Program Overview 2016

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World premiere // LICHTER opening film

Opening film 2016 // Meine Brüder und Schwestern im Norden [My brothers and sisters up north]

Director: Sung-Hyung Cho
(Documentary, D 2016), OV with German subtitles,
Duration: 106 min.

Sunday, 20. March 2016, 19:00 p.m., Mousonturm // Saal

A portray of the people behind the persistent clichés and stereotypes and an insight into life ... more

Opening and AWARD CEREMONY // LICHTER Art Award

(Video Art Exhibition, 2016)

Monday, 28. March 2016, 17:00 p.m., Andere Orte

Award and opening ceremony of the LICHTER ART AWARD more

GrenzParcours // Walk the Line!

(Opening and Exhibition, 2016)

Tuesday, 29. March 2016, 18:30 p.m., Mousonturm // Studio 1

Daily exhibition in the festival lounge more

International Shorts I

Director: Various
(Feature film, Animation, Documentary, F/AT/GB/I/NL/CA 2014-2015), Various

Tuesday, 29. March 2016, 20:00 p.m., Mousonturm // Studio 1

Of Slaughterhouses, family ties and summer dreaming – The international Shorts I. more

Im Sommer wohnt er unten

Director: Tom Sommerlatte
(Comedy, D 2015), German OV,
Duration: 100 min.

Wednesday, 30. March 2016, 20:00 p.m., Filmmuseum

A summer house in France and two brothers who couldn`t be any more different from each other. more

Moderated opening talk

Europa: Aussen.Grenzen.Innen. [Europe: Outside.Borders.Inside]

(Talk, 2016), German

Wednesday, 30. March 2016, 19:00 p.m., Festivalzentrum

Talk discussing European Responsibility: Separation or Open Borders? more

35 mm

Der letzte Mann (The Last Laugh) // Les Trucs live

Director: F. W. Murnau
(silent feature film with live music, D 1924), Live Music,
Duration: 101 min.

Wednesday, 30. March 2016, 22:15 p.m., Metropolis

Les Trucs meet F. W. Murnau and present a very special screening of "The Last Laugh" more

Screening + Talk

In the presence of Edgar Reitz // Die andere Heimat - Chronik einer Sehnsucht

Director: Edgar Reitz
(Feature Film, D 2013), German OV without subtitles,
Duration: 230 min.

Wednesday, 30. March 2016, 19:00 p.m., Metropolis

A black and white drama by Edgar Reitz, which received the German Film Award 2014 more

Germany premiere

Road Movie Ukraine

Director: Olga Petrova, Lutz Jahnke
(Documentary, D 2015), OV with subtitles,
Duration: 65 min.

Wednesday, 30. March 2016, 18:00 p.m., Filmmuseum

Ukraine is more than just the Majdan. Art, music, life and culture in times of civil war. more

Hessian Premiere

Les Sauteurs (Those who jump)

Director: Abou Bakar Sidibé, Estephan Wagner, Moritz Siebert
(Documentary, DK 2016), French/Bambara OV with subtitles,
Duration: 80 min.

Wednesday, 30. March 2016, 21:00 p.m., Mousonturm // Studio 1

A unique record of our time, which sets impressively the stories and faces of the refugees again ... more

AUF EINER SKALA VON 1 –10 [ON A SCALE OF 1 –10]

Director: Katharina Uhland
(Documentary, D 2015), German OV with English subtitles,
Duration: 76 min.

Wednesday, 30. March 2016, 20:00 p.m., Mal Sehn

A wonderfully quiet film, which often surprisingly humorously questions the effects of a cancer ... more

GrenzParcours: Walk the Line!

(Exhibition, 2016)

Wednesday, 30. March 2016, 16:00 p.m., Mousonturm // Studio 1

Daily exhibition in the festival lounge more

Rhine-Main Premiere

Dog Lady (La mujer de los perros)

Director: Laura Citarella, Verónica Llinás
(Drama, AR 2015), Span. OV with subtitles,
Duration: 95 min.

