Amrum

<div><div>Presented as part of the German-Austrian Film Festival, organized and sponsored by the Williams College German Department.</div><div><br></div><div>This year, the German-Austrian Film Festival examines the depiction of the countryside in contemporary German-language cinema.</div><div>Set against rural landscapes, Fatih Akin's<i> Amrum (Germany 2025), </i>Mascha Schilinski's <i>Sound of Falling (Germany 2025), and </i>Andreas Prochaska's<i> Welcome Home, Baby</i> (Austria 2025) explore islands, villages, and isolated homes as sites of belonging, trauma, and transformation.&nbsp;</div><div>Together, these films reveal the countryside not as an idyllic escape from modern life, but as a landscape where the past lingers, generations collide, and the familiar can become both deeply comforting and unsettling.</div><div><br style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"></div></div><div>Film synopsis:</div>On Amrum Island in spring 1945, twelve-year-old Nanning hunts seals, fishes at night, and works the fields to help feed his family. When the war ends, his mother sinks into depression, and he must navigate new conflicts while struggling to find his own path.DramaPT1H33MNR2026-10-13DEde
Jasper Billerbeck
Diane Kruger
Kian Köppke
Fatih Akin
Fatih Akin
Herman Weigel
Lara Förtsch
Amrum"Amrum"

Showtimes

October 13, 7:00 pm

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