In the 2025/26 winter semester, the Lichtblick arthouse cinema will focus on the role of the forest theme in film history. The film programme compiled under the motto "In front of all the trees - a cinematic walk through the forest" presents different perspectives on the topic each week. A total of 15 films from different countries and cultures such as Japan, Peru and Italy will be shown. Part of this is a screening of the film "Roter Himmel" on Tuesday, 21 October, at 8.30 pm in the "Pollux" cinema in Paderborn.

Tickets for the screening are available both via the Pollux website and at the box office. In addition, the Lichtblick arthouse cinema is once again part of the AStA Kulturticket, which means that at least 35 free tickets per screening are available for Paderborn University students. These can be redeemed at the cinema box office at the earliest one week before the performance on presentation of a student ID together with an official photo ID.

More information on the programme and the individual screenings can be found on the Lichtblick arthouse cinema website.

"Roter Himmel" (2023)

Friends Leon (Thomas Schubert) and Felix (Langston Uibel) are on holiday in a cabin on the Baltic Sea. Author Leon has to finish his second novel, photographer Felix his application portfolio for art college. Their productive time-out is disturbed from the start by Nadja (Paula Beer), who is staying in the cabin at the same time and likes to bring visitors at night. While Felix is relaxed about the situation and prefers to spend time by the sea anyway, Leon finds it harder to adapt. Christian Petzold is considered one of the most important German directors since the turn of the millennium. As the best-known representative of the Berlin School, his films deal with the search for identity, the past and new beginnings.

Lichtblick art house cinema

The Lichtblick arthouse cinema is a student initiative at Paderborn University and has been enriching Paderborn's cultural landscape since it was founded in 2003 with sophisticatedly curated themed film series. These range from early silent films to contemporary cinema. During these forays through more than 120 years of film history, all kinds of classics, marginalised films, curiosities and forgotten treasures have been brought back to the big screen. This, including the analogue projection of 35 mm film, is made possible by the long-standing cooperation with the Paderborn "Pollux" cinema, which is unique in Germany.

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