A Complete Unknown

(A Complete Unknown) | USA 2024 | Biography, Drama, Music Films | R: James Mangold

LIKE A COMPLETE UNKNOWN looks good, has good actors, and tells its story well, but is neither interested in Dylan’s enthusiasm for folk and blues songs of the 20s and 30s nor in his activism in the civil rights movement.

Another German Tank Story

Deutschland 2024 | Tragicomedy | R: Jannis Alexander Kiefer

An American war series is to be filmed in the disused factory of a sleepy Brandenburg village and this could put Wiesenwalde back on the map.

Conclave

(Conclave) | USA/Großbritannien/Italien 2024 | Thriller | R: Edward Berger

The centuries-old procedure of the conclave, with its strict rules and vivid rituals, offers the ideal backdrop for a thriller.

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.

Eden

USA 2024 | Thriller, Historical Film | R: Ron Howard

Howard's film EDEN seems to interpret the "Galapagos Affair", in which German settlers died under unclear circumstances on the Galapagos island of Floreana in 1934, as a metaphor for US society.

Flow (2024)

(Flow (2024)) | Lettland/Frankreich/Belgien 2024 | Animation, Adventure, Tierfilm | R: Gints Zilbalodis | FSK: 6 | Interview

A big part of the fascination about FLOW lies in the fact that the animals are designed to not be very anthropomorphic and seem to act in an animal-like manner for long stretches.

Ich will alles - Hildegard Knef

(Ich will alles – Hildegard Knef) | Deutschland 2025 | Biography, Documentary | R: Luzia Schmid

In her portrait of the film star Hildegard Knef, Luzia Schmid uses a wealth of archive material to let Knef speak almost exclusively, in cleverly selected excerpts from interviews, concerts and her books.

Klandestin WT

(Klandestin WT) | Deutschland 2024 | Drama, Thriller | R: Angelina Maccarone | FSK: 12

Painter Richard brings the young Moroccan Malik across the border to Wiesbaden and hopes for the help of his old friend Mathilda, EU representative of the state of Hesse, and a hardliner on immigration.

Köln 75 - The Girl from Köln

(Köln 75 – The Girl from Köln) | Deutschland 2025 | Drama, Biography | R: Ido Fluk

KÖLN 75 is about how 18 year old Vera Brandes organized the legendary “The Köln Concert“ with Keith Jarrett in the Kölner Oper.

Late Shift

(Heldin) | Schweiz/Deutschland 2025 | Drama | R: Petra Volpe | FSK: 6 | Interview

The german title translates to "heroine" and there is a heroine: nurse Floria Lind (Leonie Benesch) is the ideal nurse. But Floria is stressed.

Mit der Faust in die Welt schlagen

Deutschland 2025 | Drama | R: Constanze Klaue | Interview

2006 in the Saxon countryside: the boys are swimming in the quarry, the mother is working as a nurse, the father is on assembly in the West, the new house just can’t get finished. Tobias and Philipp join the local neo-nazi group.

Muxmäuschenstill 2

(Muxmäuschenstill 2) | Deutschland 2024 | Tragicomedy | R: Jan Henrik Stahlberg | NEW RELEASE

Mux, vigilante of the community spirit, is back.

Pope Francis: A Man of His Word

(Pope Francis – A Man of his Word) | USA 2018 | Biography, Documentary | R: Wim Wenders | FSK: oA

Wim Wenders filmed a documentary about the current pope on behalf of the Vatican. He searches for references to his namesake Francis of Assisi who preached about modesty and humbleness and also lived that way.

Queer Gardening

D 2022 | Documentary

Red Heat

USA 1988 | Action, Thriller, Crime Drama, Comedy | R: Walter Hill | FSK: 16

Buddy comedy from the final days of the Cold War.

Sneak Preview

(Sneakpreview) | Surprise Hits

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

Stormskerry Maja

(Myrskyluodon Maija) | Finnland 2024 | Historical Film | R: Tiina Lymi | FSK: 12

Tiina Lymi tells Maja’s story as a family saga in the rhythm of seasons and tides, births and deaths, and as a great love story.

The Assessment

Großbritannien/Deutschland/USA 2024 | Drama, Science Fiction | R: Fleur Fortuné

In a dystopian future, the number of newborns is strictly limited. Mia and Aaryan have applied to become parents and have to complete a seven-day Assessment.

The Day Iceland Stood Still

(The Day Iceland Stood Still) | USA/Island 2024 | Documentary | R: Pamela Hogan, Hrafnhildur Gunnarsdottir | FSK: oA

Iceland is considered to be the forerunner when it comes to gender equality. A key event in the feminist fight was the Women’s Strike in October 1975.

The Last Journey

(Den sista resan) | Schweden 2024 | Documentary | R: Filip Hammar, Fredrik Wikingsson

The Legend of Ochi

(The Legend of Ochi) | USA 2025 | Adventure, Coming of Age, Fantasy | R: Isaiah Saxon | NEW RELEASE

The Light

(Das Licht – The Light) | Deutschland 2025 | Drama | R: Tom Tykwer | Interview

The dysfunctional Engels family from Berlin hires a Syrian housekeeper. Farrah helps everyone with her empathetic nature. But what drives the mysterious woman herself and what role does her magic lamp play in this?

The Master and Margarita

(Мастер и Маргарита) | Russland/Kroatien 2023 | Drama, Literary Film Adaptations | R: Michael Lokschin | FSK: 12 | NEW RELEASE

The devil himself visits Soviet Moscow. Mochael Lockshin has made a maximally opulent film adaptation of Michail Bulgakow’s cult novel in a mixture of satire and fantasy.

The Penguin Lessons

(The Penguin Lessons) | Spanien/Großbritannien 2024 | Drama | R: Peter Cattaneo

In 1976, Brit Tom Michell takes a job as an English teacher in Argentina. At one point, a penguin comes to him and, in the midst of a military coup, becomes the school's mediator and confidant.

The Way, My Way

(The Way, My Way) | Australien 2024 | Drama | R: Bill Bennett

Bill Bennett turns his pilgrimage into a docu-fictional roadmovie

Tourist Family

IND 2025 | Comedy | R: Abishan Jeevinth

Toxic

(Akiplėša) | Litauen 2024 | Drama | R: Saulė Bliuvaitė | FSK: 16

The portrait of two teen girls caught between precarious living conditions and exploitative fashion ideals is a fast-paced and partially drastically depicted toxic spiral of self-exploitation and eating disorders.

Victoria ma dö: Victoria Must Go

(Victoria må dø) | Norwegen 2024 | Children's Film | R: Gunnbjörg Gunnarsdóttir | FSK: 6

Was Marielle weiss - What Marielle Knows

(Was Marielle weiss – What Marielle Knows) | Deutschland 2025 | Comedy, Drama | R: Frédéric Hambalek

After getting slapped, Marielle develops telepathic abilities and sees everything that her parents do. This is a problem.