The eleven films to be screened in the presence of their directors in the “Cinèma d’aujourd’hui” section, represent the variety characterising modern German cinema. Rosenstrasse [+see also:
trailer
film profile] by Margarethe von Trotta will open the event, followed by Milchwald by Christoph Hochhäusler, Das fliegende Klassenzimmer by Tomy Wigand, Elefantenherz by Züli Aladag, Führer Ex [+see also:
trailer
film profile] by Winfried Bonengel, The Miracle of Bern (Das Wunder von Bern) by Sönke Wortmann, Mon Père (Mein Vater) by Andreas Kleinert, Distant Lights (Lichter) by Hans-Christian Schmid, My Name is Bach (Mein Name ist Bach) by Dominique de Rivaz, Rivers and tides by Thomas Riedelsheimer and Gun-shy (Schussangst) by Dito Tsintsadze/

The Goethe Institut has also prepared a selection of seven films for screenings for secondary school children, including Good Bye, Lenin! by Wolfgang Becker, Run Lola, run! by Tom Tykwer.
The “Next Generation” section will present a wide variety of short films made in the best German film schools, and a selection of underground films starring Nina Hagen. The event will close with the screening of the silent film Diary of a lost girl by Georg Wilhelm Pabst, which will be accompanied by an orchestra. The festival will then proceed to Toulouse and Lyons.

(Translated from French)