownst to them\, becomes a further extension of his exploitative gaz e.1001 Frames is not only a deeply unnerving portrait of the kind of abuse s which catalysed the Me Too movement in the film industry but of the viol ent\, male-dominated systems that all women\, whether in Iran or elsewhere \, find themselves trapped within. Masterfully crafted using limited means \, Mehrnoush Alia demonstrates that the true power of film lies in vivid s torytelling: this is a story that most women know all too well and that ev eryone needs to hear. (BH) URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/sinelection/1001-frames LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6740f1219c1856b9e4e000ad3c65556f1734406d13a173ff111ec258b5d390f1 DTSTAMP:20250519T180555Z DTSTART:20250606T200000Z DTEND:20250606T210000Z SUMMARY:QueerBerg Cabaret + This is Ballroom DESCRIPTION:In cooperation with Prince Emrah\, QueerBerg Collective and WE ARE HEREIf the weather is bad\, the screening will take place indoors18:00 - Garden opens20:00 - Queerberg Cabaret21:30 - Screening Salão de Baile (This is Ballroom)Salão de Baile (This is Ballroom)Juru and Vitã\, Brazi l\, 2024\, 94 min. Portuguese with English subtitlesThe open air season be gins with an evening of high camp and queer joy brought to you by Berlin i nitiatives QueerBerg Collective and WE ARE HERE.Festivities start in the e arly evening with Meyhane drinks and meze in the garden.At 20:00 legendary drag performers and artists from Queerberg Collective take center stage: Dianna Jacksan Manzamussa\, BrownSugarBiscuit and Anesha\, hosted by Sasha Glamm.After sunset\, the evening continues with a screening of contempora ry cult classic Salão de Baile (This is Ballroom) brought to you by WE AR E HERE. In Rio de Janeiro City and its outskirts\, LGBTQ+ youth of color r ecreate Ballroom culture on their own terms. A portrait of the dramas\, th e voguing performances\, and the art of shade\, 50 years after its incepti on in New York. Rio is burning!Tickets for the complete evening program – Queerberg Cabaret and screening – are 15€.SINEMA 10X holders can b ook a seat that will discountusing 2 discountregular tickets from their ca rd.QueerBerg Collective is a BiPOC\, refugee collective for queer and tran s* artists and performers. It provides a support system for refugee artist s – Black and Brown queers and trans* folk from Syria\, Malaysia\, Kurdi stan\, Turkey\, Asia and many more – both on stage as well as in everyda y challenges.Prince Emrah is a drag performer and the founder of QueerBerg Collective.Anesha is a drag queen who is full of energy and talent. Anesh a always brings references and inspirations from Brazilian and internation al divas to her performances\, with a lot of creativity!Brownsugarbiscuit (she/her) is an international sensation\, based in Berlin\, the Femme Quee n Face of Germany\, originally from Singapore\, a Tamil-Trans-Multi-Discip linary Artist. Sasha Glam is not just drag – she’s a movement. With a stage presence that hits like fireworks\, an attitude bigger than her high heels\, and performances that leave the audience breathless.Dianna Jacksa n Manzamussa\, trans woman\, Brazilian multi-talented artist\, dancer\, te acher\, movement director\, capoeira player\, legendary founder of the Hou se of Manzamussa.WE ARE HERE is an alternative distribution initiative dre amed up by Lediona Kasapi and Júnia Matsuura\, a film buff duo that is br inging engaging films to a wider audience\, starting from Berlin and going global.  Supported by UTOPIA DOCS\n  URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/common-visions-berlin/queerberg-cabaret -this-is-ballroom LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6af749bba4d4fd817d2a93123151ae76247d6cb6688b53edbf2c1e45bc29e0a7 DTSTAMP:20250519T183720Z DTSTART:20250607T190000Z DTEND:20250607T200000Z SUMMARY:Decaying Troves DESCRIPTION:Curated by Afsun MoshiryIran\, The Land of ReligionsManouchehr Tayyab\, Iran\, 1972 25 min. No dialogSahnehaye Estekhraj (Scenes of Extra ction)Sanaz Sohrabi\, Iran\, 2023\, 43 min. Farsi with English subtitlesAr baïnNasser Taghvaie\, Iran\, 1970\, 21 min. No dialogFollowed by a Talk w ith Sanaz Sohrabi and Farbod HonarpishehThe beginning of the 20th century was a period of cultural and political change in Iran\, with the country e ntering a period of visible European imperial influence. The contract (190 9) between the Anglo-Persian Oil Company (APOC) and King Ahmad Shah Qaja s ignificantly impacted Iran in the subsequent years. The British Petroleum Archives documented their expeditions and unwittingly showcased the expans ive colonial network behind the British geophysical interference that span ned Iran. In her documentary essay\, Sahnehaye Estekhraj (Scenes of Extrac tion)\, Sanaz Sohrabi employs a critical approach to analyse this archived material\, exploring the environment between the European imperialist vis itors and Iranians. In the following decades\, the reign of Reza Shah Pahl avi (1925-1941) transformed non-fiction films produced by independent film makers into a tool to reinforce the state ideology – a process that was solidified during the thirty-eight-year rule of his son\, Mohammad Reza Sh ah (1941-79). The artisanal documentary production and exhibition mode gra dually transformed into a largely statist\, hybrid\, semi-industrialised m ode. This shift was precipitated by the centralising and modernising refor ms of the Pahlavi Shahs\, which the embassies and cultural attachés of th e Allied Powers facilitated.The National Iranian Radio and Television (NIR T) has opened its doors to the ideas and suggestions of avant-garde filmma kers contributing to the archives and producing films that contrast indust rial growth with the religions\, traditions\, and rituals of Iranians. At that time\, filmmaking was costly\, and the necessary equipment was diffic ult to access. This created a beneficial situation for filmmakers\, who we re able to experiment and shoot films in a more liberated manner. Two exam ples that fall under the umbrella of the Decaying Troves programme are Arb aïn by the remarkable Nasser Taghvaie\, which focuses on the Iranian ritu al of the same name\, and Iran\, the Land of Religion by the transnational filmmaker Manoucher Tayyab\, capturing various religious ceremonies in mo sques\, prayer rooms\, churches\, and fire temples. The programme and ensu ing discussion are intended to provide a contemporary reflection on archiv e material and commissioned Iranian film works from the 20th Century from a variety of perspectives. (AM)Sanaz Sohrabi is a researcher of visual cul ture and an artist-filmmaker. Sohrabi’s works have been shown widely in exhibitions and film festivals\, including Berlinale Forum Expanded\, Inte rnational Film Festival Rotterdam\, IndieLisboa\, Valdivia International F ilm Festiva\,l Chile\, Sheffield Doc/Fest\, DocLisboa\, Asian Art Biennial 2024\, Ljubljana Biennial 2023\, Block Museum\, Moderna Museet Stockholm\ , SAVVY Contemporary Berlin\, and VOX Centre de l'image contemporaine\, Mo ntreal\, and Carpintarias de São Lázaro\, Lisbon. Sohrabi is an alumnus of the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture and RAW Académie. She i s an Assistant Professor in the department of Communication Studies at Con cordia University\, where she teaches courses on the political economy of images\, histories and theories of photography\, and artistic research.Far bod Honarpisheh is a Research Scholar with the Film and Media Studies Prog ram at Yale University. His academic publications include: “From the Bod y of Ruin to the Ruin of Body: On Materiality and the Iranian New Wave Cin ema\, 1960-1979”\; “The Oriental ‘Other’ in Soviet Cinema\, 1929 –34”\; “You Are on Indian Land: Between Borders\, Styles\, and Autho rs”\; and “Koşucu’nun Tasviri: Devrim Sonrası İran Sinemasının Önemli Bır Filmine Gösterilen Tepkiler Üstüne Bir Çalişma” (“Re presenting The Runner: A Reception Study of a Major Film From Post-Revolut ionary Iran”). In addition to his research and teaching\, he has for yea rs also sustained a passion for organizing film/video and arts related eve nts. URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/the-past-is-not-another-country/decayin g-troves LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6575e1d472ca07db5b9dd1829e61019450c04b541f090201987ee38866dc5d40 DTSTAMP:20250519T184407Z DTSTART:20250608T190000Z DTEND:20250608T200000Z SUMMARY:Seeking Haven For Mr. Rambo DESCRIPTION:In a working-class neighborhood in Cairo\, 30-year-old Hassan ( Essam Omar) and his small family – his mother (Samaa Ibrahim) and dog\, Rambo – find themselves facing eviction. Hassan’s mother decides to fi le a lawsuit\, infuriating their landlord Karem who begins to harass Hassa n. One day\, Karem attacks Hassan but Rambo\, his loyal companion\, comes to his defense\, further enraging Karem. The incident marks the beginning of a daunting journey: a physical one as he travels through the megalopoli s in search for a safe haven for his beloved dog\, and a psychological one of self-discovery in which he confronts his loneliness\, his past\, his d eepest fears and aspirations. Seeking Haven for Mr. Rambo explores a gener ation’s complex relationship with Egypt’s modern society. Director Man sour describes it as “the paradox of intense love intertwined with fear and resentment – a relationship where we often feel like stray dogs chas ed through the city\, yet unable to find any other place to belong.” (AL FILM)SİNELECTION x ALFILM gives you more chances to experience standout c ontemporary films from this year's ALFILM - Arab Film Festival Berlin URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/sinelection/albhth-aan-mnfth-lkhrog-als yd-rambo LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:061b79f50ab8ed0c6e7370c24fad9b1648599c1834938ddf8fda2d101e75e737 DTSTAMP:20250519T184551Z DTSTART:20250607T213000Z DTEND:20250607T223000Z SUMMARY:البحث عن منفذ لخروج السيد رامبو (Seeking Haven For Mr. Rambo) DESCRIPTION:If the weather is bad\, the screening will take place indoors20 :30 Food &\; Concert with a performance by Omar Askar and dessert by Hu sseinaya’s Kitchen21:30 Film Screening Seeking Haven vor Mr. RamboSeekin g Haven For Mr. Rambo tells the story of Hassan\, a young man living in a working-class neighborhood in Cairo with his mother and his dog\, Rambo. W hen their landlord tries to evict them\, Hassan gets caught in a cycle of harassment and violence. After Rambo defends him\, Hassan is forced to sea rch for a safe place for his dog\, traveling through the city and facing h is own feelings of fear\, loneliness\, and hope along the way. This is a q uiet\, emotional film about survival\, love\, and what it means to feel at home in a place that often pushes you away.Inspired by a real incident\, this film is more than a story about a man and his dog. It is a reflection on everyday violence\, social pressure\, and emotional survival in a city that often feels overwhelming. Cairo\, or “Al-Qahera” The Conqueror\, is more than just a background for events\, it is a presence on its own: chaotic\, intimate\, beautiful\, and harsh.A friend once told me\, “You left Cairo\, but Cairo still lives in you\,” and that sentence stayed wi th me. This film expresses that feeling\, the deep bond with a place that shaped my sense of loyalty\, community\, and passion\, but also challenged me in ways that left a lasting mark\, sometimes overwhelming\, but always shaping who I became. Seeking Haven For Mr. Rambo speaks to anyone who ha s loved and struggled with their city. It is a love-hate letter to the pla ces that make us\, even when we’ve left them behind.Haidy Alrafie is a c reative designer and researcher from Cairo based in Berlin who draws on he r multicultural experiences to create meaningful designs that resonate wit h people. She is currently interning as part of the communications team wi th SİNEMA TRANSTOPIA\, where she contributes to visual storytelling and p ublic engagement initiatives.Husseinaya’s Kitchen serves up memory and t radition with Teta’s Date Cake\, a moist dessert made from a cherished f amily recipe passed down by their grandparents and Karamella Popcorn Chees ecake\, a classic cheesecake topped with caramelized popcorn and a touch o f sea salt for the perfect sweet-salty crunch.Omar Askar\, a Lebanese sing er and art director\, has used music and singing to navigate life since ch ildhood\, never confined to a single genre\, whether it’s classical tara b or modern pop. For him\, the stage is a place of comfort and honesty\, a nd he’s excited to bring that energy to the event with a setlist blendin g Arabic and English songs\, hopefully sparking plenty of sing-along momen ts. URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/topias/albhth-aan-mnfth-lkhrog-alsyd-ra mbo-1 LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:c31f4cb926adda8a4759510daabfcfabd08ffcd96fbba4fc66ef212bf07a1b8b DTSTAMP:20250519T185532Z DTSTART:20250611T200000Z DTEND:20250611T210000Z SUMMARY:To a Land Unknown DESCRIPTION: ̶F̶o̶l̶l̶o̶w̶e̶d̶ ̶b̶y̶ ̶a̶ ̶t̶a̶l̶k̶ ̶w ̶i̶t̶h̶ ̶A̶n̶g̶e̶l̶i̶k̶i̶ ̶P̶a̶p̶o̶u̶l̶i̶a̶\,̶ ̶m ̶o̶d̶e̶r̶a̶t̶e̶d̶ ̶b̶y̶ ̶J̶o̶a̶c̶h̶i̶m̶ ̶K̶ü̶h̶n ̶ ̶(̶2̶3̶.̶1̶1̶.̶)̶\nTalk unfortunately canceled due to illness\ nA run-down neighborhood on the fringes of Athens plagued by crime and pov erty. Reda (Aram Sabbah) and Chatila (Mahmoud Bakri) are cousins strugglin g daily with the plight of hundreds of thousands of Palestinians: the life of refugees. Bound by ties of love and friendship\, but also by the burde n of despair that haunts them across time and place\, they fight to escape their misery and secure a better future for themselves and those they lef t behind. Is there a way out for the doomed? How can humanity be preserved when one is born into a life permeated by incessant cruelty? An insightfu l\, moving\, and gripping exploration of the Palestinian condition\, but a lso of what it means to be a stateless refugee in a world shaped by racial prejudice and social inequality. Prominent Danish-Palestinian filmmaker M ahdi Fleifel co-wrote his latest film with Moroccan-British writer and fil mmaker Fyzal Boulifa. It premiered at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival and wo n the Audience Award at the Thessaloniki Film Festival. (ALFILM)Angeliki P apoulia is an actress known for her roles in Oscar-nominated films like Do gtooth and The Lobster and an established theater director.Joachim Kühn i s the Managing Director of REAL FICTION FILMVERLEIH and\, since 2003\, co- owner of the FILMPALETTE arthouse cinema in Cologne. URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/sinelection/to-a-land-unknown LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:763f84d4eb648f84ef9d9114e6de8ac399d3c4b96e4f5bbd7cff7dbfc0964106 DTSTAMP:20250519T190508Z DTSTART:20250612T200000Z DTEND:20250612T210000Z SUMMARY:ينعاد عليكو DESCRIPTION:A middle-class Palestinian family in Haifa sees life spiral out of control under the oppressive reality of contemporary Israeli society. The daughter\, Fifi\, is studying in Jerusalem and gets into a car acciden t\; the son\, Toufic\, is involved in secret romantic liaisons and must co ntend with an unwanted pregnancy\; and the father is embroiled in what cou ld amount to insurance fraud. Oscar nominee Scandar Copti (Ajami\, 2009) p resents a gripping family drama as his second feature film. Led by an ense mble of non-professional actors\, it interweaves the stories of multiple c haracters whose fates are undeniably – and resentfully – interlinked. The characters in this masterfully written screenplay\, grounded in intima te portrayals of moral relativism\, walk a fine line between conceding to and resisting the status quo of Israeli state violence. The film premiered at the Venice Film Festival in 2024 and won the Horizons Award for Best S creenplay. (ALFILM)SİNELECTION x ALFILM gives you more chances to experie nce standout contemporary films from this year's ALFILM - Arab Film Festiv al Berlin URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/sinelection/ynaaad-aalyko LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8623f0d5f0956862bb1b2623224228be5f05eb6b18de058c358497b51f0d6d8d DTSTAMP:20250519T191137Z DTSTART:20250613T190000Z DTEND:20250613T200000Z SUMMARY:Les Enfants rouges DESCRIPTION:Set in November 2015 on Tunisia’s Mghila Mountain\, Red Path follows 13-year-old shepherd\, Achraf\, and his cousin Nizar as they tend to their flock with fleeting innocence. Inspired by true events\, their da y takes a harrowing turn when they are violently ambushed by fugitives tha t have taken refuge in the mountains. Nizar suffers a gruesome fate. What Achraf witnesses leaves him traumatized\, thrusting him back into a world of grief\, fear\, and a community paralysed by helplessness and government al neglect. Red Path continues Lotfi Achour’s exploration of Tunisia’s contradictions. Oscillating between hope and despair\, the film foregroun ds innocence in the face of violence\, and resilience against oppression. By blending stark realism with haunting\, dreamlike imagery\, Red Path cap tures both the tenderness of childhood and the devastating impact of loss and trauma\, offering a visually arresting and emotionally searing portrai t of a nation and a boy on the edge of survival. (ALFILM)SİNELECTION x AL FILM gives you more chances to experience standout contemporary films from this year's ALFILM - Arab Film Festival Berlin URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/sinelection/les-enfants-rouges LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:1f92e66bb0246f2dd68b8495a000b1774406ca02f0fa3d417acaa145b4d6f21d DTSTAMP:20250519T192637Z DTSTART:20250614T190000Z DTEND:20250614T200000Z SUMMARY:Peaches Goes Bananas DESCRIPTION:Followed by a talk with Agnessa Schmudke and PeachesOver 17 yea rs\, filmmaker Marie Losier chronicled the life and boundary-pushing artis try of Merrill Nisker—better known as artist\, musician and queer femini st icon Peaches. In Peaches Goes Bananas\, Losier’s signature blend of w himsy\, intimacy\, and kinetic energy\, captured via her trusty Bolex came ra\, weaves a kaleidoscopic tapestry. The film pulses with a rhythm that m irrors Peaches herself—an ever-evolving queer feminist trailblazer who r einvents sound\, performance\, and identity through costumes (think vulva- shaped headwear and metallic bodysuits)\, raucous concerts\, and avant-gar de operas. From her early days teaching kids at the YMCA to her electrifyi ng stage presence in her late 50s\, the documentary stitches together mome nts of unbridled joy\, collaboration\, and introspection. Peaches grapples with aging\, loss\, and menopause\, yet never loses her grip on the zeitg eist. (BH)Agnessa Schmudke is a curator and art historian based in Berlin. After studying\, she helped establish Callie’s—an international artis t residency and interdisciplinary platform for artists\, located next to S İNEMA TRANSTOPIA. It was there that she met Peaches in 2022\, during the artist’s residency while preparing for her anniversary tour and filming segments of the documentary Teaches of Peaches. Together\, they brought Pe aches’ extraordinary costume archive to Callie’s—a collection of ove r 20\,000 pieces chronicling decades of groundbreaking performance work.\n   URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/sinelection/peaches-goes-bananas LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:b2a1ce17642964492da7ead6ebcedcc2f5a4e3ed0845a7910a7af26b9c2dbffa DTSTAMP:20250519T193330Z DTSTART:20250614T213000Z DTEND:20250614T223000Z SUMMARY:Teaches of Peaches DESCRIPTION:If the weather is bad\, the screening will take place indoorsBe fore the screening at 20:30 talk with Agnessa Schmudke and Peaches\nCaptur ed during Peaches’ electrifying tour of 2022\, this documentary stitches together rare archival treasures and explosive live footage to trace the metamorphosis of Merrill Nisker—Canadian artist turned global provocateu r—into the iconoclastic force known as Peaches. The film pulls back the curtain on her creative engine\, from the tour’s raw conceptual origins to sweat-drenched rehearsals and adrenaline-charged performances\, offerin g a backstage pass to her anarchic artistry. For over two decades\, Peache s has carved a legacy as a feminist musician\, producer\, director\, and p erformance artist\, using music and theater to destabilize patriarchal nor ms\, redefine gender binaries\, and champion LGBTQIA+ liberation. Her razo r-sharp wit and avant-garde vision dissect themes of sexuality\, identity\ , and power\, transforming stages into arenas of rebellion. Whether skewer ing stereotypes or sparking dialogue through her genre-bending work\, Peac hes has etched herself into the DNA of contemporary culture—not just as an artist\, but as a movement. This documentary crystallizes her revolutio n\, frame by fearless frame. (BH) URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/sinelection/teaches-of-peaches LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:865a8ec51c8eca0a4bb0bd83a7dddbe8cd748bcc60b6e5d14e126b30af83a810 DTSTAMP:20250519T193411Z DTSTART:20250615T190000Z DTEND:20250615T200000Z SUMMARY:Seeking Haven For Mr. Rambo DESCRIPTION:In a working-class neighborhood in Cairo\, 30-year-old Hassan ( Essam Omar) and his small family – his mother (Samaa Ibrahim) and dog\, Rambo – find themselves facing eviction. Hassan’s mother decides to fi le a lawsuit\, infuriating their landlord Karem who begins to harass Hassa n. One day\, Karem attacks Hassan but Rambo\, his loyal companion\, comes to his defense\, further enraging Karem. The incident marks the beginning of a daunting journey: a physical one as he travels through the megalopoli s in search for a safe haven for his beloved dog\, and a psychological one of self-discovery in which he confronts his loneliness\, his past\, his d eepest fears and aspirations. Seeking Haven for Mr. Rambo explores a gener ation’s complex relationship with Egypt’s modern society. Director Man sour describes it as “the paradox of intense love intertwined with fear and resentment – a relationship where we often feel like stray dogs chas ed through the city\, yet unable to find any other place to belong.” (AL FILM)SİNELECTION x ALFILM gives you more chances to experience standout c ontemporary films from this year's ALFILM - Arab Film Festival Berlin URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/sinelection/albhth-aan-mnfth-lkhrog-als yd-rambo LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:a971e3c7ba4b2150871337cb115ceb8fdc5b7e81235e7b79b4fc746d2d007ff4 DTSTAMP:20250519T193453Z DTSTART:20250619T200000Z DTEND:20250619T210000Z SUMMARY:To a Land Unknown DESCRIPTION: ̶F̶o̶l̶l̶o̶w̶e̶d̶ ̶b̶y̶ ̶a̶ ̶t̶a̶l̶k̶ ̶w ̶i̶t̶h̶ ̶A̶n̶g̶e̶l̶i̶k̶i̶ ̶P̶a̶p̶o̶u̶l̶i̶a̶\,̶ ̶m ̶o̶d̶e̶r̶a̶t̶e̶d̶ ̶b̶y̶ ̶J̶o̶a̶c̶h̶i̶m̶ ̶K̶ü̶h̶n ̶ ̶(̶2̶3̶.̶1̶1̶.̶)̶\nTalk unfortunately canceled due to illness\ nA run-down neighborhood on the fringes of Athens plagued by crime and pov erty. Reda (Aram Sabbah) and Chatila (Mahmoud Bakri) are cousins strugglin g daily with the plight of hundreds of thousands of Palestinians: the life of refugees. Bound by ties of love and friendship\, but also by the burde n of despair that haunts them across time and place\, they fight to escape their misery and secure a better future for themselves and those they lef t behind. Is there a way out for the doomed? How can humanity be preserved when one is born into a life permeated by incessant cruelty? An insightfu l\, moving\, and gripping exploration of the Palestinian condition\, but a lso of what it means to be a stateless refugee in a world shaped by racial prejudice and social inequality. Prominent Danish-Palestinian filmmaker M ahdi Fleifel co-wrote his latest film with Moroccan-British writer and fil mmaker Fyzal Boulifa. It premiered at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival and wo n the Audience Award at the Thessaloniki Film Festival. (ALFILM)Angeliki P apoulia is an actress known for her roles in Oscar-nominated films like Do gtooth and The Lobster and an established theater director.Joachim Kühn i s the Managing Director of REAL FICTION FILMVERLEIH and\, since 2003\, co- owner of the FILMPALETTE arthouse cinema in Cologne. URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/sinelection/to-a-land-unknown LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:f726ae366ced04b0d84a98850c2dcbaa9695ca26ca3ae6bc271b7f2cd47e9608 DTSTAMP:20250519T193546Z DTSTART:20250618T200000Z DTEND:20250618T210000Z SUMMARY:ينعاد عليكو DESCRIPTION:A middle-class Palestinian family in Haifa sees life spiral out of control under the oppressive reality of contemporary Israeli society. The daughter\, Fifi\, is studying in Jerusalem and gets into a car acciden t\; the son\, Toufic\, is involved in secret romantic liaisons and must co ntend with an unwanted pregnancy\; and the father is embroiled in what cou ld amount to insurance fraud. Oscar nominee Scandar Copti (Ajami\, 2009) p resents a gripping family drama as his second feature film. Led by an ense mble of non-professional actors\, it interweaves the stories of multiple c haracters whose fates are undeniably – and resentfully – interlinked. The characters in this masterfully written screenplay\, grounded in intima te portrayals of moral relativism\, walk a fine line between conceding to and resisting the status quo of Israeli state violence. The film premiered at the Venice Film Festival in 2024 and won the Horizons Award for Best S creenplay. (ALFILM)SİNELECTION x ALFILM gives you more chances to experie nce standout contemporary films from this year's ALFILM - Arab Film Festiv al Berlin URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/sinelection/ynaaad-aalyko LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:b7826913d7fa2733d340609dcacd7fe4790c2ecb31901dc7cb7c0e81bb60438c DTSTAMP:20250519T193741Z DTSTART:20250621T190000Z DTEND:20250621T200000Z SUMMARY:ينعاد عليكو DESCRIPTION:A middle-class Palestinian family in Haifa sees life spiral out of control under the oppressive reality of contemporary Israeli society. The daughter\, Fifi\, is studying in Jerusalem and gets into a car acciden t\; the son\, Toufic\, is involved in secret romantic liaisons and must co ntend with an unwanted pregnancy\; and the father is embroiled in what cou ld amount to insurance fraud. Oscar nominee Scandar Copti (Ajami\, 2009) p resents a gripping family drama as his second feature film. Led by an ense mble of non-professional actors\, it interweaves the stories of multiple c haracters whose fates are undeniably – and resentfully – interlinked. The characters in this masterfully written screenplay\, grounded in intima te portrayals of moral relativism\, walk a fine line between conceding to and resisting the status quo of Israeli state violence. The film premiered at the Venice Film Festival in 2024 and won the Horizons Award for Best S creenplay. (ALFILM)SİNELECTION x ALFILM gives you more chances to experie nce standout contemporary films from this year's ALFILM - Arab Film Festiv al Berlin URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/sinelection/ynaaad-aalyko LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:eb56e9cd0238c8a7051e492f3c5f997de2798e1f66ebe9d8ee9a79998f01812e DTSTAMP:20250519T194014Z DTSTART:20250625T200000Z DTEND:20250625T210000Z SUMMARY:Les Enfants rouges DESCRIPTION:Set in November 2015 on Tunisia’s Mghila Mountain\, Red Path follows 13-year-old shepherd\, Achraf\, and his cousin Nizar as they tend to their flock with fleeting innocence. Inspired by true events\, their da y takes a harrowing turn when they are violently ambushed by fugitives tha t have taken refuge in the mountains. Nizar suffers a gruesome fate. What Achraf witnesses leaves him traumatized\, thrusting him back into a world of grief\, fear\, and a community paralysed by helplessness and government al neglect. Red Path continues Lotfi Achour’s exploration of Tunisia’s contradictions. Oscillating between hope and despair\, the film foregroun ds innocence in the face of violence\, and resilience against oppression. By blending stark realism with haunting\, dreamlike imagery\, Red Path cap tures both the tenderness of childhood and the devastating impact of loss and trauma\, offering a visually arresting and emotionally searing portrai t of a nation and a boy on the edge of survival. (ALFILM)SİNELECTION x AL FILM gives you more chances to experience standout contemporary films from this year's ALFILM - Arab Film Festival Berlin URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/sinelection/les-enfants-rouges LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:c716b32b6925367f9f425ae3ed15826a01d348c727db51d767b12c1dcea3507e DTSTAMP:20250519T194759Z DTSTART:20250626T200000Z DTEND:20250626T210000Z SUMMARY:Anton P. Cechov – Ein Leben DESCRIPTION:Introduced by Behrang Samsami (in German)The third event in the series Transnational Filmmaking in Germany focuses on the topic of exile. One of the most prolific filmmakers working in Germany after fleeing his home country was Iranian director Sohrab Shahid Saless. Arriving in West G ermany in the early 1970s\, Saless made 13 feature films before leaving Ge rmany again in the 1990s. The television production Anton P. Cechov – Ei n Leben [Anton P. Chekhov – A Life] is an homage to and an interrogation of Anton Chekhov\, one of Saless’ main artistic inspirations. He puts o riginal sources such as letters and photographs in dialogue with Chekhov ’s literary works and paints a picture of the novelist and his historica l context. The film is an extraordinary example of transnationalism in fil mmaking\, shot not only in Germany but also in the Soviet Union and Italy. (TK\, CK)Behrang Samsami is a scholar\, writer and journalist. In 2023\, he published Die langen Ferien des Sohrab Shahid Saless\, a three-volume b ook on Saless consisting of a personal biography\, film analyses and inter views. URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/transnational-filmmaking-in-germany/ant on-p-cechov-ein-leben LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:970d7a8bb75514b32e7acc136885161d236f48161681c61378798bbede322792 DTSTAMP:20250519T195622Z DTSTART:20250628T200000Z DTEND:20250628T210000Z SUMMARY:La Haine (Hate) DESCRIPTION:If the weather is bad\, the screening will take place indoorsG énéalogie de la violence (Genealogy of Violence)Mohamed Bourouissa\, Fra nce\, Algeria\, 2024\, 15 min. French with English subtitlesTalk with Moha med Amjahid before the screeningPolice violence is a system that shapes th e way our societies function. After spending more than ten years researchi ng the structures behind this violence\, I came to understand how powerful police organizations impact our daily lives. In the film. La Haine (Hate) by French writer and director Mathieu Kassovitz\, I see an excellent arti stic translation of this phenomenon: state-organized violence determines w ho is happy\, who can live in prosperity and peace\, and who must die. The interwoven stories of the characters in the film offer a closer look at t he lives of young people — especially racialized and marginalized young men — in the suburbs of post-colonial France. This is a society that fai ls to confront its past and present\, and thus reflects the broader Europe an value system that shapes the continent’s political decisions. A syste m of violence that I have to witness on a daily basis in my journalistic r esearch. (MA)La Haine will be preceded by a screening of Mohamed Bourouiss a’s 2024 short\, Généalogie de la violence. An indiscriminate police s earch rendered as a 3D scan becomes the scene for an exploration of racial ly motivated violence and broader questions of bodily autonomy.Mohamed Amj ahid is a freelance investigative journalist specialising in police violen ce and human rights violations against refugees in North Africa\, the Midd le East and Europe. He writes for several German media such as Spiegel\, Z eit\, Süddeutsche Zeitung\, WDR or SWR. His last book “All just Individ ual Cases? The System behind Police Violence” was published in September 2024.\n  URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/deep-cuts/la-haine-hate LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:88d3d45f24b5e199de7c42af933615985dbdfbb173583564d6b83e78441d8cb8 DTSTAMP:20250519T195932Z DTSTART:20250629T190000Z DTEND:20250629T200000Z SUMMARY:Les Enfants rouges DESCRIPTION:Set in November 2015 on Tunisia’s Mghila Mountain\, Red Path follows 13-year-old shepherd\, Achraf\, and his cousin Nizar as they tend to their flock with fleeting innocence. Inspired by true events\, their da y takes a harrowing turn when they are violently ambushed by fugitives tha t have taken refuge in the mountains. Nizar suffers a gruesome fate. What Achraf witnesses leaves him traumatized\, thrusting him back into a world of grief\, fear\, and a community paralysed by helplessness and government al neglect. Red Path continues Lotfi Achour’s exploration of Tunisia’s contradictions. Oscillating between hope and despair\, the film foregroun ds innocence in the face of violence\, and resilience against oppression. By blending stark realism with haunting\, dreamlike imagery\, Red Path cap tures both the tenderness of childhood and the devastating impact of loss and trauma\, offering a visually arresting and emotionally searing portrai t of a nation and a boy on the edge of survival. (ALFILM)SİNELECTION x AL FILM gives you more chances to experience standout contemporary films from this year's ALFILM - Arab Film Festival Berlin URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/sinelection/les-enfants-rouges LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:d20a6e63613c3ecdfb04efb41c803b30903e776dfc0798ac41cf3c8aa5981fb5 DTSTAMP:20250521T143332Z DTSTART:20250621T213000Z DTEND:20250621T223000Z SUMMARY:The Watermelon Woman DESCRIPTION:If the weather is bad\, the screening will take place indoorsA landmark of New Queer Cinema\, The Watermelon Woman is both a playful and radical intervention into film history. Cheryl Dunye\, who stars as hersel f\, embarks on a journey to uncover the forgotten legacy of a fictional Bl ack lesbian actress from the 1930s\, known only as “The Watermelon Woman ”. Blending fiction and documentary\, the film critiques the erasure of Black queer voices in cinema while asserting the importance of self-repres entation. Dunye challenges dominant historical narratives\, exposing the g aps and silences in the archive\, while simultaneously crafting a space fo r Black lesbian identity on screen. (CS\, ML)Cheryl Dunye is a Liberian-Am erican film director\, producer\, screenwriter\, editor and actress. Dunye 's work often concerns themes of race\, sexuality\, and gender\, particula rly issues relating to black lesbians. URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/berlin-biennale/the-watermelon-woman LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6021bd27707f54bc52098d9146d2e1742a757966a08ca27a844886993641229f DTSTAMP:20250521T144412Z DTSTART:20250622T190000Z DTEND:20250622T200000Z SUMMARY:Noites Alienigenas DESCRIPTION:In collaboration with VOCES de Guatemala en Berlín\, Coletivo Varadouro  (Acre\, Brazil)The screening will be followed by a talk with a member of the Coletivo Varadouro moderated by Claudia PinzónDuring the e vent\, funds will be raised for the activities of the Coletivo Varadouro\, such as their yearly meeting and the attendance of representatives to the COP in Belém\, Brazil. Buttons from the Colectivo Varadouro as well as k itchenware made from fallen wood from the Chico Mendes Extractive Reserve will be on sale. All proceeds will go to the Coletivo Varadouro. On the o utskirts of the city of Rio Branco\, Acre\, the lives of three young peopl e meet. Each is affected by urban violence and conflict between criminal g angs. Sérgio de Carvalho shows an urban Amazonia where the traditions of Indigenous peoples\, alienated from the forest\, resist the spirit of the times. According to estimates\, violence in the state of Acre has tripled in the last ten years\, with consequences not only for the urban populatio n but also for the ecosystem and the rural population. Noites Alienigenas shows us another part of the Amazon\, one which is often ignored in Europe \, specifically in Germany\, where the Amazon region is often depicted as “virgin rainforest”. The upcoming COP which will take place in Novembe r in Belem\, Brazil\, will bring renewed attention to the Amazon. It is th erefore crucial to diversify narratives about the region at this time. Thi s film also has the ability to connect rural/urban realities in Guatemala and in Berlin\, both places that\, in different ways\, experience rural yo uth exodus due to pressures over land\, the dominance of capitalist imagin aries of a good life\, and a lack in social services such as education and health. (CP)VOCES de Guatemala en Berlín is a collective connected to th e political\, environmental\, feminist struggles in Guatemala and tries to be a bridge between local indigenous and civil society in Guatemala and c ivil society in Germany. Coletivo Varadouro is a collective of young peop le from Reservas Extrativistas in the Amazonian state of Acre\, Brazil tha t follow the legacy of Chico Mendes – rubber tapper and rural worker’s union leader killed in 1988 – in resisting the exploitation of the rain forest and the eviction of the local communities.Claudia Pinzón is part o f Voces de Guatemala Berlin. She researches youth participation in the soc io-environmental movements in the Amazonian state of Acre\, Brazil. URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/common-visions-berlin/noites-alienigena s LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:3e3a52a167b2d26a40618ee9ec8fd972a2f217f970f70122d2434758398d0197 DTSTAMP:20250521T150507Z DTSTART:20250627T200000Z DTEND:20250627T210000Z SUMMARY:Summer Concert Gathering + Shorts DESCRIPTION:If the weather is bad\, the screening will take place indoors20 :00 - Summer gathering with PALO SANTO session and food21:30 - Shorts scre ening program Launched in September 2023\, -TOPIAS is an ongoing series cu rated by the SİNEMA TRANSTOPIA team. Each edition\, another member of the team presents a film of their choosing\, often combining it with conversa tion\, performance and food.Projectionists and writers\, translators and c leaners\, bar staff and social media managers\, each team member brings th eir own unique perspective on cinema and a shared desire to help create a platform where stories that speak to and expand on their own lived experie nces can be seen\, heard and shared.Grotesque figures and young flowers th at bloom out of fear and love\, trance-like meditations through flickering memory landscapes where the usual boundaries of space and time collapse\, fever-dreams where mythical creatures and loved ones from past-lives conv erge: through these seven different filmic perspectives\, the -TOPIAS SUMM ER SHORTS screening program invites you on a kaleidoscopic cinematic journ ey.Now\, for the first time\, the team join forces to present a collective ly curated program of short films. From musings on tradition and family co nnections to stories of surreal summer nights and dystopian futures\, expe ct a program that reflects a diversity of interests\, ideas and sensations . Taking place in the SİNEMA TRANSTOPIA garden\, come early to enjoy musi c and food before the open air screening begins! (BH)PALO SANTO captures t he vibrant and musical essence of Colombia's Atlantic coast\, reflecting t he lively spirit of regions with similar climates. The band blends traditi onal instruments such as the alegre\, tambora\, maracas\, gaita\, and voca ls with the rich tones of the electric bass and piano. PALO SANTO delivers a taste of Barranquilla's Carnival\, the energy of a Vallenato party\, an d the intense heat that defines the region from which this music originate s.Selected by: Beth  La NuecheDiego Flórez\, Spain\, 2023\, 8 min. Astur ian with English subtitlesSelected by: MalveHOMESICKBjørn Melhus\, D\, 14 Min. EnglishIsolated from the outside world\, grotesque figures negotiate the pandemic state of emergency using language quotes from end-time movie s. The video evokes fear\, loneliness\, illness\, as well as threat and de fence scenarios.Selected by: GaloI am a FlowerAriel Victor\, Germany 2024\ , 13 Min. English Just before emerging as a flower Sam spends a spa day w ith his mom.Selected by: DuyguDeep SleepBasma Alsharif\, Greece\, Malta\, Palestinian Territories 2014\, 13Min\, ArabicDeep Sleep by Basma Alsharif guides us through a trance-like passage of flickering Super 8 images and b inaural sounds from the ruins of Malta\, Athens\, and Gaza\, inviting othe rs to dissolve the physical self and enter a collective cinematic space be yond borders\, where memory and displacement blur and unfold.Selected by: FlorianPostcardsHenri Plaat\, Netherlands\, 1973\, 9 Min. No DialogDutch a vant-garde artist Henri Plaat is bringing to life postal reminiscences of strange places\, foreign people and maybe even a tragic love story.Selecte d by: JoheeI Am a Horse (나는 말이다)Chaerin Im\, KR\, DK\, 2022\, An imation\, 7 min\, No DialogWhere are the girls? Unable to find girls in th e diverse artwork of the Korean artist Lee Jung-seob\, I Am A Horse unrave ls an imaginative tale of women born with half of their bodies being a hor se and a tiger. These roaming women are too fierce and free to match their given role as a daughter\, wife\, and mother in the patriarchal society. The tale is inspired by the Korean birth dreams (Tae-mong)\, of her mom wh en she was pregnant with her twin sister and herself.Selected by: RodrigoL o que perdí en el fuegoSofía Ferraro\, Argentina 2019\, 10’\, Serbian with Spanish subtitles.From some remote village in the vast Pampas plains\ , comes this conversation from a Serbian woman who has experienced forced exile. What does identity mean to displaced people?Selected by: AnandTear GartenSojin Kim\, Germany 2021\, 5’\, No Dialog\, KO/EN SUBType: Karaoke video/ digital poem (iPhone &\; stock videos) 5min The artist's faile d love story from the past\, in which she looks back while she takes a str oll at Berlin's Tiergarten\, uses popular Korean music from the 2000s: Par k Hyo-shin's Snow Flower\, the main theme song for a Korean love drama cal led I'm Sorry\, I love you (2004). URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/topias/summer-shorts LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:b24099d4887db0a9aa9205bd7a8b56a6cf9f3ff098f82eea7403cced9ab464d7 DTSTAMP:20250527T174550Z DTSTART:20250620T160000Z DTEND:20250620T170000Z SUMMARY:Towards Alternative Narratives: In Dialogue with Petna Ndaliko DESCRIPTION:16:00–19:00: WorkshopA workshop with internationally renowned Congolese filmmaker and educator Petna Ndaliko Katondolo\, whose work is defined by critical engagement\, intellectual rigor\, and a decolonial Afr ican-futurist vision\, accompanied by curator Enoka Ayemba. At the forefro nt of the \"Recoding Aesthetic\" movement\, Ndaliko merges rhythm\, imager y\, and social critique through digital tools\, crafting a cinematic langu age that challenges colonial legacies and reinvents storytelling itself. D uring this workshop\, the filmmaker will discuss representation in cinema and his creative process of crafting contemporary stories through alternat ive narratives. Workshop fee 20€\, register at afrolution@eoto-archiv.d e (Subject: Filmworkshop) URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/un-learning/sinema-workshops/towards-al ternative-narratives-in-dialogue-with-petna-ndaliko LOCATION:\, END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:688cee24be1d569c7040cc7f221732f740305365a986929fe688b2d8e2fd3adc DTSTAMP:20250527T181125Z DTSTART:20250605T180000Z DTEND:20250605T190000Z SUMMARY:No Other Land DESCRIPTION:The film follows the Palestinian activist Basel and the Israeli journalist Yuval\, who find common ground through their shared conviction to bring the truth to light\, despite coming from opposing worlds. The de struction of Masafer Yatta\, a small Palestinian village that has suffered for decades under the constant threat of the so-called demolition orders from the Israeli authorities\, is at the center of the film. The documenta ry starkly captures the reality of life under occupation and highlights th e daily struggles of the Palestinian community\, which is facing the immin ent threat of eviction and the destruction of their homes.No Other Land sh ows how unexpected alliances can form amidst destruction and suffering and urges viewers to consider the ongoing conflict and displacement in the We st Bank from a new perspective. URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/sinelection/no-other-land-1-1 LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:59834f1025c871d6878dd280b91b38c60a1807166e1820425b70760d4cb10c8f DTSTAMP:20250527T181852Z DTSTART:20250620T194500Z DTEND:20250620T204500Z SUMMARY:The Afrolution Festival by Each One Teach One (EOTO) DESCRIPTION:If the weather is bad\, the screening will take place indoors19 :45: Screening and talk – Akwaaba Akwaaba (Trailer)Aya Cissoko\, France\ , 2025\, 10 min.Followed by a talk with Aya Cissoko and Tsitsi Dangarembga Aya Cissoko presents the trailer for her debut documentary Akwaaba: From c hildhood\, Aya fought to resist generational cycles of rage. To heal\, she embarks on a spiritual and choreographic journey between visible and invi sible worlds to reclaim her memories and tears. Akwaaba explores identity\ , memory\, and reparation through an initiatory voyage tracing the African diaspora between New Orleans and Paris. (EOTO)Aya Cissoko is a Malian-Fre nch political scientist\, author\, filmmaker\, and former amateur boxing c hampion. A leading voice in France’s discourse on belonging\, Akwaaba ma rks her first documentary.Tsitsi Dangarembga is a novelist\, playwright\, filmmaker and Afrolution Festival patron.20:30: Concert - Christian Kossak amvwe Mpongo &\; Band: Ebale ya congo\, tokeka! Congolese Rumba – Sou ndtrack of Independence and SolidarityAfrolution 2025 welcomes Kojack Koss akamvwe &\; Band\, five musicians from DR Congo\, to jam with Berlin-ba sed Congolese diaspora artists. This outdoor experience pays homage to 197 0s pan-African movements! Congolese Rumba\, a hybrid of Cuban son\, emerge d in colonial Léopoldville (Kinshasa) as a soundtrack for political emanc ipation. Rumba was sonic resistance: As Patrice Lumumba fought for liberat ion\, Kinshasa’s streets birthed a sound of cultural self-determination. From Ghana to Algeria\, this music linked struggles\, resonating with Afr o-Caribbean and African American diasporas. Post-independence\, it remaine d political: The Zaire 74 festival marked a historic moment of pan-African visibility. Today\, in Kinshasa\, Brussels\, and Paris\, Congolese Rumba fuses with Afrobeats\, electronic music\, and hip-hop to thrive anew. (EOT O)Kojack Kossakamvwe is a Congolese guitarist and composer bridging tradit ional African rhythms with modern soundscapes. His innovative fusion of ja zz\, funk\, and Rumba has cemented his role as a bridge between the contin ent and its diaspora.22:00: 2 Films by Petna Ndaliko Katondolo: Kapita &am p\; MatataKapitaUSA\, 2020\, 22 min. No dialogueMatataDR Congo\, USA\, NL\ , 2019\, 37 min. No dialogueWhile Kapita dissects colonial power dynamics by juxtaposing historical archives with contemporary imagery\, critiquing narratives of land/resource extraction in Central Africa\, Matata uses dan ce as its primary language. Rhythm\, color\, and movement transcend impose d representations of Africa\, envisioning a liberated future. (EOTO)Funded by the Berlin Senate and part of the Colonial Neighbours project URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/common-visions-berlin/the-afrolution-fe stival-by-each-one-teach-one-eoto LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:24326c700491a63eafde0ae0c36db3d89fd31f69581954246088a5a68a2aefc7 DTSTAMP:20250611T220531Z DTSTART:20250614T213000Z DTEND:20250614T223000Z SUMMARY:Peaches Goes Bananas DESCRIPTION:Before the screening at 20:30 talk with Agnessa Schmudke and Pe achesOver 17 years\, filmmaker Marie Losier chronicled the life and bounda ry-pushing artistry of Merrill Nisker—better known as artist\, musician and queer feminist icon Peaches. In Peaches Goes Bananas\, Losier’s sign ature blend of whimsy\, intimacy\, and kinetic energy\, captured via her t rusty Bolex camera\, weaves a kaleidoscopic tapestry. The film pulses with a rhythm that mirrors Peaches herself—an ever-evolving queer feminist t railblazer who reinvents sound\, performance\, and identity through costum es (think vulva-shaped headwear and metallic bodysuits)\, raucous concerts \, and avant-garde operas. From her early days teaching kids at the YMCA t o her electrifying stage presence in her late 50s\, the documentary stitch es together moments of unbridled joy\, collaboration\, and introspection. Peaches grapples with aging\, loss\, and menopause\, yet never loses her g rip on the zeitgeist. (BH) URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/sinelection/peaches-goes-bananas-1 LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ee98493bb422e67a45ba01712a3e3972ed37bc4d3f0bd18ae943f2db203780eb DTSTAMP:20250617T103936Z DTSTART:20250702T200000Z DTEND:20250702T210000Z SUMMARY:Spielerinnen DESCRIPTION:Followed by a talk with Aysun BademsoyThe final event in the se ries builds a bridge to the first screening: Şerif Gören’s Almanya ac ı vatan. Documentary filmmaker Aysun Bademsoy’s work engages with the d aily reality of workers from Turkey and their descendents in Germany\, as well as the relation between the two countries shaped by labor migration. Her newest film Spielerinnen (Game Changers) continues a long-term documen tary project\, following the lives of members of the first Turkish-German women’s football club. While the women remember their lives as footballe rs in the 1990s and their participation in two of Bademsoy’s short films \, the film is also interested in how their daughters negotiate questions of identity and the realities of structural racism in Germany. (TK + CK)Ay sun Bademsoy was born in Turkey and moved to Berlin at age nine. Starting in the 1990s\, she made several documentaries on Germany from a migratory perspective\, such as Am Rand der Städte (2005) and Spuren – Die Opfer des NSU (2019). URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/transnational-filmmaking-in-germany/spi elerinnen LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:d7d187f9661e245c28281cc3286d504c33b0d29e9aba5d62b1518f413fa019a1 DTSTAMP:20250617T104917Z DTSTART:20250703T190000Z DTEND:20250703T200000Z SUMMARY:爱的牵绊 DESCRIPTION:Followed by a talk with dir. Chen Shan-Shan and the protagonist Chen Qiu-YanAsian Queers Reunited 2025 opens with intimate and intricate portraits of queer lives across borders\, love and margins.LGBTQ+ activist CHEN Qiu-yan rose to prominence in the 2010s for her legal battle against homophobic school textbooks in China — a fight that led to her being su rveilled\, outed\, and exiled. To escape these pressures\, Qiuyan left for the UK\, where she met her partner Bling\, yet her struggles were far fro m over. Interweaving reflections on Qiuyan’s sexuality and relationships \, director CHEN Shan-shan’s documentary examines this inspiring activis t’s commitment to building a close-knit community designed to support qu eer East Asian people in the UK: a solo endeavour that evolves into a move ment with a growing support base. Love Bound is a compelling story about l ove\, resilience\, and the ongoing struggle for a better world. (CiLENS)CH EN Qiu-Yan\, the protagonist of Love Bound\, is an LGBTQ+ feminist activis t and community-engaged artist. She has experience in equal rights legal a dvocacy\, youth empowerment and community art practices in China and Pan E urope. She established Queer China UK hoping to create a “home” for th e Chinese LGBTQIA+ diaspora community. URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/asian-queers-reunited/love-bound-a-quee r-chinese-story LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:251c545c0ee1814ff2c755790ba6598122135ea90b1e922134611ddebfbf5010 DTSTAMP:20250617T105943Z DTSTART:20250703T213000Z DTEND:20250703T223000Z SUMMARY:Double Bill: Baby Queen & Kotti Express DESCRIPTION:新生皇后 (Baby Queen)LEI Yuan-Bin\, Singapore 2022\, 61 min . English\, Mandarin\, Malay\, Teochew with English subtitles\, German Pre miereKotti ExpressAmir Ovadia Steklov\, Germany\, 29min. English\, German with English subtitlesFollowed by a talk with the film crew of Kotti Expre ss The first open-air screening kicks off with a special double bill of q ueer longing\, drag glamour\, and Berlin nights. Baby Queen explores the s truggles and joys of becoming a young drag performer in Singapore\, and wh at it means to claim space in a society that often marginalizes queerness. Kotti Express follows a chance encounter between a young Chinese woman an d a policewoman in Kreuzberg\, unfolding into a fantastical urban fable ab out grief\, surveillance\, and queer care. The film takes playful inspirat ion from Wong Kar Wai’s classic\, Chungking Express. (CiLENS)Amir Ovadia Steklov is a Berlin-based non-Zionist Israeli filmmaker and animator. His films tackle pressing issues such as racism\, LGBTQ+\, immigration\, and Jewish identity\, all within a sex-positive framework and often infused wi th dark humor. URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/asian-queers-reunited/baby-queen LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:3ada8aa90286bbfa3a46d05cbe4aa91de33671379c2ec48a7f20aca110b3807a DTSTAMP:20250617T112444Z DTSTART:20250705T213000Z DTEND:20250705T223000Z SUMMARY:Love as Existence: Affective Atlas of Asian Queers DESCRIPTION:Curated by Beijing Queer Film Festival A Catholic School Girl  Myra Angeline SORIASO\, Philippines 2023\, 18min. Hiligaynon\, Filipino\ , German PremiereIF Tathagata GHOSH\, India 2024\, 26 min. Bengali\, Berl in PremiereLove is a Book（爱是一本书） LAI Yu-Qing\, US\, Cambodi a\, China 2024\, 10min. English\, Mandarin\, Khmer\, Europe PremiereSon S aman HOSSEINPUOR\, Kurdistan 2024\, 17 min. KurdishWouldn’t Make It Any Other Way (别无它法 )ZHOU Hao\, US 2024\, 21 min. EnglishWhen the syst em denies our existence\, love becomes the tenderest resistance. From the Kurdish highlands to Philippine\, from Indian villages to diasporic homela nds\, contemporary Asian queers carve their presence into the silenced pag es of history through their affective experiences unfolding in the tension s between tradition\, faith\, and family structures. This is their testimo ny: we are always here. (BJQFF) URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/asian-queers-reunited/love-as-existence -affective-atlas-of-asian-queers LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:b7db0ee04df1aad6b8b61a976da16596cc35af4ec000a4fb550d234e78c9a771 DTSTAMP:20250617T120338Z DTSTART:20250704T190000Z DTEND:20250704T200000Z SUMMARY:Forever United Gay Heart Workshop x Mahjong Game DESCRIPTION:London-based Chinese artist Zoe Yu CUI is bringing her playful creative marriage certificate workshop (Forever United Gay Heart 永结「 同」心) to Berlin for the first time.Reimagining traditional Chinese we dding certificates with a queer and feminist twist\, participants will beg in with a guided creative writing exercise\, then move into collage-making to design their own personalized certificate of self-love\, friendship\, or chosen kinship. Think bold aesthetics\, hybrid symbols\, and unapologet ic declarations — infused with your own flair.Please register at  https ://forms.gle/YnACXXQLaXFcAcK99 (for workshop participants only)Meanwhile\ , Berlin collective Mahjong Baobei will set up the tiles for a learn-and-p lay session open to all.Join us for either or both activities and stay for an evening of fun\, creativity\, and connection.Zoe Yu CUI is a London-ba sed Chinese graphic designer with expertise in typography\, publication de sign\, and visual storytelling. Her work explores cross-cultural communica tion and celebrates female-centered narratives through constant exploratio n and boundary-pushing. URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/asian-queers-reunited/aqr-community-eve nt-forever-united-gay-heart-workshop-x-mahjong-game LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:4746f3fd35600794c953d75a41476b6d4576fddeabf594f5cb4c9040b17651ed DTSTAMP:20250617T122338Z DTSTART:20250704T213000Z DTEND:20250704T223000Z SUMMARY:Public Display DESCRIPTION:Curated by Queer EastFollowed by a talk with WANG Yi\, moderate d by Echo Xuedan TANG낙원 (Paradise)HONG Min-Ki\, South Korea 2023\, 30 min. Korean\, German PremiereIn All The Rooms We MetBonaventure TAIN\, Mal aysia 2024\, 14 min. English\, German Premiere憚り天使 (Angel in The T oilet)Koichi IMAIZUMI\, Japan 1999\, 33 min. No dialog愛失禁 (To Pee or Not To Pee)CHEN Yen-Chu\, Taiwan 2023\, 23 min. Mandarin\, European Premi ere From public toilets to dingy cinemas\, cruising has long tested the b orders between being seen and hiding in the shadows. Pleasure and danger a re intimately intertwined in this OPEN AIR shorts program\, where private fantasies are played out in the open. Blurring the lines between voyeurism and exhibitionism\, porn actors\, social media influencers\, or those sim ply looking for a good time seek to fulfil their complex desires and fetis hes. (QE)WANG Yi is the founder\, director\, and programmer of Queer East. Yi is also a cultural and creative producer in the performing arts\, with a primary focus on marginalized voices and intercultural productions\, an d the co-founder of the Association of Curators and Programmers of Asian C inemas. URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/asian-queers-reunited/public-display-mu ltiple-origins LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:fd38fe0e4f81d9e646f54c9389f6eed148f3703a3636e2bb99a72cc87e870eb9 DTSTAMP:20250617T123457Z DTSTART:20250705T190000Z DTEND:20250705T200000Z SUMMARY:Triple Bill: Queer Kinships in Transition DESCRIPTION:我和我的T妈妈  (The Priestess Walks Alone) HUANG Hui-Ch en\, Taiwan 2016\, 54 min\, Hokkien and Mandarin with English subtitles\, German Premiere形婚之后 (Happily Ever After) HE Xiao-Pei\, China 2019 \, 37 min. Chinese with English subtitles至柔至坚 (What’s Softest in the World Rushes and Runs Over What’s Hardest in the World)Charmaine PO H\, Singapore 2024\, 14 min\, English\, German PremiereFollowed by a talk with Charmaine POHThis triple bill traces how queer kinship evolves across generations in East Asia. In The Priestess Walks Alone\, a daughter uses the camera as a powerful tool for mutual reconciliation with her closeted mother and her burdened past. Happily Ever After explores the pragmatic ye t subversive world of contract marriages between lesbians and gay men in C hina\, revealing how the lesbian protagonists navigate familial obligation s while subtly reshaping the meaning of kinship and care. In What’s Soft est…\, queer parenthood is reimagined through tenderness\, play\, and Ea stern cosmology\, positioning queerness not as lack\, but as a space of ge nerative possibility. (CiLENS)Charmaine POH is an artist from Singapore wo rking across media\, moving image\, and performance to peel apart\, interr ogate\, and hold ideas of agency\, repair\, and the body across worlds. Sh e aligns herself with strategies of visibility\, opacity\, deviance\, and futurity. URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/asian-queers-reunited/triple-bill-queer -kinships-in-transition LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:fd0fec9f2d68c5c5aec7655fe5c62932662059332688d83faa384ae6e8d1d382 DTSTAMP:20250617T124037Z DTSTART:20250706T190000Z DTEND:20250706T200000Z SUMMARY:Queer As Punk DESCRIPTION:In Muslim-majority Malaysia\, the punk band “Shh...Diam!” d efiantly shouts what its name means: shut up. Led by transman Faris and jo ined by bandmates Yon and Yoyo\, the group fights silence through their mu sic\, camaraderie\, and radical presence. Set against Malaysia’s shiftin g political climate\, Queer as Punk captures the band’s candid and humor ous reflections on gender\, love\, family\, anxiety\, and hope. A portrait of queer resilience and defiance\, the film reminds us that survival can be loud\, messy\, and utterly irresistible. (CiLENS) URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/asian-queers-reunited/queer-as-punk LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:b1568e06869ec6ba7b9aa3ad4d77a325f78747281a25434d5efaac47f8ee0615 DTSTAMP:20250620T083502Z DTSTART:20250709T190000Z DTEND:20250709T200000Z SUMMARY:Der Kampf um den Heiligen Baum DESCRIPTION:Followed by a talk with Wanjiru Kinyanjui. Introduction and mod eration by Karina Griffith.Watching Wanjiru Kinyanjui's Der Kampf um den h eiligen Baum (The Battle of the Sacred Tree)\, you would never guess that this witty and assured feature was the director’s DFFB graduation projec t. Shot far from Berlin\, on location in a Kenyan village with local actor s\, the film’s dialogue alternates between English and Kiswahili\, with a soundtrack by the Senegalese musician Mamadou Mbaye. Based on a short st ory by the best-selling author Barbara Kimenye\,the film follows Mumbi (Ma rgaret Nyache)\, a young woman who leaves Nairobi and her abusive husband to return to her ancestral village. There she soon clashes with a Christia n women's group\, whose members are determined to eradicate every last tra ce of pre-colonial beliefs. They are particularly vexed by a magnificent t ree\, because the villagers believe it possesses supernatural powers. A cu nning mayor and an amorous tailor leap to Mumbi's defense\, but in the end it is ants that engineer what Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o\, the doyen of Kenyan literature\, once referred to as \"Decolonising the Mind\". (KG)Wanjiru K inyanjui studied film at the German Film and Television Academy in Berlin (DFFB)  and produced film programming for children at ZDF. After nearly t wo decades in Germany\, she returned to Kenya where she chaired the Kenya International Film Festival and founded the Udada (Sisterhood) Film Festiv al in Nairobi\, Kenya. She is a film lecturer at the Multimedia University of Kenya and is one of the 2025 DAAD film fellows in Berlin. Karina Grif fith is Guest Professor of Intersectional Visual and Media Theory at the B erlin University of the Arts (UdK)). Her artistic research concentrates on questions of projection\,  archives and conditions of spectatorship. She is part of the curatorial team of the Berlinale Film Festival section For um Expanded and recently completed her dissertation\, Flânoirie: The Movi ng Images of Black German Cinemas at the University of Toronto\, Canada. URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/kinekiez/der-kampf-um-den-heiligen-baum LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:123cf80e01a7669c86007b92640bb1201251574e6bb7d4910d51a76803296e7d DTSTAMP:20250620T084228Z DTSTART:20250709T213000Z DTEND:20250709T223000Z SUMMARY:Man Sa Yay DESCRIPTION:By the time she produced Man Sa Yay for German television in 19 80\, Senegalese auteur Safi Faye had already honed her skills through proj ects reflecting on life in her home nation. Effortlessly fluid in style\, weaving together the essayistic and the epistolary\, the film follows Mous sa\, a young student at Berlin’s Technische Universität. While he does connect with friends and lovers\, he is primarily seen alone\, working odd jobs\, cooking or tidying his apartment\, where he reads the letters from family in Senegal which structure the film. At once the center of the fil m and a conduit for other lived experiences\, Moussa serves to reflect and refract two distinct constellations of social connections. We learn of hi s loved ones in Senegal (including their wish lists of consumer goods from Europe). Such experiences and desires are mirrored by the sequences of hi s friends\, other West African expatriates making due by hawking “Africa n artifacts” on the street. In each case\, we hear the repeated question \, laden with longing in some cases\, pitched as thinly veiled microaggres sion elsewhere: “When will you return?” (CS) URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/kinekiez/i-your-mother LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:be9af848a4430f51a8722d232e68337ceef42b5e6db9c81112d86aa97543fd1f DTSTAMP:20250620T085309Z DTSTART:20250710T180000Z DTEND:20250710T190000Z SUMMARY:Vietnam beyond the War DESCRIPTION:If the weather is bad\, the screening will take place indoorsBA FNET reading with Khuê Pham &\; Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai\, moderated by Thi Minh Huyen Nguyen (in English)Khuê Phạm was born in Berlin to Viet namese parents. Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai grew up in Vietnam in the period a fter the war. How have their experience shaped their writing? How do they view Vietnam today? A personal conversation and reading moderated by Thị Minh Huyền Nguyễn. (English)Khuê Phạm is a journalist for ZEITmaga zin and a writer. Her debut novel\, “Wo auch immer ihr seid” (Brothers and Ghosts)\, was inspired by her Vietnamese family and adapted as a danc e theater production called KIM.Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai is an award-winnin g Vietnamese writer who gained international recognition with “The Mount ains Sing” (Der Gesang der Berge). In Berlin\, she will present her new novel\, “Dust Child” (Wo die Asche blüht).+19:30 - 21:30BAFNET BBQ Po tluck URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/common-visions-berlin/bafnet-reading-kh ue-pham-nguyen-phan-que-mai-potluck-bbq LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:01c579c4b2e112e2b9e71b0a9f9453bf1dbb23e5edf345b388f79112ece7ee52 DTSTAMP:20250620T091044Z DTSTART:20250710T213000Z DTEND:20250710T223000Z SUMMARY:Parents know best? DESCRIPTION:If the weather is bad\, the screening will take place indoorsAu s der Ferne (From a Distance)Hoang Quynh Nguyen\, Benjamin Hujawa\, 2024\, 17 Min. German\, Vietnamese with English subtitlesFatherAriana Gansuh\, D eutschland\, 2023\, 12 min. Mongolian with English subtitlesMy Therapist S aid\, I Am Full of SadnessMonica Vanesa Tedja\, Indonesia\, 2024\, 22 min. \, Indonesian\, English with English subtitlesThree shorts that reflect on Asian diasporic connections and familial relations across time and space. Aus der Ferne traces German-born Anna’s distant relationship with her f ather Hung and his country of birth\, Vietnam. When she discovers\, throug h a documentary\, that he was affected by racially motivated attacks in Ro stock in 1992\, she suddenly finds herself confronted with Hung's culture and history. In Father\, Little Mika helps her father clean Frankfurt's ap artment buildings during the school vacations to be close to him. Since th e death of his wife\, her father has withdrawn. We experience two days in the life of a teen full of small\, intimate moments of happiness\, but als o of confrontations with everyday racism. In My Therapist Said\, I Am Full of Sadness a three-year process of undergoing therapy leads the filmmaker to ponder questions of acceptance and love. Archival material from their two families–their biological\, devout Christian\, Indonesian family\, a nd their chosen queer kin in Berlin–hold some of the answers. (BAFNET) URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/common-visions-berlin/parents-know-best LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6a1b0a7a41dd68f1f08120c6b52135073ed94274198c50afa5e69f4f34dcc73a DTSTAMP:20250620T092528Z DTSTART:20250711T190000Z DTEND:20250711T200000Z SUMMARY:Fellowship Launch DESCRIPTION:Celebrate with us the kick off of the SİNEMAplural Fellowship Programme!\nOn the 11th of July 2025 we invite you to celebrate the launch of the SİNEMAplural Fellowship with us! The SİNEMAplural concept group\ , the SİNEMA TRANSTOPIA team\, and the partner organizations will welcome the selected fellows. Afterwards\, the project's patron\, Naika Foroutan\ , will discuss the future viability of cultural film and educational space s with Mathias Schulz\, Dieu Hao Do and Can Sungu moderated by Djamila Gra ndits.We will round off the evening with a screening of the short film Por Primera Vez\, drinks\, snacks\, and a set by DJ Hotaru featuring ambient electronic beats—the perfect setting for conversations with the new fell ows\, filmmakers\, partner organizations\, and the cultural scene.\nCome b y and join us in celebrating the launch of this groundbreaking initiative! SİNEMAplural Concept Group:Prof. Dr. Ömer Alkın (film and cultural stud ies scholar)\, Dieu Hao Do (filmmaker\, community manager\, author)\, Djam ila Grandits (film curator\, cultural worker)\, Malve Lippmann (cultural m anager\, artist)\, Đức Ngô Ngọc (filmmaker\, screenwriter\, initiato r)\, Aurora Rodonò (curator for migration history\, film educator)\, Stef anie Schlüter (film educator\, curator\, film scholar)\, Can Sungu (film curator\, researcher)Partner organizations of SİNEMAplural:BAFNET\, deco loniale\, EOTO\, Kinothek Asta Nielsen\, Koreaverband\, Korientation\, KUK I &\; Interfilm\, Neue Deutsche Organisationen\, RomaTrial /AVAZYA\, Sc hwarze Filmschaffende\, Soydivision\, TAM Museum Berlin and Un.thai.tled\n  \nSİNEMAplural is supported by the DROSOS FOUNDATION URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/un-learning/sinema-plural/fellowship-la unch LOCATION:\, END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:7ce3b6f14068cb2265c5972000b8e530c8a04e0a8e40ce8990d6233b94afdb41 DTSTAMP:20250620T092934Z DTSTART:20250712T190000Z DTEND:20250712T200000Z SUMMARY:FANON (Chroniques fidèles…) DESCRIPTION:If the weather is bad\, the screening will take place indoorsWi th the official title of Chroniques fidèles survenues au siècle dernier à l’hôpital psychiatrique Blida-Joinville\, au temps où le Docteur Fr antz Fanon était chef de la cinquième division entre 1953 et 1956\, Abde nour Zahzah recreates Dr. Frantz Fanon’s transformative tenure overseein g the Muslim ward at the Blida-Joinville psychiatric hospital in Algeria. Dr. Fanon implemented significant reforms\, addressing how racism\, coloni alism\, and prejudice profoundly impacted perceptions of mental illness. H e introduced socio-therapeutic strategies that emphasized the healing powe r of social interaction and cultural connection. These included activities such as team sports\, live music\, and the creation of social spaces that resonated with the patients' cultural backgrounds.The film explores the h umane motivations behind Dr. Fanon’s philosophical and political insight s\, showcasing how he developed a comprehensive understanding of the psych ological toll of colonialism and the importance of national liberation mov ements for structural change. More than 60 years after his passing\, this groundbreaking biopic revisits a pivotal chapter in the life of one of the world’s most influential thinkers. (GR)SİNELECTION x ALFILM gives you more chances to experience standout contemporary films from this year's AL FILM - Arab Film Festival Berlin URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/sinelection/a39bcbfc-5945-4599-b2f4-669 d56c71a489 LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:12dd9bf8889ddd5482f307853427b138130e806a4724b0093f338466db92c7a7 DTSTAMP:20250620T093602Z DTSTART:20250712T213000Z DTEND:20250712T223000Z SUMMARY:78 dana DESCRIPTION:After their father is drafted during the 1999 NATO bombing of S erbia\, three sisters begin recording a Hi8 video diary from their rural h ome. They film themselves putting on make-up\, picking cherries\, playing games\, arguing\, and helping their mother in the kitchen. This fragile\, intimate world becomes a kind of refuge—a buffer against the outside rea lity of sirens\, bombings\, and war. Director Emilija Gašić skillfully w eaves together the viewpoints of the three sisters—each at a different s tage of adolescence—to build a layered portrait of youth shaped by war. 78 Days not only faithfully captures the aesthetic\, texture\, and emotion al resonance of 1990s home videos\, it also reflects on how the camera bec omes part of familial relationships. Through its close observation of dome stic life and shared authorship\, the film doubles as a subtle piece of te chnological ethnography—tracing how handheld media shapes intimacy and m emory. (ML) URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/berlin-biennale/78-dana LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:322cad27a8f6ef22bbce2de86aa8f4aa5d3ef8924a7d937867421055b65ac1f5 DTSTAMP:20250620T094434Z DTSTART:20250713T190000Z DTEND:20250713T200000Z SUMMARY:Sundating DESCRIPTION:Hosted by Elona Beqiraj and Dalia SolimanLooking for something more cinematic than swiping left or right? Introducing Sundating\, a cozy event of chance encounters\, conversation\, community and maybe a little b it of romance. An evening combining speed-dating\, delicious meze\, refres hing ice cream\, and a special film watched under the stars. Whether you f ind a flirt\, a match or just a memorable evening\, Sundating is about cel ebrating human connection in its many forms. Ps. We begin with a hetero e dition and plan more editions for future Sundating sessions!A ticket for S undating is 26€ and includes:\n+ welcome drink+ speed-dating session+ se lection of delicious mezes to share + a scoop of Berlin’s best ice crea m by Eiszeit Berlin+ an open-air screening of Gaza Mon Amour by Tarzan and Arab NasserRegister here: https://forms.gle/XwLdLJzuhFZ4dZC89!“Gaza Mon Amour offers a heartwarming yet unconventional depiction of love blossomi ng against all odds in a place suffering under a siege. The film subverts preconceptions of where\, how\, and at what age people are supposed to fal l in love\, while seamlessly blending romance\, politics\, and humor. It ’s a gentle reminder that love is a powerful and\, once it has been plan ted\, inevitable force. ” – Dalia SolimanDalia Soliman is a cultural p roducer based in Berlin. She is Programme Coordinator at SİNEMA TRANSTOPI A. She is also the Festival Coordinator and a Curator at ALFILM – Arab F ilm Festival Berlin\, and has collaborated with various international film festivals and cultural institutions.Elona Beqiraj\, based in Berlin\, is an author and political educator who explores themes of right-wing violenc e and belonging in Germany. Her 2019 poetry collection und wir kamen jeden sommer delves into memory and identity and complements her work on inclus ive remembrance culture. URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/sundating/sundating LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:23d46ab52a09e5c7af86d4c932a7d0f54d588f60757e4266075f421ec5d92cc0 DTSTAMP:20250620T095458Z DTSTART:20250713T213000Z DTEND:20250713T223000Z SUMMARY:Gaza Mon Amour DESCRIPTION:Mocked by some\, envied by others\, Issa (Salim Daw)\, the old fisherman\, lives a simple single life in Gaza without caring much about t he gazes and comments of those around him. He falls in love with the seams tress Siham (Hiam Abbas)\, but he never has the courage to tell her about his love. One night\, while fishing at night as usual\, he comes across a huge phallic sculpture of the Greek god Apollo caught in his net: a prophe cy for a happy life by the power of love? He decides to keep it secretly\, hoping that his discovery will change his life forever. A fairy tale abou t the possibility of love and hope in a city plagued by wars\, extreme pov erty and constant siege. (IA) URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/topias/gazy-mon-amour LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:0f7ad84c099a5c4246be188aaa24692db01151d01c8bafeca6c4e4a957b151ea DTSTAMP:20250624T141410Z DTSTART:20250716T213000Z DTEND:20250716T223000Z SUMMARY:All We Imagine as Light DESCRIPTION:Prabha and Anu are two nurses working in a hospital in Mumbai. Prabha\, whose husband from an arranged marriage emigrated to Germany shor tly after the wedding\, lives with young Anu in a working-class neighborho od. Full of dreams for her future\, Anu is in a secret relationship with a Muslim boy. When a rice cooker arrives in the post\, their world suddenly falls apart.With its breathtaking scenes of the Mumbai skyline at night a nd haunting soundtrack\, All We Imagine as Light deftly jumps between mome nts of connection\, heartache\, hope and disappointment. Kapadia’s award -winning feature debut offers a quietly powerful and distinctly poetic per spective on female strength and resilience through the interwoven lives of two different women. (BH) URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/sinelection/all-we-imagine-as-light LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:e6e7860639f6b2fcfdde677d713df0316f149e6738c5d94c9e27f78579bffa4b DTSTAMP:20250624T141525Z DTSTART:20250717T213000Z DTEND:20250717T223000Z SUMMARY:To a Land Unknown DESCRIPTION: ̶F̶o̶l̶l̶o̶w̶e̶d̶ ̶b̶y̶ ̶a̶ ̶t̶a̶l̶k̶ ̶w ̶i̶t̶h̶ ̶A̶n̶g̶e̶l̶i̶k̶i̶ ̶P̶a̶p̶o̶u̶l̶i̶a̶\,̶ ̶m ̶o̶d̶e̶r̶a̶t̶e̶d̶ ̶b̶y̶ ̶J̶o̶a̶c̶h̶i̶m̶ ̶K̶ü̶h̶n ̶ ̶(̶2̶3̶.̶1̶1̶.