Thursday, 31. March 2016, 20:00 p.m., Mal Sehn

Dog Lady shows an intimate portrait of a self-sufficient lone wolf. more

Rhine-Main Premiere

Enklava (Enklave)

Director: Goran Radovanovic
(Drama, SRB/D 2015), Original version with English subtitles,
Duration: 92 min.

Thursday, 31. March 2016, 20:30 p.m., Filmmuseum

Nenad lives in a serbian enclave in Kosovo. His school bus is an armored UN car. more

Lichter Agora: Grenzen Unlimited I // Opening Conference

(Talk, 2016), German

Thursday, 31. March 2016, 19:00 p.m., Festivalzentrum

Opening Conference of the LICHTER AGORA 2016. more

Germany Premiere

Experimenter

Director: Michael Almereyda
(Biopic, USA 2015), Engl. OV,
Duration: 97 min.

Thursday, 31. March 2016, 20:00 p.m., Mousonturm // Saal

Portrait about the psychologist Stanley Milgram and his spectacular obedience-experiment. more

Digital Dissidents

Director: Cyril Tuschi
(Documentary, D 2015), German OV,
Duration: 90 min.

Thursday, 31. March 2016, 22:00 p.m., Mal Sehn

The documentary portrays six former whistleblowers from economy, public authorities and politics. more

Germany premiere

The Wakhan Front (Ni le ciel ni la terre)

Director: Clément Cogitore
(Feature Film, F/BEL 2015), French/Arabic original with subtitles,
Duration: 100 min.

Thursday, 31. March 2016, 20:00 p.m., Mousonturm // Studio 1

In a subtly philosophical manner, The Wakhan Front poses the question of power between human and ... more

Der Staat gegen Fritz Bauer

Director: Lars Kraume
(Feature Film, D 2015), 105,
Duration: German OV without subtitles min.

Thursday, 31. March 2016, 18:00 p.m., Mousonturm // Saal

A political thriller and gripping, intelligent chamber play with a striking performance of *Burg ... more

Triple Feature I // IN BETWEEN IDENTITIES

Director: Aleksandar Radan
(Experimental Film, D 2015), German OV,
Duration: 8:50 min.

Thursday, 31. March 2016, 18:00 p.m., Mousonturm // Studio 1

A trip into the world of a well-known computer game and subverts any expectations. more

Endzeit [Eschaton]

Director: Anna Groos, Jan Groos
(web series, A 2015), German OV,
Duration: 110 min.

Thursday, 31. March 2016, 18:00 p.m., Filmmuseum

Two artists are tired of the artistic milieu and begin to encounter alternative lifestyles. more

Rhine-Main-premiere

Kurzzeithelden (Short Time Heroes)

Director: Christine Wagner, Roman Gonther (zusätzliche Szenen)
(Sci-Fi, D 1999-2015), German OV,
Duration: 45 min.

Thursday, 31. March 2016, 22:00 p.m., Mousonturm // Studio 1

2025: The first superluminal velocity flight. A stunning Science-Fiction adventure. more

Germany premiere

Pecore in Erba (Burning Love)

Director: Alberto Caviglia
(Mockumentary, I 2015), Ital. OV with subtitles,
Duration: 87 min.

Thursday, 31. March 2016, 22:00 p.m., Mousonturm // Saal

Ironic Mockumentary that deconstructs intolerance, racism and the rhetorics of media outrage. more

Triple Feature I // Vier danach [Four later]

Director: Julia J. Geiß
(Documentary, D 2014), OV,
Duration: 44.27 min.

Thursday, 31. March 2016, 18:00 p.m., Mousonturm // Studio 1

Quiet portrait about four men dealing with the fatal consequences of contergan. more

World premiere

TRIPLE FEATURE I // OPA

Director: Olga Petrova
(Documentary, D 2015), Original version with subtitles,
Duration: 17:40 min.

