Skill Issue
Once a month, the Goethe-Institut collaborates with the Cinémathèque québécoise to present a significant work of contemporary German cinema: fiction films, documentaries, bold and entertaining productions by established and emerging filmmakers.
Montreal Premiere
After escaping from gym class, 17-year-old Simon finds himself on the banks of a river with a group of teenagers. In the heat of the summer day and amidst all the pointless chatter, time passes as sluggishly as the river water. Only when Marie appears and both are catapulted into the nearby riverside forest by an unexpected incident do they escape the lethargic group and enter the timeless intermediate realm of the enchanted river landscape.
Willy Hans
Willy Hans is a German filmmaker. He studied film at Hamburg University of Fine Arts (HfbK) with Angela Schanelec and Wim Wenders, and fine arts with Andreas Slominski. In 2014, he co-founded the artist collective Spengemann Eichberg Goldkamp Hans. He directed the short film trilogy The Satanic Thicket which was shown at numerous international film festivals and won several awards. HIs films were also nominated for the German Short Film Award in 2015 and 2018. Hans' debut feature Skill Issues (Der Fleck) premiered at the Locarno Film Festival in 2024.
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