Join us November 12–15 for FILM|NEU 2024, a film festival presenting new German-language films from Austria, Germany, Luxembourg and Switzerland!
AUSTRIAN FILM NIGHT | November 14, 2024
The ACF DC proudly presents A Whole Life (Ein ganzes Leben), a film based on the bestselling novel by Austrian writer Robert Seethaler. The film is in German with English subtitles.
Original title: Ein ganzes Leben
Genre: Drama
Year: 2023
Length: 108 min
Country of Origin: Austria and Germany
Language: German with English subtitles
Director: Hans Steinbichler
Production Company: epo-film Produktionsgesellschaft.m.b.h Wien, TOBIS Filmproduktion München GmbH
This film is preceded by a German short and an Austrian wine reception.
ABOUT THE FILM
At the turn of the 20th century, the young orphan Andreas is sent to live with his ruthless uncle on a farm in a remote valley; a valley that Andreas will only leave once in his life. Treated not as family but as a worker, Andreas endures a childhood without affection, full of brutality and hard labour. At the age of 18, he has grown into a strong man and finds work as a woodsman. He works on the construction of an invention: the mountain ropeway. This invention marks the beginning of alpine tourism but is paid for with the many deaths of mountain workers. Andreas is no stranger to hard labour, and now that he is earning his own money, he buys himself a small plot of land with a cabin high up in the valley. He soon finds something he has never experienced before: love.
ABOUT THE FILM|NEU FILM FESTIVAL
The Film|Neu film festival is Washington DC’s annual celebration of great new films from the German-speaking area. Since 1992, Film|Neu has brought over 300 German-language dramas, comedies, documentaries, short films, and more to filmgoers in the DMV area.
FULL SCHEDULE OF FILM|NEU 2024
NOVEMBER 12, 2024 | GERMAN FILM NIGHT | 6:00 PM
The German film When Will It Be Again Like It Never Was Before (Wann wird es endlich wieder so, wie es nie war) will be presented at the Goethe-Institut Washington on Tuesday, November 12 at 6:00 PM. This film is preceded by a Swiss short.
NOVEMBER 13, 2024 | SWISS FILM NIGHT | 6:30 PM
The Swiss-Luxembourg film Songs Within (Jacobs Ross) will be presented at the Embassy of Switzerland on Wednesday, November 13 at 6:30 PM. This film is preceded by the Austrian short Where I live (Wo ich wohne), based on a story by Austrian writer Ilse Aichinger.
NOVEMBER 14, 2024 | AUSTRIAN FILM NIGHT | 7:00 PM
The Austrian-German film A Whole Life (Ein ganzes Leben) will be presented at the Austrian Cultural Forum Washington / Embassy of Austria on Thursday, November 14 at 7:00 PM. This film is preceded by a German short.
NOVEMBER 15, 2024 | GERMAN SHORT FILM NIGHT | 6:00 PM
The short film program Next Generation Short Tiger will be presented at the Goethe-Institut Washington on Friday, November 15 at 6:00 PM.
Films in German will be shown with English subtitles.