00 Schneider - Jagd auf Nihil Baxter

BRD 1994 | Comedy | R: Helge Schneider | FSK: oA

A Tale of Three Sisters

(Kız Kardeşler) | Türkei/ Deutschland/ Niederlande/ Griechenland 2019 | Drama | R: Emin Alper

Three sisters who were put up for adoption return to their biological father. They exchange a life as a maid in the city with one as a maid in a tiny village in the Anatolian mountains.

After Midnight (aka Something Else)

(After Midnight (aka Something Else)) | USA 2019 | , Horror | R: Jeremy Gardner, Christian Stella | FSK: 16

Black Lives in Modern Cinema: All the Pretty Girls

Amazing Grace

(Amazing Grace) | USA 2018 | Documentary, Music Films, Konzertfilm | R: Sydney Pollack, Alan Elliott | FSK: oA

ARETHA FRANKLIN: AMAZING GRACE is a fascinating, dazzling historic document about a career highlight of one of the greatest singers of the 20th century, and about the production of one of her most successful albums.

Auerhaus

Deutschland 2019 | Drama, Literary Film Adaptations | R: Neele Leana Vollmar | FSK: 12

Neele Leana Vollmer‘s adaptation of the bestelling novel by Bov Bjerg captures all of the dreariness of small town life in the early 1980s.

Alte Münze: A bout de souffle

(A bout de souffle) | F 1959 | Gangster Film | R: Jean-Luc Godard | FSK: 18

The young car thief and loner Michel is on the run from the police after shooting and killing a police officer. He heads to Paris and convinces the American student Patricia to help him. He is in love with her and she is ambivalent. But the police ...

B-Movie: Lust & Sound in West-Berlin

Deutschland 2015 | Documentary, Music Films | R: Jörg A. Hoppe, Klaus Maeck, Heiko Lange | FSK: 16

A fast paced montage of TV-features, videos and Super-8-films, B-MOVIE tells the story of one of the most exciting periods of the West-Berlin music scene, from the perspective of Mark Reeder, an Englishman from Manchester, who moved to Berlin in ...

Besser Welt als nie , m. Gästen

D 2020 | Documentary, Reisefilm | R: Dennis Kailing | FSK: oA

BlacKkKlansman

(BlacKkKlansman) | USA 2018 | Biography, Comedy, Crime Drama | R: Spike Lee | FSK: 12

BLACKKKLANSMAN tells the (true) story of black police detective Ron Stallworth who pretended to be a white racist on the phone and entered the most inner circle of the Ku Klux Klan in the 70s.

Booksmart

USA 2019 | Comedy | R: Olivia Wilde | FSK: 12

Friends Amy and Molly have spent their school year conscientiously working on getting into a good college. When the find out that others have managed with far less denial, they have a new goal: party hard of the night and thoroughly misbehave before ...

Brot

Deutschland/Österreich 2019 | Documentary | R: Helmut Friedl

Colour Out of Space

(Color Out Of Space) | USA 2019 | Horror, Fantasy, Science Fiction, Literary Film Adaptations | R: Richard Stanley | FSK: 16

Cult director Richard Stanley tries his hand at Lovecraft. A meteor crashes into a family‘s garden and triggers mutations reminiscent of John Carpenter‘s THE THING.

Peter Wohlleben - Das geheime Leben der Bäume

(Peter Wohlleben – Das geheime Leben der Bäume) | Deutschland 2020 | Documentary, Naturfilm | R: Jörg Adolph | FSK: oA

A documentary about trees and the complexity of forests.

Das perfekte Geheimnis

Deutschland 2019 | Comedy | R: Bora Dağtekin | FSK: 12

A group of friends play a game of honestly, laying their cards and their phones on the table.

Der Geburtstag

Deutschland 2019 | Drama | R: Carlos A. Morelli | FSK: 6

Der kleine Maulwurf

(Der kleine Maulwurf) | CSSR 1963 - 1975 | Short-film Programme, Animation | R: Zdenek Miler | FSK: oA

The Little Mole is a cartoon mole created by Zdeněk Miler. Originally meant as a one-time cartoon to show how cloth is made, Miler began making more episodes with the mole because of his popularity.

