Cinema del Sol

In the organizer's words:

The solar traveling cinema is back on the road in the city and region of Hanover and will be showing special films in the open air in summer 2025.

The sun makes it possible

During the day, the sun emits more than 2 trillion watts of power onto the surface of the region. But we only need a good 240 watts for your special movie night. And how does that work in the dark? The two solar trailers collect the sun's rays in the days before the screening and convert them into electricity. So we can drive to the screening with charged batteries and then show what the sun has to offer in the dark.

In the tradition of traveling cinemas

The Cinema del Sol team has been traveling in the tradition of historic traveling cinemas in the Hanover region since 2017. These also brought films to villages and towns without a permanent movie theater and we are also allowed to show films in very special places. Sometimes we are in a market square, sometimes in an open-air swimming pool, in a historic park or even on a beautiful old estate.

What should you think about beforehand?

Many performances ask you to bring your own chair or blanket. It's always worth packing a jacket, as it can get a bit chilly in the evening. Admission to the "Cinema del Sol" screenings is free, but there is always a collection after the screening for the project or for another good cause. Depending on the location, a small flashlight may be useful for the way back.

Program:

August 13: All we imagine as ligth

About the movie

Nurse Prabha and her younger colleague Anu work in a hospital in Mumbai and share an apartment. Prabha is estranged from her husband, who lives in Germany, but forbids herself any contact with other men. Instead, she throws herself into work. Anu is newly in love and is secretly seeing a young man whom she is not allowed to love. When Prabha receives an unexpected gift from her husband, it throws her life into disarray. Meanwhile, the carefree Anu is looking for a place in the city where she can be intimate with her lover. When their mutual colleague Parvaty loses her apartment due to a luxury renovation and has to move back to the countryside, Prabha and Anu visit her in the small village by the sea. There, far away from Mumbai, they come across a mystical forest. The place is
The place is a space of freedom for all three, it helps the women to realize their dreams and allows them to step from darkness into light.

India, France, Netherlands, Luxembourg 2024 / FSK 12 / 114 minutes

August 28: The Rose Garden of Madame Vernet

About the movie

"Madame Vernet's Rose Garden" tells the touching story of Eve Vernet's traditional rose nursery, which is on the brink of financial collapse. To save the business, she hires a group of outsiders - without any experience in the nursery. Between fragrant roses and unexpected challenges, a humorous and heartwarming coexistence develops in which everyone finds their place. A lovingly narrated film about solidarity, second chances and the power of flowers.

September 06: Princess Mononoke

About the movie

When he defends his village against a demon, Prince Ashitaka (Yôji Matsuda) is cursed with a curse that condemns him to a slow but certain death. To escape this fate, he travels to the west, where the deer god Shishi-Gami lives, who may be able to redeem him. But on the way, he gets caught in the middle of a battle between miners and the animal gods of the forest, who are led by Princess Mononoke (Yuriko Ishida), who lives with the wolves. And Prince Ashitaka is not the only one in search of the Shishi-Gami.

Japan 1997 / FSK 12 / 134 minutes

September 12: Noon

About the movie

Ginger, 47 years old and a lecturer at Kiel University, has been wondering for some time where his place in life might actually be. When his "Olen" can no longer cope on their own, he decides to turn his back on life in the city and spend a sabbatical in his home village of Brinkebüll in the North Frisian nowhere. But he hardly recognizes the place of his childhood: there are hardly any people on the streets, because life takes place elsewhere, no village school, no corner store, no old chestnut tree on the village square, no storks, only corn grows in the fields, winding country roads have been turned into straightened highways. Sönke Feddersen, de Ole, is still stubbornly holding the fort behind his bar in the old village pub, while Ella, his wife, is increasingly losing her mind. Both make Ginger feel that he hasn't looked after her for far too long.

Germany 2022 / FSK 12 / 97 minutes