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6:40 PM-9:30 PM
Florian Gallenberger: Colonia
Movie|Special screening & talk with the director
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Demachiza, Kyoto
- Price ¥1,000 *No discounts available
Colonia
Director: Florian Gallenberger
2015｜110 min.｜English｜Subtitles in Japanese
Produced in Germany, Luxembourg and France
The film, which was released to great acclaim in Japan in 2016, is a European thriller about the real-life organization Colonia Dignidad, which was founded by a German emigrant in Chile in 1961 and has been the scene of repeated human rights violations for over 40 years, including assaults, sexual abuse and forced labor.
In the presence of director Florian Gallenberger, who is currently in Kyoto on a production scholarship from Villa Kamogawa, the film will be shown in a one-off special program followed by a director's talk with Gallenberger. Don't miss it!
Synopsis
Lena, a German flight attendant on a flight to Chile, enjoys a brief encounter with her boyfriend Daniel, who is staying there to find out about the political situation. But suddenly there is a coup d'état by the Chilean military. Daniel is taken prisoner as a dissident. Lena learns that he is being held captive in the mysterious Colonia Dignida facility, where the remnant of the Nazi regime, Paul Schäfer, known as the ‘Pope’, is connected to the military and controls the inhabitants by force in the name of God. It was an ‘impregnable’ fortress. When Lena realizes that no one will help her, she decides to go in alone and rescue Daniel by any means necessary. Will she succeed in finding her beloved alive?
Florian Gallenberger was born in 1972 in Munich, Germany. In 1991 he started to study philosophy and psychology, before he became a student at the Munich Film School (HFF) in the directing class, from which he graduated in 2000. His films have won numerous awards, such as the Oscar®, the Student Oscar®, several German Academy Awards and Bavarian Film Awards, as well as awards at film festivals all over the world. In 2011 Florian Gallenberger was announced honorary professor at his alma mater, the Hochschule für Fernsehen und Film in Munich.
In 2022 Florian Gallenberger was elected President of the German Film Academy (he is serving together with German actress Alexandra Maria Lara). Florian Gallenberger is a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences in Los Angeles, the European Film Academy and a founding member of the German Film Academy. Furthermore, he is a member of Mensa. International.
Filmography:
2024 A PERFECT MATCH (Writer & Director)
2023 MUROT UND DAS PARADIES (MUROT goes to Paradise) (Writer & Director)
2021 ES IST NUR EINE PHASE, HASE (It’s just a phase, Honey) (Co-Writer & Director)
2020 DER ÜBERLÄUFER (The Turncoat) (Co-Writer & Director)
2018 GRÜNER WIRD’S NICHT (As Green as it gets) (Co-Writer, Director, Producer)
2016 COLONIA (Colonia Dignidad) (Writer, Director, Producer)
2014 HIN & WEG (Producer)
2009 JOHN RABE (Writer & Director)
2005 SCHATTEN DER ZEIT (Shadows of Time) (Writer, Director, Producer)
1999 QUIERO SER (I want to be…) (Writer, Director, Producer)
Special Thanks to NIKKATSU
Director: Florian Gallenberger
2015｜110 min.｜English｜Subtitles in Japanese
Produced in Germany, Luxembourg and France
The film, which was released to great acclaim in Japan in 2016, is a European thriller about the real-life organization Colonia Dignidad, which was founded by a German emigrant in Chile in 1961 and has been the scene of repeated human rights violations for over 40 years, including assaults, sexual abuse and forced labor.
In the presence of director Florian Gallenberger, who is currently in Kyoto on a production scholarship from Villa Kamogawa, the film will be shown in a one-off special program followed by a director's talk with Gallenberger. Don't miss it!
Synopsis
Lena, a German flight attendant on a flight to Chile, enjoys a brief encounter with her boyfriend Daniel, who is staying there to find out about the political situation. But suddenly there is a coup d'état by the Chilean military. Daniel is taken prisoner as a dissident. Lena learns that he is being held captive in the mysterious Colonia Dignida facility, where the remnant of the Nazi regime, Paul Schäfer, known as the ‘Pope’, is connected to the military and controls the inhabitants by force in the name of God. It was an ‘impregnable’ fortress. When Lena realizes that no one will help her, she decides to go in alone and rescue Daniel by any means necessary. Will she succeed in finding her beloved alive?
Florian Gallenberger was born in 1972 in Munich, Germany. In 1991 he started to study philosophy and psychology, before he became a student at the Munich Film School (HFF) in the directing class, from which he graduated in 2000. His films have won numerous awards, such as the Oscar®, the Student Oscar®, several German Academy Awards and Bavarian Film Awards, as well as awards at film festivals all over the world. In 2011 Florian Gallenberger was announced honorary professor at his alma mater, the Hochschule für Fernsehen und Film in Munich.
In 2022 Florian Gallenberger was elected President of the German Film Academy (he is serving together with German actress Alexandra Maria Lara). Florian Gallenberger is a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences in Los Angeles, the European Film Academy and a founding member of the German Film Academy. Furthermore, he is a member of Mensa. International.
2024 A PERFECT MATCH (Writer & Director)
2023 MUROT UND DAS PARADIES (MUROT goes to Paradise) (Writer & Director)
2021 ES IST NUR EINE PHASE, HASE (It’s just a phase, Honey) (Co-Writer & Director)
2020 DER ÜBERLÄUFER (The Turncoat) (Co-Writer & Director)
2018 GRÜNER WIRD’S NICHT (As Green as it gets) (Co-Writer, Director, Producer)
2016 COLONIA (Colonia Dignidad) (Writer, Director, Producer)
2014 HIN & WEG (Producer)
2009 JOHN RABE (Writer & Director)
2005 SCHATTEN DER ZEIT (Shadows of Time) (Writer, Director, Producer)
1999 QUIERO SER (I want to be…) (Writer, Director, Producer)
Special Thanks to NIKKATSU
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Location
Demachiza
133 Miyoshi-cho, Kamigyo-ku
Kyoto
Japan
133 Miyoshi-cho, Kamigyo-ku
Kyoto
Japan
*Director's talk following the film screening (with Japanese-German consecutive translation)