Die drei Codonas

(Die drei Codonas) | D 1940 | Drama, Zirkusfilm | R: Arthur Maria Rabenalt | FSK: 12

Die Känguru-Chroniken

Deutschland 2019 | Comedy | R: Dani Levy | FSK: oA

Scatter-brained artist Marc-Uwe and his anarchist roommate, the Kangaroo, have to outwit a property speculator who wants to rebuild Kreuzberg. An adaptation of Marc-Uwe Kling‘s cult classic “The Kangaroo Chronicles.“

Donne moi des ailes

(Donne-moi des ailes) | Frankreich 2019 | Adventure, Family Film | R: Nicolas Vanier

Drömmebyggerne: Dreambuilders

(Drømmebyggerne) | Dänemark 2020 | Animation, Adventure, Family Film | R: Kim Hagen Jensen | FSK: oA

Enkel für Anfänger

Deutschland 2019 | Comedy | R: Wolfgang Groos | FSK: 6

Pensioner Karin wants to become a grandmother. Luckily it‘s never too late, even if you never had kids yourself, because today there‘s an entire database of grandmas and grandpas to rent. A situational comedy with a celebrity cast.

European Outdoor Film Tour

Exhibition on Screen: Ich, Claude Monet - I, Claude Monet

(Exhibition on Screen: Ich, Claude Monet – I, Claude Monet) | GB 2017 | Biography, Documentary | R: Phil Grabsky

A documentary on impressionist artist Claude Monet.

For Sama

Grossbritannien/Syrien 2019 | Documentary | R: Waad Al-Khateab, Edward Watts | FSK: 16

Director Waad Al-Kateab made a film about her daughter Sama so she‘ll be able to remember the Syria that Al-Kataeb left and so her daughter will be able to see and perhaps understand why she wanted to stay but ultimately did flee.

Fritzi - Eine Wendewundergeschichte

Deutschland/ Luxemburg/ Belgien/ Tschechien 2019 | Adventure, Metropolitan Movie | R: Ralf Kukula, Matthias Bruhn | FSK: 6

FRITZI follows the adventures of a small girl from Leipzig when the GDR broke down.

Gundermann

Deutschland 2018 | Drama | R: Andreas Dresen | FSK: oA

The east German songwriter Gerhard “Gundi“ had a turbulent relationship to the GDR state as both an informer and a distruptive element. A biopic.

Black Lives in Modern Cinema: Preview: Harriet

(Harriet) | USA 2019 | Biography, Drama, Historical Film | R: Kasi Lemmons | NEW RELEASE

Helmut Newton - The Bad and the Beautiful , m. Gästen

Deutschland 2020 | Documentary | R: Gero von Boehm | NEW RELEASE

I Am Not Your Negro

Frankreich/USA/Schweiz/Belgien 2016 | Documentary | R: Raoul Peck | FSK: 12

Raoul Peck’s Oscar nominated documentary, based on the unpublished texts from James Baldwin’s estate, is moving in its poetry and staggering in its relevance.

Ich war Jack Mortimer

D 1935 | Crime Drama | R: Carl Froelich

Ich war noch niemals in New York

Deutschland 2019 | Musical, Comedy | R: Philipp Stölzl | FSK: oA

Maria, the mother of TV moderator Lisa Wartberg, is losing her memory and can only remember that she's never been to New York. She spontaneously smuggles on board a luxurious cruise.

If Beale Street could talk

(If Beale Street Could Talk) | USA 2018 | Drama, Crime Drama | R: Barry Jenkins | Interview

IF BEALE STREET COULD TALK is a 2018 American romantic drama film directed and written by Barry Jenkins, based on James Baldwin's novel of the same name.

It Must Be Heaven

(It Must Be Heaven) | Frankreich 2019 | Drama | R: Elia Suleiman | FSK: oA

Elia Suleiman plays himself as an Palestinian in exile who encounters the same absurdities everywhere he travels to.

