Habitat International Film Festival 2023

Watch two German feature films that are being screened as part of the 2023 edition of the Habitat International Film Festival.

© Schuldenberg Films GbR (Berlin) PIAFFE
Directed by Ann Oren
(Germany, Colour, German/ English, 2022, 82min, English subtitles)

Thursday, 23 March 2023, 14:00
Stein Auditorium, India Habitat Centre

The introvert Foley artist Eva struggles to create sounds for a commercial featuring a horse. Empowered by a horsetail growing out of her body, she lures a botanist into an affair, through a game of submission. Piaffe is a visceral journey into control, gender, and artifice.

© bombero international, Warner Bros. Ent., Gordon Timpen Rhinegold
Directed by Fatih Akin
(Germany, Colour, German/ Kurdish/ Turkish/ Dutch/ English/ Arabic, 2022, 140 min, English subtitles)

Saturday, 25 March 2023, 13:30
Stein Auditorium, India Habitat Centre

Xatar’s path from the ghetto to the top of the music charts is a dramatic adventure story. From the hell of an Iraqi prison, Giwar Hajabi came to Germany as a young boy with his family in the mid-1980s and landed at the very bottom. There were opportunities, but many more stumbling blocks. In no time, he went from a petty criminal to a big-time dealer until a shipment goes missing. To settle his debts with the cartel, Giwar plans a legendary gold heist.