#berlinexpats

[kinoberlino]

Premieren im Januar

Donnerstag, 26. Januar 2023 um 22 Uhr im Kino Moviemento, Kottbusser Damm 22 in Berlin-Kreuzberg

DE: Wir zeigen regelmäßig am Ende des Monats Eure selbstgemachten Kurzfilme im besten Kino beim Open Screening. Ihr bringt eigenes Publikum mit! Europas auf Festivals meistgespielter Regisseur Dave moderiert die Publikumsgespräche mit Euch. Höfliches Publikum bleibt natürlich bis zum Ende im Saal. Auch frische KinoBerlino-Filme sind willkommen. Bitte englische Untertitel unter deutsche Filme für unser gemischtes Publikum einfügen!

EN: We present your own shorts in the cinema regularly as open screenings. You bring your audience. New KinoBerlino productions are welcome. Europe’s most often selected film director at festivals (Dave Lojek) hosts the show. We have another “HIGH ROLLERS” edition with ambitous excellent projects. Polite audience remains seated until the end of the last film. Please make either German or English subtitles, depending on the language of your film.

UKR: Ми регулярно представляємо ваші власні короткометражки в кінотеатрі у вигляді відкритих сеансів. Ви приводите свою аудиторію. Чекаємо нових постановок КіноБерліно. Ведучим шоу є короткометражний режисер короткометражного фільму, який найчастіше показують на кінофестивалях у Європі (Дейв Лоєк). У нас ще один випуск «HIGH ROLLERS» з амбітними чудовими проектами. Ввічливі глядачі залишаються сидіти до кінця останнього фільму. Будь ласка, зробіть німецькі або англійські субтитри, залежно від мови вашого фільму.

JETZT EINREICHEN • SUBMIT HERE

Einreichfrist • Submission Deadline: 23. Januar 2023

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Der Film muss persönlich vorgestellt werden im Kino. • You need to present the film in person in the cinema for the Q & A with the audience.

KARTEN • TICKETS € 2

Programm:

I’d do Anything for Love by Hana Khalil

[dillydedalus]

april reading

oh yeah this is a thing. anyway in april i read about uhhh.... first contact (twice), murderers on skis & victorian church politics

the yield, tara june winch a novel about indigenous australian identity and history (now and throughout the 20th century) in three narrative strands. imo the narrative strand that consists of a grandfather writing a dictionary of his language (wiradjuri) in order to prove a claim to some land is by far the strongest, but overall i liked this quite a lot. 3/5

land of big numbers, te-ping chen a solid short story collection focused on modern china and young(ish) chinese people, both in china and the diaspora. i particularly liked the stories that had some slighty surreal or speculative elements, such as one about fruit that strongly evoke emotions when eaten and a group of people stuck in a train station for months as the train is delayed, which imo use their speculative aspects in effective (if not super subtle) ways to talk about society. 3/5

the pear field, nana ekvtimishvili (tr. from georgian by elizabeth heighway) international booker prize longlist! a short, fairly depressing read about a 18-year-old girl at a post-soviet school for developmentally disabled childred (but also orphans, abandoned children & other random kids) who is trying to get a younger boy adopted by an american couple. there seem to be a lot of novels set at post-soviet orphanages etc & imo this is a well-executed example of the microgenre, with the pear field full of pears that are never picked bc they don’t taste right as a strong central image. 3/5

the warden, anthony trollope (chronicles of barsetshire #1) ah yes, a 6-part victorian series about church politics in an english town, exactly the kind of thing i’m interested in. not sure why i committed to at least the first two entries of the series but here we are. despite this lack of interest (and disagreement with most of the politics on display here) i found this quite charming; trollope has a gift for an amusing turn of phrase & making fun of his characters in benevolent ways. 3/5

the lesson, cadwell turnbull first contact scifi novel set on the virgin islands, where an alien ship arrives one day. the aliens seem benevolent & share helpful technology, but also react with extreme violence to any aggression. they claim to be on earth to study.... something, but it’s never entirely clear what. the book makes some interesting choices (like immediately skipping over the actual first contact to a few years in the future, when the aliens are already established on the islands) but i thought much of it was kinda disjointed and confusing. 2/5

the heart is a lonely hunter, carson mccullers look, i get it, it’s all about the isolation & alienation (& dare i say loneliness) of 4 miserable characters projecting their issues on the central character singer, who is kind and patient and also deaf and mute, thus making him the perfect receptacle for their issues without really having to connect with him as a person and how that isolation hinders them socially, artistically, emotionally, politically, but like... i didn’t really like it. i didn’t hate it but i just felt very meh about it all. 2.5/5

acht tage im mai: die letzte woche des dritten reiches, volker ulrich fascinating history book about the last week(ish) of the third reich, starting with the day of hitler’s suicide and ending with the total surrender (but with plenty of flashbacks and forwards), and looking at military&political leadership (german and allied) as well as prisoners of war, forced laborers, concentration camp prisoners, and everyone else. very interesting look at what kästner described as the “gap between the not-anymore and the not-yet.” 3.5/5

