Everytime at Neuneinhalb: Award-Winning Cinema about Grief and Guilt

Event: Cinema is Program: Everytime in Kunst- und Kulturhaus Neuneinhalb, Gerberplatz 1, 95445 Bayreuth on 18. October 2026

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18. October 2026 16:00

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Everytime: An Award-Winning Drama about Grief, Guilt, and Moving On

Three people, connected by the loss of young Jessie, seek a way out of their paralysis. During the cinema evening of Cinema is Program at the Art and Culture House Neuneinhalb, Sandra Wollner's Everytime unfolds an intense, formally bold drama about memory, responsibility, and the fragile possibility of a new beginning.

A Loss, Three Perspectives

Ella has lost her daughter, Melli her sister, and Lux is seen as the one partially responsible for Jessie's death. A tense web of closeness, guilt, and unspoken pain emerges between the characters. The direction considers their grief not as a linear process but as a contradictory movement between past and present.

A Journey between Reality and Memory

On Tenerife, the three meet in a strangely detached atmosphere. Sun, sea, and the shimmering landscape do not provide a simple refuge but a projection surface for what cannot be shaken off. Memory and present shift as the staging gently dissolves the boundaries of realistic storytelling.

Sandra Wollner's Radically Sensual Cinema

Sandra Wollner's direction combines psychological accuracy with an open, almost dream-like imagery. Birgit Minichmayr embodies Ella with quiet intensity; alongside her are Lotte Shirin Keiling as Melli and Tristan López as Lux. The acting thrives on glances, pauses, and gestures in which the actual tragedy remains palpable.

Everytime was awarded the main prize of the Un Certain Regard section at the Cannes Film Festival. Critics praised the film as poetic, boldly staged cinema that makes loss an experiential contradiction rather than explaining it away.

The Stage Experience in the Cinema Hall

At the Art and Culture House Neuneinhalb, the concentrated theater atmosphere of an independent cultural venue meets the visual power of film. The large screen, the acoustics of the hall, and the communal audience response create an intense cinematic experience for all who want to engage with demanding film art and open dramaturgical forms.

Conclusion: Cinema as a Shared Space of Memory

This cinema evening promises no simple answers, but a lasting stage experience between grief, guilt, and hope. Anyone wishing to experience Sandra Wollner's award-winning drama live in the cinema hall will find in Everytime an extraordinary connection of acting art, poetic imagery, and emotional depth.

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