Program
Download TimeplanWednesday 31. May
Special Program
gēotan
The work reflects on shifting meanings of imagery and metaphors in time of a changing climate and tells of streaming, flowing and pouring.
- 18:00 Foyer Stadtkino Basel
AFTER
Félicie, a lawyer, and Saïd, an Uber driver, meet in a techno club in Paris. They spend the night together, but the next morning they return to their different worlds.
Descriptive subtitles (German)
- France 2023
- 69 Min Color DCP
- OV/e/d
- 20:15 Stadtkino
THE ETILAAT ROZ
For ten years, a daily newspaper in Kabul reports on abuse, corruption, and nepotism in a transparent, critical and investigative manner. The Taliban’s seizure of power puts an end to this work and silences the independent press.
FOCUS
- Afghanistan 2022
- 97 Min Color DCP
- OV/e/d
- 20:15 kult.kino
Thursday 1. June
OUR BODY
In a clinic in Paris, women and doctors talk about vulnerability, hope, pregnancy, abortion, transsexuality, and cancer. During filming, the director herself is confronted with a cancer diagnosis.
- France 2023
- 168 Min Color DCP
- OV/e
BLIX NOT BOMBS
Hans Blix, a former top diplomat, receives the assignment to find out whether Iraq has weapons of mass destruction. Twenty years later, young Greta Stocklassa challenges him and also asks him uncomfortable questions.
FOCUS
- Czech Republic, Germany, Sweden 2023
- 85 Min Color DCP
- OV/e
MITSUKI | SEKAI
Mitsuki is writing a novel, has a crush on a classmate, and has found an unexpected refuge. In Sekai, we join Aki, struggling with others’ expectations, and Yoomi, who’s conflicted by her dreams.
- Japan 2023
- 28 Min. | 38 Min Color DCP
- OV/e
WELCOME
Zhu Rikun returns to the location of his film about miners suffering from lung disease. The talks with the local authorities are polite but threatening. In the end, they demand that all footage be deleted.
FOCUS
- China 2016
- 60 Min Farbe DCP
- OV/e
Special Program
WORKSHOP
Many facts are true, but some are truer: Journalists will introduce you to fact-checking and various other methods.changing climate and tells of streaming, flowing and pouring. Please bring notebook or cell phone. The workshops are hands-on. Please come directly to the theater's Public Foyer at 4pm. There will be signage on site. Click on "more info" and you will learn who will open the tool box on which day.
FOCUS
Free Admission
- 16:00 Foyer Public Theater Basel
IRON BUTTERFLIES
A passenger jet crashes over eastern Ukraine. All 298 people on board are killed. This film examines propaganda, manipulation, and disinformation in a war that began well before 2022.
FOCUS
- Germany, Ukraine 2023
- 100 Min b/w DCP
- OV/e
HERE
A construction worker prepares for a vacation in his homeland and says goodbye to friends and family. But then he meets a bryologist. An enchanting, tender story about moss, soup, and affection.
Audio description (German)
Descriptive subtitles (German)
- Belgium 2023
- 82 Min Color DCP
- OV/e/d
Special Program
DRAG-SHOW
In celebration of ORLANDO, OR MY POLITICAL BIOGRAPHY and the Queer Cinema program, the dazzling Basel drag queen Odette Hella'Grand - the empress with the charm of a chainsaw and presumably Switzerland's tallest drag queen - will perform on stage at the Theaterplatz.
FREE ADMISSION
- 19:30 Theaterplatz Basel
SO MUCH TENDERNESS
After the mysterious death of her husband, a Colombian lawyer flees to Canada with her daughter and struggles to settle in. Traumatic images from the past keep disrupting the new normality.
- Canada 2022
- 111 Min Color DCP
- OV/e
ORLANDO, OR MY POLITICAL BIOGRAPHY
The film shows how topical the century-old story of a man’s transformation into a woman is again today. It presents poetic stories of individual journeys through politically charged gender norms.
- France 2023
- 98 Color DCP
- OV/e/d
- 20:00 Stadtkino
Friday 2. June
A DATE IN MINSK
A film about the dysfunctional relationship of Nikita and Volha. After eight years they meet for a second first date and talk about their life in a society between Tinder and tractors.
- Belarus 2022
- 87 Min Color DCP
- OV/e
5 SEASONS OF REVOLUTION
Lina, a video journalist, documents the resistance of her friends, the demonstrations and the civil war in Syria. She assumes different identities, is arrested, survives prison and escapes.
