In collaboration with German Films, Palace presents the 2023 German Film Festival with a stunning film lineup including key selections direct from the 2023 Berlin International Film Festival (The Berlinale), a music-themed retrospective, a focus on female filmmakers and the family sidebar, Kino for Kids.
Simone Baumann, Managing Director of German Films said ‘We are very happy to continue our successful cooperation with Palace for the German Film Festival 2023 and we hope that our Australian viewers will appreciate these great films’.
Opening the 2023 festival is the new film from Balloon director Michael ‘Bully’ Herbig, A Thousand Lines (Tausend Zeilen), an exciting drama based on true events. Festival favourites Elyas M’Barek and Jonas Nay deliver star performances as journalists in a story based on the real-life 2018 fake news scandal involving a disgraced Der Spiegel journalist.
The Festival centrepiece, direct from its Berlinale world premiere, is The Teachers Lounge (Das Lehrerzimmer) starring European rising star Leonie Benesch (Babylon Berlin).
Other notable films include Ingeborg Bachmann – Journey into the Desert (Ingeborg Bachmann – Reise in die Wüste), In a Land that No Longer Exists (In einem Land, das es Nicht Mehr Gibt) the WWII drama Lost Transport, the darling romantic comedy Love Thing (Liebesdings) and the Swiss box office hit comedy Golden Years (Die Goldenen Jahre).
There are many more great films on offer; head to the website for the full program and details.
For more information, please visit www.germanfilmfestival.com.au.
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