#jakob erwa

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die mitte der welt / center of my world (2016) dir. jakob erwa

That's still me. And that's still my family. Life is insanely complicated here. But one thing i know very well, my center of the world is where they are.

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Es ist einer dieser heißen, himmelblauen Tage, die nach Vanilleeis und Zukunft schmecken. Einer der Tage, an denen das Herz ohne vernünftigen Grund höher schlägt, und an denen man jeden Eid schwören würde, dass Freundschaft niemals endet.

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tag game: 9 people you'd like to get to know better

tag game: 9 people you'd like to get to know better

tagged by @filmnoiress. Thank you, darling heart 💘

last song: LaMeduza & Solace - Vento

currently watching: Any memory that triggers, rewatching American Gods for my Mad Love

three ships: MSR, Audrey and Cooper

favourite colour: black

currently consuming: Coffee

first ship: Most definitely MSR, always and forever.

relationship status: I have my chef ---> l'amour de ma vie

last movie: Center of my World by Jakob M. Erwa

currently working on: my novel

tagging, with love: @spionageabwehr, @marlowe-zara, @sturridges, @scarychristmas, @mariamariquinha, @gavotteangel, @thevelvetgoldmine, @hippodameia, @callumnova

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one movie from every country

the challenge is to watch at least one movie from all 195 countries in the world. not sure if that's possible cause getting a copy of movies from countries with very "visible" cinema is already hard enough. but we will try. (this is also just to keep myself from jumping off a cliff.)

Afghanistan

Albania

Algeria

American Samoa

Andorra

Angola

Anguilla

Antarctica

Antigua and Barbuda

Argentina

Armenia — Amerikatsi (2022, Michael A. Goorjian)

Australia — Nitram (2021, Justin Kurzel)

Austria — Des Teufels Bad (2024, Severin Fiala, Veronika Franz)

Azerbaijan

Bahamas

Bahrain

Bangladesh

Barbados

Belarus

Belgium — Close (2022, Lukas Dhont)

Belize

Benin

Bhutan

Bolivia

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Botswana

Brazil — Hoje Eu Quero Voltar Sozinho (2014, Daniel Ribeiro)

British Virgin Islands

Brunei Darussalam

Bulgaria

Burkina Faso

Burundi

Cabo Verde

Cambodia

Cameroon

Canada — J'ai tué ma mère (2009, Xavier Dolan)

Cape Verde

Central African Republic

Chad

Chile — Una mujer fantástica (2017, Sebastián Lelio)

China Mainland — 少年的你 (2019, Derek Tsing)

China — Limbo (2021, Soi Cheang)

Christmas Island

Cocos Islands

Colombia

Comoros

Congo-Brazzaville

Congo-Kinshasa

Cook Islands

Costa Rica

Cote d’Ivoire

Croatia

Cuba

Cyprus

Czech Republic

Denmark — Jagten (2012, Thomas Vinterberg)

Djibouti

Dominica

Dominican Republic

East Timor

Ecuador

Egypt

El Salvador

Equatorial Guinea

Eritrea

Estonia

Eswatini

Ethiopia

Falkland Islands

Federated States of Micronesia

Fiji

Finland — A Moment in the Reeds (2017, Mikko Mäkelä)

France — Anatomie d'une chute (2023, Justine Triet)

French Guiana

French Polynesia

Gabon

Gambia

Georgia

Germany — Die Mitte der Welt (2016, Jakob M. Erwa)

Ghana

Greece — Miss Violence (2013, Alexandros Avranas)

Greenland

Grenada

Guadeloupe

Guam

Guatemala

Guinea

Guinea Bissau

Guyana

Haiti

Honduras

Hungary — Hat hét (2022, Noémi Veronika Szakonyi)

Iceland — Hvítur, Hvítur Dagur (2019, Hlynur Pálmason)

India — Taare Zameen Par (2007, Aamir Khan)

Indonesia — Jagal (2012, Joshua Oppenheimer)

