Surprise film: In A Land That No Longer Exists

In the section "Special Screenings" you can see selected film highlights alongside the official festival program. On Thursday evening, a surprise film will be shown at 10:15 p.m. in cinema Central 5:

IN A LAND THAT NO LONGER EXISTS

by Aelrun Goette, winner of the Award of the City of Hof 2022.

East Berlin, early summer 1989, a few months before the fall of the Wall. 18-year-old Suzie is thrown headfirst into the vibrant fashion scene in socialist East Germany when a photo of her ends up on the cover of Sibylle, the Vogue of the East. Together with the glamourous Rudi, she dives into the dazzling underground subculture working on their very own fantastic and passionate fashion designs.

When she falls in love with the talented and rebellious photographer Coyote, her life ultimately changes. On his "Indian" motorbike, they speed towards the beach and Suzie lives the freedom she had always dreamed of. But while Suzie’s star as a supermodel is on the rise, Coyote has other plans and Suzie is asked to betray her friends. Now Suzie must decide: what price is she willing to pay?

Special screenings also include INTO THE DARKNESS by Mariia Shevchenko, ORPHEA IN LOVE by Axel Ranisch, SERVUS BABY 3 by Natalie Spinell, WURLITZER OR INVENTING PRESENT TIME by Antje Starost and Hans Helmut Grotjahn and ONCE UPON A TIME IN GERMANY by Wiebke und Johannes Thomsen.