FOCUS
- Germany, Syria, Norway, The Netherlands, Qatar 2023
- 95 Min Color DCP
- OV/e/d
KRISTINA
Kristina is a trans woman and sex worker, who lives in Belgrade. She loves antiques, flower arrangements, and spirituality. Her life is turned upside down when she accidentally meets Marko, who’s as real as he is dreamlike.
- Serbia 2022
- 86 Min Color DCP
- OV/e
SHORTS
Swiss filmmakers surprise us with works in which they investigate families, rebel against silence, explore the voyeuristic gaze, and let themselves be enchanted by the tangles of love. The program was curated by the Solothurn Film Festival. Selected films in MORE INFOS
Special Program
WORKSHOP
Many facts are true, but some are truer: Journalists will introduce you to fact-checking and various other methods.changing climate and tells of streaming, flowing and pouring. Please bring notebook or cell phone. The workshops are hands-on. Please come directly to the theater's Public Foyer at 4pm. There will be signage on site. Click on "more info" and you will learn who will open the tool box on which day.
FOCUS
Free Admission
- 16:00 Foyer Public Theater Basel
SAMSARA
The cycle of death and rebirth leads from Laos to a psychedelic journey into the transition of death and reincarnation. It ends with the birth of a goat on a beach in Zanzibar.
- Spain 2023
- 107 Min Color DCP
- OV/e
FIRE IN MORIA REFUGEE CAMP | IM SCHIFFSGEFÄNGNIS
Two fundamentally different methods, narratives, and attitudes in the field of tension between traditional investigative work and the possibilities of contemporary data journalism.
FOCUS
- Greece | Switzerland 2023
- 26 Min. | 28 Min Color DCP
- OV/e
THE ETILAAT ROZ
For ten years, a daily newspaper in Kabul reports on abuse, corruption, and nepotism in a transparent, critical and investigative manner. The Taliban’s seizure of power puts an end to this work and silences the independent press.
FOCUS
- Afghanistan 2022
- 97 Min Color DCP
- OV/e/d
SEVEN WINTERS IN TEHRAN
Reyhaneh Jabbari defends herself against the man who tries to rape her, is convicted of murder and spends seven years in prison. She refuses the offer to save her life for a lie.
FOCUS
- Germany, France 2023
- 97 Min Color DCP
- OV/e/d
AFTER
Félicie, a lawyer, and Saïd, an Uber driver, meet in a techno club in Paris. They spend the night together, but the next morning they return to their different worlds.
Descriptive subtitles (German)
- France 2023
- 69 Min Color DCP
- OV/e/d
Saturday 3. June
OUR BODY
In a clinic in Paris, women and doctors talk about vulnerability, hope, pregnancy, abortion, transsexuality, and cancer. During filming, the director herself is confronted with a cancer diagnosis.
- France 2023
- 168 Min Color DCP
- OV/e
SO MUCH TENDERNESS
After the mysterious death of her husband, a Colombian lawyer flees to Canada with her daughter and struggles to settle in. Traumatic images from the past keep disrupting the new normality.
- Canada 2022
- 111 Min Color DCP
- OV/e
Special Program
PANEL DISCUSSION
Certainty, Knowledge and Truth. An Expedition into Gray Areas: Where do we stand in terms of transparency and freedom of opinion? Which sources can we still trust? Journalists and filmmakers will talk about qualitative research, their professional ethics, and challenges in journalism and filmmaking.
FOCUS
Free Admission
- 13:00 Foyer Public Theater Basel
BLIX NOT BOMBS
Hans Blix, a former top diplomat, receives the assignment to find out whether Iraq has weapons of mass destruction. Twenty years later, young Greta Stocklassa challenges him and also asks him uncomfortable questions.
FOCUS
- Czech Republic, Germany, Sweden 2023
- 85 Min Color DCP
- OV/e
REVISION
Philip Scheffner investigates the circumstances surrounding the deaths of Grigore Velcu and Eudache Calderar. They were shot dead by hunters in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, but the perpetrators were acquitted.
FOCUS
- Germany 2012
- 106 Min Color DCP
- OV/e
Special Program
WORKSHOP
Many facts are true, but some are truer: Journalists will introduce you to fact-checking and various other methods.changing climate and tells of streaming, flowing and pouring. Please bring notebook or cell phone. The workshops are hands-on. Please come directly to the theater's Public Foyer at 4pm. There will be signage on site. Click on "more info" and you will learn who will open the tool box on which day.