Iran — طعم گیلاس (1997, Abbas Kiarostami)

Iraq

Ireland — The Banshees of Inisherin (2022, Martin McDonagh)

Israel

Italy — La vita è bella (1997, Roberto Benigni)

Ivory Coast

Jamaica

Japan — 誰も知らない (2004, Kore-eda Hirokazu)

Jordan

Kazakhstan

Kenya — Rafiki (2018, Wanuri Kahiu)

Kiribati

Kosovo

Kuwait

Kyrgyzstan

Laos

Latvia

Lebanon

Lesotho

Liberia

Libya

Liechtenstein

Lithuania

Luxembourg

Macedonia

Madagascar

Malawi

Malaysia

Maldives

Mali

Malta

Martinique

Mauritania

Mauritius

Mexico — Roma (2018, Alfonso Cuarón)

Micronesia

Moldova

Monaco

Mongolia

Montenegro

Morocco

Mozambique

Myanmar

Namibia

Nauru

Nepal

Netherlands — Noordzee, Texas (2011, Bavo Defurne)

New Caledonia

New Zealand — Hunt for the Wilderpeople (2016, Taika Waititi)

Nicaragua

Niger

Nigeria —

Niue —

Norfolk Island —

North Korea —

North Macedonia —

Norway — Verdens verste menneske (2021, Joachim Trier)

Oman —

Pakistan —

Palau —

Palestine —

Panama —

Papua New Guinea —

Paraguay —

Peru —

Philippines — Patay na si Hesus (2016, Victor Villanueva)

Poland — Sala Samobójców (2011, Jan Komasa)

Portugal

Qatar

Republic of the Sudan

Romania

Russia — Возвращение (2003, Andrey Zvyagintse)

Rwanda

Saint Kitts and Nevis

Saint Lucia

Samoa

San Marino

São Tomé and Príncipe

Saudi Arabia

Senegal

Serbia

Seychelles

Sierra Leone

Singapore

Slovakia

Slovenia

Solomon Islands

Somalia

South Africa — Tsotsi (2005, Gavin Hood)

South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands

South Korea — 도가니 (2011, Hwang Donghyuk)

South Sudan

Spain — 20.000 especies de abejas (2023, Estibaliz Urresola Solaguren)

Sri Lanka

Sudan

St. Vincent and the Grenadines

Suriname

Svalbard and Jan Mayen

Swaziland

Sweden — Höstsonaten (1978, Ingmar Bergman)

Switzerland

Syria

Taiwan — 誰先愛上他的 (2018, Mag Hsu, Hsu Chih-yen)

Tajikistan

Tanzania

Thailand — หลานม่า (2024, Pat Boonnitipat)

Togo

Tonga

Trinidad and Tobago

Tunisia

Turkey — Okul Tirasi (2021, Ferit Karahan)

Turkmenistan

Tuvalu

Uganda

Ukraine

United Arab Emirates

United Kingdom — All of Us Strangers (2023, Andrew Haigh)

United States — Blue Jasmine (2013, Woody Allen)

Uruguay

Uzbekistan

Vanuatu

Vatican City

Venezuela

Vietnam

Wallis and Futuna Islands

Western Sahara

Yemen

Zambia

Zimbabwe

there are countries i've seen more than one movie from. as for my reasoning behind which film i choose to list, i don't have any. i just write down whatever comes to mind first.

i'm literally more than a hundred films away from completing this. i'll probably die without succeeding.

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Center Of My World. 2016. Dir.: Jakob M. Erwa.

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𝑅𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑏𝑜𝑤 𝑐𝑜𝑙𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑠 𝑖𝑛 #𝑞𝑢𝑒𝑒𝑟𝑐𝑖𝑛𝑒𝑚𝑎 𝑓𝑜𝑟 #𝑝𝑟𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑚𝑜𝑛𝑡ℎ🌈 → 𝐘𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰 (𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑡 3/3) Die Mitte der Welt (Center of My World) (2016), dir. Jakob M. Erwa (en Pride Month) https://www.instagram.com/p/CByKGtDooiY/?igshid=9jqdptfops6w

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Die Mitte der Welt / Center of My World (2016)

Director: Jakob M. Erwa

Stars: Bendix Hansen, Sarah Fuhrer, Louis Hofmann...

