What is Summer Window / This Ain't California about?

SUMMER WINDOW, 2011, 96 min. Julianne (Nina Hoss) and August (Mark Waschke) are a happy couple, despite having met in unhappy circumstances on the day that Julianne's friend Emily (Fritzi Haberlandt) died. Obsessed with the possibility of "saving Emily," Julianne becomes erratic and isolated, jeopardizing her relationship with the man who could very well be her soulmate and help her through her grief. In German with English subtitles. THIS AIN'T CALIFORNIA, 2012, 90 min. Divided into seven chapters, Marten Persiel's fascinating documentary retraces the life of East German skateboarder Denis “Panik” Panicek from the 1970s through the '90s. Illustrating how the sport brought people together in fractured Germany, the film reinterprets the severe, bleak aesthetic of the GDR and turns it into a playground, with a blend of Super 8 footage, testimonies from Panicek's friends, black-and-white animation and a punchy soundtrack. In German with English subtitles.

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What is Summer Window / This Ain't California about?: SUMMER WINDOW, 2011, 96 min. Julianne (Nina Hoss) and August (Mark Waschke) are a happy couple, despite having met in unhappy circumstances on the day that Julianne's friend Emily (Fritzi Haberlandt) died. Obsessed with the possibility of "saving Emily," Julianne becomes erratic and isolated, jeopardizing her relationship with the man who could very well be her soulmate and help her through her grief. In German with English subtitles.

THIS AIN'T CALIFORNIA, 2012, 90 min. Divided into seven chapters, Marten Persiel's fascinating documentary retraces the life of East German skateboarder Denis “Panik” Panicek from the 1970s through the '90s. Illustrating how the sport brought people together in fractured Germany, the film reinterprets the severe, bleak aesthetic of the GDR and turns it into a playground, with a blend of Super 8 footage, testimonies from Panicek's friends, black-and-white animation and a punchy soundtrack. In German with English subtitles.