̶)̶\nTalk unfortunately canceled due to illness\ nA run-down neighborhood on the fringes of Athens plagued by crime and pov erty. Reda (Aram Sabbah) and Chatila (Mahmoud Bakri) are cousins strugglin g daily with the plight of hundreds of thousands of Palestinians: the life of refugees. Bound by ties of love and friendship\, but also by the burde n of despair that haunts them across time and place\, they fight to escape their misery and secure a better future for themselves and those they lef t behind. Is there a way out for the doomed? How can humanity be preserved when one is born into a life permeated by incessant cruelty? An insightfu l\, moving\, and gripping exploration of the Palestinian condition\, but a lso of what it means to be a stateless refugee in a world shaped by racial prejudice and social inequality. Prominent Danish-Palestinian filmmaker M ahdi Fleifel co-wrote his latest film with Moroccan-British writer and fil mmaker Fyzal Boulifa. It premiered at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival and wo n the Audience Award at the Thessaloniki Film Festival. (ALFILM)Angeliki P apoulia is an actress known for her roles in Oscar-nominated films like Do gtooth and The Lobster and an established theater director.Joachim Kühn i s the Managing Director of REAL FICTION FILMVERLEIH and\, since 2003\, co- owner of the FILMPALETTE arthouse cinema in Cologne. URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/sinelection/to-a-land-unknown LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:cca2159a76687f61e8a837f2f446b3e9c4bbd4fdb08110a96da0c5812f3b4260 DTSTAMP:20250624T142054Z DTSTART:20250718T213000Z DTEND:20250718T223000Z SUMMARY:FANON (Chroniques fidèles…) DESCRIPTION:If the weather is bad\, the screening will take place indoorsWi th the official title of Chroniques fidèles survenues au siècle dernier à l’hôpital psychiatrique Blida-Joinville\, au temps où le Docteur Fr antz Fanon était chef de la cinquième division entre 1953 et 1956\, Abde nour Zahzah recreates Dr. Frantz Fanon’s transformative tenure overseein g the Muslim ward at the Blida-Joinville psychiatric hospital in Algeria. Dr. Fanon implemented significant reforms\, addressing how racism\, coloni alism\, and prejudice profoundly impacted perceptions of mental illness. H e introduced socio-therapeutic strategies that emphasized the healing powe r of social interaction and cultural connection. These included activities such as team sports\, live music\, and the creation of social spaces that resonated with the patients' cultural backgrounds.The film explores the h umane motivations behind Dr. Fanon’s philosophical and political insight s\, showcasing how he developed a comprehensive understanding of the psych ological toll of colonialism and the importance of national liberation mov ements for structural change. More than 60 years after his passing\, this groundbreaking biopic revisits a pivotal chapter in the life of one of the world’s most influential thinkers. (GR)SİNELECTION x ALFILM gives you more chances to experience standout contemporary films from this year's AL FILM - Arab Film Festival Berlin URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/sinelection/a39bcbfc-5945-4599-b2f4-669 d56c71a489 LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:60b5f387ca2903742f7b67d285108192ee72dfb08ac843e5879e82be3d5b603f DTSTAMP:20250624T142727Z DTSTART:20250719T183000Z DTEND:20250719T193000Z SUMMARY:Pull your own Biang Biang Noodles with Sissi Chen DESCRIPTION:If the weather is bad\, the screening will take place indoorsWe warmly invite you to an evening of OPEN AIR food and film with Sissi Chen ! The talented chef behind everyone’s favourite Berlin food-blog @eating inberlin returns to SİNEMA TRANSTOPIA with a hands-on cooking workshop an d dinner. Sharing insights into the cultural history of Xi’an’s most f amous dish\, Sissi will expertly guide participants through the process of pulling their own Biang Biang noodles using fresh dough. Everyone gets to pull\, slap\, drizzle hot oil onto their individual bowls and see how eas y or difficult it is to create this iconic dish. Once the sizzling chilli oil hits all the aromatics\, participants will be able to enjoy their deli cious self-made creations in the SİNEMA garden. At dusk\, attention will turn to cinema\, with an OPEN AIR screening of three short films that cele brate human connections through cooking\, sharing and eating food: Biang B iang Express\, Now I’m in the Kitchen and Birthday Cakes from China.Ther e will be two workshop sessions\, each accommodating up to 20 participants . The first session will start at 18:30 and the second at 19:45. The wor kshop fee of 26€ includes all ingredients\, self-pulling &\; learning \, the food and a ticket to Biang Biang Shorts OPEN AIR screening which st arts at 21:30. Tickets for the screening ONLY can be purchased at the usu al price of 9€. URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/un-learning/sinema-workshops/pull-your- own-biang-biang-noodles-with-sissi-chen LOCATION:\, END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:a29265a11d6f3305d4302f6e93e1a2f8e81525ee63820e31995da7c0bfaad1da DTSTAMP:20250624T144954Z DTSTART:20250719T213000Z DTEND:20250719T223000Z SUMMARY:Biang Biang Shorts DESCRIPTION:If the weather is bad\, the screening will take place indoorsBi ang Biang ExpressNikola Stojanović\, Serbia\, China\, 2024\, 10 min. Chin ese with English subtitlesLerne Deutsch in meiner KüchePopo Fan\, Germany \, 3 min.\, 2020\, German with English subtitlesNow I’m in the KitchenYa na Pan\, China\, 2022\, 5 min\, Mandarin Chinese\, English with English su btitlesBirthday Cakes from ChinaZhang Shengjia\, China\, 19 min. 2023\, Ma ndarin Chinese\, English with English subtitlesLunchboxAnne Hu\, USA\, 16 min. 2022\,  English\, Mandarin\, English subtitlesInspired by the Biang Biang Noodles workshop with Sissi Chen taking place earlier on the same ev ening\, we invite you to an OPEN AIR screening of shorts which explore div erse food cultures. From Xi'an where we follow the process of making the f amous noodle dish from field to table to childhood memories of home cookin g and an archival journey through the cultural history of the birthday cak e\, expect three films that will take you on a sensory journey guaranteed to leave you feeling hungry! (BH) URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/common-visions-berlin/biang-biang-short s LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:af01c88265c0183b769017c2baed0ea7dc56dbde9890fcc6709cf78405899b01 DTSTAMP:20250624T145346Z DTSTART:20250724T211500Z DTEND:20250724T221500Z SUMMARY:Los hiperbóreos DESCRIPTION:If the weather is bad\, the screening will take place indoorsIn troduction by Galo E. Rivera. Screening followed by a conversation with th e protagonist Antonia Giesen (in Spanish)An unruly journey to the unexplor ed depths of collective memory and Chile’s political history.“We human s are capable of greatness”: This is the ominous opening line–voiced f rom an old TV set showing a hypnotic\, spinning wheel–of The Hyperborean s. Delving into the highly controversial\, madcap ideas of 20th-century Ch ilean right-wing thinker Miguel Serrano\, it weaves together strands from Chile’s history\, the occult\, conspiracy theory\, Jungian psychology\, religious symbolism\, and silent film. Crafted from a singular mix of live action\, stop-motion animation\, puppetry\, and 3D\, the viewer is drawn into an immersive psychodrama. Despite the daunting complexity of these di sparate elements\, León and Cociña unify them through a formidable techn ical mastery that must be seen to be believed. (BH)Antonia Giesen is an ac tress and clinical psychologist. She began her acting career in 2016 with her first television project\, going on to participate in various film\, t elevision and series projects. She won two Caleuche Awards in Chile: “Be st Supporting Actress” in a television series in 2019\, and “Best Lead ing Actress” in a film in 2021 for her performance in El hombre del futu ro. For this role\, she also received the “Special Jury Mention for Best New Artist” award at the Karlovy Vary Film Festival in the Czech Republ ic in 2019. Her latest feature film\, Los Hiperbóreos by León &\; Coc iña\, premiered at the Directors' Fortnight at the Cannes Film Festival i n 2024. URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/socio-ficcion/los-hiperboreos LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:5880d2cc95b190b467a70c218ab5f14db9fe0a7b016f3a5bc30dcc88caab198d DTSTAMP:20250624T145823Z DTSTART:20250723T213000Z DTEND:20250723T223000Z SUMMARY:Salão de Baile DESCRIPTION:If the weather is bad\, the screening will take place indoorsWi th an introduction by XD Erica and Júnia MatsuuraDive into the electrifyi ng world of Brazil's ballroom scene! In Rio de Janeiro City and its outski rts\, LGBTQ+ youth of color recreate Ballroom culture on their own terms. This upbeat tribute showcases a universe where LGBTQ+ and BIPOC communitie s defy repressive social constraints through creativity and style. 50 year s after its inception in New York\, it is a portrait of the dramas\, the v oguing performances\, and the art of shade. Meet Rio's key players in this sweaty\, delightfully unruly film that celebrates movement and resistance . Rio is burning!+Negrum3 (BLACKN3SS)Diego Paulino\, Brasilien\,  2018\, 22 min\, Portugiesisch mit englischen UntertitelnAn essay on blackness\, f aggotry and the spatial aspirations of the children of the diaspora. URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/sinelection/salao-de-baile LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:d5a2b2e4b8553d6465abf6c9220853b3851bc8663bd258bf02afe01b048fa342 DTSTAMP:20250624T150224Z DTSTART:20250720T213000Z DTEND:20250720T223000Z SUMMARY:Salomé DESCRIPTION:If the weather is bad\, the screening will take place indoorsIn Salomé\, the lines between reality and fantasy blur as Cecília\, a succ essful model\, returns to her hometown of Recife for Christmas and is draw n into a hypnotic and mysterious world. A chance encounter with João\, a long-lost neighbor\, leads her to a mind-altering green substance and a se cret cult devoted to Salomé\, the extravagant biblical princess. What unf olds is a feverish journey through love\, desire\, and obsession\, where t he boundaries of identity\, genre\, and cinematic convention are pushed to their limits. Bold\, provocative\, and deeply playful\, it pays homage to Hollywood’s grand storytelling traditions while reinventing them with q ueer and trans bodies at the center. The result is a film that is both thr illingly accessible and radically subversive. With its electrifying style\ , rich soundtrack\, and fearless imagination\, Salomé is a hallucinatory\ , intoxicating ride\, destined to ignite passion\, conversation\, and\, mo st of all\, a belief in the wild magic of cinema. (DB) URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/sinelection/salome-1 LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:af7cfe643c6c98e7a40487fb5c8dd9fb71c6cf6cb0a85c44372ee68c870edef9 DTSTAMP:20250624T155324Z DTSTART:20250725T210000Z DTEND:20250725T220000Z SUMMARY:Travesti Futures: Three Short Films DESCRIPTION:If the weather is bad\, the screening will take place indoorsWH ERE IS MYMYE MASTROIAGNNE?biarritzzz\, Brazil 2023 16 min. Brazilian Portu guese with English subtitles\,Janaína OverdriveMozart Freire\, Brazil 201 6\, 19 min. Brazilian Portuguese with English subtitlesPirenopolyndaTita M aravilha\, Izzi Vitório\, Bruno Victor\, Brazil 2022\, 24 min. Brazilian Portuguese with English subtitlesPreceded by a talk with Naya de Souza and Sarnt UtamachoteThese three Brazilian short films represent speculative s tories\, digital\, sci-fi and ancestral\, of travesti. A particular Latin American term\, travesti can be used for anyone (especially those assigned male at birth) who identifies or presents herself as female - a feminine subject position. From friends finding each other in the digital game meta verse\, trans cyborgs in the midst of authoritarian political regimes and notions of the trans divine worshipped by all\, each offers another perspe ctive. Prior to the screening\, a conversation between Naya de Souza and S arnt Utamachote will expand on the role of trans/nonbinary people in cinem a and how humour can be used as a tool to highlight and question social is sues\, especially in the context of Germany. (NS+SU)Naya de Souza is a Ber lin-based multidisciplinary artist. Working under different alter-egos lik e Lux Venérea and @Bundaskanzlerin\, she transitions between disciplines such as performance art\, comedy/stand-up\, and cooking. Sarnt Utamachote is a Southeast Asian nonbinary filmmaker and curator in Berlin. Their wor k explores the intersection between activism and contemporary art through intense archival research and community-based collaborations. URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/deep-cuts/naya-de-souza LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:a3b5beea5c4eca342cfe003dd8cee147d17ea6d974b6240fe7e474d5b6ab2892 DTSTAMP:20250624T161336Z DTSTART:20250726T190000Z DTEND:20250726T200000Z SUMMARY:BAFNET x Dreh’s Um Shorts DESCRIPTION:If the weather is bad\, the screening will take place indoorsBe rlin Asian Film Network (BAFNET) in cooperation with Dreh’s Um19:00: IND OOR screening with German and Vietnamese subtitles21:30: OPEN AIR screenin g with English subtitlesBAFNET and Dreh’s Um invite you to a special fil m evening featuring six short documentaries that explore the realities of Vietnamese-German life in a personal way. The films take viewers on a prof ound journey through Vietnamese-German identities. In personal and poetic images\, they tell stories of migration\, family\, and the complex search for home. The films were created as part of the Dreh's Um Academy\, a one- year support initiative for young filmmakers with a migration background. The documentaries not only reflect individual perspectives and collective experiences\, but also serve as a creative springboard into the German fil m and media landscape. BAFNET and Dreh's Um share the common goal of maki ng marginalized voices visible in German film culture and creating spaces for self-representation\, exchange\, and networking. The screening will be followed by a discussion with the filmmakers.“On the one hand\, it’s about making films\, and on the other\, it’s about empowering people to take control of their own perspective\, to pick up the camera themselves a nd\, in a figurative sense\, point it at themselves – away from the whit e\, often stereotypical view of our community. We have to turn the tables and decide for ourselves what we want to tell and how we want to tell it. ”–Đức Ngô NgọcWith films by Huy Nguyen (Zuhause ist dort\, wo di e sternfrüchte Sauer sind)\, Lan Mi Lê (Dunkelblau wie ich mich Fühle & amp\; Motherland)\, Hien Nguyen &\; Mani Pham Bui (Alles gehört zu dir )\, Jasmin Phan (Wohnen auf Zeit)\, and Melanie Nguyen (Erst Nachts konnte n wir traurig sein).Dreh’s Um is a participatory production company comm itted to the sustainable and diverse promotion of German short films and y oung filmmakers. It consists of three central areas: the Dreh’s Um Acade my\, Dreh’s Um Coaching\, and Dreh’s Um Productions.The Berlin Asian F ilm Network (BAFNET) e.V. connects people who are interested in films abou t Asia and the Asian Diaspora. Our mission is to raise awareness of under- and misrepresentation of the Asian Diaspora in the German media. We promo te young independent filmmakers by organizing open network meetings (Stamm tisch) and short-film screenings including talks with the filmmakers.  URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/common-visions-berlin/bafnet-x-drehs-um -shorts LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:9f42838689236c4bb444c7cf9bb359b9c2c4bcf65785f191ad14baaf8a309279 DTSTAMP:20250624T161412Z DTSTART:20250726T213000Z DTEND:20250726T223000Z SUMMARY:BAFNET x Dreh’s Um Shorts DESCRIPTION:If the weather is bad\, the screening will take place indoorsBe rlin Asian Film Network (BAFNET) in cooperation with Dreh’s Um19:00: IND OOR screening with German and Vietnamese subtitles21:30: OPEN AIR screenin g with English subtitlesBAFNET and Dreh’s Um invite you to a special fil m evening featuring six short documentaries that explore the realities of Vietnamese-German life in a personal way. The films take viewers on a prof ound journey through Vietnamese-German identities. In personal and poetic images\, they tell stories of migration\, family\, and the complex search for home. The films were created as part of the Dreh's Um Academy\, a one- year support initiative for young filmmakers with a migration background. The documentaries not only reflect individual perspectives and collective experiences\, but also serve as a creative springboard into the German fil m and media landscape. BAFNET and Dreh's Um share the common goal of maki ng marginalized voices visible in German film culture and creating spaces for self-representation\, exchange\, and networking. The screening will be followed by a discussion with the filmmakers.“On the one hand\, it’s about making films\, and on the other\, it’s about empowering people to take control of their own perspective\, to pick up the camera themselves a nd\, in a figurative sense\, point it at themselves – away from the whit e\, often stereotypical view of our community. We have to turn the tables and decide for ourselves what we want to tell and how we want to tell it. ”–Đức Ngô NgọcWith films by Huy Nguyen (Zuhause ist dort\, wo di e sternfrüchte Sauer sind)\, Lan Mi Lê (Dunkelblau wie ich mich Fühle & amp\; Motherland)\, Hien Nguyen &\; Mani Pham Bui (Alles gehört zu dir )\, Jasmin Phan (Wohnen auf Zeit)\, and Melanie Nguyen (Erst Nachts konnte n wir traurig sein).Dreh’s Um is a participatory production company comm itted to the sustainable and diverse promotion of German short films and y oung filmmakers. It consists of three central areas: the Dreh’s Um Acade my\, Dreh’s Um Coaching\, and Dreh’s Um Productions.The Berlin Asian F ilm Network (BAFNET) e.V. connects people who are interested in films abou t Asia and the Asian Diaspora. Our mission is to raise awareness of under- and misrepresentation of the Asian Diaspora in the German media. We promo te young independent filmmakers by organizing open network meetings (Stamm tisch) and short-film screenings including talks with the filmmakers.  URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/common-visions-berlin/bafnet-x-drehs-um -shorts LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6830112bfce341d0c61d8662adfbe1d739e193ae064b531fc38045df662bf3a6 DTSTAMP:20250625T140752Z DTSTART:20250719T194500Z DTEND:20250719T204500Z SUMMARY:Pull your own Biang Biang Noodles with Sissi Chen DESCRIPTION:If the weather is bad\, the screening will take place indoorsWe warmly invite you to an evening of OPEN AIR food and film with Sissi Chen ! The talented chef behind everyone’s favourite Berlin food-blog @eating inberlin returns to SİNEMA TRANSTOPIA with a hands-on cooking workshop an d dinner. Sharing insights into the cultural history of Xi’an’s most f amous dish\, Sissi will expertly guide participants through the process of pulling their own Biang Biang noodles using fresh dough. Everyone gets to pull\, slap\, drizzle hot oil onto their individual bowls and see how eas y or difficult it is to create this iconic dish. Once the sizzling chilli oil hits all the aromatics\, participants will be able to enjoy their deli cious self-made creations in the SİNEMA garden. At dusk\, attention will turn to cinema\, with an OPEN AIR screening of three short films that cele brate human connections through cooking\, sharing and eating food: Biang B iang Express\, Now I’m in the Kitchen and Birthday Cakes from China.Ther e will be two workshop sessions\, each accommodating up to 20 participants . The first session will start at 18:30 and the second at 19:45. The wor kshop fee of 26€ includes all ingredients\, self-pulling &\; learning \, the food and a ticket to Biang Biang Shorts OPEN AIR screening which st arts at 21:30. Tickets for the screening ONLY can be purchased at the usu al price of 9€. URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/un-learning/sinema-workshops/pull-your- own-biang-biang-noodles-with-sissi-chen LOCATION:\, END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:dd87b1c66639a606e1927eddafeba3140a1d5eee4ea323ff3560ab1e8a2c7055 DTSTAMP:20250630T095124Z DTSTART:20250914T140000Z DTEND:20250914T150000Z SUMMARY:Screen Print SİNEMA! DESCRIPTION:Get to grips with screen printing and make your own SİNEMA tot e to take away!Over the years\, we have been asked many times about SİNEM A TRANSTOPIA merchandise: t-shirts\, bags and posters that remind people o f special times spent at SİNEMA. Our response: let’s make some together !In this hands-on workshop\, you will get to screen print your own merch\, choosing colours to print beautiful gradient designs on a tote bag. If yo u would like to experiment with printing on more items (old t-shirts\, bag s\, etc.) please feel free to bring them with you.The workshop fee of 16 € (or 2 SİNEMA 10X) covers materials\, one high quality black tote bag\ , tea / coffee and cake. In good weather\, the workshop will take place ou tside. URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/un-learning/sinema-workshops/screen-pri nt-sinema LOCATION:\, END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:0d2f58f9e9fee34d9b6c73b4a29d71ed86dec2e3064fb670fa85c0fcf656ab11 DTSTAMP:20250704T135158Z DTSTART:20250718T190000Z DTEND:20250718T200000Z SUMMARY:Phurah Jack Vinyl Set DESCRIPTION:If the weather is bad\, the screening will take place indoorsPh urah Jack is a vinyl DJ whose sets move from deep soul to spiritual jazz a nd who is always guided by feeling and connection. URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/meyhane-mix/phurah-jack-vinyl-set LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:25e32e512c016cec44222507b98c62ead1ba82a1c5b65d82cbbb469a0393fde0 DTSTAMP:20250717T202645Z DTSTART:20250912T183000Z DTEND:20250912T193000Z SUMMARY:Nnenna Onuoha: Entwicklungsland — Revisited & Cana Bilir-Meier: E in neues Wort DESCRIPTION:Opening: 12. September 2025\, 18:30 Uhr Reception\, 19:00 Event start\nAs part of the project THE PAST IS NOT ANOTHER COUNTRY: DOING ARCH IVES DIFFERENTLY\, SİNEMA TRANSTOPIA presents newly commissioned works by artists Cana Bilir-Meier and Nnenna Onuoha to coincide with the Berlin Ar t Week 2025.Each examines the power relations present in archival image ma terial\, proposing artistic ways of restaging and reshaping historical nar ratives. Nnenna Onuoha's essayistic video work Entwicklungsland — Revis ited (2025) engages with the 1975 BBC educational film Developing Country Ghana: Life in the City. Through conversations with the protagonists portr ayed at the time and their current perspectives on the historical film mat erial\, a multi-layered reflection on representation\, memory and postcolo nial image politics emerges.Ein neues Wort (2025) by Cana Bilir-Meier buil ds on a 1970 competition in West Germany that sought an alternative to the term “Gastarbeiter” (“guest worker”). In Munich\, a choir made up predominantly of former labor migrants of Turkish descent draws inspirati on from the more than 30\,000 submissions and develops its own musical int erpretation. Together with the choir\, the artist explores an approach to linguistic labels that is both encouraging and deconstructive—a reapprop riation of words that at times appear overtly racist\, often hurtful or de rogatory\, yet also absurd or emptied of meaning.Following the premiere sc reenings of both works on Friday 12. September\, they will be viewable on a loop at SİNEMA TRANSTOPIA on Saturday and Sunday between 14:00 and 18:0 0. No tickets are necessary\, simply come by.Commissioned by SİNEMA TRANS TOPIA ©2025In the framework of the project The Past is Not Another Countr y  - a project by SİNEMA TRANSTOPIA and DFF – Deutsches Filminstitut & amp\; FilmmuseumFunded by Hauptstadtkulturfonds----Nnenna Onuoha is a Ghan aian-Nigerian researcher\, filmmaker and visual artist based in Berlin\, G ermany.  Her research explores monumental silences surrounding the histor ies and afterlives of colonialism across West Africa\, Europe and the Unit ed States\, asking How do we remember\, which pasts do we choose to perfor m\, and why? Cana Bilir-Meier is a filmmaker and artist. Her cinematic\, performative and text-based works move at the intersections of archival wo rk\, text production\, historical research\, contemporary media reflexivit y and archaeology. She is co-founder of the initiative in honour of Semra Ertan and co-editor of the poetry collection ‘Mein Name ist Ausländer - Benim Adım Yabancı’ (My Name is Foreigner).  URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/the-past-is-not-another-country/new-com misions-by-cana-bilir-meier-and-nnenna-onuoha LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:1bf711a282f8af9e908821faf35cc3a8c2ab90ab0a258bced002b69cf8ccd142 DTSTAMP:20250717T203228Z DTSTART:20250910T200000Z DTEND:20250910T210000Z SUMMARY:TAHANGUENTAR DESCRIPTION:With Adela Maharani\, Giuliana Corsi\, Asarela Dewi\, Bintang M anira Manik and MarciozTAHANGUENTAR is a choreographed sound and visual pe rformance mixing elements of cinematographic dramaturgy with musical impro visation\, dance\, and archival research. Conceived by Ariel William Orah and Pedro Oliveira\, the piece stems from their ongoing lecture-performanc e series Jendela Sonorama wherein musical and personal histories speak of larger political issues connecting our home countries – Brazil and Indon esia.TAHANGUENTAR (an invented word fusing the Bahasa Indonesia and Portug uese words for endurance) focuses on the establishment of two musical rhyt hms as placeholders and ambassadors for ideas of unified nationalisms: Jai pong in 1960s Indonesia and Samba in 1940s Brazil. Both rhythms served as an amalgamation of the political turmoils of their respective times and\, in many ways\, as an attempt to undermine or erase ethnic\, cultural\, and religious diversities in their countries. (AWO+PO)Ariel Orah is an Indone sian sound artist.Pedro Oliveira is a Brazilian sound artist and researche r.TAHANGUENTAR is supported in 2025 by the Senatsverwaltung für Kultur un d Gesellschaftlichen Zusammenhalt des Landes Berlin\n  URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/tahanguentar/tahanguentar LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:7c6844c7b21d8bf0f8a81aa8f08187b779473a1beb8bf2dbfe503a332a98d835 DTSTAMP:20250717T203244Z DTSTART:20250911T200000Z DTEND:20250911T210000Z SUMMARY:TAHANGUENTAR DESCRIPTION:With Adela Maharani\, Giuliana Corsi\, Asarela Dewi\, Bintang M anira Manik and MarciozTAHANGUENTAR is a choreographed sound and visual pe rformance mixing elements of cinematographic dramaturgy with musical impro visation\, dance\, and archival research. Conceived by Ariel William Orah and Pedro Oliveira\, the piece stems from their ongoing lecture-performanc e series Jendela Sonorama wherein musical and personal histories speak of larger political issues connecting our home countries – Brazil and Indon esia.TAHANGUENTAR (an invented word fusing the Bahasa Indonesia and Portug uese words for endurance) focuses on the establishment of two musical rhyt hms as placeholders and ambassadors for ideas of unified nationalisms: Jai pong in 1960s Indonesia and Samba in 1940s Brazil. Both rhythms served as an amalgamation of the political turmoils of their respective times and\, in many ways\, as an attempt to undermine or erase ethnic\, cultural\, and religious diversities in their countries. (AWO+PO)Ariel Orah is an Indone sian sound artist.Pedro Oliveira is a Brazilian sound artist and researche r.TAHANGUENTAR is supported in 2025 by the Senatsverwaltung für Kultur un d Gesellschaftlichen Zusammenhalt des Landes Berlin\n  URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/tahanguentar/tahanguentar LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:9a7d09d12a1bda171b226bf52aa3dc3f3f201a9e8227a75cd631d33938ef0fbf DTSTAMP:20250808T075645Z DTSTART:20250913T180000Z DTEND:20250913T190000Z SUMMARY:Esquirlas DESCRIPTION: It could have been mistaken for footage of a bombing happenin g elsewhere—a scene of horror taking place in a distant location. This e vent\, however\, hit in the middle of life\, close-up\, in daylight. In 19 95\, in the Argentine city of Río Tercero\, province of Córdoba\, an exp losion at a military arms factory left devastation in its wake. Debris and dust filled the air\, people were injured and killed\, and in the years t hat followed\, trauma and illness lingered like invisible aftershocks.Thou gh the city has never forgotten that tragic day\, filmmaker Natalia Garaya lde offers a profoundly intimate perspective on this collective memory by turning her lens toward her own family’s experience. In doing so\, she t ransforms a local catastrophe into a powerful\, emotionally resonant narra tive with sharp political insight.All acts of remembrance are\, in some wa y\, acts of montage. Garayalde meticulously assembles footage captured by her family—avid amateur documentarians—both before and after the explo sion. Through this process\, memory gains new depth. The archival images a re recontextualized\, layered with fresh meaning decades later\, and the p ast resurfaces with striking clarity. What emerges is a poignant meditatio n on how to film an emotion—how to capture the texture of grief\, anger\ , and resilience as they ripple through time. (ML)\n  URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/berlin-biennale/esquirlas LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:b216d18a344ed8479fe5137626944a43b1e2fd6ec038a1c7df798a94b9d3b11f DTSTAMP:20250818T095602Z DTSTART:20250913T140000Z DTEND:20250913T150000Z SUMMARY:Nnenna Onuoha: Entwicklungsland — Revisited & Cana Bilir-Meier: E in neues Wort DESCRIPTION:Opening: 12. September 2025\, 18:30 Uhr Reception\, 19:00 Event start\nAs part of the project THE PAST IS NOT ANOTHER COUNTRY: DOING ARCH IVES DIFFERENTLY\, SİNEMA TRANSTOPIA presents newly commissioned works by artists Cana Bilir-Meier and Nnenna Onuoha to coincide with the Berlin Ar t Week 2025.Each examines the power relations present in archival image ma terial\, proposing artistic ways of restaging and reshaping historical nar ratives. Nnenna Onuoha's essayistic video work Entwicklungsland — Revis ited (2025) engages with the 1975 BBC educational film Developing Country Ghana: Life in the City. Through conversations with the protagonists portr ayed at the time and their current perspectives on the historical film mat erial\, a multi-layered reflection on representation\, memory and postcolo nial image politics emerges.Ein neues Wort (2025) by Cana Bilir-Meier buil ds on a 1970 competition in West Germany that sought an alternative to the term “Gastarbeiter” (“guest worker”). In Munich\, a choir made up predominantly of former labor migrants of Turkish descent draws inspirati on from the more than 30\,000 submissions and develops its own musical int erpretation. Together with the choir\, the artist explores an approach to linguistic labels that is both encouraging and deconstructive—a reapprop riation of words that at times appear overtly racist\, often hurtful or de rogatory\, yet also absurd or emptied of meaning.Following the premiere sc reenings of both works on Friday 12. September\, they will be viewable on a loop at SİNEMA TRANSTOPIA on Saturday and Sunday between 14:00 and 18:0 0. No tickets are necessary\, simply come by.Commissioned by SİNEMA TRANS TOPIA ©2025In the framework of the project The Past is Not Another Countr y  - a project by SİNEMA TRANSTOPIA and DFF – Deutsches Filminstitut & amp\; FilmmuseumFunded by Hauptstadtkulturfonds----Nnenna Onuoha is a Ghan aian-Nigerian researcher\, filmmaker and visual artist based in Berlin\, G ermany.  Her research explores monumental silences surrounding the histor ies and afterlives of colonialism across West Africa\, Europe and the Unit ed States\, asking How do we remember\, which pasts do we choose to perfor m\, and why? Cana Bilir-Meier is a filmmaker and artist. Her cinematic\, performative and text-based works move at the intersections of archival wo rk\, text production\, historical research\, contemporary media reflexivit y and archaeology. She is co-founder of the initiative in honour of Semra Ertan and co-editor of the poetry collection ‘Mein Name ist Ausländer - Benim Adım Yabancı’ (My Name is Foreigner).  URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/the-past-is-not-another-country/new-com misions-by-cana-bilir-meier-and-nnenna-onuoha LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:3d417a70e57e2e3e1ee7417e184ea4e927d7ebec74c636de0db0f0bb0d45d8bb DTSTAMP:20250818T095659Z DTSTART:20250914T140000Z DTEND:20250914T150000Z SUMMARY:Nnenna Onuoha: Entwicklungsland — Revisited & Cana Bilir-Meier: E in neues Wort DESCRIPTION:Opening: 12. September 2025\, 18:30 Uhr Reception\, 19:00 Event start\nAs part of the project THE PAST IS NOT ANOTHER COUNTRY: DOING ARCH IVES DIFFERENTLY\, SİNEMA TRANSTOPIA presents newly commissioned works by artists Cana Bilir-Meier and Nnenna Onuoha to coincide with the Berlin Ar t Week 2025.Each examines the power relations present in archival image ma terial\, proposing artistic ways of restaging and reshaping historical nar ratives. Nnenna Onuoha's essayistic video work Entwicklungsland — Revis ited (2025) engages with the 1975 BBC educational film Developing Country Ghana: Life in the City. Through conversations with the protagonists portr ayed at the time and their current perspectives on the historical film mat erial\, a multi-layered reflection on representation\, memory and postcolo nial image politics emerges.Ein neues Wort (2025) by Cana Bilir-Meier buil ds on a 1970 competition in West Germany that sought an alternative to the term “Gastarbeiter” (“guest worker”). In Munich\, a choir made up predominantly of former labor migrants of Turkish descent draws inspirati on from the more than 30\,000 submissions and develops its own musical int erpretation. Together with the choir\, the artist explores an approach to linguistic labels that is both encouraging and deconstructive—a reapprop riation of words that at times appear overtly racist\, often hurtful or de rogatory\, yet also absurd or emptied of meaning.Following the premiere sc reenings of both works on Friday 12. September\, they will be viewable on a loop at SİNEMA TRANSTOPIA on Saturday and Sunday between 14:00 and 18:0 0. No tickets are necessary\, simply come by.Commissioned by SİNEMA TRANS TOPIA ©2025In the framework of the project The Past is Not Another Countr y  - a project by SİNEMA TRANSTOPIA and DFF – Deutsches Filminstitut & amp\; FilmmuseumFunded by Hauptstadtkulturfonds----Nnenna Onuoha is a Ghan aian-Nigerian researcher\, filmmaker and visual artist based in Berlin\, G ermany.  Her research explores monumental silences surrounding the histor ies and afterlives of colonialism across West Africa\, Europe and the Unit ed States\, asking How do we remember\, which pasts do we choose to perfor m\, and why? Cana Bilir-Meier is a filmmaker and artist. Her cinematic\, performative and text-based works move at the intersections of archival wo rk\, text production\, historical research\, contemporary media reflexivit y and archaeology. She is co-founder of the initiative in honour of Semra Ertan and co-editor of the poetry collection ‘Mein Name ist Ausländer - Benim Adım Yabancı’ (My Name is Foreigner).  URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/the-past-is-not-another-country/new-com misions-by-cana-bilir-meier-and-nnenna-onuoha LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:dec1d6ac438e032bfba67de8964c180c5e02eb776d8fafae51f490299f31a46f DTSTAMP:20250818T100605Z DTSTART:20250913T203000Z DTEND:20250913T213000Z SUMMARY:Saint Omer DESCRIPTION:Writer Rama travels to the small French town of Saint-Omer to f ollow the trial of Laurence Coly. Defendant Coly\, a philosophy student wi th a Senegalese family background\, is accused of murdering her 15-month-o ld daughter. Alice Diop\, undoubtedly one of the most outstanding French f ilmmakers\, stages this tribunal in her first feature-length film Saint Om er\, one based on the real case of Kabou\, incorporating texts from the tr ial files. The filmmaker followed the trial in the courtroom and dealt int ensively with the life story of the accused. To a certain extent\, the pro tagonist Rama also reflects the filmmaker's personal and ambivalent fascin ation with the real case. Thus\, multiple levels\, moments and overlays em erge\, linking documentary with fiction\, private experience with public d iscourse. This court drama is not just about an extraordinary case\, but a complex examination of social circumstances. The trauma experienced by a black woman and mother caused by racism and misogyny weaves into a narrati ve of a modern Medea. The spectator is not only sitting behind the cinema\ , but in court\, and in the end must make their own judgment. (CS) URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/sinema-5-years-5-films/saint-omer2-1 LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:c63ec628e9ced3f684a4ab9452274e7008c53c9f1d01bdeb091fd38f123eadc9 DTSTAMP:20250818T101743Z DTSTART:20250914T190000Z DTEND:20250914T200000Z SUMMARY:Sin Señas Particulares (Identifying Features) DESCRIPTION:Before the screening\, at 6 pm\, dinner by \"Nein zur bezahlkar te Berlin Brandenburg initiative\"Several months after Jesús set out on f oot for the U.S. from a rural town in Guanajuato\, his mother Magdalena lo st contact with him. Determined to unravel his fate\, Magdalena soon finds herself on an increasingly surreal journey to uncover the truth\, one tha t leads her into a labyrinthine crime network. While closure remains in th e hands of the powerful\, Magdalena's path fortuitously converges with tha t of Miguel\, a young man recently deported from the U.S. who is not unlik e her son. Moving between restraint and magical realism\, Sin Señas Parti culares (Identifying Features) is an impressive feature debut\, a cry of r age on behalf of the people who suffer the violence\, corruption and vast market forces imposed by their northern neighbour. “A question I have h ad for years now has been how violence and violent acts can be translated\ , framed\, told\, and colored in the form of a film and the ethical implic ations of doing so.”–Imel MandalaImel Mandala\, born and raised in Jak arta\, cooking since 2014 and part of the Meyhane at SİNEMA TRANSTOPIA.\n Nein zur bezahlkarte berlin brandenburg initiative warmly invites you to c ome to Soli-Dinner\, to gather some cash against the harassment of the Bez ahlkarte policy.The menu features sweet-bitter-savory woku dish and rice w ith sambal matah (chilli and co)\, as well as baked tempeh\, tofu and pole nta with a balado sauce (no animal products).Donation based (scaling price 10-15 euro). There will also be an info table and soli t-shirts\, so brin g your friends\, some cash and an empty stomach! We're happy to see you th ere! URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/topias/sin-senas-particulares LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ebe31aa3f8ba78c89adeb69c8128ad680b4c42549d8a730ea7e64ebbb401cda6 DTSTAMP:20250819T121142Z DTSTART:20250917T200000Z DTEND:20250917T210000Z SUMMARY:CAMP DE THIAROYE DESCRIPTION:This crucial pan-African film about the importance of remembran ce does justice to those known as the Senegalese tirailleurs\, the majorit y of whom were drafted into the French army against their will to fight th e Nazis. After making substantial sacrifices and suffering thousands of ca sualties to defend France\, the tirailleurs who had survived the war were nonetheless humiliated and mistreated by the French army. Instead of rewar ding them\, the French forces bombarded and massacred these soldiers when they demanded their right to the end-of-enlistment recompense. When the fi lm was finished\, Cannes 1988 rejected it. However\, in September of the s ame year\, it was screened as an official selection at the Venice Film Fes tival\, where it won the Special Jury Prize.Many African films have receiv ed the support of French funding\, but Camp de Thiaroye is one of a series of films whose very existence French funders and producers did everything in their power to prevent. They argued that such films were highly subver sive since they denounced the barbarity of colonisation. A Western world t hat continues to brandish its claim to human rights was incapable of toler ating films about its criminal past. The film was only made possible by al l-South funding from Morocco\, Senegal and Guinea. When it became a hit at festivals around the world at the height of the African National Congress ’s anti-apartheid movement\, a racist Swiss distributor purchased the ex clusive distribution rights for the whole of the West at a high price – not so that he could distribute it\, but simply to ensure it would be full y blocked for the ten years of its contract. (Mohamed Challouf)Restored by The Film Foundation’s World Cinema Project and Cineteca di Bologna at L ’Immagine Ritrovata laboratory in association with the Tunisian Ministry of Culture and the Senegalese Ministry of Culture and Historical Heritage . Special thanks to Mohammed Challouf. Restoration funded by the Hobson/Lu cas Family Foundation. This restoration is part of the African Film Herita ge Project\, an initiative created by The Film Foundation’s World Cinema Project\, the Pan African Federation of Filmmakers and UNESCO – in coll aboration with Cineteca di Bologna – to help locate\, restore\, and diss eminate African cinema. URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/sinema-5-years-5-films/camp-de-thiaroye LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:e70e624c1b93550f889a1900fdc730d17633150f47091f225ce3a33701b7f1aa DTSTAMP:20250819T121636Z DTSTART:20250918T190000Z DTEND:20250918T200000Z SUMMARY:Fikri Anıl Altıntaş: Zwischen uns liegt August – Book launch w ith Literaturhaus Berlin DESCRIPTION:With a reading by Fikri Anıl Altıntaş\, followed by a talk w ith Josephine AprakuZwischen uns liegt August tells the story of a Turkish -German family. An adult son loses his mother. In the weeks before her dea th\, everyday life sets the rhythm: cooking\, waiting in hospital corridor s\, hoping and mourning. Stories creep into everyday life. Those that have always been told and those that shine through behind them. What does the son\, at home in Germany\, know about his mother's youth in Turkey? While Anıl and his family in the present try to understand the impact of their mother's approaching death on all of them\, Mürüvvet\, the woman who was once his mother\, searches for a way to live in Aydın in western Turkey in 1973. Amid political upheaval\, she does everything she can to prevent her father from taking her to Germany.Li-Be für die StadtFrom Spandau to Rudow\, from Pankow to Steglitz – Berlin\, here we come! The Literaturha us Berlin is moving around the city for 18 months. While our building at F asanenstraße 23 is getting a lift and new toilets\, we are touring all of Berlin's districts under the motto ‘Li-Be for the city’.Readings in t he planetarium\, book launches above the rooftops of Berlin – the city w ill be our stage – join us!Fikri Anıl Altıntaş\, born in Wetzlar in 1 992\, lives and works in Berlin. In his writing\, including for ZEIT\, taz \, Deutschlandfunk Kultur\, ZDF and Berliner Ensemble\, he deals with masc ulinities\, anti-feminism and the (de)construction of non-white\, Muslim-r ead masculinities in Germany. His debut novel\, Im Morgen wächst ein Birn baum (A Pear Tree Grows in the Morning)\, was published in 2023.Josephine Apraku is an African studies scholar and works as an author\, trainer and moderator in Berlin. URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/common-visions-berlin/fikri-anil-altint as-zwischen-uns-liegt-august-book-launch-with-literaturhaus-berlin LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:d7975f31e65420d9881fa212459b36289b051d61b6c95ef4eab3967705c3838c DTSTAMP:20250819T122602Z DTSTART:20250919T183000Z DTEND:20250919T193000Z SUMMARY:Hao are you DESCRIPTION:Followed by a talk with Dieu Hao Do\"All wars are fought twice\ , the first time on the battlefield\, the second time in memory.\"Viet Tha nh Nguyen\nHis mother blames communism\, his uncle blames an inheritance d ispute\, and the rest of the family remain in silence: Nearly 50 years aft er their escape from a wartorn Vietnam\, Dieu Hao Do traces the ties that bind and fissures that separate his different family members. Taking us on a journey across three continents\, the director asks: How does the traum a of persecution and violence inscribe itself on the bodies and souls of s urvivors and their children?Dieu Hao Do is a writer and director who explo res contemporary Asian-German perspectives\, as well as life in the diaspo ra with a focus on intergenerational issues of war\, trauma and cultural h eritage.  URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/sinemaplural/hao-are-you-1 LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:3b93e51287492d21e47d300c42a1a7221b619b74ad657178e434c43a90bbb447 DTSTAMP:20250819T125440Z DTSTART:20250920T180000Z DTEND:20250920T190000Z SUMMARY:Deconstructing Narratives: postmigrantische\, queer-feministische u nd diasporische Perspektiven im deutschen Film DESCRIPTION:Lamin Leroy Gibba\, Thùy Trang Nguyễn\, Faraz Shariat and Le tícia Milano\, in conversation with Nastaran Tajeri-FoumaniWho tells our stories – and who decides which narratives are made visible? How can we remain steadfast and tell our own stories in a system that constantly trie s to co-opt us and press us into standardised categories? In this panel\, we take a critical look at post-migrant\, queer-feminist and diasporic per spectives in German film. With guests such as Lamin Leroy Gibba\, Thùy Tr ang Nguyễn\, Faraz Shariat and Letícia Milano\, we will discuss how we\ , as queer\, post-migrant subjects\, can tell our stories without reproduc ing the heteronormative and cis-sexist structures of the mainstream. What possibilities do queer narrative practices offer us to decentralise not on ly stories\, but also the act of storytelling itself? And how can we use c inema as a place of liberation and self-empowerment in resistance to domin ant narratives? (Nastaran Tajeri-Foumani)Nastaran Tajeri-Foumani moderates \, curates and is active in art\, culture and research. Nastaran has 20 ye ars of experience in film and media and has been active in various positio ns since 2013\, including at XPOSED Queer Film Festival\, and has been inv olved in film productions internationally as a diversity\, awareness and w ellbeing coach since 2022.Lamin Leroy Gibba is an actor\, author and produ cer. His award-winning short film Hundefreund was nominated for a Lola and screened at the Tribeca Film Festival\, among others. His series Schwarze Früchte is currently running on ARD Mediathek. He completed his studies at The New School University in New York.Letícia Milano comes from Brazil and works as an author and dramaturge. In collaboration with Johanna Falt inat\, Letícia offers workshops and dramaturgical consultations with a fo cus on diversity. Together\, they research new narratives and diversity as a dramaturgical tool.Thùy Trang Nguyễn is an author and director based in Berlin. As a SERIAL EYES Fellow\, Nguyễn works at the intersection o f genre film and political narration. Their thematic focuses include queer ness\, migration\, memory politics\, and power relations in post-migrant c ontexts.Faraz Shariat is a film director\, screenwriter\, and film produce r. His film Futur Drei (No Hard Feelings) debuted in the Panorama section of the 70th Berlinale and went on to win the Teddy Award.Shariat is co-fou nder of the film collective Jünglinge \, which focuses on innovative and socially critical film projects. URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/sinemaplural/deconstructing-narratives- postmigrantische-queer-feministische-und-diasporische-perspektiven-im-deut schen-film LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:5cd1a399ee2f367a2e666b64af8b7151874dfaa24f060aaa0553fb2176b17a4f DTSTAMP:20250819T131407Z DTSTART:20250919T203000Z DTEND:20250919T213000Z SUMMARY:المستعمرة DESCRIPTION:Followed by a discussion with Mohamed Rashad\, moderated by Isk andar AbdallaFollowing the sudden death of his father in a factory acciden t in Alexandria\, 23-year-old Hossam takes over his job as a form of compe nsation and as his family’s only means of survival. Pressured by his you nger brother Maro and their chronically ill mother\, Hossam brings the boy with him. Inside the factory\, the atmosphere is uneasy. While the worker s speak fondly of their late colleague\, they keep their distance from his sons. As Hossam struggles to hold things together for his family and for himself\, he begins to sense that there is more to his father’s death th an anyone will say. The silence around it grows heavier\, harder to ignore . And as much as he wants to hold on to the fragile sense of stability tha t begins to emerge\, another unexpected tragedy threatens to unravel every thing. (Dalia Soliman)Mohamed Rashad is a filmmaker\, writer and producer from Egypt.Iskandar Abdalla is a researcher\, curator\, and educator. He i s artistic director of the Arab Film Festival Berlin (ALFILM).  URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/sinelection/almstaamr LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ba57c2acc390a6cf399ed7fbde79c89034110273e2a5d540bc79d415197a9ab2 DTSTAMP:20250819T133427Z DTSTART:20250920T203000Z DTEND:20250920T213000Z SUMMARY:Futur Drei (No Hard Feelings) DESCRIPTION:Preceded by reading from Ozan Zakariya Keskinkılıç’s 2025 novel\, HundesohnFollowed by a talk with Ozan Zakariya Keskinkılıç and Faraz Shariat Futur Drei (No Hard Feelings) sidesteps the usual coming-ou t arc. Instead\, it lingers in the everyday messiness of queer diasporic l ife. The film resists spectacle\; its aesthetics create a space that feels lived-in rather than staged. It leaves room for ambiguity\, friction\, an d trust.That includes the contradictions of racialized desire\, institutio nal violence\, and the fragile solidarities that emerge in between. Queern ess is performed through care. Rather than staging an act of coming out\, the film gestures toward something else: a mode of relation that invites o thers in\, on one’s own terms.That resonates with my own writing. In Hun desohn\, my debut novel\, I explore grief\, desire\, and queer attachments between Berlin and elsewhere — through fragments\, atmospheres\, and fr iendships that hold. Like Futur Drei\, it’s less about resolution than a bout staying close to the tension — gently affirming that the future is not elsewhere\, but already here. (Ozan Zakariya Keskinkılıç)Ozan Zakar iya Keskinkılıç is a political scientist\, writer\, and poet based in B erlin. His debut novel Hundesohn (Suhrkamp\, 2025) moves through queer int imacy\, memory and religion — tracing how bodies\, desire\, and language are shaped by rituals\, loss\, and love across shifting geographies.  URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/deep-cuts/futur-drei-1 LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:1fce8d0bf414eed8548dad7ee7b41eae24e85693d8f4f4bd45d91892ead632f9 DTSTAMP:20250819T141141Z DTSTART:20250921T180000Z DTEND:20250921T190000Z SUMMARY:BiPoC Screenings DESCRIPTION:The BiPoC Screenings section of TV SERIES FESTIVAL amplifies in dependent filmmaking and the creative expression of underrepresented group s and voices (Black\, Asian\, Indigenous\, PoC)\, highlighting stories tha t happen on and off screen. It supports emerging artists by offering visib ility and mentorship\, and platforms bold\, authentic narratives that chal lenge the status quo. TV SERIES FESTIVAL is the city’s hottest and most diverse showcase and platform for digital\, serialized short film content \, industry networking\, and pop culture dialogue. Founded in 2017\, the p op-up festival features global premieres and panels and offers a stage for plurality and BiPoC talents. (MD)Bad BoyHagar Ben-Asher\, Israel 2025\, 5 0 min. Hebrew with English subtitlesSeries / Episode 1 A comedian recount s how his wit kept him alive inside a brutal juvenile detention center in this raw\, coming-of-age drama inspired by true events.Acclaimed film dire ctor\, Hagar broke through with her debut feature film The Slut\, which pr emiered at Cannes Film Festival. In addition to leading numerous more feat ures\, Hagar has also crossed over into television\, directing episodes of Bosch\, City On A Hill\, and most recently Long Bright River starring Ama nda Seyfried. (MD)Ghost BastardErkan Acar\, Germany 2025\, 92 min. German with English subtitlesFilm Mike is stuck in limbo. Literally. Mike is a g host. Equipped with a healthy dose of cynicism\, he seems to have accepted his fate in the in-between world—until\, during one of his little prank s at the cinema that no one ever notices\, he is suddenly called out by a girl. Elli can see him\, hear him\, and is thoroughly annoyed by him. His attempts to explain that he’s a ghost don’t exactly make things easier . Reluctantly\, she engages with him\, and a friendship begins to form—o ne that seems tailor-made for an introverted teenager like Elli. Mike beco mes her imaginary friend\, someone who understands her loneliness and grie f in a way no one in her life has managed since her father’s death. But a ghost must eventually embark on his final journey\, and a teenager must grow up. After all\, fate did not bring the two of them together by chance .Regisseur Erkan Acar was born in 1978 in Berlin\, Germany. He is an actor and producer\, known for Snowflake (2017)\, Ronny &\; Klaid (2018) and Aslan (2015) URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/common-visions-berlin/bipoc-screenings LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:5d3b27e8614395c9eb671cd578c1cbec6070c00fcfbc627f08950ff62b355439 DTSTAMP:20250822T094339Z DTSTART:20250924T200000Z DTEND:20250924T210000Z SUMMARY:ทองปาน DESCRIPTION:Curated by Sarnt UtamachoteElysium vô bờ (Elysium without Sh ores)Arlette Quỳnh-Anh Trần\, Vietnam South Korea\, 2024\, 10 min. Vie tnamese with English subtitlesทองปาน (Tongpan)Isan Film Group\ , Thailand\, 1977\, 62 min. Thai with German and English subtitles\, 16mmI ntroduced by Sarnt Utamachote. Followed by an interactive reading/sound pe rformance by Mon Sisu Satrawaha and Tanaad1975: A group of activists – P aijong Laisakul\, Euthana Mukdasanit\, Surachai Jantimatorn\, Khamsing Sri nawk\, and Michael Morrow – form the Isan Film Group after attending sem inars about the politics of dam and water management in Northeast Thailand (near the border with Laos and so-called “communist expansion”). In c ollaboration with Tongpan\, a local farmer\, they create Thailand's earlie st hybrid documentary. Its production spanned Thailand’s short era of st udent democracy (1973-76)\, before the military coup and massacre forced P aijong Laisakul into political exile in Sweden where she finished the post -production. After its distribution in Europe\, and with some of the colle ctive members joining the Communist Party of Thailand\, it was banned in T hailand. Tongpan played in one more film\, Son of the Northeast from 1982\ , directed by Vijitra Kunawut. Kunawut also directed Boon Rawd\, a film fr om the curator’s program In Nobody’s Service. Tongpan has recently bee n reactivated in many discursive programs which center ongoing Cold War le gacies in cinema\, including un.thai.tled Film Festival 2021: Common Cold.  In Elysium without Shores\, we are invited to join a collective ritual c onducted by an imaginary community to celebrate the destruction of the hyd roelectric dam which\, like Tongpan\, was violently built along the Mekong river\, thereby reclaiming right to the land.After the screening\, the au dience is invited to read anti-American political manifestos from Social S cience Review (สังคมศาสตร์ปริทัศน์) – a critical academic journal established in 1965 by activists and write rs\, including Sulak Sivaraksa\, who appears as a character in Tongpan. Be tween 1973-1976\, anticolonial and Marxist texts from Frantz Fanon\, Paolo Freire\, Mao Zedong\, Ho Chi Minh were freed from censorship and translat ed into Thai. Facilitated by Sarnt Utamachote and Mon Sisu Satrawaha\, thi s interactive reading will be accompanied by sound from Tanaad\, echoing t he anti-imperial legacies of student uprisings. Mon Sisu Satrawaha (ม ่อน ศิศุ สาตราวาหะ) is a Thai filmmaker\, artist and curator. Her research-based practice moves within disciplines s uch as installation\, performance and food\, exploring themes of diverse s ocial viewpoints\, anthropology\, intercultural relations and contemporary culture.Tanaad is a Bangkok-born music producer\, musician and DJ\, curre ntly based in Berlin. He is the initiator of the blozxom community and rec ord label project. \n  URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/the-past-is-not-another-country/tongpan LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:4b5107c41c312faa722b2eafee92ddd0e422969f96a6ae6008774b383f60bcfc DTSTAMP:20250822T095109Z DTSTART:20250925T200000Z DTEND:20250925T210000Z SUMMARY:Gánh xiêc rong DESCRIPTION:Curated by Sarnt Utamachote\nGánh xiêc rong (Wandering Circu s)Nguyễn Việt Linh\, Vietnam 1988\, 87 min. Vietnamese with English su btitles\, 35mmPrecious. Rare. For SaleLêna Bùi\, Vietnam 2023\, 13 min. Vietnamese with English subtitlesIntroduced by Sarnt Utamachote. Followed by an interactive reading with Lưu Bích NgọcWandering Circus is a stor y of the traveling circus troupe wandering through Central Vietnam\, perfo rming “magic” by summoning rice and happiness for the local tribes. Th is troupe of wandering entertainers (mobile unit) resembles that of Cold W ar propaganda practices\, of mobile theater and cinema\, which go to rural areas to spread information about nation-state and ideology. Made during the late 1980s Đổi Mới economic reforms (the director having studied cinema in Moscow)\, it stands as a critique against state-sanctioned ideas and promises of capitalism\, modernity\, and prosperity. The pre-film Pre cious. Rare. For Sale introduces us to essay montage on the relationship b etween cinema (especially from Vietnam) and natural resources\, site of pr ojection and extraction. The love story between the female stage performer and local tribal boy remains classic in its positioning of two opposing s ides. It is this motif which attracted the youth section programmers of Be rlinale (Kinderfilmfest) in 1991\, where it premiered in Germany\, before the 35mm reel arrived at DFF. It was screened as a part of un.thai.tled x KAUM Film Festival: Wandering Salon 2023 with performance/reading by Vi ệt Lê.After the screening\, we will read text excerpt from another Viet namese documentary filmmaker from the same era\, Trần Văn Thủy\, in w hich he navigates censorship in order to screen his film “Chuyện tử tế” (The Story of Kindness or How to Behave) at Internationale Leipzig er Dokumentar- und Kurzfilmwoche (currently DokLeipzig) in the GDR 1988\, the year Wandering Circus was made.Thanks to Phạm Nguyễn Anh Tú (Saig on Experimental) for suggesting the film “Precious. Rare. For Sale”.L ưu Bích Ngọc (she/her) is a Berlin-based cultural worker. Ngọc focus es on accessibility and empowerment in the arts and culture\, specifically through transdisciplinary and intersectional approaches.  URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/the-past-is-not-another-country/wanderi ng-circus-1 LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:b578c95f29df4aa16ac4710bfb397c4afb1ed5a74662f051e207381f99bda88c DTSTAMP:20250822T095355Z DTSTART:20250926T180000Z DTEND:20250926T190000Z SUMMARY:Kara Kafa DESCRIPTION:Cafer\, a Turkish metalworker\, moves his family from their Tur kish village to Germany. He is certain that this move to the “land of op portunity” will save his family from poverty\, but their new life brings a lot that is difficult and unexpected. Cafer’s wife becomes involved i n the women’s movement and undergoes both inward and outward changes bas ed on the friends she makes there\; their older son is lonely and doesn’ t want to go to school\; their daughter has to stay home and take care of her newborn brother. With its leftist\, political view of labor migration\ , Kara Kafa (Black Head) distinguishes itself from other examples of Germa n-Turkish cinema. After it was completed in 1980\, the film was banned by the Turkish censorship committee of the time\, which claimed it hurt “th e honor of Germany\, our befriended nation.” Charges were brought agains t the director Korhan Yurtsever and he fled to Berlin\, where he lived in exile for years. The original negatives that could not be confiscated by t he Turkish authorities surfaced unexpectedly last year and served as the b asis for this restoration. (Can Sungu)\n  URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/sinema-5-years-5-films/c7fc5477-2adb-4a 6a-a732-30e5b4d722d5-1 LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:89404ea1b423ffed3d58f11f0f2977e79e2036e148b87855b44cbf4d53c7cf32 DTSTAMP:20250822T095712Z DTSTART:20250926T203000Z DTEND:20250926T213000Z SUMMARY:The Watermelon Woman DESCRIPTION:A landmark of New Queer Cinema\, The Watermelon Woman is both a playful and radical intervention into film history. Cheryl Dunye\, who st ars as herself\, embarks on a journey to uncover the forgotten legacy of a fictional Black lesbian actress from the 1930s\, known only as “The Wat ermelon Woman”. Blending fiction and documentary\, the film critiques th e erasure of Black queer voices in cinema while asserting the importance o f self-representation. Dunye challenges dominant historical narratives\, e xposing the gaps and silences in the archive\, while simultaneously crafti ng a space for Black lesbian identity on screen. (CS\, ML)Cheryl Dunye is a Liberian-American film director\, producer\, screenwriter\, editor and a ctress. Dunye's work often concerns themes of race\, sexuality\, and gende r\, particularly issues relating to black lesbians. URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/sinema-5-years-5-films/the-watermelon-w oman-1 LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:7caddc1d3b2a04ec1e2a57668ba16a02826a4656aba14334d1163e0a4bd53eb9 DTSTAMP:20250822T114054Z DTSTART:20250927T180000Z DTEND:20250927T190000Z SUMMARY:Radical Hopefulness DESCRIPTION:Dear HurumHayot Abdullaeva\, Uzbekistan\, 2024\, 5 min. Uzbek\, Russian with English subtitles64 пункта почему все пош ло не так (64 reasons why everything went wrong)Dilnaz Abraimova\, Kazakhstan\, 2023\, 17 min.\, Russian with English subtitles Alone in a D ance for TwoMehrangez Saidmamadova\, Tajikistan\, 2025\, 11 min. Russian w ith English subtitles    VoicelessSaadat Sataeva\, Kyrgyzstan\, 2025\, 15 min. Russian with English subtitlesThe Moon Shows The WaySezimai Mairam bek kyzy &\; Uuljan Zainidinova (Alternativa Teen Lab)\, Kyrgyzstan\, 2 023\, 20 min. Kyrgyz with English subtitlesFollowed by a talk with Valeriy a Kim and Gulnoza IrgashevaThe programme brings together women and queer f ilmmakers from Central Asia\, offering them a space to tell their stories in a variety of forms and shapes. Through intimate conversations they stre ngthen relationships with ancestors\, family and partners — without bein g afraid to be vulnerable or to challenge notions of gender and heteronorm ativity. (CASFF)Dear Hurum: An attempt to become closer to my dear great-g randmother Hurum through reimagined institutional and family archives\, de ath\, voice messages and grief.64 пункта почему все пош ло не так (64 reasons why everything went wrong): A 20-year-old gir l Ainur and her mother Guldana face a secret that shattered their world. B reaking the silence to remind every family that they don’t have to bear hidden pain alone.\nAlone in a Dance for Two: A former labour migrant RANO (36)\, turned an ambitious director of a provincial Russian drama theatre in a small Tajik town\, attempting to make the theatre function\, despite challenges by the management.\nVoiceless follows the fragile\, long-dist ance relationship between two anonymous young women – one in Ukraine\, t he other in Kyrgyzstan – who meet and fall in love online. Told through text messages and phone calls\, the documentary captures their longing\, t enderness\, and struggle to stay connected across borders and silence.\nTh e Moon Shows The Way: Akylai\, an 18-year-old girl from Kyzyl-Korgon villa ge (Kyrgyzstan)\, is fighting for her freedom against an arranged marriage her parents are pushing her into.\nValeriya Kim is Programme Director of the Cinemalove Film FestivalGulnoza Irgasheva is a member of the Uzbek fem inist collective Maqaal\n  URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/central-asia-at-the-crossroads/radical- hopefulness LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:0af9b63eb77c2b2698315ab053c66b62d984cfe7ea45599eca5166bdb71ec4ad DTSTAMP:20250822T115918Z DTSTART:20250927T203000Z DTEND:20250927T213000Z SUMMARY:Tender is the Youth DESCRIPTION:about homeLaboratory for visual storytelling\, Tajikistan\, 202 5\, 5 min. Tajik with English subtitlesМiртемiрде бэрi жакс ы (Mirtemir Is Alright)Sasha Kulak\, Michael Borodin\, Germany\, Uzbekist an\, 2024\, 19 min\, Karakalpak\, Russian with English subtitles In Her R oomRusudan Mirobzalova\, Uzbekistan\, 2024\, 24 min. Russian with English subtitlesLukhtak (Doll)Samariddin Mukhitdinov\, China\, Tajikistan\, 2024\ , 15 min. Tajik with English subtitlesnext stationShuhrat Davlatov\, Laura Saidova\, Yasmina Ayupova (Alternativa Teen Lab)\, Uzbekistan\, 2025\, 36 min. Uzbek\, Russian with English subtitlesStarting and finishing with th e collaborative works of teenagers this programme section intends to uncov er what living through a tender age in Central Asia feels like and how it forms a sense of boundaries within one's own room\, place of residence and family. (CASFF)about home: What color is the home? What color vibe of thi s home? What color is the memory of home?Мiртемiрде бэрi жак сы (Mirtemir Is Alright): Mirtemir is growing up in Nukus\, a dusty city caught between the desert and the dead Aral Sea. His mother has moved awa y to earn money in a neighboring country\, and Tima lives with his blind g randmother. He waits tables at a fast-food joint during the day and entert ains people at a mobile karaoke by night. Days full of hard work and respo nsibility\, too demanding even for an adult\, are nonetheless full of joy and adolescent bliss.In Her Room: This film is about a teenager in the 11t h grade\, her final year of school. Salima still doesn’t know what to ch oose for her future or what to do. All her doubts and thoughts lead her to a room where she feels safe.Lukhtak (Doll): Confronted with financial har dship\, a Tajik family decides to marry off their underage daughter withou t her consent in exchange for a “kalym\" (bride price\,). She and her yo unger sister are caught in a cycle endured by generations of their family. next station: When Nodyr\, the obedient son in a traditional Uzbek family\ , must choose between performing with his secret rock band or attending th e arranged engagement his father planned to secure their family's future\, their lives hidden from each other collide.\n  URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/central-asia-at-the-crossroads/tender-i s-the-youth LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:23d0366362f8006e38c1942e3db81cd50951888257ac0b61d06c17ce3b62433e DTSTAMP:20250822T130140Z DTSTART:20250928T120000Z DTEND:20250928T130000Z SUMMARY:Workshop: Decolonial and Feminist Approaches to Film Writing and Cu rating DESCRIPTION:Applications to participate in the workshop here. Limited capac ity. Application until September 20th\, 2025Using the example of Central A sian filmmaking\, this workshop examines film criticism and curatorial wri ting through feminist and decolonial frameworks\, such as bell hooks's app roach. Together with Malika Mukhamejan\, filmmaker and curator from Kazakh stan\, we will explore how these methodologies transform cinema analysis a nd discuss the manifestation of power in curatorial practices. The focus l ies in critically reassessing dominant discourses in film. The workshop c reates a space to question dominant ways of seeing. It addresses researche rs\, curators\, critics\, and anyone interested in the alternative film di scourse.Malika Mukhamejan is a curator and filmmaker. Her work elevates di verse voices in Central Asian cinema\, exploring women’s representation\ , and fostering community through film. She is the founder of Qyzqaras\, a n Almaty-based film festival dedicated to female filmmaking URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/central-asia-at-the-crossroads/workshop -decolonial-and-feminist-approaches-to-film-writing-and-curating LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:e8913d281e43c81c5fd633080be4893ef5aa121452a82a0dd3841241eedfa375 DTSTAMP:20250822T132050Z DTSTART:20250928T163000Z DTEND:20250928T173000Z SUMMARY:Kinds of Remembrance DESCRIPTION:Tea for TwoAidana Kuanova\, Kazakhstan\, United Kingdom\, 2025\ , 5 min. Kazakh with English subtitlesТоодо эмес\, же ойдо эмес (Neither on the Mountain\, nor in the Field)Gulzat Egemberdieva\, Kyrgyzstan\, 2022\, 15 min. Kyrgyz with English subtitlesThe Garden Had N ot DisappearedHelena Aljona Kyn\, Germany\, 2025\, 16 min. English\, Russi an مەن بار (I AM HERE)Sonya Imin\, Belgium\, Central Asia\, 2024\, 24 min\, Uighur with English subtitlesI am not where you think I am. I am where you think I am notAnna Salt Salome Zatsarinna\, Kazakhstan\, Ukraine \, 2024\, 12 min\, English with subtitlesWhose Voice Is This?Dana Iskakova \, Arsenal – Institute for Film and Video Art\, DAVRA Research Collectiv e\, and Goethe-Institute Uzbekistan. Germany\, Kazakhstan\, Uzbekistan. 20 24. 14 min. Kazakh\, Russian with English subtitles Followed by a talk wi th Temur Umarov and Dr. Aksana IsmailbekovaThe festival’s most “at-the -crossroads” program connects different kinds of remembrance in which pe rsonal and collective memories intersect and bring up questions about iden tity\, home\, and belonging. (CASFF)Tea for Two:Slipping into a teacup\, a little girl journeys through shifting tides of memory and identity. Betwe en familial gestures and forgotten selves\, she searches for something bot h lost and deeply her own.Тоодо эмес\, же ойдо эмес (Ne ither on the Mountain\, nor in the Field): An interchange of experiences b etween a group of Pamir Kyrgyz nomads who recently left their Afghan “ro of of the world\,” a Kyrgyz village inhabitant\, and myself\, caught bet ween village\, capital city\, and the West.\n\nThe Garden Had Not Disappea red: In Kazakhstan\, every house has a domovoi\, a ghost that guards it. W hen the family leaves the house\, it accompanies them. But when the family is separated\, the ghost haunts them in their dreams night after night. C hildhood memories and family biography interweave in a magical\, mystical atmosphere. Much has passed\, but the garden remains as a silent witness t o these stories.\n مەن بار (I AM HERE): On the set of the first Uyg hur film produced outside of the homeland\, Guzel and Mukaddas navigate th e complexities of identity\, exile\, and womanhood through the transformat ive power of storytelling.I am not where you think I am. I am where you th ink I am not: The film creates a territory where memory becomes an active spatial element: the past and present intersect\, and the physical landsca pes of Almaty blend with metaphysical experiences and recollections. Filme d in Kazakhstan and edited in Ukraine\, the film reflects the impact of mi litary conflicts on the author's psychological state\, shaping the fear of losing home and the “inner Kazakhstan.”\nWhose Voice Is This?: This f ilm traces the shifting soundscapes of Central Asian cinema (1960s–1990s )\, revealing how dubbed voices\, music\, and silence echo Soviet ideologi es and the rise of new freedoms.Temur Umarov is a fellow at The Carnegie R ussia Eurasia CenterDr. Aksana Ismailbekova is a Research Fellow at the Le ibniz-Zentrum Moderner Orient (ZMO). The discussion takes place with insti tutional support from the Centre for East European and International Studi es (ZOiS).\n\n\n URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/central-asia-at-the-crossroads/kinds-of -remembrance LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:85c620f9b28e8d7f853a1cf9a78629bd3fd9b3960ae41b601d268cf771d40e0f DTSTAMP:20250822T133713Z DTSTART:20250928T193000Z DTEND:20250928T203000Z SUMMARY:Yurt – bu? Homeland – is? DESCRIPTION:Товарищ полицейский (Comrade policeman)Assel Aushakimova\, Kazakhstan\, 2021\, 12 min. Russian with English subtitlesdr uzhba narodov (friendship of peoples)Intizor Otaniyozova\, Kazakhstan\, 20 23\, 25 min. Russian\, Uyghur with English subtitlesКөк Дарбаза (Blue Gate)Narghiza Dotieva\, Kyrgyzstan\, 2024\, 18 min. Kyrgyz with Engl ish subtitlesГаля (Galya)Yana Xarasho\, Uzbekistan\, 2024\, 19 min. Ru ssian with English subtitlesCountry for Old MenSherzod Nazarov\, Uzbekista n\, 2024\, 20 min. Tajik\, Uzbek with English subtitlesThe Old Turkic word “yurt” refers not only to a physical dwelling common in many nomadic cultures\, but also to the broader concept of homeland. The five films in this programme invite you to look homewards and rethink home not as a fixe d location\, but as an idea\, a memory\, or a feeling. The protagonists se arch for\, critique\, and reconstruct their homes – sometimes with longi ng\, sometimes with resistance. The film becomes a personal attempt to und erstand where we are among our own and where we feel like strangers. (CASF F)\nТоварищ полицейский (Comrade policeman): A journalis t of the Kazakhstan state television channel has to make a news report abo ut the police image campaign.\n\n\ndruzhba narodov (friendship of peoples) : Uyghur women gathered at a café in Sultan-Qorgan to compete in preparin g traditional dishes. Food\, dress\, dance\, language\, song — everythin g needs to be preserved and remembered.Көк Дарбаза (Blue Gate): A young man is drawn to a blue gate that stands sentinel\, guarding memori es of days past. Behind it resides an old blind woman\, meticulously tendi ng to her garden. The young man quietly watches her from across the wall\, his secrets tethered to his silent observations of her solitary existence . What connects them? A quiet mystery unfolds\, drifting through themes of coincidence and the delicate mysteries that connect us all.Galya is a doc umentary film that explores the theme of memory through the prism of one g randmother’s life filmed over the course of decades using various media from old video cameras to modern mobile gadgets.\n\n\nCountry for Old Men: After a long wait caused by the pandemic\, three lifelong friends - Fayzu llo\, Mardon\, and Khamrokul finally chase their long-held dream in one la st epic bike journey.\n  URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/central-asia-at-the-crossroads/yurt-bu- homeland-is LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:fdc390983cf49e7bfeb1a02b2c9c4d87af94cd5476f1245baa6e78414faed4e9 DTSTAMP:20250822T133914Z DTSTART:20251001T200000Z DTEND:20251001T210000Z SUMMARY:AŞK\, MARK VE ÖLÜM DESCRIPTION:Cem Kaya’s Love\, Deutschmarks\, and Death is both a politi cal and poetic intervention against the common understanding of the histor y of labor migration from Turkey to Germany. Choosing music as its theme\, this essayistic documentary elaborately narrates the experience of migrat ion in its full extent: it begins with the recruitment agreement of 1961 a nd takes its audience to the present tense. Extensive research with archiv al material resulted in a rich body of found footage\; combined with inter views\, the result is a palimpsest of memories in which different layers o f historical experience shine through. URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/sinema-5-years-5-films/ask-mark-ve-olum -1 LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:493940cca06a0ad87b263485a03562a4e2336ae2894bb20257fd673a51963dad DTSTAMP:20250910T103141Z DTSTART:20250927T140000Z DTEND:20250927T150000Z SUMMARY:Open Talk: First Film\, First Festival DESCRIPTION:What’s it like to shoot your very first film? And how do you turn a tiny idea into a whole film festival?Join filmmakers Saadat Sattaev a\, Helena Alena Kyn and Sonya Imin\, who will talk about the thrills and challenges of making their debut films. Alongside them\, curators Valeria Kim and Gulnoza Irgasheva and festival founders Amina Alish and Danyil Pot opaiev will share the story of how they built a festival from scratch.Expe ct an honest and reassuring conversation about the hidden work that brings both films and festivals to life. URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/central-asia-at-the-crossroads/open-tal k-first-film-first-festival LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:bb2abdf42494a934e83922f7af64b55b947b2748fa73c22b517c62041ac850e9 DTSTAMP:20250922T135324Z DTSTART:20251002T200000Z DTEND:20251002T210000Z SUMMARY:Moonlight DESCRIPTION:Followed by a talk with Josephine Apraku and Kristin LeinMoonli ght tells the story of Chiron\, a boy growing up in Miami with his addicte d mother\, in three acts – childhood\, adolescence and adulthood. In an environment marked by poverty and violence\, he searches for belonging and space for his vulnerability. In Juan\, a drug dealer\, he unexpectedly fi nds security and a different image of masculinity. As a teenager\, he expe riences reciprocated affection for the first time through his school frien d Kevin. Years later\, he encounters Kevin again: an encounter that shakes his hard shell. A sensitively told story\, characterised by deep emotion\ , which reveals queer\, black realities with great tenderness. As Josephi ne states: “One aspect that particularly impressed me is the visual desi gn: it is the first film to deliberately tailor both the colour grading an d camera calibration to the different skin tones of Black people – in a film history that was otherwise geared towards white bodies. In doing so\, Moonlight creates a visual practice that puts Black people at the centre in all their beauty and emotionality. Through this visual language\, emoti onality is conveyed without the need for words – creating an immediate c onnection to the characters that transcends the realities of life.” (JA) Josephine Apraku is an African studies scholar\, author\, podcaster and sp eaker on intersectional anti-racism education. Josephine's work moves betw een criticism and utopia – with the aim of making oppression visible and initiating collective change.Kristin Lein is a cultural scientist and aut hor. She co-founded the online magazine ‘brausemag’\, which gave young people insights into music\, culture and society. For more than ten years \, she has been writing about motherhood\, intersectional feminism and mus ic – critically\, personally\, and with an eye on current debates URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/deep-cuts/moonlight LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:4caa762ab13275580e29754e5ae7bb5f700f9ef49ac309444a3c65188c7ffc34 DTSTAMP:20250922T140029Z DTSTART:20251003T180000Z DTEND:20251003T190000Z SUMMARY:Das Deutsche Volk DESCRIPTION:On the fifth anniversary of the Hanau racist attack\, this star k\, black-and-white documentary by Marcin Wierzchowski holds up a mirror t o German society. The film follows the families of the nine victims who we re murdered by a far-right extremist through four years of grief\, bureauc ratic neglect\, and their resilient fight for justice and recognition. Wit h intimate access and restrained observation\, Wierzchowski exposes the ch illing mechanics of systemic racism and institutional failure\, while the families' powerful testimonies dismantle narrow definitions of identity an d belonging. A harrowing yet essential portrait of a community's loss and its unwavering demand for equality that asks: Who are the German people? ( BH) URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/sinelection/das-deutsche-volk LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:3deae928a1473b185be611fd7af615afb8b3f8c9430a41603325ea357ea5e7cb DTSTAMP:20250922T142025Z DTSTART:20251003T203000Z DTEND:20251003T213000Z SUMMARY:Die Möllner Briefe DESCRIPTION:“Remembrance is about acting.” This poignant refrain anchor s Martina Priessner’s powerful documentary Die Möllner Briefe\, which u nravels a haunting chapter in Germany’s recent history. In November 1992 \, a neo-Nazi arson attack in the town of Mölln claimed the lives of thre e members of the Arslan family—grandmother Bahide\, cousin Ayşe\, and 1 0-year-old Yeliz—and left young İbrahim Arslan with physical and emotio nal scars . Thirty years later\, İbrahim discovers hundreds of forgotten letters of solidarity\, sent by strangers to the victims’ families but i nexplicably buried in the city archives instead of being delivered.Priessn er’s camera traces his emotional journey as he confronts local officials about this betrayal and finally connects with the letter-writers whose vo ices were silenced. With a restrained artistry and unflinching sensitivity \, Priessner transforms a story of trauma into an urgent plea for accounta bility\, solidarity\, and the enduring power of collective memory in the f ace of rising right-wing extremism. (BH)Martina Priessner is an author and director who lives in Berlin and Istanbul and has been working on German- Turkish migration for many years. URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/sinelection/mollner-briefe LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:b48ac0fea8f77bf2179ec5d986ccfc2545e8df3fb0f3ec2e3847fdaa146f1b15 DTSTAMP:20250922T142056Z DTSTART:20251004T180000Z DTEND:20251004T190000Z SUMMARY:Die Möllner Briefe DESCRIPTION:“Remembrance is about acting.” This poignant refrain anchor s Martina Priessner’s powerful documentary Die Möllner Briefe\, which u nravels a haunting chapter in Germany’s recent history. In November 1992 \, a neo-Nazi arson attack in the town of Mölln claimed the lives of thre e members of the Arslan family—grandmother Bahide\, cousin Ayşe\, and 1 0-year-old Yeliz—and left young İbrahim Arslan with physical and emotio nal scars . Thirty years later\, İbrahim discovers hundreds of forgotten letters of solidarity\, sent by strangers to the victims’ families but i nexplicably buried in the city archives instead of being delivered.Priessn er’s camera traces his emotional journey as he confronts local officials about this betrayal and finally connects with the letter-writers whose vo ices were silenced. With a restrained artistry and unflinching sensitivity \, Priessner transforms a story of trauma into an urgent plea for accounta bility\, solidarity\, and the enduring power of collective memory in the f ace of rising right-wing extremism. (BH)Martina Priessner is an author and director who lives in Berlin and Istanbul and has been working on German- Turkish migration for many years. URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/sinelection/mollner-briefe LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:314d51b230fb6896c5c13cc73165576ba3d98cc6b7cadc1b8c89d6a1e6d75b87 DTSTAMP:20250922T142651Z DTSTART:20251004T203000Z DTEND:20251004T213000Z SUMMARY:Le goût du vin de Palme DESCRIPTION:This will be followed by a discussion with Jean-Pierre Bekolo\, moderated by Enoka AyembaAriane Boréal\, the wealthiest woman in France\ , escapes from her family\, who have locked her up after an incident with a gigolo. With her long-time African chauffeur Aristide\, she wanders thro ugh Paris\, beginning a hallucinatory journey between reality and imaginat ion. For the first time\, Ariane truly engages with Aristide\, discovering his stories\, faith\, and African heritage. Drawn into a mystical experie nce blending African rituals\, food\, and palm wine\, Ariane reconnects wi th her late father and finds a symbolic resolution to her family conflict. This surreal adventure\, where Africa becomes both refuge and revelation\ , culminates in Ariane retaining control of her empire—yet leaves open t he question: is this truly her story\, or an African one? (JPB)Jean-Pierre Bekolo is a Cameroonian filmmaker who tells stories that interweave polit ics\, philosophy\, and Afrofuturism.Enoka Ayemba is a film curator and fes tival advisor with a focus on African and Afro-diasporic cinematography. URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/sinelection/le-gout-du-vin-de-palme LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:bf48bf691dcd2e0b45e5f78e68644744ab515f7f9b030c289edfe30359f80c95 DTSTAMP:20250922T143411Z DTSTART:20251005T190000Z DTEND:20251005T200000Z SUMMARY:Bochinche DESCRIPTION:Followed by a talk with Eleggua Luna Laverde moderated by Galo E. RiveraBochinche is an intimate Colombian black and afroindigenous film screening night. It’s a moment and a space for connecting with our ance stors and inviting protection for our community\, especially in times when bigotry is on the rise. Bochinche is a night for gathering\, watching and talking about a selection of films focused on black and afroindigenous tr ans and queer people made by black and afroindigenous trans and queer peop le. (ELL)Eleggua Luna Laverde (they/she) is an afrocaribbean trans scriptw riter\, director and curator from the Bazurto Market in Cartagena de India s\, Colombia. Her work focuses on queer black and afroindigenous lives thr ough intimate and community-centered perspectives.InterFem Collective e.V. is a Berlin-based self-organized migrant intersectional feminist collecti ve that aims to empower migrant\, refugee\, queer and BIPOC FLINTA* folks through combining artistic expression and activism.  URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/common-visions-berlin/bochinche LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:cc1a464fad493afe6f0256a77d40e9a61ae154befc51c567328a1e1c68097188 DTSTAMP:20250922T145147Z DTSTART:20251015T200000Z DTEND:20251015T210000Z SUMMARY:Faruk DESCRIPTION:Followed by a talk with Aslı Özge (15. + 29.10.)A poignant bl end of documentary and fiction\, Aslı Özge’s award-winning film Faruk centers on her 95-year-old father\, Faruk Özge\, who plays a fictionalize d version of himself. When his Istanbul apartment building faces imminent demolition due to rampant gentrification\, Faruk becomes the unwitting pro tagonist of his daughter’s film\, which documents his resistance to the loss of his home and the memories embedded within its walls.As he navigate s building management meetings and confronts the inevitability of change\, the line between reality and performance blurs. Shot over seven years\, t he evolving landscape of Istanbul becomes a central character\, showing th e impacts of urban transformation and the widespread housing crisis.Özge ’s metafictional approach\, which includes glimpses of the filmmaking pr ocess\, adds layers to this intimate portrait of how people and memories a ge and transform. Faruk is a witty\, heartfelt ode to resilience and the q uiet poetry of everyday life. (BH)\n  URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/sinelection/faruk LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:0cb0943029b70ad6e9ca8dd0213044fa17d2fc5e8aa37bfa297163aa5f0bf832 DTSTAMP:20250922T145356Z DTSTART:20251029T200000Z DTEND:20251029T210000Z SUMMARY:Faruk DESCRIPTION:Followed by a talk with Aslı Özge (15. + 29.10.)A poignant bl end of documentary and fiction\, Aslı Özge’s award-winning film Faruk centers on her 95-year-old father\, Faruk Özge\, who plays a fictionalize d version of himself. When his Istanbul apartment building faces imminent demolition due to rampant gentrification\, Faruk becomes the unwitting pro tagonist of his daughter’s film\, which documents his resistance to the loss of his home and the memories embedded within its walls.As he navigate s building management meetings and confronts the inevitability of change\, the line between reality and performance blurs. Shot over seven years\, t he evolving landscape of Istanbul becomes a central character\, showing th e impacts of urban transformation and the widespread housing crisis.Özge ’s metafictional approach\, which includes glimpses of the filmmaking pr ocess\, adds layers to this intimate portrait of how people and memories a ge and transform. Faruk is a witty\, heartfelt ode to resilience and the q uiet poetry of everyday life. (BH)\n  URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/sinelection/faruk LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:7a33372cf5b11a92a347e90dfd47ae0f23819efb563ab39651e58e0e03211d68 DTSTAMP:20250922T145521Z DTSTART:20251016T200000Z DTEND:20251016T210000Z SUMMARY:Das Deutsche Volk DESCRIPTION:On the fifth anniversary of the Hanau racist attack\, this star k\, black-and-white documentary by Marcin Wierzchowski holds up a mirror t o German society. The film follows the families of the nine victims who we re murdered by a far-right extremist through four years of grief\, bureauc ratic neglect\, and their resilient fight for justice and recognition. Wit h intimate access and restrained observation\, Wierzchowski exposes the ch illing mechanics of systemic racism and institutional failure\, while the families' powerful testimonies dismantle narrow definitions of identity an d belonging. A harrowing yet essential portrait of a community's loss and its unwavering demand for equality that asks: Who are the German people? ( BH) URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/sinelection/das-deutsche-volk LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:d4a75845bf07ebd75072edc98ffcaf1444dc417c4abf5752d625dc457577f054 DTSTAMP:20250926T123630Z DTSTART:20251008T180000Z DTEND:20251008T190000Z SUMMARY:Man Sa Yay DESCRIPTION:Introduced by the EOTO CUZ Team. Followed by a talk with Jimmy Bamba and Miriam CamaraIn 1980\, Senegalese director Safi Faye made Man Sa Yay for German television. The film follows Moussa\, a student at TU Berl in\, navigating solitude\, friendships\, and odd jobs. Letters from his fa mily and partner in Senegal structure the narrative\, reflecting desire an d longing. Scenes of fellow West African expatriates reveal parallel strug gles and connections\, all circling around the recurring question: “When will you return?” (EOTO) Jimmy Bamba\, born in 1947 in the south of Se negal\, comes from a family of fishermen. Having lived in Berlin for decad es\, he shaped the world music scene as a DJ at the Club Dschungel in the 1980s and now hosts a show on Radio Multikulti.Miriam Siré Camara is the founder of akoma coaching &\; consulting (2014) and akoma art (2022). She has many years of experience as an organizational developer\, facilita tor\, and freelance curator. For over 20 years\, she has been supporting t ransformation processes that challenge discrimination and colonialism\, in cluding in art and cultural institutions. URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/blaction/i-your-mother-1 LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:d8aaa3f2cf16f7b64a7fbe4eb3bbfc9bacda9c240731232398efe2f906451d8f DTSTAMP:20250926T124024Z DTSTART:20251008T200000Z DTEND:20251008T210000Z SUMMARY:CAMP DE THIAROYE DESCRIPTION:Introduced by Enoka AyembaCamp de Thiaroye\, directed by Ousman e Sembène and Thierno Faty Sow\, is a landmark of African cinema. Based o n true events\, it portrays Senegalese tirailleurs who\, after fighting fo r France in WWII\, were massacred when they demanded fair treatment. Rejec ted by Cannes but awarded in Venice\, censored and blocked for years\, the film endures as a powerful indictment of colonial injustice and a timeles s call for dignity and justice. (EOTO) Enoka Ayemba is a film curator and festival advisor with a focus on African and Afro-diasporic cinematograph y. He has worked for the Berlinale Forum\, curated Grenzen in der Mitte in 2023\, and is currently a member of the selection committee for the Panaf rican Film Festival FESPACO. URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/blaction/camp-de-thiaroye-1 LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:85e046ff1607bd3300eb11684f2bcde62a6ae576effd6137c9ca21b47133ce81 DTSTAMP:20250926T124732Z DTSTART:20251009T200000Z DTEND:20251009T210000Z SUMMARY:The Call + Fanon DESCRIPTION:The Call (Teaser)Nicolas Premier\, France\, 2025\, 5 min. Engli shFanon Jean-Claude Flamand-Barny\, Canada\, Luxembourg\, 2024\, 132 min. French with English subtitlesIntroduced by the EOTO CUZ Team\, followed b y talk with Enoka Ayemba and Nicolas PremierFrantz Fanon\, a psychiatrist and one of the greatest innovators of postcolonial theory\, from Martiniqu e\, was appointed chief physician at the psychiatric hospital in Blida (Al geria) in 1953. He introduces innovative\, humanistic methods – against the resistance of his colonial-minded colleagues. His work arouses the int erest of the FLN\, and Fanon becomes part of the liberation struggle. A co mpelling biopic about an icon of anti-colonial resistance during the Alger ian crisis. (EOTO) Nicolas Premier is a French artist\, filmmaker and cur ator who deals with colonial history\, language and cultural representatio n. His works move between visual essay\, installation and video art. He of ten works with archive material and creates Afrofuturistic alternatives to dominant historical images. URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/blaction/the-call-fanon LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:4495119fd6de6442143f049ba36aad8105b8005883b56721d91da2f72cb1df14 DTSTAMP:20250926T125256Z DTSTART:20251010T140000Z DTEND:20251010T150000Z SUMMARY:Masterclass with Nicolas Premier DESCRIPTION:in EnglishFrench-Congolese filmmaker and artist Nicolas Premier will join us to share insights into his practice at the intersection of f ilm\, art\, and critical visual narratives. Known for projects such as Afr ica Is The Future\, his work questions dominant representations\, opens up perspectives on African present and future\, and reflects on issues of cu ltural identity. The workshop addresses film curators\, mediators\, and an interested professional audience. (EOTO)  URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/blaction/masterclass-with-nicolas-premi er LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:f9923baa253d4fbf60c1d51a92979dee10cf917f0b34aae4d701b03f06c3e471 DTSTAMP:20250926T125853Z DTSTART:20251010T180000Z DTEND:20251010T190000Z SUMMARY:Clashing Differences DESCRIPTION:Followed by a talk with Merle Grimme\, Thelma Buabeng and Sheri HagenAt times loud and furious\, at times quiet and vulnerable: Clashing Differences by Merle Grimme is a sharp feminist satire that also dives int o drama. Her graduation film places marginalized perspectives at the cente r\, exposing struggles around identity\, power\, and participation. With k een awareness of social debates and cinematic craft\, Grimme creates a lay ered work that moves\, provokes\, and invites reflection on the mechanisms of our attention economy. (EOTO) Merle Grimme\, director\, screenwriter &\; executive producer\, studied at the University of Television and Fi lm Munich and is a member of the German Film Academy. Her film Clashing Di fferences won the First Steps Award. Most recently\, she directed episodes of the ZDF series Doppelhaushälfte.Thelma Buabeng studied acting in Colo gne and Berlin. She has appeared in numerous film and television productio ns. In 2016\, she started her comedy project Tell Me Nothing From The Hors e and has performed at the Thalia\, Gorki\, and Volksbühne theaters.Sheri Hagen\, German-Nigerian filmmaker\, actress and co-founder of Schwarze Fi lmschaffende e.V. (Black Filmmakers Association)\, founded Equality Film i n 2015. Her production company received the Kultur- und Kreativpilot*innen -Preis (Cultural and Creative Pioneers Award) in 2023.  URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/blaction/clashing-differences LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:4a2f9e781ab40e1965195faf077b3468eb96878c7b4c76cbf160f38d076e13d1 DTSTAMP:20250926T130150Z DTSTART:20251010T203000Z DTEND:20251010T213000Z SUMMARY:TIMPI TAMPA DESCRIPTION:In Adama Bineta Sow’s film\, young Khalilou lives in Dakar wi th his gravely ill mother\, whose cancer is the result of years of skin bl eaching – a painful legacy of colonial beauty ideals. Seeking justice\, Khalilou transforms into “Leila” and enters a university beauty pagean t to expose the system from within. The film deconstructs colonial notions of beauty while celebrating courage\, sisterhood\, and the power to redef ine what beauty means. (EOTO)  URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/blaction/timpi-tampa LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:51dbd50658de4bc6206b1fd3ab2163aa1b0459aa408b799958a0a5d6984b9a38 DTSTAMP:20250926T130805Z DTSTART:20251011T140000Z DTEND:20251011T150000Z SUMMARY:Spotlight: 4 Short Films DESCRIPTION:Echter Mann (Real Man)Vinsley\, Germany 2024\, 8 min. GermanSch warze Früchte (Black Fruit) (excerpt)Elisha Smith-Leverock\, David Uzochu kwu\, Germany 2024\, 15 min. GermanI Was Never Really HereGabriel Bihina A rrahnio\, Germany 2022\, 23 min. German\, English\, Twi with Englisch subt itlesBillie (teaser)Sheri Hagen\, Germany 2025\, 1 min. German with Englis h subtitlesFollowed by a talk with Vinsley\, Vincent Edusei\, Lamin Leroy Gibba and Sheri Hagen. In Echter Mann\, Samuel struggles with depression and takes the step to seek help. Schwarze Früchte accompanies Lalo on his search for identity after the loss of his father.  I Was Never Really He re tells the story of Sam\, who falls in love with Kwesi\, but their relat ionship is fraught with uncertainty.  In Billie\, two friends find themse lves caught up in an absurd hostage situation. (EOTO)Lamin Leroy Gibba is an actor\, author\, director\, and producer. With short films like Hundefr eund\, he has won international awards. His play Doppeltreppe zum Wald rec eived the audience award at the Heidelberger Stückemarkt. His series Schw arze Früchte screened at Tribeca and is available on the ARD Mediathek.Vi nsley is a director and film author. After studying business administratio n\, he taught himself filmmaking. With works like Last Symphony or IamChos en\, he uses film as an art form and a social mouthpiece to awaken empathy and open up new perspectives.Vincent Edusei\, German-Ghanaian producer fr om Berlin\, studied at the Filmuniversität Babelsberg and has been head o f the production company Carousel Film since 2024.  URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/blaction/spotlight-4-short-films LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:62be8be176e00b55fc78843dea9b8c3fa3e76acf6534788a588a8b540f2fd499 DTSTAMP:20250926T131157Z DTSTART:20251011T160000Z DTEND:20251011T170000Z SUMMARY:Audre Lorde - A Litany for Survival DESCRIPTION:Followed by a talk with Katja Kinder and Miriam CamaraA Litany for Survival portrays African American poet and activist Audre Lorde\, who se work bridges the Civil Rights\, Women’s\, and LGBTQ+ movements. As a self-described “Black Lesbian Mother Poet Warrior\,” she championed la nguage\, visibility\, and empowerment. The screening is followed by a talk with Katharina Oguntoye\, who shares personal memories and highlights Lor de’s lasting impact on Black and queer communities. (EOTO) Katja Kinder is a Black\, German\, queer-feminist educational scientist and managing d irector of RAA Berlin\, which promotes educational justice. She developed diversity-oriented organizational development\, including the racism-criti cal three-step process of perception\, attitude\, and action\, and is a co -founder of ADEFRA. URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/blaction/audre-lorde-a-litany-for-survi val LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:92a0355e46843508ffda04425ca2195488c53ca97087a12bdd56222bca4fea4d DTSTAMP:20250926T131644Z DTSTART:20251011T180000Z DTEND:20251011T190000Z SUMMARY:All the Colours of the World Are Between Black and White DESCRIPTION:Bambino\, a delivery driver in Lagos\, lives modestly yet gener ously\, respected in his community. When he meets charismatic Bawa\, their friendship deepens through shared photo excursions\, evolving into tender intimacy. In a society where same-sex love is taboo and criminalized\, di rector Babatunde Apalowo crafts a subtle\, poetic film that captures their slow dance of desire and connection. A sensual and politically resonant N igerian story of love found against the odds. (EOTO) URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/blaction/all-the-colours-of-the-world-a re-between-black-and-white-01 LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:e275520837eba5a809460401425cdfc026aff2b9ed60b2a32d754ece8d0c5bc1 DTSTAMP:20250926T132005Z DTSTART:20251011T203000Z DTEND:20251011T213000Z SUMMARY:Dreamers DESCRIPTION:After living illegally in the UK for two years\, Isio is placed in a detention center\, hoping for asylum. Her roommate Farah distrusts t he system and plans an escape. Amid the chaos\, the two women find a small piece of happiness. Joy Gharoro-Akpojotor’s debut film tells a story of friendship\, hope\, and resilience\, showing how they resist an unforgivi ng immigration system while holding on to freedom and love. (EOTO)  URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/blaction/dreamers LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:1d34b71fd88d153ac4b9aeb38d62d525eb5842572af80abe563e9b249018bb35 DTSTAMP:20250926T132459Z DTSTART:20251012T110000Z DTEND:20251012T120000Z SUMMARY:Children's Program DESCRIPTION:Hair LoveMatthew A. Cherry\, Bruce W. Smith\, US 2019\, 7 min. EnglishArielle\, die MeerjungfrauRob Marshall\, US\, 2023\, 138 min. Germa nAt [BL]Action! – The Black Film Festival\, two films for kids are waiti ng for you! Which adventures you’ll discover on the big screen remains a surprise – but fun\, exciting stories\, and unforgettable experiences a re guaranteed. The Oscar-winning Hair Love is an American animated short film by Matthew A. Cherry. It is about a black girl and her father\, who i s trying to style her hair for the first time. A touching reflection on fa mily and bonds. Arielle\, die Meerjungfrau tells the story of a mermaid A rielle lives deep beneath the sea in the kingdom of her father. But she is magically drawn to the world of humans on the surface. When she meets the young Prince Eric one day\, the two fall head over heels in love. To see Eric again\, Ariel has to make great sacrifices. (EOTO)  URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/blaction/childrens-program-hair-love-ar ielle-die-meerjungfrau LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:9f8639f595be12a7c11d4e0b57210de3da5c9cc590e38d1d1b9031096c3d3de8 DTSTAMP:20250926T133158Z DTSTART:20251012T140000Z DTEND:20251012T150000Z SUMMARY:Black Joy DESCRIPTION:Followed by a talk with Janice Faith HeinrichProduced by DADDY and directed by Kemi Fatoba\, Black Joy explores the many facets of joy in Black communities\, showing its importance in the context of historical m ovements\, communities and creative expressions. (EOTO) Janice Faith Hein rich (they/she) is a Berlin-based writer\, editor\, model\, and English &a mp\; Gender Studies student. At DADDY Magazine they contribute as Features Editor\, Content Creator\, DE&\;I consultant\, and Production Assistan t.  URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/blaction/black-joy LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:0feace1bc72a9a6e2999ee8781f25c99c480338e8699e8bd514667582ca414f1 DTSTAMP:20250926T133535Z DTSTART:20251012T150000Z DTEND:20251012T160000Z SUMMARY:Speak Up! DESCRIPTION:Speak Up! is an Afro-feminist documentary that explores the exp eriences of Black women in Europe\, particularly in French-speaking countr ies such as France and Belgium. The film features 24 Black women – women with African or Caribbean roots who live in Europe. They talk about their experiences with discrimination\, racism\, sexism and prejudice. URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/blaction/speak-up LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:25c61654e06b681528d212a0f2632aca95e09d47ec9c42fa2d70deaca2ff7b71 DTSTAMP:20250926T133937Z DTSTART:20251012T180000Z DTEND:20251012T190000Z SUMMARY:Auf Noahs blutigem Regenbogen tanzen wir DESCRIPTION:Followed by a talk with Lara Sophie MilagroAuf Noahs blutigem R egenbogen tanzen wir by Monageng “Vice” Motshabi explores a justice sy stem rooted in colonial legacies. Set in a post-Mandela context and partly filmed in Berlin\, the work weaves in numerous references to Germany’s postcolonial history. Directed by filmmaker and Label Noir CEO Lara-Sophie Milagro\, it confronts the enduring impact of colonial structures on cont emporary society. (EOTO) Lara-Sophie Milagro is an actress\, author\, dir ector\, and producer with roots in Guyana and Germany. Her films and theat er works give a voice to new narratives from intersectional perspectives a nd celebrate diasporic identities.  URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/blaction/auf-noahs-blutigem-regenbogen- tanzen-wir LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:9616c82035b7f68667d1a13fb966b5ee6d28b6f70f0f18ed39b3da31ba7991a5 DTSTAMP:20250926T134140Z DTSTART:20251012T190000Z DTEND:20251012T200000Z SUMMARY:Ernest Cole: Lost and Found DESCRIPTION:Ernest Cole: Lost and Found tells the story of Ernest Cole\, th e groundbreaking Black South African photographer whose haunting images re vealed the horrors of apartheid. Forced into exile\, he lived stateless in the U.S.\, torn between art\, homeland\, and expectation\, before dying i n obscurity. With his writings voiced by LaKeith Stanfield\, Raoul Peck cr afts a moving portrait of an artist whose hidden archive—saved in Sweden —both preserved and complicated his legacy. (EOTO)  URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/blaction/ernest-cole-lost-and-found-1 LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:94c6779cc8703def01efd2f4cdcf8c073ffdf5bde6fa04262150b58db4aa9698 DTSTAMP:20250926T135057Z DTSTART:20251017T203000Z DTEND:20251017T213000Z SUMMARY:جماعت DESCRIPTION:Followed by a talk with Sahand Kabiri and Jowe Harfouche (17.10 .)“Mirrored in the cup\, we see the face of the beloved we favor.Alas\, you are unaware of the joys of the wine we savor.”A line from a 14th-cen tury Hafez poem opens Sahand Kabiri’s vibrant feature debut\, hinting at the defiant joy of Tehran’s underground youth culture we are about to w itness. Fueled by personal experience and pulsating techno beats\, the fil m boldly sidesteps censorship to capture a queer\, anti-patriarchal genera tion who are defying modesty laws and societal constraints. Centered on Ha med (Keyvan Mohammadi) and his boyfriend Raman (Faraaz Modiri)\, the plot unfolds as friends prepare a clandestine farewell party. Their conversatio ns interweave humor and heartbreak\, tackling taboo subjects with organic grit. Through rhythmic storytelling and vivid characters\, Kabiri frames t heir struggles—both universal and uniquely Iranian—with infectious ene rgy and unapologetic rebellion. A defiant ode to resilience and a cry for self-determination\, The Crowd pulses with the rhythm of a generation dema nding to exist on its own terms. (BH)\nSahand Kabiri is a director and scr eenwriter based in Tehran.Jowe Harfouche is a cultural organizer and film programmer. He managed the Culture and Ideas portfolio for Open Society-ME NA up until 2024\, and NAAS | Network of Arab Alternative Screens from 201 6 to 2022 establishing it as a nonprofit in both Beirut and Berlin. He cur rently lives in Berlin and works with ALFILM as film curator. URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/sinelection/gmaaat LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ac5c294c4696d954fb24ae1cbc78f9a678e683a86bc1db3ae670b865e2712ff6 DTSTAMP:20250926T135658Z DTSTART:20251017T180000Z DTEND:20251017T190000Z SUMMARY:Schwarze Bewegungsgeschichte(n) -– Are We Our Ancestors’ Wildes t Dreams? DESCRIPTION:Curated and moderated by Miriam CamaraPanel will take place in GermanThis conversation is dedicated to Black/Afrodiasporic resistance mov ements\, as well as artistic\, academic and embodied practices of remembra nce and archival work as significant practices for contemporary and future activism. It will also consider love as an activist practice and explore visions and strategies for resistance in politically threatening times. (M C)Miriam Siré Camara is the founder of akoma coaching &\; consulting (2014) and akoma art (2022). She has a background in communication and bus iness psychology and many years of experience as an organisational develop er\, coach\, facilitator and freelance curator. For over 20 years\, she ha s been supporting transformation processes critical of discrimination and colonialism\, including in art and cultural institutions.Ireti Amojo is a former German basketball player. Since retiring from her career as a baske tball player\, she has been involved in various roles promoting women's ba sketball. She is active as a basketball TV expert and is part of an initia tive for FLINTA visibility in basketball. In the anthology Unlearn Patriar chy 2\, she published an essay on the structural disadvantage and discrimi nation faced by FLINTA individuals in sports. Ireti holds a doctorate in b usiness informatics and now works full-time in the IT industry.Nadja Ofuat ey-Alazard ist eine deutsche Kuratorin und Co-Geschäftsführerin/künstle rische Leiterin der Schwarzen Empowerment-Organisation Each One Teach One (EOTO).Philipp Khabo Koepsell is an afro-german spoken word performer\, wr iter\, and dramaturg. So far\, he has published seven books\, incl. severa l anthologies of poetry. As a dramaturg\, he worked for the Berlin-based t heatre Ballhaus Naunynstraße and independent theatre groups. For the NGO Each One Teach One (EOTO) e.V. Koepsell has managed the literature events as well as the inhouse archive projects\, and continues to consult artists of colour regarding project management\, dramaturgy\, and funding. Nadja OIfuatey-Alazard is a German curator and co-managing/artistic director of the black empowerment organization Each One Teach One (EOTO).Marianne Bal lé Moudoumbou lives in Potsdam\, where she works as a certified interpret er and researcher. She was a founding member of the board of the Central C ouncil of the African Community in Germany\, is the spokesperson for the P an-African Women's Empowerment and Liberation Organization (PAWLO)-Masoso e.V.\, and is involved in numerous other organizations.https://www.dichter lesen.net/personen/detail/marianne-balle-moudoumbou/ URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/sinemaplural/schwarze-bewegungsgeschich ten-are-we-our-ancestors-wildest-dreams LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:d9fc5a42e268288064f5c1b4eba0fd01c30e4bf81f340be3a689068d0b4295f2 DTSTAMP:20250926T140009Z DTSTART:20251018T180000Z DTEND:20251018T190000Z SUMMARY:Das Deutsche Volk DESCRIPTION:On the fifth anniversary of the Hanau racist attack\, this star k\, black-and-white documentary by Marcin Wierzchowski holds up a mirror t o German society. The film follows the families of the nine victims who we re murdered by a far-right extremist through four years of grief\, bureauc ratic neglect\, and their resilient fight for justice and recognition. Wit h intimate access and restrained observation\, Wierzchowski exposes the ch illing mechanics of systemic racism and institutional failure\, while the families' powerful testimonies dismantle narrow definitions of identity an d belonging. A harrowing yet essential portrait of a community's loss and its unwavering demand for equality that asks: Who are the German people? ( BH) URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/sinelection/das-deutsche-volk LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:a33b8c4dd4c973f1c33930bc09817951dac2969b62b781742cc5c06d46389a95 DTSTAMP:20250926T141217Z DTSTART:20251018T203000Z DTEND:20251018T213000Z SUMMARY:Hysteria DESCRIPTION:Followed by a talk with Mehmet Akif Büyükatalay (18.10.)The s et of a drama about the 1993 Solingen arson attack\, a real-life racist in cident that killed five members of a Turkish family. Behind-the-scenes\, t he production starts to unravel under the weight of its own ambitions. Whe n a burned Quran is discovered among the props the day's footage mysteriou sly vanishes and accusations start to fly.At the center of the storm is El if\, the second assistant director\, whose ambition clashes with her growi ng unease. As she scrambles to recover the lost tapes and salvage her care er\, she navigates a minefield of moral compromises\, institutional hypocr isy\, and hidden agendas. While the director claims political provocation as his right\, the producer prioritizes profit over principles. Meanwhile\ , the predominantly Muslim film extras challenge the production’s exploi tative gaze\, questioning who such stories truly serve.Hysteria is a razor -sharp blend of genre suspense and scorching social critique. Büyükatala y crafts a rip-roaring thriller that exposes the layers of racism\, opport unism\, and performative wokeness in the film industry\, and beyond. (BH)M ehmet Akif Büyükatalay is a German-Turkish film director and screenwrite r and a founding member of the film production company filmfaust. URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/sinelection/hysteria LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:028fbac32ba1af8fc7b588af536ba346fdf7c09f36daff0ee6dadf9b25798f58 DTSTAMP:20250926T160137Z DTSTART:20251019T180000Z DTEND:20251019T190000Z SUMMARY:School of Quilombismo: Desire Lines DESCRIPTION:In cooperation with HKWSchool of Quilombismo: Gender Euphoria i s a roaming program that embodies and resonates with imaginative\, wayward \, unorthodox\, and self-determined pedagogical and knowledge practices. I t manifests annually in different formats—from boat tours to walks\, fro m concerts to film screenings. This year’s edition revolves around the l aunch of the English and German translation of pedagogue Maria Clara Araú jo dos Passos’s book Pedagogias das Travestilidades (Pedagogies of trave sti liberation). Desire LinesJules Rosskam\, USA\, 2024\, 81 min. English Followed by a talk with Jules Rosskam and Zoya (Casa Kuà)Desire Lines is a hybrid documentary blending candid interviews\, archival materials\, and narrative fiction as a framework for exploring the complicated and often unwritten history of transmasculine sexuality.The fictional story centers on Ahmad\, an Iranian expat who arrived in the US at the onset of the AIDS crisis. Now in his 60s\, concealing his trans identity for decades has me ant distancing himself from intimacy. Ahmad comes to the LGBTQ archives to explore his latent homosexuality and engage in fantasy to reimagine his l ife as an out\, gay trans man. He is assisted by Kieran\, a twenty-somethi ng nonbinary archivist who is immersed in queer culture and trans communit y. Though they come from radically  different cultures\, their bond is st rengthened by a shared fascination with Lou Sullivan\, a gay transgender A IDS activist.The film pivots between fantasy\, fiction\, and fact using th e letters and interviews of Lou Sullivan as the historical core. Intersper sed throughout are interviews with a diverse group of transmen across the US\, candidly discussing the evolution of their desires and illuminating t heir struggles with gender (non)conformity\, fetishization\, transphobia\, safer sex\, and sexual racism. (HKW)Jules Rosskam is a filmmaker\, educat or and interdisciplinary artist based in the US.\nZoya is a member of Casa Kuà\, a space organized by Trans* and Non – Binary Black Indigenous Pe ople of color to make health more accessible to other Trans*\, Inter\, Non -Binary and Queer people.  URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/common-visions-berlin/desire-lines LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:a3903d32c5d822bb78574d42977fc1f4a0b81810f70923bac545073f069b9ba9 DTSTAMP:20250926T163612Z DTSTART:20251022T190000Z DTEND:20251022T200000Z SUMMARY:Festival opening + Abenteuer im Nachtexpress DESCRIPTION:Abenteuer im Nachtexpress (Adventure in the Night Express)Harry Piel\, Germany 1925\, 86 min. Silent\, German with English subtitlesMusic : Udo Erdenreich\, Karen Thastum und Dieter Kölsch Introduced by Andreas TheinOn a night express train\, detective Harry Peel (actor Piel’s freq uent alter ego on the big screen) gets caught up in criminal activities. D uring a long journey through the night\, Peel pulls out all the stops\, un coupling carriages\, fighting under the chassis\, and jumping onto the tra in roof. Spectacular stunts\, intense night shots\, and Piel’s legendary charm\, accentuated by the film’s beautiful tint\, show how the Düssel dorf filmmaker once captivated the world. (FR)Andreas Thein is Head of Col lections and Restoration at  Filmmuseum Düsseldorf URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/film-restored-01/festival-opening-abent euer-im-nachtexpress-adventure-in-the-night-express LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:e998e12df6485c4626b49b09c036250662ebc3d656564dddaca41488c5b9dd23 DTSTAMP:20250926T164436Z DTSTART:20251023T100000Z DTEND:20251023T110000Z SUMMARY:Keynote lecture by Elisa Jochum + Hairstory DESCRIPTION:KEYNOTE LECTURE: Elisa Jochum\, A piece of the action This fas t-paced lecture discusses—and challenges—ready associations between ac tion and film. It is designed to stimulate reflection on which association s are\, by contrast\, commonly overlooked. Which have historically not got ten a piece of the action? This whistle-stop tour tackles questions rangin g from the colors to the noises of action\, from courageous to fearful and outrageous deeds\, from causes to consequences\, and from its physical to its social dimensions. In doing so\, this talk breaks down any restrictio ns on thinking of action merely within the confines of a genre. A firework of ideas and references\, this opening lecture seeks to activate you and prepare the ground for experiencing the festival. The aim is to diversify our understanding of action in the context of film\, and through this lens \, of film heritage itself. (FR)  Elisa Jochum is Head of Audiovisual He ritage at Deutsche KinemathekHairstoryLaTanya Richardson Jackson\, USA\, 2 000\, 30 min. EnglishIntroduced by LaTanya Richardson\, Kirsten Larvick   Cherrie is determined to win her fifth Mother’s Day Hair Show with her teenage daughter Berta by her side. But when Berta pushes back\, the day takes an unexpected turn that could cost them the title—or change their relationship forever. The film explores how Berta’s actions\, though ini tially seen as rebellious\, ultimately bring them closer. A vibrant portra it of family and individuality. The film is considered a significant work for its exploration of colorism and its impact on the Black community. (FR )LaTanya Richardson Jackson is a filmmaker.Kirsten Larvick is audiovisual preservationist and Managing Director at IndieCollect. URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/film-restored-01/keynote-lecture-by-eli sa-jochum-hairstory LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:f553c153e5122f902629a88d724c5c647ca37ffc0e8014007a11951303efd25a DTSTAMP:20250926T165401Z DTSTART:20251023T113000Z DTEND:20251023T123000Z SUMMARY:Mein Feind + Lieber Herr Doktor DESCRIPTION:Mein Feind (My Enemy)Bettina Flitner\, BRD/FRG\, 1993\, 30 min. German with English subtitles Introduced by Elisa Jochum In the early 1 990s\, Bettina Flitner asked women on the street the provocative question: “Do you have an enemy? And if so\, what would you do to them if you cou ld do it without being punished?” Flitner put the equally provocative an swers to the question on large-format photographs\, showing the women who answered them holding toy weapons. She placed these photos in public space s in Cologne\, asked for reactions and filmed the discussions that ensued. The skilful interweaving of multiple media and discourse levels during th is intervention set off a range of reactions\, from vocal outrage to quiet accounts of the experience of rape and helplessness. The film premiered a t the Forum of the Berlin Film Festival and received awards both at home a nd abroad. (FR)Lieber Herr Doktor (Dear Doctor) Filmgruppe Schwangerschaf tsabbruch\, Switzerland 1977\,  63 min. German with English subtitles In troduced by Seraina WinzelerIn 1977\, a group of feminists\, politically a ctive doctors\, and filmmakers from the Zurich Film Collective decided to engage in a political debate by making a film. The referendum on the publi c petition to decriminalize abortion in the first trimester was imminent. Lieber Herr Doktor (Dear Doctor) shows documentary footage of an abortion\ , a panel discussion in Ennenda in the canton of Glarus\, and portraits of several women who talk about their experiences of abortion. This “inter vention film” intended to spark discussion\, which it succeeded in doing : according to the members of the collective\, it was the most widely show n documentary film in Switzerland at the time. A contribution to a heated debate caught between activism and adverse reactions. (FR)Seraina Winzeler is a film scholar\, archivist and head of education at the Cinémathèque Suisse. URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/film-restored-01/mein-feind-lieber-herr -doktor LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:4b2e83544050945605f37c920a8118ca4fdb10a6763a9f5476df68f9a379ad28 DTSTAMP:20250926T170534Z DTSTART:20251023T140000Z DTEND:20251023T150000Z SUMMARY:Lecture by Chantal Partamian + Happy Day DESCRIPTION:Chantal Partamian\, Katsakh: Mediterranean archives. Personal a rchives and political futures Katsakh is a living archive of small-format non-fiction film reels spanning from the 1920s to the 1980s\, focused pri marily on the towns and villages of the Eastern Mediterranean and beyond. Initiated in 2020\, the archive emerges from histories of exile\, genocide \, and cultural loss. Rather than merely preserving the past\, Katsakh rec laims suppressed narratives and activates forgotten images as raw material for artistic creation\, political memory\, and speculative futures. Throu gh the recovery\, repair\, and public dissemination of this footage\, the archive becomes a site of narrative resistance and imaginative possibility . It invites communities and artists to co-create counter-histories\, wher e grief\, memory\, and futurity converge\, and to reimagine the Mediterran ean beyond imperial frames and erasures. (FR) Chantal Partamian is a film maker and archivist.Happy DayPantelis Voulgaris\, Greece 1976\, 100 Min.\, English with English subtitles Introduced by Maria KomninosOn a sun-scor ched\, windswept island\, a camp of political prisoners awaits the visit o f the “great mother”\, the Queen\, in honor of whom they have prepared a celebration. One of the prisoners\, who steadfastly refuses to renounce his beliefs\, disappears and is proclaimed dead. However\, on the day of the celebration\, the “dead man” reappears. A film about the absurdity of authoritarian regimes that portrays the daily rituals of physical and psychological violence in the camp\, which are contrasted by festive momen ts for appearances’ sake. (FR)Maria Komninos is President of the Board o f Directors of the Greek Film Archive. URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/film-restored-01/lecture-by-chantal-par tamian LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:848c74ad1766b1b07eb623148dbee0e234bcb13d890511ed3fe1e8ae9e0f795e DTSTAMP:20250926T171245Z DTSTART:20251023T150000Z DTEND:20251023T160000Z SUMMARY:Happy Day DESCRIPTION:Introduced by Maria KomninosOn a sun-scorched\, windswept islan d\, a camp of political prisoners awaits the visit of the “great mother ”\, the Queen\, in honor of whom they have prepared a celebration. One o f the prisoners\, who steadfastly refuses to renounce his beliefs\, disapp ears and is proclaimed dead. However\, on the day of the celebration\, the “dead man” reappears. A film about the absurdity of authoritarian reg imes that portrays the daily rituals of physical and psychological violenc e in the camp\, which are contrasted by festive moments for appearances’ sake. (FR)Maria Komninos is President of the Board of Directors of the Gr eek Film Archive. URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/film-restored-01/happy-day LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:4877364b7b3117901d29b600287a871110a8fc58090c8d87a0a8baf5106ec8f6 DTSTAMP:20250926T171806Z DTSTART:20251024T100000Z DTEND:20251024T110000Z SUMMARY:Workshop report and lecture by Anke Wilkening DESCRIPTION:Anke Wilkening\, Down- und Upconverts: Rettung und Sicherung vo n Chetna Voras FilmFrauen in Berlin (in German)In 1982\, Chetna Vora\, an Indian student of film direction in the GDR\, acted quickly to save the ro ugh cut of her documentary film ‘Frauen in Berlin’. It features interv iews with women of different generations who talk about their private and professional experiences. After an internal university screening\, Vora wa s asked to shorten her 140-minute version to 30 minutes. She was able to s muggle the 16mm material out of the HFF and take it to Berlin\, where she copied it using a 16mm film projector and a video camera\, before the univ ersity discovered that the material was missing. Today\, this video copy i s the only known version of Vora’s rough cut. Only long after the fall o f the Berlin Wall was there a public screening. The imperfections of the v ideo technology at the time and the hastily constructed set-up have become part of the film’s reception. In contrast\, 23 minutes have been preser ved from the original reversal film\, a radical cut for broadcast purposes that was ultimately not aired. How would a concept for the restoration of this unfinished work look? How should the aesthetics and editing of the o riginal be defined\, and what role does the reception of the work play in this? ‘Frauen in Berlin’ was Vora’s graduation film project. What pl ace does the film occupy in the overall oeuvre of the director\, who died in 1987? (FR)Anke Wilkening is a film restorer and scholar. Since 2021\, A nke is project coordinator for the Film Heritage (FFE) funding program at the Film University Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF.\n  URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/film-restored-01/workshop-report-and-le cture-by-anke-wilkening LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:2f9681ccd715530d9746e48ae32ae02679f4845acbc5e1973ef93674d05fabbd DTSTAMP:20250926T173011Z DTSTART:20251024T113000Z DTEND:20251024T123000Z SUMMARY:Workshop reports by Masha Matzke & Paul Marie\, Leenke Ripmeester + Tanz der Farben DESCRIPTION:Masha Matzke &\; Paul Marie\, The fusion of political and ae sthetic radicalism in Helmut Herbst’s animated film practice The experi mental animation and documentary filmmaker\, professor\, and producer Helm ut Herbst (1934-2021) is considered one of the key figures of the ‘other cinema’ movement\, as well as a pioneer in the fight to preserve indepe ndent film and cinema’s early history. Herbst declared the history of ae sthetic-political uprisings to be the favorite theme of his filmmaking pra ctice\, which he defined primarily as a form of activism in line with his concept of ‘animatory freedom.’ In the fusion of social protest and ra dical art\, Herbst saw a direct link between Berlin Dadaism and the ‘oth er cinema’ of the 1960s. For Herbst\, the power of both movements lay in their ability to equate radical upheavals in political thought with the f ormation of new ways of seeing.  The program provides insights into Herb st’s impressive work and the cut-out animation technique of his early po litical satires\, which sought to animate not just paper collages but a po litical-aesthetic consciousness. Herbst’s unique animation studio\, cine grafik\, which has been part of the Kinemathek’s collection since 2022\, will also be presented. (FR)Masha Matzke is film preservationist\, resear cher and curator and is presently film restorer at Deutsche Kinemathek.Pau l Marie is film archivist at Deutsche Kinemathek.Leenke Ripmeester\, Anima tion in a hurry – film drawings by Ton van Saane Even though analog ani mation can be very fast and action-packed\, the process of making these fi lms is anything but quick. Frustrated by this aspect of animation\, Dutch filmmaker Ton van Saane (1930-1973) searched for a technique that preserve d the spontaneity of the creative process. He came up with an approach he termed ‘film drawings’. Van Saane tells a story by making drawings\, t hen quickly erasing them and starting the next one. While he made the draw ings\, the camera was recording one frame per second which led to an accel eration when projected at 24 fps. The results are films that present the f ilmmaker in a hurry\, in action! The viewer needs to accelerate as well to keep up with the drawings and the story being told. Curator of animation Leenke Ripmeester will present one to three films by Van Saane and elabora te on the special technique he developed. (FR) Leenke Ripmeester is a cur ator of Eye Filmmuseum  in Amsterdam\, the Netherlands.Tanz der Farben (D ance of Colors)Hans Fischinger\, Germany\, 1939\, 8 min. Introduced by Th omas Worschech   ‘Dance of Colors’ is an abstract play of colors\, shapes\, and music in which colorful dots\, lines\, and surfaces move to t he rhythm of the music. The short film is the first and only production by Hans Fischinger\, who previously worked for his brother\, the animation p ioneer Oskar Fischinger. It premiered as an opening short on February 26 1 939\, and ran for two weeks with great success. The film was subsequently bought by Tobis Filmkunst GmbH\, a company complicit with the Nazi regime\ , and was not shown again until the end of the war. (FR)Thomas Worschech i s curator at the DFF -Deutsches Filminstitut &\; Filmmuseum and head of the film archive and the film-technological collection. URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/film-restored-01/workshop-reports-by-ma sha-matzke-paul-marie-leenke-ripmeester-tanz-der-farben LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ed8a7d417c6bba389d3d920ea608c4f0d67332bb45f81ea7be54e694ccbb8c06 DTSTAMP:20250926T173734Z DTSTART:20251024T140000Z DTEND:20251024T150000Z SUMMARY:Witches & Faggots\, Dykes & Poofters DESCRIPTION:Introduced by Digby DuncanIn 1978\, Australian police violently disrupted the first Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras\, arresting fifty-t hree peaceful protesters. This documentary by activists uses footage from the protest and its immediate aftermath to create a raw\, dynamic\, and po litically urgent portrait. The film does not just depict direct action: it also created it\, helping to catalyze lasting legal change and itself bec oming part of the story of LGBTQIA+ resistance in Australia. (FR)Digby Dun can is a filmmaker URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/film-restored-01/witches-faggots-dykes- poofters LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:c5f3e0054da79c993821746ff81ddbbf13d194368820c0a680150ac5073b35ba DTSTAMP:20250926T174731Z DTSTART:20251024T150000Z DTEND:20251024T160000Z SUMMARY:The Heart of the Matter DESCRIPTION:Shot on 16 mm by a women-led crew\, ‘The Heart of the Matter ’ boldly confronts the silence surrounding women and AIDS through the vo ices of HIV-positive women and the personal journey of activist Janice Jir au. Exposing how race\, gender\, class\, and religion intersect to magnify risk\, the film pulsates with urgency. Winning Sundance’s Freedom of Ex pression Award and screening at the 44th Berlin International Film Festiva l\, the documentary became a model for activist filmmaking and a catalyst for real-world policy change. (FR) URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/film-restored-01/the-heart-of-the-matte r LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:446a499d0372c15f78b6219447e15c0d4419ae8a16ce49174f4fa80a5f3984ff DTSTAMP:20250926T175524Z DTSTART:20251024T170000Z DTEND:20251024T180000Z SUMMARY:A Touch of Zen DESCRIPTION:Introduced by Howard Hao-Chun Yang The young scholar Gu lives near a haunted fort when he befriends Yang\, a mysterious woman in hiding. After a night of passion\, she reveals that her father was executed by th e powerful eunuch Wei\, and that she is fleeing his agents. When the agent s attack\, Gu’s cunning saves the day. Yang becomes a Buddhist nun but r ushes to rescue Gu upon hearing that he is in danger\, leading to an inevi table confrontation with Wei. As the first Mandarin film to win at a major European film festival\, its iconic bamboo forest duel inspired directors like Ang Lee\, Zhang Yimou\, and Tsui Hark. (FR)Howard Hao-Chun Yang is a film curator at the Taiwan Film and Audiovisual Institute. URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/film-restored-01/a-touch-of-zen LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:cf89f8be8866dc410493d3de7aa11110042bc7139992fd8554cbeb23b3922f37 DTSTAMP:20250926T180137Z DTSTART:20251024T210000Z DTEND:20251024T220000Z SUMMARY:Verführung: Die grausame Frau DESCRIPTION:Followed by a talk with Elfi Mikesch\, Monika Treut\, moderated by Heleen Gerritsen (in German)Wanda is both a mysterious dominatrix and a smart businesswoman. Her job is to be cruel\, with the specialty of luri ng her lovers into the trap called seduction. In her art gallery in the po rt of Hamburg\, Wanda stages sadomasochistic rituals as bizarre stage show s. She is also a commanding dominatrix in her private life. The film\, bas ed on the novel ‘Venus in Furs’ by Sacher-Masoch\, triggered widesprea d reactions: With its BDSM scenes\, the film not only angered the then Fed eral Minister of the Interior and the Catholic Film Service\; it also caus ed controversy in lesbian and feminist circles. Some celebrated its subver sive power\, while others were disturbed by its radical display of sadomas ochistic fantasies. Today\, the work is considered an avant-garde-surreal milestone and a form of queer self-expression. (FR)Elfi Mikesch is Austria n-German photographer  and film directorMonika Treut is a filmmaker\, pro ducer and author URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/film-restored-01/verfuhrung-die-grausam e-frau LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:4a5294c948e43898a42a59175fd3684d5d14f672cbba0cd3b39b38f0cc1cc9d3 DTSTAMP:20250926T180945Z DTSTART:20251025T100000Z DTEND:20251025T110000Z SUMMARY:Lectures by Hemma M. Prainsack\, Kathy Rose O’Regan + Escalada à Torre dos Clérigos DESCRIPTION:Hemma M. Prainsack\, Thrills\, Stunts and Daredevils: Express T rain Action The key element of the action film is the chase\, which keeps the audience on the edge of their seats with nerve-racking staging. In ea rly action films\, the depiction of breakneck speed and modern transport m ethods became symbolic of the mastery of technology – and the body. When the first pictures of the Cinématographe Lumière rolled across the scre en\, ‘L’arrivée d’un train en gare de La Ciotat’ stirred the audi ence’s emotions in particular. With the arrival of the train\, the great est means of transport in the country was filmed in motion\, and continues to captivate people to this day. The railway quickly became a powerful su bject in films and a setting for acrobatics and action on trains. In ‘Ab enteuer im Nachtexpress’ (D 1925)\, the German action hero Harry Piel da res to take on the “giant of the primeval world” (Illustrierter Film-K urier No. 361\, 1925) with spectacular stunts. (FR)Hemma Marlene Prainsack is a film historian\, editor and curator.Kathy Rose O’Regan \, Submerge d action: underwater filming technologies of the silent era\, as represent ed in the collection of San Francisco Film Preserve Underwater filming wa s surprisingly prolific during the early decades of cinema. In the collect ion of San Francisco Film Preserve alone\, two features—Maurice Tourneur ’s ‘The White Heather’ (1919) and Irvin Willat’s ‘Below the Surf ace’ (1920)—feature underwater sequences\, including sunken wrecks and fights on the seafloor. This presentation will use these two films to exp lore advances made in underwater filming during the silent era. We will al so discuss the innovative marketing techniques used by studios to tell the general public about these groundbreaking technologies. (FR) Kathy Rose O’Regan is the Executive Director of San Francisco Film Preserve (SFFP). Escalada à Torre dos ClérigosRaúl de Caldevilla\, Portugal\, 1917\, 9 m in. SilentIntroduced by Joana Sousa In 1917\, the Torre dos Clérigos in Porto (to this day\, the highest church tower in Portugal at 75 meters) se t the stage for a remarkable feat: two Spanish acrobats successfully climb ed the tower in front of a massive crowd that had gathered to witness the event. This film records their daring stunt\, which was part of an adverti sing campaign for a biscuit manufacturer. The climbers were meant to enjoy tea and biscuits at the top of the tower\, in what was advertised as “T ea in the Clouds!”. For decades\, it was the most innovative Portuguese promotional film experiment. (FR)Joana Sousa is leading the Distribution a nd Cultural Outreach department at Cinemateca Portuguesa. URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/film-restored-01/lectures-by-hemma-m-pr ainsack-kathy-rose-oregan-escalada-a-torre-dos-clerigos LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:f6a215bf0c4eb8d2c1f3c43e846c66f7448cc1d1c17f52aac220853056916d60 DTSTAMP:20250926T181616Z DTSTART:20251025T120000Z DTEND:20251025T130000Z SUMMARY:Die Spur führt nach Berlin DESCRIPTION:Introduced by Johannes Praetorius-Rhein (in German)This America n-style thriller is set in bombed-out Berlin. An American attorney arrives in the city in search of the long-lost heir to a vast fortune. He falls i nto the clutches of a gang of international counterfeiters. However\, the daughter of the man he is looking for comes to his aid\, allowing him to e scape. High-speed chases through the streets of West Berlin\, past ruins a nd construction sites\, are both action-packed and documentary in style. ( FR)Johannes Praetorius-Rhein is a film scholar and sociologist. URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/film-restored-01/die-spur-fuhrt-nach-be rlin LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:cabc2d9255b9b0c630fb0e3638fb0c8879de2192e1e30570ccd095dc45668202 DTSTAMP:20250926T182048Z DTSTART:20251025T143000Z DTEND:20251025T153000Z SUMMARY:Home Sweet Home DESCRIPTION:Introduced by Bruno Mestdagh   Benoît Lamy’s ‘Home Swee t Home’ blends comedy with social critique in a Belgian retirement home run like military barracks. When Jules\, a spirited resident in his sevent ies\, and a group of rebellious elderly women revolt against the oppressiv e system\, chaos unfolds. The actions of the residents become increasingly radical. Tackling themes of aging\, authority\, and desire\, the film mix es tenderness and outrage with sharp insight\, vivid performances\, and he artfelt humor. (FR)Bruno Mestdagh is coordinator of the digital film colle ction at the Cinémathèque royale de Belgique - CINEMATEK URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/film-restored-01/home-sweet-home LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:c43d4241336ae57f614d8573cfc3a09872eddfdd9f9539ef6c8c70f5e6877062 DTSTAMP:20250926T182409Z DTSTART:20251025T170000Z DTEND:20251025T180000Z SUMMARY:Dögkeselyü DESCRIPTION:Introduced by Janka Barkóczi  Taxi driver József Simon is r obbed by two elderly lady passengers. The divorced\, debt-ridden man turns to the police in vain\, but they simply do not believe him. He takes matt ers into his own hands\, starts investigating\, and quickly comes across t he professional thieves who duped him. Having lost faith in the legal syst em\, he starts a one-man action campaign using increasingly professional m ethods. “The Vulture” radically modernized the Hungarian thriller and has proven to be highly influential in the genre ever since. (FR)Janka Bar kóczi is Head of Film Collection and Research at the National Film Instit ute Hungary.   URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/film-restored-01/dogkeselyu LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:a96bad2c2208e1528f7c3fdae34081e8422def879f9ec442aa351627a49c5eb2 DTSTAMP:20250926T182900Z DTSTART:20251026T110000Z DTEND:20251026T120000Z SUMMARY:Dein unbekannter Bruder DESCRIPTION:Introduced by Philip Zengel (in German)Resistance to the Nation al Socialists flares up in Hamburg in 1935. Men paint “Unite!” on a wa ll and are arrested by the Gestapo—someone must have betrayed them. The scene plays out in the memory of Arnold Clasen\, who is a cinema projectio nist after his imprisonment for taking an early stand against the Nazi reg ime. Now he lives in fear and seclusion and tries not to attract attention . He seeks friendship with his contact\, the communist Walter. But can he trust him? Arrests continue to be made in the resistance movement... (FR)F rom open acts of resistance to inner conflict and the struggle to find a p olitical stance\, this film shifts the “action” to the protagonist’s psyche. (FR)Philip Zengel is head of public relations at the DEFA Foundat ion.\n  URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/film-restored-01/dein-unbekannter-brude r LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:9b75462168995826a4bf1310dad2a85dc21be70da9af82affdcd58435bcf667f DTSTAMP:20250926T183409Z DTSTART:20251026T140000Z DTEND:20251026T150000Z SUMMARY:Zu: Warriors from the Magic Mountain DESCRIPTION:Introduced by Sam Ho An action-packed adaptation of Huanzhulou zhu’s novel ‘Legend of the Swordsmen of the Mountains of Shu’: The m aster swordsman Ting-yin has been possessed by the Blood Demon. His discip le Ti Min-chi\, young monk I-chen and a disciple of the countess of the fo rt manage to escape Ting’s attack. Together\, they embark on a journey t o visit the powerful Li I-chi and ask her to save the people.Tsui Hark\, p ioneer of the Hong Kong New Wave\, delves into the world of wuxia and fant asy for this film. For the impressive visual effects\, he was able to recr uit specialists who had worked on ‘Star Wars’ (1977). (FR)Sam Ho is a curator\, researcher\, teacher\, writer and critic based in Hong Kong and the United States. URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/film-restored-01/zu-warriors-from-the-m agic-mountain LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:1547bd97c597171e99a30a04ac56781e3aed04b1d4ddb95272c982ab6c350c53 DTSTAMP:20250926T183858Z DTSTART:20251026T163000Z DTEND:20251026T173000Z SUMMARY:Hakkâri'de Bir Mevsim DESCRIPTION:Introduced by Elif Ergezen A dissident teacher is banished to a small\, remote village in eastern Turkey. In the isolation of the high\, rugged mountains\, he is confronted with poverty\, illiteracy\, and patri archal structures. But little by little\, he settles into the village comm unity and breathes new life into the village school. A film about a man wh o creates opportunities for change in the challenging conditions of exile. A collaborative work by artists who opposed the regime\, it was banned in Turkey for years for its realistic testimony to the poverty-stricken life of the Kurdish people\, even though it won the Silver Bear and the FIPRES CI Prize at the 1983 Berlin International Film Festival. (FR)Elif Ergezen is general coordinator of Sinematek/Sinema Evi Istanbul. URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/film-restored-01/hakkaride-bir-mevsim LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:1c4ed2b3b0c61812cc4984800c397a1f34b3885de202ed08ef4ac40164bb7587 DTSTAMP:20250926T184221Z DTSTART:20251026T190000Z DTEND:20251026T200000Z SUMMARY:North by Northwest DESCRIPTION:Introduced by Anke Hahn (in German) Advertising exec Roger Tho rnhill is kidnapped one day by armed men who believe he is CIA agent Georg e Kaplan. Thornhill manages to escape and\, together with the mysterious E ve Kendell\, becomes caught up in one of the most daring chases in film hi story. ‘North by Northwest’ is rightly considered a prime example of a ll modern action films\, and Cary Grant\, as the smart\, impeccably dresse d Roger Thornhill\, who is always ready with a quick-witted riposte\, can rightly be seen as a forerunner of James Bond. (FR)Anke Hahn is responsibl e for the film distribution and programming at the Deutsche Kinemathek. URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/film-restored-01/north-by-northwest LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8d1c17d084ef298ba2693aa45d3ed16bb8d887782a9a320d50267780bb513129 DTSTAMP:20250926T184346Z DTSTART:20251030T200000Z DTEND:20251030T210000Z SUMMARY:Hysteria DESCRIPTION:Followed by a talk with Mehmet Akif Büyükatalay (18.10.)The s et of a drama about the 1993 Solingen arson attack\, a real-life racist in cident that killed five members of a Turkish family. Behind-the-scenes\, t he production starts to unravel under the weight of its own ambitions. Whe n a burned Quran is discovered among the props the day's footage mysteriou sly vanishes and accusations start to fly.At the center of the storm is El if\, the second assistant director\, whose ambition clashes with her growi ng unease. As she scrambles to recover the lost tapes and salvage her care er\, she navigates a minefield of moral compromises\, institutional hypocr isy\, and hidden agendas. While the director claims political provocation as his right\, the producer prioritizes profit over principles. Meanwhile\ , the predominantly Muslim film extras challenge the production’s exploi tative gaze\, questioning who such stories truly serve.Hysteria is a razor -sharp blend of genre suspense and scorching social critique. Büyükatala y crafts a rip-roaring thriller that exposes the layers of racism\, opport unism\, and performative wokeness in the film industry\, and beyond. (BH)M ehmet Akif Büyükatalay is a German-Turkish film director and screenwrite r and a founding member of the film production company filmfaust. URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/sinelection/hysteria LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:846851cf9097a70b38a8890df1ee7e8ab39f5fd25ddee0e5d4480da2fac21c13 DTSTAMP:20250926T184420Z DTSTART:20251031T203000Z DTEND:20251031T213000Z SUMMARY:Hysteria DESCRIPTION:Followed by a talk with Mehmet Akif Büyükatalay (18.10.)The s et of a drama about the 1993 Solingen arson attack\, a real-life racist in cident that killed five members of a Turkish family. Behind-the-scenes\, t he production starts to unravel under the weight of its own ambitions. Whe n a burned Quran is discovered among the props the day's footage mysteriou sly vanishes and accusations start to fly.At the center of the storm is El if\, the second assistant director\, whose ambition clashes with her growi ng unease. As she scrambles to recover the lost tapes and salvage her care er\, she navigates a minefield of moral compromises\, institutional hypocr isy\, and hidden agendas. While the director claims political provocation as his right\, the producer prioritizes profit over principles. Meanwhile\ , the predominantly Muslim film extras challenge the production’s exploi tative gaze\, questioning who such stories truly serve.Hysteria is a razor -sharp blend of genre suspense and scorching social critique. Büyükatala y crafts a rip-roaring thriller that exposes the layers of racism\, opport unism\, and performative wokeness in the film industry\, and beyond. (BH)M ehmet Akif Büyükatalay is a German-Turkish film director and screenwrite r and a founding member of the film production company filmfaust. URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/sinelection/hysteria LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:03738e8399ce44f9931749d58e1007c228681034e9ce329940b084938db074aa DTSTAMP:20250926T184512Z DTSTART:20251031T180000Z DTEND:20251031T190000Z SUMMARY:جماعت DESCRIPTION:Followed by a talk with Sahand Kabiri and Jowe Harfouche (17.10 .)“Mirrored in the cup\, we see the face of the beloved we favor.Alas\, you are unaware of the joys of the wine we savor.”A line from a 14th-cen tury Hafez poem opens Sahand Kabiri’s vibrant feature debut\, hinting at the defiant joy of Tehran’s underground youth culture we are about to w itness. Fueled by personal experience and pulsating techno beats\, the fil m boldly sidesteps censorship to capture a queer\, anti-patriarchal genera tion who are defying modesty laws and societal constraints. Centered on Ha med (Keyvan Mohammadi) and his boyfriend Raman (Faraaz Modiri)\, the plot unfolds as friends prepare a clandestine farewell party. Their conversatio ns interweave humor and heartbreak\, tackling taboo subjects with organic grit. Through rhythmic storytelling and vivid characters\, Kabiri frames t heir struggles—both universal and uniquely Iranian—with infectious ene rgy and unapologetic rebellion. A defiant ode to resilience and a cry for self-determination\, The Crowd pulses with the rhythm of a generation dema nding to exist on its own terms. (BH)\nSahand Kabiri is a director and scr eenwriter based in Tehran.Jowe Harfouche is a cultural organizer and film programmer. He managed the Culture and Ideas portfolio for Open Society-ME NA up until 2024\, and NAAS | Network of Arab Alternative Screens from 201 6 to 2022 establishing it as a nonprofit in both Beirut and Berlin. He cur rently lives in Berlin and works with ALFILM as film curator. URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/sinelection/gmaaat LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:f3d50368a129290390f5249410087b1ca79466a5455746a95cddcea53902b3dc DTSTAMP:20250926T185629Z DTSTART:20251023T180000Z DTEND:20251023T190000Z SUMMARY:Stories in Motion DESCRIPTION:Quantum pendulum Alexandra Coroiu\, 5 min. EnglishPaperwork C haima Behi\, 14 min. EnglishChai to Chocolate: A journey in the detailsAle ssandra Polidori\, Nesibe Polat\, Roxane Mazery\, Vrinda Gupta\, 4 min. En glishGeneva is a Revelation Carolina Earle\, Geneva Oke\, Rosa Ennison\, 17 min. EnglishTwo shores Alessandra Polidori\, Nesibe Polat\, Roxane Maz ery\, Vrinda Gupta\, 7 min. EnglishArada Aleyna Yıldırım\, 4 min. Turk ish with English subtitlesBirds of That Forest Zuzanna Jakubanis\, 5 min. Polish with English subtitlesYellow Yuliya Mazurets\, 9 min. Ukrainian w ith English subtitlesWhere do I Belong?Jessica Muniz\, 3 min. Spanish with English subtitlesMoove Pojucan Veiga Pereira Segundo\, Islamiat Lawal\, Kate Rašková\, Keketso Kgomosotho\, Mayara Siverio Lima\, 12 min. Englis hBeyond the Frame Karima Karimi\, Matyas Hansel\, 6 min. Czech and Afghan with English subtitlesThe Hike to Ourselves Anna-Stefaniia Shkapenko\, A rman Kuandykov\, Sudhan Bhadade\, Zogo Yves Saint Clair\, 17 min.PlantedCa rol Pierre\, 9 min. English and French with English subtitlesRealized as p art of a three-year research project\, Stories in Motion comprises 13 shor t\, experimental documentary films\, produced by young people participati ng in the study. The stories told through the films shine light on the eve ryday realities of young people planning\, dreaming and making their lives in new places. The films offer nuanced views of mobile lives\, migration experiences and stories of arrival that extend perspectives beyond the ini tially planned research program. At the screening event\, the filmmakers a nd researchers will be in attendance\, and the event will conclude with a discussion. (DeZIM)LYMAS is a project that explores the life experiences a nd strategies of young mobile people in different ageing European contexts . It is a collaborative initiative involving research teams from the Unive rsity of Neuchâtel\, the University of Wroclaw\, the Management Center In nsbruck\, and the German Center for Integration and Migration Research. T o learn more about the project\, please visit our website: https://lymas.d ezim.de/The project is funded by the VolkswagenStiftung as part of the res earch programme ‘Challenges and Potentials for Europe: The Greying Conti nent’.Sezen Kayan  is a writer\, filmmaker and postdoctoral researcher from Turkey\, currently based in Germany.​​Zusanne Jakubanis is a Poli sh creator\, teacher\, and yogini\, weaves paper collages\, short films\, poems\, and occasional works in other media into explorations of memory\, belonging\, identity\, loss\, and the quiet beauty of nature.As a Colombia n woman living in Poland\, Jessica Muñoz Lucero weaves together her Latin American roots and European experiences through art\, culture\, and educa tion\, fostering cross-cultural understanding and connection.Yulia Mazuret s is an artist who enjoys bringing color into the world\, working with an NGO and finding inspiration for her projects in daily life together with h er dog Maya.In her mid-twenties\, Aleyna Yıldırım wanders through the t angled paths of migration\, work\, and human connection—still searching for who she is\, after turning a dream of living abroad into reality\, onl y to find it both heavier than she ever imagined\, lost between somewhere foreign to everywhere.Carolina Earle is working towards a PhD under the ae gis of the SNSF-funded project \"Digital Humanitarianism: Governing Vulner able Populations in an Age of Technological Innovation.\" She believes tha t art and storytelling can be life-saving practices\, and that believing i n\, nurturing\, and forging a world in which access to the arts is rendere d equitable is deeply essential.Rosa Ennison is a sustainable mobility pro fessional specializing in decarbonizing supply chains and transportation. Beyond her professional pursuits\, she channels her creativity through DJi ng\, music production\, and now\, filmmaking.Vrinda Gupta is a doctoral st udent at the University of Geneva and the Co-producer of the Film Chai to Chocolate. She participated in this research to learn more about filmmakin g and to share her migratory experience.Geneva Oke is a PhD student at the Laboratory for the Study of Social Processes at University of Neuchâtel. She sometimes produces art related to her research interests\, but this c ollaborative work is her first exploration of film as a medium.Carol Pierr e is a doctoral researcher in migration and population studies. Her focus is on anti-racist social movements\, using oral history as a primary resea rch methodology. With a background in cultural production and curation Car ol is passionate about bridging the gap between art and the academy.Alessa ndra Polidori is an Italian sociologist and researcher focusing on mobilit y and migration\, with particular attention to young people. She considers scientific outreach essential\, and when she is not writing\, she develop s photographs in the darkroom.Navigating frequent changes of places to cal l home\, Matyas Hansel was searching for what goes like a red thread throu gh it all - what do I carry with me all that time.Arman Kuandykov would li ke to gain a deeper understanding of nomads\, and that is why he became on e himself - a new landscape\, unexplored lands and people\, cultures and l anguages beckon him. His home is always in his heart.Sudhan Bhadade is alw ays enthusiastic about new forms of storytelling and the project was a gre at opportunity to do exactly that.Mayara Lima says “I am like anyone els e: someone trying to find happiness and feel home no matter where I am. A researcher passionate about science\, trying to create impact and make peo ple’s lives better by raising awareness about topics like climate change .”Zogo calls himself a dream wanderer\, connecting to people\, living st ories that matter.Born without choice of place\, time\, or family\, and wi th no given voice or role\, Karima Karimi now seeks meaning by exploring o thers and their stories. URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/dezim-deutsches-zentrum-fur-integration s-und-migrationsforschung/stories-in-motion LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:32250338c7a1e651e65db0326712cd821a1ec8d2a6ded734408f96867edd4e7b DTSTAMP:20250926T190220Z DTSTART:20251025T200000Z DTEND:20251025T210000Z SUMMARY:Rosa von Manila: The Films and Writings of Nick Deocampo DESCRIPTION:IsaakNick Deocampo\, Philippines\, 1993\, 10 min. Tagalog with English subtitlesOliver Nick Deocampo\, Philippines\, 1983\, 38 min. Taga log with English subtitlesThe Sex Warriors and The Samurai Nick Deocampo\ , Philippines\, 1995\, 26 min. Tagalog with English subtitlesBook launch o f Das philippinische Kino - Essays und Betrachtungen (Schüren Verlag)Prec eded by reading from Sarnt Utamachote\, followed by a talk with Nick Deoca mpo moderated by Lisabona Rahman.When Nick Deocampo arrived in West Berlin in 1985 to show his film Oliver (1983)\, one of the earliest documentarie s that depict gay sexwork in Manila\, he named himself \"Rosa ng Maynila\" (Rosa von Manila)\, referring to the famous German filmmaker Rosa von Pra unheim\, who attended his screening. It was the first time the two filmmak ers ever met. He later developed a friendship and professional collaborati on with Werner Schröter. Nick was later the director of Mowelfund Film In stitute and invited German filmmakers Ingo Petzke and Christoph Janetzko t o teach workshops there in the 1980s. Petzke\, a German experimental filmm aker and film professor\, translated Deocampo's book into German. Deocampo later became a curator of the Philippine Film Museum (now closed). His wr itings and life are undeniably intertwined with the history of cinema in t he Philippines. This book\, published in German\, is the Philippine's firs t film book ever to be translated to another foreign language\, and perhap s first German book on such a topic. (SU)This book launch will be augmente d by a screening of three works – Oliver\, The Sex Warriors and The Samu rai and Isaak – which reflect on the roles of gay/queer desire\, migrati on\, and sexwork as undeniable parts of Filipino cinema and archives.Sarnt Utamachote is a Southeast Asian nonbinary filmmaker and curator in Berlin . They work as programmers for XPOSED Queer Film Festival Berlin\, Short F ilm Festival Hamburg and Sinema Transtopia. They work at the intersection of activism\, community\, and artistic research\, being co-founders of the collective un.thai.tled and Cruising Curator. Nick Deocampo is a filmmak er\, historian\, and educator. In the 1980s\, he broached the taboo topic of homosexuality and thus became a pioneer of Philippine queer cinema. For over 30 years\, he has made documentaries not only about sexual minoritie s\, but also about military dictatorships\, history\, and the environment. Lisabona Rahman is a film archivist and programmer based in Berlin. URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/the-past-is-not-another-country/rosa-vo n-manila-the-films-and-writings-of-nick-deocampo LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:3f0e44a95616d97c22a381c732a4a2aad0c55b46d620df1a332c5852e4428c99 DTSTAMP:20251006T152042Z DTSTART:20251019T200000Z DTEND:20251019T210000Z SUMMARY:School of Quilombismo: Queerberg Cabaret & Drag Show DESCRIPTION:In cooperation with HKWSchool of Quilombismo: Gender Euphoria i s a roaming program that embodies and resonates with imaginative\, wayward \, unorthodox\, and self-determined pedagogical and knowledge practices. I t manifests annually in different formats—from boat tours to walks\, fro m concerts to film screenings. This year’s edition revolves around the l aunch of the English and German translation of pedagogue Maria Clara Araú jo dos Passos’s book Pedagogias das Travestilidades (Pedagogies of trave sti liberation).Queerberg Cabaret &\; Drag ShowPrince Emrah (Host / Fou nder of Queerberg Collective)https://www.instagram.com/prince_emrah_offici al?igsh=MW9hMjF4dDFnMmNuZA==Prince Emrah (she/he) is a Berlin‑based be lly dancer\, DJ\, drag performer\, make‑up artist\, dance trainer\, and founder of the Queerberg Collective. Fleeing from Turkmenistan as a queer refugee with Kurdish and Azerbaijani roots\, Emrah creates powerful platfo rms—like the Black &\; Brown Queer Cabaret\, Whoriental Festival\, an d House of Namus—that amplify queer and BIPOC artists in exile. They’r e known for high‑energy performances\, celebratory drag\, and community ‑building events that reclaim space and solidarity in Berlin.Brownsugarb iscuit (she/they) https://www.instagram.com/brownsugarbiscuit?igsh=N2R3cm MzbTVlZTY2is a Tamil trans multi-disciplinary artist\, chef\, and communit y builder based in Berlin. Originally from Singapore\, she is the Femme Qu een Face of Germany and an international performer whose work bridges perf ormance\, ballroom\, dance\, and storytelling. Since moving to Europe in 2 022\, she has become a radiant presence in Berlin’s queer scene.Beyond t he stage\, Brownsugarbiscuit is the founder of Muva Cooks\, a soul-driven catering project celebrating culture and community through food. She is al so an active member of Casa Kua / The Dolls of Berlin\, where she helps cr eate safer\, affirming spaces for trans femmes and QTBIPOC communities\, c entering care\, joy\, and collective empowerment.In 2024\, she was awarded the Weltoffenes Berlinfellowship\, supporting the development of her shor t film “The Rise of the Divine Feminine – Dasa Maha Vidya.” Her work continues to explore divine femininity\, transformation\, and the power o f community care.Brownsugarbiscuit embodies the art of living unapologetic ally\, turning every space she enters into one of warmth\, movement\, and magic.Chiqui Lovehttps://www.instagram.com/chiquilovelovelove?igsh=aW13ODA wYndvend2 is an international striptease and burlesque teacher\, as well as a cabaret artist\, hailing from the tropical landscapes of Venezuela an d now based in Berlin. With her infectious energy\, bold stage presence\, and irresistible soundtracks\, she brings joy and plenty of shake to every performance. Inspired by the art of Drag\, the dazzling legacy of Latin A merican Vedettes\, and the glamour and storytelling of Burlesque\, Chiqui transforms the stage into a feast for the senses. Her shows are a vibrant explosion of sensuality\, humor\, and mischief—inviting audiences to rev el in a playful celebration of freedom and desire.Vivienne Lovecrafthttps: //www.instagram.com/vivienne_lovecraft?igsh=bGc0cmRkcGkwNmtu is Berlin's self-proclaimed moonlight princess. She loves Anime\, Drag and for you to join the eternal quest for equality and equity. Vivienne is the Host and t he Producer of the Anime Drag Show “Magical Girls” and “Slaysians” a interdisciplinary Drag Show for Artists with Asian background. URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/common-visions-berlin/desire-lines-1 LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:9abb776400a3af548d2fb55586a9c2f0b8445b7577657a19ce1842fbb81a6b34 DTSTAMP:20251020T100042Z DTSTART:20251101T180000Z DTEND:20251101T190000Z SUMMARY:جماعت DESCRIPTION:Followed by a talk with Sahand Kabiri and Jowe Harfouche (17.10 .)