After a summer spent with his his best friend Kat to escape his family, Phil goes back to school and starts to question his feelings towards Nicholas, a new classmate.

It’s a very light movie in its overall atmosphere. The boys were cute, one of them falling in love more than the other, some disappointments arising from it, but it’s not too dramatic in the end. At the same time, I didn’t really feel like the movie had that much depth to it. Apart from the nice visuals and handsome actors, I didn’t connect that much with the characters so I was mostly indifferent to the future of their love relationship. I appreciate the same-sex parents in the story, though.

Rating: 3/5

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Center Of My World

Orijinal adıyla Die Mitte der Welt, Netflix ‘in Dark’ından tanıdığım Louis Hofmann’ın başrolü götürdüğü coming of age drama türünde bir film. Bu türü çok sevdiğimden başrol de tanıdık olunca bir deneyeyim dedim. Oyunculukları, özellikle çocukluk dönemini oynayanları çok başarılı buldum. Hikaye anlatımı sıkmadı, fazla klişeleşmedi. Film, Andreas Steinhöfel’in aynı isimli romanından uyarlama: anladığım kadarıyla kitapta diğer karakterlere daha çok yer verilmiş ve kitap daha dramatikmiş. Filmde babasız büyüyen Phil’in annesi, ikizi ile ilişkisi üzerinden daha dramatik bir hikaye akarken bir taraftan da aşk ve arkadaşlıklarını izliyoruz. Bu anlamda yönetmenin biraz Xavier Dolan’ın ilk dönemlerine benzeyen bir hali var. Hatta bazı anlar Les Amours Imaginaires’e göz kırpıyor uzaktan. Ben hem oyuncuları hem de hikayeyi izlemekten çok zevk aldım. Hatta Phil ve Nicholas’ın ilk yakınlaşma sahneleri çok tatlı ve masumdu. Sonuç olarak size bir şey katmıyor ama keyifli  bir film. Önerilir.

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🎞 Watched in 2022: Center of My World (2016), dir. Jakob M. Erwa

Jannik Schümann in ‘Die Mitte der Welt’

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Die Mitte der Welt (Jakob M. Erwa, 2016)

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Center of My World (Die Mitte der Welt) Review

This list was on my radar and I finally managed to watch it!

The movie was actually quite different from what I was expecting. I thought the main plot would revolve around the Phil/Nicholas relationship, but ohhhh boy was it way deeper than that! I did not predict that reason for the fight between mom and daughter AT ALL! I understand that the dad thing was important for the story, but I don’t think we needed so much time focused on that, with the list and the flashbacks. And that thing with the insects, no clue!!

Minor spoiler: I’m sooo glad Phil didn’t take them back after what happened!!

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LGBTQ+ Movies I Watched Recently (Part 2)

Happiest Season (2020) dir. Clea DuVall

Short Summary: Abby plans on proposing to Harper when they visit Harper’s family for the holidays. Her plans get derailed when she learns that Harper hasn’t come out to her family yet.

Why you should watch it: Not gonna lie, Mackenzie Davis drew me to this movie; I’ve been in love with her ever since San Junipero came out. Add Kristen Stewart, Aubrey Plaza and Dan Levy to the mix and I’m sold. If you want a sapphic romance with a happy ending, this one’s for you. 

Été 85 (2020) dir.  François Ozon

Short Summary: Alexis recounts his six-week love affair with David during the summer of ‘85. 

Why you should watch it: If you love 80s aesthetic and music, you definitely should watch this. The movie made me nostalgic of that decade and I wasn’t even alive back then! It’s a whirlwind summer romance reminiscent of Call Me by Your Name but with a more devastating twist.