Jean-Paul Gaultier: Freak and Chic

(Jean-Paul Gaultier: Freak and Chic) | Frankreich 2019 | Documentary, Biography | R: Yann L'Hénoret | FSK: 6

Jean-Paul Gaultier looks back on his life in “Fashion Freak Show“ (2018) in Folies Bergères. The show serves as a thread in L’Hénoret‘s excessive documentary.

Jojo Rabbit

USA 2019 | Youth Film, Comedy, Slapstick | R: Taika Waititi | FSK: 12

Ten-year-old Jojo discovers that his mother is hiding a Jewish girl. Not even his imaginary friend Hitler knows what to do. Taika Waititi‘s garish comedy offers jokes in volleys, but it also contains an emotionally moving story.

Judy

Großbritannien 2019 | Biography, Drama | R: Rupert Goold | FSK: oA

Renée Zellweger plays Judy Garland at the end of her career with full commitment walking the fine line between high tension and losing control.

Knives Out

(Knives Out) | USA 2019 | Crime Drama, Sociological Film, Black Comedy | R: Rian Johnson | FSK: 12

A homage to good old-fashioned whodunnits including a famous victim, a dysfunctional family, and a flamboyant master detective (Daniel Craig) with the nice name of Benoit Blanc.

La Palma

Deutschland 2019 | Tragicomedy, Love-story | R: Erec Brehmer | FSK: oA

Markus booked a flight to La Palma instead of to Las Palmas, which isn‘t conducive to his relationship with Sanne. Then they break into a stranger‘s holiday home.

La verite

(La vérité) | Japan/Frankreich 2019 | Drama | R: Hirokazu Koreeda | FSK: oA

Fabienne Dangeville (Catherine Deneuve) is an established actress and diva who has just published her memoir. However, her daughter Lumir (Juliette Binoche) remembers her childhood very differently...

Lassie: Eine abenteuerliche Reise - Lassie Come Home

(Lassie: Eine abenteuerliche Reise – Lassie Come Home) | Deutschland 2020 | Drama, Family Film, Adventure | R: Hanno Olderdissen | FSK: oA

Les invisibles

(Les Invisibles) | Frankreich 2018 | Comedy | R: Louis-Julien Petit | FSK: 6

“L‘Envol,“ a day center for homeless women, faces closure. The residents decide to take matters into their own hands. That doesn‘t always go well, but it does give hope.

Les miserables

(Les Misérables) | Frankreich 2019 | Drama, Crime Drama | R: Ladj Ly | FSK: 16

Director Ladj Ly found Victor Hugo‘s “Les Misérables“ in the Parisian Banlieues of today.

Les plus belles annees d'une vie

(Les plus belles années d'une vie) | Frankreich 2019 | Drama, Romance Films | R: Claude Lelouch | FSK: 6 | NEW RELEASE

In Claude Lelouch‘s film UN HOMME ET UNE FEMME from 1966 Anouk Aimée and Jean-Louis Trintignant played one of the most beautiful, romantic, and glamorous couples of the 60s. Now the couple is meeting again after 50 years.

Lindenberg! Mach dein Ding!

(Lindenberg! Mach dein Ding!) | Deutschland 2019 | Biography | R: Hermine Huntgeburth | FSK: 12

More than a film about a musical career, LINDENBERG is about how someone with a lot of baggage shouldn‘t find success but somehow does, though it does not happen without conflict.

Little Women

USA 2019 | Drama, Literary Film Adaptations | R: Greta Gerwig | FSK: oA

Greta Gerwig's adaptation of the 1868 novel by Louisa May Alcott. The four March sisters are moving from childhood to adulthood, briefly stuck in a transitory state as "little women".