Thursday, 31. March 2016, 18:00 p.m., Mousonturm // Studio 1

An affectionately elaborated biography in honor of the grandfather of a proud granddaughter. more

Frankfurter Kranz zur Flüchtlingshilfe [Frankfurt Circle regarding aid for refugees]

(Discussion panel, 2016)

Thursday, 31. March 2016, 19:00 p.m., Mousonturm // Saal 2

At the Frankfurter Kranz, agents of the Frankfurter Flüchtlingshilfe get together and provide a ... more

GrenzParcours: Walk the Line!

(Exhibition, 2016)

Thursday, 31. March 2016, 16:00 p.m., Mousonturm // Studio 1

Daily exhibition in the festival lounge more

Art Talk // LICHTER Art Award

(Video-Art Exhibition / Talk, 2016)

Thursday, 31. March 2016, 18:00 p.m., Andere Orte

Talk with the shortlisted artists of the LICHTER Art Award 2016 more

Lichter Agora: Grenzen Unlimited // Relay Talk

(Talk, 2016), German

Friday, 01. April 2016, 13:00 p.m., Festivalzentrum

Agora relay talk with various topics more

Hessian Premiere

Louisiana - The Other Side

Director: Roberto Minervini
(Documentary, FR/IT 2015), Engl. OV,
Duration: 92 min.

Friday, 01. April 2016, 20:30 p.m., Filmmuseum

Relentless documentary about the lost white american lowerclass. more

Germany premiere

Trading Germans (Ein Pass für Deutschland)

Director: Razvan Georgescu
(Documentary, D/Rum 2015), German/Ruma. OV with English subtitles,
Duration: 90 min.

Friday, 01. April 2016, 20:00 p.m., Mal Sehn

"Trading Germans" is simultaneous a spy thriller and an artful documentary. more

Ein Atem [One Breath]

Director: Christian Zübert
(Drama, D 2015), German OV,
Duration: 100 min.

Friday, 01. April 2016, 18:00 p.m., Filmmuseum

In Ein Atem by Christian Zübert, the crisis in Greece has been given a human face. more

Yallah! Underground

Director: Farid Eslam
(Documentary, D/CAN/USA/GB/CZ 2015), Engl. OV,
Duration: 85 min.

Friday, 01. April 2016, 20:00 p.m., Mousonturm // Saal

In the Underground of arabic metropoles artists and musicians are living their dreams of freedom. more

Hessian premiere

Schrotten!

Director: Max Zähle
(Comedy, D 2014), German OV,
Duration: 90 min.

Friday, 01. April 2016, 20:00 p.m., Caligari Filmbühne Wiesbaden

A salvage yard clan runs out of money. A trainload of copper seems to be the solution. more

A Taste of Flatpack

Birmingham Shorts

Director: various
(Feature film, Animation, Documentary, NL/ UK/ CHN/ D/ A/ D/ I/ S/ J 2015-2016), various,
Duration: 74 min.

Friday, 01. April 2016, 18:00 p.m., Mousonturm // Studio 1

Hypnotic animations, confusing experiments, dark and weird humour: Birmingham Shorts more

Rerun

Experimenter

Director: Michael Almereyda
(Biopic, USA 2015), Engl. OV,
Duration: 97 min.

Friday, 01. April 2016, 22:30 p.m., Filmmuseum

Portrait about the psychologist Stanley Milgram and his spectacular obedience-experiment. more

International Shorts II

Director: Various
(Feature film, experimental film, USA/AU/GB/I/F 2014-2015), Various

Friday, 01. April 2016, 22:00 p.m., Mal Sehn

Of tyrannical mayors, nudes and horse masks - The international Shorts II more

Hessian Premiere

Lotte

Director: Julius Schultheiß
(Feature Film, D 2016), German OV,
Duration: 76 min.

Friday, 01. April 2016, 20:00 p.m., Mousonturm // Studio 1

Lotte lets one forget the usual talk about unwieldy and boring German film. more

Der 1. April 2016

Director: Jan Philipp Stange
(Video-Techno-Opera, D 2016),
Duration: 75 min.