Getting Go: The Go Doc Project (2013) dir. Cory James Krueckeberg

Short Summary: An obsessed college boy pursues his internet crush through the pretext of making a documentary about him.

Why you should watch it: The script and the acting are the one-two punch of this film. The writing is incredibly genuine, and both of the actors’ performances made the lines feel even more natural. I’m not the biggest fan of mockumentary-style films, but this one felt like it was a recording of my own life. Hyper-obsessive college grad with a Tumblr blog? Might as well have called out half the population of this damn site.

Pihalla (2017) dir. Nils-Erik Ekblom

Short Summary: Miku and Elias find themselves, and each other, during a summer in the Finnish countryside.

Why you should watch it: I’m a sucker for gays in the countryside™ and although this one is not quite up there with God’s Own Country and Call Me by Your Name, it still makes for a good watch. Miku as a character and his relationship with his parents was chaotic and fun. His relationship with Elias felt really natural and dreamy. 

You, Me and Him (2017) dir. Daisy Aitkens

Short Summary: Olivia, a mature responsible lawyer, wants to have a baby, but her girlfriend Alex isn’t ready for the responsibility. Things get even more complicated when their flirty neighbour, John, joins the picture. 

Why you should watch it: It is one of the most feel-good lesbian romcoms I have seen in a while. But I warn you, there are some dark parts that can really sneak up on you. Yeah, it’s hilarious, but damn it made me ugly cry, too. Oh, and if you want to see David Tennant as an alpha male douchebag, here’s your chance. (CW: **spoiler alert** p̶r̶e̶g̶n̶a̶n̶c̶y̶ ̶l̶o̶s̶s̶ )

Giant Little Ones (2018) dir. Keith Behrman 

Short Summary: Franky and Ballas have been best friends since childhood, both on the swimming team, both incredibly popular. But after an incident during Franky’s birthday, they quickly fall apart and Franky falls from grace.

Why you should watch it: I think the film captures just how tumultuous coming-of-age stories are. Franky is going through his own journey of self-identity, and I’m happy that the movie didn’t rush in with labels. The conversation Franky has with his dad at the end also hits hard.  (CW: physical assault, allusions to sexual assault)

Our Love Story (2016) dir. HyunJu Lee

Short Summary: A fine arts student meets an attractive bartender, and the two women begin an intimate relationship.

Why you should watch it: It’s a very intimate love story that isn’t rushed or dragged out for too long. We definitely see Yoon-Jo and Ji-Soo’s relationship bloom from start to end, but it’s not mind-numbingly boring to watch. Raw and unembellished, I definitely recommend this to anyone looking for a realistic portrayal of wlw romance.

Die Mitte der Welt (2016) dir. Jakob M. Erwa

Short Summary: The film follows Phil and his relationship with his family, his best friend, and a newcomer at his school, Nicholas.

Why you should watch it: This is technically a second watch for me, and I’m glad I rewatched it, because I was able to catch some glaring red flags that I missed the first time. I love this movie in spite of all the heartache it caused me. The story, especially the deal with Phil’s family, struck a chord in me. And the shots! Visually stunning as well! 

Les Amours Imaginaires (2010) dir. Xavier Dolan

Short Summary: Marie and Francis’ friendship is put to the test when a beautiful boy called Nicolas comes between them. 

Why you should watch it: Watch it for the visuals -- the colors, the costumes, the cast. Seriously, the actors included here may as well be kept in the Louvre: Xavier Dolan, Neils Schneider, Monia Chokri, hell, even a cameo from Louis Garrel! Dolan said it himself that this is a shallow film, but it’s worth the watch just to see Neils Schneider wearing heart-shaped glasses.

Closet Monster (2015)  dir. Stephen Dunn

Short Summary: A creative and driven teenager is desperate to escape his hometown and the haunting memories of his turbulent childhood.

