Dying

An award-winning and critically acclaimed black comedy about the chaotic roller-coasters of life, quirky relationships, and how death, in a way, brings us all closer together.

The screening on Tuesday, 27.08, has Norwegian subtitles. The remaining screenings have English subtitles.

Lissy feels a quiet joy as her demented husband Gerd slowly fades away in a nursing home. Their son Tom, a conductor in his early 40s, is working on a composition called «Sterben» while becoming a surrogate father to his ex-girlfriend's child. Tom's sister Ellen starts an affair with the married Sebastian, who shares her fondness for alcohol. When death finally knocks on the door, the estranged family members meet again.

Sterben is an award-winning and critically acclaimed dark comedy about life's chaotic rollercoasters, intricate relationships, and how death, in a way, brings us all closer together. Selected for the main competition in Berlin, where it won the prize for best screenplay, the film also received several awards at this year's German Film Awards, including Best Film.

Director

Matthias Glasner (b. 1965) is a German filmmaker who has worked in film and television. He gained international acclaim with The Free Will (2006), which was critically acclaimed and received several awards. His latest film, Sterben, premiered at the Berlin Film Festival in 2024.