ArteKino’s programming
Classics 2023
Charles, Dead or Alive
Alain Tanner
Disillusioned with life, businessman Charles Dé takes on a fake identity, leaves his family and moves in with a young couple he has met by chance.
Who Are You, Polly Maggoo?
William Klein
For an episode of the French TV programme « Who are you?”, Polly Maggoo becomes the pseudo-portrait of a super model.
Rocco and His Brothers
Luchino Visconti
After losing her husband, Rosaria moves from rural Sicily to the industrial city of Milan with her four sons.
The Lacemaker
Claude Goretta
A shy hairdresser falls in love with a Parisian student, but her reserved personality impedes their relationship.
The Bridge
Bernhard Wicki
Shortly before the end of World War II, a group of young Germans are faced with military conscription.
Diary for My Children
Mészàros Màrta
The ghost of the Soviet Union haunts young Juli when she returns to her native Budapest.
Scrubbers
Mai Zetterling
Two young women manage to escape a sinister 1970s reform school for girls in England.
Diary for My Father and Mother
Mészàros Màrta
The third film of the « Diaries » trilogy depicts the Hungarian revolution of 1956 against the Russian occupation.
Diary for My Lovers
Mészàros Màrta
The second film in Marta Mészàros’ “Diaries” trilogy, which won a Silver Bear Award at the 1987 Berlin Film Festival.
The Cruel Embrace
Marion Hänsel
Nicole, a young mother haunted by the memory of a rape, refuses to be seen as a victim.
The Wall
Serge Roullet
During the Spanish Civil War, three men are arrested and imprisoned. There may be a way out for one of them.
Change of Life
Paulo Rocha
Adelino returns to Portugal after the Angolan War only to find that the woman he loves has married his brother.
Withnail and I
Bruce Robinson
Two penniless actors leave their shabby student flat in London’s Camden Town and travel to the countryside.
Daisies
Vera Chytilovà
Both psychedelic and poetic, “Daisies” is a rare gem of the Czechoslovakian ‘Nouvelle vague’ directed by Vera Chytilova.
Face to Face
Roviros Manthoulis
An English teacher agrees to take a job as a tutor for a pampered young woman in a nouveau-riche household.
Stolen meeting
Leida Laius
Free from prison in Russia, Valentina heads back to Estonia in the hopes of finding her son.
Life of a shock worker
Bahrudin Bato Cengic
A picturesque story of men who work hard, in the dangerous depths of coal mines. A classic in Yugoslav cinema.
Eskimo Woman Feel Cold
Xantus Jànos
A piano player falls in love with Mari, who happens to be married to a deaf-mute animal caretaker.
Bubble bath
Kovàsznai György
A man about to get married realises that he is actually in love with his fiancée’s friend.
Adoption
Marta Meszaros
Kata is a carpenter who wants to become a mother, but when she meets troubled teenager Anna, she starts considering adoption.
El Camino
Ana Mariscal
Daniel recalls the experience of having to leave his hometown for the city to study.
Selection 2023
Ashes and Blood
Fanny Ardant
The return of a mother to her native land revives ancestral clan wars.
Frontier of Dawn
Philippe Garrel
A young photographer is haunted by the memory of a spellbinding love affair. A film by Philippe Garrel featuring his son, Louis Garrel.
Just Don’t Think I’ll Scream
Frank Beauvais
Fragments of hundreds of films tell the story of filmmaker Frank Beauvais’ recovery from a breakup in a small Alsatian village.
Júlia ist
Elena Martin
Júlia, a young architecture student, leaves Barcelona for the first time to do an Erasmus term in Berlin.
The Gift
Michelangelo Frammartino
An apathetic old man and a possessed girl meet, without a word, in the depopulated Italian region of Calabria.
Double Room
Ysé Sorel
After a break-up, Lisa returns to her family farm to help her father. She slowly becomes haunted by visions after meeting Élise, the actress next door.
Aren’t you happy
Susanne Heinrich
A girl wanders through yoga studios, art galleries and strangers’ beds in Berlin, looking for a place to sleep.
Four Nights with Anna
Jerzy Skolimovski
The love affair of a slightly disturbed and voyeuristic loner.
Mixing
Karine Silla Perez
Filmed during Chanel’s 2022/23 fashion show in Dakar, Mixing explores how art and beauty can bring people together.
The Black Book
Valeria Sarmiento
An Italian nanny and the enigmatic orphan in her charge adventure through 18th century Europe.
Festival 2023
No One’s with the Calves
Sabrina Sarabi
Surrounded by fields and cows, Christin lives on the farm of her boyfriend Jan’s father.
Fishbone
Dragomir Sholev
Points of view of an absurd world where the people are like the dolphin, no one knows how to take care of it.
Ladybitch
Paula Knüpling + Marina Prados
Young actress Ela lands the lead role in a new play by famous director Franz Kramer.
Vamos a la Playa
Bettina Blümner
Young Germans go to Cuba looking for one’s missing brother. They’ll face tourist exploitation and inequality.
Sundays
Alethea Avramis
Sundays provides access into the mind and perspective of a priest through his daughter’s eyes.
Splendid Hotel
Pedro Aguilera
Arthur Rimbaud, who has long since given up poetry, is now a merchant in the Horn of Africa.
Sister, What Grows Where Land Is Sick?
Franciska Seifert Eliassen
In a small town in northern Norway, Eira starts reading the diary of her brilliant and rebellious sister.
Semret
Caterine Mona
Semret, an Eritrean refugee living in Switzerland, needs to face her traumatic past for her and her daughter.
My Emptiness and I
Adrian Silvestre
Raphi is androgynous, she begins a gender transition as well as an arduous journey to find her true identity.
.Dog
Yianna Americanou
When his absent father is released from prison, young Dimitris has to fight between right and wrong.
All Our Fears
Lukasz Ronduda + Lukasz Gutt
Triggered by a tragedy, gay artist and activist Daniel, tries to make the local community grieve together.
The Sibyl
Eduardo Brito
The magnificent adaptation of the novel by Agustina Bessa-Luís, set in Portugal in the mid-20th century.
Young Jury 2023
Composed of 15 young Europeans aged between 18 and 25 from the partner schools of the ArteKino Festival, and, for the first time this year, 2 members of the European Film Academy, the jury selected « Sister, What Grows Where Land is Sick? » by Franciska Seifert Eliassen for the Young Audience Award 2023.
Adam Mytnik
Poland, Lodz Film School
Angela de Jaegher
Italy, Sapienza Università di Roma
Carles Verdaguer
Spain, Escola de Cinema de Barcelona
Eleni Santoli
Greece, The School of Film at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Gustav Warn
Sweden, Stockholm Film School
João Sousa
Portugal, Universidade lusofona, Departamento de cinema e arte dos media, Lisbon
Luke O’Donoghue
Irland, Institute of Art, Design and Technology (IADT), National Film School, Dublin
Margareth Villers
Estonia, Baltic Film, Media & Arts School (BFMAS), Tallinn University
Raluca Nemeti
Romania, European Film Academy Productions, European Film Club
Sakri Arkimies
Finland, Aalto University (ELO), School of Arts, Design and Architecture, ELO Film School Helsinki, Department of Film, Television and Scenography
Sandra Caldentey
France, TAI Escuela Universitaria de Artes, Madrid
Sebiana Prelaj
Albania, American University in Bulgaria, Minor in film and theatre studies
Simona Jurkuvenaite
Lithuania, Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre, Vilnius
Svenja Leifheit
Germany, Catalyst Institute for creative arts and technology, Berlin
Thomas Relinque
Spain, European Film Academy Productions, European Film Club