Why you should watch it: Right off the bat, I am going to say that this film is dark. I tried watching it back in college but tapped out within the first ten minutes because something traumatic happens. Then I tried again about a week ago, finished it this time. It’s actually a very moving film. It’s violent and gory in some parts, but also ridiculous and wholesome in other parts. IT HAS A TALKING HAMSTER NAMED BUFFY! BUFFY WAS THE STAR OF THIS MOVIE FOR ME. (CW: gay bashing/sexual assault)

Straight Up (2020) dir. James Sweeney

Short Summary: Todd and Rory are intellectual soul mates. He might be gay but she might not care.

Why you should watch it: The dialogue in this film is undeniably sharp and witty. Loved the fast-paced back and forth between the two main characters as they discuss relationships, sex, gender, and more. James Sweeney and Katie Findlay’s chemistry just pulled you into the screen. It was funny, it was sweet, it was heartwrenching, it was great! (CW: allusions to sexual assault)

Latter Days (2003) dir. C. Jay Cox

Short Summary: A promiscuous gay party animal falls for a young Mormon missionary, leading to crisis, cliché, and catastrophe.

Why you should watch it: I saw this in santiagonex’s top 20 LGBTQ+ films with happy endings, and I honestly thought it was gonna be a feel-good watch. Instead, I got a rollercoaster melodrama filled with early 2000s gay culture, religious guilt, buttcheeks, and Joseph Gordon-Levitt. Needless to say, I got more than I bargained for. (CW: self-harm, conversion therapy)

The Old Guard (2020) dir. Gina Prince-Blythewood

Short Summary:  A covert team of immortal mercenaries are suddenly exposed and must now fight to keep their identity a secret just as an unexpected new member is discovered.

Why you should watch it: Okay, I was debating whether I should include this here, because it’s not necessarily an LGBTQ+ film as much as it is an action film with queer characters. I decided to include it, because JESUS! I have never seen such respectful and well-written representation of queer characters and relationships. Joe and Nicky are the most unproblematic couple in history. PERIOD. Pray for sequels, everyone. This is the kind of representation we deserve in mainstream media. 

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Click here for more LGBTQ+ film recs

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Louis Hofmann & Jannik Schühmann for DIE MITTE DER WELT (Jakob M. Erwa, 2016)

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Taiwanese poster for Die Mitte der Welt (2016), directed by Jakob M. Erwa

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Center of My World (2016), dir. Jakob M. Erwa

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Cine: El centro de mi mundo (2016)

Phil (Louis Hofmann, el chico de la serie de Netflix “Dark”) tiene una familia muy disfuncional. Su madre, Glass (Sabine Timoteo), ha gozado una vida demasiado disipada y liberal. Tanta que jamás le ha dicho quién es su padre y el de su hermana gemela, Dianne (Ada Philine Stappenbeck), que también atraviesa una crisis existencial importante y suele escaparse todas las noches para ir a algún lugar secreto.

Phil ha vuelto de un campamento y se encuentra con que algo ha cambiado en su casa. Mientras intenta dilucidar la magnitud del estrago que ha provocado una tormenta en la geograf��a pueblerina, su corazón da un vuelco cuando se (re)encuentra con Nicholas (Jannik Schümann), el atleta de la escuela, con quien inicia una fogosa relación romántica.

La película también se enfoca en la infancia de Phil (Bendix Hansen) y Dianne (Sarah Fuhrer), resaltando los elementos más significativos, desde el doloroso aborto espontáneo de Glass hasta el primer encuentro de Phil con Nicholas (Manuel Schmitz). 

Amores, desencuentros, desilusiones, miedos. La intensidad de una vida que desea ser vivida en plenitud y sin ocultamientos ni mentiras de la mano del guionista y director Jakob M. Erwa, factótum de esta coproducción alemana y austríaca, basada en la novela “Die Mitte der Welt” (también título original de la película), de Andreas Steinhöfel.