Compartment No. 6

Hytti nro 6 | Finnland/ Russland/ Estland/ Deutschland 2021 | Drama, Roadmovie | Juho Kuosmanen | 12

Finnish archeology student Laura and Russian miner Ljoha have to share a train compartment during the long journey from Moscow to Murmansk.

Everything Went Fine

Tout s’est bien passé | Frankreich 2021 | Drama | Francois Ozon | 12

When art collector André realizes he will probably never be as self-sufficient as he was after having a stroke, he decides to end his life. His daughter Emmanuèle is meant to organize the assisted suicide.

Alles über Martin Suter – Ausser die Wahrheit.

Alles über Martin Suter – Ausser die Wahrheit. | Schweiz 2022 | Documentary, Porträt | André Schäfer | 12

Swiss writer Martin Suter writes crime novels with socially critical elements. The portrait of the writer shows him in private and professional situations and lets him dive into his own world of fiction.

Auf Anfang

Deutschland 2021 | Documentary | Georg Nonnenmacher, Mike Schlömer | 12

When Scholly is released on probation after a long prison sentence for murder in October 2018, he soon realizes how difficult it will be for him to find his way alone.

Axiom

Deutschland 2022 | Drama | Jöns Jönsson

Julius is a compulsive liar. He processes information and overheard conversation snippets and turns them into events, anecdotes and a biography that he changes as often as others change their shirts.

Ghasideyeh gave sefid: Ballad of a White Cow

Ghasideyeh gave sefid | Iran/Frankreich 2020 | Drama | Maryam Moghaddam, Behtash Sanaeeha | 12

Mina‘s husband is dead, he was executed. A miscarriage of justice, as it turns out a year later. Then one day Reza, her husband‘s alleged friend, stands at the door.

Der Bauer und der Bobo

Österreich 2022 | Documentary | Kurt Langbein

After farmer Christian Bachler and chief editor of Falter magazine Florian Kenk butt heads in the media, the farmer invites “Bobo“ to an internship. The documentary reconstructs the story and also shows what farming life is like in the age of ...

Belfast

Großbritannien 2021 | Drama | Kenneth Branagh

Nine year old Buddy grows up in 1960s Belfast in a Protestant family who are thinking about moving to England while the “Troubles“ escalate around them.

Bettina

Deutschland 2022 | Documentary, Biography | Lutz Pehnert

A documentary about singer Bettina Wegener.

Bones and All

Bones and All | USA 2022 | Drama, Horror, Love Stories | Luca Guadagnino

Shy cannibal Maren (Taylor Russell) is searching for her mother and finds vagabond Lee (Timothée Chalamet), a soul mate, along the way,

Concerned Citizen

Ezrah Mudag | Israel 2022 | Drama | Idan Haguel

Ben and Raz have just gotten comfortable in their new apartment in a trendy Tel Aviv neighbourhood. Then Ben becomes partially responsible for a police brutality case and his self-image is shaken.

Corsage

Österreich/ Deutschland/ Luxemburg/ Frankreich 2022 | Drama, Historical Film | Marie Kreutzer | 12 | Interview

Every day the corset is laced and the hair is brushed for hours. Austrian empress Elisabeth (Sisi) keeps getting thinner and more headstrong. She resists the pressures of the court, rides horses for hours, goes travelling.

Dear Memories – Eine Reise mit dem Magnum Fotografen Thomas Hoepker

Dear Memories – Eine Reise mit dem Magnum Fotografen Thomas Hoepker | Deutschland 2022 | Documentary | Nahuel Lopez

A documentary about Magnum photographer Thomas Hoepker, who is mostly known for his black-and-white photographs of Muhammad Ali.

The Dog Snatch

Il colpo del cane | Italien 2019 | Comedy | Fulvio Risuleo

Their very first day as dogsitters ends in disaster for Rana and Marti: the rich client‘s dog is stolen. A small-time crook comedy set in a Rome suburb.

