A Single Man

USA 2009 | Drama | R: Tom Ford | FSK: 12

Alles ist Eins. Ausser der 0.

(Alles ist Eins. Ausser der 0.) | Deutschland 2020 | Documentary | R: Klaus Maeck, Tanja Schwerdorf | FSK: 6

The Chaos Computer Club (CCC) was founded in 1981 in the editorial offices of taz and has been fighting for open communication, freedom of information, and the protection of personal data ever since.

Another Round

(Druk) | Dänemark 2020 | Drama | R: Thomas Vinterberg | FSK: 12

Male friendship and an obsession: Martin and his friends test the Norwegian philosopher Finn Skårderud‘s theory. According to him, people with half a mil of alcohol in their blood are able to perform at the peak of their mental ability.

Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn

(Babardeala cu bucluc sau porno balamuc) | Rumänien / Luxemburg / Kroatien / Tschechische Republik 2021 | Comedy, Tragicomedy, Drama | R: Radu Jude | FSK: 18

Realism, madness, and an unbridled anger towards those who ignore history, right-wing radicals, and stupid citizens who regard themselves as decent converge in Radu Jude‘s three-part farce.

Dictionary

(Dictionary) | IND 2021 | Drama | R: Bratya Basu

Donnie Darko

USA 2001 | Drama, Mystery, Science Fiction | R: Richard Kelly | FSK: 16

Dream Horse

Großbritannien 2020 | Comedy | R: Euros Lyn | FSK: 6

Based on a true story: a Welsh village community starts race horse breeding and raises a winner in an allotment garden.

Dune

USA 2021 | Science Fiction, Adventure, Literary Film Adaptations | R: Denis Villeneuve | FSK: 12

Long-awaited film version of Frank Herbert's scifi-epic. Political intrigue and giant sandworms on the desert planet Arrakis. Young Paul Atreides has to face up to his destiny.

Fabian or Going to the Dogs

(Fabian oder Der Gang vor die Hunde) | Deutschland 2021 | Drama, Tragicomedy, Literary Film Adaptations | R: Dominik Graf | FSK: 12

Dominik Graf has filmed Erich Kästner‘s saddest novel. A future Berlin classic.

Fantastic Fungi

(Fantastic Fungi) | USA 2019 | Documentary | R: Louie Schwartzberg | FSK: 12

Psychedelic documentary on the fascinating world in the ground, the history of fungi and their biochemistry.

Firastya

IND 2020 | R: Vitthal Machindra Bhosale

Fire of Teak Flame of Chinar

IND 2021 | Drama | R: Kumar Chowdhury

Freakscene - The Story of Dinosaur Jr.

Deutschland/USA 2020 | Documentary | R: Philipp Reichenheim | FSK: 6

Dinosaur Jr. are indie rock pioneers, but there have been reports of tension between the three band members from the beginning. In FREAKSCENE, J Mascis, Lou, and Murph speak openly about the toxic atmosphere in the band.

French Exit

USA 2020 | Comedy, Drama | R: Azazel Jacobs

With the last of their money, a socialite and her son move to Paris to start a new life. They are accompanied by their cat, which may be more than just a loved pet.

Gunda

Norwegen/USA 2020 | Documentary, Tierfilm | R: Victor Kossakovsky | FSK: 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.

Hägringen ,

(Hägringen) | S 1959 | R: Peter Weiss

Halal Love Story

IND 2020 | Comedy, Romance Films | R: Zakariya Mohammed

Herr Bachmann und seine Klasse

Deutschland 2021 | Documentary | R: Maria Speth | FSK: oA

A long-term documentary about an extraordinary teacher and his class.

Hunted

(Hunted) | B/F/IR 2020 | Thriller | R: Vincent Paronnaud | FSK: 16

I'm Your Man

(Ich bin dein Mensch) | Deutschland 2021 | Comedy, Romance Films, Science Fiction | R: Maria Schrader | FSK: 12

Historian Alma is meant to spend three weeks with a robot who has been programmed to be her ideal partner using statistical data from millions of women and Alma‘s personal “mindfiles.“

Jazz On a Summer's Day

(Jazz On A Summer's Day) | USA 1959 | Documentary, Konzertfilm, Music Films | R: Bert Stern | FSK: 12

In 1958 fashion photographer Bert Stern and his co-director Aram Avakian filmed the Newport Folk Festival. They captured a hip summer audience that attended a musical game-changer on a bright summer‘s day.