Meine Freundin Conni - Geheimnis um Kater Mau

Deutschland 2019 | Animation, Adventure | R: Ansgar Niebuhr | FSK: oA | NEW RELEASE

Miles Davis - Birth of the Cool

USA 2019 | Documentary, Music Films | R: Stanley Nelson | FSK: oA

An uptempo chronicle of a musical and style icon

Monos

(Monos) | Kolumbien/ Argentinien/ Niederlande/ Deutschland/ Dänemark/ Schweden/ Uruguay 2019 | Drama | R: Alejandro Landes | FSK: 16

A group of teenagers, guerillas in an unspecified conflict in a South American country, are trapped in the war machine that demands discipline but, above all, generates brutalization.

Black Lives in Modern Cinema: Moonlight

USA 2017 | Drama | R: Barry Jenkins | FSK: 12

Barry Jenkins MOONLIGHT, nominated for eight Oscars, is a masterpiece, a daring film about what it means to grow up poor and black, a film about sexuality and masculinity, about damages to the soul, about sensuality and goodness.

My Father, the Spy

(Minu spioonist isa) | Lettland/ Deutschland/ Tschechische Republik 2020 | Documentary | R: Gints Grube, Jaak Kilmi | FSK: 6 | NEW RELEASE

Narcissus and Goldmund

(Narziss und Goldmund) | Deutschland 2020 | Drama, Literary Film Adaptations | R: Stefan Ruzowitzky | FSK: 12

An opulent adaptation of Hermann Hesse‘s novel set in the Middle Ages about two boys who meet each other in monastery school. Narziss wants to join the monastery while Goldmund wants to explore the world.

The World Before Your Feet

(New York – The World Before Your Feet) | USA 2018 | Documentary | R: Jeremy Workman | FSK: oA

Matt Green has been walking along the Hudson River for more than six years. He takes photographs, researches, and is amazed about the details. His goal is to walk in all the five boroughs of New York.

Narodni trida

(Národní třída) | Deutschland/Tschechische Republik 2019 | Drama, Literary Film Adaptations | R: Štěpán Altrichter | FSK: 16

“Peace,“ according to Czech ex-cop Vandam, “is just the break between two wars.“

Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

(Once Upon a Time in Hollywood) | USA 2019 | Drama, Crime Drama, Thriller | R: Quentin Tarantino

Though the Manson murders serve as the hook – Tarantino‘s ONCE UPON A TIME...IN HOLLYWOOD is less about Charles Manson, Sharon Tate, and Roman Polanski and more about the myth of Hollywood.

Onward

(Onward) | USA 2020 | Animation, Fantasy, Adventure | R: Dan Scanlon | FSK: 6

Two elf-brothers set off on a magical quest to bring back their deceased father. They already have his legs.

Parasite

(Gisaengchung) | Südkorea 2019 | Drama | R: Bong Joon-Ho | FSK: 16 | Interview

Bon Joon-ho‘s Cannes winner PARASITE is a film about the bourgeoisie‘s worst nightmare. Working-class family Kim seem to be merged with trash, but they creep into the life of beauty, goodness, and cultivated elegance that the Park family is ...

Paris Calligrammes

Deutschland/Frankreich 2019 | Documentary, Essay Film | R: Ulrike Ottinger

Pavarotti

USA 2019 | Biography, Documentary | R: Ron Howard | FSK: oA

Ron Howard's biography of "The People's Tenor" Luciano Pavarotti.

Portrait of a Lady on Fire

(Portrait de la jeune Fille en Feu) | Frankreich 2019 | Literary Film Adaptations, Drama | R: Céline Sciamma | FSK: 12 | Interview

In painterly images of great tranquility and beauty with volcanic passion just beneath the surface, Céline Sciamma has made one of the most beautiful love stories seen in years.

Queen and Slim

(Queen and Slim) | USA 2019 | Drama, Crime Drama | R: Melina Matsoukas | FSK: 12

QUEEN & SLIM is the rare film that feels both important and super cool.

Richard Jewell

(Richard Jewell) | USA 2019 | Drama | R: Clint Eastwood | FSK: 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.

Rocketman

Großbritannien 2019 | Drama, Biography, Music Films | R: Dexter Fletcher | FSK: 12

The ultimate Elton John musical: prioritizing energy and fun over historical accuracy. ROCKETMAN gaily races through the life of Elton John from his youth until 1983.