There Is No Evil

Sheytan vojud nadarad | IR/D/CZ 2020 | Drama | Mohammad Rasoulof | 12

The winner of the Golden Bear of the Berlin Film Festival 2020 concerns four people having to struggle with the death penalty.

The Drover's Wife – The Legend of Molly Johnson

The Drover's Wife | Australien 2021 | Drama, Historical Film, Western | Leah Purcell | 16

In Leah Purcell‘s postcolonial adaptation of Henry Lawson‘s short story from 1892, light-skinned Aboriginal Molly Johnson has to take care of her farm and her children alone while her husband is out working as a cattle drover.

Ema

Chile 2019 | Drama | Pablo Larrain | 16

A film choreography centered around a dancer in search of something: Ema has separated from her husband and given up her adopted son. In despair, she roams across coastal city Valparaíso.

Happening

L'événement | Frankreich 2021 | Drama | Audrey Diwan | Interview

France in the 1960s. Anne is in her early 20s, a gifted student who is working towards becoming a teacher. But then she gets unexpectedly pregnant and all of the doors that were open to her are now closing.

Richard Jewell

Richard Jewell | USA 2019 | Drama | Clint Eastwood | 12

Security guard Richard Jewell discovers a bomb in the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta and is celebrated at first, but is later grilled by the authorities and the media.

Garage People

Garagenvolk – Garage People | Deutschland 2020 | Documentary | Natalija Yefimkina | 12

Natalija Yefimkina‘s documentary is about Russian men who live out their private passions in garages. According to quail breeder Pavel “life is as long as the plans that you make.“

Garderie nocturne

Garderie nocturne | Frankreich/Burkina Faso/Deutschland 2021 | Drama | Moumouni Sanou

Filmmaker Moumouni Sanou follows the lives of Odile and Farida, two sex workers in Burkina Faso who earn their money at night while their children are asleep at Ms.Coda‘s.

Hayaletler

Hayaletler | Türkei/Frankreich/Qatar 2020 | Drama | Azra Deniz Okyay

On October 26 2020 there was a national blackout in Turkey. Azra Deniz Okyay‘s feature film GHOSTS revolves around the consequences of the blackout for three women: Didem, who actually just wants to dance, Iffet, who has to get protection money, ...

Grosse Freiheit

Österreich/Deutschland 2020 | Drama | Sebastian Meise | 16 | Interview

From the concentration camp directly to prison: Hans Hoffmann (Franz Rogowski) is gay and that is still considered a crime in post-war FRG. He meets Viktor (Georg Friedrich) there, who is in prison for murder.

Gunda

Norwegen/USA 2020 | Documentary, Tierfilm | Victor Kossakovsky | oA

Victor Kossakovsky has filmed his documentary about a pig in the Black Forest with a lot of love, light, and tranquility – but there‘s also a fierce anger brewing inside the filmmaker.

Hannes

Hannes | Deutschland 2019 | Drama, Comedy | Hans Steinbichler | 12

An adaptation of the youth novel by Rita Falk. Moritz and Hannes are best friends. Then Hannes is heavily injured in a motorcycle accident and falls into a coma.

Harriet

Harriet | USA 2019 | Biography, Drama, Historical Film | Kasi Lemmons | 12

Biography of Harriet Tubman, one of the most prominent figures of the Underground Railroad.

Hinter den Schlagzeilen

Deutschland 2021 | Documentary | Daniel Sager | 6

The documentary portrays the daily job routines of investigative journalists.

Kajillionaire

USA 2020 | Drama, Crime Drama | Miranda July | oA

A new quirky comedy by indie director artist and riot grrrl Mirandy July about a family of cons and low-level criminals.

Kids Run

Deutschland 2020 | Drama | Barbara Ott

Andi‘s last boxing match ended with a basal skull fracture and everything else seemed to be too much for him to deal with as well: the construction job, the children, being a father. Money, in particular, never sufficed.

