Screening: SAD JOKES (2024) w/ Munich International Film Festival programmers Christoph Gröner and Julia Weigl

Event time: 
Thursday, September 25, 2025 - 7:00pm
Location: 
Humanities Quadrangle L01 See map
Event description: 

 

 DCP | 2024 | Directed by Fabian Stumm | Germany | 96 minutes | German, Italian, and Swedish with English subtitles 

 

Joseph, a gay filmmaker attempting to write a comedy, unexpectedly becomes the primary caregiver for his son after his co-parent and close friend is hospitalized for depression. Director Fabian Stumm mixes slapstick with everyday hardship in a tragicomedy about the struggle to balance parenting with artistic and romantic ambitions. Winner of Munich International Film Festival’s German Cinema New Talent Award for Best Director. 

Post-screening conversation with Munich International Film Festival programmers Christoph Gröner and Julia Weigl.

Presented by Yale Film and Media Studies.