German Currents San Diego, celebrating its 5th Annual Festival of German Film, has unveiled a lineup of award-winning German feature films for this year?s festival. Presented by the German American San Diego Foundation, the festival will showcase five screenings in Balboa Park on October 24-25.
On Saturday, Octpber 24, the festival will kick off with the screening of Jack at the Museum of Natural History?s state-of-the-art Kaplan movie theater, followed by a Q&A with director Edward Berger and a gala reception at theNAT's Sefton Atrium. ?Jack?, a powerful and moving drama, has been awarded at the 2015 German Film Awards and was on Germany?s shortlist for submission for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.
On Sunday, October 25, the festival will continue with two family matinee screenings at the Joan & Irwin Jacobs Theater at the Museum of Photographic Arts (MOPA). In the evening of Saturday, October 25, the festival will conclude with two films shown at the Reuben H. Fleet Science Center's IMAX digital movie theater.
All films are presented in German with English subtitles.
Tonight's Film: Jack
The movie is about the ten-year-old Jack (Ivo Pietzcker), who is frequently left alone by his loving but hopelessly incompetent young mother (Luise Heyer). Forced to care for himself and his younger half-brother Manuel (Georg Arms) for extended periods of time, Jack selflessly acts as the head of the household. When Manuel is accidentally injured, Jack is blamed and placed in a long-term foster care facility, leaving Manuel with their mother.
Lonely, homesick, and bullied by other children, Jack decides to escape and head home to Berlin, only to find that what little order he had established has crumbled. Once again abandoned by their mother, the boys take to the streets on a desperate odyssey to find not only their mom, but also a sense of stability. Film is followed by a Q&A with the film?s director Edward Berger and a gala reception.
Admission/Cost: Film, Reception and Opening Night Gala:
Saturday, October 24 - 6:00 PM (film begins at 7:30
For more information, please visit: www.germancurrentssd.org
On Saturday, Octpber 24, the festival will kick off with the screening of Jack at the Museum of Natural History?s state-of-the-art Kaplan movie theater, followed by a Q&A with director Edward Berger and a gala reception at theNAT's Sefton Atrium. ?Jack?, a powerful and moving drama, has been awarded at the 2015 German Film Awards and was on Germany?s shortlist for submission for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.
On Sunday, October 25, the festival will continue with two family matinee screenings at the Joan & Irwin Jacobs Theater at the Museum of Photographic Arts (MOPA). In the evening of Saturday, October 25, the festival will conclude with two films shown at the Reuben H. Fleet Science Center's IMAX digital movie theater.
All films are presented in German with English subtitles.
Tonight's Film: Jack
The movie is about the ten-year-old Jack (Ivo Pietzcker), who is frequently left alone by his loving but hopelessly incompetent young mother (Luise Heyer). Forced to care for himself and his younger half-brother Manuel (Georg Arms) for extended periods of time, Jack selflessly acts as the head of the household. When Manuel is accidentally injured, Jack is blamed and placed in a long-term foster care facility, leaving Manuel with their mother.
Lonely, homesick, and bullied by other children, Jack decides to escape and head home to Berlin, only to find that what little order he had established has crumbled. Once again abandoned by their mother, the boys take to the streets on a desperate odyssey to find not only their mom, but also a sense of stability. Film is followed by a Q&A with the film?s director Edward Berger and a gala reception.
Admission/Cost: Film, Reception and Opening Night Gala:
Saturday, October 24 - 6:00 PM (film begins at 7:30
For more information, please visit: www.germancurrentssd.org