“Mirrored in the cup\, we see the face of the beloved we favor.Alas\, you are unaware of the joys of the wine we savor.”A line from a 14th-cen tury Hafez poem opens Sahand Kabiri’s vibrant feature debut\, hinting at the defiant joy of Tehran’s underground youth culture we are about to w itness. Fueled by personal experience and pulsating techno beats\, the fil m boldly sidesteps censorship to capture a queer\, anti-patriarchal genera tion who are defying modesty laws and societal constraints. Centered on Ha med (Keyvan Mohammadi) and his boyfriend Raman (Faraaz Modiri)\, the plot unfolds as friends prepare a clandestine farewell party. Their conversatio ns interweave humor and heartbreak\, tackling taboo subjects with organic grit. Through rhythmic storytelling and vivid characters\, Kabiri frames t heir struggles—both universal and uniquely Iranian—with infectious ene rgy and unapologetic rebellion. A defiant ode to resilience and a cry for self-determination\, The Crowd pulses with the rhythm of a generation dema nding to exist on its own terms. (BH)\nSahand Kabiri is a director and scr eenwriter based in Tehran.Jowe Harfouche is a cultural organizer and film programmer. He managed the Culture and Ideas portfolio for Open Society-ME NA up until 2024\, and NAAS | Network of Arab Alternative Screens from 201 6 to 2022 establishing it as a nonprofit in both Beirut and Berlin. He cur rently lives in Berlin and works with ALFILM as film curator. URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/sinelection/gmaaat LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:a478affc8126e21568a3dce8101ea394a31b0c3a192ea90b1795db14948e2749 DTSTAMP:20251020T101041Z DTSTART:20251101T200000Z DTEND:20251101T210000Z SUMMARY:Air Afrique Ciné-Club: Man Sa Yay DESCRIPTION:Join us for the first ever Berlin edition of the Air Afrique Ci né-Club\, Air Afrique’s monthly screening program dedicated to afro-dia sporic archival cinema. Man Sa Yay follows Moussa\, a young Senegalese stu dent at Berlin’s Technische Universität. While he does connect with fri ends and lovers\, he is primarily seen alone\, working odd jobs\, cooking or tidying his apartment. Weaving together fiction and non-fiction\, Sene galese film-maker and anthropologist Safi Faye – one of the pioneers of African cinema – poetically depicts the everyday experiences of a Senega lese student in West Berlin which are marked by a sense of uneasiness\, lo neliness\, and his family's expectations in the form of a constant stream of letters. It stands as a precise and\, for its time\, unprecedented look into the migrant experience in 20th-century Germany. (AA)Air Afrique is a Paris-based multidisciplinary cultural collective dedicated to afro-diasp oric art\, conversations\, knowledge and aesthetics. The initiative is ins pired by the defunct eponymous pan-African airline (1961-2002) and its ric h heritage in cultural patronage\, which covered cinema\, art festivals\, music and a print magazine edition. \n  URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/common-visions-berlin/air-afrique-cine- club-man-sa-yay LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:1ee528a178fa7f5141c82f9d0a3edff5edd8ba7da091ace5f533f8f64f017b0e DTSTAMP:20251020T113737Z DTSTART:20251102T153000Z DTEND:20251102T163000Z SUMMARY:Lube Visions: Rebel Pr0$t1tute Cinema DESCRIPTION:Followed by a talk with Lasse Långström\, OMG Tboys\, Juan Sa ez\, and Amadalia LibertéNothing beats watching friends\, lovers\, and co mmunity babes on the big screen on a cozy Sunday afternoon. These films re claim space for queer communities to share their lived realities and sweet fantasies with each other. Expect radical connection\, eco-sensuality\, i nspiring rituals\, and queer bodies taking up space everywhere! With playf ul cuteness alongside urgent political questions\, these films are a deep- dive into queer togetherness and creativity\; an ode to the resilience and transformative power of our CumUnity! Bring your lovers\, friends\, and c uriosity. Cum celebrate CumUnity. (LV)Manifesto ZorripiolaMetro and Lomo M \, Spain\, 2022\, 6 min. Spanish with English subtitlesTRANSSEXUAL CITYSol eil Ren\, France\, 2025\, 5 min. No dialogueI Testoy You Pa!y Mesugar pa!\ , Catalunya\, Germany\, 2025\, 6 min. No dialogueWETLANDLa papi Patacón & amp\; Lito\, Germany\, Colombia\, 2021\, 3 min. No dialogueEstrellarSeAmad alia Liberté\, Chile\, 2022\, 13 min. No dialogue\, English subtitlesMati ng SeasonJuan Saez - Heavy Load Studio\, Germany\, 2025. 8 min. No dialogu e  OMG TBoys Gone Wild! Amor G-Punkt &\; hit.us soft\, Germany\, Spa in\, 2025\, 2 min. No dialogue://submersionTwyla Twilight and Emma Grima\, Netherlands\, 15 min. English.what if we kissed in the makeup aisle at ro ssmannLeni Lovelace\, Germany\, 2025\, 3 min. Englishfuck NEOliberalism lo ve accountability Revolte Rouge\, Fuck you Germany\, 2025\, 5 min. No Dia loguePlenum Im TuntenhausLasse Långström\, Germany\, 2024\, 13 min. Engl ish with English subtitlesLasse Långström is a film director and artist with a punk based approach to film production. Collaborating with friends in the making of anarchist musicals and awareness raising homoeroticism. T he homosex syndicate of precarious avantgarde artists is a network of arti sts on the verge of break-through/down.OMG Tboys is a duo that spontaneous ly jumps into being\, when the stars align. Holding the world tenderly in their hands\, allowing vulnerable spaces to open up within the cracks of s hared reality. When cultures of dominance force everything into categories \, we wander through non-linear timelines together\; escaping binaries and boxes through grief\, playfulness and radicalism.Juan Saez We’re a sex- positive Berlin-based studio that places collaboration with artists and pe rformers at the forefront\, giving them space to express themselves with u nrestrained freedom.Amadalia Liberté (they / them) is a queer kinky artis t from Chile\, whose practice explores audiovisual\, performance\, photogr aphy\, and political activism. Part of the collective “Registro Contracu ltural” and independent curator\, currently working in production and cu rator team of “Muestra Fervor”La papi Patacón (they/ them) is an educ ator\, artist and community builder. They are a curious creature who likes to explore through nature\, gender\, and pleasure. In their art\, they li ke to connect with their deep emotions and explore their history as a mari ca migrant. La papLube Visions: A one-day festival of €r0t1c content in a city where there is almost no space for political p0rn and €r0t1c work s by marginalized s€x workers.This program brings together films that us e the €r0t1c as a sharp\, political tool and dream of overturning and bu rning down oppressive systems\, imagining a new world together: juicy\, pu lsating\, and dripping with queer desire. These are films that break throu gh the veil of suppression and censorship. The festival focuses on films that reflect the lived experiences of marginalized s€x workers facing mu ltiple\, intersecting oppressions and showcases works from filmmakers who face exclusion and censorship by film circuits and cultural institutions. The Lube Visions screen belongs to tr4n$ €sc0rts\, migrants\, and racial ized people and is a space where these works are given the care and attent ion that is so often denied. It is a space to gather around radical €r0t 1c visions\, to witness their power...and to let them shake us\, seduce us \, and demand new ways of seeing and being! (LV) URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/common-visions-berlin/lube-visions-rebe l-pr0t1tute-cinema LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:1b1013315503ffe94d0d95999d8dae45f4e028ecd778aef79a2bd3df150cffcc DTSTAMP:20251020T115644Z DTSTART:20251102T180000Z DTEND:20251102T190000Z SUMMARY:Lube Visions: Rebel Pr0$t1tute Cinema DESCRIPTION:Followed by a talk with Fucking Conflicts\, Annexpected - Ann B öttcher\, Liad Hussein Kantorowicz\, Geoffroy C. DedenisEnter at your own risk! And be prepared to leave the screening room emotionally unregulated . These films take a microscopic look at the raw edges of politics\, sex a nd truths that society would rather keep buried beneath shame. These films challenge us through daring political themes and striking visual content. From innovative experimental works to raw political critique\, brace your self to be disturbed\, moved\, and provoked. Trigger warning: addresses a nti-Palestinian racism\, contains colonial language and depiction of suici de. Please take care while watching and feel free to leave the room at any moment. (LV)HISTERIK ( HYSTERICAL)La Sureña\, Colombia (Abyayala)\, 2025 \, 2 min. No DialogueLa Bonne Éducation (The Good Education) Nour Beetch &\; Celio\, Belgium/France\, 2025\, 8 min. No DialogueNo Democracy Her e Liad Hussein Kantorowicz\, Germany/Occupied Palestine\, 2018\, 25 min. Hebrew with English subtitlesHow To Eat A Whole Watermelon and Get Away wi th ItIris Glitzer &\; Officer Flower\, Germany\, 2024\, 6 min. English with English subtitlesMirror Mirror on the wall - who is the most transsex ual of them all Annexpected - Ann Böttcher\, Germany\, 2025\, 3 min. Ger man with English subtitles ABADDONGeoffroy C. Dedenis\, France\, 2023\, 2 6 min. French with English subtitlesRobert FrankLasse Långström\, Sweden \, 2013\, 5 min. Swedish with English subtitlesFucking Conflicts (Iris Gli tzer + Officer Flower) is a spontaneous film shooting that created a solid collaboration between Officer Flower and Iris Glitzer (pronouns of both: they/them). Together\, they produced further juicy films\, retaining a sof t spot for storytelling\, a DIY approach and a cinephile toolset. Annexpe cted - Ann Böttcher is a nonbinary transmasc filmmaker\, fashion designer \, architect\, and shapeshifting artist-creature living in Berlin. Moving through the world with chronic illness and invisible disability\, they car ve beauty from fragility\, turning survival into art. Their work drifts be tween film\, design\, and activism\, conjuring dreamlike spaces where gend er\, body\, and resistance become luminous forms of transformation.Liad Hu ssein Kantorowicz is a former longtime sex worker and sex workers' rights advocate\, an artist/musician\, a DIY queer trash diva\, an activist and a jew from Palestine. Her 25+ years of political work with a focus on queer liberation\, Palestine and sex workers' rights continue to inform and ins pire her artistic work.Geoffroy C. Dedenis is a French artist based in Par is\, he’s been making videos\, photos\, collages and tapes since he was a teenager. Most of his creative activities combine cut-up\, détournement \, remix and multimedia montage techniques in which signifiers collide to reach deconditioned emotions through raw energy. Geoffroy C. Dedenis stare s at the agressive aspects of lust and so-called ‘everyday reality’ pe ople usually prefer to forget. He dismantles this base to compose new\, fr agmented objects in which the sleazy fuses with the sacred.\nLube Visions: A one-day festival of €r0t1c content in a city where there is almost no space for political p0rn and €r0t1c works by marginalized s€x workers .This program brings together films that use the €r0t1c as a sharp\, pol itical tool and dream of overturning and burning down oppressive systems\, imagining a new world together: juicy\, pulsating\, and dripping with que er desire. These are films that break through the veil of suppression and censorship. The festival focuses on films that reflect the lived experien ces of marginalized s€x workers facing multiple\, intersecting oppressio ns and showcases works from filmmakers who face exclusion and censorship b y film circuits and cultural institutions. The Lube Visions screen belongs to tr4n$ €sc0rts\, migrants\, and racialized people and is a space wher e these works are given the care and attention that is so often denied. It is a space to gather around radical €r0t1c visions\, to witness their p ower...and to let them shake us\, seduce us\, and demand new ways of seein g and being! (LV) URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/common-visions-berlin/lube-visions-rebe l-pr0t1tute-cinema-2 LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ba0887dd2a04302d0b037f57744f6581d6236374bdc40e23d8174fb6436ae4a0 DTSTAMP:20251020T121051Z DTSTART:20251102T203000Z DTEND:20251102T213000Z SUMMARY:Lube Visions: Rebel Pr0$t1tute Cinema DESCRIPTION:Followed by a talk with Adamska Rakhilkina\, Noa Momo\, Silicon e pussy\, Harvey RabbitRebel prostitutes take the screen to share their re alities\, desires\, fears and dreams. These films offer intense\, daring\, and impactful reflections on queer bodies and sex works that disrupt soci ety’s gaze. Seen through the lens of sex workers themselves\, Prostitute s’ Visions sculpts personal\, political\, vulnerable and fierce depictio ns of sex work and makes way for rebellious\, unruly narratives to emerge. (LV)The Hypochondriac WhoreNoa Momo\, Germany\, 2025\, 6 min. German with English subtitlesNo RefundsAdamska Rakhilkina\, USA\, 2025\, 8 min. Engli sh with English subtitlesThe Chemo DarkroomHarvey Rabbit\, Germany\, 2018\ , 17 min. English   You’re not a regular: A porn made for AlmansSilico ne Pussy\, Germany\, 2025\, 25 min. English\, German\, FarsiFeverish Fabi enne Garçonne\, Jamal Phoenix\, Switzerland\, 2025\, 5 min. English with English subtitlesonline issuesCathy Moon\, Spain\, Germany\, 2025\, 11 min . EnglishAdamska Rakhilkina is an award-winning filmmaker\, visual artist\ , and essayist born in Russia and later educated in the UK and the USA.Noa Momo is a Berlin based writer\, artist and filmmakerSilicone pussy (he/it ) is trans visual artist\, filmmaker and sex worker based in Berlin\, orig inally from Iran. His work focuses on queer archives and sex work narrativ es from migrant and trans perspectives.Harvey Rabbit is the writer\, direc tor and producer of the feature film “Captain Faggotron Saves the Univer se” (2023\, distributed by Salzgeber.) He has taught consent workshops\, physical theater workshops and DIY filmmaking workshops for a number of y ears. A former sex worker\, he is a bisexual trans faggot who sees the per sonal and political and vice versa.Lube Visions: A one-day festival of € r0t1c content in a city where there is almost no space for political p0rn and €r0t1c works by marginalized s€x workers.This program brings toget her films that use the €r0t1c as a sharp\, political tool and dream of o verturning and burning down oppressive systems\, imagining a new world tog ether: juicy\, pulsating\, and dripping with queer desire. These are films that break through the veil of suppression and censorship. The festival focuses on films that reflect the lived experiences of marginalized s€x workers facing multiple\, intersecting oppressions and showcases works fro m filmmakers who face exclusion and censorship by film circuits and cultur al institutions. The Lube Visions screen belongs to tr4n$ €sc0rts\, migr ants\, and racialized people and is a space where these works are given th e care and attention that is so often denied. It is a space to gather arou nd radical €r0t1c visions\, to witness their power...and to let them sha ke us\, seduce us\, and demand new ways of seeing and being! (LV)\n  URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/common-visions-berlin/lube-visions-rebe l-pr0t1tute-cinema3 LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ae4633269ebe781384b40c27b8b0910e3824fe6e7a9ee92423691901544942fd DTSTAMP:20251020T145154Z DTSTART:20251105T200000Z DTEND:20251105T210000Z SUMMARY:Artistic Research Festival DESCRIPTION:In cooperation with Berliner Programm Künstlerische ForschungW hat does artistic research do when it resists the impulse to explain itsel f? What happens when we step away from definitions and instead dwell in th e spaces where research unfolds — affective\, embodied\, speculative\, a nd shared?This first iteration of the Artistic Research Festival unfolds t hrough contributions from the artistic research community of the Berliner Programm Künstlerische Forschung. Over several days and across venues\, i t intertwines the methodologies\, trajectories and artistic forms that sha pe the fellows’ practices. The Berlin Artistic Research Program support s artists across disciplines through fellowships\, production funding\, an d a research community that fosters exchange among the participants. It wa s launched in 2020 by the Society for Artistic Research in Germany (gkfd) and is funded by the Berlin Senate Department for Culture and Europe.The D istrict Mykola Ridnyi\, Ukraine\, Germany\, 2023\, 20min. EnglishHere and now\, and after? İz Öztat\, Germany\, 2025\, 26 min. German\, Englis h with English SubtitlesThe screening at SİNEMA TRANSTOPIA consists of tw o moving image works\, Here and now\, and after? by İz Öztat and The D istrict by Mykola Ridnyi. Both artists use performative strategies—one p uppetry\, the other a time-traveling walk—to explore the tensions betwee n individual agency and systemic violence of repression and warfare. The screening is followed by a conversation with the artists. The District tr ansports us to the neighborhood of Northern Saltivka in Kharkiv\, Ukraine. In 2022\, it became a frontline of the Russian invasion\, suffering sever e destruction. A walk through this “ghost district” traces a tenuous c oexistence of past and present\, external and internal landscapes\, facts and memories. A voiceover accompanies the walk\, recalling the artist’s childhood and youth in places that no longer exist.Here and now\, and afte r? is a puppet play for camera by İz Öztat that negotiates artistic ag ency\, accountability\, and the self’s relation to the Other. The video draws on Kasperle theater—a centuries-old German-language puppetry tradi tion—as a politically engaged pedagogical form\, while referring to the Faustian pact as a literary motif. Imbued with cultural associations and p rojections\, ideologies and stereotypes\, a collection of puppets are brou ght to life to enact and reflect on the present\, the figure of the artist and their contractual obligations to the state. The play is structured ar ound three contracts: between Faust and the devil\, the artist and the sta te\, and the negotiation of erotic power-play. As agreements are reached b y some puppets\, others defy authority\, demanding justice on their own te rms.\n  URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/berliner-programm-kunstlerische-forschu ng/aristic-research-festival LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:e9e52ae5e6739aebee6c93a64e9d8e1806ac3129bef9afe652811a9f701d7e3a DTSTAMP:20251020T151243Z DTSTART:20251106T180000Z DTEND:20251106T190000Z SUMMARY:X Jahre Postmigration: Wir haben Vergessen zurückzukehren DESCRIPTION:Followed by a talk with guests\, moderated by Erol Yıldız (in German)The Council for Migration's annual conference opens with a special evening at SİNEMA TRANSTOPIA: reception\, film and discussion. Fatih Aki n's classic We Forgot to Return will be shown – a cinematic reminder of the realities of migrant life\, new beginnings and vulnerabilities. Togeth er with guests\, we invite you to exchange ideas\, pause for reflection an d discuss. A kick-off that combines cinema\, politics and a post-migrant a ttitude. (JD)Erol Yıldız\, Professor of Education with a focus on migrat ion and education at the University of Innsbruck\, has been researching ed ucational processes in migrant societies for many years\, including post-m igration\, diversity\, urbanity and transnational realities of life.The An nual Conference of the Council for Migration presents a three day program of film\, theatre\, readings\, panels and debates devoted to post-migratio n – as an attitude\, a memory and a future perspective. Between science\ , art and activism\, Berlin will be discussing the voices and experiences that shape society but are often overlooked.\n  URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/common-visions-berlin/x-jahre-postmigra tion-wir-haben-vergessen-zuruckzukehren LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:316dc23e7e1ca89fac5f85c2091fc11f416736b61ef7b37abe6cd3b9f1665662 DTSTAMP:20251022T135107Z DTSTART:20251106T203000Z DTEND:20251106T213000Z SUMMARY:The Black Gaze DESCRIPTION:Ne réveillez pas l’enfant qui dortKevin Aubert\, France\, Se negal 2025\, 27 min- Wolof with English subtitlesDuniaartAlina Sokhna M'Ba ye\, Senegal\, Germany 2025\, 14 min. French\, Wolof with English Subtitle s STARSMojisola Adebayo\, STARS Collective\, Germany\, United Kingdom 202 5 | 7 min | English with Englisch Subtitles Anba DloRosa Caldeira\, Luiza Calagian\, Brazil\, Cuba\, Haiti 2025\, 18 min. Spanish\, Haitian with En glish SubtitlesOn a Sunday at ElevenAlicia K. Harris\, Canada 2024\, 8 min . English with English SubtitlesThe Adventures of the Black Girl in Her Se arch for Mabel DoveNnenna Onuoha\, Germany 2024\, 15 min. English with Eng lish SubtitlesDede (Ancestor)Yasmine Djedje-Fisher-Azoume\, United Kingdom \, 2024\, 3 min. English with English SubtitlesThe Black Gaze beansprucht erzählerische Macht zurück und rückt Schwarze\, weiblich gelesene Ident itäten ins Zentrum – von intimen Schlafzimmern in Senegal über haitian ische Biolog*innen in kubanischen Wäldern bis hin zu kosmischen afro-futu ristischen Welten. Schwestern\, Wissenschaftler*innen und Ahnen navigieren durch Erinnerung\, Tradition\, Freude und Selbstbestimmung. Das Programm macht die Tiefe\, Vielfalt und Resilienz Schwarzer Leben sichtbar\, jensei ts von Klischees - eine Mischung aus Dokumentation\, Animation\, Archivarb eit\, Live-Action und experimentellen Formaten. Erinnerung\, Freude\, Empo werment und Rebellion bekommen eine Stimme\, eine erzählerische Kraft: ch aotisch\, intim und kompromisslos lebendig. (IF) URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/interfilm-41/the-black-gaze1 LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ab52ec6e067b5c77d1f724092120aa531117901a6c0005ed7b467dc5ffb53390 DTSTAMP:20251022T153009Z DTSTART:20251107T180000Z DTEND:20251107T190000Z SUMMARY:Back from Exile - Homage Bassel Shehadeh DESCRIPTION:Hadiyat Sabah as-Sabt (Saturday Morning Gift)Bassel Shehadeh\, Syria\, 2010\, 3 min. Arabic with English SubtitlesShawari'na... Ihtifaliy yat al-Hurriyya (Our Streets... A Celebration of Freedom)Bassel Shehadeh\, Syria\, 2012\, 24 min. Arabic with English SubtitlesMilad Majid\, Homs (M erry Christmas Homs)Bassel Shehadeh\, Syria\, 2012\, 14 min. Arabic with E nglish SubtitlesZakira li'n-Nisyan (A Memory for Forgetfulness)Bassel Sheh adeh\, United States\, 2011\, 6 min. Arabic with English SubtitlesSyrian f ilmmaker and activist Bassel Shehadeh filmed his homeland between bombs\, drums\, street protests and quiet everyday life until his murder at the ha nds of regime forces in Homs in 2012. Back from Exile brings together his films\, which capture the courage of people surrounded by violence\, docum enting both resistance and hope. From the rubble to celebrations under fir e\, Shehadeh’s images reveal joy\, fear\, and resilience. Intimate\, poe tic\, and unflinching\, they weave together memory\, resistance\, trauma\, and zest for life. (IF) URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/interfilm-41/back-from-exile-homage-bas sel-shehadeh LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:0972a3716fe589fc5464db129779cf10cca6fc34cfb09d5441b5169c047d2666 DTSTAMP:20251022T162327Z DTSTART:20251107T203000Z DTEND:20251107T213000Z SUMMARY:Dear Friends\, Lovers\, and Comrades DESCRIPTION:MachiniTétshim (Trésor Tshibangu Tshamala)\, Frank Mukunday\, Belgium\, Democratic Republic of the Congo\, 2019\, 9 min. English\, Fren ch with English SubtitlesSpeech for a Melting StatueCollectif Faire-part\, Belgium\, Democratic Republic of the Congo\, 2023\, 10 min. French with E nglish SubtitlesQuebramarCris Lyra\, Brazil\, 2019\, 27 min. Portuguese wi th English SubtitlesPistolerasNatalia del Mar-Kasik\, Austria 2023\, 2 min . No languageDass muss man erst mal aussprechen können (Some things are h ard to say)Bibie Deboosere\, Belgium 2021\, 13 min. German with English Su btitles Hold Me TightLeo Luna Robert-Tourneur\, Belgium\, France\, 2021\,   6 min. No languageDie Räuberinnen (The Robbers)Isa Schieche\, Austria\ , 2023\, 15 min. German\, Austrian with English subtitlesWhen people resis t social norms and build relationships through difference\, love\, care\, violence or fleeting attraction\, it opens spaces for other stories. A lon g song that ancestors sang in factories. A brief encounter in the woods. H ands behind back\, fists raised. Love\, violence\, care\, attraction – a ll interwoven in networks\, bonds\, conflicts: resistance is blooming\, an d someone has to show it. (IF) URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/interfilm-41/dear-friends-lovers-and-co mrades LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:5e2643c1d2d7afdca698afeab9c220b2b76b501a46750206a5abc7b9a978e042 DTSTAMP:20251022T165700Z DTSTART:20251108T180000Z DTEND:20251108T190000Z SUMMARY:New Suns: Feminist Futures\, Radical Visions DESCRIPTION:EntropiaFlóra Anna Buda\, Hungary 2019\, 10 min. No languageSo journerCauleen Smith\, United States\, 2018\, 22 min. English with English subtitlesAsparagusSuzan Pitt\, United States\, 1979\, 18 min. No language Ein perfektes Paar oder die Unzucht wechselt ihre Haut LustVaile Export\, Austria\, 1986\, 12 min. German with English subtitlesSe eu tô aqui é po r mistério (If I'm Here it is by Mystery)Clari Ribeiro\, Brazil 2025\, 22 min. Portuguese with English subtitles“There’s nothing new under the sun\, but there are new suns.\" Octavia ButlerWhen the world is on fire\, it takes visionaries\, mavericks and dreamers to see another future throu gh the smoke. Curated by the archive-activists of Invisible Women\, this p rogram brings together historical and contemporary works by female\, trans and non-binary filmmakers that show speculative visions of the future. Ex ploring resonant themes such as reactionary politics\, corporate overreach and environmental collapse\, these films deploy anarchic humour and extra ordinary images to demonstrate how collective action\, Afro-futurism\, eco -feminism and queer liberation can generate hope even in the darkest of mo ments. (IF) URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/interfilm-41/new-suns-feminist-futures- radical-visions LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:e2fde41c7dbd153339777425970d3b015d1b0f3d88b64af2d3cfc5c01eceb53f DTSTAMP:20251022T170904Z DTSTART:20251108T203000Z DTEND:20251108T213000Z SUMMARY:They Did Not Recognise Me in the Shadows DESCRIPTION:A Silent Protest - Jerusalem 1929Mahasen Nasser-Eldin\, Palesti ne\, 2019\, 20 min. Arabic with English SubtitlesA Stone’s ThrowRazan Al Salah\, Canada\, Lebanon\, Palestine\, 2023\, 40 min. Arabic with English Subtitles A Sketch of Manners (Alfred Roch’s Last Masquerade)Jumana Man na\, Norway\, Palestine 2013\, 12 min. Arabic with English SubtitlesThe Fl owers Stand Silently\, WitnessingTheo Panagopoulos\, United Kingdom\, 2024 \, 17 min. Arabic with English SubtitlesWhat does it mean to see Palestine prior to the Nakba of 1948 through archives which were assembled\, concea led or misinterpreted under colonialism? Four Palestinian filmmakers look at lost lands\, ancestral ghosts and acts of anti-colonial resistance. His tory becomes tangible as a loop of oppression and liberation. Archival ima ges\, silent protests\, exile and memories evolve into instances of resist ance\, hope and impermanence. Liberation and remembrance\, in which past a nd present erupt – into new perspectives. (IF) URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/interfilm-41/they-did-not-recognise-me- in-the-shadows LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:c5bbad726c69eb3649f7f9ee07fb22e8e390444a841209bf91955cc324b26859 DTSTAMP:20251022T170956Z DTSTART:20251109T190000Z DTEND:20251109T200000Z SUMMARY:Hysteria DESCRIPTION:Followed by a talk with Mehmet Akif Büyükatalay (18.10.)The s et of a drama about the 1993 Solingen arson attack\, a real-life racist in cident that killed five members of a Turkish family. Behind-the-scenes\, t he production starts to unravel under the weight of its own ambitions. Whe n a burned Quran is discovered among the props the day's footage mysteriou sly vanishes and accusations start to fly.At the center of the storm is El if\, the second assistant director\, whose ambition clashes with her growi ng unease. As she scrambles to recover the lost tapes and salvage her care er\, she navigates a minefield of moral compromises\, institutional hypocr isy\, and hidden agendas. While the director claims political provocation as his right\, the producer prioritizes profit over principles. Meanwhile\ , the predominantly Muslim film extras challenge the production’s exploi tative gaze\, questioning who such stories truly serve.Hysteria is a razor -sharp blend of genre suspense and scorching social critique. Büyükatala y crafts a rip-roaring thriller that exposes the layers of racism\, opport unism\, and performative wokeness in the film industry\, and beyond. (BH)M ehmet Akif Büyükatalay is a German-Turkish film director and screenwrite r and a founding member of the film production company filmfaust. URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/sinelection/hysteria LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:02e56f0496f6362f51a642df1111347ff88f1f4305e1e2b723e166f6cab3f23d DTSTAMP:20251024T104558Z DTSTART:20251112T200000Z DTEND:20251112T210000Z SUMMARY:Im Land meiner Eltern DESCRIPTION:With the thesis that “there are far worse things today than b eing Jewish in Germany\,” Im Land meiner Eltern points beyond the past\, which remains unprocessed\, and to the current situation of most foreigne rs. Given Germany’s past\, it explores how xenophobia\, hostility toward s migrants and scapegoating have a different dimension here than in other countries. Rather than providing clear answers\, open questions are posed. Throughout\, the perspective of ten-year-old Anna Levine becomes a lens r epresenting the naivety and ignorance of many. Seen through the eyes of a child\, familiar things suddenly look different\, clearer. The film is bot h a personal diary and an objective social reality. (Jeanine Meerapfel) URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/kinekiez/im-land-meiner-eltern LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:88122be9ca88b31533dfe3d711b8b7750a9bd5b879b22738e1e112122fbdf827 DTSTAMP:20251024T110644Z DTSTART:20251113T200000Z DTEND:20251113T210000Z SUMMARY:BAFNET: Familiar Places DESCRIPTION:In cooperation with BAFNETFollowed by a talk with Mala Reinhard t Queer\, Ghanaian-German\, polyamory and the desire for a child: protago nist Akosua is accompanied for three years by her friend\, filmmaker Mala Reinhardt\, on her journey through Germany and Ghana. Together they experi ence the highs and lows of a life full of longings\, relationships and per sonal growth. While Akosua is still thinking about how she can make her wi sh for a child come true\, Mala becomes pregnant during filming. “In the past\, I had no words for my identity\,” says Mala in the film. “As a ‘Person of Color\,’ ‘BIPOC\,’ I first encountered these terms in my twenties. And even then\, I couldn’t decide whether I was seen as Ger man or not. That decision is made by others\, simply based on my appearanc e.” (BAFNET)Mala Reinhardt works as a director and producer of documenta ry films. In her cinematic work\, Mala focuses primarily on untold stories from migrant and feminist perspectives.The Berlin Asian Film Network (BAF NET) e.V. is a discrimination-critical initiative pushing for diverse\, nu anced representations of Asian-German lives in film and TV. We support you ng BIPOC filmmakers by building networks and creating space for their stor ies – especially in curated diasporic settings. URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/common-visions-berlin/bafnet-familiar-p laces LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:42751172ae8b525ae0d2be4ce1779f739cd93f163426ec3fb94e911d7b61b08d DTSTAMP:20251027T135235Z DTSTART:20251114T190000Z DTEND:20251114T200000Z SUMMARY:Mikoko DESCRIPTION:Followed by a talk with Angela Aquereburu RabatelFor 20 years\, Déla Otimi has been trading at the Mikoko market and hopes for its renov ation. When her husband\, Mayor Apollinaire\, finally announces constructi on work\, the joy is great – until Déla learns that a shopping mall is planned instead of a renovation. Torn between her role as a wife and as an activist\, she desperately tries to convince her husband to abandon his p roject. (AK)Angela Aquereburu Rabatel\, born in 1977 in Togo\, studied\, a mong other places\, in Guadeloupe and Paris and initially worked in human resources before founding the production company Yobo Studios in Lomé wit h her husband in 2008. As a producer\, she is responsible for\, among othe rs\, the award-winning series OASIS. In 2025\, she was appointed Director General of the Société de Radiodiffusion et de Télévision du Bénin (S RTB) S.A. URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/afrikamera/mikoko LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:faf5af27dae5c2cfe9e8dbc08f2d4c6422ee4ceda3a0731b96e8357bec8eea43 DTSTAMP:20251027T135930Z DTSTART:20251114T213000Z DTEND:20251114T223000Z SUMMARY:Promis le ciel DESCRIPTION:Marie\, an Ivorian pastor\, has been living in Tunis for ten ye ars. Her home becomes a refuge for Naney\, a young mother seeking a better future\, and for Jolie\, a strong-willed student from a wealthy backgroun d. They form a special community\, in which each woman tries to build a ne w life in her own way. When they take in four-year-old Kenza\, whose paren ts died in a shipwreck while fleeing\, their cohesion is put to the test. Promis Le Ciel opened the Un Certain Regard section at Cannes this year. ( AK) URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/afrikamera/promis-le-ciel LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:f21aaa11a222d1a3b626252aed2b6acc684d7c612fead562178d2dea4d48cb58 DTSTAMP:20251027T144913Z DTSTART:20251115T160000Z DTEND:20251115T170000Z SUMMARY:Timpi Tampa DESCRIPTION:Marie\, an Ivorian pastor\, has been living in Tunis for ten ye ars. Her home becomes a refuge for Naney\, a young mother seeking a better future\, and for Jolie\, a strong-willed student from a wealthy backgroun d. They form a special community\, in which each woman tries to build a ne w life in her own way. When they take in four-year-old Kenza\, whose paren ts died in a shipwreck while fleeing\, their cohesion is put to the test. Promis Le Ciel opened the Un Certain Regard section at Cannes this year. ( AFRIKAMERA)\n  URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/afrikamera/timpi-tampa-2 LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:e907388c1bb4740a128194fee8530474bba4d10d37f757a51ed266ee82824ec4 DTSTAMP:20251027T155142Z DTSTART:20251115T180000Z DTEND:20251115T190000Z SUMMARY:Hanami DESCRIPTION:Hanami tells the coming-of-age story of Nana\, who was left beh ind as a baby by her mother Nia on a remote volcanic island. When Nana dev elops a high fever\, she is sent for treatment to the foot of a volcano. T here\, she encounters a world between dream and reality. Years later\, whe n Nana is a teenager\, Nia finally returns to the island. How will the enc ounter between mother and daughter proceed after so many years? (AFRIKAMER A) URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/afrikamera/hanami LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:733269351c077d48f9617031482fb6720c6c5bf32b66e38057bbc08a213d4e3d DTSTAMP:20251027T162351Z DTSTART:20251116T140000Z DTEND:20251116T150000Z SUMMARY:Breaking Into The Industry: Training And Strategies For Women Filmm akers DESCRIPTION:with Chanelle Ellaya\, Paula Essam\, Mariame N’Diaye. Moderat ed by: ShaNon BobingerIn cooperation with Deutsche Afrika StiftungThe Ladi ma Foundation\, based in several African countries\, supports\, trains\, a nd mentors women in various roles in film\, television\, and content. ProQ uote Film does the same in Germany. In this exchange\, the speakers will s hed light on opportunities\, developments\, and synergies to increase the visibility and presence of women in the film sector. (AK)Chanelle Ellaya i s a member of Ladima Foundation South Africa.Paula Essam is an actress\, a uthor\, and board member of ProQuote Film.Mariame N’Diaye is a film dire ctor.ShaNon Bobinger is a moderator\, systemic life &\; business coach\ , and DEI consultant. URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/afrikamera/breaking-into-the-industry-t raining-and-strategies-for-women-filmmakers LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:e96f155f03dc43fa43bb98266724877164573a5ec36aed39bb3e44f25a700e4b DTSTAMP:20251027T163310Z DTSTART:20251116T160000Z DTEND:20251116T170000Z SUMMARY:Mambar Pierrette DESCRIPTION:Over the past ten years\, Cameroonian filmmaker Rosine Mbakam h as made a name for herself with sensitive\, observational documentary port raits of African women. At the center of her feature film debut is Pierret te\, a seamstress in Douala\, Cameroon. As a single mother\, she fights fo r survival. After a robbery\, she loses all her savings – just before th e start of the school year. Then\, her shop is flooded by rain. Despite al l the setbacks\, she remains composed\, finding strength in the solidarity of other women in her community. (AFRIKAMERA) URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/afrikamera/mambar-pierrette LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:f8ba031c9b04a1e0adfbe7bacec044fcef582b37b076e4437f3931b64b18917a DTSTAMP:20251027T163533Z DTSTART:20251116T190000Z DTEND:20251116T200000Z SUMMARY:Die Möllner Briefe DESCRIPTION:“Remembrance is about acting.” This poignant refrain anchor s Martina Priessner’s powerful documentary Die Möllner Briefe\, which u nravels a haunting chapter in Germany’s recent history. In November 1992 \, a neo-Nazi arson attack in the town of Mölln claimed the lives of thre e members of the Arslan family—grandmother Bahide\, cousin Ayşe\, and 1 0-year-old Yeliz—and left young İbrahim Arslan with physical and emotio nal scars . Thirty years later\, İbrahim discovers hundreds of forgotten letters of solidarity\, sent by strangers to the victims’ families but i nexplicably buried in the city archives instead of being delivered.Priessn er’s camera traces his emotional journey as he confronts local officials about this betrayal and finally connects with the letter-writers whose vo ices were silenced. With a restrained artistry and unflinching sensitivity \, Priessner transforms a story of trauma into an urgent plea for accounta bility\, solidarity\, and the enduring power of collective memory in the f ace of rising right-wing extremism. (BH)Martina Priessner is an author and director who lives in Berlin and Istanbul and has been working on German- Turkish migration for many years. URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/sinelection/mollner-briefe LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:3ea16e8e988f105b2c36a937acf9f34eba1babf4eb30307bfce622560da0e2db DTSTAMP:20251027T164520Z DTSTART:20251115T203000Z DTEND:20251115T213000Z SUMMARY:She\, a Chinese DESCRIPTION:Followed by a book reading and a talk with Popo FanShe\, A Chin ese tells the story of a young Chinese woman\, Mei\, who leaves her monoto nous village life behind for the excitement of the nearest big city\, Chon gqing. However\, life there doesn't quite turn out as she expected it\; fi red from her factory job\, she falls in love with Spikey\, a hitman whose own past soon catches up with him. A spur of the moment decision takes Mei to London\, where she marries an older man\, Mr Hunt. A new life begins f or Mei\, trapped in the silence of Mr Hunt's house\, alienated and bored. Her frustration with the situation leads Mei into an affair with Rachid\, who also migrated to the UK and runs a local Indian restaurant. She moves into the backroom of the restaurant to live with him. She moves into the b ackroom of the restaurant to live with him\, but when Rachid decides to re turn to India\, Mei is left pregnant and alone\, facing an uncertain futur e. (Popo Fan)Popo Fan says of She\, A Chinese:Popo’s statement: “‘Wh en I first watched this film\, I didn’t quite understand Mei. A few year s later\, after moving to Germany and reading the director’s book “A C oncise Chinese-English Dictionary for Lovers (Doubleday\, 2007)”\, I rea lized that I somehow “‘became’” Mei\, living her life and loving h er love. Sometimes I wish I could be as decisive as she is — just as I ’m trying to be as sharp as Xiaolu Guo\, to be as honest as possible wit h myself and with the audience/readers. The film’s star\, Huang Lu\, is my best friend from the Beijing Film Academy and gave an intense performan ce in the role. Xiaolu\, as our senior\, has shown that we can choose a di fferent path instead of blending into the mainstream in China like most of our alumni.’”Popo Fan is a Berlin-based Chinese filmmaker\, writer\, and curator. His films include queer activism documentaries and scripted\, sex-positive shorts. He is currently developing his feature debut “Gram matik”.\n  URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/deep-cuts/she-a-chinese LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:68f2649dc209df691e2bce5dfacbfcdc1621040cf7a6d7efbedf765acd81de18 DTSTAMP:20251027T165110Z DTSTART:20251119T170000Z DTEND:20251119T180000Z SUMMARY:Spotlight on Windhoek: Films - Discourse - VR-Lounge DESCRIPTION:As part of 25 Years of the Windhoek-Berlin City Partnership\, A FRIKAMERA presents a comprehensive program at SİNEMA TRANSTOPIA.Namibian director and producer Joel Haikali will present the program Windhoek Short s (Namibia 2019 – 2024)\, featuring recent short and medium-length films from the Namibian capital. Furthermore\, there will be two discursive for mats that deal with the country's colonial past and its impact on the pres ent. The program includes the project Image Restitution (Working Title\, W ork-in-Progress\, 2025) by artists Laura Horelli and Hildegard Titus\, whi ch shows current reactions in Namibia to a 1975 anti-apartheid documentary \, as well as SORRY For The Genocide (Work in Progress\, 2025)\, a documen tary by Wave In Motion media production about the journey towards reconcil iation between Namibia and Germany.In the foyer\, Time Prints Film &\; Media will present two filmic works by filmmaker and media artist Christia n Zipfel: The Soil Of The Namib: VR (2023) and A Place In The Sun (2018)\, followed by a DJ set. (AK) URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/afrikamera/spotlight-on-windhoek-films- discourse-vr-lounge LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:a6862da26a76418c8330591335f6b6d4bd3c415cd52356c4472e6738799f7bcc DTSTAMP:20251027T165538Z DTSTART:20251120T200000Z DTEND:20251120T210000Z SUMMARY:Hysteria DESCRIPTION:Followed by a talk with Mehmet Akif Büyükatalay (18.10.)The s et of a drama about the 1993 Solingen arson attack\, a real-life racist in cident that killed five members of a Turkish family. Behind-the-scenes\, t he production starts to unravel under the weight of its own ambitions. Whe n a burned Quran is discovered among the props the day's footage mysteriou sly vanishes and accusations start to fly.At the center of the storm is El if\, the second assistant director\, whose ambition clashes with her growi ng unease. As she scrambles to recover the lost tapes and salvage her care er\, she navigates a minefield of moral compromises\, institutional hypocr isy\, and hidden agendas. While the director claims political provocation as his right\, the producer prioritizes profit over principles. Meanwhile\ , the predominantly Muslim film extras challenge the production’s exploi tative gaze\, questioning who such stories truly serve.Hysteria is a razor -sharp blend of genre suspense and scorching social critique. Büyükatala y crafts a rip-roaring thriller that exposes the layers of racism\, opport unism\, and performative wokeness in the film industry\, and beyond. (BH)M ehmet Akif Büyükatalay is a German-Turkish film director and screenwrite r and a founding member of the film production company filmfaust. URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/sinelection/hysteria LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:d8578cd4e5c07351dc324393e11ea1877fad080f1da8b85e7a7b88ab56ad2d0f DTSTAMP:20251027T170102Z DTSTART:20251121T180000Z DTEND:20251121T190000Z SUMMARY:Die Möllner Briefe DESCRIPTION:“Remembrance is about acting.” This poignant refrain anchor s Martina Priessner’s powerful documentary Die Möllner Briefe\, which u nravels a haunting chapter in Germany’s recent history. In November 1992 \, a neo-Nazi arson attack in the town of Mölln claimed the lives of thre e members of the Arslan family—grandmother Bahide\, cousin Ayşe\, and 1 0-year-old Yeliz—and left young İbrahim Arslan with physical and emotio nal scars . Thirty years later\, İbrahim discovers hundreds of forgotten letters of solidarity\, sent by strangers to the victims’ families but i nexplicably buried in the city archives instead of being delivered.Priessn er’s camera traces his emotional journey as he confronts local officials about this betrayal and finally connects with the letter-writers whose vo ices were silenced. With a restrained artistry and unflinching sensitivity \, Priessner transforms a story of trauma into an urgent plea for accounta bility\, solidarity\, and the enduring power of collective memory in the f ace of rising right-wing extremism. (BH)Martina Priessner is an author and director who lives in Berlin and Istanbul and has been working on German- Turkish migration for many years. URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/sinelection/mollner-briefe LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:59d7277dae4ca8233b6ec9c5aa5689001cc1b3c9136fb7824996af07abb1b69f DTSTAMP:20251027T170712Z DTSTART:20251121T203000Z DTEND:20251121T213000Z SUMMARY:Macht und Mitgefühl: Wie kann eine neue Ethik des Zusammenlebens g elingen? Emilia Roig & Mohamed Amjahid im Gespräch DESCRIPTION:Emilia Roig &\; Mohamed Amjahid in conversationEmilia Roig a nd Mohamed Amjahid meet for a conversation about the crises of our time an d possible paths to a new ethic of coexistence. Drawing on their recent bo oks\, they discuss capitalism\, racism and authoritarian politics – and how radical care\, solidarity and a shift in consciousness can enable soci al change. They talk about power and responsibility\, politics in the priv ate sphere\, and the question of how we can act humanely\, empathetically and freely in the midst of global upheaval.Dr. Emilia Roig is a political scientist\, author and one of the most influential voices for social justi ce\, healing and social change in Germany. In her books and essays – inc luding the bestsellers Why We Matter\, Das Ende der Ehe\, Lieben und LIEBE R SOHN (The End of Marriage\, Love and Dear Son) and So rettest du die Wel t (How to Save the World) – she outlines new visions for a freer\, more loving and more just society. She teaches at universities and speaks at co nferences and on stages across Europe on topics such as feminism\, racism\ , structural discrimination and collective transformation.Mohamed Amjahid is a freelance investigative journalist specialising in police violence an d human rights violations against refugees in North Africa\, the Middle Ea st and Europe. He writes for various German media outlets such as Der Spie gel\, Die Zeit\, Süddeutsche Zeitung\, WDR and SWR. His latest book\, ‘ Alles nur Einzelfälle? Das System hinter der Polizeigewalt’ (All just i solated cases? The system behind police violence)\, was published in Septe mber 2024. URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/sinemaplural/macht-und-mitgefuhl-wie-ka nn-eine-neue-ethik-des-zusammenlebens-gelingen-emilia-roig-mohamed-amjahid -im-gesprach LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ed64779131fc5e2e863c6149cd293aa6579014f522d1a437a2a63bdb2db02a96 DTSTAMP:20251027T170925Z DTSTART:20251122T180000Z DTEND:20251122T190000Z SUMMARY:Hysteria DESCRIPTION:Followed by a talk with Mehmet Akif Büyükatalay (18.10.)The s et of a drama about the 1993 Solingen arson attack\, a real-life racist in cident that killed five members of a Turkish family. Behind-the-scenes\, t he production starts to unravel under the weight of its own ambitions. Whe n a burned Quran is discovered among the props the day's footage mysteriou sly vanishes and accusations start to fly.At the center of the storm is El if\, the second assistant director\, whose ambition clashes with her growi ng unease. As she scrambles to recover the lost tapes and salvage her care er\, she navigates a minefield of moral compromises\, institutional hypocr isy\, and hidden agendas. While the director claims political provocation as his right\, the producer prioritizes profit over principles. Meanwhile\ , the predominantly Muslim film extras challenge the production’s exploi tative gaze\, questioning who such stories truly serve.Hysteria is a razor -sharp blend of genre suspense and scorching social critique. Büyükatala y crafts a rip-roaring thriller that exposes the layers of racism\, opport unism\, and performative wokeness in the film industry\, and beyond. (BH)M ehmet Akif Büyükatalay is a German-Turkish film director and screenwrite r and a founding member of the film production company filmfaust. URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/sinelection/hysteria LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:3884dabfec1bdd2f12d4129995b64e802fb487a8abc454a4e614bc37ecfc14e9 DTSTAMP:20251027T171317Z DTSTART:20251123T190000Z DTEND:20251123T200000Z SUMMARY:To a Land Unknown DESCRIPTION: ̶F̶o̶l̶l̶o̶w̶e̶d̶ ̶b̶y̶ ̶a̶ ̶t̶a̶l̶k̶ ̶w ̶i̶t̶h̶ ̶A̶n̶g̶e̶l̶i̶k̶i̶ ̶P̶a̶p̶o̶u̶l̶i̶a̶\,̶ ̶m ̶o̶d̶e̶r̶a̶t̶e̶d̶ ̶b̶y̶ ̶J̶o̶a̶c̶h̶i̶m̶ ̶K̶ü̶h̶n ̶ ̶(̶2̶3̶.̶1̶1̶.̶)̶\nTalk unfortunately canceled due to illness\ nA run-down neighborhood on the fringes of Athens plagued by crime and pov erty. Reda (Aram Sabbah) and Chatila (Mahmoud Bakri) are cousins strugglin g daily with the plight of hundreds of thousands of Palestinians: the life of refugees. Bound by ties of love and friendship\, but also by the burde n of despair that haunts them across time and place\, they fight to escape their misery and secure a better future for themselves and those they lef t behind. Is there a way out for the doomed? How can humanity be preserved when one is born into a life permeated by incessant cruelty? An insightfu l\, moving\, and gripping exploration of the Palestinian condition\, but a lso of what it means to be a stateless refugee in a world shaped by racial prejudice and social inequality. Prominent Danish-Palestinian filmmaker M ahdi Fleifel co-wrote his latest film with Moroccan-British writer and fil mmaker Fyzal Boulifa. It premiered at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival and wo n the Audience Award at the Thessaloniki Film Festival. (ALFILM)Angeliki P apoulia is an actress known for her roles in Oscar-nominated films like Do gtooth and The Lobster and an established theater director.Joachim Kühn i s the Managing Director of REAL FICTION FILMVERLEIH and\, since 2003\, co- owner of the FILMPALETTE arthouse cinema in Cologne. URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/sinelection/to-a-land-unknown LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ed5cfd7e9c3671f2e3444b1d4eff898019b35e76cf37b3d4d24a6a503316c1df DTSTAMP:20251027T172553Z DTSTART:20251126T190000Z DTEND:20251126T200000Z SUMMARY:BAFNET: Zwischen den Zeilen\, zwischen den Welten DESCRIPTION:In cooperation with BAFNETReading\, discussion and film screeni ng (in German)7:00 p.m. Reading by Ta-Som Helena Yun &\; Yannic Han Bia o Federer8:30 p.m. Break &\; Food (Trang's Banh Cuon)9:00 p.m. Short fi lm screening &\; Q&\;ATa-Som Helena Yun reads from her book Oh Sunny . Yannic Han Biao Federer presents texts from his novels. After the readin g and subsequent discussion\, there will be a break with delicious food be fore a film is shown that picks up on the themes of the evening. (BAFNET)T a-Som Helena Yun is an author of Korean origin. In her texts\, she deals w ith questions of belonging\, family and language. She lives in Berlin.Yann ic Han Biao Federer is a writer of German and Chinese origin. His works ex plore memory\, identity and life between different cultural influences. He lives in Cologne.The Berlin Asian Film Network (BAFNET) e.V. is a discrim ination-critical initiative pushing for diverse\, nuanced representations of Asian-German lives in film and TV. We support young BIPOC filmmakers by building networks and creating space for their stories – especially in curated diasporic settings.0 to 180This short film by Mandy Krahn (second- year film 2024 at the Film University Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF) depicts a se nsitive moment between a father and daughter when he tells her about the p ossible closure of his bistro. Different expectations and cultural influen ces make communication difficult\, but the film opens up space for closene ss and dialogue on equal terms.Unfamiliar FamiliarThe medium-length film U nfamiliar Familiar by Hae-Sup Sin (2022) accompanies a Swiss-Korean woman who travels to South Korea during the pandemic to come to terms with the d eath of her mother and spend the quarantine in the deceased's house. With a sensitive eye\, the director tells a story of grief\, belonging\, and fa mily expectations—and opens up a space for reflection on home and lettin g go.Mandy Krahn is a born Berliner and\, since 2022\, a directing student at the Film University Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF\, addresses personal and so cial issues in her short films and is currently working on her graduation film Die neue Frau (AT).Hae-Sup Sin is a Swiss-Korean director from Opfiko n and master's student in feature film directing at ZHdK\, narrates storie s between cultures in his work and is currently developing his first featu re film\, Some Korean Summer. URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/common-visions-berlin/bafnet-zwischen-d en-zeilen-zwischen-den-welten LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:81115ec42f747fc1bf512d0327481c40c8189cf43c63a345456798fe2d20eee2 DTSTAMP:20251027T173514Z DTSTART:20251127T180000Z DTEND:20251127T190000Z SUMMARY:Без страха DESCRIPTION:Set in late-1920s rural Uzbekistan amid Soviet “unveiling” campaigns\, a young Soviet officer is tasked with modernizing a village an d encouraging women to remove the veil. When a teenage Komsomol girl publi cly burns her paranja\, reform collides with tradition and religious autho rity\, with tragic consequences. Khamraev’s film remains a keystone of U zbek cinema for its complex portrait of “emancipation” as imposition\, and the costs borne by women’s bodies. URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/the-past-is-not-another-country/bez-str axa LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:97b432a019527cbccbfb9be89f4653d13923dd16b83e57f7181eb2ad2ddc9eac DTSTAMP:20251027T174331Z DTSTART:20251127T200000Z DTEND:20251127T210000Z SUMMARY:Джамиля DESCRIPTION:In a remote Kyrgyz village during WWII\, Dzhamilya marries a ma n she does not love. As her husband departs to the front\, she forms an in tense bond with the returning soldier Daniyar. Framed by the memories of t he young artist Seit\, the film adapts Chingiz Aitmatov’s novella into a tender\, conflicted meditation on desire\, duty\, and the price of transg ressing communal norms. These early Soviet works reveal cinema’s dual f unction as both instrument and witness of transformation. Within the frame s of Без страха (Without Fear) and Джамиля (Dzhamilya)\, f emale emancipation is imagined as the visible proof of modernity’s arriv al: unveiling becomes spectacle\, desire becomes allegory. Yet behind thes e grand gestures\, the individual subject remains indistinct — her inter ior world subsumed by the collective ideal she is made to embody. What eme rges is a cinema negotiating its own contradictions: striving to construct the image of a liberated woman while leaving the contours of her selfhood unresolved\, hovering between representation and projection. (Malika Mukh amejan)\n  URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/the-past-is-not-another-country/dzamili a LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:316e7fceeebfe451263d01832dc6a44cc02f5f8937f63f70479fbdd932d8af37 DTSTAMP:20251027T175607Z DTSTART:20251128T180000Z DTEND:20251128T190000Z SUMMARY:Ласточка DESCRIPTION:On a remote horse farm in the Kazakh steppe\, Karlygash and her husband Ilyas live within a fragile routine marked by unspoken tensions. The arrival of a French traveler unsettles their life\, bringing hidden de sires and uncertainties to the surface. Situated within the contemporary landscape of Central Asian cinema\, Longer Than a Day and Dad Croaked on S aturday turn decisively away from allegory toward the immediacy of lived e xperience. Their focus lies in the textures of relation — domestic\, emo tional\, temporal — where meaning arises not through narrative resolutio n but through observation and duration. The female figure is no longer an emblem of change but the site where cinema registers interior life as a po litical form: embodied\, self-aware\, and resistant to abstraction. (Malik a Mukhamejan) URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/she-exists-elsewhere/lastocka LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:466bd47d6e92330bc83f89e29ea2f6e9ffb573aa19e0f3e5b38712a9e4fa4dc7 DTSTAMP:20251027T180453Z DTSTART:20251128T203000Z DTEND:20251128T213000Z SUMMARY:Папа умер в субботу DESCRIPTION:Aiko\, a Moscow makeup artist\, returns to Kazakhstan for the f uneral of the abusive father she long ago left behind. Meeting his second family unsettles her certainty: the “monster” she knew was tender to t hem. Abdrakhmanova’s fiction debut traces grief’s dissonances as three women negotiate whether kinship can be re-composed from conflicting memor ies and wounds. (Malika Mukhamejan) URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/she-exists-elsewhere/papa-umer-v-subbot u LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:4bbdf6b31e4f280e73574909a87d05f6387be7381b2dc3a5b702ef05d0e031bd DTSTAMP:20251029T221131Z DTSTART:20251101T203000Z DTEND:20251101T213000Z SUMMARY:Das Deutsche Volk DESCRIPTION:On the fifth anniversary of the Hanau racist attack\, this star k\, black-and-white documentary by Marcin Wierzchowski holds up a mirror t o German society. The film follows the families of the nine victims who we re murdered by a far-right extremist through four years of grief\, bureauc ratic neglect\, and their resilient fight for justice and recognition. Wit h intimate access and restrained observation\, Wierzchowski exposes the ch illing mechanics of systemic racism and institutional failure\, while the families' powerful testimonies dismantle narrow definitions of identity an d belonging. A harrowing yet essential portrait of a community's loss and its unwavering demand for equality that asks: Who are the German people? ( BH) URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/sinelection/das-deutsche-volk LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:bb1a2c0f0468e692a6307d08d67e636b53326ff2559e2f0da80d575c10d36bf0 DTSTAMP:20251029T222744Z DTSTART:20251129T163000Z DTEND:20251129T173000Z SUMMARY:Resilience in Times of Democratic Backsliding in Central Europe DESCRIPTION:The CENTRAL Leadership Program\, a student- and researcher-driv en initiative led by HU (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin) students and ear ly-career scholars\, aims to strengthen leadership skills and prepare youn g researchers for challenging roles in politics and diplomacy\, with a spe cial focus on pressing democratic challenges in Central Europe. As part of this program\, the event Resilience in Times of Democratic Backsliding in Central Europe\, organized by Corinna von Lacroix and Gustavo Hernandez C alderón\, will offer a 4-hour session combining a panel discussion\, Q&am p\;A\, film screening\, and networking opportunities. The event brings tog ether voices from academia\, civil society\, and the arts to examine risin g authoritarian populism\, shrinking civic spaces\, and the normalization of hate speech\, with particular attention to minority communities includi ng migrants\, LGBTQIA+ individuals\, and racialized groups. (CLP)Corinna v on Lacroix is an MA student in _Ethnography: Theory - Practice – Critici sm_\, with a focus on contemporary constructions and politics of gender\, sexuality\, and kinship.Gustavo Hernandez Calderón is an activist\, autho r\, scholar. MA in Global Studies\, specialized in queer peacebuilding and social resilience.\n URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/common-visions-berlin/resilience-in-tim es-of-democratic-backsliding-in-central-europe LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:4020a80a053687d50549ee33386468b19d9812b242c37b63ebef4a06f162996f DTSTAMP:20251029T223817Z DTSTART:20251129T180000Z DTEND:20251129T190000Z SUMMARY:Listy z Wilczej DESCRIPTION:In collaboration with the CENTRAL Leadership Program\nAfter the screening conversation with Arjun Talwar moderated by Galo E. RiveraA wit ty\, personal portrait of Poland through the eyes of Arjun Talwar\, a film maker who migrated to Warsaw over a decade ago. In the hope of overcoming his persistent feelings of alienation\, Talwar and his friend Mo begin to film the residents of Wolf Street. Slowly\, their project begins to uncove r the street's secrets. Bound together in a shared urban space\, Talwar’ s neighbours are revealed to exist in similar states of in-betweenness\, s uspended somewhere between past and present. As the kilometer-long street transforms into a reflection of contemporary Europe\, the film challenges simplistic views of Poland as homogenous and exposes a vibrant\, complex t apestry of contradictions and anxieties woven into the fabric of everyday life. (BH) URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/common-visions-berlin/listy-z-wilczej LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:0b2c54a3f7960de235d8829f61e74d5ebfbd480cf9a393fe4ab01078d97c035a DTSTAMP:20251029T224103Z DTSTART:20251129T203000Z DTEND:20251129T213000Z SUMMARY:Das Deutsche Volk DESCRIPTION:On the fifth anniversary of the Hanau racist attack\, this star k\, black-and-white documentary by Marcin Wierzchowski holds up a mirror t o German society. The film follows the families of the nine victims who we re murdered by a far-right extremist through four years of grief\, bureauc ratic neglect\, and their resilient fight for justice and recognition. Wit h intimate access and restrained observation\, Wierzchowski exposes the ch illing mechanics of systemic racism and institutional failure\, while the families' powerful testimonies dismantle narrow definitions of identity an d belonging. A harrowing yet essential portrait of a community's loss and its unwavering demand for equality that asks: Who are the German people? ( BH) URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/sinelection/das-deutsche-volk LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6d296503da8a5addabfe3ae2efa3670c515e4a3344bf959475489f34f787719b DTSTAMP:20251029T224203Z DTSTART:20251130T190000Z DTEND:20251130T200000Z SUMMARY:To a Land Unknown DESCRIPTION: ̶F̶o̶l̶l̶o̶w̶e̶d̶ ̶b̶y̶ ̶a̶ ̶t̶a̶l̶k̶ ̶w ̶i̶t̶h̶ ̶A̶n̶g̶e̶l̶i̶k̶i̶ ̶P̶a̶p̶o̶u̶l̶i̶a̶\,̶ ̶m ̶o̶d̶e̶r̶a̶t̶e̶d̶ ̶b̶y̶ ̶J̶o̶a̶c̶h̶i̶m̶ ̶K̶ü̶h̶n ̶ ̶(̶2̶3̶.̶1̶1̶.̶)̶\nTalk unfortunately canceled due to illness\ nA run-down neighborhood on the fringes of Athens plagued by crime and pov erty. Reda (Aram Sabbah) and Chatila (Mahmoud Bakri) are cousins strugglin g daily with the plight of hundreds of thousands of Palestinians: the life of refugees. Bound by ties of love and friendship\, but also by the burde n of despair that haunts them across time and place\, they fight to escape their misery and secure a better future for themselves and those they lef t behind. Is there a way out for the doomed? How can humanity be preserved when one is born into a life permeated by incessant cruelty? An insightfu l\, moving\, and gripping exploration of the Palestinian condition\, but a lso of what it means to be a stateless refugee in a world shaped by racial prejudice and social inequality. Prominent Danish-Palestinian filmmaker M ahdi Fleifel co-wrote his latest film with Moroccan-British writer and fil mmaker Fyzal Boulifa. It premiered at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival and wo n the Audience Award at the Thessaloniki Film Festival. (ALFILM)Angeliki P apoulia is an actress known for her roles in Oscar-nominated films like Do gtooth and The Lobster and an established theater director.Joachim Kühn i s the Managing Director of REAL FICTION FILMVERLEIH and\, since 2003\, co- owner of the FILMPALETTE arthouse cinema in Cologne. URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/sinelection/to-a-land-unknown LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:318b34a0230901a00a9e3e3e7f54ceb28947c2aed2986dfc598db742458b74ef DTSTAMP:20251030T084047Z DTSTART:20251122T203000Z DTEND:20251122T213000Z SUMMARY:Les Glaneurs et la Glaneuse (The Gleaners and I) DESCRIPTION:Followed by a talk with Narges Kalhor moderated by Konstantin B ockFar removed from visible society\, they still exist—the collectors of leftovers. In the fields\, they bend down to pick up potatoes that have b een left behind\; in the cities\, they rummage through the waste of consum er society. They live off what others carelessly leave behind. With a keen eye\, Agnès Varda leads us into a world beyond economic exploitation. Sh e herself becomes a collector: of images\, stories and encounters with peo ple—among them winegrowers\, artists\, or those without secure housing. The result is Les Glaneurs et la Glaneuse (The Gleaners and I)\, a poetic film about losing\, finding and the value of discarded things.Narges Kalho r says of Les Glaneurs et la Glaneuse:“Varda struggled for years to secu re funding and initially failed to convince television stations and French film companies of the film's merits. Out of necessity\, she started shoot ing with a mini DV camera\, feeling the urge to simply start. The outdated aesthetics uniquely capture an essayistic narrative in a deliberate and h ighly artistic manner. For me\, Varda is one of the most important female filmmakers in a very male-dominated field\; she forges her own path in her own style. Les Glaneurs inspired many to use digital cameras and minimal staging.”Narges Kalhor was born in 1984 in Tehran\, Iran. She studied di recting and visual communication. In 2009\, she applied for political asyl um in Germany while in the country for a festival. Her graduation film In the Name of Scheherazade premiered at the Visions du Réel festival in Nyo n and was awarded the Goethe Institut’s prize for best documentary film at DOK Leipzig. URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/deep-cuts/les-glaneurs-et-la-glaneuse-t he-gleaners-and-i LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:52ecf90d11ea136d86d69699518c6d49f963cbc6ec9b0c8b0f2205d016673778 DTSTAMP:20251114T125043Z DTSTART:20251130T150000Z DTEND:20251130T160000Z SUMMARY:NEIN ZU BEZAHLKARTE DESCRIPTION:NEIN zur Bezahlkarte Berlin Brandenburg is an initiative that b rings together people from different backgrounds in response to the introd uction of the discriminatory SocialCard (Bezahlkarte) for benefit recipien ts under the Asylum Act. On Sunday 30. November\, the initiative hosts a special solidarity flea market and dinner at SİNEMA TRANSTOPIA. 15:00 - Flea market and cake bazaar18:00 - Soli dinner Support the fight against the Bezahlkarte by joining us from 15:00 onwards. Feel free to bring your old clothes and homeware and browse a selection of second-hand goods. If y ou want to inform yourself about the Bezahlkarte\, this is the time and pl ace to do that with a hot drink and a tasty slice of cake.From 18:00 onwar ds\, dinner will be available. On the menu:Stir fried rice noodles with pi ckled cucumber and carrot Bean crackerPumpkin shotAll proceeds from event go towards the initiative NEIN zu Bezahlkarte!We will use the donations t o open up more places where people can exchange vouchers for cash as well as more locations where people can pick up vouchers! Last but not least\, don’t forget to BRING CASH!—Statement from NEIN zur Bezahlkarte Berli n Brandenburg:“The payment card restricts people in their everyday lives and is discriminatory. It prevents the people concerned from having free access to their money and makes their lives unnecessarily difficult. The i ntroduction is based on racist politics. This follows right-wing populist demands and violates human dignity.Instead of providing solutions\, the pa yment card creates a system of control and monitoring. We and many others want to prevent precisely this and therefore say quite clearly: No to the harassment card!We demand bank accounts and cash for all! Enough money to live on\, to spend it on whatever and without the authorities having acces s to it.We demand the abolition of the discriminatory Asylum Seekers’ Be nefits Act and equal social rights for all!We call on all of you to show s olidarity with each other and let the racist symbolic politics come to not hing. Organize yourselves for voucher exchange campaigns and against the d iscriminatory and exclusionary system.” URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/common-visions-berlin/nein-zu-bezahlkar te-flea-market-soli-dinner LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:d10cd875755ca609ce5ecb178e4f4ae9ac848badb2225e9479e751f337afc35b DTSTAMP:20251122T154117Z DTSTART:20251203T200000Z DTEND:20251203T210000Z SUMMARY:To a Land Unknown DESCRIPTION: ̶F̶o̶l̶l̶o̶w̶e̶d̶ ̶b̶y̶ ̶a̶ ̶t̶a̶l̶k̶ ̶w ̶i̶t̶h̶ ̶A̶n̶g̶e̶l̶i̶k̶i̶ ̶P̶a̶p̶o̶u̶l̶i̶a̶\,̶ ̶m ̶o̶d̶e̶r̶a̶t̶e̶d̶ ̶b̶y̶ ̶J̶o̶a̶c̶h̶i̶m̶ ̶K̶ü̶h̶n ̶ ̶(̶2̶3̶.̶1̶1̶.̶)̶\nTalk unfortunately canceled due to illness\ nA run-down neighborhood on the fringes of Athens plagued by crime and pov erty. Reda (Aram Sabbah) and Chatila (Mahmoud Bakri) are cousins strugglin g daily with the plight of hundreds of thousands of Palestinians: the life of refugees. Bound by ties of love and friendship\, but also by the burde n of despair that haunts them across time and place\, they fight to escape their misery and secure a better future for themselves and those they lef t behind. Is there a way out for the doomed? How can humanity be preserved when one is born into a life permeated by incessant cruelty? An insightfu l\, moving\, and gripping exploration of the Palestinian condition\, but a lso of what it means to be a stateless refugee in a world shaped by racial prejudice and social inequality. Prominent Danish-Palestinian filmmaker M ahdi Fleifel co-wrote his latest film with Moroccan-British writer and fil mmaker Fyzal Boulifa. It premiered at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival and wo n the Audience Award at the Thessaloniki Film Festival. (ALFILM)Angeliki P apoulia is an actress known for her roles in Oscar-nominated films like Do gtooth and The Lobster and an established theater director.Joachim Kühn i s the Managing Director of REAL FICTION FILMVERLEIH and\, since 2003\, co- owner of the FILMPALETTE arthouse cinema in Cologne. URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/sinelection/to-a-land-unknown LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:fa3c4099f4c3dc0b165a6e901a9170eab5bb29147cfc4ec5249fdb86a43d0750 DTSTAMP:20251122T154334Z DTSTART:20251204T200000Z DTEND:20251204T210000Z SUMMARY:TIMPI TAMPA DESCRIPTION:In Adama Bineta Sow’s film\, young Khalilou lives in Dakar wi th his gravely ill mother\, whose cancer is the result of years of skin bl eaching – a painful legacy of colonial beauty ideals. Seeking justice\, Khalilou transforms into “Leila” and enters a university beauty pagean t to expose the system from within. The film deconstructs colonial notions of beauty while celebrating courage\, sisterhood\, and the power to redef ine what beauty means. (EOTO)  URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/sinelection/timpi-tampa-1 LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:94256c67d8f543bdd0dc29ab2cdb98e33bf3da86fde98a65336b53f98f1790bf DTSTAMP:20251122T154353Z DTSTART:20251205T180000Z DTEND:20251205T190000Z SUMMARY:TIMPI TAMPA DESCRIPTION:In Adama Bineta Sow’s film\, young Khalilou lives in Dakar wi th his gravely ill mother\, whose cancer is the result of years of skin bl eaching – a painful legacy of colonial beauty ideals. Seeking justice\, Khalilou transforms into “Leila” and enters a university beauty pagean t to expose the system from within. The film deconstructs colonial notions of beauty while celebrating courage\, sisterhood\, and the power to redef ine what beauty means. (EOTO)  URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/sinelection/timpi-tampa-1 LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:2ada81b936915b8067cf1ada69253c0caff2576094083b5f592b2145c66fd558 DTSTAMP:20251122T154605Z DTSTART:20251205T203000Z DTEND:20251205T213000Z SUMMARY:Das Deutsche Volk DESCRIPTION:On the fifth anniversary of the Hanau racist attack\, this star k\, black-and-white documentary by Marcin Wierzchowski holds up a mirror t o German society. The film follows the families of the nine victims who we re murdered by a far-right extremist through four years of grief\, bureauc ratic neglect\, and their resilient fight for justice and recognition. Wit h intimate access and restrained observation\, Wierzchowski exposes the ch illing mechanics of systemic racism and institutional failure\, while the families' powerful testimonies dismantle narrow definitions of identity an d belonging. A harrowing yet essential portrait of a community's loss and its unwavering demand for equality that asks: Who are the German people? ( BH) URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/sinelection/das-deutsche-volk LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:d84b817947f71ef9d4b215b7d680ea1a102d7afcf468c4a73e4b8c0eb3c687ca DTSTAMP:20251122T155618Z DTSTART:20251206T163000Z DTEND:20251206T173000Z SUMMARY:The Question of Her Image: Women in Central Asian Cinema DESCRIPTION:From Soviet classics to contemporary works\, Central Asian cine ma has repeatedly placed women on screen — as workers\, mothers\, lovers \, and heroines. Yet the distance between what these images promised and w hat they revealed remains striking. This lecture looks at how different mo ments in film history shaped women’s representation\, how certain archet ypes persisted\, and where filmmakers began to carve out space for more co mplex\, contradictory portraits. Set alongside the screenings\, the talk o ffers context for understanding how women’s images have been constructed \, inherited\, and reimagined across five decades of filmmaking. (Malika M ukhamejan) URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/she-exists-elsewhere/the-question-of-he r-image-women-in-central-asian-cinema LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:c13661961e47c3c7a50083c6ccdaba46b9a1a9d9b9fa7b68452d54ad79a19fdd DTSTAMP:20251122T161343Z DTSTART:20251206T180000Z DTEND:20251206T190000Z SUMMARY:Вокалды параллелдер DESCRIPTION:Introduced by Malika Mukhamejan and Saltanat ShoshanovaSet on t he Kazakh steppe amid derelict Soviet structures\, Khamdamov’s eccentric \, politically tinged “film-concert” assembles arias by Brahms\, Pucci ni\, and Verdi\, performed by Kazakh opera greats Roza Dzhamanova and Bibi gul Tulegenova\, with Erik Kurmangaliev in drag. Renata Litvinova narrates a feather-light\, absurd rivalry: sopranos and a mezzo\, jeweled and wrap ped in kimonos and furs\, escalate one-upmanship to outrageous extremes— even arson. Voice overtakes plot\; camp and power play turn ruins into a s tage where persona replaces character and the female image is refracted th rough performance\, not role. (Malika Mukhamejan) URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/she-exists-elsewhere/vokaldy-parallelde r LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:aa3fa3088e1a34dbcfaa85192b6afb90e415df32fef58fdf456e519beb442322 DTSTAMP:20251122T161943Z DTSTART:20251206T191500Z DTEND:20251206T201500Z SUMMARY:Food Happening with Saltanat Shoshanova (Adiba) and Kanykei kyzy DESCRIPTION:In their cooking intervention\, Kanykei and Adiba will prepare oromo/orama\, a traditional Central Asian dish\, and use the act of prepar ing it together as a queer reimagining of gendered cooking practices. Kany kei will lead a cleansing ritual of Alas\, and Saltanat will host a tea ce remony that invites guests to slow down and be together.Saltanat Shoshanov a is a researcher focusing on queer feminist art\, memory\, and decolonial ity in Central Asia. She is a PhD candidate at the University of Regensbur g within the project “Light On! Queer Literary Cultures under Socialism. ” Her work explores intersections of gender\, sexuality\, and national i dentity through artistic practices.In her artistic practice under the alia s Adiba\, Saltanat explores themes of Central Asian identity\, queerness\, trauma\, and ancestry. Through food-focused happenings\, she navigates th e intersections of personal and collective memory\, using culinary practic es as a medium for storytelling and healing.Kanykei kyzy is a trans activi st from Kyrgyzstan and a co-founder of the transgender initiative “MyrzA yim.” She is a political refugee and currently lives in Berlin. She is a lso part of the Berlin-based teams “Nomads” and “Slaystans”. URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/she-exists-elsewhere/food-happening-by- saltanat-shoshanova LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:06a3d4d55709b13c96c557964b70aa8791026e9f84c95f925ff12b7cde73de08 DTSTAMP:20251122T162728Z DTSTART:20251206T203000Z DTEND:20251206T213000Z SUMMARY:Баксы DESCRIPTION:Aidai\, an elderly baksy (traditional healer)\, tends to the bo dies and souls of villagers. When a local businessman erects a gas station and motel on the land she inhabits—and her grandson is abducted—Aidai vanishes\, setting off a chain of uncanny reversals. Omarova fuses social drama with a fable to question “modernization” and the fragile ethics of care on the steppe.Emerging from the post-Soviet landscape\, Вока лды параллелдер (Vocal Parallels) and Бақсы (Native Dan cer) move between myth and realism\, ritual and survival. They reimagine a cinematic space where women act not as symbols of change but as mediators between worlds. Voice\, body\, and landscape intertwine\, carrying the re sidue of histories that resist resolution and the persistence of lives tha t continue in their wake. (Malika Mukhamejan)\n  URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/she-exists-elsewhere/baksy LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:2ae1b4d82b5470c556d9fa7f75291274cfb848fd736caf27d60c4cb31847dfa7 DTSTAMP:20251124T135047Z DTSTART:20251207T190000Z DTEND:20251207T200000Z SUMMARY:Tokyo Godfathers DESCRIPTION:Preceed by poetry reading by Berfusra and Bard Wildly (07.12.)C hristmas films so often rely on saccharine sweet tropes around family and community\; Satoshi Kon’s Tokyo Godfathers flirts with these tropes befo re roundly dismantling them through a gritty emotionality that reveals the messiness of family dynamics. Fantastical in its coincidental meetings\, unflinching its portrayals of parental failings\, and tender in its charac ters’ bids for redemption\, Tokyo Godfathers is the perfect anti-Christm as Christmas film.