firekeeper’s daughter, angeline boulley) i’ve been mostly off the YA train for the last few years, but this was a really good example of contemporary YA with a focus on ~social issues. ANYWAY. this is YA crime novel about daunis, a mixed-race unenrolled ojibwe girl close to finishing high school who is struggling with family problems, university plans, and feeling caught between her white and her native familiy when her best friend is shot in front of her and she decides to become a CI for an fbi investigation into meth production in the community. i really appreciated how hard this went both with the broader social issues (racism, addiction) and daunis’ personal struggles. there are a few bits that felt a bit didactic & on the nose (and the romance... oh well), but overall the themes of community, family, and the value of living indigenous culture are really well done & i teared up several times. 4/5

the magic toyshop, angela carter i love carter’s short stories but struggle with (while still liking) her novels so far. this one, a tale of melanie, suddenly orphaned after trying on her mother’s wedding dress in the garden, coming of age and awakening to womanhood or whatever. carter’s really into that. it’s well-written, sensual as carter always is, and the family melanie and her siblings are sent to, her tyrannical puppet-maker uncle, his mute wife and the wife’s two brothers, both fascinating and offputting (& dirty) make for an interesting cast of characters, but overall i just wish i was reading the bloody chamber again. 3/5

barchester towers, anthony trollope (chronicles of barsetshire #2) (audio) lol tbh i still don’t know why i am committing to this series about, again, church politics in 19th century rural england, but it’s just so chill & warm & funny (we love gently or not so gently - but always politely - mocking our characters) that i’m enjoying it as a nice little trip where people do some #crazyschemes to gain church positions or fight over whether there should be songs in church or whatever it is people in the 19th century fought about. it’s very relaxing. there also is a lot of love quadrangleyness going on and that’s also fun. trollope has weird ideas about women but like whatever, i for one wish mrs proudie much joy of her position as defacto bishop of barchester, she really girlbossed her way to the top. 3.5/5

semiosis, sue burke (semiosis #1) i love spinning the wheel on the “first contact with X weird alien species” & i guess this time we landed on plants! plant intelligence is interesting and the idea of plant warfare is really cool. i do like the structure, with different generations of human settlers on the planet pax providing a long-term view but this allows the author to skip over a lot of the development of the relationship between the settlers and the plant and locating the plot elsewhere, which i think is ultimately a mistake. i might continue w/ the series tho, depending on library availability. 2.5/5

one by one, ruth ware a bunch of start-up people go on a corporate retreat to a ski chalet in the alps, avalanche warning goes up, one of them disappears, presumably on a black piste, the rest get snowed in & completely cut off when the avalanche hits and then they get picked off *title drop* (altho really not that many of them). nice fluff when i had a miserable cold (not covid) but fails when it tries to go for deeper themes... like an attempt to address classism and entitlement sure... was made. also like what kind of luxury skiing chalet does not have emergency communication devices in case internet/phone lines are down...  i’d have sued just for that. 2/5

fake accounts, lauren oyler the microgenre of ‘alienated intellectual(ish) probably anglophone person has some sort of crisis, goes to berlin about it’ is my ultimate literary weakness - i almost never really like them, they mostly irritate me & yet i can never resist their siren call. this one is p strong on the irritation, altho at least the narrator does not ascribe much meaning to her decision to go to berlin after she a) discovers her boyf is an online conspiracy theorist (probably not sincerely) and b) gets a call that said boyf has died, it’s really just something to do to avoid doing anything else. but other than that it’s so BerlinExpat by the numbers, like she lives in kreuzkölln! put her somewhere else at least! there is one scene that elevates the BerlinExpat-ness of it all (narrator asks expatfriend for advice on visa applications, expatfriend assures her that it’s really easy for americans to get visa, adds “especially now” while literally, as the narrator remarks, gesturing at the falafel she’s eating) other than that, the novel is.... fine. it’s smart, but not really as smart as it thinks it is, which is a problem bc it thinks it’s just sooo incisive. whatever. 2/5

the tenant of wildfell hall, anne bronte this is reductive but: jane eyre: i could fix him // wuthering heights: i could make him worse // wildfell hall: lmao i’m gonna leave his ass anyway i enjoyed the part that is actually narrated by the titular tenant of wildfell hall, helen (which thankfully, i think, is most of it) because the perspective of a woman who runs away from her abusive alcoholic of a husband is genuinely interesting and engaging, while gilbert, the frame story narrator who falls in love with helen, is.... the worst. i mean he’s not the worst bc the abusive husband arthur is there and hard to beat in terms of worseness, but he’s pretty fucking bad. imagine if helen had found out that gilbert attacked her secret brother over a misunderstanding, severely injured him & LEFT HIM TO DIE & then (when dude survived & the misunderstanding got cleared up) apologised like well i guess i didn’t treat you quite right! she’d have to run away from her second husband as well! poor girl. 3/5

