In 2012, the Berlinale’s Flying Red Carpet again traveled from arthouse cinema to arthouse cinema to visit Berlin’s movie lovers in “their” neighbourhoods. On each of seven evenings, from Saturday 11 to Friday, February 17, one neighbourhood cinema became a festival venue – and on one of these occasions, the journey even went beyond the city’s limits to Potsdam.
In 2012, “Berlinale goes Kiez” screened at the following cinemas:
- Saturday, Feb. 11, Filmkunst 66, Charlottenburg
Abschied von den Fröschen (Farewell to the Frogs, directed by Ulrike Schamoni) Special Presentation
Desperado City (directed by Vadim Glowna) Berlinale Special Tribute
À moi seule (Coming Home, directed by Frédéric Videau) Competition - Sunday, Feb. 12, Toni & Tonino, Weißensee
Die Kinder vom Napf (The Children from the Napf, directed by Alice Schmid) Generation Kplus
Barbara (directed by Christian Petzold) Competition - Monday, Feb. 13, Passage, Neukölln
Paziraie Sadeh (Modest Reception, directed by Mani Haghighi) Forum
Dictado (Childish Games, directed by Antonio Chavarrías) Competition - Tuesday, Feb. 14, Bundesplatz-Kino, Wilmersdorf
Putyovka v zhizn (The Road to Life, directed by Nikolay Ekk) Retrospective
Příliš mladá noc (A Night Too Young, directed by Olmo Omerzu) Forum - Wednesday, Feb. 15, Thalia Programm Kino, Potsdam
Die Wand (The Wall, directed by Julian Roman Pölsler) Panorama
The Iron Lady (directed by Phyllida Lloyd) Homage - Thursday, Feb. 16, Babylon, Kreuzberg
Licuri Surf (directed by Guile Martins), Vilaine Fille Mauvais Garçon (Two Ships, directed by Justine Triet), Lambs (directed by Sam Kelly), Nostalgia (directed by Gustavo Rondón Córdova) Berlinale Shorts and Generation
Parada (The Parade, directed by Srđan Dragojević) Panorama - Friday, Feb. 17, Hackesche Höfe Kino, Mitte
DIE VERMISSTEN (REPORTED MISSING, directed by Jan Speckenbach) Perspektive Deutsches Kino
Was bleibt (Home For The Weekend, directed by Hans-Christian Schmid) Competition
As in the previous years, one prominent film personality acted as the patron of each cinema and was on hand to welcome guests to the Flying Red Carpet. This year’s cinema patrons included Hanns Zischler (Filmkunst 66), Michael Verhoeven (Toni&Tonino), Matthias Glasner and Jürgen Vogel (Passage), Meret Becker (Babylon Kreuzberg) and Milan Peschel (Hackesche Höfe Kino).
“Berlinale goes Kiez” was launched for the Festival’s 60th anniversary in 2010 and has proven to be a big hit with audiences.
