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The “Mannheim Kinokult Open Air” took place until 2023 on the ALTER action area on the Alter Meßplatz. The series will continue in 2024 at a new location in Neckarstadt-West. (Archive photo) © City of Mannheim/Lys Y. Seng
“Mannheim Kinokult Open Air” is moving: After five years at the ALTER event area on the Alter Meßplatz, the open-air experience will now take place at a new location from August 13 to September 3.
The popular “Mannheim Kinokult Open Air” opens its doors on the lawn of the Neumarkt in Neckarstadt-West. From August 13 to September 3, 2024, cinema fans will have the opportunity to experience award-winning films from, about and for Mannheim on a big screen on four Tuesday evenings. The event is presented by film guests and the Mannheim arthouse cinemas. But there are even more open-air cinemas in the region this summer.
Free admission on the lawn of the Neumarkt in Neckarstadt-West
The Mannheim Cultural Office and the Neckarstadt-West district management are making the open-air cinema series possible for the sixth time in cooperation with the Neckarstadt community center. The films are shown at dusk from 8:30 p.m. Up to 99 visitors have the opportunity to enjoy the screening in the open air. Admission is free and seat reservations are not possible.
“The changes at the Alter Meßplatz have not prevented us from continuing this original, communal cinema event in Neckarstadt-West. Last year alone, it delighted a diverse audience of more than 1,000 people and continues to offer surprising new perspectives on our city, its people and our film scene,” says a delighted Thorsten Riehle, Cultural Mayor of the City of Mannheim.
Picnic blankets expressly permitted at the open-air cinema
“We are excited to see how the new venue on Neumarkt will be received and hope that the program will attract lots of people out into the fresh air,” says Jennifer Pohl, district manager of Neckarstadt-West, who invites people to bring picnic blankets. Ewa Wojciechowska, head of the cultural office, is pleased about the new location and hopes for future-oriented development of the film series in the Neckarstadt district.
This time the film evenings are themed “Mannheim Hochtief”. “Film itself offers a rollercoaster of emotions, stories and images. We were surprised at how many different interpretations the topic of Hochtief can have, whether in architectural, historical, social or psychological terms,” says curator and film scholar Dr. Morticia Zschiesche, who will be the moderator of the four evenings.
In the square city of Mannheim, whose landmark is the water tower, there will be open-air cinema fun again in 2024. © Peter Kiefer/MANNHEIM24
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Program with three feature films, a documentary and three short films
The program includes three feature films, a documentary and three short films. All films were shot in Mannheim or were created together with Mannheim film artists. The series opens on August 13, 2024 with a “Mannheim Hochtief” psychological thriller: In “Parkour” (D 2009), director Marc Rensing lets his protagonist, the scaffolding builder Richie, not only climb dizzying heights during his working hours, but also lets him, as an extreme athlete, jump daringly over the city’s buildings with his buddies Nonne and Paule.
Am 20. August 2024 followed by the neo-noir melodrama “Phoenix” (D 2014), which has been awarded by international film critics by master director and winner of the Schiller Prize of the City of Mannheim 2020, Christian Petzold, who lets the “femme fatale” Nina Hoss, the Mannheim TV star Nina Kunzendorf with Roland Zehrfeld look into the depths of German history: In June 1945, the war-scarred young woman Nelly fights her way back into her life like a phoenix from the ashes from her imprisonment in Auschwitz.
Highlights of the regional short film scene on September 3
On August 27, 2024, viewers will have the opportunity to be touched by the award-winning tragicomedy “The Boy Must Get Some Fresh Air” (D 2018) by director Caroline Link. The emotional masterpiece, produced by star producer Nico Hofmann from Mannheim, tells the moving story of the youth of comedian Hape Kerkeling. At the end on September 3, 2024, highlights of the regional short film scene will once again be celebrated, which this year brilliantly showcase the theme of “Up & Down”.
With his project KIRCHNER HOCHTIEF, the artist and musician David Julian Kirchner presents his provocative pop satire “John F.” (D 2019). To mark the 20th anniversary of the short film festival and coaching program GIRLS GO MOVIE, the award-winning animated film “Gravedad” (D 2019) by Film Academy graduate Matisse Gonzalez can be seen.
All dates at a glance:
13. August 2024 // HIGH-LOW JUMPS
CINEMA QUADRAT PRESENTS:
PARKOUR
Psychodrama, D 2009, 100 min, FSK ab 12
D: Christoph Letkowski, Nora von Waldstätten, Georg Friedrich, Marlon Kittel, Constantin von Jascheroff
20. August 2024 // HIGHLY DEEP
ATLANTIS/ODEON CINEMAS MANNHEIM PRESENTS:
PHOENIX
Neonoir-Melodram, D 2014, 98 min, Drama, FSK ab 12
D: Nina Hoss, Ronald Zehrfeld and Nina Kunzendorf
27. August 2024 // HIGH-LOW ATMOSPHERE
THE BOY NEEDS FRESH AIR
D 2018, 100 min, tragicomedy, FSK from 6
D: Julius Weckauf, Luise Heyer, Sönke Möhring, Ursula Werner, Joachim Król
3. September 2024 // UP & DOWN – THE SHORT FILM HIGHLIGHTS
KIRCHNER HOCHTIEF PRESENTS:
JOHN F.
Provocative pop satire by David Julian Kirchner, D 2019, 9:10 min
20 YEARS OF GIRLS GO MOVIE PRESENTS:
GRAVITY
Award-winning animation film by Matisse Gonzalez, D 2019, 10:35 min
PRESENTED TO THE GOLDEN STAG:
HALF A DAY – A short movie, written, shot and cut in half a day
by Johannes Bender and Max Girmann, D 2014, 2:52 min
MARCHIVUM PRESENTS:
THE COMMANDER’S COOK – TWO PATHS TO AUSCHWITZ
Documentary by Christina Stihler and Karen Strobel, D 2018, 60 min, FSK 12+
Spend your free time in the square city of Mannheim
The short film festival ZUM GOLDENEN HIRSCH of the municipal cinemas Cinema Quadrat and Karlstorkino Heidelberg finally presents „Half A Day – A short movie, written, shot and cut in half a day“ by Johannes Bender and Max Girmann (D 2014), how a broken arm can determine the highs and lows of a day.
The main film of the evening will be shown by the MARCHIVUM MANNHEIM with the shocking documentary “The Commandant’s Cook – Two Roads to Auschwitz” (D 2018) by Christina Stihler and Karen Strobel. www.neckarstadt-west.de you will find further information, programme flyers and weather-related changes to this year’s open-air cinema. If you want to spend your free time in Mannheim in another way, there are many other great options with a variety of sights in and around the square city. (cn)