[tagsde]

Went to the soft open of @mamashabz. So yum! #berlinexpat #berlinfood https://ift.tt/33eDbhl https://de.tags.world

[almostdiplomatic]

How cute is this baby @diptyque candle? 💖 don’t be fooled by the size, it can still fill up a room with its peppermint scent. I love having this by the small, vanity in the guest toilet, especially now that temperatures are starting to drop and the sky isn’t as bright. Gives even the smallest spaces in your home a cosy feel. 💖 This was given to me as a gift since people know how much I love #Diptyque. But they’re available in Germany through @kadeweofficial or in their Kurfürstendamm store in Haus Cumberland. 😘 . . #AlmostDiplomatic #Berlin #Twitter . . . . . . . . . #berlinlife #berlinstagram #berlinerin #berlinblogger #candles #homestyle #blogger_de #germany #deutschland #diplolife #diplowife #diplomaticlife #diplomatswife #expat #expatlife #expatliving #livingabroad #globetrotter #liveauthentic #liveunscripted #womenwhohustle #lifewelltravelled #living_europe #berlinexpats (at diptyque) https://www.instagram.com/p/B2beH-wIGuF/?igshid=1lxp3xop5oyiy

[warum-berlin]

Test yourself: do you know who is the appropriate random person to scold you for a given reason? Swipe for the key. #berlin #smalltalk #afd #beamter #bvg #cycling #wohnen #nachbarn #neighbors #expats #berlinexpats #oldladies

[kinoberlino]

Premierenfeier im Moviemento

Donnerstag, 31. März 2022 um 22 Uhr im Kino Moviemento, Kottbusser Damm 22 in Berlin-Kreuzberg

DE: Wir zeigen regelmäßig am Ende des Monats Eure selbstgemachten Kurzfilme im besten Kino beim Open Screening. Ihr bringt eigenes Publikum mit! Europas meistgespielter Live-Action Kurzfilmregisseur auf Filmfestivals moderiert die Publikumsgespräche mit Euch. Höfliches Publikum bleibt natürlich bis zum Ende im Saal. Auch frische KinoBerlino-Filme sind willkommen. Bitte englische Untertitel unter deutsche Filme für unser gemischtes Publikum einfügen!

Wir empfehlen während der Pandemie, 3 Tage vor der Premiere online Karten zu bestellen. Derzeit gilt die 2-G plus Regel (3x geimpft, getestet, genesen). Bringt bitte die Nachweise und FFP2 Masken mit!

EN: We present your own shorts in the cinema regularly as open screenings. You bring your audience. New KinoBerlino productions are welcome. Europe’s most often screened live-action short film director at film festivals (Dave Lojek) hosts the show. We have another “HIGH ROLLERS” edition with ambitous excellent projects. Polite audience remains seated until the end of the last film. Please make either German or English subtitles, depending on the  language of your film.

We only have imited seats in the cinema while the pandemic measures are in effect. We suggest you reserve your tickets online 3 days before the premiere. You now need a Covid19 Test or tripple vaccination plus FFP2 mask.

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JETZT EINREICHEN | SUBMIT HERE

Einreichfrist | Submission Deadline: 27. March 2022  

Der Film muss persönlich vorgestellt werden im Kino. • You need to present the film in person in the cinema for the Q & A with the audience.

Eintritt / Admission: 2 € (for everyone, including all cast and crew)

Limit: max. 20 Min. (shorter is better)

Freunde einladen / Invite Friends

Programm:

POETRY IN THE PARK by Alexander Reichel with Dan K. Sigurd

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TERRITORY OF EMPTY WINDOWS by Zoya Laktionova

presented by https://cinemova.de/

[almostdiplomatic]

When he wants to cuddle but you gotta work. 😅 @juanchothecorgi can be quite needy for some attention every now and then so multi-tasking is key. Yes, he’s a little spoiled but he really does deserve it.👌🏻 . BTW, new video is now up on the channel about our favourite doggie event that happens at the @tierparkberlin. If you’re a dog parent living in this city, you better watch this and take your dog there the next time it happens. They’ll love you even more. 💖 (Link in bio) . . #AlmostDiplomatic #Berlin #Twitter . . . . . . . . . #berlinlife #corgi #corgisofinstagram #berlincorgi #dogsofberlin #hauptstadthund #hauptstadthundberlin #berlinerin #berlinblogger #blogger_de #germany #deutschland #diplolife #diplowife #diplomaticlife #diplomatswife #europe #expat #expatlife #expatliving #livingabroad #womenwhohustle #living_europe #furbaby #berlinexpats #presetsbykelsey (at Berlin, Germany) https://www.instagram.com/p/B2D6AeooYUP/?igshid=wk51blqvcihr