Romantic Warriors IV: Krautrock (Part I)

(Romantic Warriors IV: Krautrock (Part I)) | USA 2019 | Documentary, Music Films | R: Adele Schmidt, Jose Zegarra Holder | FSK: oA | NEW RELEASE

Preview: Somebody Up There Likes Me

(Somebody Up There Likes Me) | Großbritannien 2019 | Biography, Documentary | R: Mike Figgis | NEW RELEASE

Portrait of the Rolling Stones' second guitarist - never as much in the limelight as Jagger and Richards but just as fascinating.

Russland von oben - Der Kinofilm

(Russland von oben – Der Kinofilm) | Deutschland 2020 | Documentary, Naturfilm | R: Petra Höfer, Freddie Röckenhaus | FSK: oA

The School of Rock

(The School of Rock) | USA 2003 | Comedy, Music Films | R: Richard Linklater | FSK: 6

The Shining

(The Shining) | USA 1980 | Horror, Thriller | R: Stanley Kubrick | FSK: 16

Stanley Kubrick's brilliant adaptation of the Stephen King novel.

Siberia

Italien/Deutschland/Mexiko 2020 | Drama, Experimental film | R: Abel Ferrara | FSK: 16

Clint tends a bar in the snowy sticks of possibly Canada. But his journey leads him into himself, towards his past, his regrets and the women he loved.

Sneak Preview

(Sneakpreview) | Surprise Hits

What's on the screen? We won't tell.

Sonne im Herzen

D 2020 | Documentary | R: Volker Meyer-Dabisch | NEW RELEASE

Sorry We Missed You

Großbritannien 2019 | Drama | R: Ken Loach | FSK: 12 | Interview

Ken Loach takes the ‘I Incorporated‘ world to task: Ricky Turner from Newcastle becomes a self-employed parcel carrier. If everything goes well, he and his wife Abbie, an outpatient geriatric nurse, can pay off their little house….

Suicide Tourist

(Selvmordsturisten) | Dänemark/Norwegen/Deutschland 2019 | Drama, Mystery | R: Jonas Alexander Arnby | FSK: 12 | NEW RELEASE

Max has an incurable brain tumor. One day he finds out about the remote luxury wellness paradise “Hotel Aurora“ that helps those weary of life with dying and checks himself in.

Sunburned

Deutschland/Niederlande/Polen 2020 | Drama | R: Carolina Hellsgård | NEW RELEASE

Berlin-based Swedish director and screenwriter Carolina Hellsgård links Claire‘s coming-of-age story with a Senegalese teenager who fled to southern Spain in SUNBURNED.

Suzi Q

Australien 2019 | Documentary, Biography | R: Liam Firmager | FSK: oA

The Australian documentary SUZI Q tells the story of the bassist and singer from the beginning when she started the garage band The Pleasure Seekers with her sisters Patti and Arlene and began touring at age 15.

System Crasher

(Systemsprenger) | Deutschland 2019 | Drama | R: Nora Fingscheidt | FSK: 12 | Interview

9 year old Benni has been kicked out of every foster home. Anger management trainer Micha tries to help Benni with a lot of personal investment, but he begins to lose his professional distance.

Black Lives in Modern Cinema: That fly 70s sci fi futuristic shit !!

Black Lives in Modern Cinema: The Age of Wonder

The Dead Don't Die

USA 2019 | Horror, Comedy | R: Jim Jarmusch

Even though the name of the US president isn‘t mentioned, demagogue Trump, his followers, and the insidious decay of values and moral inevitably come to mind in Jarmusch‘s meta zombie film.

The Farewell

USA 2019 | Familiy History, Drama, Tragicomedy | R: Lulu Wang | FSK: oA

Billi is a young New Yorker who loves her grandmother in China very much. When Nai Nai gets cancer, the family doesn‘t want to tell her anything and hastily organize a wedding instead so that everyone can see Nai Nai again.

