Brotfabrik (Bread Factory) – Art is Food

The focus here is on artistic signature, social relevance and cinematic discoveries.

In March, visitors can once again look forward to special film highlights that inspire reflection, open up new perspectives and bring cinema to life as a cultural meeting place.

March Highlights:

Sunday | 22 March | 7 p.m. | BrotfabrikKINO
Tailor made Dreams – Tailor-made dreams
Germany 2006, 90 min, documentary, director: Marco Wilms, original version with subtitles
All his life, tailor Issar has been supplying Europeans with suits in Bangkok. Now retired, he finally flies to Europe for a return visit with German film director Marco Wilms. Everywhere he goes, he meets people whom he persuades to order new suits from him. The womaniser and Bollywood fan – who always wanted to be a Bollywood star himself – brings with him thousands of business cards from old customers and a romanticised image of Europe, fuelled by episodes from his favourite film ‘Sangam’, which was shot in Switzerland. In the course of his journey, the Indian tailor increasingly dreams of dance and song scenes in the sober reality.
As part of the exhibition ‘Iris Lorenz Berlin - Gothic, Glitter And Eternity’. In the presence of director Marco Wilms.

Saturday | 28 March | 6 p.m. | BrotfabrikKINO
A Dream in Strawberry Foil – Comrade Couture
Germany 2009, 84 min, documentary, director: Marco Wilms, original version with English subtitles
‘A Dream in Strawberry Foil – Comrade Couture’ is a journey into the wild parallel world of East Berlin's fashion and survival artists. Here, you could break the mould, be individual and provocative. The most important distinguishing feature of the scene was personal style, because you couldn't buy that in the GDR. You had to craft your own individual image in this parallel world. The film tells of the longings, passions and dreams that were tested, lived and staged in the shadow of the Wall. Director Marco Wilms, himself a model at the GDR's Fashion Institute at the time, sets out to recreate this unique attitude to life of economic light-heartedness and the desire to be radically different in the here and now. He seeks out the heroes of his East Berlin youth: designer Sabine von Oettingen, photographer Robert Paris and stylist and hairdresser Frank Schäfer, and explores their dazzling parallel world life with them. After two decades, the members and friends of the legendary East Berlin avant-garde fashion theatres ‘ChicCharmant und Dauerhaft’ and “Allerleirauh” meet again at a ‘subversive’ Eastern Bloc party initiated by director Marco Wilms. ‘Ein Traum in Erdbeerfolie – Comrade Couture’ is a humorous documentary film about creativity as the elixir of life – and the never-ending longing for individual freedom.
As part of the exhibition ‘Iris Lorenz Berlin – Gothic, Glitter And Eternity’. Followed by a discussion between curator Petra Schröck and director Marco Wilms.

April Highlights:

On 9 and 13 April, at 8.00 pm on both evenings, director Kai-Uwe Kohlschmidt and cinematographer Momo Kohlschmidt will present their documentary film *The Nomadic Gene* exclusively at the Brotfabrik. In this long-term project, the artist collective Mangan25 set out across six continents in search of the nomadic instinct within us – after 10,000 years of settled life.

On Friday, 17 April, at 8.45 pm, we welcome director Douglas Wolfsperger with his new film DENN DIESES LEBEN LEBST NUR DU. A documentary that follows four people on their difficult journey to break free from conventional lifestyles, a journey in which it is not just their names and genders that change.

From 17 April we will also be screening the New German Cinema classic: LINA BRAAKE OR THE BANK’S INTERESTS CANNOT BE THE INTERESTS THAT LINA BRAAKE HAS. A comedy that remains both entertaining and thought-provoking, with plenty of charm.

On Wednesday, 22 April, at 6.00 pm, co-producer and personal experience Jason Kirkpatrick will discuss the film with the audience following the screening of THE SPIES WHO RUINED OUR LIVES – a documentary about a secret British unit of undercover police spies.

On Friday, 24 April, 7.00 pm, the film HALLELUJAH HELENA will have its premiere in the presence of director Pauline Jardel. A documentary about 50-year-old Italian Helena, who decides to change her life, become a funeral director and revolutionise the funeral industry in Berlin.

On Saturday, 25 April, the 7th edition of the PANKOWER KULTURGESPRÄCHE will take place. This time, Harald Hauswald, one of the most significant contemporary photographers, will be our guest. At 6.30 pm, Dr Andreas Bossmann will hold a conversation with him. Following this, at 8.30 pm, he will present a film that has been significant in his life: EASY RIDER by Dennis Hopper.

On Tuesday, 28 April, at 8.15 pm, the magazine ABWÄRTS! will present its first colourful short film evening under the title TEXTS, FILMS, SENSATIONS. Expect films from the magazine’s circle – including a world premiere, readings by Abwärts! authors and music.

On Wednesday, 29 April, at 6.00 pm, director Christian Lehmann-Feddersen will take questions about his sweeping critique of capitalist impositions, WIR SIND SO FREI! A documentary that not only highlights repression and injustice, but also seeks ways out.