Movie nights
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The Witzenhausen University Association is delighted to be cooperating with the Capitol Kino Witzenhausen. The aim of our partnership is to shed light on socially relevant topics from the fields of agriculture and ecology through film and at the same time enrich local cultural life. To this end, we will be showing films in two very different settings over the course of the year.
What's on the program?
- Cinema that moves: At Capitol Kino, we dedicate film evenings to the burning issues of modern agriculture and environmental protection.
- Cinema that connects: Our summer cinema in the inner courtyard of the monastery (Steinstraße) offers the perfect opportunity to enjoy balmy summer evenings with good movies and cold drinks in a historic setting.
Summer Cinema 2026
Friday June 26
Mankind can fly to the moon and split atoms. But for thousands of years, we have been unable to live together peacefully. Inspired by his Arab students and pupils, the German sociologist and journalist Henryk Balkow decides one day to leave his European comfort zone. He accepts an invitation to Lebanon. The smoke of the civil war is still in the air. Dozens of religions, different cultural communities and refugees somehow live together peacefully here. A powder keg that doesn't explode. A miracle? The author travels with the curiosity of a journalist and the heart of an educator. Every encounter allows the puzzle of peace to grow and become clearer. Strangers become friends. By chance, he meets locals through AirBnBs who take him on the path of peace and give him food for thought on the way home. Above all, he gives them the good and hopeful feeling that, despite all the differences in the world, we all want one and the same thing: Peace.
Saturday June 27th
Principles are one of those things. They give us a moral compass, they drive us and strengthen us in equal measure. And they can be damn exhausting. This is exactly what 18-year-old Trine has to realize when she is invited by the opera in Oslo to play her trumpet in front of a famous musician. A dream come true! But there's a problem: Trine has sworn not to fly. Because it goes against her conviction to pollute the environment unnecessarily. The road movie and feature film debut "Üben Üben Üben" by filmmaker Laurens Pérol (who hitchhiked to the festival premiere of his film himself) shows with disarming honesty the problems faced by young people in particular who follow their principles and are prepared to forego seemingly self-evident comforts.