Film Screening + Discussion: Fabian - Going To The Dogs

Thursday, March 28 @ 6:30pm Join us on Thursday, March 28th, @ 6:30 PM at the Goethe-Institut for a special screening of Dominik Graf's multi-award-winning Film FABIAN - GOING TO THE DOGS, followed by a discussion with Screenwriter and Villa Aurora Fellow, Constantin Lieb and Film Analyst Mark Tompkins. Admission is free with [hidden] Doors open.6:30pm FABIAN - GOING TO THE [hidden] Discussion with Constantin [hidden] End of EventSecure, free Parking is available at Metro/Retail parking structure with rear entrance to the Goethe-Institut located at674 S. Westlake Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90057 FABIAN - GOING TO THE DOGS Germany (2020), 176 min., German with English SubtitlesDirector: Dominik Graf, Screenplay: Constantin Lieb and Dominik Graf, based on the novel by Erich Kästner, Cast: Tom Schilling, Albrecht Schuch, Saskia Rosendahl, Michael Wittenborn, Aljoscha Stadelmann, Meret Becker, Editor: Claudia Wolscht, Producer: Felix von Boehm, Production Company: Lupa Film GmbH in co-production with DCM Pictures, and Zweites Deutsches Fernesehen (ZDF) Pessimistic Jakob Fabian (Tom Schilling) ekes out a meager living as a copywriter by day. At night, he drifts through the underbelly of Berlin with his wealthy friend Labude (Schuch). After meeting the aspiring actress Cornelia (Saskia Rosendahl), Fabian quickly falls in love. But, unfortunately, his happiness is short-lived. Losing his job just as Cornelia’s career takes off with the help of her all-too attentive employer, Fabian plunges back into depression. But in the twilight of the Weimar era, it’s not just Fabian’s world that is falling apart… Award-winning director Dominik Graf and Screenwriter Constantin Lieb captivated audiences at the Berlin Film Festival with this dazzling adaptation of Erich Kästner’s classic of Weimar literature.Constantin Lieb studied philosophy, German literature, and applied literature in Berlin. In his work as a screenwriter, he is interested in the combination of narrative cinema with literary forms and themes from the visual arts. Since 2021, he has been publishing the podcast Filmskript – Über das Drehbuchschreiben (Film Script – On Screenwriting) of the German Film Academy with Heide Schwochow; in addition, he works as a dramaturg. Together with Felix von Boehm, he founded the communication agency art/beats and realized a variety of documentary films for artists, galleries, and museums. For his stay in Los Angeles, Constantin Lieb has planned two projects: a cinema adaptation of Georg Büchner's prose fragment Lenz, as well as research on the beginnings of the screenplay as a literary form and the influence of European filmmakers on the Hollywood studio structure in the 1910s to 1940s. Constantin Lieb is Villa Aurora Fellow of Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg.SELECT AWARDS & NOMINATIONSGerman Film Awards 2021: Winner Best Feature - Silver, Best cinematography, Best Editing, Nominated Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Supporting Actress, Best Production Design, Best Costume Design, Best Makeup, Best Lead Actress.Filmfestival Türkei Deutschland 2021: Best FeatureFBW 2021: Prädikat besonders wertvoll Presented as part of the long-standing cooperation with the Villa Aurora, where Villa Aurora Fellows showcase their projects (past, present, and future) here at the Goethe-Institut. More Info below.