“As a rule\, I don’t really care for Christmas films . I was saturated in the US’s overtly capitalist interpretation of the h oliday which is masked by a paper-thin veneer of family values. As a queer immigrant\, found family in a new country is intense\, sometimes painful\ , and profoundly beautiful. This film doesn’t shy away from the painful parts of family that so many other films gloss over. The tender treatment of a trans character whose gender identity isn’t all encompassing is ref reshing in a way that trans people like myself crave in cinema.” (Ari Co ttingham)Ari Cottingham is a queer Afro-Latine poet\, performance artist\, and service industry worker. They have published and performed widely\, a nd in 2025 they were the recipient of a Brooklyn Poets Fellowship. Whilst working as part of the bar and Meyhane team at SINEMA\, Ari also organizes Berlin Spoken Word\, a weekly community open mic that\, this December\, c elebrates a decade of enduring the Berlin arts scene.Bard Wildly has been poeting around Berlin for a while now\, and is happy to get to be here to share some words with you.After transitioning at 30\, he enjoyed a very br ief twink life\, which quickly turned into twink death\, and is now firmly in his gay uncle era.When not wearing the poetry hat\, Bard is an illustr ator and tattooer to the queers.You can follow him on the curséd app at @ bard.tattoo. He has some dope new stickers that he wants to give you\, so find him after the show and ask for yours.Berfusra is a Kurdish singer-so ngwriter\, poet\, drag king\, and performance artist from Turkey\, a Philo logist with a degree in English Literature\, and currently pursuing a mast er’s degree in Cultural Studies and American Literature. Their main topi cs include identity\, race\, mental illness\, trauma\, love and intimacy\, as well as a never-ending curiosity about nature and the beauty all aroun d us. URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/topias/tokyo-godfathers LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:90dd816accb5c0891d9e1286fab6e62d0559574ebf074bdaeb8dd1a3f39e0485 DTSTAMP:20251125T201554Z DTSTART:20251210T200000Z DTEND:20251210T210000Z SUMMARY:Promis le Ciel DESCRIPTION:In a small\, sun-bleached house on the outskirts of Tunis\, the re is a fragile sanctuary for Ivorian women. Marie\, a pastor and former j ournalist\, guides this unorthodox family. Her tenants are Naney\, an undo cumented mother who had to leave her child behind three years ago in a des perate search for work\, and Jolie\, a strong-willed student with legal pa pers who is carrying the weight of her family's hopes.Their delicate\, oft en tense\, balance is shattered by the arrival of Kenza\, a young girl who is the sole survivor of a shipwreck in the Mediterranean. As this new\, m ulti-generational family of women forms\, they must navigate a society inc reasingly marked by racism and hostility. Kenza's silent trauma becomes a mirror\, reflecting each woman's own sacrifices\, regrets\, and precarious dreams. Her presence challenges their sense of solidarity\, forcing each to confront what they have risked in the search for a place to call home.A tender and quietly powerful observation of diasporic sisterhood\, Fanta R égina Nacro's Promised Sky paints an intimate portrait of resilience. Wit h a compassionate gaze and nuanced performances from its leading trio\, th e film becomes a poignant meditation on motherhood in exile\, the burdens of ambition\, and the meaning of sanctuary in a world that refuses to see you. (Bethan Hughes) URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/sinelection/promis-le-ciel-1 LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:e12686e22f4c8174bf4bf3e18ac3a04850ca7323d336dddfca5c29ab54bded24 DTSTAMP:20251126T154303Z DTSTART:20251212T180000Z DTEND:20251212T190000Z SUMMARY:Hung Tongue by Slavs & Tatars DESCRIPTION:First commissioned in the frame of Scenes of (Un-)Translatabili ty\, Slavs and Tatars return to SİNEMA to present HUNG TONGUE. In this le cture-performance\, the collective explores voice-over translations and wh at they can tell us about the performativity of language. With a rich hist ory in the former socialist countries of Central and Eastern Europe\, voic e-over translation is often referred to as \"poor man's dubbing\". From ac tion films to audiobooks and news reports\, Slavs and Tatars challenges us to rethink notions of respect and disrespect in relation to text\, speech and\, in particular\, speaking about others. (Slavs and Tatars)Slavs and Tatars is an internationally renowned artist collective focusing on the ar ea east of the Berlin Wall and west of the Great Wall of China\, known as Eurasia.  URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/sinemaplural/hung-tongue-by-slavs-tatar s LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:07d7f6c48cfada5356edd0c21630521f91e80503e8a69b2ae64dec54e465db2d DTSTAMP:20251126T160407Z DTSTART:20251212T203000Z DTEND:20251212T213000Z SUMMARY:In The Name Of Scheherazade Oder Der Erste Biergarten In Teheran DESCRIPTION:“Just let him know you have a new idea\, something about your homeland\, something political\,” is the advice offered by a friend to filmmaker Narges Kalhor as she tries to complete her graduation film. Her despair about the project is due to the input of the white male commission ing editor whose comments as voiceover continually interrupt the film. As he puts it\, he would like the film to be closer to the audience’s usual “viewing habits”\, demanding that “stories from the homeland” be included here and there\, as well as images of refugees or “something no t so complicated”. The resulting film is many films in one\, with the vi ewers witness to the editorial process along the way. With a joyful sense of anarchy and humor\, Kalhor combines a range of different stories to cre ate a mockumentary\, which doesn’t ultimately take the editor’s commen ts so seriously after all. (Can Sungu) URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/sinemaplural/in-the-name-of-scheherazad e-oder-der-erste-biergarten-in-teheran2-1 LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:db71c7c08d16e06390198c21872ca40b71a36f448023af7de8a1399528f89f64 DTSTAMP:20251126T162540Z DTSTART:20251214T180000Z DTEND:20251214T190000Z SUMMARY:YUYAYMANTA DESCRIPTION:17:00 - Open Doors18:00 - Mashicunas traditional dance + screen ing19:30-20:00 - Conversation 20:00-22:00 - Fundraiser with Colada Morada and Bistec de Carne + DJ set Followed by a talk with members of MULLUIn collaboration with MULLU and supported by the Indigenous Cinema AllianceAc companied by a fundraiser by Ecuaeventos and a performance by MashicunasDo cumentation of social uprising\, and the lack thereof\, perversely stems f rom the interests of the few. Normatively\, the interests of powerful elit es are guarded by silence and by the vague documentation of mass uprisings . Such powerful elites shape an online media universe where they define th e notion of peace and eliminate all notions of resistance and oppression. What happens on the streets and in the real world that does not fit into t his imaginary\, seemingly peaceful paradigm is not deemed newsworthy. Thes e real occurences do not help the influencer’s algorithms and cannot be part of the version of world’s history\, (re)written and (re)visioned by the rich and powerful. write.It’s precisely at this juncture is where t he value of a documentary made by large-scale social movements emerges. Co llective work that records truthful testimonies with cameras and microphon es owned and handled by the protagonists of the events themselves\, which also includes archival footage to form a history of humanity that the powe rful few will do anything to erase.YUYAYMANTA is exactly this—a collecti vely made documentary.In June 2022\, Ecuador was shaken by 18 days of mass ive Indigenous-led uprisings against neoliberal economic reforms. Organize d by the Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of Ecuador (CONAIE)\, t he protests surged across the country demanding dignity\, rights\, and a h alt to state-imposed austerity. The government responded with brutal milit ary and police repression\, leaving a trail of deaths\, injuries\, and fam ilies devastated by violence.Yuyaymanta —meaning “from memory” in Ki chwa— brings forth the voices of survivors and the loved ones of those w ho were killed. Through deeply personal testimonies\, raw frontline footag e\, and archival material\, the film reconstructs not only what happened\, but how it was felt — the trauma\, the courage\, and the collective dem and for justice.In this screening\, the ICA (Indigenous Cinema Alliance)\, MULLU TV\, and Ecuaeventos join forces and join us for a night to strengt hen the bonds of solidarity between migrant communities and Indigenous ter ritories. We seek to reinstate the importance of spreadingi the voices of Indigenous resistance to every corner of the world\, as an act of embracin g the value of diverse strategies for resistance. The Berlin-based initiat ive Ecuaventos will host a fundraiser during the event\, featuring a speci al performance from the dance group Mashicunas and the sale of the ceremon ious colada morada and homemade bread. This is for the purpose of remember ing those who have passed\, especially the victims of military and police repression in Ecuador in current and past years. The money gathered will g o directly to victims of military violence in Indigenous territories in Ec uador this year.MULLU is a pan-Abya Yala streaming channel\, communication s platform\, audiovisual school\, advocacy organisation and training platf orm focused on broadcasting\, uplifting and supporting the work of Indigen ous and Afro-descendent storytellers and artists. Indigenous Cinema Allia nce (ICA) is Starting as a market stand at the European Film Market (EFM) alongside Berlinale’s NATIVe: A Journey into Indigenous Cinema\, the Ind igenous Cinema Alliance (ICA) represents a coalition of international Indi genous partners\, including film festivals\, commissions\, and institutes. Our mission is to promote Indigenous cinema globally\, create culturally safe spaces for Indigenous professionals\, and develop sales channels and secure co-productions for Indigenous titles.Ecuaeventos is an ecuadorian d iaspora initiative founded by Consuelo Benavides and Willy Conterón seeki ng to promote ecuadorian culture in the public space in Berlin. They are t he organizers of the yearly community party \"A mi lindo Ecuador\".Mashicu nas is a traditional dance group that takes its name from the Kichwa word meaning FRIENDS. Mashicunas was founded in 2009 and is made up of friends who love dance and come from different cities in Ecuador. The goal and int erest of Mashicunas is to spread\, strengthen\, and promote Ecuadorian Ind igenous Culture through dance. “Our traditions transcend borders. Despi te being far from our homeland\, we do not lose our identity. For the resp ect of cultures and against racism.” URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/common-visions-berlin/yuyaymanta LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6bd38fff8d17587c133a0670a7ea56aa36f312bdf8b315f37055feae96cad2f0 DTSTAMP:20251126T163244Z DTSTART:20251217T200000Z DTEND:20251217T210000Z SUMMARY:TIMPI TAMPA DESCRIPTION:In Adama Bineta Sow’s film\, young Khalilou lives in Dakar wi th his gravely ill mother\, whose cancer is the result of years of skin bl eaching – a painful legacy of colonial beauty ideals. Seeking justice\, Khalilou transforms into “Leila” and enters a university beauty pagean t to expose the system from within. The film deconstructs colonial notions of beauty while celebrating courage\, sisterhood\, and the power to redef ine what beauty means. (EOTO)  URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/sinelection/timpi-tampa-1 LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:5dc60979d4904e3b4cc55a94f72251b495a89d04f47612aafd5779f54c3d6570 DTSTAMP:20251126T164424Z DTSTART:20251219T180000Z DTEND:20251219T190000Z SUMMARY:Promis le Ciel DESCRIPTION:In a small\, sun-bleached house on the outskirts of Tunis\, the re is a fragile sanctuary for Ivorian women. Marie\, a pastor and former j ournalist\, guides this unorthodox family. Her tenants are Naney\, an undo cumented mother who had to leave her child behind three years ago in a des perate search for work\, and Jolie\, a strong-willed student with legal pa pers who is carrying the weight of her family's hopes.Their delicate\, oft en tense\, balance is shattered by the arrival of Kenza\, a young girl who is the sole survivor of a shipwreck in the Mediterranean. As this new\, m ulti-generational family of women forms\, they must navigate a society inc reasingly marked by racism and hostility. Kenza's silent trauma becomes a mirror\, reflecting each woman's own sacrifices\, regrets\, and precarious dreams. Her presence challenges their sense of solidarity\, forcing each to confront what they have risked in the search for a place to call home.A tender and quietly powerful observation of diasporic sisterhood\, Fanta R égina Nacro's Promised Sky paints an intimate portrait of resilience. Wit h a compassionate gaze and nuanced performances from its leading trio\, th e film becomes a poignant meditation on motherhood in exile\, the burdens of ambition\, and the meaning of sanctuary in a world that refuses to see you. (Bethan Hughes) URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/sinelection/promis-le-ciel-1 LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:bd4b119f283179ca076d04f9a91f25ea0270a24f96c255c29d0f44d04d7d62f3 DTSTAMP:20251126T164723Z DTSTART:20251219T203000Z DTEND:20251219T213000Z SUMMARY:Hysteria DESCRIPTION:Followed by a talk with Mehmet Akif Büyükatalay (18.10.)The s et of a drama about the 1993 Solingen arson attack\, a real-life racist in cident that killed five members of a Turkish family. Behind-the-scenes\, t he production starts to unravel under the weight of its own ambitions. Whe n a burned Quran is discovered among the props the day's footage mysteriou sly vanishes and accusations start to fly.At the center of the storm is El if\, the second assistant director\, whose ambition clashes with her growi ng unease. As she scrambles to recover the lost tapes and salvage her care er\, she navigates a minefield of moral compromises\, institutional hypocr isy\, and hidden agendas. While the director claims political provocation as his right\, the producer prioritizes profit over principles. Meanwhile\ , the predominantly Muslim film extras challenge the production’s exploi tative gaze\, questioning who such stories truly serve.Hysteria is a razor -sharp blend of genre suspense and scorching social critique. Büyükatala y crafts a rip-roaring thriller that exposes the layers of racism\, opport unism\, and performative wokeness in the film industry\, and beyond. (BH)M ehmet Akif Büyükatalay is a German-Turkish film director and screenwrite r and a founding member of the film production company filmfaust. URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/sinelection/hysteria LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:e63ed85e6f03a81650f203c88a9e2e0a7654451e15ac2207d4d0bd5951bdfaa6 DTSTAMP:20251126T164740Z DTSTART:20251220T180000Z DTEND:20251220T190000Z SUMMARY:Hysteria DESCRIPTION:Followed by a talk with Mehmet Akif Büyükatalay (18.10.)The s et of a drama about the 1993 Solingen arson attack\, a real-life racist in cident that killed five members of a Turkish family. Behind-the-scenes\, t he production starts to unravel under the weight of its own ambitions. Whe n a burned Quran is discovered among the props the day's footage mysteriou sly vanishes and accusations start to fly.At the center of the storm is El if\, the second assistant director\, whose ambition clashes with her growi ng unease. As she scrambles to recover the lost tapes and salvage her care er\, she navigates a minefield of moral compromises\, institutional hypocr isy\, and hidden agendas. While the director claims political provocation as his right\, the producer prioritizes profit over principles. Meanwhile\ , the predominantly Muslim film extras challenge the production’s exploi tative gaze\, questioning who such stories truly serve.Hysteria is a razor -sharp blend of genre suspense and scorching social critique. Büyükatala y crafts a rip-roaring thriller that exposes the layers of racism\, opport unism\, and performative wokeness in the film industry\, and beyond. (BH)M ehmet Akif Büyükatalay is a German-Turkish film director and screenwrite r and a founding member of the film production company filmfaust. URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/sinelection/hysteria LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:919204ea5ff7938981292fe513ec6c8e8500c9d673e5491f60a4c9a4d0d25fcf DTSTAMP:20251126T164805Z DTSTART:20251220T203000Z DTEND:20251220T213000Z SUMMARY:Promis le Ciel DESCRIPTION:In a small\, sun-bleached house on the outskirts of Tunis\, the re is a fragile sanctuary for Ivorian women. Marie\, a pastor and former j ournalist\, guides this unorthodox family. Her tenants are Naney\, an undo cumented mother who had to leave her child behind three years ago in a des perate search for work\, and Jolie\, a strong-willed student with legal pa pers who is carrying the weight of her family's hopes.Their delicate\, oft en tense\, balance is shattered by the arrival of Kenza\, a young girl who is the sole survivor of a shipwreck in the Mediterranean. As this new\, m ulti-generational family of women forms\, they must navigate a society inc reasingly marked by racism and hostility. Kenza's silent trauma becomes a mirror\, reflecting each woman's own sacrifices\, regrets\, and precarious dreams. Her presence challenges their sense of solidarity\, forcing each to confront what they have risked in the search for a place to call home.A tender and quietly powerful observation of diasporic sisterhood\, Fanta R égina Nacro's Promised Sky paints an intimate portrait of resilience. Wit h a compassionate gaze and nuanced performances from its leading trio\, th e film becomes a poignant meditation on motherhood in exile\, the burdens of ambition\, and the meaning of sanctuary in a world that refuses to see you. (Bethan Hughes) URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/sinelection/promis-le-ciel-1 LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:d7bef53bee35e9c4e8408f370503dd9f91035b08a2d9930b72884e413d606a8b DTSTAMP:20251126T164838Z DTSTART:20251221T190000Z DTEND:20251221T200000Z SUMMARY:Tokyo Godfathers DESCRIPTION:Preceed by poetry reading by Berfusra and Bard Wildly (07.12.)C hristmas films so often rely on saccharine sweet tropes around family and community\; Satoshi Kon’s Tokyo Godfathers flirts with these tropes befo re roundly dismantling them through a gritty emotionality that reveals the messiness of family dynamics. Fantastical in its coincidental meetings\, unflinching its portrayals of parental failings\, and tender in its charac ters’ bids for redemption\, Tokyo Godfathers is the perfect anti-Christm as Christmas film.“As a rule\, I don’t really care for Christmas films . I was saturated in the US’s overtly capitalist interpretation of the h oliday which is masked by a paper-thin veneer of family values. As a queer immigrant\, found family in a new country is intense\, sometimes painful\ , and profoundly beautiful. This film doesn’t shy away from the painful parts of family that so many other films gloss over. The tender treatment of a trans character whose gender identity isn’t all encompassing is ref reshing in a way that trans people like myself crave in cinema.” (Ari Co ttingham)Ari Cottingham is a queer Afro-Latine poet\, performance artist\, and service industry worker. They have published and performed widely\, a nd in 2025 they were the recipient of a Brooklyn Poets Fellowship. Whilst working as part of the bar and Meyhane team at SINEMA\, Ari also organizes Berlin Spoken Word\, a weekly community open mic that\, this December\, c elebrates a decade of enduring the Berlin arts scene.Bard Wildly has been poeting around Berlin for a while now\, and is happy to get to be here to share some words with you.After transitioning at 30\, he enjoyed a very br ief twink life\, which quickly turned into twink death\, and is now firmly in his gay uncle era.When not wearing the poetry hat\, Bard is an illustr ator and tattooer to the queers.You can follow him on the curséd app at @ bard.tattoo. He has some dope new stickers that he wants to give you\, so find him after the show and ask for yours.Berfusra is a Kurdish singer-so ngwriter\, poet\, drag king\, and performance artist from Turkey\, a Philo logist with a degree in English Literature\, and currently pursuing a mast er’s degree in Cultural Studies and American Literature. Their main topi cs include identity\, race\, mental illness\, trauma\, love and intimacy\, as well as a never-ending curiosity about nature and the beauty all aroun d us. URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/topias/tokyo-godfathers LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:b9035a6da34cf7d66f126198acc8de46aebc3254fa51824e0b4544670ac731e7 DTSTAMP:20251127T095628Z DTSTART:20251211T200000Z DTEND:20251211T210000Z SUMMARY:Soura Shorts DESCRIPTION:A MoveElahe Esmaili\, Iran 2025 | 26min | Persian with English subtitles Skin of SadnessHasan Caliskan\, Turkey 2025 | 20min | Turkish w ith English subtitles ThreadedNaaman Azhari\, Lebanon\, UK 2025 | 5min | Arabic with English subtitlesAliens in BeirutRaghed Charabaty\, Lebanon\, Canada 2025 | 17min | Arabic with English subtitlesSonata of Good WomenMeh di Mahaei\, Iran 2025 | 20min | Persian with English subtitlesHi Mom\, It ’s Me LoulouAtakan Yilmaz\, Turkey 2025 | 20min | Turkish with English s ubtitlesSoura Film Festival invites you to an intimate evening of short fi lms celebrating queer stories from SWANA and beyond. Although this year’ s edition of the festival could not take place\, we gather to keep the fes tival’s spirit alive\, to hold space for one another\, and to celebrate the resilience and creativity of our community. This evening is a reminder of our shared solidarity\, our stories\, and the power of coming together through queer cinema from the region. (Robert Moussa)Soura Film Festival is a queer film festival that sheds light on cinematic talents from the SW ANA (South West Asia &\; North Africa) region. Soura—which means ‘i mage’ in Arabic—is about sharing a vision of life that is poignant\, d efiant\, and unique. The festival’s mission is to create a safe space fo r filmmakers whose creative vision has challenged heteronormativity and pa triarchal environments\, and have explored queerness and what it represent s to them. Queerness\, as seen by the festival\, is not exclusive to effor ts related to the LGBTQ+ community\, but also tackles themes such as femin ism\, migration and human relationships that defy oppressive social constr ucts. URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/common-visions-berlin/soura-shorts LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:1d36017245220fd2e34a8b761c459161557c522328f8e352f2f1261b15e30b4f DTSTAMP:20251127T101202Z DTSTART:20251218T200000Z DTEND:20251218T210000Z SUMMARY:La Petite Dernière DESCRIPTION:A poignant coming-of-age drama that follows Fatima\, the younge st daughter in a French-Algerian family living in the Parisian suburbs\, a s she leaves her close-knit home to study philosophy at university. New ho rizons awaken her attraction to women and with it\, inner turmoil. The fil m traces Fatima's tentative exploration of her sexuality in seasonal chapt ers. Alongside being tenderly guided by her first serious relationship\, a Korean nurse named Ji-Na\, she also seeks counsel from an imam who respon ds with a mixture of kindness and dogma. Throughout\, Herzi subverts clich e depictions\, portraying Fatima's family not as a source of hostility\, b ut of complex\, loving support. In doing so\, the film becomes a meditatio n on how each of us must find the courage to shirk off expectation and for ge a path that honors all facets of our identities. (Bethan Hughes) URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/sinelection/la-petite-derniere LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8fc78aa9b7c98e348018e48dd751c0ef8167db5d470d4ba6579dd1a40a691454 DTSTAMP:20251221T134326Z DTSTART:20260109T190000Z DTEND:20260109T200000Z SUMMARY:Dracula DESCRIPTION:A defiantly chaotic and intellectually riotous deconstruction t hat abandons gothic horror in favour of vulgar satire and metafictional an archy. A cynical screenwriter uses AI to concoct a chaotic parade of sketc hes for a commercial Dracula project. Cabaret sex show\, fake ads\, amateu r gore\, and AI slop: each serves to lampoon not only the commodification of the Dracula myth\, but national identity and the emptiness of modern st orytelling.Pre-emptively embedding criticism into the fabric of the film i tself\, characters apologize for the vulgarity whilst generating more. Rad u Jude’s Dracula is an exhausting\, exhilarating\, and messy exorcism of the vampires—historical\, cinematic\, and capitalist—that continue to suck the world dry.\n  URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/sinelection/dracula LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:2d2ca7cbe32eefe3f9b6d849b51981a00c4f7e10ecba2aa576a7edc84861864b DTSTAMP:20251221T134450Z DTSTART:20260111T190000Z DTEND:20260111T200000Z SUMMARY:Dracula DESCRIPTION:A defiantly chaotic and intellectually riotous deconstruction t hat abandons gothic horror in favour of vulgar satire and metafictional an archy. A cynical screenwriter uses AI to concoct a chaotic parade of sketc hes for a commercial Dracula project. Cabaret sex show\, fake ads\, amateu r gore\, and AI slop: each serves to lampoon not only the commodification of the Dracula myth\, but national identity and the emptiness of modern st orytelling.Pre-emptively embedding criticism into the fabric of the film i tself\, characters apologize for the vulgarity whilst generating more. Rad u Jude’s Dracula is an exhausting\, exhilarating\, and messy exorcism of the vampires—historical\, cinematic\, and capitalist—that continue to suck the world dry.\n  URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/sinelection/dracula LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:d177d5a722cb134c083a38a00545079805e489cc1d116fe4998fc89d7f4ffcf8 DTSTAMP:20251221T134503Z DTSTART:20260114T190000Z DTEND:20260114T200000Z SUMMARY:Dracula DESCRIPTION:A defiantly chaotic and intellectually riotous deconstruction t hat abandons gothic horror in favour of vulgar satire and metafictional an archy. A cynical screenwriter uses AI to concoct a chaotic parade of sketc hes for a commercial Dracula project. Cabaret sex show\, fake ads\, amateu r gore\, and AI slop: each serves to lampoon not only the commodification of the Dracula myth\, but national identity and the emptiness of modern st orytelling.Pre-emptively embedding criticism into the fabric of the film i tself\, characters apologize for the vulgarity whilst generating more. Rad u Jude’s Dracula is an exhausting\, exhilarating\, and messy exorcism of the vampires—historical\, cinematic\, and capitalist—that continue to suck the world dry.\n  URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/sinelection/dracula LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:bd464120e08760049222f70e61006007bf44ba01d751b039585a8d13bdd26f0d DTSTAMP:20251221T135824Z DTSTART:20260110T203000Z DTEND:20260110T213000Z SUMMARY:Hemme’nin öldüğü günlerden biri DESCRIPTION:The everyday life of Hemme\, a young man living in a rural prov ince of eastern Anatolia\, is shaped by economic pressure\, frustration\, and unspoken conflicts. Small encounters and seemingly banal events that u nfold over the course of a single day gradually condense into a moment of existential intensity. In his debut film\, Murat Fıratoğlu observes this state of stasis and latent violence with a dry humor and sharp precision. The result is a distinctive blend that brings a breath of fresh air to co ntemporary cinema from Turkey. Through a minimalist narrative approach and a finely attuned sense for provincial life\, Fıratoğlu paints a portrai t of masculine fragility and social constraint in which personal experienc e and structural rupture are inextricably intertwined. (CS)Murat Fıratoğ lu\, born in 1983 in Siverek\, Şanlıurfa\, is a Kurdish director\, scree nwriter\, producer\, and lawyer. URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/sinelection/hemmenin-oldugu-gunlerden-b iri LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6d4d9675379eddab36fbbfe29ae06e18bf25e7f68f4846f8ea7702fc9de50d5e DTSTAMP:20251221T135841Z DTSTART:20260116T203000Z DTEND:20260116T213000Z SUMMARY:Hemme’nin öldüğü günlerden biri DESCRIPTION:The everyday life of Hemme\, a young man living in a rural prov ince of eastern Anatolia\, is shaped by economic pressure\, frustration\, and unspoken conflicts. Small encounters and seemingly banal events that u nfold over the course of a single day gradually condense into a moment of existential intensity. In his debut film\, Murat Fıratoğlu observes this state of stasis and latent violence with a dry humor and sharp precision. The result is a distinctive blend that brings a breath of fresh air to co ntemporary cinema from Turkey. Through a minimalist narrative approach and a finely attuned sense for provincial life\, Fıratoğlu paints a portrai t of masculine fragility and social constraint in which personal experienc e and structural rupture are inextricably intertwined. (CS)Murat Fıratoğ lu\, born in 1983 in Siverek\, Şanlıurfa\, is a Kurdish director\, scree nwriter\, producer\, and lawyer. URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/sinelection/hemmenin-oldugu-gunlerden-b iri LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:cd805efd876a8ee3d5ea8b237178fa5ff68377f9a2dde1c794c559a3078a5e79 DTSTAMP:20251221T135855Z DTSTART:20260121T200000Z DTEND:20260121T210000Z SUMMARY:Hemme’nin öldüğü günlerden biri DESCRIPTION:The everyday life of Hemme\, a young man living in a rural prov ince of eastern Anatolia\, is shaped by economic pressure\, frustration\, and unspoken conflicts. Small encounters and seemingly banal events that u nfold over the course of a single day gradually condense into a moment of existential intensity. In his debut film\, Murat Fıratoğlu observes this state of stasis and latent violence with a dry humor and sharp precision. The result is a distinctive blend that brings a breath of fresh air to co ntemporary cinema from Turkey. Through a minimalist narrative approach and a finely attuned sense for provincial life\, Fıratoğlu paints a portrai t of masculine fragility and social constraint in which personal experienc e and structural rupture are inextricably intertwined. (CS)Murat Fıratoğ lu\, born in 1983 in Siverek\, Şanlıurfa\, is a Kurdish director\, scree nwriter\, producer\, and lawyer. URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/sinelection/hemmenin-oldugu-gunlerden-b iri LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8213b6f300be5bf4e32a6d67c9d18d8c400a14e439920c4e4d58fb85803a8f0d DTSTAMP:20251222T164434Z DTSTART:20260117T110000Z DTEND:20260117T120000Z SUMMARY:In Reel Life DESCRIPTION:In the digital age\, a time in which fewer analog film prints a re available\, there is a fundamental divide in archival and curatorial id eologies. Restrict access and store film prints for long term survival via digitization? Or loan and project analog films as much as possible? These two attitudes\, however\, are not necessarily polar opposites. Best pract ice in archiving promotes long term access to rare prints\, while a traine d projectionist with proper equipment can make a worn film print projectab le once again and screen it many times without damage.To secure the existe nce of the analog film experience\, knowledge in both archival and project ion practices is urgently needed. This hands-on workshop led by film archi vist Florian Höhensteiger will offer insights into how you can build and care for an analog film archive. At the same time\, it will give you an in sight on the tasks of a film projectionist.Over the course of two days\, y ou will get a behind-the-scenes look into an independent cinema and film a rchive and get a chance to work with the SİNEMA TRANSTOPIA film collectio n. Projectionist Florian will teach you a basic understanding of how and w hy analog film is archived and best practices in its preservation and proj ection. Through inspecting and projecting 16mm and 35mm film prints\, you will develop a feeling for the unique qualities of celluloid film and what it means to run an analog film show.One evening program - projected on 35 mm - will accompany the workshop and will bring the opportunity to experie nce analog film history on screen.The provisional schedule is as follows:S aturday 17.01.202611:00 - 17:00 16mm &\; 35mm film handling\, inspectio n &\; repair18:0035mm Film Screening: Circuito Chiuso (Closed Circuit)S unday 18.01.202611:00 - 17:00 16mm &\; 35mm film projectionThe workshop language is English. The total workshop fee is 50\,00 € which includes free ticket for the screening Circuito chiuso (Closed Circuit)\, materials and lunches.Sign up until Januray 5th 2026. Limited capacity. \n\nFunded by Hauptstadtkulturfonds URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/un-learning/sinema-workshops/in-reel-li fe LOCATION:\, END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:e74a2ae48e8b613e0aad89655ffbf357e4a2ebf560dec852842cbbeffb622d2b DTSTAMP:20251222T164718Z DTSTART:20260118T110000Z DTEND:20260118T120000Z SUMMARY:In Reel Life DESCRIPTION:In the digital age\, a time in which fewer analog film prints a re available\, there is a fundamental divide in archival and curatorial id eologies. Restrict access and store film prints for long term survival via digitization? Or loan and project analog films as much as possible? These two attitudes\, however\, are not necessarily polar opposites. Best pract ice in archiving promotes long term access to rare prints\, while a traine d projectionist with proper equipment can make a worn film print projectab le once again and screen it many times without damage.To secure the existe nce of the analog film experience\, knowledge in both archival and project ion practices is urgently needed. This hands-on workshop led by film archi vist Florian Höhensteiger will offer insights into how you can build and care for an analog film archive. At the same time\, it will give you an in sight on the tasks of a film projectionist.Over the course of two days\, y ou will get a behind-the-scenes look into an independent cinema and film a rchive and get a chance to work with the SİNEMA TRANSTOPIA film collectio n. Projectionist Florian will teach you a basic understanding of how and w hy analog film is archived and best practices in its preservation and proj ection. Through inspecting and projecting 16mm and 35mm film prints\, you will develop a feeling for the unique qualities of celluloid film and what it means to run an analog film show.One evening program - projected on 35 mm - will accompany the workshop and will bring the opportunity to experie nce analog film history on screen.The provisional schedule is as follows:S aturday 17.01.202611:00 - 17:00 16mm &\; 35mm film handling\, inspectio n &\; repair18:0035mm Film Screening: Circuito Chiuso (Closed Circuit)S unday 18.01.202611:00 - 17:00 16mm &\; 35mm film projectionThe workshop language is English. The total workshop fee is 50\,00 € which includes free ticket for the screening Circuito chiuso (Closed Circuit)\, materials and lunches.Sign up until Januray 5th 2026. Limited capacity. \n\nFunded by Hauptstadtkulturfonds URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/un-learning/sinema-workshops/in-reel-li fe LOCATION:\, END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:764d28b677eebdf758d4bbbc05056008e1623e15e7debe0af716da4483d12411 DTSTAMP:20251225T134142Z DTSTART:20260115T200000Z DTEND:20260115T210000Z SUMMARY:Short Film Selection On Tour DESCRIPTION:The European Film Academy’s short film tour brings the finest selection of short films nominated for the European Film Awards to a seri es of film festivals and cinemas across Europe and beyond. The tour starts in November 2025 and finishes by the end of 2026 and features shorts by J ohn Smith\, Sara Rajaei\, Djiby Kebe\, Theo Panagopoulos\, and Miranda Pen nell. (European Film Academy)\n\nBeing John SmithJohn Smith\, United Kingd om\, 2024\, 26 min. EnglishJohn Smith reflects on a lifetime of being mist aken for others who share his name. With dry humor and sharp self-awarenes s\, the film explores identity\, authorship\, and the absurdities of burea ucratic existence.City of PoetsSara Rajaei\, Netherlands\, 2024\, 21 min. English\, Farsi with English subtitlesThrough personal reflection and poet ic observation\, the film traces the experience of displacement and belong ing across languages and cities. A meditation on exile\, memory\, and the politics of voice.L’avanceDjiby Kebe\, France\, 2024\, 18 min. French wi th English subtitlesSet against the rhythms of everyday life\, L’avance observes moments of waiting\, movement\, and anticipation. The film subtly reflects on time\, migration\, and the quiet negotiations of progress.The Flowers Stand Silently\, WitnessingTheo Panagopoulos\, United Kingdom\, 2 024\, 17 min. English\, Arabic with English subtitlesUsing archival materi al and personal narration\, the film confronts histories of colonial viole nce and erasure. It questions who bears witness and how images remember wh at institutions attempt to forget.Man Number 4Miranda Pennell\, United Kin gdom\, 2024\, 9 min. EnglishThrough a forensic reading of archival footage \, the film examines the presence of an unnamed figure within a violent hi storical event. A precise and unsettling reflection on visibility\, power\ , and complicity. URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/european-film-awards-2026/short-film-se lection-on-tour LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:c019053e52419003737c88c0bcc16bd2b104ae70cef1a0fe32e8ffe32fa7dab7 DTSTAMP:20251225T134747Z DTSTART:20260110T180000Z DTEND:20260110T190000Z SUMMARY:Dreamers DESCRIPTION:After living illegally in the UK for two years\, Isio is placed in a detention center\, hoping for asylum. Her roommate Farah distrusts t he system and plans an escape. Amid the chaos\, the two women find a small piece of happiness. Joy Gharoro-Akpojotor’s debut film tells a story of friendship\, hope\, and resilience\, showing how they resist an unforgivi ng immigration system while holding on to freedom and love. (EOTO)  URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/sinelection/dreamers-1 LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:7da05529431bf8ab1736ad9bb8a0fae954187a7273fc99dd25c92ef7a0797369 DTSTAMP:20251225T134801Z DTSTART:20260116T180000Z DTEND:20260116T190000Z SUMMARY:Dreamers DESCRIPTION:After living illegally in the UK for two years\, Isio is placed in a detention center\, hoping for asylum. Her roommate Farah distrusts t he system and plans an escape. Amid the chaos\, the two women find a small piece of happiness. Joy Gharoro-Akpojotor’s debut film tells a story of friendship\, hope\, and resilience\, showing how they resist an unforgivi ng immigration system while holding on to freedom and love. (EOTO)  URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/sinelection/dreamers-1 LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:1b2c64f78ebd060e31ff642f08018008e11d564e29ac63f9edc74d499e6e1f0d DTSTAMP:20251225T134814Z DTSTART:20260117T203000Z DTEND:20260117T213000Z SUMMARY:Dreamers DESCRIPTION:After living illegally in the UK for two years\, Isio is placed in a detention center\, hoping for asylum. Her roommate Farah distrusts t he system and plans an escape. Amid the chaos\, the two women find a small piece of happiness. Joy Gharoro-Akpojotor’s debut film tells a story of friendship\, hope\, and resilience\, showing how they resist an unforgivi ng immigration system while holding on to freedom and love. (EOTO)  URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/sinelection/dreamers-1 LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:bfd8168c499e947eeabf8cf9c74dcd94e55408eb662bb18cb1eeae865a53f381 DTSTAMP:20251225T140428Z DTSTART:20260118T173000Z DTEND:20260118T183000Z SUMMARY:FLINTA* Edition DESCRIPTION:Looking for something more cinematic than swiping left or right ? Sundating is a warm space for chance encounters\, conversation\, communi ty and maybe a little bit of romance. An evening combining speed-dating\, delicious meze\, and a special film\, whether you find a flirt\, a match o r just have a memorable evening\, Sundating is about celebrating human con nection in its many forms.This edition is for FLINTA* (Women\, Lesbian\, I nter\, Non-Binary\, Trans\, Agender...) people who want to meet and date w ithin the FLINTA* community. It will be followed by a screening of short f ilms by Cheryl Dunye.A ticket for Sundating is 24€ and includes:\n\nA we lcome drinkThe speed-dating sessionSome delicious mezes to share A ticket for the Young\, Black and Queer: The Early Works of Cheryl Dunye\n\nDoors open at 17:00\, we will get started at 17:30! Register online till 11.01. to reserve your spot: SUNDATING FLINTA* Edition! Please note: spots are l imited and allocated on a first come\, first served basis! In case you got a spot we will get back to you with a confirmation and a ticket payment l ink on 12.01.Hosted by:Dalia Soliman (she/her) is a Berlin-based cultural producer and curator. She works as Programme Coordinator at SİNEMA TRANST OPIA and has curated and coordinated various film programmes and internati onal film festivals\, including ALFILM – Arab Film Festival Berlin.Haidi (she/her) is a designer based in Berlin. She works as a Freelance Designe r\, specializing in multicultural and non-profit projects for BIPOC and un derrepresented communities. URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/sundating/flinta-edition LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ff7108213ce555959f3adfb85a521678f11d919cd65e56c419e2a606b31b0ff0 DTSTAMP:20251225T141933Z DTSTART:20260118T200000Z DTEND:20260118T210000Z SUMMARY:Young\, Black and Queer: The Early Works of Cheryl Dunye DESCRIPTION:This special screening program gathers the formative\, fearless early works of Cheryl Dunye\, a pioneering voice in New Queer Cinema. Thr ough a blend of intimate autobiography\, sly fiction\, and playful documen tary\, Dunye deftly excavates the intersections of race\, sexuality\, and memory. With a DIY aesthetic and a wry\, personal lens\, she constructs an d deconstructs identity\, history\, and desire\, questioning who gets to t ell stories and who remains in the archives. (Dalia Soliman)JanineCheryl D unye\, USA\, 1990\, 6 min. English with English subtitlesShe Don’t FadeC heryl Dunye\, USA\, 1991\, 23 min. English with English subtitlesVanilla S ex Cheryl Dunye\, USA\, 1992\, 4 min. English with English subtitlesThe P otluck &\; The PassionCheryl Dunye\, USA\, 1993\, 15 min. English with English subtitlesAn Untitled PortraitCheryl Dunye\, USA\, 1993\, 8 min. En glish with English subtitlesGreetings from AfricaCheryl Dunye\, USA\, 1996 \, 14 min. English with English subtitlesDalia Soliman is a Berlin-based c ultural producer and curator. She works as Programme Coordinator at SİNEM A TRANSTOPIA and has curated and coordinated various film programmes and i nternational film festivals\, including ALFILM – Arab Film Festival Berl in. URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/topias/young-black-and-queer-the-early- works-of-cheryl-dunye LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:f7ec870ac8dd28252cf529efcc04573d03fec706d68b4a5b4ac24b2e845ae527 DTSTAMP:20251225T142848Z DTSTART:20260117T180000Z DTEND:20260117T190000Z SUMMARY:Circuito chiuso (Closed Circuit) DESCRIPTION:What begins as an innocuous screening of a spaghetti western in a sleepy Italian movie theatre abruptly descends into a nightmare: as the climatic duel erupts on screen\, a fatal shot is fired in the audience. T he killer must still be inside the auditorium. The police lock the doors\, force everyone to remain in their seats\, and begin reconstructing the ev ents in the cinema step by step. What follows is a nerve-racking\, utterly unpredictable whodunit in which both the audience members and the cinema staff suddenly find themselves in the investigators’ crosshairs. Circuit o chiuso is at once a giallo thriller\, a meta-crime story\, and a sharp s ociological as well as philosophical study of moviegoers and the power of moving images. The film draws an eerie\, almost hypnotic line between scre en and spectators—and then deliberately blurs it. After this film\, you will enter any cinema with a different gaze.Florian Höhensteiger is a fil m archivist at Bundesarchiv (German Federal Archives) by day and a film pr ojectionist at Sinema Transtopia by night. \n\nFunded by Hauptstadtkultur fonds URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/topias/circuito-chiuso-closed-circuit LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:03553e8fe18a05591f1d1c3cd7920199c6d83a316c4bf5c95ed21f2d098f3957 DTSTAMP:20251225T144453Z DTSTART:20260122T200000Z DTEND:20260122T210000Z SUMMARY:یک تصادف ساده DESCRIPTION:In the bustling streets of Tehran\, Reza\, a middle-class taxi driver\, experiences a moment of profound horror: a thud against the car. Convinced he has hit a pedestrian\, he flees the scene in a panic\, his mi nd reeling with fear of financial ruin and imprisonment. This single act o f cowardice becomes the seed of a creeping existential crisis. As Reza ret urns to his daily life — ferrying people across the city — the invisib le weight of his secret begins to distort reality. Everyday details begin to morph into direct accusations and his cab becomes a prison of his own g uilt.The car becomes a microcosm of a society under pressure\, where priva te anxieties and public performances constantly collide\, in Jafar Panahi ’s latest offering. A tightly-wound psychological thriller\, Panahi show s how\, in the wrong circumstances\, a moment’s mistake can come to defi ne the trajectory of one's life. (Bethan Hughes)\n  URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/sinelection/yk-tsadf-sadh LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:0a87b2ebb546f31662de5605248b50a48b39f1be8d50286a792af304a532fda3 DTSTAMP:20251225T144512Z DTSTART:20260131T180000Z DTEND:20260131T190000Z SUMMARY:یک تصادف ساده DESCRIPTION:In the bustling streets of Tehran\, Reza\, a middle-class taxi driver\, experiences a moment of profound horror: a thud against the car. Convinced he has hit a pedestrian\, he flees the scene in a panic\, his mi nd reeling with fear of financial ruin and imprisonment. This single act o f cowardice becomes the seed of a creeping existential crisis. As Reza ret urns to his daily life — ferrying people across the city — the invisib le weight of his secret begins to distort reality. Everyday details begin to morph into direct accusations and his cab becomes a prison of his own g uilt.The car becomes a microcosm of a society under pressure\, where priva te anxieties and public performances constantly collide\, in Jafar Panahi ’s latest offering. A tightly-wound psychological thriller\, Panahi show s how\, in the wrong circumstances\, a moment’s mistake can come to defi ne the trajectory of one's life. (Bethan Hughes)\n  URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/sinelection/yk-tsadf-sadh LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:bca33eef7ce766bd18e47202639b1be27b5db5345dd35764f0cd5ae857ba0af8 DTSTAMP:20251225T144626Z DTSTART:20260130T180000Z DTEND:20260130T190000Z SUMMARY:یک تصادف ساده DESCRIPTION:In the bustling streets of Tehran\, Reza\, a middle-class taxi driver\, experiences a moment of profound horror: a thud against the car. Convinced he has hit a pedestrian\, he flees the scene in a panic\, his mi nd reeling with fear of financial ruin and imprisonment. This single act o f cowardice becomes the seed of a creeping existential crisis. As Reza ret urns to his daily life — ferrying people across the city — the invisib le weight of his secret begins to distort reality. Everyday details begin to morph into direct accusations and his cab becomes a prison of his own g uilt.The car becomes a microcosm of a society under pressure\, where priva te anxieties and public performances constantly collide\, in Jafar Panahi ’s latest offering. A tightly-wound psychological thriller\, Panahi show s how\, in the wrong circumstances\, a moment’s mistake can come to defi ne the trajectory of one's life. (Bethan Hughes)\n  URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/sinelection/yk-tsadf-sadh LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:b659d0ca248fe8c7d4c4eefcab2574d4d98ff4c61ef11559073cedf42fd7a0d4 DTSTAMP:20251225T150213Z DTSTART:20260123T180000Z DTEND:20260123T190000Z SUMMARY:Apostles of Cinema + Coconut Head Generation DESCRIPTION:Apostles of CinemaAjabu Ajabu\, Tansania 2023\, 16 Min. Swahili with English subtitlesApostles of Cinema follows DJ Black and Rehema — devoted film workers in Tanzania — as they reintroduce a classic piece o f the country’s film history to their audiences of working class cinephi les.Coconut Head GenerationAlain Kassanda\, France\, Nigeria 2023\, 89 min . English\, French\, Yoruba with English subtitlesEvery Thursday\, a group of students from the University of Ibadan in Nigeria organizes a film clu b where they come together to watch and discuss films. Through the works o f filmmakers like John Akomfrah and Med Hondo\, the small lecture hall is transformed into a political agora and heated discussions around topics su ch as decolonisation\, feminist struggles and student rights take place. K inshasa-born French director Alain Kassanda observes the ordinary lives of Nigerian students in the midst of the challenges they face\, showing the immediate proximity between the struggle on the streets and the political energy emanating from the cinema space. (Can Sungu) URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/sinemaplural/apostles-of-cinema-coconut -head-generation LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:0c1a567913e18330240ae7961ed5b1623b5011e5f1413ea23dc6183905771336 DTSTAMP:20251225T151626Z DTSTART:20260123T203000Z DTEND:20260123T213000Z SUMMARY:Bu İkiliye Dikkat (Watch Out For This Duo) DESCRIPTION:The screening will be followed by a performance by ŞokopopComm ent end  A light-hearted drama set in a holiday resort in southern Turkey \, Watch Out For This Duo follows the parallel stories of two women from v ery different social backgrounds: one an unhappy young woman from a wealth y family\, the other a poor woman pretending to be rich. A unique and expe rimental camp hit of 1980s Turkish cinema\, it is the first and last film to bring together two major female stars and notorious rivals — Banu Alk an and Serpil Çakmaklı — in the same frame.For their DEEP CUTS evening \, Şokopop\, aka Ekim Acun\, will present a feature-length film on stage for the first time\, narrated through their distinctive style that misses none of the details hidden behind the 1980s camp classic Bu İkiliye Dikka t. Filled with bikinis and tight swim briefs\, pounding Comanchero\, and p erformative “bitchiness”\, expect a night of heat in the middle of a c old Berlin winter. Şokopop became an online phenomenon in Türkiye after publishing their archive- and research-based work dedicated to Turkish pop and gossip culture on YouTube — today reaching more than 260\,000 subsc ribers. The channel primarily features video essays\, thematic compilation s\, and narrated content focusing on Turkish pop music\, film and televisi on history\, arabesk\, disco\, and diasporic cultures. These videos approa ch popular music and television not merely as entertainment\, but as a cul tural archive deeply intertwined with collective memory\, class relations\ , and everyday life. A fondness for camp and bad taste\, as well as a keen interest in Turkey’s peculiar social and political conditions\, is alwa ys palpable in their work.Ekim Zafer Acun (b. 1988\, Tunceli) studied Cine ma and Television at Roma Tre University and the University of the Arts Lo ndon: London College of Communication. As a visual artist\, he has partici pated in numerous exhibitions in London and Istanbul.In 2018\, he founded Şokopop\, a research-based platform exploring memory\, gender\, and ident ity through the history of Turkey’s popular culture. Through documentari es\, performances and video works\, Acun continues to examine sexuality\, representation\, and censorship from a queer perspective. URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/deep-cuts/bu-ikiliye-dikkat-watch-out-f or-this-duo LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:1f586e214b1b69626cfc07fdf6717b0b35429586d8347261d6ebd0ddf69dfdd4 DTSTAMP:20251225T152806Z DTSTART:20260124T180000Z DTEND:20260124T190000Z SUMMARY:南國再見，南國 DESCRIPTION:Hou’s Goodbye South\, Goodbye plunges us into the humid\, neo n-soaked margins of the island. With kinetic\, improvisational energy\, Ho u captures the aimless drift of a group of friends moving between the rura l South and the urban North. It is a film of constant motion—a sensory f ever dream of motorcycle rides and train journeys that embodies the restle ss anxiety of a generation searching for their place in a rapidly transfor ming landscape.In stark contrast\, Yang’s Yi Yi offers a pristine\, arch itectural gaze into the heart of Taipei. Spanning the quiet experiences of an ordinary family\, this intimate epic explores the complexity of human relationships with surgical precision and profound empathy. Through Yang ’s lens\, we witness the universal struggle for meaning across different generations\, as characters navigate the delicate balance between their i nner dreams and the expectations of a high-tech\, capitalist society.Impre ssion Taiwan (映像臺灣) is a Berlin-based non-profit organization (e.V .) dedicated to promoting Taiwanese cinema and culture. Best known for org anizing the annual Taiwan Film Festival Berlin\, we strive to create a vib rant platform for dialogue and cultural exchange in the heart of Germany. By showcasing both New Wave classics\, Impression Taiwan aims to illuminat e the diverse narratives of our island and foster a deeper connection thro ugh the power of film. (Impression Taiwan) URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/impression-taiwan/goodbye-south-goodbye LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:b8cfece330c16b7144626853d9f4b64567037fb5c7262558db5bdb265bd22be8 DTSTAMP:20251225T153200Z DTSTART:20260124T203000Z DTEND:20260124T213000Z SUMMARY:Yi Yi 一一 DESCRIPTION:Curated by Impression TaiwanA year in the life of an ordinary T aipei family\, the Jians. Through the quiet experiences of each family mem ber—NJ\, the father\, reconnecting with a past love\; his wife\, Min-Min \, seeking meaning in her routine\; their teenage daughter\, Ting-Ting\, f acing the complexities of first love and guilt\; and young son Yang-Yang\, who takes photographs of things people don’t usually see—the film pai nts a thoughtful portrait of everyday life. Yang captures small moments of joy\, regret\, and realization\, building into a moving and observant ref lection on family\, memory\, and the truths that shape us. Winner of Best Director at Cannes\, it remains a subtle and deeply human masterpiece. (Im pression Taiwan)\n  URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/impression-taiwan/yi-yi LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:d1f817da3679bfc05f1a752aeab2f20a74a4bd65922407d5d71227c696129bd0 DTSTAMP:20251225T154122Z DTSTART:20260125T190000Z DTEND:20260125T200000Z SUMMARY:Colonial Ecologies DESCRIPTION:Die Vorführung wird begleitet von Essen\, einem gemeinsamen Wo rkshop zum Weben von Wandteppichen und Live-Musik\, für mehr Info siehe u nten.UNDRKamal Aljafari\, Palestine/Germany 2024\, 15 min. no dialogueAnd still\, it remainsArwa Abuawa &\; Turab Shah\, Algeria/UK 2023\, 27 min utes min. Arabic with English subtitles\n\nKHALED AND NEMASohail Dahdal\, Palestine 2024\, 18 min. Arabic with English subtitles\n\n“I chose these films because they approach what is often regarded as quiet but is in fac t deeply heavy colonial violence enacted upon landscapes\, bodies\, and me mory\, until they themselves become an archive. UNDR uses aerial footage o f terrain and archaeological sites to reveal how occupation shapes the lan d. And Still\, It Remains shows how colonial toxicity continues to affect both bodies and ecologies in the Algerian village of Mertoutek. Khaled and Nema tell a story of memory\, care\, and community resilience as a young Palestinian Bedouin boy and his goat work to save their village\, which fe atures Mohammad Bakri\, whose passing we honor in this screening. Finally\ , we will end with a special film to be announced in the Sinema\, where we enter the corridors of the homes of Palestinian mothers who narrate the c onstant questioning they experience in the absence of their children.With these films\, we trace histories of violent colonial ecologies through the landscapes of Palestine and Algeria.\" (Lamar Hamadalla)\n\nThe screening s are accompanied by:\n\nCollective Tapestry Making workshop with Amina an d Hala (starts at 16:00 and ends at 18:30):\n\nOur communities have always used so-called “informal” crafts and practices to document and preser ve their history. From cross stitches on women’s thobes that quietly car ry and visually express  memory\, history\, environment\, colonial occupa tion and socio-economic status to the fabrics dyed to endure sun\, wind\, and time.  These practices and fabrics\, for centuries\, tell the stories that have long been silenced about love\, land\, loss and grief and the i ntersections of them all. \n\nThis workshop invites participants to pract ice collective stitching and printing on fabric. Together\, we learn the t echnical foundations of Tatreez while reflecting on the deeper political a nd emotional meanings stitched into its patterns. We will also reflect on histories of diaspora and make a joint piece that weaves our collective an d personal stories.  Just come by\, no registration or material needed!\n \nFood sale with Fox &\; Aya (starts at 18:00): \n\nTo compliment the evening\, Aya &\; Fox will prepare some delicious Mjadarra and Om Ali.\ n\nLive music performance after screening: \n\nKareem Barakat\, a musicia n and multi-instrumentalist (Ramallah/ Berlin) and Dai\, a vocal performer (Cairo/Berlin)\, will perform live Arabic music from the 1970s to the ear ly 2000s. \n\nLamar Hamadalla is based in Berlin and works at SİNEMA TRA NSTOPIA as a film projectionist and member of the bar team.\n\n URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/topias/colonial-ecologies LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:b56bec15ef894c86bc79eb9c5f90bef2ff670e4c02ee31161b1e53e7ca414bea DTSTAMP:20251225T154338Z DTSTART:20260131T203000Z DTEND:20260131T213000Z SUMMARY:Yi Yi 一一 DESCRIPTION:Curated by Impression TaiwanA year in the life of an ordinary T aipei family\, the Jians. Through the quiet experiences of each family mem ber—NJ\, the father\, reconnecting with a past love\; his wife\, Min-Min \, seeking meaning in her routine\; their teenage daughter\, Ting-Ting\, f acing the complexities of first love and guilt\; and young son Yang-Yang\, who takes photographs of things people don’t usually see—the film pai nts a thoughtful portrait of everyday life. Yang captures small moments of joy\, regret\, and realization\, building into a moving and observant ref lection on family\, memory\, and the truths that shape us. Winner of Best Director at Cannes\, it remains a subtle and deeply human masterpiece. (Im pression Taiwan)\n  URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/retake/yi-yi-1 LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:eab659f45b0d8894e71f50f9b3c5e549af15b82923a67559175f1fda5a40c76b DTSTAMP:20251225T155338Z DTSTART:20260128T163000Z DTEND:20260128T173000Z SUMMARY:Programmpräsentation DESCRIPTION:Berlinale Generation invites festival audiences and interested guests to gain insights into the forthcoming programme in conversation wit h members of the Generation selection committee\, to exchange ideas\, and to set impulses for a festival experience for young audiences.Register by January 27\, 2026 via generation@berlinale.de.The event will be held in Ge rman. Admission is free. URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/berlinale-generation/programme-presenta tion LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:7fb8379607e4546fca8b3170da20aaf0d67864b1fe811afd6b573668197fe99e DTSTAMP:20251225T160411Z DTSTART:20260128T200000Z DTEND:20260128T210000Z SUMMARY:The Colonel’s Stray Dogs DESCRIPTION:For over 40 years\, Ashur Shamis was a member of the Libyan Mus lim Brotherhood and Colonel Gaddafi’s enemy number one in exile with a m illion-dollar bounty on his head. His dream of a “free” Libya almost c ost him his life and family. When the 2011 revolution rid the country of i ts dictator\, Ashur finally returned home to a hero’s welcome\, but soon found a land vastly different to the one he left. As Libya slipped into c ivil war\, he was rejected by the new country and found himself exiled onc e again. His dream of Libya now distorted\, Ashur’s son uncovers a dange rous past and questions the choices his father made to inherit the mess Ga ddafi left. (NAAS)\n  URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/alternative-screens-by-naas/the-colonel s-stray-dogs LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:f25394a9b69bb0d92b57b5909dc3b99cee5cd5b2a9613df6cb46e1effda8bfde DTSTAMP:20251225T160438Z DTSTART:20260129T200000Z DTEND:20260129T210000Z SUMMARY:The Colonel’s Stray Dogs DESCRIPTION:For over 40 years\, Ashur Shamis was a member of the Libyan Mus lim Brotherhood and Colonel Gaddafi’s enemy number one in exile with a m illion-dollar bounty on his head. His dream of a “free” Libya almost c ost him his life and family. When the 2011 revolution rid the country of i ts dictator\, Ashur finally returned home to a hero’s welcome\, but soon found a land vastly different to the one he left. As Libya slipped into c ivil war\, he was rejected by the new country and found himself exiled onc e again. His dream of Libya now distorted\, Ashur’s son uncovers a dange rous past and questions the choices his father made to inherit the mess Ga ddafi left. (NAAS)\n  URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/alternative-screens-by-naas/the-colonel s-stray-dogs LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:551cb4c6efb2825e01a2c15cc4acfccca48cf63d692d9edf63a8db8a3c9fca6f DTSTAMP:20251225T160936Z DTSTART:20260128T213000Z DTEND:20260128T223000Z SUMMARY:̶L̶i̶s̶t̶e̶n̶i̶n̶g̶ ̶S̶e̶s̶s̶i̶o̶n̶ ̶w̶i̶t̶h ̶ ̶K̶h̶a̶l̶i̶d̶ ̶S̶h̶a̶m̶i̶s̶ (Cancelled) DESCRIPTION:London born Libyan-Capetonian\, Khalid Shamis is a documentary director\, producer and editor with a filmmaking practice spanning over mo re than 25 years. Khalid runs the Rough Cut Lab Africa\, RCLA\, the only l ab dedicated to supporting story construction for African documentaries on the continent. In this masterclass he will present the editing timeline o f The Colonel’s Stray Dogs\, with a particular focus on the use of archi val materials and their role in shaping the narrative. (NAAS) URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/alternative-screens-by-naas/listening-s ession-with-khalid-shamis LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:404d1e17feceeb279eb01484532e5ece254a76bd02ba13bfdf6020b59638f92a DTSTAMP:20251225T161452Z DTSTART:20260130T203000Z DTEND:20260130T213000Z SUMMARY:La Petite Dernière (The Little Sister) DESCRIPTION:Followed by a talk with Emilia Roig\, moderated by Nastaran Taj eri-Foumani (In German)A poignant coming-of-age drama that follows Fatima\ , the youngest daughter in a French-Algerian family living in the Parisian suburbs\, as she leaves her close-knit home to study philosophy at univer sity. New horizons awaken her attraction to women and with it\, inner turm oil.The film traces Fatima's tentative exploration of her sexuality in sea sonal chapters. Alongside being tenderly guided by her first serious relat ionship\, a Korean nurse named Ji-Na\, she also seeks counsel from an imam who responds with a mixture of kindness and dogma.Throughout\, Herzi subv erts cliche depictions\, portraying Fatima's family not as a source of hos tility\, but of complex\, loving support. In doing so\, the film becomes a meditation on how each of us must find the courage to shirk off expectati on and forge a path that honors all facets of our identities. Emila writes :For me\, \"La petite dernière\" is an important film because it tells st ories of inner conflicts—often invisible ones—with great tenderness an d clarity. It shows how identity\, desire\, family\, and societal expectat ions intertwine\, without simplifying or passing judgment. In this honesty and vulnerability\, I recognize something deeply human—and also a part of myself.Dr. Emilia Roig is a political scientist\, author and one of the most influential voices for social justice\, healing and social change in Germany. In her books and essays – including the bestsellers Why We Mat ter\, Das Ende der Ehe\, Lieben und LIEBER SOHN (The End of Marriage\, Lov e and Dear Son) and So rettest du die Welt (How to Save the World) – she outlines new visions for a freer\, more loving and more just society. She teaches at universities and speaks at conferences and on stages across Eu rope on topics such as feminism\, racism\, structural discrimination and c ollective transformation.Nastaran Tajeri-Foumani moderates\, curates and i s active in art\, culture and research. Nastaran has 20 years of experienc e in film and media and has been active in various positions since 2013\, including at XPOSED Queer Film Festival\, and has been involved in film pr oductions internationally as a diversity\, awareness and wellbeing coach s ince 2022. URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/deep-cuts/la-petite-derniere-1 LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:c1c7959d79134896ae822c241e5307dd9718d12a8ab29e27599fbc1d7be28664 DTSTAMP:20260102T062104Z DTSTART:20260415T010000Z DTEND:20260415T020000Z SUMMARY:SİNEMAplural Fellowship Application 2026/27 DESCRIPTION:Die Online Bewerbungsphase startet erneut am 15. April 2026 und endet am 31. Mai 2026\n\nSİNEMAplural baut auf der Praxis von SİNEMA TR ANSTOPIA auf und zielt darauf ab\, Perspektiven der Filmvermittlung in Deu tschland zu erweitern\, neue Zugänge und Blickwinkel zu schaffen sowie in novative\, diversitätsorientierte und machtkritische Ansätze zu entwicke ln. Dabei soll unterrepräsentiertes und vernachlässigtes Wissen sowohl a ktiviert als auch methodisch angewendet werden. Es werden Ansätze und Str ategien der Filmvermittlung sowie der künstlerisch-kuratorischen Arbeit h insichtlich zukunftsfähiger Formate gemeinsam erarbeitet\, diskutiert und in Praxisprojekten erprobt.Wer kann sich bewerben?Das Programm richtet si ch an BIPoC und/oder Menschen mit Migrationsgeschichte. Interesse an Filmv ermittlung sowie die verbindliche Teilnahme an allen Terminen sind Vorauss etzung. Bewerber*innen sollten die Motivation mitbringen\, ein eigenes Ver mittlungsprojekt zu entwickeln und umzusetzen.Wie läuft das Fellowship ab ?Das Fellowship-Programm findet über den Zeitraum von neun Monaten in vie r kompakten Modulen mit theoretischen und praktischen Inputs zu verschiede nen Schwerpunkten in Berlin statt\, sodass es neben anderen Verpflichtunge n absolviert werden kann. Das Praxisprojekt wird parallel in den Projekt-K olloquien in enger Beratung mit den Projektcoaches und unter Einbindung vo n Kooperationspartner*innen bzw. gesellschaftlichen Gruppen entwickelt und im SİNEMA TRANSTOPIA oder den SİNEMAplural Partnerorganisationenumgeset zt. Die ausgewählten Fellows verpflichten sich verbindlich\, an allen Ter minen teilzunehmen.Welche Termine sind verbindlich?19. und 20. Juni – Au fnahmegespräche für ausgewählte Fellows10. Juli – Öffentlicher Progr ammstart11. Juli – Einführungstag (intern Fellows und Projektteam)MODUL 1 (25.-27. September)KINO ALS SOZIALER RAUM: FILMKULTUR\, INSTITUTION\, W IDERSTAND\n\nMODUL 2 (15.-18. Oktober)FILM SEHEN: VERSTEHEN UND EMPFINDENF ILM HÖREN: TON\, MUSIK\, SPRACHE\, ÜBERSETZUNG\n\nMODUL 3 (19.-22. Novem ber)RASSISMUS UND FILM: ZWISCHEN VERLETZENDEN UND EMPOWERNDEN BILDERNRECHT AUF ERBE – RECHT AUF STADT: ERINNERUNGSKULTUR\, POST KOLONIALES ERBE IN BERLIN\n\nMODUL 4 (11.-13. Dezember)FILMGESCHICHTE(N) DEZENTRIEREN: KURAT ION ALS CARE ARBEITZeiten der Wochenendmodule:Donnerstag 10:00-18:00Freita g 10:00-18:00 /Freitag  15:00-18:00 + FilmscreeningSamstag 10:00-18:00 + FilmscreeningSonntag  10:00-17:00\n\nJede*r Fellow wird parallel zu den M odulen ein eigenes Praxisprojekt entwickeln:Umsetzung SİNEMAplural  Prax isprojekte (Januar 2027-Mai 2027SİNEMAplural Zertifikatsverleihung (Juli 2027)\n\nDas Fellowship ist kostenlos\, die Teilnahme an allen Terminen ve rbindlich.Die Sprache des Programms ist Deutsch\n\n URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/un-learning/sinema-plural/open-call LOCATION:\, END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:f6eec7ad2d3e068fa73456d3ef2606fe3953e9f6ce4ece287f7b51438c906ef4 DTSTAMP:20260113T114142Z DTSTART:20260203T100000Z DTEND:20260203T110000Z SUMMARY:Cinema Beyond Borders: DESCRIPTION:4-Day Seminar with DFFBAmir Naderi\, one of the singular voices of transnational cinema\, approaches filmmaking as an act of searching th rough images\, memory\, and movement. Drawing on decades of narrative and documentary work across cultures and geographies\, he invites seminar part icipants to reflect on cinema as a form of personal expression\, and how t his leads to the development of a personal cinematic language. At the core of the seminar are shared film analyses and exchange\, with a focus on au thenticity\, lived experience\, and the emergence of a distinct cinematic voice.The seminar will be held with students of the Deutsche Film- und Fer nsehakademie Berlin and Berlin-based transnational filmmakers\, with the k ind support of the DFFB and Goethe-Institut in Exile. (Afsun Moshiry)We ar e offering two places in the Amir Naderi seminar to Berlin-based transnati onal filmmakers. Please complete the form until 22 of January to apply. Th e selected participants will be notified by January 26.Initiated by Afsun Moshiry\, with the generous guidance and support of Amir Naderi.\n\nAmir N aderi began his career in the 1970s\, a pivotal period in Iranian cinema\, where his raw portrayals of everyday urban life introduced a lasting cine matic language across both fiction and documentary forms. Harmonica (1974) premiered at the Venice Film Festival\, marking his first international r ecognition\, followed in the 1980s by The Runner (1984) and Water\, Wind\, Dust (1989)\, films that brought Iranian cinema broad international visib ility. The Runner premiered at the Locarno Film Festival and established N aderi as a major voice in world cinema. After relocating to the United Sta tes in the early 1990s\, he continued working independently\, with films a t major festivals including Venice\, Cannes\, Toronto\, and Busan\, and hi s work presented in retrospectives at institutions such as Film at Lincoln Center\, the Museum of Modern Art\, the Centre Pompidou\, and the Nationa l Museum of Cinema Turin.Afsun Moshiry is a film curator\, programmer\, an d creative producer born in Shiraz and raised in Mannheim\, based in Berli n. She is part of the Berlinale Forum team\, works as a producer at Road R iver Films\, and serves as artistic director of Interfilm's Script Pitch & amp\; Lab. Previously\, she curated film programs for Berliner Festspiele and Akademie der Künste\, and was a permanent member of the selection com mittee at Kassel Documentary Film and Video Festival\, where she also head ed Dokfest Campus. She is currently working on research projects on Irania n cinema\, including Cinema-ye Azad. URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/un-learning/masterclass/cinema-beyond-b orders LOCATION:\, END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:0c05ba8eecab79240e341c7823eaa225d3ed8e673a53c19720a97fa893c52ba7 DTSTAMP:20260113T114240Z DTSTART:20260204T100000Z DTEND:20260204T110000Z SUMMARY:Cinema Beyond Borders: DESCRIPTION:4-Day Seminar with DFFBAmir Naderi\, one of the singular voices of transnational cinema\, approaches filmmaking as an act of searching th rough images\, memory\, and movement. Drawing on decades of narrative and documentary work across cultures and geographies\, he invites seminar part icipants to reflect on cinema as a form of personal expression\, and how t his leads to the development of a personal cinematic language. At the core of the seminar are shared film analyses and exchange\, with a focus on au thenticity\, lived experience\, and the emergence of a distinct cinematic voice.The seminar will be held with students of the Deutsche Film- und Fer nsehakademie Berlin and Berlin-based transnational filmmakers\, with the k ind support of the DFFB and Goethe-Institut in Exile. (Afsun Moshiry)We ar e offering two places in the Amir Naderi seminar to Berlin-based transnati onal filmmakers. Please complete the form until 22 of January to apply. Th e selected participants will be notified by January 26.Initiated by Afsun Moshiry\, with the generous guidance and support of Amir Naderi.