Montreal International Black Film Festival 2022

Films from Germany and Austria

  • Various locations, Montreal

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The largest festival of Black film in Canada celebrates its 18th edition this year with a hybrid format, screening 95 international productions from 25 countries online and in theaters from September 20-25, 2022. Among others, there are also some German (co-)productions:  
 
"The Door of Return"
by Kokutekeleza Musebeni and Anna Zhukovets  
Short film. Available online.
Germany | 2021 | 30 mins| English
 
"The Boy Who Couldn’t Feel Pain""
by Eugen Merher
Short film. September 24, 2022 at 5:00 PM at Cinéma du Parc
Germany | 2022 | 20 mins | English
Set in New Mexico, "The Boy Who Couldn't Feel Pain" tells the story of Chester, a street fighter who can't feel pain. When Annie, a bowling alley employee, challenges him to a fight, things begin to change. 

"Zongo"
by Elias Mierbeth and Michael Herzog
Documentary. September 22, 2022 at 7:00 PM at Cinémathèque québecoise.  
Ghana, Germany | 2021 | 70 mins | English

Also in the program a German-language production from Austria:  
 
"Invisible Border"
by Mark Gerstorfer
Short film. September 2022, 24 at 5:00 PM in Cinéma du Parc
Austria 2022 | 27 mins | German with English subtitles.