Die Akademie

In the organizer's words:

• DE 2024
• 104 min
• Director: Camilla Guttner
• FSK: from 16 years

Screenings:

• Thursday, March 20, 2025 - Wednesday, March 26, 2025 at 5:00 p.m.
• Thu, March 27, 2025 - Thu, March 27, 2025 at 6:45 pm
• Sat., March 29, 2025 - Mon., March 31, 2025 at 6:45 pm

Performers: Maja Bons, Luise Aschenbrenner, Jean-Marc Barr...

With her extraordinary cinema debut, director Camilla Guttner, herself a master student of Irish painter Sean Scully at the Academy of Fine Arts Munich, delves deep into the fascinating world of art academies and conveys an authentic and unsparing picture of this unique microcosm. Witty, bizarre, humorous.

When young Jojo is accepted to one of the most prestigious art academies, she can hardly believe her luck. She is now allowed to attend the painting class of the world-famous Prof. Robert Copley, whose work she admires. A rich panorama of art gradually unfolds before her eyes: students, artists, professors, gallery owners - colorful and eccentric characters, all struggling with their work, love and life. But this dazzling world soon turns out to be merciless terrain. Jojo tries everything to stay true to herself in this toxic environment