2024 Special Topic Film Programme

image of the film auf der Kippe
image of the film auf der Kippe
image of the film auf der Kippe
image of the film auf der Kippe
image of the film auf der Kippe

Opening Ceremony with Auf der Kippe
Wednesday 06.11.2024 | 19:30

Britt Beyer (Germany | 2023 | 86 mins)

Language: German

Subtitles : English

Moderation Language: German

KoKi CINEMA ROOM


Note: Although no entrance fee is required, it is recommended to book in advance. Choose the film session you are interested in on our Filmfreeway platform (tickets are organised per film name and follow the chronological order of our festival). There are no assigned seats.  Please come half an hour before the session. We will give away the tickets that haven’t been collected 15 minutes before the session starts.




We are delighted to be opening this year’s festival with the film “Auf der Kippe”. Lusatia, a region on the eastern edge of Germany but located in the centre of Europe, has already experienced many changes. Lignite mining has shaped the regional identity and prosperity for generations. After reunification, deindustrialisation of historic proportions followed, from which the region has still not recovered. With the long-planned and now legally approved coal phase-out, Lusatia is once again facing a deep rupture. The new buzzword is “structural change”, and an entire region has to redefine itself. Britt Beyer’s documentary film takes a sensitive look at the region and meets the people who live there: Their memories, fears and desires – and their unconditional will to actively shape the future of their homeland.




wheelchair access / Rollstuhlbefahrbar The cinema is accessible via a ramp.
need for assistance for toilets / hilfestellung There are also toilets accessible with a wheelchair. However assistance might be required since there are a few (heavy) doors to open to arrive to it.
hoeranlage Piktogramm The cinema room is equipped with an inductive sound system. We use two microphones for the discussion afterwards (one for the moderator and/ or speaker, one for the public).
Information about languages is provided above. We tend to provide live interpretation towards English or German when needed (it might be whispered). However live interpretation is harder to put into place when some speakers are taking part online.

€

 No entrance fee is required. We invite our public to support the festival through a donation at the end of the sessions. You decide how much you want to give.