Film Screenings
Dublin International Film Festival: "The Ordinaries"

Dir.: Sophie Linnenbaum; 120 min., colour, Germany 2022

Sun, 26.02.2023 -
Thu, 02.03.2023
6:30 PM Lighthouse Cinema

Have you ever felt like a supporting character in your own life? Sophie Linnenbaum’s daring and original film imagines what it would be like if you really were one.

In a repressive three class-society, Paula, a simple Supporting Character, is about to face the most important test of her life: she has to prove she deserves to be a Lead. She is at the top of her class at the Main Character School – but so far has failed in generating great emotional music. In search of a solution, she finds herself in the abyss of the cinematic world, on the fringes of the storyline and lost amongst the Outtakes. A clever satire about identity and exclusion, The Ordinaries sees a woman battling these themes playfully in a filmic meta world.

In partnership with access cinema, DIFF is delighted to present the Irish premiere of The Ordinaries on 26 February 2022 at 6:30pm at the Lighthouse Cinema, Dublin. 

Director Sophie Linnenbaum will be present at the screening to talk about her film.

The film will then tour through Ireland on the following dates, also in collaboration with access cinema: 

Mon 27 Feb 5pm & 8pm | Pavillion Theatre, Dun Laoghaire Book Tickets

Mon 27 Feb 7:30pm | Solstice Arts Centre, Navan Book Tickets

Mon 27 Feb 8pm | Riverbank Arts Centre, Newbridge Book Tickets

Tue 28 Feb 7:30pm | Garter Lane Arts Centre, Waterford Book Tickets

Tue 28 Feb 8pm | Droichead Arts Centre, Drogheda Book Tickets

Thu 2 Mar 8pm | Sligo Film Society @ The Model, Sligo (tickets on door) Info

Thu 2 Mar 8:15pm | Club Scannán Sailearna, Inverin, Co. Galway Book Tickets 

The Goethe-Institut Irland has developed a study guide about the film for Transition Year students, which can be downloaded here:
 

We are delighted that two other German films will also be presented at Dublin International Film Festival:

Fri, 24 Feb 6:15pm | Light House Cinema Dublin
Freibad / The Pool
Dir.: Doris Dörrie, 102 min., colour, Germany 2022

Thu, 23 Feb 5:00pm - Sun, 26 Feb 5pm | Online
Come with me to the Cinema – The Gregors
Dir.: Alice Agneskirchner, 155 min., colour, Germany 2022


Supported by the Goethe-Institut Irland