FOCUS
Free Admission
- 16:00 Foyer Public Theater Basel
MITSUKI | SEKAI
Mitsuki is writing a novel, has a crush on a classmate, and has found an unexpected refuge. In Sekai, we join Aki, struggling with others’ expectations, and Yoomi, who’s conflicted by her dreams.
- Japan 2023
- 28 Min. | 38 Min Color DCP
- OV/e
5 SEASONS OF REVOLUTION
Lina, a video journalist, documents the resistance of her friends, the demonstrations and the civil war in Syria. She assumes different identities, is arrested, survives prison and escapes.
FOCUS
- Germany, Syria, Norway, The Netherlands, Qatar 2023
- 95 Min Color DCP
- OV/e/d
Special Program
BILDRAUSCH AWARDS
The festival’s trophy takes the form of a ring and stands for a courageous attitude. David Easteal (winner of the 2022 Peter Liechti Award) and Antoine Thirion will choose the next bearer of the ring. A short film will be awarded by Brigitte Fässler und Giacun Caduff (jury short film).
A DATE IN MINSK
A film about the dysfunctional relationship of Nikita and Volha. After eight years they meet for a second first date and talk about their life in a society between Tinder and tractors.
- Belarus 2022
- 87 Min Color DCP
- OV/e
ORLANDO, OR MY POLITICAL BIOGRAPHY
The film shows how topical the century-old story of a man’s transformation into a woman is again today. It presents poetic stories of individual journeys through politically charged gender norms.
- France 2023
- 98 Color DCP
- OV/e/d
Sunday 4. June
FIRE IN MORIA REFUGEE CAMP | IM SCHIFFSGEFÄNGNIS
Two fundamentally different methods, narratives, and attitudes in the field of tension between traditional investigative work and the possibilities of contemporary data journalism.
FOCUS
- Greece | Switzerland 2023
- 26 Min. | 28 Min Color DCP
- OV/e
SHORTS
Swiss filmmakers surprise us with works in which they investigate families, rebel against silence, explore the voyeuristic gaze, and let themselves be enchanted by the tangles of love. The program was curated by the Solothurn Film Festival. Selected films in MORE INFOS
IRON BUTTERFLIES
A passenger jet crashes over eastern Ukraine. All 298 people on board are killed. This film examines propaganda, manipulation, and disinformation in a war that began well before 2022.
FOCUS
- Germany, Ukraine 2023
- 100 Min b/w DCP
- OV/e
SEVEN WINTERS IN TEHRAN
Reyhaneh Jabbari defends herself against the man who tries to rape her, is convicted of murder and spends seven years in prison. She refuses the offer to save her life for a lie.
FOCUS
- Germany, France 2023
- 97 Min Color DCP
- OV/e/d
Special Program
WORKSHOP
Many facts are true, but some are truer: Journalists will introduce you to fact-checking and various other methods.changing climate and tells of streaming, flowing and pouring. Please bring notebook or cell phone. The workshops are hands-on. Please come directly to the theater's Public Foyer at 4pm. There will be signage on site. Click on "more info" and you will learn who will open the tool box on which day.
FOCUS
Free Admission
- 16:00 Foyer Public Theater Basel
OUT OF PHOENIX BRIDGE
Four young women from the countryside work in Beijing, share a tiny room and enjoy the short freedom between youth and marriage. A testimony of human closeness between the director and the protagonists.
FOCUS
- China 1997
- 110 Min Color DCP
- OV/e
HERE
A construction worker prepares for a vacation in his homeland and says goodbye to friends and family. But then he meets a bryologist. An enchanting, tender story about moss, soup, and affection.
Audio description (German)
Descriptive subtitles (German)
- Belgium 2023
- 82 Min Color DCP
- OV/e/d
SAMSARA
The cycle of death and rebirth leads from Laos to a psychedelic journey into the transition of death and reincarnation. It ends with the birth of a goat on a beach in Zanzibar.
- Spain 2023
- 107 Min Color DCP
- OV/e
KRISTINA
Kristina is a trans woman and sex worker, who lives in Belgrade. She loves antiques, flower arrangements, and spirituality. Her life is turned upside down when she accidentally meets Marko, who’s as real as he is dreamlike.
- Serbia 2022
- 86 Min Color DCP
- OV/e