German Films at AFI EU Film Showcase
Nov 4, 2009
The 22nd European Union Film Showcase features 39 films representing 25 countries, including official foreign language Oscar® selections, festival headliners and U.S. and Washington, DC premieres of major first-run releases.
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Germany will be represented with three highly acclaimed films: Everyone Else by director Maren Ade, starring Birgit Minchmayer (Best Actress, 2009 Berlin Film Festival) and Lars Eidinger; Cloud Nine, a romantic drama by director Andreas Dresen, which stars Ursula Werner (Best Actress, Bavarian Film Awards); and John Rabe, a moving true-story account directed by Florian Gallenberger and starring Ulrich Tukur, who garnered awards for his performance at the Bavarian Film Awards and German Film Awards.
The festival, which runs from November 5 -24, 2009, is presented by the American Film Institute in collaboration with the Cultural Counselors of the European Union Member States’ Embassies and the Delegation of the European Commission in Washington, DC. It takes place at the AFI Silver Theater in Silver Spring, Maryland.
On vacation in Sicily, Chris and his girlfriend Gitti appear to be madly in love. But over the course of the vacation, their temperamental personalities clash, as do the stresses of Chris’s career and the inconvenient arrival of another couple with whom they have a strained relationship.
Everyone Else on Nov. 7, 3:30 pm
“A small film with a big heart.” - Derek Elley, Variety. This is the groundbreaking and lyrical story of a 67-year old married woman who rediscovers passion and her sexuality when she falls in love with a 76-year old man.
Cloud Nine on Nov. 8, 2:45 pm
On vacation in Sicily, Chris and his girlfriend Gitti appear to be madly in love. But over the course of the vacation, their temperamental personalities clash, as do the stresses of Chris’s career and the inconvenient arrival of another couple with whom they have a strained relationship.
Everyone Else on Nov. 8, 6:20 pm
“A small film with a big heart.” - Derek Elley, Variety. This is the groundbreaking and lyrical story of a 67-year old married woman who rediscovers passion and her sexuality when she falls in love with a 76-year old man.
Cloud Nine on Nov. 11, 9:00 pm
Ulrich Tukur (The Lives of Others) gives a fascinating performance as John Rabe, a German industrialist in China who, in 1937, intervened to save an estimated 200,000 Chinese civilians from the rape and slaughter perpetrated by the invading Japanese army.
John Rabe on Nov. 13, 7:00 pm
Ulrich Tukur (The Lives of Others) gives a fascinating performance as John Rabe, a German industrialist in China who, in 1937, intervened to save an estimated 200,000 Chinese civilians from the rape and slaughter perpetrated by the invading Japanese army.
John Rabe on Nov. 15, 7:00 pm
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