In The Name Of The Land

Au nom de la terre | Frankreich/Belgien 2019 | Drama | Edouard Bergeon | 12

Young Pierre (Guillaume Cane) returns to his French home to take over his father‘s farm after living in the US. 20 years later the pressure grows and Pierre is in danger of losing the farm.

Landretter

Deutschland/Österreich 2019 | Documentary | Gesa Hollerbach | oA

Matthias et Maxime

Matthias et Maxime | Kanada 2019 | Drama | Xavier Dolan

Maxime wants to migrate to Australia for two years. His friend Matthias, with a job and a girlfriend, struggles with the goodbye more than expected. The new Dolan: quick dialogue, a boisterous party atmosphere, and a great soundtrack.

Good Luck to You, Leo Grande

Good Luck To You, Leo Grande | Großbritannien 2022 | Comedy, Drama | Sophie Hyde | 12 | Interview

Emma Thompson plays 55-year-old widow Nancy who feels like she missed out on having great sex in her life and threfore hires sex worker Leo Grande.

Nachbarn – Neighbours

Nachbarn – Neighbours | Schweiz/Frankreich 2021 | Drama | Mano Khalil | 12

Sero grows up on the Syrian-Turkish border as the child of Kurdish parents. At a time of escalating nationalism, there are also moments of a normal childhood.

Nahschuss

Deutschland 2021 | Drama | Franziska Stünkel | 12

NAHSCHUSS tells the story of the case of Werner Treske who was assassinated on June 1981 in Leipzig. He was the last of a total of 231 death sentences and 166 enforced executions in the GDR.

Nebenan

Nebenan | Deutschland 2021 | Drama, Comedy | Daniel Brühl | 12

Vain actor Daniel Brühl (playing himself) is at a corner bar when he encounters bitter neighbor Bruno (Peter Kurth) who takes the opportunity to settle the score with him.

Niemand ist bei den Kälbern – No One's with the Calves

Niemand ist bei den Kälbern – No One's with the Calves | Deutschland 2021 | Drama | Sabrina Sarabi | 16

Brandenburg, summertime. Christin is having problems with settling for a life amongst cherry liquor and a cow barn.

The Nightingale

Australien 2018 | Drama, Historical Film | Jennifer Kent | 18

Jennifer Kent‘s dark rape revenge drama is set in the Australian Outback during the colonial era. Young Irishwoman Clare tries to find the soldier who raped her and killed her husband and baby with the help of Aboriginal guide Billy.

Nur ein Augenblick

The Accidental Rebel | Deutschland/Großbritannien 2019 | Drama | Randa Chahoud | 16

When Karim receives a worrying phone call from his brother, he leaves safe Hamburg and makes his way back to the Syrian crisis zone.

Percy

Kanada 2020 | Drama | Clark Johnson | 6

Christopher Walken plays a small farmer, Percy Schmeiser, who goes up against large corporation Monsanto.

Peter von Kant

Frankreich 2022 | Drama | Francois Ozon

In his remake of Rainer Werner Fassbinder‘s THE BITTER TEARS OF PETRA VON KANT, François Ozon switches the roles: fashion designer Petra becomes film director Peter, inspired by Fassbinder himself, who falls in love with young Amir.

Red Rocket

USA 2022 | Comedy, Drama | Sean Baker

With no money, job, or prospects, ex-porn star Mikey returns to Texas and shows up at Lexi‘s, who is still technically his wife, and begs to sleep on her couch. When he meets 17 year old donut seller Strawberry, he decides to make it big as a porn ...

Rex Gildo – Der letzte Tanz

Deutschland 2022 | Semi-documentary Film, Drama | Rosa von Praunheim | 12

For his fans, Rex Gildo is still the greatest German pop singer. Rosa von Praunheim has made a portrait of a man who always liked to spread joy and sang about love and an ideal world which never existed for him in his private life.

My Little Sister

Schwesterlein | Schweiz 2020 | Drama | Stéphanie Chuat, Véronique Reymond | 12

Sven and Lisa are twins – and theater people. He, the older one, is an actor. She, the “little sister,“ writes for the stage. They are well versed in words and emotions, However, they deal less well with Sven‘s cancer.

