Festival de Cannes

As one of the biggest and most influential festivals in the world, the annual Cannes program gives a kind of snapshot of international cinema and thus became an important witness of the times with its 75 editions. SOONER exclusively shows some program highlights of the last years.
  • Dreams of the City

    Dreams of the City

    Drama

    1984

    2h.3min

    16+

    A poignant tale of lost innocence, young Dib navigates the tumultuous landscape of 1950s Damascus following his father's death.


  • Paths in the Night

    Paths in the Night

    Drama, Thriller

    1999

    1h.33min

    16+

    A haunting psychogram of an entire generation of ex-GDR citizens who have not yet fully accepted that they now live in the Federal Republic of Germany


  • Marseille

    Marseille

    Drama

    2004

    1h.31min

    16+

    "German cinema can be this exciting: Angela Schanelec's fourth film MARSEILLE" (taz)


  • The Old Gun

    The Old Gun

    Classics

    1975

    1h.38min

    16+

    The Wehrmacht massacre at Oradour in 1944, filmed with Philppe Noiret and Romy Schneider in 1975. Hated by the German critics, loved by the French.


  • Airless Space

    Airless Space

    Drama, Independent

    2014

    20min

    16+

    Hans is a bike messenger from Berlin-Kreuzberg, going about with his daily life, trying to escape from the truth in supposed ordinariness.


  • Like A Summer Sonata

    Like A Summer Sonata

    Shorts

    2016

    11min

    16+

    LIKE A SUMMER SONATA consists of four parts named after the classical structure of a sonata. In timeless black and white, it's a surreal, modern-day morality ...


  • The Birthday

    The Birthday

    Shorts

    2015

    16min

    16+

    Two best friends, one is in love with the other, who in turn, is unaware of the fact.


  • Grimm’s Cuckoo

    Grimm’s Cuckoo

    Shorts

    2012

    15min

    16+

    This short film dares a slightly different view of life in a psychiatric clinic. Screened at Cannes Short Film Corner and Interfilm Berlin.


  • Release

    Release

    Drama, Independent

    2014

    21min

    16+

    The nameless protagonist in Jannik Tesch's drama RELEASE feels trapped in an endless spiral of work and consumption.