The Gentlemen

USA 2020 | Crime Comedy | R: Guy Ritchie | FSK: 16

Mickey Pearson wants to leave the marijuana business and is looking for a buyer interested in acquiring his plantation. Things soon escalate.

The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp

(The Life And Death Of Colonel Blimp) | GB 1943 | Drama, War Film | R: Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger

The Lighthouse

USA 2019 | Horror | R: Robert Eggers | FSK: 16 | Interview

THE LIGHTHOUSE, a film about two men whose assignment as lighthouse keepers on a lonely rock island takes longer than planned, till food and alcohol becomes scarce, pulls you into a sense of impending doom and doesn’t let up.

The Perfect Candidate

(The Perfect Candidate) | Saudi-Arabien/Deutschland 2019 | Comedy, Drama | R: Haifaa Al-Mansour | FSK: oA

Young Saudi Arabian doctor Maryam runs for local office by accident...

Umano non umano

(Umano non umano) | I 1972 | Documentary | R: Mario Schifano

Und wer nimmt den Hund?

Deutschland 2019 | Tragicomedy, Drama, Romance Films | R: Rainer Kaufmann | FSK: oA

Children, a dog, and 25 years of marriage. Doris (Martina Gedeck) and Georg (Ulrich Tukur) have had enough. They wants to discuss their relationship one more time with their marriage counsellor and then call it quits.

Undine

Deutschland/Frankreich 2020 | Drama | R: Christian Petzold | FSK: 12 | NEW RELEASE

Undine, a nymph who only gets a soul if she‘s loved, works as a historian in the Berlin senate.

Wagenknecht

Deutschland 2020 | Documentary, Biography | R: Sandra Kaudelka | FSK: oA

Walking on Water

(Walking On Water) | USA/Italien 2018 | Biography, Documentary | R: Andrey Paounov | FSK: oA

A documentary about the emergence of Christo‘s spectacular “Floating Piers“ project in Lago d‘Iseo from 2016.

Weathering with You

(Tenki no ko) | Japan 2019 | Animation, Drama, Fantasy | R: Makoto Shinkai | FSK: 6

There‘s constant rain in Tokyo of the near future where climate change seems to have come into effect. 16 year old Hodaka tries to make it on her own and meets Hina, who has a special gift: she can let the sun shine for a short moment.

Weil Du nur einmal lebst - Die Toten Hosen auf Tour

Deutschland 2019 | Documentary, Music Films | R: Paul Dugdale, Cordula Kablitz-Post | FSK: 6

Documentarian Cordula Kablitz-Post and concert director Paul Dugdale accompany Die Toten Hosen on their “Laune der Natour“ tour and witness a very disciplined band.

To Kill a Mockingbird

(To Kill a Mockingbird) | USA 1962 | Drama | R: Robert Mulligan | FSK: 12

When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit

(Als Hitler das rosa Kaninchen stahl) | Deutschland 2019 | Drama, Literary Film Adaptations | R: Caroline Link | FSK: oA

In the adaptation of the young adult classic by Judith Kerr, Caroline Link has struck the unsentimental tone of the source.

Why Don't You Just Die

(Papa, sdokhni) | Russland 2018 | Black Comedy, Splatter, Crime Drama | R: Kirill Sokolov | FSK: 18

A garishly violent chamber piece in a small russian flat where nobody has a clear conscience or gets out unbloodied.

Wie wir einmal (fast) berühmt wurden oder Die Enthusiasten

(Wie wir einmal (fast) berühmt wurden oder Die Enthusiasten)

Wings of Desire

(Der Himmel über Berlin) | BRD/Frankreich 1986 | Drama | R: Wim Wenders | FSK: 6

Otto Sander and Brunco Ganz as angels watching over Berlin. Wim Wender‘s poetic film is also a historic document of the city before the fall of the Wall.

World Taxi

D 2019 | Documentary | R: Philipp Majer

Zu weit weg - Too Far Away

(Zu weit weg – Too Far Away) | Deutschland 2018/19 | Youth Film, Family Film, Geschichte einer Freundschaft | R: Sarah Winkenstette | FSK: oA | NEW RELEASE