On Sunday, November 12th, we will end the festival with the awards for the best film. One of these awards is the Student Jury Award. Five students from local universities and colleges watch a wide selection of films and get various workshops during the festival. The films they are going to review are, of course, also good tips. As a student, you can go to the film for just €5.-!

306 Hollywood

Elan & Jonathan Bogarin / Documentary / US / 94 min / 2018 / EU premiere
What traces does a person leave behind in their lifetime? Siblings Jonathan and Elan Bogarín follow the proverbial trail that their late grandmother left behind and embark on a magical-realist journey through time with her house as their starting point. In the inventive hands of Jonathan and Elan, her extensive collection of things becomes its own universe. 306 Hollywood is an innovative cinematic playground bursting with love and mysticism.
Fri 9 Nov / 18.45 / LUX 6 / (en)
Sat 10 Nov / 20.30 / LUX 3 / (en)

AlphaGo

Greg Kohs / Documentary / US / 90 min / 2017
Seemingly simple yet deceptively complex, the Chinese board game ‘Go’ has more board configurations than atoms in the universe. It is therefore considered the ultimate challenge for artificial intelligence. Legendary ‘Go’ master Lee Sedol took on an AI challenger for the first time in history for a best-of-five competition that enraptured hundreds of millions of viewers around the world. What can artificial intelligence reveal about a 3000-year-old game? What can it teach us about humanity?
Wed 7 Nov / 20.30 / LUX 6
Fri 9 Nov / 21.15 / LUX 6 / (en)
Sat 10 Nov / 22.00 / LUX 6

Behind the Curve

Daniel J. Clark / Documentary / US / 96 min / 2018 / EU premiere
The earth is shaped like a ball. Right? Behind the Curve is about flat-Earthers – people who believe the earth is flat. The Flat Earth community has a significant following and the ideas they propagate directly contradict scientific findings and explanations. Listen to their theories and their views on how a global conspiracy is keeping us from the truth.
Thu 8 Nov / 13.30 / LUX 3
Sat 10 Nov / 13.15 / LUX 3

Eastern Memories

Martti Kaartinen, Niklas Kullström / Documentary / FI / 86 min / 2018 / NL premiere
Eastern Memories is an unexpected road movie about the Far East, from Mongolia to Japan. Present and past are seamlessly intertwined in a visually stunning journey about adventure and discovery, love and death, conspiracies and the fall of nations. The experiences and observations of Finnish linguist and diplomat Gustaf John Ramstedt (1873-1950) are cited in diary-form, complemented by images of modern Asia.
Thu 8 Nov / 16.15 / LUX 2 / (en)
Sat 10 Nov / 21.30 / LUX 4 / (en)

Inventing Tomorrow

Laura Nix / Documentary / US / 105 min / 2018 / NL premiere
Six passionate teens prepare for the world’s biggest contest for secondary school students: the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF). Motivated by problems and experiences in their very own backyards, they develop ideas and cutting-edge solutions to the world’s environmental threats. They travel to Los Angeles to participate in ISEF and meet thousands of peers from around the world. A sense of global brotherhood and sisterhood quickly develops in an effort to improve the world.
Fri 9 Nov / 17.30 / LUX 3
Sat 10 Nov / 15.45 / LUX 2

Jane

Brett Morgen / Documentary / US / 90 min / 2017
Jane is an intimate portrait of the younger years of 83-year-old Jane Goodall. As a 26-year-old secretary, Jane Goodall was given the opportunity to travel to Africa with palaeontologist Louis Leakey. It was a dream come true. With no experience, knowledge or scientific training, she ventured into the wilderness with her mother in tow to become the first researcher in the world to study primate behaviour in the wild. With disarming naivety, she and Hugo van Lawick (the Dutch wildlife filmmaker and love of her life) braved the dangers of the wilderness to study the chimpanzees in their natural environment.
Fri 9 Nov / 21.30 / LUX 4 (en)
Sun 11 Nov / 15.45 / LUX 4

Let There Be Light

Van Royko, Mila Aung-Thwin / Documentary / US, CH, IT, FR, CA / 80 min / 2017
Is nuclear fusion the holy grail in the search for perpetual, cheap and clean energy? In southern France, a team of international scientists are working on a revolutionary machine: a nuclear reactor that generates energy through nuclear fusion. Is this the ultimate solution for everything? And is it entirely unfindable? A story about a group of dedicated scientists determined to recreate a star on earth. Is this our best shot at an inexhaustible well of energy or a dangerous gamble?
Thu 8 Nov / 18.45 / LUX 2 / (en)
Sat 10 Nov / 18.15 / LUX 3 / (en)

Mad to be Normal

Robert Mullan / Fiction / UK / 105 min / 2017 / NL premiere
In the 1960s, acclaimed Scottish psychologist R.D. Laing is criticised for his infamous anti-psychology experiment in Kingsley Hall, East London. He applied his self-healing method known as metanoia on test subjects diagnosed with a psychological disorder. The controversial treatment ultimately changed our perception of mental health.
Fri 9 Nov / 13.30 / LUX 6
Sun 11 Nov / 20.00 / LUX 3

Mademoiselle Paradis

Barbara Albert / Fiction / AT, DE / 97 min / 2017 / NL premiere
Maria Theresia Paradis is a blind pianist with an extraordinary talent. After countless failed medical experiments, the treatments performed by ‘miracle doctor’ Franz Anton Mesmer appear to be successful. However, she soon realises that as her sight returns, her musical virtuosity starts to decline.
Thu 8 Nov / 13.00 / LUX 2
Sun 11 Nov / 19.45 / LUX 6 / (en)

The serengeti rules

Nicolas Brown / Documentary / US, UK / 84 min / 2018 / NL premiere
In 1960, a group of young scientists headed out into the wilderness, driven by an insatiable curiosity about how nature works. Immersed in some of the most remote and spectacular places on Earth, they discovered a single set of rules that govern all life. In the twilight of their careers, these five heroes of modern ecology look back on their ground-breaking discoveries. The Serengeti Rules reveals how the pioneering work of these scientists changed our view of nature.
Thu 8 Nov / 13.30 / Synthonzaal / (en)
Fri 9 Nov / 16.00 / LUX 2
Sun 11 Nov / 11.30 / LUX 6