\n\nAmir N aderi began his career in the 1970s\, a pivotal period in Iranian cinema\, where his raw portrayals of everyday urban life introduced a lasting cine matic language across both fiction and documentary forms. Harmonica (1974) premiered at the Venice Film Festival\, marking his first international r ecognition\, followed in the 1980s by The Runner (1984) and Water\, Wind\, Dust (1989)\, films that brought Iranian cinema broad international visib ility. The Runner premiered at the Locarno Film Festival and established N aderi as a major voice in world cinema. After relocating to the United Sta tes in the early 1990s\, he continued working independently\, with films a t major festivals including Venice\, Cannes\, Toronto\, and Busan\, and hi s work presented in retrospectives at institutions such as Film at Lincoln Center\, the Museum of Modern Art\, the Centre Pompidou\, and the Nationa l Museum of Cinema Turin.Afsun Moshiry is a film curator\, programmer\, an d creative producer born in Shiraz and raised in Mannheim\, based in Berli n. She is part of the Berlinale Forum team\, works as a producer at Road R iver Films\, and serves as artistic director of Interfilm's Script Pitch & amp\; Lab. Previously\, she curated film programs for Berliner Festspiele and Akademie der Künste\, and was a permanent member of the selection com mittee at Kassel Documentary Film and Video Festival\, where she also head ed Dokfest Campus. She is currently working on research projects on Irania n cinema\, including Cinema-ye Azad. URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/un-learning/masterclass/cinema-beyond-b orders LOCATION:\, END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:660dd484e3ea9dd2987e5b291bf6d066e7484dc9a4ebb37455f77dfb5e6d97d1 DTSTAMP:20260113T114346Z DTSTART:20260205T100000Z DTEND:20260205T110000Z SUMMARY:Cinema Beyond Borders: DESCRIPTION:4-Day Seminar with DFFBAmir Naderi\, one of the singular voices of transnational cinema\, approaches filmmaking as an act of searching th rough images\, memory\, and movement. Drawing on decades of narrative and documentary work across cultures and geographies\, he invites seminar part icipants to reflect on cinema as a form of personal expression\, and how t his leads to the development of a personal cinematic language. At the core of the seminar are shared film analyses and exchange\, with a focus on au thenticity\, lived experience\, and the emergence of a distinct cinematic voice.The seminar will be held with students of the Deutsche Film- und Fer nsehakademie Berlin and Berlin-based transnational filmmakers\, with the k ind support of the DFFB and Goethe-Institut in Exile. (Afsun Moshiry)We ar e offering two places in the Amir Naderi seminar to Berlin-based transnati onal filmmakers. Please complete the form until 22 of January to apply. Th e selected participants will be notified by January 26.Initiated by Afsun Moshiry\, with the generous guidance and support of Amir Naderi.\n\nAmir N aderi began his career in the 1970s\, a pivotal period in Iranian cinema\, where his raw portrayals of everyday urban life introduced a lasting cine matic language across both fiction and documentary forms. Harmonica (1974) premiered at the Venice Film Festival\, marking his first international r ecognition\, followed in the 1980s by The Runner (1984) and Water\, Wind\, Dust (1989)\, films that brought Iranian cinema broad international visib ility. The Runner premiered at the Locarno Film Festival and established N aderi as a major voice in world cinema. After relocating to the United Sta tes in the early 1990s\, he continued working independently\, with films a t major festivals including Venice\, Cannes\, Toronto\, and Busan\, and hi s work presented in retrospectives at institutions such as Film at Lincoln Center\, the Museum of Modern Art\, the Centre Pompidou\, and the Nationa l Museum of Cinema Turin.Afsun Moshiry is a film curator\, programmer\, an d creative producer born in Shiraz and raised in Mannheim\, based in Berli n. She is part of the Berlinale Forum team\, works as a producer at Road R iver Films\, and serves as artistic director of Interfilm's Script Pitch & amp\; Lab. Previously\, she curated film programs for Berliner Festspiele and Akademie der Künste\, and was a permanent member of the selection com mittee at Kassel Documentary Film and Video Festival\, where she also head ed Dokfest Campus. She is currently working on research projects on Irania n cinema\, including Cinema-ye Azad. URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/un-learning/masterclass/cinema-beyond-b orders LOCATION:\, END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:16b5c097292fcbecc7f52e37e122999f6a8a97fabc9922e629710ff51fa933f8 DTSTAMP:20260113T114407Z DTSTART:20260206T100000Z DTEND:20260206T110000Z SUMMARY:Cinema Beyond Borders: DESCRIPTION:4-Day Seminar with DFFBAmir Naderi\, one of the singular voices of transnational cinema\, approaches filmmaking as an act of searching th rough images\, memory\, and movement. Drawing on decades of narrative and documentary work across cultures and geographies\, he invites seminar part icipants to reflect on cinema as a form of personal expression\, and how t his leads to the development of a personal cinematic language. At the core of the seminar are shared film analyses and exchange\, with a focus on au thenticity\, lived experience\, and the emergence of a distinct cinematic voice.The seminar will be held with students of the Deutsche Film- und Fer nsehakademie Berlin and Berlin-based transnational filmmakers\, with the k ind support of the DFFB and Goethe-Institut in Exile. (Afsun Moshiry)We ar e offering two places in the Amir Naderi seminar to Berlin-based transnati onal filmmakers. Please complete the form until 22 of January to apply. Th e selected participants will be notified by January 26.Initiated by Afsun Moshiry\, with the generous guidance and support of Amir Naderi.\n\nAmir N aderi began his career in the 1970s\, a pivotal period in Iranian cinema\, where his raw portrayals of everyday urban life introduced a lasting cine matic language across both fiction and documentary forms. Harmonica (1974) premiered at the Venice Film Festival\, marking his first international r ecognition\, followed in the 1980s by The Runner (1984) and Water\, Wind\, Dust (1989)\, films that brought Iranian cinema broad international visib ility. The Runner premiered at the Locarno Film Festival and established N aderi as a major voice in world cinema. After relocating to the United Sta tes in the early 1990s\, he continued working independently\, with films a t major festivals including Venice\, Cannes\, Toronto\, and Busan\, and hi s work presented in retrospectives at institutions such as Film at Lincoln Center\, the Museum of Modern Art\, the Centre Pompidou\, and the Nationa l Museum of Cinema Turin.Afsun Moshiry is a film curator\, programmer\, an d creative producer born in Shiraz and raised in Mannheim\, based in Berli n. She is part of the Berlinale Forum team\, works as a producer at Road R iver Films\, and serves as artistic director of Interfilm's Script Pitch & amp\; Lab. Previously\, she curated film programs for Berliner Festspiele and Akademie der Künste\, and was a permanent member of the selection com mittee at Kassel Documentary Film and Video Festival\, where she also head ed Dokfest Campus. She is currently working on research projects on Irania n cinema\, including Cinema-ye Azad. URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/un-learning/masterclass/cinema-beyond-b orders LOCATION:\, END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:f83fd6caf9613a3a17c49851a1e05a9aa9c9a274e775fb3a63b93970cb1e2783 DTSTAMP:20260115T095425Z DTSTART:20260206T203000Z DTEND:20260206T213000Z SUMMARY:ساز دهنی DESCRIPTION:Followed by a talk with Amir Naderi with Afsun Moshiry\n\nA sma ll harmonica\, sent from abroad\, enters the lives of a group of boys and quietly reshapes their world. Set along Iran’s southern coast\, desire a nd power begin to circulate around the instrument: who owns it\, who may t ouch it\, who is allowed to make it sound. At the center is Amiroo\, gentl e\, heavy-set\, and deeply fixated\, whose longing reveals how envy\, hier archy\, and belonging emerge in the fragile space of becoming. (Afsun Mosh iry)In light of the current situation in Iran\, this screening is held wit h thoughts of those affected. We warmly invite especially those with ties to Iran to join us for this evening of cinema and shared presence. URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/masterclassplus/saz-dhny LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:a2f21a895997ec5b2d2e6d6a23aaa9fd4b6a9069c876f17659f4add75e9cba7d DTSTAMP:20260119T135859Z DTSTART:20260207T100000Z DTEND:20260207T110000Z SUMMARY:Creating Rooms of Be(Longing): DESCRIPTION:As a culmination of their SİNEMAplural journey\, fellows Aylin Derya Demirtaş and Kübra Sarı\, along with collaborators Leyla Ercan a nd Alma Sinai\, invite you to a space of reflection and exchange\, and to create your own room of belonging:When was the last time you made somethin g with your hands\, just for yourself? What kinds of stories and spaces ar e you longing for?This workshop invites you to slow down\, reconnect with your body\, memories and everyday life\, and explore (be)longing through p lay\, crafting and film. In a relaxed atmosphere\, we will watch short fil m scenes\, drink çay\, chat and create our own small rooms using collage and stop-motion. There is no pressure to speak or share more than you want . Together\, we reflect on slice-of-life narratives\, hybrid identities an d lived spaces\, and experiment with new aesthetics beyond the white gaze. You will leave with a short stop-motion piece and become part of a collec tive\, touchable archive.This space is for W/FLINTA* (= women\, female\, t rans\, inter and gender-dissident people) who are also BIPoC (= Black\, In digenous\, People of Color) only. If you are unsure\, e-mail us: inbetween habitats@gmail.comThe session is free but please register in advance. Dead line 29.01.2026. Leyla Ercan works as a cultural consultant and speaker\, specialising in diversity\, inclusion\, change and critical cultural pract ices in cultural institutions.Alma Sinai is an interdisciplinary artist\, working in printmaking\, drawing\, video\, stop-motion and installation. I n recent years\, Alma has been teaching workshops with Berlin Drawing Room \, InterACT English\, TINCON Academy\, and Alma Matter.\n\nAylin Derya Dem irtaş is a literature and cultural studies scholar working on new narrati ves and participatory practices. Aylin is currently a Film Mediation Fello w at SİNEMAplural\, SİNEMA TRANSTOPIA.Kübra Sarı is a communications p rofessional with a background as a pastry chef and social worker\, current ly participating in the SİNEMAplural Film Mediation Fellowship at SİNEMA TRANSTOPIA. URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/un-learning/sinema-plural/creating-room s-of-belonging-an-archive-of-unhappy-objects LOCATION:\, END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:5684143fdfa4065895c07d2c772ac07afe36aa5a71df3674ac6b69d40e46cd70 DTSTAMP:20260120T133123Z DTSTART:20260201T180000Z DTEND:20260201T190000Z SUMMARY:1980 Sabuk DESCRIPTION:Introduced by You Jae Lee\, followed by a talk with Inuk Hwang. \n\nIn April 1980\, coal miners and local residents in Sabuk\, South Korea \, rose up to demand their labor rights. The newly installed military gove rnment responded by declaring a state of emergency and violently suppressi ng the uprising. The incident at the Dongwon Coal Mine\, which preceded th e Gwangju Uprising by one month\, was covered up by the state and remained undocumented for a long time.\n\nOver a period of five years\, the direct or visited the site more than 140 times and conducted interviews with over 100 people. The film gives voice not only to victims and their families\, but also to former perpetrators and police officers\, thereby enabling a multi-perspectival approach to the events. In this way\, the film contribu tes to the historical reckoning with state violence and lends weight to th e ongoing demands for an official state apology and reparations.\n\nScreen ing the film in Germany establishes a historical connection with Korean mi ners who\, also in 1980\, were fighting in the Ruhr region for human and r esidency rights of the last remaining 800 guest workers. Their success in Germany was directly linked to the bloody events in Korea. Transnational\, grassroots solidarity honors the history of ordinary people whose stories are otherwise forgotten in history books. (YJL)\n\nInuk Hwang is Director of the Institute of Jeongseon Region Society and is narrator in the film. \n\nYou Jae Lee is Professor for Korean Studies at the University of Tübi ngen. URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/common-visions-berlin/1980-sabuk LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:7e6c5c7ab8194a6a9b48526bcd490180a1ee384d4324fa4ef33af347741b0a81 DTSTAMP:20260120T134036Z DTSTART:20260204T200000Z DTEND:20260204T210000Z SUMMARY:Caroline Monnet Short Films DESCRIPTION:Followed by a talk with Caroline MonnetThe second edition of th e festival Rendez-vous Québec presents a selection of outstanding current films and modern classics. These works are united by their call to adopt new perspectives and to understand societal diversity as a strength.\n\nCa roline Monnet is a multidisciplinary artist with Anishinaabe and French ro ots based in Montreal who explores colonial impacts and Indigenous narrati ves in her work. This program brings together ten powerful shorts\, giving an important overview of her dynamic practice.\n\nLa Mallette Noire (The Black Case)Canada\, 2014\, 13 min. \n\nMobilizeCanada\, 2025\, 4 min.\n\n IkwéCanada\, 2009\, 5 min. \n\nTshiuetinCanada\, 2016\, 11 min. \n\nGep hyrophobiaCanada\, 2012\, 2 min. \n\n​​ceremonialCanada\, 2018\, 3 mi n. \n\nEmptying The TankCanada\, 2018\, 9 min.\n\nRobertaCanada\, 2014\, 18 min. \n\nCreatura DadaCanada\, 2017\, 3 min.\n\nPidkweCanada\, 2025\, 10 min. URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/rendez-vous-quebec/caroline-monnet-shor t-films LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:e36c6b5054741b667bab5b53330808ace2b850edc6615317221ea9b846c2b31b DTSTAMP:20260120T135002Z DTSTART:20260205T200000Z DTEND:20260205T210000Z SUMMARY:ხმელი ფოთოლი DESCRIPTION:Shot entirely on a 2008 Sony Ericsson camera phone\, Dry Leaf i s a low resolution epic poem set in rural Georgia. It follows the story of Lisa\, a sports photographer who has mysteriously vanished leaving behind only a letter asking not to be found. Unable to accept this unresolved fa rewell\, her father\, Irakli\, and Lisa's enigmatic best friend\, Levani\, embark on a journey to find her.\n\nOn the way\, the deliberate technical limitation of the phone camera transforms the landscape into a digital im pressionist painting\, a machine dream where murky rivers\, glowing green grass\, and featureless black forests become hauntingly beautiful. The sea rch becomes a meditation on absence\, connection\, and perception\, as Ira kli tries to know his daughter by seeing the world through her eyes. A mes merizing invitation to find meaning in the imperfect and the unknown. (Bet han Hughes) URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/sinelection/khmeli-fotoli LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8d936349e81efd0bc26e0de045bd13cfa976454c09c6d7cecc27b1c4ffbe1e83 DTSTAMP:20260120T140230Z DTSTART:20260206T180000Z DTEND:20260206T190000Z SUMMARY:Suche Wohnung DESCRIPTION:OlingoEmile Itolo\, GDR 1966\, 11 min.\, German with English su btitles\n\nBlack is Black King Ampaw\, FRG 1968\, 12 min.\, German\n\nZum Thema Lektion 8 und 10: Ist die Wohnung noch frei? Institut für Film und Bild in Wissenschaft und Unterricht (FWU)\, FRG 1977\, 13 min.\, German\n\ nFollowed by an input by Cihan Sinanoğlu (DeZIM / NaDiRa)\, Alexander Tho m and Ezgi Özcan (Berlin Office for the Prevention of Discrimination in t he Housing Market\, Fair mieten – Fair wohnen)\n\nWhen Emile Itolo moved to Berlin to study film at the Babelsberg Film School\, and King Ampaw we nt to Munich to begin his studies at the University of Television and Film Munich (HFF Munich)\, both encountered a housing market shaped by exclusi on and racism. They processed these experiences in their short films Oling o (1966) and Black Is Black (1968) – testimonies to a social reality tha t persists to this day.\n\nStarting from these films\, in which Itolo and Ampaw critically reflect on their experiences and document the realities f aced by migrants in their search for housing in West Germany in the 1960s and 1970s\, we draw a line to the present and ask: What forms of discrimin ation continue to shape the housing market today\, and how can they be cha llenged?\n\nHousing is a human right and\, in principle\, applies equally to everyone. Yet the social reality of the German housing market continues to tell a different story. The NaDiRa Monitoring Report (2025) shows that discrimination and racial inequality persist: racially marked groups face lower chances of accessing housing\, are more likely to live in overcrowd ed or overpriced apartments\, and are disproportionately affected by envir onmental and infrastructural disadvantages. Housing in Germany is still fa r from equal.\n\nCihan Sinanoğlu from the German Center for Integration a nd Migration Research (DeZIM) will present the findings of the latest NaDi Ra monitoring report and provide insights into the current mechanisms of d iscrimination in the housing market.\n\nThe Berlin Office for the Preventi on of Discrimination in the Housing Market\, Fair mieten – Fair wohnen\, run by asum GmbH in cooperation with the Turkish Union in Berlin-Brandenb urg\, offers insights into lived experiences of discrimination\, informal practices in the rental market\, and possible avenues for change. In a sho rt presentation\, the team will share key findings from their counselling work.\n\nAfterwards\, the conversation moves on to the foyer\, where quest ions and support services can be discussed and experiences exchanged. By c ollecting different perspectives\, we hope to explore ways of navigating B erlin’s housing market more successfully despite ongoing inequalities.\n \nThe event will be held in German. For participation\, a fee of €3 is c harged.\n\nOLINGO – Digitization and Restoration by Film University Babe lsberg KONRAD WOLF\, supported by the Film Heritage funding program\, fina nced by BKM\, Länder and FFA URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/the-past-is-not-another-country/suche-w ohnung LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ca2d65aaf45861002cde7c2bd654c07dccae68e08974cab28e47c0e2e13bffcd DTSTAMP:20260120T140611Z DTSTART:20260207T180000Z DTEND:20260207T190000Z SUMMARY:La Petite Dernière DESCRIPTION:A poignant coming-of-age drama that follows Fatima\, the younge st daughter in a French-Algerian family living in the Parisian suburbs\, a s she leaves her close-knit home to study philosophy at university. New ho rizons awaken her attraction to women and with it\, inner turmoil. The fil m traces Fatima's tentative exploration of her sexuality in seasonal chapt ers. Alongside being tenderly guided by her first serious relationship\, a Korean nurse named Ji-Na\, she also seeks counsel from an imam who respon ds with a mixture of kindness and dogma. Throughout\, Herzi subverts clich e depictions\, portraying Fatima's family not as a source of hostility\, b ut of complex\, loving support. In doing so\, the film becomes a meditatio n on how each of us must find the courage to shirk off expectation and for ge a path that honors all facets of our identities. (Bethan Hughes) URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/sinelection/la-petite-derniere LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:df5b3ae572900b9a133905aeb2c49617ef88421b663bab055373f7dda832e543 DTSTAMP:20260120T142753Z DTSTART:20260207T203000Z DTEND:20260207T213000Z SUMMARY:Fiume o morte! DESCRIPTION:SİNELECTION in collaboration with Documentary Association of E urope\n\nOn September 12\, 1919\, flamboyant poet\, dandy\, and preacher o f war\, Gabriele D’Annunzio\, led three hundred soldiers into the Adriat ic port of Fiume (now Rijeka) to claim it for Italy. During the bizarre 16 -month siege that followed\, his team of photographers captured over 10\,0 00 images. A century later\, filmmaker Igor Bezinović and hundreds of cit izens stage a direct-action history lesson about the occupation. This coll ective act revives the facts and myths of the event\, creating a social co unter-narrative to D’Annunzio’s nationalist project. The resulting fil m is a surreal punk journey that dissects and transforms the performance a nd propaganda of the siege. Poetry\, dynamite\, cocaine\, machine guns\, f lying furniture\, concerts\, prisons\, and political theater: Fiume o mort e! deftly shows how the ghastly political showmanship of our age is indeed nothing new.\n\nDocumentary Association of Europe\, founded in 2020\,is a 900-member strong network supporting documentary filmmakers and workers i nside and outside of Europe. We support collaboration\, curation and resou rce-sharing\; and lobby for the best conditions for documentary education\ , financing and distribution. URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/sinelection/fiume-o-morte LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:c4f6499e5299d62cd523b14780ef9fed96789f3a6b7c9ba93cc79a06c7b255e2 DTSTAMP:20260120T144228Z DTSTART:20260214T100000Z DTEND:20260214T110000Z SUMMARY:Woche der Kritik DESCRIPTION:With Göran Hugo Olsson and Lars Säfström\, moderated by Irit Neidhardt\n\nAs part of this year’s thematic focus of the Berlin Critic s’ Week on debate culture\, the festival will screen the essay film ISRA EL PALESTINE ON SWEDISH TV 1958-1989 by Göran Hugo Olsson at Hackesche H öfe Kino on February 13. To complement the screening and tie in with the film’s theme\, on February 14 the festival is offering a workshop on med ia representation of the Middle East conflict. Details on the workshop and information on the application process for participants can be found on t he Berlin Critics’ Week festival website.Workshop participants will rece ive free admission to our film program on February 13.\n\nWorkshop applica tion via wochederkritik.de  \n\nLimited capacity URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/festival-parallels/berlin-critics-week- workshop LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:16bf3438e6af33bf88cb1a872b83e1f6f68281fe183ba36a519f75e8788b06e0 DTSTAMP:20260120T144834Z DTSTART:20260208T190000Z DTEND:20260208T200000Z SUMMARY:Magic Farm DESCRIPTION:In the viral-obsessed void of the internet\, a documentary crew ’s quest to film a bizarre trend strands them in a forgotten Argentine b ackwater. Facing a sunk budget and professional ruin\, they make a despera te\, cynical pivot: they will manufacture the next big thing\, enlisting t he town’s eager residents as unwitting co-stars in their social experime nt. What begins as an exploitation of local charm spirals into a wildly re flexive\, genre-bending satire of the attention economy itself. Blurring t he lines between documentary\, fiction\, and subversive music video\, arti st-filmmaker Amalia Ulman crafts a brilliantly meta-tale that asks: in a w orld hungry for content\, who gets used\, who gets famous\, and what is le ft of us when the cameras stop rolling?\n\n“I resonate with the film bec ause it speaks to the tension between artistic integrity and the demand fo r instant relevance in today’s cultural economy. It reminds me that play fulness and formal experimentation can be acts of resistance\, a way to pr eserve creativity's heart even within systems that seek to commodify it. ”––Anand AngaragTo conclude the evening\, Anand will play a vinyl se t inspired by the film\, one he describes as “a cabinet of sonic wonders \, an interplay between exoticization and de-exoticization.”\n\nAnand An garag is projectionist at SİNEMA TRANSTOPIA and is studying in the Master 's program Art in Context at the UdK (Berlin University of the Arts). URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/topias/magic-farm LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:1c247206e8c46bf52c4508706472dfa844ec20deb4febf6525c9cc7de049dcee DTSTAMP:20260120T151447Z DTSTART:20260211T200000Z DTEND:20260211T210000Z SUMMARY:Mortu Nega DESCRIPTION:Set during and immediately after Guinea-Bissau's war for indepe ndence from Portugal (1963-1974)\, Mortu Nega (translated as Death Denied or The One Whom Death Refused) is the first fiction feature ever produced in the country. The film poetically intertwines the collective struggle fo r liberation with an intimate human story by following Diminga\, a woman w ho treks across war-torn countryside to bring food to her husband\, Sako\, a soldier on the frontline. The narrative then shifts to the fraught post -independence period\, exploring the challenges of building a new society amidst drought\, disillusionment\, and the lingering scars of conflict. A lyrical and deeply spiritual tribute to the sacrifices of ordinary people\ , particularly women. Flora Gomes\, a disciple of Guinea-Bissau film pione er Sana Na N'Hada\, deftly weaves historical testimony with mythic resonan ce\, affirming the power of community and cultural memory. URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/black-history-month/mortu-nega LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:0a047bc5142f66052d48721358fbaefcdfc587a7d4d4f0e7efc0e810c6862733 DTSTAMP:20260120T152146Z DTSTART:20260212T200000Z DTEND:20260212T210000Z SUMMARY:Nome DESCRIPTION:Directed by Sana Na N’Hada\, a key figure of Guinean cine ma and a former independence fighter\, Nome is an essayistic documentary t hat revisits Guinea-Bissau's revolutionary past through its endangered fil m archive. Returning to the derelict national film institute in Bissau\, N a N’Hada confronts decaying reels of footage he helped shoot decades e arlier\, using the material traces of cinema to interrogate the unfulfille d promises of liberation\, the politics of memory\, and the silence that h as followed the revolutionary era. The film weaves personal recollection\, archival restoration\, and conversations with fellow veterans into a lyri cal and haunting meditation on how a nation's history is preserved\, forgo tten\, or reclaimed. URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/black-history-month/nome LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:4b6867ae14298131b4f83cb33a2684533d0913f413a15f8be6680c5c265315d6 DTSTAMP:20260120T152407Z DTSTART:20260214T180000Z DTEND:20260214T190000Z SUMMARY:Promis le Ciel DESCRIPTION:In a small\, sun-bleached house on the outskirts of Tunis\, the re is a fragile sanctuary for Ivorian women. Marie\, a pastor and former j ournalist\, guides this unorthodox family. Her tenants are Naney\, an undo cumented mother who had to leave her child behind three years ago in a des perate search for work\, and Jolie\, a strong-willed student with legal pa pers who is carrying the weight of her family's hopes.Their delicate\, oft en tense\, balance is shattered by the arrival of Kenza\, a young girl who is the sole survivor of a shipwreck in the Mediterranean. As this new\, m ulti-generational family of women forms\, they must navigate a society inc reasingly marked by racism and hostility. Kenza's silent trauma becomes a mirror\, reflecting each woman's own sacrifices\, regrets\, and precarious dreams. Her presence challenges their sense of solidarity\, forcing each to confront what they have risked in the search for a place to call home.A tender and quietly powerful observation of diasporic sisterhood\, Fanta R égina Nacro's Promised Sky paints an intimate portrait of resilience. Wit h a compassionate gaze and nuanced performances from its leading trio\, th e film becomes a poignant meditation on motherhood in exile\, the burdens of ambition\, and the meaning of sanctuary in a world that refuses to see you. (Bethan Hughes) URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/black-history-month/promis-le-ciel-1-1 LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:9d8768b0a9da202374608fe80d4262f5e762774f8f541f5d5ede89b850f02876 DTSTAMP:20260120T152638Z DTSTART:20260213T180000Z DTEND:20260213T190000Z SUMMARY:La Petite Dernière DESCRIPTION:A poignant coming-of-age drama that follows Fatima\, the younge st daughter in a French-Algerian family living in the Parisian suburbs\, a s she leaves her close-knit home to study philosophy at university. New ho rizons awaken her attraction to women and with it\, inner turmoil. The fil m traces Fatima's tentative exploration of her sexuality in seasonal chapt ers. Alongside being tenderly guided by her first serious relationship\, a Korean nurse named Ji-Na\, she also seeks counsel from an imam who respon ds with a mixture of kindness and dogma. Throughout\, Herzi subverts clich e depictions\, portraying Fatima's family not as a source of hostility\, b ut of complex\, loving support. In doing so\, the film becomes a meditatio n on how each of us must find the courage to shirk off expectation and for ge a path that honors all facets of our identities. (Bethan Hughes) URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/sinelection/la-petite-derniere LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8e594d0793b140422de9034233ea1f36fc40d68c071f220b8e12f46cce817a6b DTSTAMP:20260120T152725Z DTSTART:20260213T203000Z DTEND:20260213T213000Z SUMMARY:Fiume o morte! DESCRIPTION:SİNELECTION in collaboration with Documentary Association of E urope\n\nOn September 12\, 1919\, flamboyant poet\, dandy\, and preacher o f war\, Gabriele D’Annunzio\, led three hundred soldiers into the Adriat ic port of Fiume (now Rijeka) to claim it for Italy. During the bizarre 16 -month siege that followed\, his team of photographers captured over 10\,0 00 images. A century later\, filmmaker Igor Bezinović and hundreds of cit izens stage a direct-action history lesson about the occupation. This coll ective act revives the facts and myths of the event\, creating a social co unter-narrative to D’Annunzio’s nationalist project. The resulting fil m is a surreal punk journey that dissects and transforms the performance a nd propaganda of the siege. Poetry\, dynamite\, cocaine\, machine guns\, f lying furniture\, concerts\, prisons\, and political theater: Fiume o mort e! deftly shows how the ghastly political showmanship of our age is indeed nothing new.\n\nDocumentary Association of Europe\, founded in 2020\,is a 900-member strong network supporting documentary filmmakers and workers i nside and outside of Europe. We support collaboration\, curation and resou rce-sharing\; and lobby for the best conditions for documentary education\ , financing and distribution. URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/sinelection/fiume-o-morte LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:1c2f78cb8d1137d8a0fd69a9606f433c12e737a9e98fbc072c977dd2e4f2c701 DTSTAMP:20260120T154118Z DTSTART:20260214T203000Z DTEND:20260214T213000Z SUMMARY:Dreamers DESCRIPTION:After living illegally in the UK for two years\, Isio is placed in a detention center\, hoping for asylum. Her roommate Farah distrusts t he system and plans an escape. Amid the chaos\, the two women find a small piece of happiness. Joy Gharoro-Akpojotor’s debut film tells a story of friendship\, hope\, and resilience\, showing how they resist an unforgivi ng immigration system while holding on to freedom and love. (EOTO)  URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/black-history-month/dreamers-1-1 LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:4e3746e997e98e1898a8505485e868420c0d7e346f238b1000a8decdfeba99a9 DTSTAMP:20260120T155011Z DTSTART:20260215T190000Z DTEND:20260215T200000Z SUMMARY:La Petite Dernière DESCRIPTION:A poignant coming-of-age drama that follows Fatima\, the younge st daughter in a French-Algerian family living in the Parisian suburbs\, a s she leaves her close-knit home to study philosophy at university. New ho rizons awaken her attraction to women and with it\, inner turmoil. The fil m traces Fatima's tentative exploration of her sexuality in seasonal chapt ers. Alongside being tenderly guided by her first serious relationship\, a Korean nurse named Ji-Na\, she also seeks counsel from an imam who respon ds with a mixture of kindness and dogma. Throughout\, Herzi subverts clich e depictions\, portraying Fatima's family not as a source of hostility\, b ut of complex\, loving support. In doing so\, the film becomes a meditatio n on how each of us must find the courage to shirk off expectation and for ge a path that honors all facets of our identities. (Bethan Hughes) URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/sinelection/la-petite-derniere LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:bd2bbb8c57a55bd0346d3c6cac5c7ca0c1f9f74f1d85d3f1916d0f06ee3efb2c DTSTAMP:20260120T160135Z DTSTART:20260214T153000Z DTEND:20260214T163000Z SUMMARY:Woche der Kritik DESCRIPTION:With Ruth Beckermann\, Peter Bradshaw\, Emilie Bujès\, Radu Ju de\n\nAs part of this year's thematic focus of the Berlin Critics’ Week\ , the festival presents a discussion with international film programmers\, critics\, and directors to explore how controversies arise and unfold wit hin film culture. What can be learned from controversies about cinema and art more broadly—and about audiences and the public? What role do critic s\, the media\, curators\, and the artists themselves play when a film cau ses a major stir?\n\nFree admission URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/festival-parallels/woche-der-kritik LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:1d004fe12454899f450aae206ff5da022a15c06ad924ca6757d010107158cd8c DTSTAMP:20260120T161152Z DTSTART:20260215T110000Z DTEND:20260215T120000Z SUMMARY:BAFNET Berlinale Brunch 2026 DESCRIPTION:The Berlin Asian Film Network (BAFNET)\, in collaboration with SİNEMA TRANSTOPIA\, is once again hosting its annual brunch and networkin g event for Asian filmmakers. BIPOCs and allies are also welcome!\n\nThe e vent has a community focus: it aims to connect international guests with m embers of the Asian diaspora during the Berlinale. The brunch is potluck-s tyle\, which means everyone brings something to share and we take care of the basics. (BAFNET) URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/festival-parallels/bafnet-berlinale-bru nch-2026 LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:7a8d1b697962e8dc3c372fadd99a75bc2eff8b000ac10a1315f357a5f3ee6144 DTSTAMP:20260122T102312Z DTSTART:20260206T203000Z DTEND:20260206T213000Z SUMMARY:دونده DESCRIPTION:Amir Naderi’s autobiographical masterpiece about Amiro\, an o rphaned teenager trying to better his life by learning to read\, was the f irst post-revolutionary Iranian film to be seen internationally. It marked the beginning of a steady wave of great films to emerge from the country in the 1980s and 90s. Breathtakingly edited by Iranian New Wave pioneer\, director and writer Bahram Beyzaie\, the film remains both open and abstra ct as it follows its protagonist’s struggle to understand and navigate a world full of hostility and indifference. (Ehsan Khoshbakht) URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/masterclassplus/dondh LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:23b1dee8062a20810155495cfb8eeaeb6be5775af7dff18692796cdeefda1281 DTSTAMP:20260126T164057Z DTSTART:20260217T143000Z DTEND:20260217T153000Z SUMMARY:Lichtspiel Get Together DESCRIPTION:LICHTSPIEL – Network for Cultural Film Education invites you to a convivial get-together during the Berlinale. All those interested in personal exchanges with professionals working in the field of cultural fil m education and cinema culture are welcome to join. Want to know more abou t LICHTSPIEL? Founded two years ago\, we would be happy to share our exper iences so far and how you can get involved!\n\nNo registration needed\, si mply come along. URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/festival-parallels/lichtspiel-get-toget her LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:a7e6b356a5cd307e2aa1a8fcffda0924a805ce300cd7b456f3631e22bc7728d9 DTSTAMP:20260126T164550Z DTSTART:20260217T163000Z DTEND:20260217T173000Z SUMMARY:Documentary Association of Europe: DESCRIPTION:With Biljana Tutorov\, Viv Li\, Nao YOSHIGAI \n\nStudio Cocoon / Documentary Association of Europe invite three colleagues and fellow cr eators to open up about their filmmaking journeys and share stories from t he road: obstacles faced\; doubts struggled with\; and the moments\, peopl e and sparks that give them the strength to keep going. With a special foc us on non-fiction filmmakers\, an afternoon of reflection and inspiration awaits. (Documentary Association of Europe)\n\nBiljana Tutorov is a writer \, director\, and producer whose work centers on women-driven stories. Her new film To Hold A Mountain just premiered at Sundance International Film Festival in January 2026.\n\nViv Li is a Chinese filmmaker and artist bas ed in Berlin. An alumna of Sundance Institute and Berlinale Talents\, her film Across The Waters was nominated for the Short Film Palme d’Or at Ca nnes in 2024 and won the Lights On Women’s Worth Award. Her documentary feature Two Mountains Weighing Down My Chest will have its world premiere at Berlinale. \n\nNao YOSHIGAI was born in Yamaguchi Prefecture\, Japan i n 1987. Alongside being a filmmaker\, she also appears in movies as a perf ormer\, directs stage productions and designs sets of stage productions. H er film Masayume will premiere at the Berlinale. URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/festival-parallels/documentary-associat ion-of-europe LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:09771160565bfd0eef265df07422a21a87b15ff836e5a27f8f2fc702dee8266e DTSTAMP:20260126T164641Z DTSTART:20260218T200000Z DTEND:20260218T210000Z SUMMARY:La Petite Dernière DESCRIPTION:A poignant coming-of-age drama that follows Fatima\, the younge st daughter in a French-Algerian family living in the Parisian suburbs\, a s she leaves her close-knit home to study philosophy at university. New ho rizons awaken her attraction to women and with it\, inner turmoil. The fil m traces Fatima's tentative exploration of her sexuality in seasonal chapt ers. Alongside being tenderly guided by her first serious relationship\, a Korean nurse named Ji-Na\, she also seeks counsel from an imam who respon ds with a mixture of kindness and dogma. Throughout\, Herzi subverts clich e depictions\, portraying Fatima's family not as a source of hostility\, b ut of complex\, loving support. In doing so\, the film becomes a meditatio n on how each of us must find the courage to shirk off expectation and for ge a path that honors all facets of our identities. (Bethan Hughes) URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/sinelection/la-petite-derniere LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8e222c3b6d5295a011d5a22a984cc9df80eb92b58b1c32d67282d28c6642c0d2 DTSTAMP:20260126T165253Z DTSTART:20260219T140000Z DTEND:20260219T150000Z SUMMARY:Berlinale Shorts Go Kiez DESCRIPTION:Chuuraa Evgenia Arbugaeva\, UK\, 2026\, 18 min. \n\nLa hora de irse (Time to Go)Renzo Cozza\, Argentina\, 2026\, 20 min.\n\nYuragim Var ia Garib\, Kirill Komar\, Austria\, Uzbekistan 2026\, 19 min. \n\nMiriamK arla Condado\, Mexico\, 2026\, 20 min.\n\nShining a spotlight on neighborh ood cinemas! Unique in their diversity\, they promote community and exchan ge. Festival films from all sections will be shown in seven selected art h ouse cinemas. International film teams and audiences are invited to experi ence the cinematic culture of Berlin and the surrounding area. The chosen films will be announced online shortly before the screening. URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/berlinale-goes-kiez/berlinale-goes-kiez -2026 LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:7c7b346044a8680a5d9b9d6d9c8b61f6fb3eac988dfcbd8668459ec0b4d02b18 DTSTAMP:20260126T170709Z DTSTART:20260220T180000Z DTEND:20260220T190000Z SUMMARY:Caligari Film Prize DESCRIPTION:Since 1986\, a stylistically and thematically innovative film f rom the Berlinale Forum program has been awarded the Caligari Film Prize d uring the Berlin International Film Festival. The prize is awarded by the association of municipal cinemas in Germany\, in cooperation with the digi tal delivery provider Gofilex and filmfriend\, the streaming portal of pub lic libraries.\n\nJoin us for a drinks reception and the announcement of t he winning film! URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/festival-parallels/caligari-film-prize LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:05cab8db8e012a9aef50272459e79000d5899a61e52392f1cfae611f53231bac DTSTAMP:20260126T172208Z DTSTART:20260220T210000Z DTEND:20260220T220000Z SUMMARY:On Becoming a Guinea Fowl DESCRIPTION:“Do we question the corpse?” A line uttered during a Zambia n family funeral sets the tone for Rungano Nyoni’s darkly incisive explo ration of silence\, denial\, and complicity. When Shula discovers her uncl e’s body on a deserted road\, the family gathers to mourn\, observe trad ition\, and protect appearances. As rituals unfold\, the film slowly revea ls how grief becomes performance\, and how collective refusal to speak shi elds long-buried harm.\n\nBalancing deadpan humor with emotional precision \, Nyoni turns the funeral into a pressure chamber where generational trau ma and patriarchal authority quietly collide. The film exposes how cultura l norms can demand obedience over truth\, and how the unspoken can become a form of violence. Unsettling\, funny\, and deeply humane\, On Becoming a Guinea Fowl examines what it costs to keep the peace and what it takes to finally break the silence. (Bethan Hughes) URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/black-history-month/on-becoming-a-guine a-fowl LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:38ca57a97e842fe5dcdcf407b3facb266d9bb0c0c8734bad01b53d05cc589169 DTSTAMP:20260126T172329Z DTSTART:20260221T180000Z DTEND:20260221T190000Z SUMMARY:Fiume o morte! DESCRIPTION:SİNELECTION in collaboration with Documentary Association of E urope\n\nOn September 12\, 1919\, flamboyant poet\, dandy\, and preacher o f war\, Gabriele D’Annunzio\, led three hundred soldiers into the Adriat ic port of Fiume (now Rijeka) to claim it for Italy. During the bizarre 16 -month siege that followed\, his team of photographers captured over 10\,0 00 images. A century later\, filmmaker Igor Bezinović and hundreds of cit izens stage a direct-action history lesson about the occupation. This coll ective act revives the facts and myths of the event\, creating a social co unter-narrative to D’Annunzio’s nationalist project. The resulting fil m is a surreal punk journey that dissects and transforms the performance a nd propaganda of the siege. Poetry\, dynamite\, cocaine\, machine guns\, f lying furniture\, concerts\, prisons\, and political theater: Fiume o mort e! deftly shows how the ghastly political showmanship of our age is indeed nothing new.\n\nDocumentary Association of Europe\, founded in 2020\,is a 900-member strong network supporting documentary filmmakers and workers i nside and outside of Europe. We support collaboration\, curation and resou rce-sharing\; and lobby for the best conditions for documentary education\ , financing and distribution. URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/sinelection/fiume-o-morte LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:7689958b3611fb63466d9f4fe203d52c9654d3da7529c9f5ebeba75a8a12fe94 DTSTAMP:20260126T172558Z DTSTART:20260221T203000Z DTEND:20260221T213000Z SUMMARY:FANON (Chroniques fidèles…) DESCRIPTION:With the official title of Chroniques fidèles survenues au si ècle dernier à l’hôpital psychiatrique Blida-Joinville\, au temps où le Docteur Frantz Fanon était chef de la cinquième division entre 1953 et 1956\, Abdenour Zahzah recreates Dr. Frantz Fanon’s transformative te nure overseeing the Muslim ward at the Blida-Joinville psychiatric hospita l in Algeria. Dr. Fanon implemented significant reforms\, addressing how r acism\, colonialism\, and prejudice profoundly impacted perceptions of men tal illness. He introduced socio-therapeutic strategies that emphasized th e healing power of social interaction and cultural connection. These inclu ded activities such as team sports\, live music\, and the creation of soci al spaces that resonated with the patients' cultural backgrounds.The film explores the humane motivations behind Dr. Fanon’s philosophical and pol itical insights\, showcasing how he developed a comprehensive understandin g of the psychological toll of colonialism and the importance of national liberation movements for structural change. More than 60 years after his p assing\, this groundbreaking biopic revisits a pivotal chapter in the life of one of the world’s most influential thinkers. (Galo E. Rivera) URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/black-history-month/a39bcbfc-5945-4599- b2f4-669d56c71a489-1 LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:c32d2a3b880c8aa3185dc2199a97bd762237b6066aba1b9860ca3f61c13d3777 DTSTAMP:20260126T173348Z DTSTART:20260222T190000Z DTEND:20260222T200000Z SUMMARY:La revolución y la Tierra DESCRIPTION:Followed by a talk (in Spanish) with members of Todas las Sangr es and a community dinner\n\nLa revolución y la tierra is a documentary t hat revisits the agrarian reform enacted in Peru in 1969 by the Revolution ary Government of the Armed Forces. Through clever use of archival excerpt s from Peruvian film classics combined with insightful interviews with exp erts\, witnesses\, and activists\, it consolidates an honest reexamination of Peru’s struggle toward land sovereignty\, acknowledging the ancestra l Indigenous legacy of the territory. This documentary is essential for an yone interested in the role of film in perpetuating colonial power structu res\, as well as the need to revisit archives in modernity as tools for bu ilding a future that acknowledges the role invisibilized peoples in struct ural reforms. (Galo E. Rivera)\n\nAfter the screening we will hold dialog ue about the current political situation in Peru in regards to the struggl e for land\, agricultural workers\, indigenous peoples and migration.\n\nT he Peruvian Intercultural Center Todas las Sangres is an initiative of the Peruvian diaspora in Berlin\, created as a space for cultural resistance and solidarity in the face of the challenges of migration and global injus tices. Inspired by the legacy of José María Arguedas\, the center promot es the defense of Peruvian cultures and their diaspora\, solidarity with s ocial struggles in Peru and Abya Yala\, and the search for alternatives to the capitalist system. It advocates for the rule of law that protects hum an rights\, rejects neocolonialism\, gender violence\, and discrimination\ , and promotes Peruvian arts and literature as a means of identity and res istance.  URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/common-visions-berlin/la-revolucion-y-l a-tierra LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:d4a07fbe2a5803cce6dce769b9c924fe01d9ab596827e6f286fbce88f08101c0 DTSTAMP:20260126T173620Z DTSTART:20260225T200000Z DTEND:20260225T210000Z SUMMARY:ხმელი ფოთოლი DESCRIPTION:Shot entirely on a 2008 Sony Ericsson camera phone\, Dry Leaf i s a low resolution epic poem set in rural Georgia. It follows the story of Lisa\, a sports photographer who has mysteriously vanished leaving behind only a letter asking not to be found. Unable to accept this unresolved fa rewell\, her father\, Irakli\, and Lisa's enigmatic best friend\, Levani\, embark on a journey to find her.\n\nOn the way\, the deliberate technical limitation of the phone camera transforms the landscape into a digital im pressionist painting\, a machine dream where murky rivers\, glowing green grass\, and featureless black forests become hauntingly beautiful. The sea rch becomes a meditation on absence\, connection\, and perception\, as Ira kli tries to know his daughter by seeing the world through her eyes. A mes merizing invitation to find meaning in the imperfect and the unknown. (Bet han Hughes) URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/sinelection/khmeli-fotoli LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8b86aab15dbd429ff05644a4cf09b3f8eaac7cff6d6a70087bfc04d6fb4f115d DTSTAMP:20260126T174238Z DTSTART:20260226T200000Z DTEND:20260226T210000Z SUMMARY:Lumumba\, la mort du prophète DESCRIPTION:Raoul Peck’s powerful and deeply personal documentary dives i nto the life and tragic assassination of Patrice Lumumba\, the first Prime Minister of the newly independent Republic of the Congo. Blending archiva l footage\, historical testimony\, and Peck’s own reflections on his chi ldhood experiences in the Congo\, the film reconstructs Lumumba’s meteor ic rise as a symbol of Pan-African resistance and his violent fall amid Co ld War power struggles. Peck confronts the absence of images and the domin ance of imperial narratives to expose the forces that conspired to silence Lumumba’s vision of unity and self-determination.\n\nRather than merely recount events\, Death of a Prophet meditates on memory\, colonial legacy \, and the politics of historical representation. Peck juxtaposes archival material with shots of contemporary Europe\, unsettling the viewer and ur ging them to question official histories and the erasure of Black and Afri can voices from the global narrative. (Bethan Hughes) URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/black-history-month/lumumba-la-mort-du- prophete LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:d3d730bb30bcf688f9c20352dbd417bf1d0f7aeb753364e1b478434b66998aa2 DTSTAMP:20260126T175210Z DTSTART:20260227T180000Z DTEND:20260227T190000Z SUMMARY:Paulin Vierya Short films DESCRIPTION:C'était il y a 4 ans1954\, 5 min. French with English subtitle s\n\nAfrique sur Seine1955\, 21 min. French with English subtitles\n\nLamb (La Lutte sénégalaise)1963\, 18 min. French with English subtitles\n\nB irago Diop\, conteur (Birago Diop\, Storyteller)1981\, 28 min. French with English subtitles\n\nWith an introduction by the curator of the evening M osa Mpetha\n\nThe films of Paulin Soumanou Vieyra have some of the earlies t documented reflections of African diasporic experiences on film. They ar e experimental and innovative in their mission to find a new post colonial filmmaking language. This chronological selection of Vierya’s short fil ms demonstrates that even from the dawn of his plentiful career as a filmm aker and advocate for African cinema\, Vierya provides strong foundations for African film pioneers to come. The film Birago Diop in particular is a beautiful example of a filmmaker protecting the legacy of another artist through this short documentary\, it is like watching history within histor y. The filmmaker's son\, Stéphane Vierya has also had an interesting and committed journey looking after and redistributing his father’s works\, which will be explored in the event introduction. (Mosa Mpetha) URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/black-history-month/paulin-vierya-short -films LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:70a151a9b5582ede22951841a50addbb32919d64a24b95ef5827897c21e27884 DTSTAMP:20260126T175621Z DTSTART:20260227T203000Z DTEND:20260227T213000Z SUMMARY:Young\, Black and Queer: The Early Works of Cheryl Dunye DESCRIPTION:JanineCheryl Dunye\, USA\, 1990\, 6 min. English with English s ubtitlesShe Don’t FadeCheryl Dunye\, USA\, 1991\, 23 min. English with E nglish subtitlesVanilla Sex Cheryl Dunye\, USA\, 1992\, 4 min. English wit h English subtitlesThe Potluck &\; The PassionCheryl Dunye\, USA\, 1993 \, 15 min. English with English subtitlesAn Untitled PortraitCheryl Dunye\ , USA\, 1993\, 8 min. English with English subtitlesGreetings from AfricaC heryl Dunye\, USA\, 1996\, 14 min. English with English subtitlesA screeni ng program that gathers the formative\, fearless early works of Cheryl Dun ye\, a pioneering voice in New Queer Cinema and director of the groundbrea king The Watermelon Woman. Through a blend of intimate autobiography\, sly fiction\, and playful documentary\, Dunye deftly excavates the intersecti ons of race\, sexuality\, and memory. With a DIY aesthetic and a wry\, per sonal lens\, she constructs and deconstructs identity\, history\, and desi re\, questioning who gets to tell stories and who remains in the archives. (Dalia Soliman) URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/black-history-month/young-black-and-que er-the-early-works-of-cheryl-dunye-1 LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:d96e2ccf590e1ff6dedad6fd972d718ea645ceb74cf970b39925c62968ccd049 DTSTAMP:20260126T180716Z DTSTART:20260228T180000Z DTEND:20260228T190000Z SUMMARY:Navina Sundaram: The Fifth Wall DESCRIPTION:AusländertestNavina Sundaram\, FRG 1982\, 6 min. German with E nglish subtitles\n\nBinationale Ehen Navina Sundaram\, FRG 1982\, 12 min. German with English subtitles\n\nAsyl in der BRD Navina Sundaram\, FRG 19 82\, 10 min. German with English subtitles\n\nZweierlei AsylrechtNavina Su ndaram\, FRG 1979\, 10 min. German with English subtitles\n\nDer Fall Kema l AltunNavina Sundaram\, FRG 1983\, 9 min. German with English subtitles\n \nIntroduced by Merle Kröger and Mareike Bernien\n\nA seminal cycle of wo rk by journalist and filmmaker Navina Sundaram\,which critically dissects the realities of migration\, racism\, and asylum policy in the Federal Rep ublic of Germany during the late 1970s and early 1980s. United by a clear- eyed\, investigative approach\, the films move from institutional analysis to intimate personal stories\, painting a comprehensive portrait of a soc iety grappling with integration and exclusion.\n\nZweierlei Asylrecht esta blishes the central theme of a discriminatory \"two-tier\" asylum system. It contrasts the state-managed welcome for politically convenient Vietname se \"boat people\" with the neglect faced by Kurdish refugees\, sarcastica lly highlighting the figure of the \"lovely anti-communist asylum seeker.\ " This examination of systemic bias continues in Asyl in der BRD which exp oses daily bureaucratic discrimination at Hamburg's Foreigners' Office. In a more satirical key\, Ausländertest observes a university experiment ch allenging the notion that xenophobia is biologically innate and directly c onfronting mainstream perceptions of racism.\n\nSundaram shifts focus to t he profound personal consequences of these policies and societal attitudes . Binationale Ehen portrays the struggles of German women and their foreig n husbands\, for whom anonymous threats and open insults became a part of family life\, framed as a betrayal of an imagined national community. The most tragic outcome is documented in Der Fall Kemal Altun\, a film which t races the case of a Turkish student who\, caught between a granted asylum plea and an ongoing extradition lawsuit by the state\, jumped to his death during a court hearing—a devastating indictment of a system's failure.\ n\nCollectively\, these films form a powerful and urgent chronicle. They m ove from the mechanics of law and bureaucracy to the human cost they infli ct\, culminating in a plea\, as stated in Zweierlei Asylrecht\, for Articl e 16 of the Basic Law—”Politically persecuted persons have the right o f asylum”—to apply equally to all. (Bethan Hughes)\n\nMerle Kröger is a novelist and film author living in Berlin. As curator of the transnatio nal cultural project “Import Export. Cultural Transfer between India and Germany\, Austria” (2005)\, she began a long-term collaboration with Na vina Sundaram. URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/sinemaplural/navina-sundaram-the-fifth- wall LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6d6dc819e46749980ef3e467d2e6a8eca6d8d587135ed7a4be599cdde51680e3 DTSTAMP:20260126T181610Z DTSTART:20260228T203000Z DTEND:20260228T213000Z SUMMARY:Mapantsula DESCRIPTION:With in an introduction by the programm's curator Mosa Mpetha.\ n\nMapantsula\, one of the first true anti-apartheid motion pictures\, was produced secretly in South Africa\, evading the oppressive government by using a fake script to avoid police harassment. Co-written and co-directed by lead actor Thomas Mogotlane\, this film was a rare example of Black an d White talent working collaboratively to produce a film not only interrog ating the nuance and complexity of apartheid oppression\, but also showcas ing the heavy weights of Black South African talent\, including Dolly Rath ebe\, Simon Sabela and Mary Twala.\n\nScreened at the 1988 Cannes Festival and submitted for an Academy Award\, it later gained global acclaim. As a rebellious cultural work\, it exposed apartheid's brutality to internatio nal audiences. Yet\, despite its importance\, it had remained notoriously difficult to see\, with only poor-quality copies available. Now with a 4k restoration and renewed circulation in Europe and South Africa - this film hits just as hard\, and provokes important and relevant conversation abou t fighting self-censorship and radically taking control of suppressed narr atives. (Mosa Mpetha) URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/black-history-month/mapantsula LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:2f25112d235eb8f40f9f506e1b3b46791527a39cc47301dc937b71231e5cf8e5 DTSTAMP:20260126T182500Z DTSTART:20260217T193000Z DTEND:20260217T203000Z SUMMARY:Invisible People DESCRIPTION:Followed by a talk with Alisa Berger\n\nInvisible People is a m ulti layered depiction of Butoh\, the unique Japanese contemporary dance t hat flows between revolt\, eroticism\, trance\, prayer\, ancestral experie nce\, and physical anonymity. Taking audiences on an atmospheric journey t hrough Japan\, it dives into the stories\, history\, and lineage of local artists\, becoming a portrait of the unforeseen twists of fate and strange microconnections that constitute life.\n\nAlisa Berger is a filmmaker and artist born in Dagestan raised in Ukraine and Germany. URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/sinelection/invisible-people LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:80f9d95931360d1aefc44bf70820491079ac1d6046fbe8e95b4c85192638bf15 DTSTAMP:20260128T111805Z DTSTART:20260208T170000Z DTEND:20260208T180000Z SUMMARY:Segudang Wajah Para Penantang Masa Depan DESCRIPTION:During the leadership of President Soeharto (1966-1998) under t he New Order government\, Indonesian Cinema brought forth important figure s that are still being discussed today. It was a period in which strict ce nsorship operated to regulate and maintain the narrative that may or may n ot appear on the screen. It was an era when the opposition could only be r epresented through the perspective of the New Order regime itself\, to con serve the danger of a latent\, spectral enemy. Segudang Wajah Para Penanta ng Masa Depan asks: can cinema represent the faith of its own era? Can cin ema speak about what should not be expressed or has not been expressed? URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/yukitanonton-celebrating-the-life-and-w ork-of-yuki-aditya/segudang-wajah-para-penantang-masa-depan-2 LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:cb629e394078fbf112b53be82718c51e5d01d6fb169ca134048cde0e5949610b DTSTAMP:20260203T111428Z DTSTART:20260219T170000Z DTEND:20260219T180000Z SUMMARY:The Watermelon Woman DESCRIPTION:In this riotous highlight of Black lesbian cinema\, a young fil mmaker researches the life of a forgotten Black bit player in old Hollywoo d movies. The film won the Teddy Award for Best Feature Film at the 1996 B erlinale.  URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/berlinale-goes-kiez/berlinale-goes-kiez -2026-1 LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:9f73159bc67f78911aea38ca05f22b700cb023d7e037138e0bbd7aac44c92fbd DTSTAMP:20260203T112016Z DTSTART:20260219T200000Z DTEND:20260219T210000Z SUMMARY:Filipiñana DESCRIPTION:New girl Isabel is strangely drawn to Dr. Palanca\, president o f the country club where she works. As she pieces together a violent pictu re of what lies beneath the club’s pristine surfaces\, she realises that they are both connected by a sinister shared history.  URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/berlinale-goes-kiez/berlinale-goes-kiez -2026-2 LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:d155b7bd2632745934eec57fdf645f5485fd57a3de9ba6bdf70039e3b6416bb2 DTSTAMP:20260207T184933Z DTSTART:20260222T163000Z DTEND:20260222T173000Z SUMMARY:Schwarze Früchte: DESCRIPTION:As part of Black History Month\, we warmly invite you to a join t screening of the final two episodes of the series Schwarze Früchte foll owed by a conversation with Lamin Leroy Gibba and David Ụzọchukwu. The evening will be moderated by Thelma Buabeng.\n\nSchwarze Früchte tells t he story of Lalo: Black\, queer\, mid-twenties—and caught in a moment of stumbling. After the unexpected death of his father\, everything becomes unsteady. Navigating grief\, overwhelm\, and the attempt to simply keep go ing\, Lalo makes decisions that challenge him and those around him. The se ries portrays Black queer life in all its contradictions\, vulnerability\, and strength—beyond stereotypes and close to the reality of many of us. \n\nTogether we will watch the final two episodes and then enter into a co nversation: about grief and desire\, about self-preservation and self-aban donment\, about Black storytelling within the German film and series lands cape—and about what it means to write our own stories and make them visi ble.\n\nThis evening is intended as a shared space: for watching\, reflect ing\, sharing\, questioning\, and exchanging. Black perspectives are cente red\, and community voices are explicitly welcome.\n\nLamin Leroy Gibba is an actor\, author and producer. His award-winning short film Hundefreund was nominated for a Lola and screened at the Tribeca Film Festival\, among others. His series Schwarze Früchte is currently running on ARD Mediathe k. He completed his studies at The New School University in New York.\n\nD avid Ụzọchukwu is an Austrian–Nigerian art photographer with a focus on portrait photography who lives and works in Brussels and Berlin.\n\nTh elma Buabeng is a German actor\, comedian and TV moderator.  URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/black-history-month/schwarze-fruchte LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:5eb31067a0153d5e4b4532175b1426fcacf770b236a197f76fe3129df6cdd153 DTSTAMP:20260220T103427Z DTSTART:20260301T190000Z DTEND:20260301T200000Z SUMMARY:Llueve sobre Babel (Rains Over Babel) DESCRIPTION:Before the screening performance by ShayaScreening followed by a salsa listening session with Rodo Le Fou\n\nThe fate of Cali's soulless undead rests on a single\, flawless performance by the salsa superstar El Callagüeso at Babel\, a legendary underground club. Their souls are held in seclusion by La Flaca\, a ruthless soul gambler\, and her servant\, Dan te. In a desperate\, Dantesque race against time\, Uma and Timbí scour th e city’s brothels\, as if they were navigating circles of hell\, to find the elusive superstar.Meanwhile\, the debut drag performance of Jacob\, s on of a renowned pastor\, threatens to derail El Callagüeso’s crucial s how. In this quest\, the queer\, the esoteric\, the supernatural\, the joy \, the optimism and the fantastic converge into one ultimate stage perform ance\, a spectacle that will decide the destiny of all of their queer soul s. This fantastic journey through Cali’s fictional underworld will be fo llowed by a special salsa listening session.\n\nGalo E. Rivera (they/he) i s a scientist and cultural worker with an identity constantly under constr uction. Galo is a project manager at SİNEMA TRANSTOPIA.Shaya (he/him) is a two-spirit multidisciplinary artist from Guayaquil\, Ecuador whose artis try roots origin from within the Berlin Ballroom Scene. Recently\, he’s been experimenting on their drag under the influence and guidance of House of Living Colors. Known for his dramatic statements as well as MCing and Choreography\, Shaya is ready to show the fusion between the drag world an d the ballroom scene from the perspective of an Indigenous Queer perspecti ve.Rodo Le Fou is a Colombian DJ and record collector based in Berlin with diverse musical tastes ranging from Congolese soukous and Colombian cumbi a and porro to salsa\, heavy metal and hip hop. This diversity is evident in all his musical projects. He is the co-founder of La Noche\, a collecti ve that has been organising Afro-Latin concerts and parties in Berlin for over three years. He also co-organises the Aviatrix listening sessions and plays in the Berlin salsa band Cayeye. URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/topias/llueve-sobre-babel-rains-over-ba bel LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:9609dc11cacd09771aaec24a65a6dd30ec11bd1c8aeafe4ae66fe803df781b11 DTSTAMP:20260220T124458Z DTSTART:20260304T200000Z DTEND:20260304T210000Z SUMMARY:Air Mata Buaya DESCRIPTION:Rural West Java: Johan and his overbearing mother\, Mama\, live on a decaying\, rarely visited crocodile farm. The relentless labour and near-total isolation keep Johan firmly under his mother’s suffocating co ntrol. When an outsider enters Johan’s life\, the fragile equilibrium be tween them begins to fracture. Taut and unnerving\, this slow-burning susp ense thriller from debut filmmaker Tumpal Tampubolon explores the blurred line between care and cruelty. At what point does the balance of love tip from protective to predatory? URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/sinelection/crocodile-tears LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ad8cf5287aa1455a6287caa058ac4c22272446e4a60551b9c5a08896789328b4 DTSTAMP:20260220T124600Z DTSTART:20260305T200000Z DTEND:20260305T210000Z SUMMARY:ხმელი ფოთოლი DESCRIPTION:Shot entirely on a 2008 Sony Ericsson camera phone\, Dry Leaf i s a low resolution epic poem set in rural Georgia. It follows the story of Lisa\, a sports photographer who has mysteriously vanished leaving behind only a letter asking not to be found. Unable to accept this unresolved fa rewell\, her father\, Irakli\, and Lisa's enigmatic best friend\, Levani\, embark on a journey to find her.\n\nOn the way\, the deliberate technical limitation of the phone camera transforms the landscape into a digital im pressionist painting\, a machine dream where murky rivers\, glowing green grass\, and featureless black forests become hauntingly beautiful. The sea rch becomes a meditation on absence\, connection\, and perception\, as Ira kli tries to know his daughter by seeing the world through her eyes. A mes merizing invitation to find meaning in the imperfect and the unknown. (Bet han Hughes) URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/sinelection/khmeli-fotoli LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:370d399d9c2e614f2ec0843c620ee7f15abe81bf997ea79409c9e0a899b09944 DTSTAMP:20260220T131636Z DTSTART:20260306T180000Z DTEND:20260306T190000Z SUMMARY:On Becoming a Guinea Fowl DESCRIPTION:“Do we question the corpse?” A line uttered during a Zambia n family funeral sets the tone for Rungano Nyoni’s darkly incisive explo ration of silence\, denial\, and complicity. When Shula discovers her uncl e’s body on a deserted road\, the family gathers to mourn\, observe trad ition\, and protect appearances. As rituals unfold\, the film slowly revea ls how grief becomes performance\, and how collective refusal to speak shi elds long-buried harm.\n\nBalancing deadpan humor with emotional precision \, Nyoni turns the funeral into a pressure chamber where generational trau ma and patriarchal authority quietly collide. The film exposes how cultura l norms can demand obedience over truth\, and how the unspoken can become a form of violence. Unsettling\, funny\, and deeply humane\, On Becoming a Guinea Fowl examines what it costs to keep the peace and what it takes to finally break the silence. (Bethan Hughes) URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/sinelection/on-becoming-a-guinea-fowl-1 LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:0a9171e5a5fe2017c457f5dbc64b49a9b50d0f3bc1b8169a9acae8738e917652 DTSTAMP:20260220T142338Z DTSTART:20260306T203000Z DTEND:20260306T213000Z SUMMARY:Air Mata Buaya DESCRIPTION:Rural West Java: Johan and his overbearing mother\, Mama\, live on a decaying\, rarely visited crocodile farm. The relentless labour and near-total isolation keep Johan firmly under his mother’s suffocating co ntrol. When an outsider enters Johan’s life\, the fragile equilibrium be tween them begins to fracture. Taut and unnerving\, this slow-burning susp ense thriller from debut filmmaker Tumpal Tampubolon explores the blurred line between care and cruelty. At what point does the balance of love tip from protective to predatory? URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/sinelection/crocodile-tears LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:7997191a549f6f1331d07bf3bbb635d3174c477892645ebbf859bf531ab78af7 DTSTAMP:20260220T143348Z DTSTART:20260307T180000Z DTEND:20260307T190000Z SUMMARY:ဂျပန့် ရင်သွေး DESCRIPTION:Followed by a talk with Maung Okkar moderated by Lisabona Rahma n.\n\nTwo young Burmese pilots\, who also happen to be brothers\, visit Ja pan hoping to fulfil their long-held dream of completing a nonstop flight from Tokyo to Rangoon (present day Yangon). Upon their arrival\, the elder of the two falls in love with a Japanese woman named Emiko\, casting a sh adow over not only their flight plans but also the brothers’ relationshi p. Produced during the 1930s amid anti-colonial aspirations\, the film ref lects a moment when Burmese revolutionaries and artists sought alliances w ith global powers\, including Imperial Japan\, in resistance to British ru le. Once widely popular across Japan and Southeast Asia\, the film was lat er considered lost due to censorship and limited archival preservation in Myanmar. Rediscovered in the National Film Archive of Japan\, Daughters of Japan underwent restoration between 2018 and 2020 and was re-premiered 85 years after its original release. (Sarnt Utamachote)\n\nMaung Okkar is a film director and co-founder of Save Myanmar Film\, an organisation dedica ted to preserving Myanmar’s film heritage.\n\nLisabona Rahman is a film archivist and programmer based in Berlin. URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/the-past-is-not-another-country/gyapnat -yainthwe LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:44a4fa06079cdbc35c4555ce49cb5b91874f412329a2b55e0b117a4eb237bf5b DTSTAMP:20260220T162705Z DTSTART:20260307T203000Z DTEND:20260307T213000Z SUMMARY:Meeting Two Narcissi DESCRIPTION:Patpong NarcissusOat Montien\, Thailand 2023\, 27 min. No dialo gue\n\nPink NarcissusJames Bidgood\, USA 1971\, 65 min. No dialogue\n\nNew ly restored in 4K by the UCLA Film &\; Television Archive and Frameline \, Pink Narcissus is a landmark of the American queer cinema canon that ha s inspired generations of filmmakers worldwide. The film follows the dream like visions of a male sex worker in Manhattan who imagines himself in ela borate mythological scenarios\, falling in love with others and with himse lf.\n\nArtist Oat Montien\, Tom of Finland’s first Southeast Asian resid ent artist\, created a companion work\, Patpong Narcissus\, relocating thi s figure to Bangkok’s Patpong district\, long associated with nightlife and sex work\, particularly since the American military presence in Thaila nd. Together\, these works reflect the dreams of gay sex workers—once im agined in Manhattan\, later reimagined in Patpong—shaped by desire\, lon ging\, and the pull between self-creation and self-destruction. (Sarnt Uta machote) URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/the-past-is-not-another-country/meeting -two-narcissi LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:122e54fff06c011670d7a32206914a3bb288aff583ae2e634de6778a6b0b15d5 DTSTAMP:20260220T164344Z DTSTART:20260308T180000Z DTEND:20260308T190000Z SUMMARY:เทพธิดาบาร์21 DESCRIPTION:Starting with a game with the clients\, hosted by Ban Ying\, Be rlin's shelter house and consultant center for women (and transwomen) who have faced human-trafficking. \n\nBar 21 tells the story of Linda\, a na ïve bar hostess and sex worker from Bangkok searching for love and accept ance. After being rejected by her exploitative boyfriend\, she becomes a k ey witness to a murder and is pressured to choose between implicating thos e who have helped her or allowing the murderer to go free in exchange for the promise of a better life. Adapted from Jean-Paul Sartre’s 1946 play The Respectful Prostitute\, this Thai musical film draws visual inspiratio n from Bob Fosse’s Cabaret\, reimagining its iconic MC within a Bangkok nightclub during the American Cold War era. \n\nAccompanied by a game act ivity hosted by Ban Ying\, the screening invites reflection on sex work\, migration\, and dreams of a better life\, encouraging us to recognise aspe cts of Linda’s story within our own experiences. (Sarnt Utamachote) URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/the-past-is-not-another-country/21 LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:c95612e3a6c7dfdee5175bfa1d68b1e10e3716892a811f2ab3202e24b2176574 DTSTAMP:20260220T164500Z DTSTART:20260311T200000Z DTEND:20260311T210000Z SUMMARY:On Becoming a Guinea Fowl DESCRIPTION:“Do we question the corpse?” A line uttered during a Zambia n family funeral sets the tone for Rungano Nyoni’s darkly incisive explo ration of silence\, denial\, and complicity. When Shula discovers her uncl e’s body on a deserted road\, the family gathers to mourn\, observe trad ition\, and protect appearances. As rituals unfold\, the film slowly revea ls how grief becomes performance\, and how collective refusal to speak shi elds long-buried harm.\n\nBalancing deadpan humor with emotional precision \, Nyoni turns the funeral into a pressure chamber where generational trau ma and patriarchal authority quietly collide. The film exposes how cultura l norms can demand obedience over truth\, and how the unspoken can become a form of violence. Unsettling\, funny\, and deeply humane\, On Becoming a Guinea Fowl examines what it costs to keep the peace and what it takes to finally break the silence. (Bethan Hughes) URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/sinelection/on-becoming-a-guinea-fowl-1 LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:92bbf2a41dc8a1fd08ed6a82d2f76a7ec8ccda107ecaa1d15007fe4c1ba04676 DTSTAMP:20260220T165956Z DTSTART:20260312T180000Z DTEND:20260312T190000Z SUMMARY:只有一个地球 DESCRIPTION:Introduced by Dr. Siqi Tu. \n\nFollowed by a talk with Chen Ju e 陈爵 &\; Kuang Yang 邝杨\n\nA pioneering four-part environmental documentary series produced by CCTV that did not pass censorship and has n ever screened publicly. Only One Earth approaches ecological crisis throug h an experimental\, essayistic lens shaped by the concerns of reform-era C hinese intellectuals. It confronts the toll of global industrialization us ing literary\, academic\, and archival materials alongside a visual style influenced by experimental cinema. \n\nSiqi Tu（屠思齐) vis a Chinese sociologist at the Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology\, where h er research focuses on social inequality\, work\, and everyday governance in contemporary China. Through long-term fieldwork\, she examines how inst itutional change is experienced at the level of households\, communities\, and ordinary lives.\n\nChen Jue ( 陈爵) spent his career working at Chi na Central Television (CCTV)\, where he directed documentaries that explor ed social change during the reform era. From environmental damage to educa tion\, migration\, and daily work\, his films show how political and econo mic shifts shape ordinary lives in China\, sometimes in ways that proved d ifficult to broadcast.\n\nKuang Yang (邝杨) is a Chinese sociologist tra ined at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences and the key intellectual fo rce behind the SWYC group’s documentary work in the late 1980s. He wrote the narration and collaborated on the screenplays for Only One Earth\, Ti ananmen\, and Notes from Beijing\, bringing social analysis into public te levision at a brief moment of institutional openness. URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/china-unseen-histories-unsettled-memori es/only-one-earth LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:34d411a9f267c4e49859c0fab2a509a1cc097cc41ca14eb4f540a87ba6f2e9a3 DTSTAMP:20260220T170724Z DTSTART:20260312T200000Z DTEND:20260312T210000Z SUMMARY:我毕业了 DESCRIPTION:Introduced by Dr.  Siqi Tu.\n\nFollowed by a talk with Shi Jia n 时间\n\nAn independent documentary produced by filmmakers employed wit hin the state television system. It offers a rare portrait of Beijing’s university students almost three years after June 4th\, making them the fi nal cohort to have experienced the events of 1989. The students candidly r eflect on love\, sex\, careers\, emigration\, and the political rupture th at shaped their emotional lives. \n\nSiqi Tu (屠思齐)is a Chinese soci ologist at the Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology\, where her re search focuses on social inequality\, work\, and everyday governance in co ntemporary China. Through long-term fieldwork\, she examines how instituti onal change is experienced at the level of households\, communities\, and ordinary lives.\n\nShi Jian (时间) is a documentary filmmaker\, editor\, and producer who worked for decades within state television\, while repea tedly testing its limits. After co-directing works such as Tiananmen (1991 ) and I Have Graduated\, he returned to independent filmmaking following h is retirement in 2021\, most recently completing My Grandfather Liu Wencai (2023). URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/china-unseen-histories-unsettled-memori es/i-have-graduated LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6b462c7ed951d79ae865db6058b7657d8098f63451d6e00f611c74e2d370a847 DTSTAMP:20260220T174829Z DTSTART:20260313T180000Z DTEND:20260313T190000Z SUMMARY:天安门 DESCRIPTION:Part 1: The Old City\, 56 min.Part 2: Residences\, 51 min.\n\nI ntroduced by Ian Johnson. Followed by a talk with Shi Jian 时间 and Chen Jue 陈爵.\n\nEight-part documentary by China Central Television (CCTV) filmed in the late 1980s with a planned air date of National Day\, October 1\, 1989. Canceled after the June 4th Tiananmen crackdown\, co-directors Shi Jian and Chen Jue completed the films independently\, but their effort s to screen it were blocked because of the film's human-scale history and pluralism challenges state-led triumphalism. Parts 1 and 2 discuss survivo rs of the imperial era and its erasure by the state\; and everyday surviva l in China's phase of capitalist-style reform.\n\nIan Johnson\, founder\, China Unofficial Archives. Johnson is a Pulitzer Prize-winning author who has written three books on China\, including Sparks: China's Unofficial Hi storians and The Battle for the Future. He  is currently pursuing a PhD i n Sinology at Leipzig University.\n\nShi Jian (时间) is a documentary fi lmmaker\, editor\, and producer who worked for decades within state televi sion\, while repeatedly testing its limits. After co-directing works such as Tiananmen (1991) and I Have Graduated\, he returned to independent film making following his retirement in 2021\, most recently completing My Gran dfather Liu Wencai (2023).\n\nChen Jue ( 陈爵) spent his career working at China Central Television (CCTV)\, where he directed documentaries that explored social change during the reform era. From environmental damage to education\, migration\, and daily work\, his films show how political and economic shifts shape ordinary lives in China\, sometimes in ways that pr oved difficult to broadcast. URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/china-unseen-histories-unsettled-memori es/tiananmen-parts-1-2 LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:9ad9e41e62d6d90101639e0e7e864fb5be527b01f014b9e6a7af9ccdd318b3b2 DTSTAMP:20260220T175421Z DTSTART:20260313T203000Z DTEND:20260313T213000Z SUMMARY:天安门 DESCRIPTION:Part 3: On the Street\, 52 min.Part 4: On Stage\, 54 min.Part 5 : Going Places\, 48 min.