Je suis Karl

Deutschland 2021 | Drama | R: Christian Schwochow | FSK: 12

Maxi‘s mother and her little siblings die in a terrorist attack that is attributed to Islamist terrorists but was actually committed by neo-Nazis. Handsome young Nazi Karl creeps in on Maxi in order to use her for the group‘s propaganda.

Koozhangal

(Koozhangal) | IND 2021 | Drama | R: P.S. Vinothraj

Kurzfilmprogramm I

Short-film Programme

A selection of short films

Ted Bundy

(Ted Bundy) | USA 2021 | Crime Drama, Drama, Biography | R: Amber Sealey | FSK: 16 | NEW RELEASE

Bill Hamgaier is one of the first FBI agents to create serial killer profiles. Hagmaier succeeds in forming a bond with Ted Bundy, who killed at least 30 people.

Nomadland

USA 2020 | Drama | R: Chloé Zhao | FSK: oA

Fern (Frances McDormand) becomes one of the “nomads“ after the death of her husband. The community lives in trailers at the margins of society leading a life somewhere between poverty and freedom.

Notes Of Berlin: The Film

(Notes of Berlin: Der Film) | Deutschland 2019 | Comedy, Episodenfilm, Metropolitan Movie | R: Mariejosephin Schneider

Joab Nist‘s blog NOTES OF BERLIN, which posted the notes found on Berlin street lamps, windscreens, and post boxes was turned into the interactive website “Notes of Berlin Lab“ in 2014, where the stories behind the notes are told: which is ...

One Word

Deutschland/ Republik Marshall Inseln 2020 | Documentary | R: Viviana Uriona | NEW RELEASE

Pinki Elli? , m. Gast

(Pinki Elli?) | IND 2020 | Drama, TV-Live-Übertragung | R: Prithvi Konanur

Promising Young Women

USA/Großbritannien 2020 | Drama, Thriller, Crime Drama | R: Emerald Fennell | FSK: 16

Every Saturday night Casssandra (Carey Mulligan) pretends to be a helpless young woman – in order to get back at the men who want to use her.

Räuberhände

Deutschland 2020 | Drama | R: Ilker Çatak | FSK: 16

Samuel and Janik are best friends and are planning a long trip to Istanbul after high school graduation. Then something stupid happens involving alcohol, but the two of them still go without patching up their deep divide.

Riders Of Justice

(Retfærdighedens ryttere) | Dänemark 2020 | Comedy, Drama | R: Anders Thomas Jensen | FSK: 16 | NEW RELEASE

Taciturn soldier Markus (Mads Mikkelsen) joins forces with a mathematician, his assistant, and a socially disturbed hacker to hunt down gangsters.

Santhoshathinte Onnam Rahasyam

(Santhoshathinte Onnam Rahasyam) | IND 2021 | Drama | R: Don Palathara

Short Film Programme III

(Kurzfilmprogramm III) | Short-film Programme

Short film programme

Short films II

(Kurzfilmprogramm II) | Short-film Programme

Another selection of short films

The Great Indian Kitchen

(The Great Indian Kitchen) | IND 2021 | Drama, Comedy | R: Jeo Baby

The Chrysanthemum and the Guillotine

(Kiku to Guillotine Onna Zumo to Anarchism) | J 2018 | Drama, History | R: Takahisa Zeze

The Green Knight

USA/Irland 2020 | Fantasy | R: David Lowery | FSK: 16

David Lowery (GHOST STORY) has taken on the strange epic “Sir Gawain and the Green Knight“ and has turned it into an even stranger, hypnotic film that is visually reminiscent of German expressionism and the films of Carl Theodor Dreyer.

Toubab

Deutschland 2020 | Drama | R: Florian Dietrich | FSK: 12 | NEW RELEASE

Babtou is under threat of deportation, so he marries his best friend Dennis. The issue which is usually subtextual in the “male friendship“ genre is at the core here: heterosexual love between two men who are learning how to express their ...

Vor mir der Süden

Italien/Deutschland 2020 | Documentary | R: Pepe Danquart | FSK: oA

Pepe Danquart follows the traces of Pier Paolo Pasolini all across Italy with a Fiat Millecentro.

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.

Writing with Fire

IND 2021 | Documentary | R: Rintu Thomas, Sushmit Ghosh