{"id":2948,"date":"2026-09-06T14:10:23","date_gmt":"2026-09-06T12:10:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/filmfestaachen.com\/?page_id=2948"},"modified":"2026-09-09T17:05:03","modified_gmt":"2026-09-09T15:05:03","slug":"whispers-in-may","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/filmfestaachen.com\/en\/programm-2026\/whispers-in-may\/","title":{"rendered":"Whispers in May"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"2948\" class=\"elementor elementor-2948\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cf614a2 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"cf614a2\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fdc483b elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"fdc483b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"474\" height=\"247\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfestaachen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/OIP-8.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-2553\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfestaachen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/OIP-8.webp 474w, https:\/\/filmfestaachen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/OIP-8-300x156.webp 300w, https:\/\/filmfestaachen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/OIP-8-18x9.webp 18w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-780550c e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"780550c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-520bd10 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"520bd10\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: #00ffff;\">Hong Kong, 2025, 104 min, Chen Dongnan, Nuosu, NRW Premiere<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #00ffff;\">Three days of walking through the Liangshan Mountains in search of a skirt for a rite of passage ceremony. Qihuo and her friends set out on their own, moving through a landscape that feels vast and harsh, but strangely protective. The mountains, the elderly, traditions; there is a sense of being guarded, but not watched. Days stretch out and small detours become important. This portrait of girlhood captures a familiar point in time and hits like a d\u00e9j\u00e0-vu: the freedom to roam, the resilience that goes almost unnoticed, the sense of a future already taking shape while childhood is still lingering on. Bleakness and beauty of the landscapes, boredom and play side by side. The rhythm of days spent outside, when the world is enormous and time moves differently.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #00ffff;\">_________________________________________<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #00ffff;\">Drei Tage zu Fu\u00df durch die Liangshan-Berge, auf der Suche nach einem Rock f\u00fcr ein Rite of Passage. Qihuo und ihre Freundinnen ziehen allein los, durch eine Landschaft, weit und rau, aber auf seltsame Weise besch\u00fctzend. Die Berge, die Alten, die Traditionen; das Gef\u00fchl, beh\u00fctet zu sein, ohne beobachtet zu werden. Die Tage dehnen sich, kleine Umwege werden wichtig. Dieses Portr\u00e4t von Girlhood hat etwas Vertrautes, fast wie ein D\u00e9j\u00e0-vu: die Freiheit, einfach loszuziehen, eine beil\u00e4ufige Resilienz, die Zukunft, die schon beginnt, w\u00e4hrend die Kindheit noch nicht ganz vorbei ist. Kargheit und Sch\u00f6nheit der Landschaft, Langeweile und Spiel nebeneinander. 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