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

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

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

2004

1h.31min

16+

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

The Old Gun

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

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

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

2015

16min

16+

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

Grimm’s Cuckoo

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

2014

21min

16+

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