Friday, 01. April 2016, 19:45 p.m., Andere Orte

The Tagesschau as a daily show. A video-techno-opera: Between pictures and truth. more

Lolita Knockout Ensemble Live // The General (Der General)

Director: Buster Keaton, Clyde Bruckman
(Feature film, USA 1926), silent film with live music,
Duration: 78 min.

Friday, 01. April 2016, 20:00 p.m., Lederpalast Offenbach / Ledermuseum

Musical full steam ahead: The Lolita Knockout Ensemble fires up Buster Keatons Comedy. more

Germany Premiere

Masaan

Director: Neeraj Ghaywan
(Drama, IND/F 2015), Hindi with English subtitles,
Duration: 103 min.

Friday, 01. April 2016, 18:00 p.m., Mousonturm // Saal

A debut feature film of the coming of age of young people halfway between tradition and modernit ... more

With live music by “The OhOhOhs”

Paper Cut Films by Edeltraud Engelhardt + "The OhOhOhs” live

Director: Edeltraud Engelhardt
(Documentary, D 1998)

Friday, 01. April 2016, 22:00 p.m., Mousonturm // Studio 1

In a unique cooperation with Frankfurt two-man formation “The OhOhOhs”, LICHTER presents the ... more

GrenzParcours: Walk the Line!

(Exhibition, 2016)

Friday, 01. April 2016, 12:00 p.m., Mousonturm // Studio 1

Daily exhibition in the festival lounge more

Regional Shorts I

Director: various
(various, D 2014-2015), German OV,
Duration: various min.

Friday, 01. April 2016, 22:00 p.m., Mousonturm // Saal

Of reflective bugs, rooster fights and stomping feet: Regional Shorts - I. more

Rhine-Main premiere

The Lobster

Director: Yorgos Lanthimos
(Feature Film, IR/GB/GRC/F/USA 2015)), English OV with subtitles,
Duration: 118 min.

Saturday, 02. April 2016, 19:00 p.m., Mousonturm // Saal

A dystopian fable about love, loneliness, and the overcoming of conventions. more

World premiere

Unterwegs in der Musik – Die Komponistin Barbara Heller

Director: Lilo Mangelsdorff
(Documentary, D 2016), German original version,
Duration: 84 min.

Saturday, 02. April 2016, 20:00 p.m., Mal Sehn

Vivid portrait about an extraordinary woman, who would preferably BE music. more

Rerun

Schrotten!

Director: Max Zähle
(Feature film, D 2014), German OV,
Duration: 90 min.

Saturday, 02. April 2016, 17:00 p.m., Mousonturm // Saal

A salvage yard clan runs out of money. A trainload of copper seems to be the solution. more

Hessian premiere

Anhedonia – Narzissmus als Narkose

Director: Patrick Siegfried Zimmer
(Experimental feature film, D 2015), German OV,
Duration: 78 min.

Saturday, 02. April 2016, 22:00 p.m., Mousonturm // Studio 1

Anhedonia is a surreal trip full of quotes, false bottoms and breaches of the fourth wall. more

World Premiere

Lisbeths letzte Reise

Director: Thomas Carlé
(Documentary, D 2016), German OV,
Duration: 79 min.

Saturday, 02. April 2016, 20:00 p.m., Mousonturm // Studio 1

Thomas Carlé allows an intimate view into his family and potraits his dying parents. more

Rerun

Trading Germans (Ein Pass für Deutschland)

Director: Răzvan Georgescu
(Documentary, D/Rum 2015), German OV,
Duration: 90 min.

Saturday, 02. April 2016, 17:30 p.m., Caligari Filmbühne Wiesbaden

"Trading Germans" is simultaneously a spy thriller and an artful documentary. more

Ästhetik der Grenze/Grenzen der Ästhetik [Aesthetics of the Border/Borders of Aesthetics]

Saturday, 02. April 2016, 19:00 p.m., Festivalzentrum

Moderated talk in cooperation with the magazine Pop. Kultur und Kritik more

Wir können nicht den hellen Himmel träumen [We cannot dream up a bright sky]

Director: Carmen Tartarotti
(Documentary, D 2014), OV with German subtitles,
Duration: 91 min.

