Limited Engagement

Andres Veiel's award-winning film RIEFENSTAHL will screen in Los Angeles in cooperation with Kino Lorber and Laemmle Theaters and in San Diego as part of GERMAN CURRENTS KINO San Diego, a partnership between the Goethe-Institut, emago media, and the Digital Gym Cinema.
RIEFENSTAHL will screen at the following cinemas:

Beginning Friday, September 12th 
@ Laemmle Royal: 11523 Santa Monica Blvd., LA, CA, 90025
@ Laemmle Town Center 5: 17200 Ventura Blvd. Encino, CA 91316


Friday, September 19th - Thursday, September 25th
@ Gigital Gym: 1100 Market st. San Diego, CA, 92101  



RIEFENSTAHL
Germany (2025), 115 min., German with English Subtitles
Writer-Director: Andres Veiel, Produktionsfirma: Vincent Productions GmbH (Berlin), in Co-Produktion mit: Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR) (Köln), Südwestrundfunk (SWR) (Baden-Baden), Norddeutscher Rundfunk (NDR) (Hamburg), Bayerischer Rundfunk (BR) (München), 
Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg (RBB) (Berlin + Potsdam), Produzent: Sandra Maischberger

Filmmaker and Nazi propagandist Leni Riefenstahl is considered one of the most controversial women of the 20th century. Her films Triumph of the Will and Olympia are defined by their fascist aesthetics, perfectly-staged body worship, and the celebration of all that is "superior" and victorious, simultaneously projecting contempt for the imperfect and weak. But Riefenstahl – who first broke into the German film industry as an actress – spent decades after the war denying her association with Nazi ideology, and claiming ignorance of the Holocaust. How did she become the Reich's preeminent filmmaker if she was just a hired hand? Riefenstahl examines this question using never-before-seen documents from Leni Riefenstahl's estate, including private films, photos, recordings and letters, uncovering fragments of her biography and placing them in an extended historical context. During her long life after the fall of Nazism, she remained unapologetic, managing to control and shape her legacy; in personal documents, she mourns her "murdered ideals." Meanwhile, her work would experience a renaissance, gaining esteem for its masterful technical skill. Today, Riefenstahl's aesthetics are more present than ever. Is that also true for their message? In an era where fascism is on the rise again, fake news is prevalent, and the meaning of political imagery is constantly dissected and debated, Andres Veiel's mesmerizing new film shows that Leni Reifenstahl is more relevant than ever.
(Source: Kino Lorber)