🎬 “Coexistence My Ass!” in theaters in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland starting February 5, 2026

On February 5, 2026, UCM.ONE will release the award-winning documentary “Coexistence, My Ass!” by Amber Fares in theaters in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. The film follows Israeli comedian and activist Noam Shuster Eliassi over several years and shows how political humor, personal attitudes, and social reality are becoming increasingly intertwined. The film celebrated its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival 2025, where it was awarded the “World Cinema Documentary Special Jury Award for Freedom of Expression.”

Showtimes for Germany, Austria, and Switzerland:

Film Talk: Amber Fares and Rachel Leah Jones in conversation with Christoph Terhechte

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In our film talk for the theatrical release, film critic Christoph Terhechte (festival director of DOK Leipzig until January 31, 2026; previously director of the Berlinale Forum) talks to Amber Fares and Rachel Leah Jones about “Coexistence, My Ass!” – and how Noam Shuster Eliassi as the protagonist and her comedy carry a film that has been maturing for five years and will have to find new words after October 7, 2023. Fares describes how, as a long-time acquaintance, she began filming Noam at Harvard as she developed her one-woman show, without a finished dramaturgical plan; Jones describes the close on-site collaboration, the constant refinement of context and comprehensibility, and the strength of a diverse team spanning languages and perspectives. One thing is clear: the film dispenses with talking heads and turns Noam’s stage into a narrative machine – self-questioning, commentary, safe space and risk all at once. The radical nature of this principle is evident in the escalation of the present: comedy here is not an escape, but a method of keeping contradictions visible.

Further information about the film: Coexistence, my Ass!

Further information about the film label: NONFY Documentaries