Saturday, 02. April 2016, 18:00 p.m., Filmmuseum

Moving portrait about two exceptional women whose world is about to disappear. more

Rhine-Main-Premiere

Coma

Director: Sara Fattahi
(Documentary, SY/LB 2015), Arab. OV with Engl. subtitles,
Duration: 98 min.

Saturday, 02. April 2016, 17:30 p.m., Mousonturm // Studio 1

Sara Fattahi films the other side of the Syrian civil war, the private. more

Fritz Lang

Director: Gordian Maugg
(Feature Film, D 2015), German OV,
Duration: 104 min.

Saturday, 02. April 2016, 20:00 p.m., Filmmuseum

Director *Gordian Maugg* tells the fascinating origin story of Fritz Lang´s virtuosic-ingenious ... more

Rhine-Main-Premiere

El abrazo de la serpiente (Embrace of the Serpent)

Director: Ciro Guerra
(Abenteuer, COL, VEN, AR 2015), Cubeo/Ocaina/Huitoto/Tikuna/Guanano/Span./Port./Ger./Catal. subbed,
Duration: 125 min.

Saturday, 02. April 2016, 22:00 p.m., Mal Sehn

Winner of an award in Cannes and nominated for an Oscar: A homage to the exalted beauty of the A ... more

Rerun

Meine Brüder und Schwestern im Norden [My brothers and sisters up north]

Director: Sung-Hyung Cho
(Documentary, D 2016), OV with German subtitles,
Duration: 106 min.

Saturday, 02. April 2016, 15:00 p.m., Mousonturm // Studio 1

A portray of the people behind the persistent clichés and stereotypes and an insight into life ... more

Der 2. April 2016

Director: Jan Philipp Stange
(Video-Techno-Opera, D 2016),
Duration: 75 min.

Saturday, 02. April 2016, 19:45 p.m., Andere Orte

The Tagesschau as a daily show. A video-techno-opera: Between pictures and truth. more

Tatort: Wer bin ich? [Tatort: Who am I?]

Director: Bastian Günther
(crime thriller, D 2015), German OV,
Duration: 90 min.

Saturday, 02. April 2016, 20:15 p.m., Lederpalast Offenbach / Ledermuseum

After only five minutes the fourth wall falls to pieces: A Tatort within Tatort. more

Hessian premiere

I Stay With You (Me quedo contigo)

Director: Artemio Narro
(Horror/Comedy, MEX 2014), OV with subtitles,
Duration: 99 min.

Saturday, 02. April 2016, 22:30 p.m., Filmmuseum

A showpiece about sex, power and violence with a change of roles. more

Tokat – Das Leben schlägt zurück

Director: Andrea Stevens, Cornelia Schendel
(Documentary, D 2015), German OV,
Duration: 76 min.

Saturday, 02. April 2016, 15:30 p.m., Mousonturm // Saal

In the early '90s, gangs of Turkish origin stirred up the Frankfurt scene. What has happened to ... more

GrenzParcours: Walk the Line!

(Exhibition, 2016)

Saturday, 02. April 2016, 14:30 p.m., Mousonturm // Studio 1

Daily exhibition in the festival lounge more

Regional Shorts II

Director: various
(various, D/UK 2014-2015), German OV,
Duration: various min.

Saturday, 02. April 2016, 22:00 p.m., Mousonturm // Saal

Of the three kings, superheroes and tree draftsmen: Regional Shorts II more

Rerun

Lisbeths letzte Reise

Director: Thomas Carlé
(Documentary, D 2016), German OV,
Duration: 79 min.

Sunday, 03. April 2016, 14:00 p.m., Mousonturm // Studio 1

Thomas Carlé allows an intimate view into his family and potraits his dying parents. more

Hessian premiere // Closing film

Jonathan and Award Ceremony of LICHTER Filmpreise 2016

Director: Piotr Lewandowski
(Drama, D 2015), German OV,
Duration: 102 min.

Sunday, 03. April 2016, 19:00 p.m., Mousonturm // Saal

Jonathan takes care of his dying father. Suddenly an old school day friend of his father appears. more

Rhine-Main Premiere

Walking Distance (Distancias Cortas)

Director: Alejandro Guzmán Alvarez
(Feature Film, Mexico 2015), Spanish OV with English subtitles,
Duration: 100 min.

Sunday, 03. April 2016, 18:00 p.m., Metropolis

An urban fairytale about the burdensome journey of a gentle giant out of his prison of self-impo ... more

Rerun

The Wakhan Front (Ni le ciel ni la terre)

Director: Clément Cogitore
(Feature Film, F/BEL 2015), French/Arabic original with subtitles,
Duration: 100 min.

Sunday, 03. April 2016, 16:00 p.m., Mousonturm // Saal

In a subtly philosophical manner, The Wakhan Front poses the question of power between human and ... more

Meine Tochter Anne Frank [My daughter Anne Frank]

Director: Raymond Ley
(Docudrama, D 2015), German OV,
Duration: 90 min.

Sunday, 03. April 2016, 16:00 p.m., Mousonturm // Studio 1

With a strong leading actress, this docudrama depicts the life story of the Jewish girl from Fra ... more

Im Spinnwebaus [In the Spiderweb’s House]

Director: Mara Eibl-Eibesfeldt
(Feature Film, D 2015), German OV without subtitles,
Duration: 91 min.

Sunday, 03. April 2016, 14:00 p.m., Mal Sehn

A story of growing up as a dark fairytale. more

Die dunkle Seite des Mondes (The Dark Side of the Moon)

Director: Stephan Rick
(Thriller, D/LUX 2015), German OV,
Duration: 97 min.

Sunday, 03. April 2016, 14:00 p.m., Mousonturm // Saal

No other film has made Frankfurt look so good like this surreal thriller has. more

Ausser Rand und Band [Going Wild] //A program by Gunter Deller, Karola Gramann und Heide Schlüpmann

Director: various
(experimental , D/USA 1906-2004), various

Sunday, 03. April 2016, 20:00 p.m., Mal Sehn

A program by Gunter Deller, Karola Gramann und Heide Schlüpmann more

Rhine-Main Premiere

Triple Feature II // Grey Hat

Director: Emauel Brod
(Thriller, D 2015), German OV,
Duration: 62 min.

Sunday, 03. April 2016, 20:00 p.m., Mousonturm // Studio 1

A thrilling Hackerdrama where fun suddenly leads to serious consequences. more

World premiere

Triple Feature II: Ich fühle mich nicht so wohl dabei, dass du deinen Geburtstag zu einem Kulturevent machst [I don’t quite feel comfortable with you turning your birthday into a cultural event]

Director: Jos Diegel
(experimental, D 2016), German OV,
Duration: 7:45 min.

Sunday, 03. April 2016, 20:00 p.m., Mousonturm // Studio 1

A Birthday in the artistic milieu - private party turns into public discourse. more

Rerun

Masaan

Director: Neeraj Ghaywan
(Drama, IND/F 2015), Hindi with English subtitles,
Duration: 103 min.

Sunday, 03. April 2016, 18:00 p.m., Filmmuseum

A debut feature film of the coming of age of young people halfway between tradition and modernit ... more

Triple Feature II // Animal

Director: Marc Puszicha
(short feature film, D 2014), German OV,
Duration: 23:23 min.

Sunday, 03. April 2016, 20:00 p.m., Mousonturm // Studio 1

With diabolical cold humour, Animal shows and dissects a somewhat different job interview. more

Rerun

Tokat – Das Leben schlägt zurück

Director: Andrea Stevens, Cornelia Schendel
(Documentary, D 2015), German OV,
Duration: 76 min.

Sunday, 03. April 2016, 12:00 p.m., Filmmuseum

In the early '90s, gangs of Turkish origin stirred up the Frankfurt scene. What has happened to ... more

GrenzParcours: Walk the Line!

(Exhibition, 2016)

Sunday, 03. April 2016, 14:30 p.m., Mousonturm // Studio 1

Daily exhibition in the festival lounge more