Passing Summer
2001 | 85 min | Drama
Two friends in Berlin in the summer, between upheaval, closeness, and farewell. A quiet film about encounters, conversations, and everyday life.
Angela Schanelec
ActorDirectorBorn in 1962, director and screenwriter Angela Schanelec first studied acting before beginning her studies at the German Film and Television Academy Berlin (dffb). She is considered one of the formative filmmakers of the so-called Berlin School and is known for her formally precise and often elliptical narrative style. She received major international recognition at the Berlinale, where she was awarded the Silver Bear for Best Director for the film *I Was at Home, But...* (2019). Four years later, the same festival honored her work *Music* (2023) with the Silver Bear for Best Screenplay. Her earlier important works also include *Marseille* (2004).
Films
The Dreamed Path
2017 | 87 min | Drama
After a vacation romance, Kenneth and Theres lose sight of each other. But fate brings them together again 30 years later.
Marseille
2004 | 91 min | Drama
"German cinema can be this exciting: Angela Schanelec's fourth film MARSEILLE" (taz)
Afternoon
2007 | 95 min | Drama
On 3 summer afternoons, a family meets up a beautiful house in an upscale Berlin neighborhood. They come together but ultimately drift further apart.
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Zoe
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