Sharaf

Deutschland/ Frankreich/ Tunesien/ Luxemburg 2021 | Drama | Samir Nasr | 12 | NEW RELEASE

Sharaf, who allegedly committed murder, quickly learns how to assert himself in prison. He skillfully navigates between the fronts, adapts when he has to, and is protective when he can be.

Stasikomödie

Deutschland 2022 | Comedy | Leander Haußmann | 12

Today he‘s a novelist, in the GDR he was a hero of the resistance. Ludger Fuchs applies to look at his Stasi file – and unveils parts of his life that he has suppressed.

Supernova

Großbritannien 2020 | Drama | Harry Macqueen | 12

Sam (Colin Firth) and Tusker (Stanley Tucci) travel across England in their caravan and visit the places of their childhood. It is a goodbye trip because Tusker has dementia.

Operation Mincemeat

Operation Mincemeat | USA/Großbritannien 2021 | Drama, War Film | John Madden | 12

John Madden‘s OPERATION MINCEMEAT reconstructs the British World War II swindle that was meant to hide the allies‘ plans to invade Sicily.

A Triumph

Un triomphe | Frankreich 2020 | Comedy, Drama | Emmanuel Courcol

Unemployed actor Étienne leads a theater workshop in prison. His ambitious plan is to stage Beckett‘s “Waiting for Godot“ with the troupe of non-professional actors.

Utama

Utama | Bolivien 2022 | Drama | Alejandro Loayza Grisi

Life in the Andes highlands gets increasingly more difficult for Vigilio and Sisa, who belong to the indigenous Quechua community. Their grandson urges them to move to the city.

Waren einmal Revoluzzer

Österreich 2019 | Drama | Johanna Moder | 12

Judge Helene gets a call for help from Pavel, a Russian dissident. She gives him money, and shortly thereafter he appears in front of her door with his wife Eugenia who has an international warrant of arrest and their son.

The Roads Not Taken

Großbritannien 2020 | Drama | Sally Potter | oA

Leo (Javier Bardem), who suffers from advanced brain atrophy, a kind of dementia. He spends his days under the bed covers in his barren New York apartment while his daughter Molly (Elle Fanning) tries to look after him.

Co-Pilot

Die Welt wird eine andere sein – Copilot | Deutschland/Frankreich 2021 | Drama | Anne Zohra Berrached | 12

A calm yet strong romance with the 9/11-attacks providing a macabre background to the love between Asli and Saeed.

Wer wir gewesen sein werden – Who We Will Have Been

Wer wir gewesen sein werden – Who We Will Have Been | Deutschland 2021 | Documentary | Erec Brehmer, Angelina Zeidler | 12

Angi shockingly dies in a car accident. Her boyfriend, director Erec Brehmer, has made a very personal documentary about his grief.

Hope Gap

Großbritannien 2019 | Drama | William Nicholson | 6

Grace‘s (Annette Bening) life gets torn apart when her husband Edward (Bill Nighy) reveals that he wants to separate after 29 years of marriage because he has met another woman.

Winter Journey

Winter Journey | Deutschland/Dänemark 2019 | Documentary | Anders Østergaard, Erzsébet Rácz

Georg Goldsmith and his wife fled Nazi Germany in 1941; he now lives alone in his house in Arizona. He had not spoken about the past for years until his son Martin confronts him with it and reconstructs his parents’ story.

On A Magical Night

Chambre 212 | Frankreich/Belgien 2019 | Comedy, Drama | Christophe Honoré

After 20 years of marriage Maria moves to the hotel across her apartment and looks at her marriage from the outside.

The Death Of My Mother

Zum Tod meiner Mutter: The Death of My Mother | Deutschland 2022 | Drama | Jessica Krummacher

Juliane‘s mother is gravely ill and will die at just 64. This very personal feature film depicts this special time.