The fifth Down Under Berlin Film Festival is aalmost here! We will be back at Moviemento cinema 16 - 20 September 2015. This year we will present roughly 40 films and celebrate our anniversary with numerous European, international and German premieres. Our 2015 festival motto is Paradise Unknown: We will explore stories about the journey of life, new beginnings, and surviving the everyday. Come along and see different ideas of paradise as they unfold on the big screen, and discover just how near, or how far, paradise can be in Australian and New Zealand cinema.
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Browse our full festival program:
http://downunderberlin.de/festival-2015/
Celebrate 5 years of Down Under Berlin with us:
Festival Opening Drinks | Wed, 16 Sept | Festival
Lounge at Moviemento
Festival Party | Sat, 19 Sept, 23:00h
| Zum Böhmischen Dorf
Inside Out Picnic | Sun, 20 Sept, 15:00h | Festival
Lounge at Moviemento
TICKETS:
8 Euro (5-Ticket-Pass: 35 Euro)
Tickets are already available online at moviemento.de or
through the Down Under Berlin website
VENUE:
Moviemento Kino, Kottbusser Damm 22, 10967 Berlin
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Highlights of the 2015 film program include:
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| OPENING FILM: ELIXIR (2015)
A sumptuously shot deliriously culture-mashing
feature film debut from boundary-pushing writer/director Brodie
Higgs, with input from 22 contemporary Berlin-based artists. The
director will be in attendance at the screening.
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THE DEAD LANDS (2014)
The coming-of-age story of a young Māori warrior captivates with breath-taking
images and a pulsing soundtrack. This was New Zealand's entry for the
foreign language film competition at the 2015 Oscars.
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WAKE IN FRIGHT (1971)
Brilliant and terrifying, this Australian classic inspired many films
both Down Under and around the world. This film left Martin
Scorsese speechless! Wake in Fright screens as part of our
Ozploitation double feature.
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WYRMWOOD (2014)
A post-apocalyptic zombie movie which was an internet
phenomenon even before it hit Australian cinemas. This feature will
take you on a wild trip through the outback as you have never
experienced it before.
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THE DARK HORSE (2014)
An international festival hit: This provocative and
emotionally-charged drama is based on the true story of Genesis
Potini, a once heralded chess champion, and features a stellar cast.
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ONCE MY MOTHER (2014)
In this multi-award winning documentary Sophia Turkiewicz looks into
her mother's incredible and harrowing journey from eastern Poland to
a prison camp in Siberia, to a refugee camp in Africa and finally to
Australia.
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MESSAGE FROM MUNGO (2014)
When archaeologists discovered Mungo Lady, the remains of a 40 000
year-old human, it dramatically changed the knowledge about
Australian history. Where some see old bones, others see a part of
their family and their ancestry.
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NEW TALENTS SHOWCASE
In 2015 the New Talents Showcase returns in cooperation with the
Australian Film Television and Radio School (AFTRS) and the
Sydney Film School (SFS) to bring you the freshest of the fresh in
Aussie filmmaking today.
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GUEST FESTIVAL: MADE IN MELBOURNE
For the first time an Australian festival will be doing the honours
this year: Made In Melbourne presents a wonderful and quirky mix of
shorts on the big screen.
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CLOSING FILM & SPECIAL GERMAN PREVIEW: HIP
HOP-ERATION (2014)
Down Under Berlin shows this wonderful and energetic Kiwi adventure
before the official German cinema release. This documentary follows a
troupe of courageous senior citizens on an extraordinary quest.
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Attending filmmakers & guests
We are delighted to announce that the following filmmakers and
experts will participate in the festival to take part in Q&As
or give introductions to films:
Australian Embassy | welcome note on the opening
night
Brodie Higgs | director Elixir - opening
night feature
Rod Freedman | producer Once My Mother
Simon Hughes | composer Sunday
Ante Malekin | introducing guest festival Made
In Melbourne
Prof. Dr. Anja Schwarz | Chair of British
Cultural Studies, University of Potsdam | introducing Message
from Mungo
Rosalie Delaney | writer and co-producer Am
I Dancing
Frank Hofmann | director Call of the Wild
Magnus Wacinski | cinematographer Call of the
Wild
New Zealand's Ambassador to Germany, Rod Harris
| welcome note before the festival closing feature Hip
Hop-eration
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