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 double feature of the films "The Mission" and "La Memoria de las mariposas" on Tuesday, 18 November, at 7 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 cinema website.
"The Mission" (1986)
Armed with nothing but an oboe, the Jesuit priest Gabriel (Jeremy Irons) sets off into the Paraguayan rainforest to contact the indigenous Guaraní. They take him in and he introduces them to the Christian faith. However, their peaceful coexistence is soon threatened by Portuguese colonisers who want to enslave the Guaraní and also invoke Christianity. Supported by the award-winning performances of Jeremy Irons and Robert De Niro as well as the soundtrack by Ennio Morricone, director Roland Joffé has staged a visually stunning historical drama and at the same time an extremely powerful and unsparing indictment of colonisation.
"La Memoria de las mariposas" (2025)
The starting point for this film project was a faded photo from Iquitos in Peru. It shows two indigenous people, Omarino and Aredomi, who were forcibly abducted to Europe and forced into slavery during the rubber boom. This single image prompted filmmaker Tatiana Fuentes Sadowski to take an in-depth look at her ancestors' connection to the rubber industry. "La memoria de las mariposas " is a testimony to the colonial attack of Western cultures on South America and paints a personal picture of the dehumanisation experienced and the pain that accompanies it.
Lichtblick arthouse cinema
The Lichtblick arthouse cinema is a student initiative at Paderborn University and has enriched Paderborn's cultural landscape since its foundation in 2003 with its 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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