\n\nFollowed by a talk with Shi Jian 时间 and Ch en Jue 陈爵.\n\nEight-part documentary by China Central Television (CCTV ) filmed in the late 1980s with a planned air date of National Day\, Octob er 1\, 1989. Canceled after the June 4th Tiananmen crackdown\, co-director s Shi Jian and Chen Jue completed the films independently. Parts 3\, 4\, and 5 discuss the informal economy and marginal lives\; the beginnings of avant-garde culture\; mobility\, travel\, and dislocation. \n\nShi Jian ( 时间) is a documentary filmmaker\, editor\, and producer who worked for decades within state television\, while repeatedly testing its limits. Aft er co-directing works such as Tiananmen (1991) and I Have Graduated\, he r eturned to independent filmmaking following his retirement in 2021\, most recently completing My Grandfather Liu Wencai (2023).\n\nChen Jue ( 陈爵 ) spent his career working at China Central Television (CCTV)\, where he d irected documentaries that explored social change during the reform era. F rom environmental damage to education\, migration\, and daily work\, his f ilms show how political and economic shifts shape ordinary lives in China\ , sometimes in ways that proved difficult to broadcast. URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/china-unseen-histories-unsettled-memori es/tiananmen-parts-3-4-5 LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:7dc9998f580f22ee6cf84feff7cea59f7f218202ffa525996f999325235f1fbb DTSTAMP:20260220T180025Z DTSTART:20260314T143000Z DTEND:20260314T153000Z SUMMARY:天安门 DESCRIPTION:Part 6: Guest Performers\, 48 min.Part 7: On the Way\, 50 min.P art 8: Memories\, 60 min.\n\nFollowed by a talk with Chen Jue 陈爵\, Shi Jian 时间 &\; Kuang Yang 邝杨\n\nEight-part documentary by China C entral Television (CCTV) filmed in the late 1980s with a planned air date of National Day\, October 1\, 1989. Canceled after the June 4th Tiananmen crackdown\, co-directors Shi Jian and Chen Jue completed the films indepen dently. Parts 6\, 7\, &\; 8 show intellectuals and artists as witnesse s rather than as state-approved authority figures\; the country in a state of permanent transition without a stable destination\; and the unresolved traumas of the Mao era.  \n\nShi Jian (时间) is a documentary filmmake r\, editor\, and producer who worked for decades within state television\, while repeatedly testing its limits. After co-directing works such as Tia nanmen (1991) and I Have Graduated\, he returned to independent filmmaking following his retirement in 2021\, most recently completing My Grandfathe r Liu Wencai (2023).\n\nChen Jue ( 陈爵) spent his career working at Chi na Central Television (CCTV)\, where he directed documentaries that explor ed social change during the reform era. From environmental damage to educa tion\, migration\, and daily work\, his films show how political and econo mic shifts shape ordinary lives in China\, sometimes in ways that proved d ifficult to broadcast.\n\nKuang Yang (邝杨) is a Chinese sociologist tra ined at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences and the key intellectual fo rce behind the SWYC group’s documentary work in the late 1980s. He wrote the narration and collaborated on the screenplays for Only One Earth\, Ti ananmen\, and Notes from Beijing\, bringing social analysis into public te levision at a brief moment of institutional openness. URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/china-unseen-histories-unsettled-memori es/tiananmen-parts-6-7-8 LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:69b0cf8e6fd751a09c7e45badf10a04e181bb5d9d93d361dd0bc6429bf2fbca2 DTSTAMP:20260220T180441Z DTSTART:20260314T180000Z DTEND:20260314T190000Z SUMMARY:Unseen Histories\, Unsettled Memories: DESCRIPTION:Ian Johnson in conversation with Biao Xiang and Sam C. Mac.\n\n A public discussion contextualizing the emergence of China’s New Documen tary movement\, the SWYC group\, and the historical\, institutional\, and ethical questions raised by the films in the program. \n\nXiang Biao（ 项飙) is a Chinese anthropologist at the Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology\, known for his work on migration\, mobility\, and social ch ange in contemporary China. Through long-term fieldwork and public engagem ent\, he examines how large political and economic systems shape everyday life\, aspiration\, and uncertainty.\n\nSam C. Mac is an independent film curator based in Cambridge\, Massachusetts. He was a film and music critic for over 15 years and has written extensively about mainland Chinese film . He now works at Harvard University.  URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/china-unseen-histories-unsettled-memori es/unseen-histories-unsettled-memories LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8d5f1a6080086628ff26dca1948c27c42f42d704deb3017a63c23121d1f6b766 DTSTAMP:20260220T180809Z DTSTART:20260314T203000Z DTEND:20260314T213000Z SUMMARY:工读生 DESCRIPTION:Followed by a talk with Biao Xiang. \n\nFilmed with extraordin ary access at reform schools in Beijing\, it was produced for state televi sion but never aired and has never been unseen publicly until now. Rather than framing the students as problems in need of discipline and correction \, the filmmakers show how China’s youth have borne the brunt of the dam age caused by the Mao era and postsocialist society.\n\nXiang Biao（项 飙) is a Chinese anthropologist at the Max Planck Institute for Social An thropology\, known for his work on migration\, mobility\, and social chang e in contemporary China. Through long-term fieldwork and public engagement \, he examines how large political and economic systems shape everyday lif e\, aspiration\, and uncertainty. URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/china-unseen-histories-unsettled-memori es/reform-school-students LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:bfbd6492da15f62e5d576d2a4b9eb80481f81f59c1185b7359d322f19429c82a DTSTAMP:20260225T092435Z DTSTART:20260315T190000Z DTEND:20260315T200000Z SUMMARY:Fiume o morte! DESCRIPTION:SİNELECTION in collaboration with Documentary Association of E urope\n\nOn September 12\, 1919\, flamboyant poet\, dandy\, and preacher o f war\, Gabriele D’Annunzio\, led three hundred soldiers into the Adriat ic port of Fiume (now Rijeka) to claim it for Italy. During the bizarre 16 -month siege that followed\, his team of photographers captured over 10\,0 00 images. A century later\, filmmaker Igor Bezinović and hundreds of cit izens stage a direct-action history lesson about the occupation. This coll ective act revives the facts and myths of the event\, creating a social co unter-narrative to D’Annunzio’s nationalist project. The resulting fil m is a surreal punk journey that dissects and transforms the performance a nd propaganda of the siege. Poetry\, dynamite\, cocaine\, machine guns\, f lying furniture\, concerts\, prisons\, and political theater: Fiume o mort e! deftly shows how the ghastly political showmanship of our age is indeed nothing new.\n\nDocumentary Association of Europe\, founded in 2020\,is a 900-member strong network supporting documentary filmmakers and workers i nside and outside of Europe. We support collaboration\, curation and resou rce-sharing\; and lobby for the best conditions for documentary education\ , financing and distribution. URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/sinelection/fiume-o-morte LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:39157d99ed29c05d1779ee09ee215ac5833165206850041749cab59cce506672 DTSTAMP:20260225T093204Z DTSTART:20260325T200000Z DTEND:20260325T210000Z SUMMARY:مع حسن في غزّة DESCRIPTION:The preview on 25 March will be followed by a talk with Kamal A ljafari.\n\nConstructed from a personal archive of footage shot by directo r Kamal Aljafari in 2001 during the Second Intifada\, With Hasan in Gaza f ollows Aljafari's journey as he searches for a man he was once imprisoned with. Accompanied by Hasan\, the grainy\, intimate lens of a MiniDV camera captures the everyday rhythms\, conversations\, and spirit of Gazan life amidst a backdrop of conflict\, creating a rare cinematic snapshot of a sp ecific time and place. \n\nMore than a simple travelogue\, the film trans forms into a profound meditation on memory\, loss\, and preservation. By r ediscovering and assembling the footage decades later\, Aljafari engages i n an act of cinematic resistance and creates an homage to a Gaza that has since undergone profound erasure. A powerful testament to the people and s paces that endure in memory\, using the medium of film to restore their pr esence and assert their continued existence. (Bethan Hughes) URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/sinelection/maa-hsn-fy-ghz LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8de0b2dbc9b3eaf14815a1999d4927a12f60eb08a1536d303b0f1e2990d4e140 DTSTAMP:20260225T094438Z DTSTART:20260326T200000Z DTEND:20260326T210000Z SUMMARY:ผีใช้ได้ค่ะ DESCRIPTION:Love can return in unexpected forms: a gesture\, a song\, a fac e. Or\, as in the darkly funny directorial debut from Ratchapoom Boonbunch achoke\, a household appliance. After dying from the effects of air pollut ion\, Nat returns to her grieving husband March as a ghost inhabiting a va cuum cleaner. While March embraces this strange reunion\, his family\, who run an appliance factory\, struggle to accept this ghostly presence that quietly demands recognition as both partner and labourer.\n\nBalancing sur real humour with melancholic tenderness\, Boonbunchachoke’s debut featur e transforms the ghost story into a playful yet biting reflection on produ ctivity\, grief\, and belonging. As Nat attempts to prove herself as a “ useful” spirit\, the film drifts between the absurd and the domestic\, q uestioning systems that measure worth through function while imagining lov e that persists beyond the usual limits of body\, work\, and death. (Betha n Hughes) URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/sinelection/a-useful-ghost LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:1037fc6c445a3e0f6c7190c6ccc355af0241f25fb08726b441d59056b8b50f35 DTSTAMP:20260225T094534Z DTSTART:20260327T203000Z DTEND:20260327T213000Z SUMMARY:ผีใช้ได้ค่ะ DESCRIPTION:Love can return in unexpected forms: a gesture\, a song\, a fac e. Or\, as in the darkly funny directorial debut from Ratchapoom Boonbunch achoke\, a household appliance. After dying from the effects of air pollut ion\, Nat returns to her grieving husband March as a ghost inhabiting a va cuum cleaner. While March embraces this strange reunion\, his family\, who run an appliance factory\, struggle to accept this ghostly presence that quietly demands recognition as both partner and labourer.\n\nBalancing sur real humour with melancholic tenderness\, Boonbunchachoke’s debut featur e transforms the ghost story into a playful yet biting reflection on produ ctivity\, grief\, and belonging. As Nat attempts to prove herself as a “ useful” spirit\, the film drifts between the absurd and the domestic\, q uestioning systems that measure worth through function while imagining lov e that persists beyond the usual limits of body\, work\, and death. (Betha n Hughes) URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/sinelection/a-useful-ghost LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:956cbdbb7d3ef4189b011844277e14795d7fce490c7ddaad097da38fa852346c DTSTAMP:20260225T095320Z DTSTART:20260327T180000Z DTEND:20260327T190000Z SUMMARY:مع حسن في غزّة DESCRIPTION:The preview on 25 March will be followed by a talk with Kamal A ljafari.\n\nConstructed from a personal archive of footage shot by directo r Kamal Aljafari in 2001 during the Second Intifada\, With Hasan in Gaza f ollows Aljafari's journey as he searches for a man he was once imprisoned with. Accompanied by Hasan\, the grainy\, intimate lens of a MiniDV camera captures the everyday rhythms\, conversations\, and spirit of Gazan life amidst a backdrop of conflict\, creating a rare cinematic snapshot of a sp ecific time and place. \n\nMore than a simple travelogue\, the film trans forms into a profound meditation on memory\, loss\, and preservation. By r ediscovering and assembling the footage decades later\, Aljafari engages i n an act of cinematic resistance and creates an homage to a Gaza that has since undergone profound erasure. A powerful testament to the people and s paces that endure in memory\, using the medium of film to restore their pr esence and assert their continued existence. (Bethan Hughes) URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/sinelection/maa-hsn-fy-ghz LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:512f23a9042be65008fbfb1af142b20053cd61b7785032c55660f86fd73d81de DTSTAMP:20260225T112454Z DTSTART:20260329T123000Z DTEND:20260329T133000Z SUMMARY:Lines of Control Workshop DESCRIPTION:Contemporary films from South Asia are usually associated with certain markers: colourful\, loud\, over-the-top\, song-and-dance routines \, action\, drama\, and romance. That is true to a certain extent\, especi ally if one were to look at Bollywood or Kollywood in the North and South of India respectively. Yet war films carry those markers too: soldiers are born entertainers\, they can sing and dance and fight and thus become per fect vessels for state propaganda.\n\nIn his SİNEMAplural project Lines o f Control\, Schayan Riaz invites participants to critically engage with wa r films and the idea that in South Asia\, war films aren’t necessarily a nti-war\, but instead glorify the idea of dying for your country. Sharing examples from India and Pakistan in particular\, the first part of the pro ject is a workshop exploring propaganda in South Asian cinema: How is stat e propaganda subversively conveyed through ‘lighter’\, more entertaini ng fare? How as a viewer could one unmask it\, and is that even necessary? And how to write or speak about propaganda as a film critic in times of r ising authoritarianism?\n\nSchayan Riaz is a film critic and scholar from Berlin. His work has appeared in various publications such as the Berliner Zeitung\, Qantara\, VICE\, Dawn Pakistan and others. He is currently Mana ging Editor of the Berlin-based online magazine the Diasporist and is part icipating in the SİNEMAplural Film Mediation Fellowship at SİNEMA TRANST OPIA.\n\nThe workshop is free\, but please register online. Link URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/un-learning/sinema-plural/lines-of-cont rol-workshop LOCATION:\, END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8813d0444a19b1b2b5e2a0e9c001e9d59bc5dd99ffcc522309df032b3f5d01f8 DTSTAMP:20260225T114404Z DTSTART:20260329T180000Z DTEND:20260329T190000Z SUMMARY:Garm Hava DESCRIPTION:Followed by a Post-Screening Dinner with Mehfil. The ticket inc ludes both the film screening and the dinner afterwards.\n\nM. S. Sathyu\, India 1973\, 136 min. Hindi\, Urdu with English subtitles Introduced by D r. Salma Siddique.Curated by Schayan Riaz as part of the SINEMAplural fell owship\n\nGarm Hava (Hot Winds) is a landmark of South Asian cinema and on e of the most profound films on the Partition of India and Pakistan. Direc ted by M. S. Sathyu and starring Balraj Sahni\, it tells the story of Sali m Mirza\, a Muslim businessman who chooses to remain in post-Independence India\, even as his family migrates across the new border to Pakistan. The film quietly captures the lingering wounds and devastating trauma of Part ition by touching on themes like displacement\, loss and nationalism. It c ouldn’t be more topical in today’s climate of polarization and propaga nda.\n\nDr. Salma Siddique is research faculty at Humboldt Universität zu Berlin\, specializing in South Asian popular cinema\, Islamicate screen c ultures and immigrant media. She is the author of \"Evacuee Cinema: Bombay and Lahore in Partition Transit 1940-1960\". URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/un-learning/sinema-plural/garm-hava LOCATION:\, END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:80ae211b6e69d8ba4a0192c240bff46e2df3aaf2ebe4bebcc92aa99a6cfe14bd DTSTAMP:20260225T115056Z DTSTART:20260329T203000Z DTEND:20260329T213000Z SUMMARY:Lines of Control Post-Screening Dinner with Mehfil DESCRIPTION:To conclude the day\, stick around for a post-screening hangout in the Hane. There will be food and drinks provided by Mehfil\, and lots of opportunities for you to talk about the film. \n\nThe ticket includes both the film screening and the dinner afterwards. More info on the film s creening can be found here.\n\nMehfilis a community-rooted food initiative grounded in South Asian culinary traditions\, shaped by the gentle interw eaving of other foodways and far-traveled ingredients. Inspired by evolvin g family recipes and diasporic kitchens\, Mehfil curates thoughtful dining experiences for contemporary gatherings. Each meal carries stories of res istance and remembrance — of preserving culture\, of adapting with care\ , of passing love from one table to the next.\n\nFor the event\, Mehfil pr esents a humble and inclusive menu centered around a nostalgic Pakistani s taple — a dish that feels like home.  URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/un-learning/sinema-plural/lines-of-cont rol-post-screening-dinner-with-mehfil LOCATION:\, END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:4f2f86f17f486af067db39895f0811510aabee85de8cdf53e9d8524ae46636b1 DTSTAMP:20260225T123913Z DTSTART:20260315T153000Z DTEND:20260315T163000Z SUMMARY:Creating Rooms of (Be)Longing Part II: DESCRIPTION:Participation in the film screening and talk is free of charge.  \n\nThe space is open to everyone who wishes to engage respectfully\, li sten to one another\, learn\, and participate in the conversation with car e. At the same time\, the discussion centers BIPoC experiences and narrati ves\,with a particular focus on W/FLINTA* perspectives within these commun ities.\n\nEspecially in the German context\, there is still very little pu blic conversation around longing\, intimacy\, and self-determination from BIPoC perspectives. This space aims to contribute to making these conversa tions more visible and to developing language and shared understandings to gether.\n\nWith Aylin Derya Demirtaş\, Leyla Ercan\, Letícia Milano\n\nI n the second installment of Creating Rooms of (Be)Longing\, you are invite d to enter a shared space of reflection and think with us about a differen t understanding of belonging. \n\nAfter an introduction\, we will screen Leonor Will Never Die. Playful and self-reflexive\, this genre-bending Com ing-of-(Older)-Age story is about reclaiming authorship and reshaping one ’s narrative from within. \n\nAfterwards\, together with Leyla Ercan\, Letícia Milano and SİNEMAplural Fellow Aylin Demirtaş\, we ask:How are belonging and longing told through film? What narrative and aesthetic stra tegies make complex (post)migrant W/FLINTA* stories visible? How can we mo ve beyond trauma-centered storytelling? What do you long for –in film an d in real life? How can we not only find belonging\, but create it? (Aylin Derya Demirtaş)\n\nYou can follow us on Instagram @inbetweenhabitats for more info as well!\n\n-\n\nLeonor Will Never Die Martika Ramirez Escobar\ , Philippines\, 2022\, 99 min. Filipino\, Tagalog with English subtitles\n \nLeonor Reyes war einst eine wegweisende Figur der philippinischen Filmin dustrie während der wilden Glanzzeiten des improvisierten Actionkinos. He ute jedoch kämpft sie mit dem Älterwerden\, wachsenden Rechnungen und de m frühen Tod ihres Sohnes. Als sie ein unvollendetes Drehbuch über einen furchtlosen Protagonisten wieder aufgreift\, der den Mord an seinem Brude r rächen will\, wird Leonor von einem herabfallenden Fernseher am Kopf ge troffen und fällt ins Koma. Während sie bewusstlos im Krankenhaus liegt\ , beginnen Fantasie und Realität zu verschwimmen: Leonor findet sich plö tzlich in ihrem eigenen Drehbuch wieder – und wird zur Heldin ihrer eige nen Geschichte.\n\nMit seiner innovativen Mischung aus pulpigem Actionkino \, verspieltem Humor und berührendem Familiendrama ist Leonor Will Never Die eine wunderbar einfallsreiche Hommage an die Kunst des Filmemachens.\n \n-\n\nLetícia Milano is a dramaturg and writer. With expertise in divers ity\, inclusion\, and anti-discrimination\, she develops film\, series\, a nd audio projects centered on characters from marginalized communities and diverse narrative forms.\n\nLeyla Ercan works as a cultural consultant an d speaker specialising in diversity\, inclusion\, change\, and critical cu ltural practices in cultural institutions. She previously served as Divers ity Agent at the Nds. Staatstheater Hannover\, working across programs\, a udience\, and staff.\n\nAylin Derya Demirtaş is a literature and cultural studies scholar working across film and participatory practice. Her work explores new narratives\, focusing on how belonging can be actively shaped . As a Fellow at SİNEMAplural\, SİNEMA TRANSTOPIA\, she develops dialogi cal film and workshop formats. URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/un-learning/sinema-plural/creating-room s-of-belonging-part-ii LOCATION:\, END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:1f865cdf459450ac8793026f37c9d4f4072302ad240de14ba7329f3b63106844 DTSTAMP:20260225T125839Z DTSTART:20260318T190000Z DTEND:20260318T200000Z SUMMARY:Mediha DESCRIPTION:Curated by Somar Jbawi\n\nThe award-winning documentary Mediha by Hasan Oswald provides the starting point for exploring questions of sur vival\, authorship\, and documentary ethics. We are excited to follow the screening with a talk featuring Hasan Oswald and Mediha Ibrahim\, moderate d by Afsun Moshiry. \n\nMediha tells the story of Mediha Ibrahim Alhamad\ , a Yazidi woman who\, at the age of ten\, was abducted during ISIS’s 20 14 assault on Sinjar and subjected to years of sexual enslavement. Years a fter her escape\, Mediha begins to document her own story—through video diaries\, return visits to sites of captivity\, and reflections on the tra ces of violence she endured. (The Goethe-Institut in Exile)\n\nThe Goethe- Institut is Germany’s international cultural institute\, promoting globa l cultural exchange and German language learning. Through worldwide partne rships\, it connects artists\, ideas\, and communities across borders.\n\n Hasan Oswald is an award-winning documentary film director. His debut High er Love won the Slamdance 2020 Grand Jury Award\, and his 2023 project Med iha on the Yazidi genocide premiered at DOC NYC 2023 in the US Competition .\n\nMediha Alhamad is a Yazidi survivor of ISIS whose story is the subjec t of the award-winning documentary Mediha (2023)\, directed by filmmaker H asan Oswald. \n\nAfsun Moshiry is a Shiraz-born\, Mannheim-raised film cu rator\, programmer\, and creative producer currently based in Berlin. She is part of the Berlinale Forum team and curates programmes for Sinema Tran stopia.\n\nSomar Jbawi is a Syrian filmmaker\, curator and activist as wel l as the founder and director of the Film Festival in Exile (2015).  URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/common-visions-berlin/mediha LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:66d7dd2bd75e76feb8a6cef51924066f98dbc11206a37bb268abc3539d06accf DTSTAMP:20260225T130211Z DTSTART:20260319T200000Z DTEND:20260319T210000Z SUMMARY:Air Mata Buaya DESCRIPTION:Rural West Java: Johan and his overbearing mother\, Mama\, live on a decaying\, rarely visited crocodile farm. The relentless labour and near-total isolation keep Johan firmly under his mother’s suffocating co ntrol. When an outsider enters Johan’s life\, the fragile equilibrium be tween them begins to fracture. Taut and unnerving\, this slow-burning susp ense thriller from debut filmmaker Tumpal Tampubolon explores the blurred line between care and cruelty. At what point does the balance of love tip from protective to predatory? URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/sinelection/crocodile-tears LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:861204fd9b13d4c001a3681be4b03f5c7888520bd0d086f64319d4e5f0ce8744 DTSTAMP:20260225T131343Z DTSTART:20260320T160000Z DTEND:20260320T170000Z SUMMARY:̶D̶r̶a̶g̶\,̶ ̶D̶r̶e̶a̶m̶s̶ ̶&̶ ̶D̶o̶i̶n̶g̶ ̶I ̶t̶ ̶T̶o̶g̶e̶t̶h̶e̶r̶:̶ DESCRIPTION:Postponed – Date TBD\n\n“This workshop is not a lecture\, i t’s a shared experience!”–Prince EmrahIn this workshop\, Berlin-base d artist\, producer and community organizer Prince Emrah invites you into the joyful\, collaborative world behind drag and queer community-building.  Prince Emrah has created and produced numerous spaces for queer\, trans\ , migrant and refugee communities (Queerberg Collective\, Haram Nights\, B lack &\; Brown Cabaret\, WhOriental Festival\, Gayhane at SO36\, and Ho use of Namus in the Ruhrgebiet (NRW). Their work focuses on immigrant quee r dance\, drag\, performance\, music and art\, always rooted in community\ , care and collective creativity.This workshop is designed as an easy\, op en and playful introduction into queer community organising. In small grou ps\, participants will develop their own event concepts which will culmina te in a DIY showcase.No professional experience in drag\, performance or e vent-making is needed — just curiosity and openness! (Prince Emrah)\n\nW orkshop: 5€Film Screening &\; QueerBerg Cabaret: 15€ URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/hane-salon/drag-dreams-doing-it-togethe r-a-community-building-workshop-by-prince-emrah LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:2cca0cce26904578536859203d6be9eeacd93970208312dff13dbc812c0fd512 DTSTAMP:20260225T132017Z DTSTART:20260320T200000Z DTEND:20260320T210000Z SUMMARY:Layla DESCRIPTION:Layla\, a talented but struggling British-Palestinian drag arti st living in London\, falls for a charismatic white promoter. This becomes the catalyst for a poignant and frequently hilarious reckoning: what does it cost to be seen\, and who must you become to be desired?\n\nMore than a simple romcom\, Layla explores the tensions between authenticity and ass imilation\, cultural inheritance and queer futurity\, and the politics of desire within a white-dominated LGBTQ+ scene. This is a film about the art of performance\, on stage and in life\, and the complexities of belonging . (Bethan Hughes)\n\nWorkshop: 5€Film Screening &\; QueerBerg Cabaret : 15€ URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/hane-salon/layla LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:f0dcbfc60d076253f2d3df04b9b04c94cd307a5c1eba551a4a5bcb1335ce4ea1 DTSTAMP:20260225T133110Z DTSTART:20260320T220000Z DTEND:20260320T230000Z SUMMARY:QueerBerg Collective Nowruz Cabaret: DESCRIPTION:Film Screening &\; QueerBerg Cabaret is one ticket!\n\nQueer Berg Collective return to SİNEMA TRANSTOPIA for Nowrouz celebrations with a twist: “At Nowrouz\, as spring’s renewal gathers us around the fire in light and warmth\, the davul — a powerful double-headed drum — and the zurna — a piercing double-reed wind instrument — come together as one of the oldest musical pairings of Anatolian and SWANA folk culture\, traditionally leading dances like Halay with hypnotic rhythm and soaring m elody.\n\nGet ready for a special evening where we celebrate coming togeth er hand in hand\, dancing through the night to the unmistakable sound of d avul and zurna. Queers deserve the most vibrant Nowruz celebration — ful l of fire\, music\, joy\, and community — and we are bringing exactly th at energy to the floor.” (Prince Emrah)\n\nbabykilla\, hailing from ista nbul\, is a kurdish drag queen and trans activist born to sabotage (with l ove). she is made of red roses and struggle for freedom. she sings and fli rts effortlessly\, feels all the feels\, and steals your heart with one gl ance.\n\nThe Golden Dick (aka Ali Razor) (he/him) SWANA\, Tehran-to-Temecu la\, So-Cal Boi is here to expose the absurdity of power\, privilege\, and patriarchy. Bringing you the spectrum of gender that entraps us\, interse ctional identities &\; the power of healing together\, GD will penetrat e your mind\, heart\, and soul.\n\nDalaa Alsham is a Syrian-Palestinian Dr ag Trans Bellydance performer and professional hair stylist who brings pur e stage magic wherever she appears. Blending the elegance of traditional o riental dance with modern flair\, Dalal creates performances that are both timeless and fresh.\n\nHer art is more than movement — it’s storytell ing. \n\nPrince Emrah is a Berlin-based multi-talent: belly dancer\, DJ\, host\, creator and curator whose performances blend traditional Middle Ea stern movement with queer club energy and powerful storytelling. With magn etic stage presence and rhythmic finesse\, Emrah transforms every space in to a celebration of culture\, glamour and community.\n\nQueerBerg Collecti ve Berlin is a BiPOC\, refugee collective for queer and trans* artists and performers. Founded by Prince Emrah in 2018\, QueerBerg provides a suppor t system for refugee artists – Black and Brown queers and trans* folks f rom Syria\, Malaysia\, Kurdistan\, Turkey\, Asia and many more – both on stage as well as in everyday challenges. URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/hane-salon/queerberg-collective-nowruz- cabaret LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ca9e3c4826d4c27aade998c20a4518a51d767ea4f9bef62f0df79f5a841a351b DTSTAMP:20260225T164034Z DTSTART:20260321T203000Z DTEND:20260321T213000Z SUMMARY:قاب‌هایی برای روز نو DESCRIPTION:Presented by Room for Doubt and Afsun Moshiry\n\nAt a time when television did not yet exist largely and cinema was a popular cultural sp ace\, Nowrouz traditionally marked a peak moment for collective film viewi ng. The two weeks of Nowrouz celebrations were among the most important pe riods for film exhibition\, and many films were deliberately released to c oincide with the New Year\, when audiences were most receptive and cinemas were at their fullest.\n\nIncreasing censorship and political control int errupted the organic development of Iranian cinema\, while the dominance o f post-revolutionary commercial productions reshaped the film culture that had before 1979 been shaped by popular entertainment cinema known as Film farsi. Over time\, the deep social and cultural significance of cinema dur ing Nowrouz faded\, and what had once been a shared ritual of reflection a nd collective imagination lost much of its public presence.\n\nWith the ev ent “FRAMES FOR A NEW DAY”\, we seek to reconnect with this history an d to revive the spirit of cinema as a collective experience on the first d ay of Nowrouz. The evening is conceived as a celebration of cinematic resi lience and of the enduring hope that persists despite repression\, violenc e\, and ongoing political trauma. It is an affirmation of societies that c ontinue to imagine\, to resist\, and to hold on to values\, refusing to le t freedom be erased.\n\nThis resilience finds a powerful parallel in the l ife and work of Nasser Taghvai\, whose cinema consistently stood firm in i ts ethical\, artistic\, and social convictions. Taghvai’s films embody a commitment to integrity. Unruled Paper offers a feminist perspective cent ered on a woman determined to become a writer. It speaks of persistence\, agency\, and moral courage at a time when writers and intellectuals were s ystematically targeted and killed during the chain murders. The protagonis t’s struggle echoes a broader collective one: the resolve of Iranian soc iety to remain faithful to its principles\, to continue speaking\, creatin g\, and standing up for deeply held beliefs despite repression.\n\nThe pro gramme continues in the foyer with a contribution by Room for Doubt: a per formance by Sin Seeni titled Alas for Freedom\, followed by a gathering ar ound poetry fragments selected by Ramona Rahimi coming together around a c eremonial Kurdish Nowruz fire\, a symbol of renewal\, resilience\, and col lective continuity in times of war. (Afsun Moshiry)\n\nAfsun Moshiry is a film curator\, programmer\, and creative producer born in Shiraz and raise d in Mannheim\, based in Berlin. She has curated film programs for the Ber liner Festspiele and the Akademie der Künste\, and was a permanent member of the selection committee at the Kassel Documentary Film and Video Festi val\, where she also headed the Dokfest Campus. Currently part of the Berl inale Forum team\, she also works as a producer at Road River Films and se rves as artistic director of Interfilm's Script Pitch &\; Lab. She is a lso part of the Cinema-ye Azad archive project.\n\nRoom For Doubt is a mob ile project space dedicated to contemporary arts\, artistic exchanges\, an d debates. Due to its nomadic nature\, Room For Doubt will organize variou s events such as open studios\, artist talks\, screenings\, and performanc es in multiple venues as an artist-run non-commercial collective. It aims at creating visibility and a network for creators and artists from the Glo bal South and marginally neglected communities without falling into the fr ames defined by the art institutions and funders with various agendas as a grassroots initiative by artists for artists.SIN SEENI is an Iranian mult idisciplinary artist living and working in Berlin. His work is often layer ed\, combining various forms of media. Language plays a crucial role in hi s art\, as he aims to communicate conceptual ideas through linguistic elem ents. In other words\, he seeks to engage with the Language and Art moveme nt\, connecting this significant theme to contemporary media and tools. So me of the language-focused aspects of his works give them a literary and l inguistic quality\, which transforms their function by distorting signs.\n \nRamona Rahimi studied German Literature and Philosophy and has a backgro und in socially engaged art. Her interests lie in multidisciplinary artist ic practices that explore how ideas move between different cultural and\, consequently\, political frameworks. She is particularly interested in how artistic approaches can create spaces for collectively rethinking and rec onnecting social values across diverse media.کاغذ بی‌خط  (Unrul ed Paper)Nasser Taghvai\, Iran\, 90 min. 2022\, Farsi with English subtitl es\n\nFollowed by a talk with Marzieh Vafamehr and Afsun Moshiry. Unruled Paper follows Roya\, a woman determined to become a writer while navigatin g the constraints of marriage\, domestic expectations\, and a society mark ed by intellectual repression. Set against the backdrop of the period of t he chain murders in Iran\, the film subtly reflects on creativity\, censor ship\, and the moral courage required to insist on one’s voice. Through an intimate\, feminist lens\, Taghvai portrays both personal and collectiv e resilience in a time of political pressure. (Afsun Moshiry)\n\nMarzieh V afamehr is an Iranian actress\, independent filmmaker\, and women’s righ ts activist based in Tehran. She was sentenced to one year in prison for h er role in My Tehran for Sale with her appearance without a headscarf\, a shaved head\, and scenes simulating alcohol consumption. The widow of dire ctor Nasser Taghvai\, Vafamehr has also directed several short films\, inc luding Nabat\, Wind – Ten Years Old\, and Hello\, Good Morning. Her case became emblematic of the pressures faced by artists in Iran and has been widely cited in discussions on artistic freedom and gender-based restricti ons in the country. URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/common-visions-berlin/noroz-pyroz LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:d0a00274545e4ec0747328acf0db84612fe34fbc0e4c7ceceb939f4e2ec391ff DTSTAMP:20260225T175344Z DTSTART:20260328T200000Z DTEND:20260328T210000Z SUMMARY:İÇ İÇE Presents Barish + Schnieke DESCRIPTION:İÇ İÇE Presents is a monthly series curated by İÇ İÇE F estival for New Anatolian Music for live music acts and listening sessions that centre sounds and stories from the Eastern Mediterranean and Anatoli a. Accompanied by a selection of delicious mezze plates and rakı\, expect an intimate space for exchange\, closeness\, sitting\, listening\, and st aying. For their first intervention\, İÇ İÇE invites Anatolian-Electro trio Schnieke and multitalented singer-songwriter Hanicso. (Bethan Hughes )\n\nBarish is an Istanbul-born\, Berlin-based bağlama artist who explore s the sonic possibilities of the instrument in dialogue with electronics\, rhythm\, and ambient textures. His music moves between tradition and expe rimentation\, shaped by his Turkish-Balkan roots and the contemporary soun dscapes of Berlin. Barish will be joined on stage by guest musicians from diverse musical backgrounds\, creating an open and evolving dialogue betwe en genres.\n\nSchnieke is a Berlin-based band crafting an electrifying ble nd of Anatolian melodies and contemporary electronic grooves—a sound the y call Anatolian Electro. Their music bridges cultures\, drawing inspirati on from Istanbul’s urban pulse while remaining rooted in Berlin’s vibr ant underground scene.\n\nİÇ İÇE\, which means \"intertwined\" or \"in terwoven\" in Turkish\, is the first and only diversely positioned festiva l for new Anatolian music in Germany.Tickets are 25€. Alongside the live music\, the ticket price also includes a selection of shared Mezze dishes . Drinks are sold separately. \n\nLimited tickets available. URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/hane-salon/ic-ice-presents-barish-schni eke LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:628ae17a50b598d50d3a3e12e69376888504da0a38505558a3496d24aad809c7 DTSTAMP:20260226T172546Z DTSTART:20260321T180000Z DTEND:20260321T190000Z SUMMARY:Congo Cinematic Times DESCRIPTION:Curated by Sammy Baloji and Rosa SpalivieroIn collaboration wit h KW Institute for Contemporary Art\n\nNsalaMickael-Sltan Mbanza\, Democra tic Republic of the Congo 2025\, 10 min. No dialog  \n\nMachiniFrank Muku nday and Tetshim\, Belgium\, Democratic Republic of the Congo 2019\, 10 mi n. French with English subtitles.\n\nTales from the SourceLéonard Pongo\, Belgium\, Democratic Republic of the Congo 2024\, 39 min. No dialog  \n\ nNuit Debout (Up at Night)Nelson Makengo\, Belgium\, Democratic Republic o f the Congo 2019\, 21 min. Lingala and French with English subtitles.\n\nI ntroduced by Sammy Baloji and Rosa Spaliviero.\n\nCongo Cinematic Times is a film screening curated by artist Sammy Baloji and film producer Rosa Sp aliviero. The films take as their starting point the Democratic Republic o f the Congo’s natural resource wealth\, the history of its extraction\, and its ongoing impact on local society and the environment. Many of the f ilms emerged from artist residencies at Picha\, an independent initiative based in Lubumbashi that supports artistic creation in the DRC and was co- founded in 2008 by Baloji\, Spaliviero\, and a collective of artists and c ultural practitioners.\n\nSammy Baloji (b. 1978\, DRC) is a multidisciplin ary artist who lives and works between Lubumbashi and Brussels.\n\nRosa Sp aliviero (b. 1981\, SEN) is a producer who supports innovative cinema with a strong social or political dimension. In 2017\, she co-founded Twenty N ine Studio &\; Production with Sammy Baloji. URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/kw-institute-for-contemporary-art/congo -cinematic-times LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:768c7c6f9a14b5ce7cc709548978c1c0e8f490247d348307d315cd03fe34f113 DTSTAMP:20260226T180448Z DTSTART:20260322T180000Z DTEND:20260322T190000Z SUMMARY:Internationalist Queer Pride Fundraiser DESCRIPTION:Followed by a fundraiser\, community dinner and DJ set.Screenin g 18:00Community Dinner 20:00DJ Set 21:00-23:00WarshaDania Bdeir\, France\ , Lebanon\, 2022\, 15 min. Arabic with English SubtitlesThis is BallroomJu ru and Vitã\, Brazil\, 2024\, 92 min. Portuguese with English subtitles\n \nDive into the electrifying world of Brazil's ballroom scene! In Rio de J aneiro City and its outskirts\, LGBTQ+ youth of color recreate Ballroom cu lture on their own terms. This upbeat tribute showcases a universe where L GBTQ+ and BIPOC communities defy repressive social constraints through cre ativity and style. 50 years after its inception in New York\, it is a port rait of the dramas\, the voguing performances\, and the art of shade. Meet Rio's key players in this sweaty\, delightfully unruly film that celebrat es movement and resistance. Rio is burning!Internationalist Queer Pride Be rlin stands for anticolonial\, antiracist and anticapitalist liberation. I QPB brings together individuals and collectives united in solidarity and s hared resistance against every system that exploits\, controls\, erases\, and disciplines our lives. We fight for a world free from oppression\, whe re sexualities\, desires\, gender expressions\, and identities exist witho ut fear\, shame or permission. Guided by this commitment\, we organise a r adical queer- and trans-led protest that brings our bodies\, voices and st ruggles into the streets to build collective power and demand real change. In the face of war\, hate and rising fascism\, we choose empathy\, care a nd revolutionary love\, determined not only to survive but to thrive and f lourish. Together\, we declare: “None of us are free until all of us are free!” (Internationalist Queer Pride Berlin) URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/common-visions-berlin/this-is-ballroom LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:682545e27ec8f0cc84ba58e6bfe5791a8ed0995238bd51e8fd25234dc67c7dc9 DTSTAMP:20260304T094742Z DTSTART:20260328T180000Z DTEND:20260328T190000Z SUMMARY:Young\, Black and Queer: The Early Works of Cheryl Dunye DESCRIPTION:JanineCheryl Dunye\, USA\, 1990\, 6 min. English with English s ubtitlesShe Don’t FadeCheryl Dunye\, USA\, 1991\, 23 min. English with E nglish subtitlesVanilla Sex Cheryl Dunye\, USA\, 1992\, 4 min. English wit h English subtitlesThe Potluck &\; The PassionCheryl Dunye\, USA\, 1993 \, 15 min. English with English subtitlesAn Untitled PortraitCheryl Dunye\ , USA\, 1993\, 8 min. English with English subtitlesGreetings from AfricaC heryl Dunye\, USA\, 1996\, 14 min. English with English subtitlesA screeni ng program that gathers the formative\, fearless early works of Cheryl Dun ye\, a pioneering voice in New Queer Cinema and director of the groundbrea king The Watermelon Woman. Through a blend of intimate autobiography\, sly fiction\, and playful documentary\, Dunye deftly excavates the intersecti ons of race\, sexuality\, and memory. With a DIY aesthetic and a wry\, per sonal lens\, she constructs and deconstructs identity\, history\, and desi re\, questioning who gets to tell stories and who remains in the archives. (Dalia Soliman) URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/retake/young-black-and-queer-the-early- works-of-cheryl-dunye-1-1 LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:25fc5b1b8fc25b485b94a387efc3938a5e4a1934762980daf599b0248b775a49 DTSTAMP:20260304T095003Z DTSTART:20260328T203000Z DTEND:20260328T213000Z SUMMARY:مع حسن في غزّة DESCRIPTION:The preview on 25 March will be followed by a talk with Kamal A ljafari.\n\nConstructed from a personal archive of footage shot by directo r Kamal Aljafari in 2001 during the Second Intifada\, With Hasan in Gaza f ollows Aljafari's journey as he searches for a man he was once imprisoned with. Accompanied by Hasan\, the grainy\, intimate lens of a MiniDV camera captures the everyday rhythms\, conversations\, and spirit of Gazan life amidst a backdrop of conflict\, creating a rare cinematic snapshot of a sp ecific time and place. \n\nMore than a simple travelogue\, the film trans forms into a profound meditation on memory\, loss\, and preservation. By r ediscovering and assembling the footage decades later\, Aljafari engages i n an act of cinematic resistance and creates an homage to a Gaza that has since undergone profound erasure. A powerful testament to the people and s paces that endure in memory\, using the medium of film to restore their pr esence and assert their continued existence. (Bethan Hughes) URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/sinelection/maa-hsn-fy-ghz LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6c70a84a36ebfcded6eb947143da120c0191ebd071ca8d414fd442d681de7e96 DTSTAMP:20260310T140923Z DTSTART:20260412T140000Z DTEND:20260412T150000Z SUMMARY:ALL YOU CAN READ DESCRIPTION:Curated by Josephine Apraku and Ozan Zakariya Keskinkılıç\n\ n“How does literature change when writing and reading take place at the kitchen table?” ask Josephine Apraku and Ozan Zakariya Keskinkılıç in the new reading series ALL YOU CAN READ. The curators invite guests to a meal at SINEMA TRANSTOPIA to discuss texts\, memories\, family influences\ , and political issues with their mouths full.\n\nFor the first edition\, they welcome authors Mely Kiyak and Mohamed Amjahid to the lunch table.\n\ nThe event is aimed at anyone who wants to understand literature as a livi ng\, sensory experience—and who is curious about what happens when write rs and readers come together to share a meal.\n\nALL YOU CAN READ moves li terature from the podium to the dining table—where it often originates i n the first place.\n\nThe table is set\, be our guests!\n\n---\n\nThe Berl in Senate Department for Culture and Social Cohesion supports all events i n the ALL YOU CAN READ reading series.\n\nJosephine Apraku is an African s tudies scholar\, author\, trainer and moderator based in Berlin.\n\nOzan Z akariya Keskinkılıç is a political scientist\, writer\, and poet based in Berlin. His debut novel “Hundesohn” (Suhrkamp\, 2025) moves through queer intimacy\, memory and religion — tracing how bodies\, desire\, an d language are shaped by rituals\, loss\, and love across shifting geograp hies.\n\nMohamed Amjahid is a freelance investigative journalist. His late st book\, “Alles nur Einzelfälle?”\, deals with the system behind pol ice violence. Prior to that\, Piper Verlag published his book “Let's tal k about Sex\, Habibi\,” which deals with love and desire between Casabla nca and Cairo.\n\nMely Kiyak is an author of books and theater texts. Her series “Gute Momente” appears in Zeit Online\, and she writes “Kiyak s Theater Kolumne” for the Gorki Theater. Her most recent publications w ith Hanser are “Frausein” (2020)\, “Werden sie uns mit FlixBus depor tieren?” (2022)\, and “Herr Kiyak dachte\, jetzt fängt der schöne Te il des Lebens an” (2024). URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/all-you-can-read/all-you-can-read LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:4bb0c927d42bfcd88d73af840f0ecba9c935223b2b7710f228be4b54e6f58699 DTSTAMP:20260312T201048Z DTSTART:20260328T100000Z DTEND:20260328T110000Z SUMMARY:Letters We Never Sent DESCRIPTION:Are you interested in movies and TV shows?\n\nWe’re offering a workshop on March 28 and April 5 where we’ll learn together how to dev elop stories and short screenplays. The theme will be family. The workshop is aimed at people with little or no prior experience who identify as que er\, lesbian\, gay\, bi\, inter\, non-binary\, or trans\, are up to 30 yea rs old\, and are eager to gain their first experiences. We especially want to invite people who are migrants or come from families with migration ba ckgrounds. \n\nWe are Sê Sabahat—an artist collective consisting of Ar el Orchidia Dewi\, Tansu Kayaalp\, and Zîlan Aca. Three queer and trans p eople of color whose diverse life experiences shape their artistic practic e and political activism. We are collaborating with screenwriter and filmm aker Raquel Dukpa. Interested in joining us? Then sign up by March 16!\n\n Registration link URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/un-learning/sinema-workshops/workshop-f ur-queers LOCATION:\, END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:af4692967a5c0c1f19c3d31c714688897a563d821988a52f7cf7ee89bac64487 DTSTAMP:20260312T201208Z DTSTART:20260405T100000Z DTEND:20260405T110000Z SUMMARY:Letters We Never Sent DESCRIPTION:Are you interested in movies and TV shows?\n\nWe’re offering a workshop on March 28 and April 5 where we’ll learn together how to dev elop stories and short screenplays. The theme will be family. The workshop is aimed at people with little or no prior experience who identify as que er\, lesbian\, gay\, bi\, inter\, non-binary\, or trans\, are up to 30 yea rs old\, and are eager to gain their first experiences. We especially want to invite people who are migrants or come from families with migration ba ckgrounds. \n\nWe are Sê Sabahat—an artist collective consisting of Ar el Orchidia Dewi\, Tansu Kayaalp\, and Zîlan Aca. Three queer and trans p eople of color whose diverse life experiences shape their artistic practic e and political activism. We are collaborating with screenwriter and filmm aker Raquel Dukpa. Interested in joining us? Then sign up by March 16!\n\n Registration link URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/un-learning/sinema-workshops/workshop-f ur-queers LOCATION:\, END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:056e1fac98740f00629c593b3ec03515498d623776d3dc79ea86f4a0c0acdc91 DTSTAMP:20260313T104521Z DTSTART:20260402T130000Z DTEND:20260402T140000Z SUMMARY:60 Seconds Wedding DESCRIPTION:With Destina Atasayar\, Daniel Beschareti and WIB e.V. (Wir im Brunnenviertel)In this multi-day workshop\, young people aged 15–21 will explore Berlin's Wedding district from their own perspective using the an alog 16mm Bolex camera. Following the tradition of the film diary\, we wil l shoot in a documentary style with subtle observations and a purposely re duced approach. We will approach analog filmmaking through hands-on experi ence with analog film\, joint viewing of film examples\, and a technical i ntroduction to the Bolex camera.\n\nThe workshop starts on April 2. (13:00 –18:00). In the following days\, a date will be arranged to shoot with t he 16mm Bolex camera in Wedding. On April 11. (13:00–17:30)\, we will vi ew the analog footage together as a 16mm print. We also plan a concluding screening with a celebratory closing on May 13. at SİNEMA TRANSTOPIA! (De stina Atasayar\, Daniel Beschareti)\n\nThe workshop is free of charge and limited to a maximum of 12 participants (ages 15–21). Participation ONLY with registration via: anmeldung@wib-jugend.de\n\nDestina Atasayar is an educator in historical-political\, cultural\, and film-pedagogical work wi th a focus on anti-discrimination and memory cultures. After completing he r Bachelor's degree in \"Visual Communication\" at the UdK Berlin\, she is currently studying for a Master's in \"Critical Diversity and Community S tudies\" at the ASH Berlin.\n\nDaniel Beschareti is a producer\, filmmaker \, and film educator from Berlin. After studying to become a teacher in Hi story and German in Berlin and Istanbul\, he is currently studying product ion at the German Film and Television Academy Berlin (dffb) and realizes n umerous 16mm film projects.\n\nWIB e.V. (Wir im Brunnenviertel) is a non-p rofit association based in Berlin's Wedding district\, founded in 2013 by and for young people who have experienced discrimination. As a migrant sel f-organization\, the association works in Berlin-Wedding and Neuruppin wit h diverse projects focused on empowerment\, equal opportunity\, and social participation. URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/un-learning/sinema-plural/60-seconds-we dding LOCATION:\, END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:bc48a406c03f5bb7ce5c68ff0839009384fcf25e6a16511f73d991a104a1fddc DTSTAMP:20260313T110916Z DTSTART:20260402T200000Z DTEND:20260402T210000Z SUMMARY:ผีใช้ได้ค่ะ DESCRIPTION:Love can return in unexpected forms: a gesture\, a song\, a fac e. Or\, as in the darkly funny directorial debut from Ratchapoom Boonbunch achoke\, a household appliance. After dying from the effects of air pollut ion\, Nat returns to her grieving husband March as a ghost inhabiting a va cuum cleaner. While March embraces this strange reunion\, his family\, who run an appliance factory\, struggle to accept this ghostly presence that quietly demands recognition as both partner and labourer.\n\nBalancing sur real humour with melancholic tenderness\, Boonbunchachoke’s debut featur e transforms the ghost story into a playful yet biting reflection on produ ctivity\, grief\, and belonging. As Nat attempts to prove herself as a “ useful” spirit\, the film drifts between the absurd and the domestic\, q uestioning systems that measure worth through function while imagining lov e that persists beyond the usual limits of body\, work\, and death. (Betha n Hughes) URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/sinelection/a-useful-ghost LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:f3b3ec8e511909dd82c829a7233e7d6fe7c372b896745e789a95c958eb3151a7 DTSTAMP:20260313T111714Z DTSTART:20260404T210000Z DTEND:20260404T220000Z SUMMARY:My Father’s Shadow DESCRIPTION:Set against the charged backdrop of Lagos in 1993\, My Father ’s Shadow follows two young brothers unexpectedly reunited with their es tranged father on a single day that carries the weight of both personal an d national uncertainty. British-Nigerian filmmaker Akinola Davies Jr. weav es intimacy and the rhythms of everyday life into a meditation on fatherho od\, memory\, and belonging\, allowing quiet moments to open onto broader social and political resonances.\n\nBlending tender observation with the t extured sounds and streets of Nigeria’s largest city\, the film reflects on how relationships are shaped by absence and presence\, personal histor ies and collective hopes. Premiering in the Un Certain Regard section at t he 2025 Cannes Film Festival to critical acclaim\, My Father’s Shadow ma rks Davies Jr. as a vital new voice in contemporary cinema. (Bethan Hughes ) URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/sinelection/my-fathers-shadow LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:9300623e0321c73b1d4a766fcfec495b932e1bdc642de73dc5df278c986005e9 DTSTAMP:20260313T113250Z DTSTART:20260404T140000Z DTEND:20260404T150000Z SUMMARY:Sirta Ereyga (The Secret of the Word) DESCRIPTION:With Idel Rasheed &\; Ibrahim HirsiSirta Ereyga (The Secret of the Word) is a workshop series exploring the synergy between Somali ora l poetry and cinema\, treating voice as a living archive. In Somali cultur e\, the spoken word is a vital tool for preserving history and collective memory\; this workshop examines how that tradition evolves within contempo rary storytelling.\n\nBy pairing selected poetry with archival film footag e from the 1980s\, the series illustrates how oral performance and cultura l transmission have adapted to visual media. Participants will analyze exa mples of Somali cinema to see how rhythm\, narration\, and silence functio n as extensions of spoken traditions rather than departures from them.\n\n Open to the public with no prior background required\, the workshop emphas izes active listening to understand how stories are shared across time. It creates a communal space to celebrate storytelling as an ever-evolving pr ocess. (Idel Rasheed)\n\nIdel Rasheed is a Berlin-based archivist\, curato r and founder of Waaberi Phone\, a digital platform and archive dedicated to the preservation of Somali arts and culture. Her work is rooted in cult ural memory and archival research\, utilizing archival imagery\, and sound to explore the continuity of Somali identity across generations. She is a lso a co-founder of Koor Archives\, a platform focused on the retrieval an d restitution of Somali materials.\n\nIbrahim Hirsi is a London-based writ er\, archivist\, and editor at Journal Gobanimo and co-founder of Koor Arc hives. His work appears in The Poetry Review\, Modern Poetry in Translatio n\, PBLJ\, and Before Them\, We (Flipped Eye\, 2022)\, and he is currently writing a monograph on the metre of southern Somali poetic forms.\n\nThe workshop is free. Sign up online by 28.03.2026.\n\nSign up form link URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/un-learning/sinema-plural/sirta-ereyga- the-secret-of-the-word-workshop LOCATION:\, END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:9f59731ed7d8410a2c162bceb383682162f067c099323237643e1514c70800c0 DTSTAMP:20260313T114306Z DTSTART:20260404T180000Z DTEND:20260404T190000Z SUMMARY:Sirta Ereyga (The Secret of the Word) DESCRIPTION:Curated by Idel Rasheed\n\nMr. AmbassadorWaseem Ibrahim\, Unite d States 2024\, 7 min. English\, Somali with English subtitles\n\nThe Vill age next to ParadiseMo Harawe\, Germany\, France\, Austria\, Somalia 2024\ , 133 min. Somali with English subtitles\n\nThis program begins with Wasee m Ibrahim’s documentary short Mr. Ambassador\, a poignant tribute to Osm an\, a DJ and filmmaker from the analog era. Before digital immediacy\, Os man’s world was built on magnetic tape and the \"frequency of a dream\" that never stopped playing. This intimate exploration of memory and sacrif ice sets the stage for Mo Harawe’s feature\, The Village Next to Paradis e\, which offers a visually striking portrait of a Somali family navigatin g daily survival and the quiet threat of drone warfare.\n\nTogether\, thes e films create a dialogue on how identity survives through both personal a rchives and collective tenacity. In an age of rapid displacement and digit al noise\, these works remind us that cinema remains a vital sanctuary for the soul’s persistence and the enduring power of the human spirit. (Ide l Rasheed)\n\nIdel Rasheed is a Berlin-based archivist\, curator and found er of Waaberi Phone\, a digital platform and archive dedicated to the pres ervation of Somali arts and culture. Her work is rooted in cultural memory and archival research\, utilizing archival imagery\, and sound to explore the continuity of Somali identity across generations. She is also a co-fo under of Koor Archives\, a platform focused on the retrieval and restituti on of Somali materials. URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/un-learning/sinema-plural/sirta-ereyga- the-secret-of-the-word LOCATION:\, END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:bfd34cb6299ad322dd1483ca4aee6b5bc2c187334e70b685b5fe65fbfc6e3b16 DTSTAMP:20260313T114718Z DTSTART:20260403T180000Z DTEND:20260403T190000Z SUMMARY:My Father’s Shadow DESCRIPTION:Set against the charged backdrop of Lagos in 1993\, My Father ’s Shadow follows two young brothers unexpectedly reunited with their es tranged father on a single day that carries the weight of both personal an d national uncertainty. British-Nigerian filmmaker Akinola Davies Jr. weav es intimacy and the rhythms of everyday life into a meditation on fatherho od\, memory\, and belonging\, allowing quiet moments to open onto broader social and political resonances.\n\nBlending tender observation with the t extured sounds and streets of Nigeria’s largest city\, the film reflects on how relationships are shaped by absence and presence\, personal histor ies and collective hopes. Premiering in the Un Certain Regard section at t he 2025 Cannes Film Festival to critical acclaim\, My Father’s Shadow ma rks Davies Jr. as a vital new voice in contemporary cinema. (Bethan Hughes ) URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/sinelection/my-fathers-shadow LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:cf828e961fc3df90ce0f34c712aaa10f61bf23e305794b14700cf3334d6a229a DTSTAMP:20260313T115538Z DTSTART:20260407T100000Z DTEND:20260407T110000Z SUMMARY:Wurzelkinder DESCRIPTION:With Jan Tsien Beller and Jeannette Vy Han Nguyen\n\nWhat are h eroes? And do they exist only in films and comics\, or in our everyday liv es too? In our families\, at school\, or among our friends? A closer look reveals: we all carry valuable stories within us\, stories often shaped by the challenges we face. But what superpowers do we already have\, and whi ch ones are still waiting to be discovered?\n\nIn this four-day workshop\, we'll watch animated short films and create a cut-out animation together about our own everyday heroes. And there's something special: all particip ants will receive a secret superpower\, passed on to us by seniors from Ea st Asian cultural backgrounds.\n\nIn this Easter holiday program for Asian -German youth\, the main focus is on having fun together and creating new hero films. In this space\, we want to encourage each other\, learn from a nd with one another\, and grow together.\n\nJan Tsien Beller (he/him) is a German-Korean actor\, educator\, and permanent company member at the Thea ter an der Parkaue – Junges Staatstheater Berlin.\n\nJeannette Vy Han Ng uyen (she/her) is a Vietnamese-German cultural educator (M.A.) and aspirin g communication designer (B.A.). Her work focuses on designing needs-orien ted educational offerings and spaces with and for marginalized groups.\n\n 07.–10.04.2026\, daily from 10:00 – 16:30\n\nPlease register here URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/un-learning/sinema-plural/wurzelkinder LOCATION:\, END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:1c26392c0641e83eb17165d66e1a9f8ca837a3454f87c10290526f479916fd35 DTSTAMP:20260313T115659Z DTSTART:20260408T100000Z DTEND:20260408T110000Z SUMMARY:Wurzelkinder DESCRIPTION:With Jan Tsien Beller and Jeannette Vy Han Nguyen\n\nWhat are h eroes? And do they exist only in films and comics\, or in our everyday liv es too? In our families\, at school\, or among our friends? A closer look reveals: we all carry valuable stories within us\, stories often shaped by the challenges we face. But what superpowers do we already have\, and whi ch ones are still waiting to be discovered?\n\nIn this four-day workshop\, we'll watch animated short films and create a cut-out animation together about our own everyday heroes. And there's something special: all particip ants will receive a secret superpower\, passed on to us by seniors from Ea st Asian cultural backgrounds.\n\nIn this Easter holiday program for Asian -German youth\, the main focus is on having fun together and creating new hero films. In this space\, we want to encourage each other\, learn from a nd with one another\, and grow together.\n\nJan Tsien Beller (he/him) is a German-Korean actor\, educator\, and permanent company member at the Thea ter an der Parkaue – Junges Staatstheater Berlin.\n\nJeannette Vy Han Ng uyen (she/her) is a Vietnamese-German cultural educator (M.A.) and aspirin g communication designer (B.A.). Her work focuses on designing needs-orien ted educational offerings and spaces with and for marginalized groups.\n\n 07.–10.04.2026\, daily from 10:00 – 16:30\n\nPlease register here URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/un-learning/sinema-plural/wurzelkinder LOCATION:\, END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:bcbf74759771c082e9db85a54b4370eac48c64e3329d412dceac1d7bf2060827 DTSTAMP:20260313T115732Z DTSTART:20260408T200000Z DTEND:20260408T210000Z SUMMARY:My Father’s Shadow DESCRIPTION:Set against the charged backdrop of Lagos in 1993\, My Father ’s Shadow follows two young brothers unexpectedly reunited with their es tranged father on a single day that carries the weight of both personal an d national uncertainty. British-Nigerian filmmaker Akinola Davies Jr. weav es intimacy and the rhythms of everyday life into a meditation on fatherho od\, memory\, and belonging\, allowing quiet moments to open onto broader social and political resonances.\n\nBlending tender observation with the t extured sounds and streets of Nigeria’s largest city\, the film reflects on how relationships are shaped by absence and presence\, personal histor ies and collective hopes. Premiering in the Un Certain Regard section at t he 2025 Cannes Film Festival to critical acclaim\, My Father’s Shadow ma rks Davies Jr. as a vital new voice in contemporary cinema. (Bethan Hughes ) URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/sinelection/my-fathers-shadow LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:525328322df3b51016ce2d73aa05c80576452cd0b2afbee3b3f253a690cfdfa6 DTSTAMP:20260313T115805Z DTSTART:20260409T100000Z DTEND:20260409T110000Z SUMMARY:Wurzelkinder DESCRIPTION:With Jan Tsien Beller and Jeannette Vy Han Nguyen\n\nWhat are h eroes? And do they exist only in films and comics\, or in our everyday liv es too? In our families\, at school\, or among our friends? A closer look reveals: we all carry valuable stories within us\, stories often shaped by the challenges we face. But what superpowers do we already have\, and whi ch ones are still waiting to be discovered?\n\nIn this four-day workshop\, we'll watch animated short films and create a cut-out animation together about our own everyday heroes. And there's something special: all particip ants will receive a secret superpower\, passed on to us by seniors from Ea st Asian cultural backgrounds.\n\nIn this Easter holiday program for Asian -German youth\, the main focus is on having fun together and creating new hero films. In this space\, we want to encourage each other\, learn from a nd with one another\, and grow together.\n\nJan Tsien Beller (he/him) is a German-Korean actor\, educator\, and permanent company member at the Thea ter an der Parkaue – Junges Staatstheater Berlin.\n\nJeannette Vy Han Ng uyen (she/her) is a Vietnamese-German cultural educator (M.A.) and aspirin g communication designer (B.A.). Her work focuses on designing needs-orien ted educational offerings and spaces with and for marginalized groups.\n\n 07.–10.04.2026\, daily from 10:00 – 16:30\n\nPlease register here URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/un-learning/sinema-plural/wurzelkinder LOCATION:\, END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:7704168c6d67b4094854c34aa04ac3769ddcaba7a4249f29c26db4169156192d DTSTAMP:20260313T120802Z DTSTART:20260409T190000Z DTEND:20260409T200000Z SUMMARY:Direct Action DESCRIPTION:Followed by a talk with Guillaume Cailleau\, Ben Russell\n\nIn Direct Action\, Guillaume Cailleau and Ben Russell turn their camera towar d the ZAD of Notre-Dame-des-Landes\, a self-organised territory born from resistance to state-led development. Rather than explaining or historicisi ng the struggle\, the film inhabits its duration: assemblies unfold in rea l time\, hands work the soil\, gestures of care and conflict circulate wit hin a fragile collective ecology.\n\nTaking its title from the protest tac tic it evokes\, Direct Action reframes militancy not as spectacle\, but as daily practice — as the slow labour of sustaining alternative forms of living together. Through long takes and an attentive\, embodied camerawork \, Cailleau and Russell craft a cinema of presence\, where resistance is m easured not only in confrontation\, but in persistence. (Bethan Hughes) URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/sinelection/direct-action LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:645e459dacefb3562913df96971fac7e28b4a15a9b121045d9a832472c7672ab DTSTAMP:20260313T121135Z DTSTART:20260410T100000Z DTEND:20260410T110000Z SUMMARY:Wurzelkinder DESCRIPTION:With Jan Tsien Beller and Jeannette Vy Han Nguyen\n\nWhat are h eroes? And do they exist only in films and comics\, or in our everyday liv es too? In our families\, at school\, or among our friends? A closer look reveals: we all carry valuable stories within us\, stories often shaped by the challenges we face. But what superpowers do we already have\, and whi ch ones are still waiting to be discovered?\n\nIn this four-day workshop\, we'll watch animated short films and create a cut-out animation together about our own everyday heroes. And there's something special: all particip ants will receive a secret superpower\, passed on to us by seniors from Ea st Asian cultural backgrounds.\n\nIn this Easter holiday program for Asian -German youth\, the main focus is on having fun together and creating new hero films. In this space\, we want to encourage each other\, learn from a nd with one another\, and grow together.\n\nJan Tsien Beller (he/him) is a German-Korean actor\, educator\, and permanent company member at the Thea ter an der Parkaue – Junges Staatstheater Berlin.\n\nJeannette Vy Han Ng uyen (she/her) is a Vietnamese-German cultural educator (M.A.) and aspirin g communication designer (B.A.). Her work focuses on designing needs-orien ted educational offerings and spaces with and for marginalized groups.\n\n 07.–10.04.2026\, daily from 10:00 – 16:30\n\nPlease register here URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/un-learning/sinema-plural/wurzelkinder LOCATION:\, END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:845ac4da497163132900798776a16a99a7f686f39a6d86f5e6b91d3254da90fc DTSTAMP:20260313T121252Z DTSTART:20260410T203000Z DTEND:20260410T213000Z SUMMARY:ผีใช้ได้ค่ะ DESCRIPTION:Love can return in unexpected forms: a gesture\, a song\, a fac e. Or\, as in the darkly funny directorial debut from Ratchapoom Boonbunch achoke\, a household appliance. After dying from the effects of air pollut ion\, Nat returns to her grieving husband March as a ghost inhabiting a va cuum cleaner. While March embraces this strange reunion\, his family\, who run an appliance factory\, struggle to accept this ghostly presence that quietly demands recognition as both partner and labourer.\n\nBalancing sur real humour with melancholic tenderness\, Boonbunchachoke’s debut featur e transforms the ghost story into a playful yet biting reflection on produ ctivity\, grief\, and belonging. As Nat attempts to prove herself as a “ useful” spirit\, the film drifts between the absurd and the domestic\, q uestioning systems that measure worth through function while imagining lov e that persists beyond the usual limits of body\, work\, and death. (Betha n Hughes) URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/sinelection/a-useful-ghost LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:fac6f8df68f6800c860761a351caea7a57cf9cf02c105718850e2f95e2bfe3d2 DTSTAMP:20260313T121413Z DTSTART:20260411T130000Z DTEND:20260411T140000Z SUMMARY:60 Seconds Wedding DESCRIPTION:With Destina Atasayar\, Daniel Beschareti and WIB e.V. (Wir im Brunnenviertel)In this multi-day workshop\, young people aged 15–21 will explore Berlin's Wedding district from their own perspective using the an alog 16mm Bolex camera. Following the tradition of the film diary\, we wil l shoot in a documentary style with subtle observations and a purposely re duced approach. We will approach analog filmmaking through hands-on experi ence with analog film\, joint viewing of film examples\, and a technical i ntroduction to the Bolex camera.\n\nThe workshop starts on April 2. (13:00 –18:00). In the following days\, a date will be arranged to shoot with t he 16mm Bolex camera in Wedding. On April 11. (13:00–17:30)\, we will vi ew the analog footage together as a 16mm print. We also plan a concluding screening with a celebratory closing on May 13. at SİNEMA TRANSTOPIA! (De stina Atasayar\, Daniel Beschareti)\n\nThe workshop is free of charge and limited to a maximum of 12 participants (ages 15–21). Participation ONLY with registration via: anmeldung@wib-jugend.de\n\nDestina Atasayar is an educator in historical-political\, cultural\, and film-pedagogical work wi th a focus on anti-discrimination and memory cultures. After completing he r Bachelor's degree in \"Visual Communication\" at the UdK Berlin\, she is currently studying for a Master's in \"Critical Diversity and Community S tudies\" at the ASH Berlin.\n\nDaniel Beschareti is a producer\, filmmaker \, and film educator from Berlin. After studying to become a teacher in Hi story and German in Berlin and Istanbul\, he is currently studying product ion at the German Film and Television Academy Berlin (dffb) and realizes n umerous 16mm film projects.\n\nWIB e.V. (Wir im Brunnenviertel) is a non-p rofit association based in Berlin's Wedding district\, founded in 2013 by and for young people who have experienced discrimination. As a migrant sel f-organization\, the association works in Berlin-Wedding and Neuruppin wit h diverse projects focused on empowerment\, equal opportunity\, and social participation. URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/un-learning/sinema-plural/60-seconds-we dding LOCATION:\, END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:55a227f09f431db2beddc58b7c42486f69c1b5ac9deefbcee62344689f00e0a7 DTSTAMP:20260313T201529Z DTSTART:20260411T180000Z DTEND:20260411T190000Z SUMMARY:TONGUES OF RESISTANCE DESCRIPTION:Curated by Azem Bekturova \n\nWith Denis Esakov\, Daria Kim\, Igor Sivtsev\, Azem Bekturova \n\nK-SARAM I: Tale of the pig headAlisa Be rger\, Germany\, Russia\, South Korea 2021\, 28 min. Russian\, Korean\, Ko ryo-mar\, English with English subtitles\n\nSongs of Doulan Sakhamin Trofi mov\, France 2024\, 20 min. English\, Russian\, Yakut with English subtitl es\n\nThe first part of the evening is devoted to migrant-diasporic experi ences in the post-Soviet space and consists of two short films followed by a panel discussion. Alisa Berger's K-SARAM: Tale of the Pig Head offers a n intimate insight into the lives of the Koryo-saram in Rostov-on-Don — a community that fled the Japanese occupation of Korea generations ago. Ma ny of them fell victim to Stalin's purges\; some\, including relatives of the director\, still live in the former Soviet territory today. Sakhamin T rofimov's Songs of Doulan\, on the other hand\, deals with the emigration of a young Yakut from Russia to Georgia: like many young Sakha\, he fled i nto exile before mobilization and longs for his homeland\, to which his re turn remains uncertain.\n\nIn the subsequent panel discussion\, Denis Esak ov\, Daria Kim\, and Igor Sivtsev talk with Azem Bekturova about the signi ficance of language in relation to migration\, belonging and memory in the context of post-Soviet societies\, and about the complexity that these is sues have gained since the beginning of the war. (Azem Bekturova)Denis Esa kov is a writer\, curator and educator. He is a member of de_colonialangua ge — a transnational art and research collective bringing together pract itioners from Central and North Asia and Eastern Europe. The work of de_co lonialanguage bridges critical language studies with decolonial practice a nd activism.\n\nDaria Kim is a multidisciplinary artist born in Tashkent\, Uzbekistan. Her practice explores material experiments\, embodied memory and diasporic histories. She is part of the DAVRA collective and currently completing her studies in fine arts at the Berlin University of the Arts. \n\nIgor Sivtsev (he/him) is a Sakha activist and community organiser base d in Berlin\, advocating for the preservation of Sakha culture and languag e within the diaspora.\n\nAzem Bekturova is a PhD candidate at LMU Munich and an independent curator with a focus on contemporary art and film from Central Asia. She previously collaborated with HKW for Destination: Tashke nt (2024) and developed short film programmes for GEGENkino Leipzig and th e Ukrainian Film Festival Berlin (2025). She is currently a Sinema plural fellow. In cooperation with de_colonialanguage URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/un-learning/sinema-plural/tongues-of-re sistance LOCATION:\, END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:714a0e830ce5b0d9f00fffaf4f610a962cfacee3f79ccf6716bca8e2212be500 DTSTAMP:20260313T202223Z DTSTART:20260411T203000Z DTEND:20260411T213000Z SUMMARY:TONGUES OF RESISTANCE DESCRIPTION:Curated by Azem Bekturova Seitsemän laulua tundralta (Seven So ngs from the Tundra)Anastasia Lapsui\, Markku Lehmuskallio\, Finland\, 200 0\, 90 min. Nenets\, Russian with English subtitles\n\nSeitsemän laulua t undralta (Seven Songs from the Tundra) by Anastasia Lapsui and Markku Lehm uskallio is considered a canonical work of indigenous cinema. In seven epi sodes\, the film traces the life of the Nenets people in the Siberian tund ra and depicts the violence with which the Soviet regime intervened in the ir lives: from forced assimilation and disenfranchisement to forced coexis tence with deported Russians.\n\nAs the first film in the Nenets language\ , the work itself is an act of visibility. In combination with the two con temporary short films of the evening\, it opens up a space for reflection on the lives of marginalized communities in the post-Soviet space from a d ecolonial perspective.\n\nKindly provided by the Finnish Film Foundation.  Azem Bekturova is a PhD candidate at LMU Munich and an independent curat or with a focus on contemporary art and film from Central Asia. She previo usly collaborated with HKW for Destination: Tashkent (2024) and developed short film programmes for GEGENkino Leipzig and the Ukrainian Film Festiva l Berlin (2025). She is currently a Sinema plural fellow.  URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/un-learning/sinema-plural/seitseman-lau lua-tundralta LOCATION:\, END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6a007d5fe178e44db32f56ff21719c4c6b3026a09d3439fac32aad4e8bd4e83e DTSTAMP:20260317T101535Z DTSTART:20260415T200000Z DTEND:20260415T210000Z SUMMARY:Romani Women On and Behind The Camera DESCRIPTION:In collaboration with The Critical Film &\; Image Hub at the Research Center on Antigypsyism (Heidelberg University)\, the Protestant Academy Berlin (Evangelische Akademie zu Berlin) and ERIAC – European Ro ma Institute for Arts and Culture\n\nEl Regalo (The Gift)Lara Izagirre Gar izurieta\, Spain\, 2025\, 14 min. Spanish with English subtitles\n\nLa rev edere\, castelule (Goodbye\, castle)Alina Șerban\, Romania\, 2024\, 20 mi n. Romanian with English subtitles\n\nThe Angry BirdLisa Smith &\; Jack Lilleywhite\, UK\, 2025\, 10 min. English\n\nFeatured Highlight2026\, 14 min. Greek with English subtitles\n\nFollowed by a talk with Lisa Smith\, Talina Connolly\, Cat Jugravu\n\nJoin us for a showcase of vivid\, powerfu l short films by and/or starring Romani women — a cinematic journey thro ugh diverse voices\, experiences\, and creative perspectives from across E urope. From intimate stories rooted in local realities to surprising and p oetic explorations of identity and resilience\, this program highlights th e plurality of Romani women’s identity and artistic expression. You’ll see short fiction and documentary films from Spain\, Romania\, the UK — and a brand new special secret selection.\n\nAfter the screening\, an ins piring panel of filmmakers and activists will host a discussion about fema le Romani representation in film\, storytelling\, and cultural space.\n\nL isa Smith is a Welsh Romani filmmaker\, producer\, and curator whose work centers on advancing Romani stories in cinema. She has directed and produc ed celebrated short films like The Angry Bird\, winner of the Netflix Docu mentary Talent Fund. She also curated the AKE DIKHEA? International Festiv al of Romani Film and in 2023 founded Patrin Films and is a founding membe r of the Romani Filmmakers Network to amplify Romani voices in the industr y.\n\nTalina Connolly is a Sinti activist and member of the Netzwerk Sinti Roma Kirchen\, working in Berlin with initiatives focused on dismantling discrimination and uplifting the interests and cultural presence of Sinti and Roma communities within broader social and institutional contexts.