-German Film Festival-

Date: Sun 20 Oct

Joseph and Sonya share an intimate friendship and their young son, whom they're raising together. While Joseph, a film director, is doubly preoccupied with a new idea for a film and with the aftermath of a previous relationship, Sonya suffers from depression. When she is hospitalised, Joseph must juggle both his everyday commitments and his artistic ambitions.

In his second feature film, author and director Fabian Stumm (“Bones and Names”) mixes a wide range of emotional tones to create a tragicomic reflection of reality. He was celebrated by the audience and the press at the Munich Film Festival and was awarded two prizes: the New German Cinema Award (Best Director) and the FIPRESCI Prize. “Sad Jokes” is absurd and banal, hopeful and touching or – as in real life – all of the above at once.