BERLINALE SELECTION 2026
ROTER HIMMEL / AFIRE
Romance, Drama // Directed by Christian Petzold // Germany 2023 // 103 minutes
From the Competition 2023 Section
In his film, Afire, Christian Petzold brings four young people together in a small holiday house by the Baltic Sea in the summer. Through these four young people, Leon, Felix, Nadja and Devid, sharing this house, a story about self-reflection, understanding each other and oneself, against the background of the climate crisis, is told. The parched forest near the holiday home begins to blaze, it rains ash, and the sky turns red. With this, their emotions ignite. A film filled with symbolism and realism.
Award: Silver Bear Grand Jury Prize – Berlinale 2023
Sun. 8 February 2026, 8 p.m., Pantheon Theatre
29 Diagoras Str., 1097 Nicosia
In German with English subtitles.
Free Admission
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Supported by the Friends of Cinema Society .
