Späti Stories x Yorck Kino: VICTORIA (OmeU) + Q&A
We are partnering once more with our friends from Yorck Kinogruppe to screen one of our favorite movies at one of our favorite cinemas: Delphi Lux in Charlottenburg.
Join us for a screening of Sebastian Schipper’s Victoria in its original version with English subtitles, followed by a 30-minute Q&A with the director himself about the movie and the Berlin nights that change everything.
🍻 Doors open at 18:45 for mingling
🎬 Film starts at 19:30 in Hall 6
🎙️ Followed by a Q&A with director Sebastian Schipper
🎟️ Your Luma ticket is your cinema ticket, just show it at the door
🍿 20% off snacks and drinks with your voucher
Come say hi and watch a film with us. We are super excited!
About VICTORIA
Germany, 2015, 140 min. Directed by Sebastian Schipper. Starring Laia Costa and Frederick Lau. Music by Nils Frahm.
It’s 4 a.m. in Berlin. Victoria, a young woman from Madrid who has just moved to the city, leaves a club in Mitte and meets Sonne and his friends, a group of charming locals who promise to show her the “real” Berlin. What starts as a flirty walk through the empty streets slowly turns into something none of them saw coming. Shot in one single, unbroken take across Mitte and Kreuzberg, the film unfolds in real time, pulling you right into the night with them.
Why this film
Victoria is one of the most daring films ever made in Berlin. There are no cuts and no second chances: just one camera following the characters for 140 minutes, through more than 20 locations, with most of the dialogue improvised. It won a Silver Bear for its cinematography at the 2015 Berlinale and six German Film Awards, including Best Film and Best Director.
But beyond the technical feat, it captures something almost everyone who has lived here knows: those long Berlin nights where you meet strangers, say yes to one more thing, and end up somewhere you never expected. We want to talk about that with the person who put it on screen.
About Yorck Kinogruppe
Yorck Kinogruppe has been part of Berlin’s cultural life since 1978, when it started by rescuing a single neighborhood cinema. Today it runs around 15 independent cinemas across the city, from historic movie palaces to cozy Kiez spots, and it was one of the first in Berlin to champion original-version screenings, which is a big reason why so many of us can enjoy films here without dubbing. Our screening takes place at Delphi Lux, right by Bahnhof Zoo, which opened in 2017 with seven individually designed halls and award-winning interior architecture.
About Späti Stories
Späti Stories is an independent media and storytelling project based in Berlin. Our main platform is our newsletter on Substack, where we share interviews with Berliners, Kiez Guides written by locals, and editorials that look at global themes through a Berlin lens. We also host community and cultural events with local makers and institutions, like this one. We believe the city is best understood through its people.