Now available on Homescreen : Der Kreis (The Circle)
Director: Stefan Haupt
Stars: Babett Arens, Aaron Hitz, Martin Hug
Zurich, 1958. The young teacher Ernst Ostertag falls head over heels in love with the transvestite star Robi Rapp and finds himself torn between his bourgeois existence and his commitment to homosexuality. Ernst becomes a member of the gay organization DER KREIS and lives through the high point and the eventual decline of the organization, which in the whole of Europe is seen as the pioneer of gay emancipation.
Vanaf nu te koop: Der Krteis
Synopsis:
Winnaar Filmfestival Berlijn van Panorama Publieksprijs en Teddy Award!
Zürich in de Jaren 50. De jonge verlegen leraar Ernst Ostertag wordt lid van de ondergrondse gay organisatie Der Kreis. Deze wordt gezien als hét symbool van homo-emancipatie en Zürich is op dat moment de gay hoofdstad van de wereld.
Op een ondergronds feest van Der Kreis leert Ernst voor het eerst Röbi kennen en wordt smoorverliefd. Ernst zoekt een manier om ook buiten Der Kreis geaccepteerd te worden voor wie hij is, zonder zijn baan als leraar te verliezen. Voor Röbi is het zijn eerste serieuze liefdesrelatie. Terwijl de repressie tegen homoseksuelen ernstig toeneemt en Der Kreis het steeds zwaarder te verduren krijgt, vechten twee mannen voor hun liefde – en samen met hun vrienden – voor homorechten.
Der Kreis [The Circle] onthult de fascinerende wereld van een van de allereerste homo-emancipatie gemeenschappen.
Cast:
Babett Arens
Martin Hug
Aaron Hitz
Crew:
Regie: Stefan Haupt
Awards:
Berlinale Panorama Audience Award for Best Documentary
Berlinale Best Documentary Teddy Award
Gett, the divorce trial of Viviane Amsalem: available from 22nd January on Homescreen
Directors: Ronit Elkabetz, Shlomi Elkabetz
Stars: Ronit Elkabetz, Simon Abkarian, Gabi Amrani
In Israel there is neither civil marriage nor civil divorce. Only rabbis can legitimate a marriage or its dissolution. But this dissolution is only possible with full consent from the husband, who in the end has more power than the judges. Viviane Amsalem has been applying for divorce for three years. But her husband Elisha will not agree. His cold intransigence, Viviane's determination to fight for her freedom, and the ambiguous role of the judges shape a procedure in which tragedy vies with absurdity, and everything is brought out for judgment, apart from the initial request.
Gett, the divorce trial of Viviane Amsalem - te koop vanaf 22 januari
Een aangrijpend relaas waarin een vrouw vijf jaar lang vecht tegen de religieuze joodse wetten én haar koppige man. Geregisseerd door broer en zus Shlomi & Ronit Elkabetz, wordt deze film gedragen door de sterke cast waarin Ronit Elkabetz de rol van Viviane op zich neemt. De film beleefde zijn succesvolle première tijdens het Filmfestival van Cannes 2014 in het Quinzaine des Réalisateurs.
The 65th Berlin International Film Festival, also called the Berlinale, announced its international jury members for 2015 on Tuesday.
With Darren Aronofsky serving as jury president, the seven-member international panel will decide who will receive the Golden Bear and Silver Bear awards of the 2015 Berlinale competition.
The other members of the international jury include German actor Daniel Bruehl, Korean director Bong Joon-ho, U.S. producer Martha De Laurentiis, Peruvian director, writer and producer Claudia Llosa, French actress Audrey Tautou, as well as American writer, director and producer Matthew Weiner.
The festival, which runs from Feb. 5 to 15, 2015, will open with the film "Nobody Wants the Night" by Spanish director Isabel Coixet.
This year, a total of 19 films in the competition program will be vying for the Golden and Silver Bears.
Distel is a dutch electronic project comprised of two members: æter (synthesizers / vocals) and scramasax (percussion). they started to release their special blend of sounds on compilations in 2009. four years later their debut album 'puur' was published on the enfant terrible label in two versions: a regular vinyl lp and a special edition with a bonus 7 inch.
ant-zen is proud to present this album on cd format including the full lp as well as the bonus tracks. distel's sound requires it’s very own definition: some might call this witch house while others would go for death disco or ritual elektro - the project's own description is 'ultra / angst pop'. no matter which label might fit, distel's music is purely electronic with an industrial and minimal background which expresses a magical and maybe even occult mood. 'puur' is a petrifying album suffused with experimental electronics, acherontic industrial soundscapes and profound eerie vocals backed by reluctant beats - a very unique combination of styles which denies to comply with established genre clichés. references are not easy to give, but connoisseurs of gazelle twin, november növelet, early the klinik and even autechre will enjoy diving into distel's aural self-conception. this album is beautiful, complex and grotesque on all levels - highly recommended.
25 Year Anniversary of the amazing EBM debut from The Force Dimension! This edition contains the debut album, originally released as KK020 on KK Records in Belgium 1989. The vinyl contains the so-called "red edition," produced by the band themselves and a free bonus cd which includes both the red and blue editions (produced by Luc Van Acker). Also the complete tracks from the first 2 twelve inches DUST * and TENSION ** are included. Remastered. Limited to 500 units.