\n\n Cat Jugravu is a Romanian-Romani interdisciplinary artist\, curator\, educ ator\, and queer activist working across performance art\, theatre\, and c ommunity projects. Their practice explores the intersections of Romani\, q ueer\, and trans identities while creating spaces that reclaim narrative\, memory\, and embodied experience. URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/common-visions-berlin/romani-women-on-a nd-behind-the-camera LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:41d745ed3ebcb686768e51a0860ce163f1a4d7c9a6982816e9212f597dd308ce DTSTAMP:20260317T121001Z DTSTART:20260401T200000Z DTEND:20260401T210000Z SUMMARY:Chronicles: Re-reading Iran’s Past from the Diaspora DESCRIPTION:Curated by Afsun Moshiry\n\nAusländer – Teil 3: Iraner 1 (Fo reigners – Part 3: Iranians 1)Peter Nestler\, BRD\, 1978\, 30 min. Germa n with English subtitles\n\nAusländer – Teil 4: Iraner 2 (Foreigners – Part 4: Iranians 2)Peter Nestler\, BRD\, 1978  29 min. German with En glish subtitles\n\nIntroduced by Afsun Moshiry\, followed by a talk with S amira Mohyeddin and Nader Talebi\n\nPeter and Zsóka Nestler’s films bri ng together two perspectives on Iran in the years immediately preceding th e 1979 revolution: the history of political power and the history of those who resist it. Through archival material\, historical images\, and filmed objects\, eachtraces the restrictive structures of authority under Shah M ohammad Reza Pahlavi marked by repression\, geopolitical interests\, and t he global struggle over oil.\n\nAlongside this narrative of power\, the fi lms follow Iranian exiles in Stockholm whose protests\, memories\, and tes timonies reveal the human consequences of these political and economic for ces. Their voices show how global systems of domination become tangible in individual lives through exile\, labor\, and violence.\n\nPeter Nestler h imself experienced political marginalization in West Germany. His work fac ed censorship and a lack of institutional support that eventually forced h im to continue his filmmaking abroad\, where he settled in Sweden. This ex perience lends the films an additional resonance\, reflecting on exile\, p olitical commitment\, and the role of cinema as a form of resistance.\n\nS een today at a moment when Iran once again appears in international news p rimarily through the lens of war\, these films offer a rare opportunity to look beyond the immediacy of current headlines. Returning to the late 197 0s\, they illuminate the deeper historical tensions\, struggles\, and acts of resistance that continue to shape Iran’s present. (Afsun Moshiry)Sam ira Mohyeddin is an award winning journalist and documentary filmmaker. Sh e has a Master of Arts in Modern Middle Eastern History from the Universit y of Toronto and is a graduate of Genocide Studies from the Zoryan Institu te. She resigned from the CBC in November 2023 and is now the founder and managing editor of On The Line Media\, focusing on critical and contextual journalism and informed commentary.Nader Talebi is a sociologist research ing revolution and migration at Humboldt University in Berlin. He complete d his PhD at Lancaster University on state power and revolution in Iran wi th a focus on the 1979 Revolution. Apart from teaching\, he is the co-foun der and head of the Middle East Research Group (MERGE) at the Berlin Insti tute for Migration Research (BIM).  URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/kinekiez/chronicles-re-reading-irans-pa st-from-the-diaspora LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:f4ff5a1f005d5d62e18d314a7fdca76b4be15127953b1561925f2d99453547c9 DTSTAMP:20260319T112630Z DTSTART:20260403T203000Z DTEND:20260403T213000Z SUMMARY:Gelbe Briefe DESCRIPTION:Derya and Aziz\, a celebrated artist couple from Ankara\, lead a fulfilling life with their 13-year-old daughter Ezgi – until an incide nt at the premiere of their new play changes everything. Overnight\, they find themselves targeted by the state and lose their jobs and their home. They move to Istanbul to temporarily stay with Aziz’s mother. While Aziz ekes out a living with odd jobs and holds on to his convictions\, Derya s earches for a way to become financially independent. An increasing distanc e grows between them and their daughter until they are forced to choose be tween their values ​​and their shared future as a family. (Berlinale) URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/sinelection/gelbe-briefe LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:7b23e90d62957e76399331f84337bbc850aafa44d34228eb94e4aae5a9a55642 DTSTAMP:20260319T112826Z DTSTART:20260405T190000Z DTEND:20260405T200000Z SUMMARY:Gelbe Briefe DESCRIPTION:Derya and Aziz\, a celebrated artist couple from Ankara\, lead a fulfilling life with their 13-year-old daughter Ezgi – until an incide nt at the premiere of their new play changes everything. Overnight\, they find themselves targeted by the state and lose their jobs and their home. They move to Istanbul to temporarily stay with Aziz’s mother. While Aziz ekes out a living with odd jobs and holds on to his convictions\, Derya s earches for a way to become financially independent. An increasing distanc e grows between them and their daughter until they are forced to choose be tween their values ​​and their shared future as a family. (Berlinale) URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/sinelection/gelbe-briefe LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8d3e9516f4b5df9fc04d10387f73f1fd11d0fbda19baa6e363b27363fdd59c17 DTSTAMP:20260319T113010Z DTSTART:20260410T180000Z DTEND:20260410T190000Z SUMMARY:Gelbe Briefe DESCRIPTION:Derya and Aziz\, a celebrated artist couple from Ankara\, lead a fulfilling life with their 13-year-old daughter Ezgi – until an incide nt at the premiere of their new play changes everything. Overnight\, they find themselves targeted by the state and lose their jobs and their home. They move to Istanbul to temporarily stay with Aziz’s mother. While Aziz ekes out a living with odd jobs and holds on to his convictions\, Derya s earches for a way to become financially independent. An increasing distanc e grows between them and their daughter until they are forced to choose be tween their values ​​and their shared future as a family. (Berlinale) URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/sinelection/gelbe-briefe LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:0a87ca758f16cef864d2075e4c912fa83609c7df7df181eeeddfacae59ac974e DTSTAMP:20260319T153341Z DTSTART:20260412T190000Z DTEND:20260412T200000Z SUMMARY:Políticas Familiares DESCRIPTION:After the screening conversation with Martín Rebaza Ponce de L eónOrganized in collaboration with Todas las Sangres\n\nMartin\, a filmma ker based in Germany\, returns to the Peruvian jungle with the aim to reco nnect with his family during the political campaign of his father\, who is running for public office for the party that supports former dictator Alb erto Fujimori. Upon his arrival\, he records the chaos of an austere campa ign\, resulting in an intimate and political portrait of a middle-class Pe ruvian family that is now remote to him\, but that accompanies him from th e distance as a migrant. (Martín Rebaza Ponce de León)\n\nTodas las Sang res\, The Peruvian Intercultural Center\, is an initiative of the Peruvian diaspora in Berlin\, created as a space for cultural resistance and solid arity in the face of the challenges of migration and global injustices. In spired by the legacy of José María Arguedas\, the center promotes the de fense of Peruvian cultures and their diaspora\, solidarity with social str uggles in Peru and Abya Yala\, and the search for alternatives to the capi talist system. It advocates for the rule of law that protects human rights \, rejects neocolonialism\, gender violence\, and discrimination\, and pro motes Peruvian arts and literature as a means of identity and resistance.   URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/common-visions-berlin/politicas-familia res LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8a26a84fe514482b8e523da201c878b7d485d7038a5ff29486fe378b7740be27 DTSTAMP:20260325T113511Z DTSTART:20260416T200000Z DTEND:20260416T210000Z SUMMARY:Kleine Freiheit DESCRIPTION:Followed by a talk with Yüksel Yavuz (in German)\n\nHamburg. A city of ports and passageways. Baran\, a young Kurdish orphan\, moves thr ough it almost unseen. After his asylum application is rejected\, his exis tence is reduced to the back doors of a Turkish fast-food eatery where he works as a delivery boy. \n\nWhen sixteen years old Chernor arrives from Africa – also undocumented\, also surviving on the edges – a friendshi p flickers to life. As the two young men share the weight of being unwante d\, Chernor begins to sell drugs to save for a ticket to Australia\, a pla ce he's only dreamed of. Meanwhile\, Baran's past resurfaces in the form o f an old acquaintance who may hold the key to his parents' death. Yüksel Yavuz’s Kleine Freiheit is a nuanced portrayal of the hope that must be carved out when the world offers none.\n\nRestored twenty three years afte r its premiere\, join us and director Yüksel Yavuz in celebrating the Ber lin-premiere of the restoration. URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/retake/kleine-freiheit LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8b114d4703d83741f01952e1aee2919cb68ebea6cb07faf136a2950b1d7525f6 DTSTAMP:20260325T115614Z DTSTART:20260417T180000Z DTEND:20260417T190000Z SUMMARY:SHE DESCRIPTION:In the endless\, hermetically sealed corridors of a Vietnamese industrial necropolis\, where the global logic of capital reduces humans t o a measurable unit of output\, the women of SHE perform the slow catastro phe of contemporary labor. \n\nDirector Parsifal Reparato\, working as an thropologist-archivist of the invisible\, does not seek to expose the fact ory floor but rather excavate the psychic and social ruins it leaves in it s wake. The documentary gaze is refracted through the prism of re-enactmen t: the workers\, displaced from the assembly line to a voided\, theatrical space\, are asked not to perform their oppression\, but to embody the gho st of their own stolen time. Here\, cinema becomes a speculative archaeolo gy\, unearthing the gestures of exhaustion and solidarity that the machine ry of production tries to erase.\n\nWhat emerges is not a film about explo itation\, but film as a clandestine meeting place. In the black-box stage where the women re-enact their days\, the boundary between reality and fic tion collapses\, giving way to space where the right to exist beyond labor is rehearsed\, felt\, and fiercely imagined. (Bethan Hughes) URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/sinelection/she LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:4eecec096f17ebf48f29f0fdb3f07ff099ab789c018a327258e9d036067fe893 DTSTAMP:20260325T124550Z DTSTART:20260417T203000Z DTEND:20260417T213000Z SUMMARY:Sousourada (live) DESCRIPTION:Curated by Susanna Pavlidis\n\nHANE Salon\, a new series of liv e concerts\, listening sessions\, and culinary interventions that take pla ce in the cozy foyer of SİNEMA TRANSTOPIA\, warmly invites you to an even ing with Sousourada. A four-piece band based in Berlin\, Sousourada plays Greek rebetiko and laïko—the urban folk music of Greece that tells stor ies of love\, heartbreak\, migration\, late nights\, and everyday life. Th ese songs were first played in small tavernas and smoky rooms\, where peop le would eat\, drink\, chat\, dance\, or simply come together.\n\nWhile th e band plays\, guests are welcome to enjoy our delicious meze plates which will be available from the bar throughout the evening. Made with love in- house\, we invite you to break bread over a shared love of music\, convers ation\, and food.\n\nLimited tickets available\, book in advance to avoid disappointment!\n\nSousourada is Maritina (vocals)\, Mímis Sandalis (doub le bass)\, Nikos Giolas (bouzouki + vocals)\, and Thanos Sakellaridis (gui tar + vocals).\n\nSusanna Pavlidis works in cultural marketing and talent management with a focus on music and is\, among other roles\, Head of Mark eting at Heimathafen Neukölln. She has Greek and Pontic Greek roots and\, in her curatorial practice\, focuses on connecting traditional influences with contemporary diasporic perspectives. Her work centers on community\, accessibility\, and the support of emerging voices\, creating spaces for exchange\, encounter\, and layered narratives. URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/hane-salon/sousourada LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:81bf2e7fc0b6e20bd44418945973cf8763837b562ce21498be1e2d5ad98d2d67 DTSTAMP:20260326T153541Z DTSTART:20260418T100000Z DTEND:20260418T110000Z SUMMARY:A Black East German Gaze Workshop DESCRIPTION:Curated by Maresa Nzinga Pinto\n\nThe arrival of the first Moza mbican contract workers in the GDR was captured on film – but through a white\, paternalistic and exoticising lens. Through interview material\, p oems and images from the personal archives of former contract workers\, in this workshop we will explore the question of what interventions are need ed to tell their stories in a self-determined way\, without perpetuating t hose visual logics. During the workshop we will be joined by Dr Patrice Po utrus who will share insights on the (media) representation of contract la bour in the GDR. (Maresa Nzinga Pinto)\n\nDr Patrice G. Poutrus has a PhD in history. He was born in East Berlin in 1961 to an East German mother an d an East African father and grew up and was socialised in the GDR. After 1990\, he studied history and social sciences at Humboldt University. To t his day\, his work focuses on flight and asylum in post-war Germany\, the experiences of Black people in the GDR\, and the memory of the end of the GDR and the transformation in East Germany.\n\nThe workshop is part of the series ‘Black Stories in East Germany’. Please register for the works hop series via this link: https://eveeno.com/schwarzegeschichtenost\n\nIn German.\n\nThe workshop takes place on 18. April from 10:00 to 17:00 and 1 9. April from 10:00 to 15:00. URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/un-learning/sinema-plural/a-black-east- german-gaze-workshop LOCATION:\, END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ee7862f4ae0ec6bcefff730be430d9e0fa1323c00487ad34c09177b264fcaf7a DTSTAMP:20260326T154753Z DTSTART:20260418T180000Z DTEND:20260418T190000Z SUMMARY:River Dreams DESCRIPTION:Kristina Mikhailova follows the Aksay River in southern Kazakhs tan and asks the women and girls living along its banks to imagine themsel ves as the river. Village girls and city dwellers\, LGBTQ+ activists and a gender-conformist headmistress\, women in prison and students dreaming of emigration\; they speak of their desires and utopias against a backdrop o f gender conservatism. Their conversations circle toxic masculinity\, sexu al assault\, and the widely reported trial of a former minister who brutal ly murdered his wife\, Saltanat Nukenova. \n\nThe resulting panorama of f emale life plans coalesces into poetry through the river's guiding presenc e\; fluid\, enduring\, impossible to contain. With radical tenderness\, Mi khailova's camera offers space for introspection\, sisterhood and solidari ty rather than imposition.  URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/sinelection/river-dreams LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:cada8efe8abb646ff8064ad8221e50d105e23614286eb1a171f34bcb8239975a DTSTAMP:20260326T154914Z DTSTART:20260418T203000Z DTEND:20260418T213000Z SUMMARY:SHE DESCRIPTION:In the endless\, hermetically sealed corridors of a Vietnamese industrial necropolis\, where the global logic of capital reduces humans t o a measurable unit of output\, the women of SHE perform the slow catastro phe of contemporary labor. \n\nDirector Parsifal Reparato\, working as an thropologist-archivist of the invisible\, does not seek to expose the fact ory floor but rather excavate the psychic and social ruins it leaves in it s wake. The documentary gaze is refracted through the prism of re-enactmen t: the workers\, displaced from the assembly line to a voided\, theatrical space\, are asked not to perform their oppression\, but to embody the gho st of their own stolen time. Here\, cinema becomes a speculative archaeolo gy\, unearthing the gestures of exhaustion and solidarity that the machine ry of production tries to erase.\n\nWhat emerges is not a film about explo itation\, but film as a clandestine meeting place. In the black-box stage where the women re-enact their days\, the boundary between reality and fic tion collapses\, giving way to space where the right to exist beyond labor is rehearsed\, felt\, and fiercely imagined. (Bethan Hughes) URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/sinelection/she LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:b6994712365ca4815e84b3050f301e6cdb526c6eff33dec9f33ec9988e09e172 DTSTAMP:20260326T155007Z DTSTART:20260419T100000Z DTEND:20260419T110000Z SUMMARY:A Black East German Gaze Workshop DESCRIPTION:Curated by Maresa Nzinga Pinto\n\nThe arrival of the first Moza mbican contract workers in the GDR was captured on film – but through a white\, paternalistic and exoticising lens. Through interview material\, p oems and images from the personal archives of former contract workers\, in this workshop we will explore the question of what interventions are need ed to tell their stories in a self-determined way\, without perpetuating t hose visual logics. During the workshop we will be joined by Dr Patrice Po utrus who will share insights on the (media) representation of contract la bour in the GDR. (Maresa Nzinga Pinto)\n\nDr Patrice G. Poutrus has a PhD in history. He was born in East Berlin in 1961 to an East German mother an d an East African father and grew up and was socialised in the GDR. After 1990\, he studied history and social sciences at Humboldt University. To t his day\, his work focuses on flight and asylum in post-war Germany\, the experiences of Black people in the GDR\, and the memory of the end of the GDR and the transformation in East Germany.\n\nThe workshop is part of the series ‘Black Stories in East Germany’. Please register for the works hop series via this link: https://eveeno.com/schwarzegeschichtenost\n\nIn German.\n\nThe workshop takes place on 18. April from 10:00 to 17:00 and 1 9. April from 10:00 to 15:00. URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/un-learning/sinema-plural/a-black-east- german-gaze-workshop LOCATION:\, END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:a1673bcf0e84852f31c0cc30701ee02d3ccdbf024147f7135a5140e54884594c DTSTAMP:20260326T160529Z DTSTART:20260419T190000Z DTEND:20260419T200000Z SUMMARY:A Black Gaze on the East Shorts Program DESCRIPTION:Curated by Massiamy Diaby and Maresa Nzinga Pinto\n\nThe Studen t from AccraDonald M. Acquaye\, GDR\, 1965/66\, 12 min. German\n\nOlingoEm ile Itolo\, GDR\, 1966\, 11 min. German with English subtitles\n\nBlack si sters in socialist ‘brother countries’Maresa Nzinga Pinto\, Mozambique \, Germany\, 2025\, 11 min. Portuguese\, German with English subtitles\n\n Poeler LuftMassiamy Diaby\, Germany\, 2024\, 23 min. German with English s ubtitles\n\nFollowed by a talk with Massiamy Diaby\, Patrice Poutrus\, Mar esa Nzinga Pinto (in German)\n\nBeyond the dominant representations of Bla ck people in films from the GDR/East Germany\, A Black Gaze on the East hi ghlights lived experiences and self-determined narratives of resistance\, empowerment and intimacy: from the forgotten stories of Black contract wor kers\, the longings and dreams for the future of former students in the GD R\, the uncompromising reckoning with racist conditions then and now\, to sensitive portraits of emotional relationships. \n\nThe screening will be followed by a panel discussion with Massiamy Diaby\, Patrice Poutrus and Maresa Nzinga Pinto. In the panel discussion\, we will attempt to show the diversity of a Black East German gaze. To what extent is a common definit ion even possible? How has this gaze changed over the decades and where do we find self-determination? (Maresa Nzinga Pinto)\n\nMassiamy Diaby is a freelance artist based in Berlin. Born in Frankfurt am Main\, Massiamy gre w up on the Baltic Sea island of Poel\, in Berlin and in Accra. In 2020\, she completed her acting studies at the Folkwang University of the Arts in Essen. She works as an actress\, develops her own theatre performances\, realises film projects and writes poetry. She has performed at the Residen ztheater Munich\, the Theater Basel\, the Theater Dortmund and the Deutsch es Theater Berlin\, among others. Her short film Poeler Luft was shown at the Africa Film Festival in Cologne and the AfryKamera Festival in Warsaw\ , for example. Massiamy's work aims to dismantle power structures and conv ey political issues as emotional experiences.\n\nDr Patrice G. Poutrus hol ds a doctorate in history. He was born in East Berlin in 1961 to an East G erman mother and an East African father and grew up and was socialised in the GDR. After 1990\, he studied history and social sciences at Humboldt U niversity. To this day\, his work focuses on flight and asylum in post-war Germany\, the experiences of Black people in the GDR\, and the memory of the end of the GDR and the transformation in East Germany.\n\nMaresa Nzing a Pinto is an Angolan-German memory worker\, filmmaker\, researcher\, and curator. Her transdisciplinary practice explores collective memory\, belon ging\, and resistance within neocolonial and (post-)socialist contexts. Sh e has worked on participatory memory-educational and archival projects add ressing Germany's (post-)colonial entanglements\, Black movements\, and Af ro-diasporic identities. Combining visual storytelling with Black Feminist Theory and Critical Memory Studies\, her work reimagines marginalised his tories through archival practices of care that bridge the past and possibl e futures.  URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/un-learning/sinema-plural/a-black-gaze- on-the-east-shorts-program LOCATION:\, END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ff84b8d9806f25dd128c3f6fdcb12b30db92dddb80f7bb42c0136d7f966ef8ae DTSTAMP:20260326T160700Z DTSTART:20260422T200000Z DTEND:20260422T210000Z SUMMARY:River Dreams DESCRIPTION:Kristina Mikhailova follows the Aksay River in southern Kazakhs tan and asks the women and girls living along its banks to imagine themsel ves as the river. Village girls and city dwellers\, LGBTQ+ activists and a gender-conformist headmistress\, women in prison and students dreaming of emigration\; they speak of their desires and utopias against a backdrop o f gender conservatism. Their conversations circle toxic masculinity\, sexu al assault\, and the widely reported trial of a former minister who brutal ly murdered his wife\, Saltanat Nukenova. \n\nThe resulting panorama of f emale life plans coalesces into poetry through the river's guiding presenc e\; fluid\, enduring\, impossible to contain. With radical tenderness\, Mi khailova's camera offers space for introspection\, sisterhood and solidari ty rather than imposition.  URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/sinelection/river-dreams LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:e1d400595e7a8018fd42958c17551baec1fbf7057c66e97b7fbdcc3809579daa DTSTAMP:20260326T161628Z DTSTART:20260423T190000Z DTEND:20260423T200000Z SUMMARY:الأسود على نهر دجلة DESCRIPTION:The liberation of Mosul after years of control under ISIS has l eft the historic city in rubble. As its inhabitants return to the ruins to glean whatever is left of their previous existences\, ideals begin to cla sh. Fakhri\, an eccentric antiques collector\, becomes enamored with the e laborate lion marble arch that adorns fisherman Bashar's historic childhoo d home. As Fakhri attempts to acquire it by any means possible\, Bashar mu st decide between retaining his heritage and securing his financial future .\n\nThe Lions By The River Tigrisexplores the tragic state of Mosul's his toric center through a memorable cast of protagonists. Equal measures hila rious and heartbreaking\, each must navigate their own plans for the remai ns of the city's rich legacy. The film has participated in several interna tional film festivals\, including Doc NYC and DOK Leipzig. (Marc Bogoslaw) URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/17-alfilm-arab-film-festival-berlin/ala sod-aal-nhr-dgl LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:4a705dfe6ff17e42d0f81b4e1c51d614e8243d9363d9953d6d1d8754a2595407 DTSTAMP:20260326T162329Z DTSTART:20260423T211500Z DTEND:20260423T221500Z SUMMARY:Simsim DESCRIPTION:Simsim\, a young Jordanian mother\, tries to break free from a marriage she didn’t choose. However\, in order to get a divorce\, she fi nds herself having to match her husband Qasem with a new wife. Simsim’s dreams of a new life in Europe motivate her to go on her own journey\; onl ine dating to find a new husband who is living abroad. \n\nWith Saja Kila ni and Majd Eid in the leading roles\, Simsim is a comedy that delivers no t only laughs but also sharp social criticism\, insisting on a reality in which there are neither heroes nor villains. \n\nThis debut film premiere d at the Amman International Film Festival 2025\, where it won awards for best leading actress and best screenplay. (Hosam Fahmy) URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/17-alfilm-arab-film-festival-berlin/sim sim LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:c23807095387eb9961f14d2c31daee8ea609a7187e2c2f90a52174d637522589 DTSTAMP:20260326T162720Z DTSTART:20260424T190000Z DTEND:20260424T200000Z SUMMARY:لمن أتين قبلنا DESCRIPTION:Writing a history of the trans community of Lebanon is no small feat. How do you render visible that which has been historically marginal ized and made taboo? How do you celebrate trans lives while protecting the ir identities and safety? \n\nPhotographer Mohamad Abdouni opts to spotli ght four transwomen by interweaving their personal accounts and archives w ith home videos of his own. The result is a tender photodocumentary that t races femininity in its different manifestations. The overlay of narrative s across different decades\, each stemming from lived experience\, serves to complicate the identity politics of today as well as a hegemonic Wester n discourse on gender and sexuality.\n\nEqual parts brutal and humorous\, and with original music by Mayssa Jallad\, Charbel Haber\, Fadi Tabbal\, a nd more\, Treat Me Like Your Mother is Abdouni’s directorial debut. It p remiered at IDFA in November 2025. (Jowe Harfouche) URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/17-alfilm-arab-film-festival-berlin/lmn -atyn-kblna LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:3e1eea574e19c5ddcfd650a1d7fb2ea90750b7a9f71eaf1298e00ae19c93013f DTSTAMP:20260326T163135Z DTSTART:20260424T211500Z DTEND:20260424T221500Z SUMMARY:تاجوج DESCRIPTION:Set in eastern Sudan\, Tajouje stages an impassioned love trian gle in which public declarations of affection collide with tribal codes\, kinship obligations\, and collective judgment. Gadalla Gubara crafts a mel odrama animated by song\, oral storytelling\, and visual pageantry\, allow ing private feeling to become the medium through which social authority is tested. As lovers and rivals move through a world structured by honor and prohibition\, the film traces the cost of desire in a tightly regulated c ommunity. At once romantic and cautionary\, Tajoujeis considered to be the first feature produced in Sudan. Enduring as a landmark of Sudanese cinem a\, it is a foundational work that links popular form to cultural memory a nd asks who may speak love\, and at what price. In 2015\, the film was res tored\, together with other works by Gadalla Gubara\, through a German col laboration. (ALFILM) URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/17-alfilm-arab-film-festival-berlin/tag og LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ee110a47ef89f43cb871ad81ff72f559d527990e66b50e6308d0bcf890e95b08 DTSTAMP:20260326T163716Z DTSTART:20260425T170000Z DTEND:20260425T180000Z SUMMARY:Dreamscapes: DESCRIPTION:Curated and moderated by Iskandar Abdalla\n\nThe masterclass wi ll be held in Arabic with simultaneous English translation. \n\nIn films\ , spaces are never merely backdrops. They are agents in the plot with a pu lse of their own\; storytellers of a distinct art and language that carve out itineraries through which narratives unfold and meaning takes shape. I f cinema\, as Federico Fellini once said\, is the language of dreams\, sce nery design is the sculpting of their architecture and landscapes. \n\nIn the history of Arab cinema\, only a handful of names have achieved renown and distinction through masterfully crafted set designs\, sceneries that speak\, that articulate thought and emotion\, and give substance to dreams . Foremost among them stands the Egyptian visionary Onsi Abou Seif\, whom\ , for its seventeenth edition\, ALFILM proudly celebrates as Guest of Hono ur\, paying tribute to his artistic brilliance and his remarkable lifelong journey in cinema.\n\nIn this masterclass\, Abou Seif will guide us throu gh the arc of his cinematic career as a costume\, set\, and production des igner. He will reflect on his collaborations with the giants of Egyptian c inema from the pioneering generation\, including Shadi Abdel Salam (1930 - 1986)\, Youssef Chahine (1926 - 2008)\, and Tawfik Saleh (1926 -2013)\, a nd with leading directors of subsequent generations such as Daoud Abdel Sa yed (1946 - 2025)\, Khairy Beshara\, Yousry Nasrallah\, Sherif Arafa\, and Marwan Hamed. Across more than five decades\, Abou Seif shaped the visual worlds of films that are constantly remembered as milestones of Egyptian and Arab cinema.\n\nThis masterclass is open to everyone: filmmakers\, fil m artists\, scholars and historians of Arab cinema\, as well as non-profes sionals with an interest in Arab cinema and the art of set and production design. (Iskandar Abdalla) URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/17-alfilm-arab-film-festival-berlin/dre amscapes LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:46148e3a74ce73a7fb4700954576901b3a9f1e474a1128a4fd47296eacaf4cf5 DTSTAMP:20260326T164429Z DTSTART:20260425T190000Z DTEND:20260425T200000Z SUMMARY:الخرطوم DESCRIPTION:Conceived as an intimate portrait of everyday life in the Sudan ese capital\, Khartoum becomes\, in the wake of war\, a film about surviva l\, displacement\, and the labor of remembering. Following five residents from different social milieus\, the filmmakers move from street-level obse rvation to inventive reconstruction\, using testimony\, performance\, and stylized image-making to bridge the rupture between the city that was and the city that can no longer be represented in the same way. What emerges i s a polyphonic urban portrait that holds friendships\, aspirations\, work\ , humor\, and grief in tense proximity. Refusing reductive war optics\, th e film insists on Sudanese subjectivity and on cinema as a space where sha ttered time can be reordered into collective witness. (ALFILM)

 URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/17-alfilm-arab-film-festival-berlin/alk hrtom LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:bf835d0a96a4f495705e336b7e66f9b4abf158cdb491f64b612a0d43bd6d6e49 DTSTAMP:20260326T165319Z DTSTART:20260425T210000Z DTEND:20260425T220000Z SUMMARY:Shorts Program 1: DESCRIPTION:Autonomy is a condition that tempts and even taunts those who h ave not been able to reach it. Each of the films in this program positions a protagonist in the face of oppressive societal norms and seemingly insu rmountable obstacles – testing the limits of personal and political agen cy. (ALFILM) URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/17-alfilm-arab-film-festival-berlin/sho rts-program-1 LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:4b698bb5f31a823c55d0bb4793628cdf459cf13668ad15c49651ae8c38a7f7f1 DTSTAMP:20260326T171512Z DTSTART:20260426T163000Z DTEND:20260426T173000Z SUMMARY:Cambodia\, I Remember What I Never Knew DESCRIPTION:GorgoneJenny Teng\, Cambodia\, France 2022\, 96 min. French\, T eochew\, English with English subtitles\n\nCurated by Océane Vé-Réveill ac\n\nFollowed by a talk with Jenny Teng (in English) and a Khmer dinner.\ n\n“The film is not a frozen\, stony or marble tomb\, but on the contrar y\, it sets memories and images in motion\, and with them\, emotions. The images neither replace nor compensate for absence. The moments spent with the living have become sequences\, which I edited with the vitality of our encounters and the life force of each individual\, deployed on the ruins of genocide\, in mind. The editing is a passing of the baton\, which bring s a group together: it is both a story of individual and collective surviv al. If we take cinema as the promise of a collective narrative\, it plays its role as a solace well.” — Jenny Teng\n\nGorgone is Jenny Teng's ex ploration of her family's trajectory through California\, France\, and Cam bodia. Tracing her personal family history\, the film reconstructs a colle ctive narrative that tells the stories of genocide survivors and the gener ation after. It is a journey that engages with silence and sorrow\, genera tional trauma\, and the \"in-betweenness\" of diaspora identity. (Océane Vé-Réveillac)\n\nJenny Teng teaches directing at Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbo nne University. She is currently working on Yin\, a feature film set betwe en Le Havre and Paris that tells the story of Cambodia's painful history t hrough a daughter and her father\, and Chinatown-Paris\, a series that fol lows the fate of an Asian supermarket in the heart of the 13th Arrondissem ent.\n\nOcéane Vé-Réveillac is an architect\, urbanist\, lecturer\, and curator who works on memory culture\, migration and diaspora\, as well as feminist urban planning and the history of housing. She co-curated \"Dess auer Straße and Other Stories ofn Emancipatory Housing\" at the German Ar chitecture Centre (DAZ) and now teaches at the Berlin University of the Ar ts (UdK) and the Technical University of Berlin (TU Berlin).\n\n18:30Cambo dia\, I Remember What I Never Knew Khmer DinnerAfter the screening of Gorg one\, there will be Khmer food and the opportunity to come together and ta lk about the film.Dieses Projekt wurde ausschliesslich durch Spenden und e hrenamtliche Arbeit ermöglicht. URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/sinemaplural/cambodia-i-remember-what-i -never-knew-screening LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:eeff0fb2fdb322726597e224f9d4e9c475a06c7d6d668727e7c53b1bcaf5cfcd DTSTAMP:20260326T175404Z DTSTART:20260426T190000Z DTEND:20260426T200000Z SUMMARY:مواقع فيلم عائلي DESCRIPTION:An autobiographical documentary about family\, love of cinema\, and the perpetual condition of being in between: homes\, languages\, and places. Shafik explores her relationship with her son and his father\, the renowned art director and production designer Onsi Abou Seif\, centring t heir shared entanglement with Egyptian cinema\, past and present: her grou ndbreaking scholarship\, and his work designing the visual worlds of numer ous masterpieces of Arab cinema\, from the late 60s until today. The film unfolds into deeper reflections on migration\, political oppression\, and the erasure of places and identities. ALFILM presents the German premiere of Home Movie On Location. (Iskandar Abdalla) URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/17-alfilm-arab-film-festival-berlin/moa kaa-fylm-aaayly LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:67860246fbe8a120f4ed00617b684fe5e033aa8a47d49a0a79597f70c01ae42b DTSTAMP:20260326T175533Z DTSTART:20260429T200000Z DTEND:20260429T210000Z SUMMARY:River Dreams DESCRIPTION:Kristina Mikhailova follows the Aksay River in southern Kazakhs tan and asks the women and girls living along its banks to imagine themsel ves as the river. Village girls and city dwellers\, LGBTQ+ activists and a gender-conformist headmistress\, women in prison and students dreaming of emigration\; they speak of their desires and utopias against a backdrop o f gender conservatism. Their conversations circle toxic masculinity\, sexu al assault\, and the widely reported trial of a former minister who brutal ly murdered his wife\, Saltanat Nukenova. \n\nThe resulting panorama of f emale life plans coalesces into poetry through the river's guiding presenc e\; fluid\, enduring\, impossible to contain. With radical tenderness\, Mi khailova's camera offers space for introspection\, sisterhood and solidari ty rather than imposition.  URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/sinelection/river-dreams LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:76a85edd3ca3fbb0acdd0b78854a0bc7b411579f1841bb383b6b1e1a0445a9e4 DTSTAMP:20260326T175611Z DTSTART:20260430T200000Z DTEND:20260430T210000Z SUMMARY:SHE DESCRIPTION:In the endless\, hermetically sealed corridors of a Vietnamese industrial necropolis\, where the global logic of capital reduces humans t o a measurable unit of output\, the women of SHE perform the slow catastro phe of contemporary labor. \n\nDirector Parsifal Reparato\, working as an thropologist-archivist of the invisible\, does not seek to expose the fact ory floor but rather excavate the psychic and social ruins it leaves in it s wake. The documentary gaze is refracted through the prism of re-enactmen t: the workers\, displaced from the assembly line to a voided\, theatrical space\, are asked not to perform their oppression\, but to embody the gho st of their own stolen time. Here\, cinema becomes a speculative archaeolo gy\, unearthing the gestures of exhaustion and solidarity that the machine ry of production tries to erase.\n\nWhat emerges is not a film about explo itation\, but film as a clandestine meeting place. In the black-box stage where the women re-enact their days\, the boundary between reality and fic tion collapses\, giving way to space where the right to exist beyond labor is rehearsed\, felt\, and fiercely imagined. (Bethan Hughes) URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/sinelection/she LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:92aeacc7a930fc7175fd451923de43c0f378a5664dafa9bb6683e635ffb7d810 DTSTAMP:20260326T180202Z DTSTART:20260426T211500Z DTEND:20260426T221500Z SUMMARY:Shorts Program 2: DESCRIPTION:Al-buka' `ala al-atlal (weeping over the ruins) is a tradition in pre-Islamic Arabic poetry in which the poet mourns and longs for lost l ove and home. This beautiful collection of shorts stands on this tradition \; painting with the colors of melancholia and grieving past lives to make room for the inevitable wheel of history. (ALFILM) URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/17-alfilm-arab-film-festival-berlin/sho rts-program-2 LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:df890f54a71eaa7f805f03cb2ec5ef1f98110e7a038812e582acadf560135647 DTSTAMP:20260327T123509Z DTSTART:20260427T190000Z DTEND:20260427T200000Z SUMMARY:Land of Dreams DESCRIPTION:The screening will take place in the presence of Onsi Abou Seif Nargis is a middle-aged mother who\, under pressure from her son and daugh ter\, is about to immigrate to the United States. As her departure approac hes\, she feels reluctant and unprepared\, fearful of leaving her home beh ind and stepping into the unknown. Driven by a sense of responsibility tow ard her children who both indulge in wishful thinking about the opportunit ies awaiting them in the “land of dreams\,” she appears to submit to w hat seems like her fate. Yet\, amid the preparations\, a brief moment of f orgetfulness alters the course of events and transforms her life. Where di d she leave her passport? Embarking on a thrilling journey through Cairo o n the eve of a new year\, she gradually moves closer to recovering her los t self.\n\nA socially critical comedy that brilliantly reflects on the tra nsformations affecting Egyptian society amid the rise of consumerism and n eoliberalism. The final film of the great diva Faten Hamama\, the most inf luential actress in the history of Arab cinema\, widely known as its “Fi rst Lady.” Egypt’s official submission to the Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film in 1993.\n\nALFILM presents Land of Dreams in honour of the great art director and production designer Onsi Abou Seif\, and as a tribute to the recently deceased Egyptian director Daoud Abdel Sayed (1 946-2025)\, who enriched Arab cinema with numerous masterpieces. (Iskandar Abdalla) URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/17-alfilm-arab-film-festival-berlin/lan d-of-dreams LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:dd5624529d060b80f3abccb411d7f85327c3912d4a01a6eca77c40eb9ebd12cd DTSTAMP:20260327T123716Z DTSTART:20260427T211500Z DTEND:20260427T221500Z SUMMARY:Shorts Program 3: DESCRIPTION:This film program confronts decades of colonial rule and struct ural neglect across a number of different sites of decay and ecological di saster. Yet it also contemplates various ways of germinating seeds for pot ential repair\, future redemption\, and the hope for reparation. (ALFILM) URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/17-alfilm-arab-film-festival-berlin/sho rts-program-3 LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:f845b2264b2ca69d3b702d608b3432ac79ec1305f6d3a9e40f94707ebfc8369b DTSTAMP:20260327T124102Z DTSTART:20260428T190000Z DTEND:20260428T200000Z SUMMARY:Nosophobia + Akasha DESCRIPTION:NosophobiaShehab Satti\, Sudan. 5 min. 2025 Arabic with English subtitles. \n\nA young man\, caught in a loop of self-address\, moves be tween dread and the stubborn impulse to exit—testing whether liberation is a door\, a voice\, or a fragile act of imagining otherwise. (ALFILM)Aka sha كشهHajooj Koka\, Sudan\, South Africa\, Qatar\, Germany\, 2018\, 76 min. Arabic with English subtitles.\n\nSet during the current Sudanese ci vil war\, Akasha is a sharply comic love story about Adnan\, a young fight er torn between his girlfriend Lina and his treasured rifle. When he fails to return to his unit\, a military roundup is launched\, and the film sli ps into a mischievous chase narrative that satirizes martial masculinity w ithout trivializing the stakes of conflict. Koka mobilizes slapstick timin g\, affectionate irony\, and moments of lyrical quiet to expose how war sc ripts desire\, loyalty\, and a masculine self-image. Rather than heroic po sturing\, the film offers vulnerability\, contradiction\, and the absurd t exture of life under militarization. Akasha stands out for the way it disa rms the rhetoric of war through humor while preserving emotional and polit ical complexity. (ALFILM) URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/17-alfilm-arab-film-festival-berlin/nos ophobia-akasha LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:7fc8ff7132fddcb6fed76215305617420e0e4e23fff2dd174706cb642324e53c DTSTAMP:20260327T124425Z DTSTART:20260429T210000Z DTEND:20260429T220000Z SUMMARY:رقية DESCRIPTION:Yanis Koussim’s debut feature depicts a haunting portrait of present day Algiers\, a city still reeling from the fallout of the harrowi ng violence of the Black Decade (1991 - 2002). \n\nA Raqi (a healer and e xorcist in Islam) is called to cast a demon out of the body of a suffering young woman.\n\nDecades later\, a man is left disfigured from a mysteriou s accident causing severe memory loss. These two events\, and more seeming ly disjointed fatal incidents\, slowly begin to reveal the repercussions o f generational violence and the interconnectedness of a bloody memory\, as the film delves into supernatural phenomena and the metaphysics of coloni al legacy. \n\nPremiering at the Venice International Film Festival in 20 25\, this psychological thriller is a truly scary feast for lovers of horr or with deep ties in history. (Jowe Harfouche) URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/17-alfilm-arab-film-festival-berlin/rky LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8b5fa99651b54f39a4e7a5ab64c3ed8de410d93d0e86ef30438b4bdc6687a463 DTSTAMP:20260410T160059Z DTSTART:20260501T180000Z DTEND:20260501T190000Z SUMMARY:My Father’s Shadow DESCRIPTION:Set against the charged backdrop of Lagos in 1993\, My Father ’s Shadow follows two young brothers unexpectedly reunited with their es tranged father on a single day that carries the weight of both personal an d national uncertainty. British-Nigerian filmmaker Akinola Davies Jr. weav es intimacy and the rhythms of everyday life into a meditation on fatherho od\, memory\, and belonging\, allowing quiet moments to open onto broader social and political resonances.\n\nBlending tender observation with the t extured sounds and streets of Nigeria’s largest city\, the film reflects on how relationships are shaped by absence and presence\, personal histor ies and collective hopes. Premiering in the Un Certain Regard section at t he 2025 Cannes Film Festival to critical acclaim\, My Father’s Shadow ma rks Davies Jr. as a vital new voice in contemporary cinema. (Bethan Hughes ) URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/sinelection/my-fathers-shadow LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:17e9a55f4f6e03c9eee327ae288d9582ff4f7fb5884a37f8f631ce40ca1d7f2b DTSTAMP:20260410T160553Z DTSTART:20260502T180000Z DTEND:20260502T190000Z SUMMARY:De capul nostru DESCRIPTION:Flavia is a sharp-tongued and fiercely independent fourteen-yea r-old girl from a small Romanian town. With her parents in Italy for work — her mother as a caregiver\, her father on a construction site — she lives alone. Forced to grow up fast\, she has learned to survive using sar casm and emotional detachment. She finds a kindred spirit in Luca\, a teen age boy who is also raising his younger sister\, Tina\, in the absence of their own parents .\n\nWhen Tina brings home two younger runaways seeking refuge\, Flavia and Luca's makeshift household transforms into an improvis ed\, self-chosen family\, offering a fleeting sense of belonging and purpo se. However\, this fragile surrogate family is threatened when Flavia lear ns that her parents are heading for a divorce\, cracking the already unsta ble foundation of her world. \n\nDe capul nostru (On Our Own) is a coming -of-age drama that explores how a generation of children cope with the dee p emotional trauma and loneliness caused by parental absence\, ultimately building their own communities out of a desperate need to connect. URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/sinelection/de-capul-nostru LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:62216c672f15b8fe352c4be6c2a80be133dcf5b40b61cfed8927eaa19a13e7ad DTSTAMP:20260410T161251Z DTSTART:20260503T203000Z DTEND:20260503T213000Z SUMMARY:Do You Love Me DESCRIPTION:A love letter to Beirut written in VHS static and 8mm grain. Fa r beyond the scope of an official state archive\, or what can be captured by the colonial gaze\, Lana Daher offers an alternative history of Lebanon by drawing on a vast collection of audiovisual fragments. Composed entire ly of 70 years of stolen and salvaged footage–home movies that bleed int o bombings\, wedding tapes cut with newsreels\, pop songs scored over chec kpoints–Daher provides no prescriptive narrative line. Instead\, Do You Love Me is a sensory tour-de-force that asks: what happens when a people w ithout an archive remember together? (Bethan Hughes) URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/sinelection/do-you-love-me LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:71180b79fc602c4fd8065133f4bec93b71990b7540c2818053a337fb5367acfb DTSTAMP:20260410T161404Z DTSTART:20260503T190000Z DTEND:20260503T200000Z SUMMARY:My Father’s Shadow DESCRIPTION:Set against the charged backdrop of Lagos in 1993\, My Father ’s Shadow follows two young brothers unexpectedly reunited with their es tranged father on a single day that carries the weight of both personal an d national uncertainty. British-Nigerian filmmaker Akinola Davies Jr. weav es intimacy and the rhythms of everyday life into a meditation on fatherho od\, memory\, and belonging\, allowing quiet moments to open onto broader social and political resonances.\n\nBlending tender observation with the t extured sounds and streets of Nigeria’s largest city\, the film reflects on how relationships are shaped by absence and presence\, personal histor ies and collective hopes. Premiering in the Un Certain Regard section at t he 2025 Cannes Film Festival to critical acclaim\, My Father’s Shadow ma rks Davies Jr. as a vital new voice in contemporary cinema. (Bethan Hughes ) URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/sinelection/my-fathers-shadow LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:992f9be2aed24f92356558ef6460ff5ef5fa47cc46a24db059101b1711b13186 DTSTAMP:20260410T161522Z DTSTART:20260506T200000Z DTEND:20260506T210000Z SUMMARY:De capul nostru DESCRIPTION:Flavia is a sharp-tongued and fiercely independent fourteen-yea r-old girl from a small Romanian town. With her parents in Italy for work — her mother as a caregiver\, her father on a construction site — she lives alone. Forced to grow up fast\, she has learned to survive using sar casm and emotional detachment. She finds a kindred spirit in Luca\, a teen age boy who is also raising his younger sister\, Tina\, in the absence of their own parents .\n\nWhen Tina brings home two younger runaways seeking refuge\, Flavia and Luca's makeshift household transforms into an improvis ed\, self-chosen family\, offering a fleeting sense of belonging and purpo se. However\, this fragile surrogate family is threatened when Flavia lear ns that her parents are heading for a divorce\, cracking the already unsta ble foundation of her world. \n\nDe capul nostru (On Our Own) is a coming -of-age drama that explores how a generation of children cope with the dee p emotional trauma and loneliness caused by parental absence\, ultimately building their own communities out of a desperate need to connect. URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/sinelection/de-capul-nostru LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:7023072d73d14cf64ff9200509b7cb785f89b5343bae4625e9d8a73da9655c44 DTSTAMP:20260410T162138Z DTSTART:20260501T203000Z DTEND:20260501T213000Z SUMMARY:Marcos Sensibles: Ecos Latinoamericanos DESCRIPTION:Curated by Gabriela Paredes SimlEl grill de César (Cesar’s G rill)Darío Aguirre\, Germany\, Switzerland\, 2013\, 88 min. Spanish with German subtitlesPreceded by a book market by independent Latin American ed itorials and Latin American sounds. Followed by a talk with Darío Aguirre and a Salsa set by Ale Borea aka DJ Concolón.Unfolding through intimate and tender images\, Cesar’s Grill is a story of migration\, familial pro ximity and distance\, and of belonging and identity as something that shif ts across places\, times\, and relationships\, that is continually renegot iated. As one of the few films addressing this experience within the conte xt of Europe and Latin America—more specifically between Ecuador and Ger many—it renders visible a reality that often remains unseen. As part of Marcos Sensibles: Ecos Latinoamericanos (Tender Frames: Latin American Ech oes)\, it becomes the starting point for a shared space of resonance\, whe re diasporic experiences can be felt\, linger\, and be held collectively.  After the screening\, everyone is invited to gather in HANE where Salsa rhythms by Ale Borea aka DJ Concolón will open a space to encounter\, dan ce or continue the conversation with the filmmaker.Darío Aguirre is a fil mmaker\, writer\, and producer whose work combines subtle humor with a pre cise attention to identity\, family\, and memory. He was born in Guayaquil \, Ecuador and is now based in Hamburg\, where he also founded Tiempo Film produktion in 2020.Ale Borea (DJ Concolón) is a Berlin-based musician\, s ound artist\, and researcher from Lima. She writes on listening\, music\, and sound\, and is active in Berlin’s independent music scene\, where sh e performs in various projects as a percussionist\, drummer\, and as DJ Co ncolón. In her sets\, she brings together Peruvian salsa and Afro-Latin r hythms.Gabriela Paredes Siml is a German-Peruvian anthropologist\, politic al educator\, cultural manager and aspiring film mediator. Using participa tory and audiovisual methods\, and through the translation of Latin Americ an poetry\, she creates spaces of resonance in German-Latin American conte xts. URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/un-learning/sinema-plural/marcos-sensib les-ecos-latinoamericanos LOCATION:\, END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:080c7958b0b7ba79650e02ee455ffeee4d9f57037ac4836611b964357e4a45c6 DTSTAMP:20260410T162820Z DTSTART:20260502T110000Z DTEND:20260502T120000Z SUMMARY:Marcos Sensibles: Ecos Latinoamericanos DESCRIPTION:With Gabriela Paredes Siml\, Darío Aguirre and Axel Velasco \ n\nun taller de cinecuidado sobre sentir\, escuchar y pertenecer (a cineca re workshop on feeling\, listening and belonging)\n\nIn Spanish and German .\n\nThe starting point of the Tender Frames: Latin American Echoes worksh op is the documentary César’s Grill\, which will be screened the evenin g before (01.05. at 20:00). The screening is free of charge for workshop p articipants.\n\nDuring the workshop\, we will work together with Darío Ag uirre on selected scenes from César’s Grill. Through conversation—as well as associative\, affective writing prompts which we will facilitate t ogether with Axel Velasco—we approach the relationships\, identities\, a nd emotions embedded in the film and weave them together with our own. Par ticipants are invited to bring a personal audiovisual fragment (e.g. a pho to or a short video or audio recording). In this way\, a gentle and caring space opens\, where feeling\, listening\, resonance\, and reflection can unfold together. Whose stories are told—and how? What remains invisible? What does belonging mean to us personally? When and with whom do we feel connected? What shifts within us between here and there? Who gets to tell our stories?\n\nA shared lunch is part of the workshop and opens a space t o connect and encounter at ease.\n\nThe workshop is aimed at people from t he Latin American and German-Latin American community. It seeks to encoura ge us to recognize and take ourselves seriously as holders of knowledge\, witnesses of our own histories\, and as living archives. As part of a cari ng practice and in order to create a safer space\, the number of participa nts is limited. In case of high demand\, a selection will be made.\n\nPart icipation is free.\n\nRegister here: https://forms.gle/CviCNnGVddMpNE236.  \n\nGabriela Paredes Siml is a German-Peruvian anthropologist\, politica l educator\, cultural manager and aspiring film mediator. Using participat ory and audiovisual methods\, and through the translation of Latin America n poetry\, she creates spaces of resonance in German-Latin American contex ts.\n\nDarío Aguirre isa filmmaker\, writer\, and producer whose work com bines subtle humor with a precise attention to identity\, family\, and mem ory. He was born in Guayaquil\, Ecuador and is now based in Hamburg\, wher e he also founded Tiempo Filmproduktion in 2020.\n\nAxel Velasco is a Mexi can writer\, philosopher and cultural coordinator based in Berlin. His wor k engages questions of the body\, architecture\, and inhabiting. He curren tly is part of the Latin American poetic collective Blinder Passagier\, cu rating poetry events and interdisciplinary formats\, and develops collage- based workshops. URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/un-learning/sinema-plural/marcos-sensib les-ecos-latinoamericanos-workshop LOCATION:\, END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:c00b21f4549b128276181feef9b5021e8488cf84da395cc45258e23322c75152 DTSTAMP:20260410T163407Z DTSTART:20260508T203000Z DTEND:20260508T213000Z SUMMARY:De capul nostru DESCRIPTION:Flavia is a sharp-tongued and fiercely independent fourteen-yea r-old girl from a small Romanian town. With her parents in Italy for work — her mother as a caregiver\, her father on a construction site — she lives alone. Forced to grow up fast\, she has learned to survive using sar casm and emotional detachment. She finds a kindred spirit in Luca\, a teen age boy who is also raising his younger sister\, Tina\, in the absence of their own parents .\n\nWhen Tina brings home two younger runaways seeking refuge\, Flavia and Luca's makeshift household transforms into an improvis ed\, self-chosen family\, offering a fleeting sense of belonging and purpo se. However\, this fragile surrogate family is threatened when Flavia lear ns that her parents are heading for a divorce\, cracking the already unsta ble foundation of her world. \n\nDe capul nostru (On Our Own) is a coming -of-age drama that explores how a generation of children cope with the dee p emotional trauma and loneliness caused by parental absence\, ultimately building their own communities out of a desperate need to connect. URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/sinelection/de-capul-nostru LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:a7c48c00502b180bbe18f56d4cd21fcd844e2d6c3e9d3162f86353a0213407da DTSTAMP:20260410T222238Z DTSTART:20260507T200000Z DTEND:20260507T210000Z SUMMARY:狂飆一夢 DESCRIPTION:Followed by an online talk with Jian Hua LiaoIn search of what remains after revolution\, a confused young director turns to two aging Ta iwanese activists whose lives were shaped\, and scarred\, by decades of re sistance. Through their memories\, the film revisits Taiwan’s long road to democratization not through party elites\, but through ordinary people who paid a personal price for political conviction. What emerges is a movi ng reflection on idealism\, sacrifice\, and democracy as an unfinished str uggle.(WooehMoeh Films x Impression Taiwan)\n\nJian Hua Liao is an indepen dent filmmaker and founder of a production studio whose documentaries\, in cluding The Last Insurrectionist and The Price of Democracy\, have been re cognized by major film festivals in Taiwan and abroad. URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/taiwan-echoes-of-democracy/the-price-of -democracy LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:fb9e42b2378314baa8882952115c617c44630809bef973e512af642416cc4701 DTSTAMP:20260410T222724Z DTSTART:20260508T180000Z DTEND:20260508T190000Z SUMMARY:民主，練習中 DESCRIPTION:Followed by an online talk with Yang Cheng-Shin\n\nThe Accident al Politician is a ten-year documentary journey following three young Taiw anese activists who emerged from the 2014 “Sunflower Movement” and ste pped into the complex world of local politics. Fueled by ideals but confro nted with entrenched power\, political deals\, and disillusionment\, their stories unfold like real-life quests through Taiwan’s democratic landsc ape. As they struggle between hope and burnout\, the film reveals not only the cost of participation\, but the unfinished nature of democracy itself . With the 2024 “Bluebird Movement” weaving the past into the present\ , this is not just a portrait of three individuals—it’s a timely refle ction on the fragile\, ongoing experiment of democracy in Asia. (WooehMoeh Films x Impression Taiwan)\n\nYang Cheng-Shin\, a former 1st AD in fictio n films with a Sociology master's\, is a documentary filmmaker whose works address social justice\, including her debut feature Never-Never Land (20 22) about exiled Tibetans in Taiwan\, and The Accidental Politician. URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/taiwan-echoes-of-democracy/the-accident al-politician LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:0c439d894b9a7bb4242a6a2efc7707a3fc9e0524e145a73a999c134d64139204 DTSTAMP:20260410T223212Z DTSTART:20260509T180000Z DTEND:20260509T190000Z SUMMARY:民主之眼 DESCRIPTION:Followed by an online talk with Chung Yi ChienA documentary fil m that traces Taiwan’s democratic transformation through the eyes of pho tojournalists who documented major social and political movements over two decades. Using more than 400 historical photographs and 20TB of footage\, the film revisits the struggles that shaped today’s freedoms\, election s\, and pluralistic society—and asks how this history can guide us in ti mes of division. (WooehMoeh Films x Impression Taiwan)\n\nChung Yi Chien i s a Taipei-born documentary filmmaker\, photography researcher\, and forme r photojournalist whose work spans news photography\, documentary directin g\, and visual sociology. URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/taiwan-echoes-of-democracy/eyes-on-demo cracy LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:16eabca8d3135c0977b9887bce89956474b5df1df2f4c2d3ed99f27aa5159563 DTSTAMP:20260410T223406Z DTSTART:20260509T203000Z DTEND:20260509T213000Z SUMMARY:Do You Love Me DESCRIPTION:A love letter to Beirut written in VHS static and 8mm grain. Fa r beyond the scope of an official state archive\, or what can be captured by the colonial gaze\, Lana Daher offers an alternative history of Lebanon by drawing on a vast collection of audiovisual fragments. Composed entire ly of 70 years of stolen and salvaged footage–home movies that bleed int o bombings\, wedding tapes cut with newsreels\, pop songs scored over chec kpoints–Daher provides no prescriptive narrative line. Instead\, Do You Love Me is a sensory tour-de-force that asks: what happens when a people w ithout an archive remember together? (Bethan Hughes) URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/sinelection/do-you-love-me LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:f8d2c3e69dbafcffe15e1d1d24229a3b569304074d007fc03512c8e1ae31c229 DTSTAMP:20260410T223533Z DTSTART:20260513T200000Z DTEND:20260513T210000Z SUMMARY:Do You Love Me DESCRIPTION:A love letter to Beirut written in VHS static and 8mm grain. Fa r beyond the scope of an official state archive\, or what can be captured by the colonial gaze\, Lana Daher offers an alternative history of Lebanon by drawing on a vast collection of audiovisual fragments. Composed entire ly of 70 years of stolen and salvaged footage–home movies that bleed int o bombings\, wedding tapes cut with newsreels\, pop songs scored over chec kpoints–Daher provides no prescriptive narrative line. Instead\, Do You Love Me is a sensory tour-de-force that asks: what happens when a people w ithout an archive remember together? (Bethan Hughes) URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/sinelection/do-you-love-me LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:0709c62b8daad51e54941fc29d9e4d2f0220709c4ca4e7b9b2aa1425b99ffd28 DTSTAMP:20260410T223647Z DTSTART:20260515T180000Z DTEND:20260515T190000Z SUMMARY:Do You Love Me DESCRIPTION:A love letter to Beirut written in VHS static and 8mm grain. Fa r beyond the scope of an official state archive\, or what can be captured by the colonial gaze\, Lana Daher offers an alternative history of Lebanon by drawing on a vast collection of audiovisual fragments. Composed entire ly of 70 years of stolen and salvaged footage–home movies that bleed int o bombings\, wedding tapes cut with newsreels\, pop songs scored over chec kpoints–Daher provides no prescriptive narrative line. Instead\, Do You Love Me is a sensory tour-de-force that asks: what happens when a people w ithout an archive remember together? (Bethan Hughes) URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/sinelection/do-you-love-me LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:92cf3977fbad1dc9f4259e05f615a2de21ad310192dce863bc9381fd7e7f5ac3 DTSTAMP:20260410T223818Z DTSTART:20260516T180000Z DTEND:20260516T190000Z SUMMARY:مع حسن في غزّة DESCRIPTION:The preview on 25 March will be followed by a talk with Kamal A ljafari.\n\nConstructed from a personal archive of footage shot by directo r Kamal Aljafari in 2001 during the Second Intifada\, With Hasan in Gaza f ollows Aljafari's journey as he searches for a man he was once imprisoned with. Accompanied by Hasan\, the grainy\, intimate lens of a MiniDV camera captures the everyday rhythms\, conversations\, and spirit of Gazan life amidst a backdrop of conflict\, creating a rare cinematic snapshot of a sp ecific time and place. \n\nMore than a simple travelogue\, the film trans forms into a profound meditation on memory\, loss\, and preservation. By r ediscovering and assembling the footage decades later\, Aljafari engages i n an act of cinematic resistance and creates an homage to a Gaza that has since undergone profound erasure. A powerful testament to the people and s paces that endure in memory\, using the medium of film to restore their pr esence and assert their continued existence. (Bethan Hughes) URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/sinelection/maa-hsn-fy-ghz LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:f50d78c6c4008a3f427ce1aa035f47038bad0d43bedbe894afe7ceb3e2adef1a DTSTAMP:20260411T190629Z DTSTART:20260509T130000Z DTEND:20260509T140000Z SUMMARY:Karibu DESCRIPTION:Curated by Diane Izabiliza\n\nWhat memories\, experiences\, and stories do you associate with Afroshops?\n\nI’ve been going to Afroshop s since I was a child—back then with my mother to buy phone cards\, hair products\, or matoke. For many\, Afroshops are more than just stores: the y are places of connection and community. But our patterns of consumption have changed. Many things are now available online\; some products have di sappeared or can be found elsewhere. At the same time\, some Afroshops hav e gained new customers\, while others are under pressure due to rising ren ts and changes in the neighborhoods.\n\nWhat do these changes mean for us as people who use Afroshops?\n\nIn this workshop\, I invite you to share y our perspective\, connect with others\, and collaboratively develop materi al for an essay film. With your consent\, audio recordings will be made an d may be used in the film. Refreshments\, including chai and puff-puffs\, will be provided.\n\nCome by\, share your story\, and become part of a pro ject by and for us. (Diane Izabiliza)\n\nThis workshop is open to anyone w ith personal or family connections to Afroshops\, especially those who ide ntify as migrants\, Afro-German\, Black\, or as people of color.\n\nThe wo rkshop will be held in German and\, if needed\, in English.\n\nDiane Izabi liza is a cultural studies scholar\, curator\, and filmmaker. Her work foc uses on racism\, cultures of memory\, and gender.\n\nParticipation is free . Sign up online.\n\nEither send a short message and write 1–2 sentences about yourself to: afroshop_sinema@gmail.com\n\nOr via the form URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/un-learning/sinema-plural/karibu LOCATION:\, END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:28dc6acde996e28e88421b03db63e43a8f7f37af08b16e5a6634c83de443a5fa DTSTAMP:20260411T193052Z DTSTART:20260513T180000Z DTEND:20260513T190000Z SUMMARY:Keep Filming DESCRIPTION:Konzipiert von Daniel Beschareti und Destina Atasayar im Rahmen von SİNEMAplural in Kooperation mit WIB e.V. (Wir im Brunnenviertel)\n\n Mit Filmen von: Aylin Akpınar\, Daniel Beschareti\, Destina Atasayar\, Dy lan Rathmann\, Kader Kavak\, Malin M. Sürek\, Mariam Daher\, Paul Pietrek \, Shino Shinwar\, Teri Mirbaha\, Ute Aurand\, Yalda Mohammadi. Projiziert auf 16mm.\n\nAn diesem Abend werden mehrere experimentelle dokumentarisch e 16mm-Filme vorgeführt\, die im Rahmen eines Workshops mit jungen Mensch en im Wedding entstanden sind. Gerahmt wird das Programm von weiteren Bole x Dokumentarfilmen und Gesprächen mit den Filmemacher*innen\, die den Sta dtteil in der Tradition des Filmtagebuchs mit der Bolex-Kamera erkundet un d auf 16mm festgehalten haben. Entstanden sind filmische Miniaturen\, die einen jungen vielstimmigen Blick auf die Stadt und das Medium Film werfen.  \n\nEs wird gezeigt aus dem Workshop: \n\nAuf dem Weg – Aylin Akpına r\, DE 2026\, 01:30min\, ohne Ton\, 16mm \n\nReflektion am Leopoldplatz – Aylin Akpınar\, DE 2026\, 01:00min\, ohne Ton\, 16mm \n\nSprengelstr aße – Daniel Beschareti\, DE 2026\, 01:30min\, ohne Ton\, 16mm \n\nWed dingPlural - Destina Atasayar &\; Daniel Beschareti\, DE 2026\, 02:45mi n\, ohne Ton\, 16mm \n\nSwinemünder Brücke – Dylan Rathmann\, DE 2026 \, 01:30min\, ohne Ton\, 16mm \n\nCuma – Kader Kavak\,  DE 2026\, 01:0 0min\, ohne Ton\, 16mm \n\nObservation – Malin M. Sürek\, DE 2026\, 01 :30min\, ohne Ton\, 16mm \n\nPerspectives – Malin M. Sürek\, DE 2026\, 01:00min\, ohne Ton\, 16mm \n\nHier kann man noch Mensch sein – Mariam Daher\, DE 2026\, 01:30min\, ohne Ton\, 16mm \n\nBerlin – Yalda Mohamm adi\, DE 2026\, 01:00min\, ohne Ton\, 16mm \n\nKettenfilm 2. April 2026 – Aylin Akpınar\, Dylan Rathmann\, Kader Kavak\, Malin M. Sürek\, Mari am Daher\, Shino Shinwar\, Yalda Mohammadi\,  DE 2026\, 02:45min\, ohne T on\, 16mm \n\nAußerdem werden gezeigt: \n\nWeihnachtsrummel - Daniel Be schareti\, DE 2026\, 02:45min\, ohne Ton\, 16mm\n\nLuxemburger Str. 31\, 1 8. Oktober 2025 - Paul Pietrek\, DE 2025\, 02:45min\, ohne Ton\, 16mm \n\ nDE UTOPIE - Teri Mirbaha\, DE 2025\, 02:45min\, ohne Ton\, 16mm\n\nNeubra ndenburg - Ute Aurand\, DE 1995\, 04:30min\, ohne Ton\, 16mm  URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/un-learning/sinema-plural/keep-filming LOCATION:\, END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:06733a0469ae6a30b38937872c09035fee17e0fac9173086de69b9966ec366e0 DTSTAMP:20260411T193540Z DTSTART:20260514T200000Z DTEND:20260514T210000Z SUMMARY:Was an Empfindsamkeit bleibt DESCRIPTION:Anschließendes Gespräch mit Daniela Magnani Hüller (14.05)\n \nVierzehn Jahre\, nachdem sie einen versuchten Femizid überlebt hat\, ke hrt die Filmemacherin Daniela Magnani Hüller an den Ort des Geschehens zu rück\; nicht an einen physischen Ort\, sondern in die Stille\, die darauf folgte. Sie sammelt die Stimmen\, die sowohl präsent als auch abwesend w aren: eine Lehrerin\, die wegschaute\, eine Kriminalbeamtin\, die den Beri cht aufnahm\, eine Freundin\, die nicht wusste\, was sie sagen sollte. Sie platziert sie in leeren Räumen\, in sorgfältig gewählten Abständen\, und stellt eine stille Frage: Wer trägt die Last\, wenn niemand die Schul d auf sich nimmt?\n\nIn diesen Gesprächen setzt sich “Was an Empfindsam keit bleibt” mit den Fragen nach Verantwortung und Untätigkeit auseinan der und zeigt auf\, wie bürokratische Systeme\, gesellschaftliche Einstel lungen und sogar wohlmeinende Menschen daran scheitern können\, Opfer zu schützen. Verwoben mit lebhaften\, poetischen Bildern – Puppenspielen\, Schmetterlingen und Farbtümern – erobert Magnani Hüller nach Jahren d es Schweigens ihre eigene Erzählung und Stimme zurück. (Bethan Hughes)\n \n URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/sinelection/was-an-empfindsamkeit-bleib t LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6d3c9aafa24bfaf293567050f5c47c79922936b62d822f6fd24adcbe18ca6b93 DTSTAMP:20260411T193702Z DTSTART:20260528T200000Z DTEND:20260528T210000Z SUMMARY:Was an Empfindsamkeit bleibt DESCRIPTION:Anschließendes Gespräch mit Daniela Magnani Hüller (14.05)\n \nVierzehn Jahre\, nachdem sie einen versuchten Femizid überlebt hat\, ke hrt die Filmemacherin Daniela Magnani Hüller an den Ort des Geschehens zu rück\; nicht an einen physischen Ort\, sondern in die Stille\, die darauf folgte. Sie sammelt die Stimmen\, die sowohl präsent als auch abwesend w aren: eine Lehrerin\, die wegschaute\, eine Kriminalbeamtin\, die den Beri cht aufnahm\, eine Freundin\, die nicht wusste\, was sie sagen sollte. Sie platziert sie in leeren Räumen\, in sorgfältig gewählten Abständen\, und stellt eine stille Frage: Wer trägt die Last\, wenn niemand die Schul d auf sich nimmt?\n\nIn diesen Gesprächen setzt sich “Was an Empfindsam keit bleibt” mit den Fragen nach Verantwortung und Untätigkeit auseinan der und zeigt auf\, wie bürokratische Systeme\, gesellschaftliche Einstel lungen und sogar wohlmeinende Menschen daran scheitern können\, Opfer zu schützen. Verwoben mit lebhaften\, poetischen Bildern – Puppenspielen\, Schmetterlingen und Farbtümern – erobert Magnani Hüller nach Jahren d es Schweigens ihre eigene Erzählung und Stimme zurück. (Bethan Hughes)\n \n URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/sinelection/was-an-empfindsamkeit-bleib t LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:59d77632391992c6df12b14073f9249e46edda8f3f65a2b63a8f71434e1b7d2b DTSTAMP:20260411T193750Z DTSTART:20260530T203000Z DTEND:20260530T213000Z SUMMARY:Was an Empfindsamkeit bleibt DESCRIPTION:Anschließendes Gespräch mit Daniela Magnani Hüller (14.05)\n \nVierzehn Jahre\, nachdem sie einen versuchten Femizid überlebt hat\, ke hrt die Filmemacherin Daniela Magnani Hüller an den Ort des Geschehens zu rück\; nicht an einen physischen Ort\, sondern in die Stille\, die darauf folgte. Sie sammelt die Stimmen\, die sowohl präsent als auch abwesend w aren: eine Lehrerin\, die wegschaute\, eine Kriminalbeamtin\, die den Beri cht aufnahm\, eine Freundin\, die nicht wusste\, was sie sagen sollte. Sie platziert sie in leeren Räumen\, in sorgfältig gewählten Abständen\, und stellt eine stille Frage: Wer trägt die Last\, wenn niemand die Schul d auf sich nimmt?\n\nIn diesen Gesprächen setzt sich “Was an Empfindsam keit bleibt” mit den Fragen nach Verantwortung und Untätigkeit auseinan der und zeigt auf\, wie bürokratische Systeme\, gesellschaftliche Einstel lungen und sogar wohlmeinende Menschen daran scheitern können\, Opfer zu schützen. Verwoben mit lebhaften\, poetischen Bildern – Puppenspielen\, Schmetterlingen und Farbtümern – erobert Magnani Hüller nach Jahren d es Schweigens ihre eigene Erzählung und Stimme zurück. (Bethan Hughes)\n \n URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/sinelection/was-an-empfindsamkeit-bleib t LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:b5b7eb6a2c8472202ca4fc6c2b2321c699fd8c8cfb44713adcf67e5cbd77e218 DTSTAMP:20260411T194238Z DTSTART:20260516T203000Z DTEND:20260516T213000Z SUMMARY:حتى اشعار أخر DESCRIPTION:Introduced by Irit Neidhardt\n\nIm Original heißt dieser erste preisgekrönte Spielfilm aus Gaza „Bis auf Weiteres“. Er beschreibt d ie Routine der Ausgangssperre. Ohne Vorankündigung festgesetzt im Haus de r Familie Abu Raji geht es um zwischenmenschliche Spannungen und das nachb arschaftliche Versorgungssystem während der Zeit des Eingeschlossenseins\ , dessen Ende unvorhersehbar ist. (Irit Neidhardt)\n\n„In meinen Filmen geht es nicht vordringlich um unseren Konflikt mit Israel\, sondern um uns er Leben und unsere arabische Kultur.“–Rashid Masharawi\n\nIrit Neidha rdt is a curator and film scholar with a focus on Arab cinema and Arab Ger man film relations.  URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/the-past-is-not-another-country/ht-asha aar-akhr LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:66d3df347b7ac50483878c585f9567a767b1de7ad633b34246c058acae15af4e DTSTAMP:20260411T195730Z DTSTART:20260517T110000Z DTEND:20260517T120000Z SUMMARY:ALL YOU CAN READ with Lin Hierse and Dana Vowinckel DESCRIPTION:Curated by Josephine Apraku and Ozan Zakariya Keskinkılıç\n\ n“How does literature change when writing and reading take place at the kitchen table?” ask Josephine Apraku and Ozan Zakariya Keskinkılıç in the new reading series ALL YOU CAN READ.\n\nFor the second edition\, they welcome authors Lin Hierse and Dana Vowinckel to brunch to discuss texts\ , memories\, family influences\, and political issues\, all with their mou ths full!\n\nThe event is aimed at anyone who wants to understand literatu re as a living\, sensory experience—and who is curious about what happen s when writers and readers come together to share a meal.\n\nALL YOU CAN R EAD moves literature from the podium to the dining table—where it often originates in the first place.\n\nThe table is set\, be our guests!\n\n--- \n\nThe Berlin Senate Department for Culture and Social Cohesion supports all events in the ALL YOU CAN READ reading series.\n\nLin Hierse is a writ er and journalist. Her texts have appeared in publications including taz\, Die Zeit\, and literary journals. In her novels Wovon wir träumen (Piper \, 2022) and Das Verschwinden der Welt (Piper\, 2024)\, food plays an impo rtant role—as a sign of affection and connection\, but also as a site of familial and societal pressures.\n\nDana Vowinckel is an author and studi ed linguistics and literature in Berlin\, Toulouse\, and Cambridge. Her de but novel Gewässer im Ziplock has received numerous awards\, was nominate d for the Leipzig Book Fair Prize\, has been translated into multiple lang uages\, and adapted for the stage.\n\nJosephine Apraku is an African studi es scholar and writer. Among their friends and family\, Josephine is known as a reliable source of excellent food. The kitchen table is Josephine’ s workplace and laboratory. This is where their writing takes shape – of ten late at night or early in the morning\, in the gaps between everyday l ife. \n\nOzan Zakariya Keskinkılıç is a political scientist\, writer\, and poet based in Berlin. His debut novel “Hundesohn” (Suhrkamp\, 202 5) moves through queer intimacy\, memory and religion — tracing how bodi es\, desire\, and language are shaped by rituals\, loss\, and love across shifting geographies. URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/all-you-can-read/all-you-can-read-with- lin-hierse-and-dana-vowinckel LOCATION:Lindower Str. 21 - 22/HAUS C\, 13347 Berlin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:f761c1a85ec78425399ebce2f4f14aa47ed996132caf24af8b3fb540e7038589 DTSTAMP:20260411T200912Z DTSTART:20260516T110000Z DTEND:20260516T120000Z SUMMARY:What Remains\, Passes Through Our Hands Workshop DESCRIPTION:A cooking workshop exploring memory\, grief\, and connection.\n \nBy Sophia Liu\, Kübra Sarı and Ngọc Anh Phan\n\nInspired by a select ion of short films\, we will cook Qingtuan and halva together\, two dishes of remembrance from different cultural contexts. Through cooking\, sharin g\, and sensory experiences\, we will create a space for memories\, conver sation\, and quiet connection.\n\nThe workshop is aimed at BiPoC and (post -)migrant individuals who are processing grief. Participants are welcome t o express themselves in a language of their choosing.\n\nSign up form link : https://forms.gle/JnD2K5KW1L4TXbgs9\n\nSophia Liu is a cultural practiti oner\, cultural studies scholar\, and cultural consultant. She focuses on archives\, educational mediation\, and memory practices in the context of migration.\n\nKübra Sarı (she/her) is a communications professional with a background as a pastry chef and social worker\, currently participating in the SİNEMAplural Film Mediation Fellowship at SİNEMA TRANSTOPIA.\n\n Ngọc Anh Phan (they/them) is a Berlin-based graphic designer working acr oss storytelling\, typography\, and photography\, exploring diasporic and queer memory through an archival lens. \n\n URL:https://sinematranstopia.com/en/un-learning/sinema-plural/what-remains- passes-through-our-hands-workshop LOCATION:\, END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR