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9. Internationales Festival Zeichen der Nacht / Berlin Edition
22th International Festival Signs of the Night / Worldwide

December 10 - 15, 2024

Kino & Bar in der Königsstadt - - - Straßburger Straße 55 - - - 10405 Berlin (Prenzelberg)

 




Berlin

Bar und Kino in der Königsstadt
Strassburger Str. 55

Wednesday December 11th
18 h (6 pm)



 

In the Garden of Tulips

Julia Elihua
USA / 2023 / 0:13:40

At the height of the Iran-Iraq war, Caroline takes a car ride with her father to the Iranian countryside of Birjand.

BERLIN PREMIERE



 

Cura Sana

Lucía G. Romero
Spain / 2023 / 0:18:09


Jessica suffers from her violent father and takes her anger out on others. Today she breaks the cycle.

 

Coal

Charbon
Saman Lotfian
Iran / 2023 / 0:19:40

Eesa and Mokhtar, miners, get into a fight. Eesa pushes Mokhtar, and makes him fall. Mokhtar's oxygen tank starts leaking, without anyone noticing. Eesa discovers methane gas and saves some people, but Mokhtar dies due to an empty tank. Eesa, torn, faces a choice: lie and become a hero or confess everything and carry the weight of killing Mokhtar.


BERLIN PREMIERE



 

The Man Who Couldn´t Stay Silent

Nebojša Slijcecic
Croatia, France, Bulgaria, / 2024 / 0:14:00

February 27, 1993, Strpci, Bosnia and Herzegovina. A passenger train from Belgrade to Bar is stopped by paramilitary forces in an ethnic cleansing operation. As they haul off innocent civilians, only one man out of 500 passengers dares to stand up to them. This is the true story of a man who could not remain silent.











 


Dusk

Timis
Awa Moctar Gueye
Senegal / 2023 / 0:23:00


At dusk, the spirit world grows bolder. The darkness of the Dakar market where the solitary, slender figure of Pa Kong-Kong dwells, is considered no place for children to venture. But after she draws the white marble signalling her as their new head, Binta must prove to her peers that girls have the bravery to lead. The shadows stir with ominous sounds. She steps forward determined to reveal a local secret and discovers a new inner confidence.




 

 

The Masterpiece

La Gran Obra
Alex Lora
Spain, USA / 2024 / 0:20:05


Leo and Diana, a rich couple, bring a broken TV to a recycle point. They meet Salif and his son, two scrap dealers. Diana asks them to come to their house to get more objects. Once there, Leo looks at them collecting objects with mistrust, until they see the scrap dealers have something they want.