OB’S STÜRMT ODER SCHNEIT

Presented by Markus Ruff, head of the Archives Projects at Arsenal – Institute for Film and Video Art.

Doris Dörrie and Wolfgang Berndt ‘s feature film debut is a gentle portrait of cinema lover Maria Stadler. Despite plummeting audience numbers and high debts, she devoted her entire life to running her film theatre in a small Bavarian town. From selling the tickets and operating the projector, chopping wood for heating, to transporting copies with her old bicycle and organising other events such as rock concerts or Punch and Judy shows to supplement the income, she did it all by herself. – The cinema still exists today and is called Maria’s Cinema in her honor.

The Restorer – Arsenal – Institute for Film and Video Art

Communicating film culture in lively fashion is the mission and passion of Arsenal – Institute for Film and Video Art. As a site for research and education that works both nationally and internationally, this Berlin institution creates a network of communication as well as a space for (film) cultural dialogue.
A cinema (Arsenal 1 & 2 and, since March 2020, our digital platform arsenal 3), a festival (the Berlinale Forum and Forum Expanded), a distributor (arsenal distribution), and the archive form Arsenal’s areas of operation. The continual interaction between and intertwining of these areas allows the institution to work with films in a lasting manner and from a range of different perspectives. This structure is at once a constitutive element of Arsenal and unique worldwide.