Drifter

Winner of the 2024 German Film Critics Award, Drifter tells the story of a young gay man, Moritz (Lorenz Hotchhuth), who relocates to Berlin to be with his boyfriend. When their relationship falls apart, Moritz decides to remain in Berlin, gradually allowing all of the city’s compulsions and temptations to play out on his body and mind. 

The various strange and extreme desires of the people he meets fascinate him, as does his own growing appetite for experience. Fleeting connections come and go, Moritz’s tattoos gradually multiply, but ultimately the young drifter remains lonely and lustful. Hotchhuth gives a wonderfully vulnerable and understated performance as Moritz, but it’s the dark sticky side of the city that is the real star of the film – tempting, dangerous, and never ever still. 

This film screening is proudly supported by the Goethe-Institute Ireland. 

Dir. Hannes Hirsch 

Writers: Hannes Hirsch, River Matzke 

Producers: Hannes Hirsch, Diemo Kemmesies 

Germany/ 2023 

1hr 19m 

Castling Pre feature short

A young man, disappointed in human relations, moves into a tower in the middle of nowhere. However, the pleasant solitude gives in to dreams of intimacy, but perhaps for the last time. 

Federico Yang/ Italy/ 2024/ 10m 

Writer/Producer: Federico Yang