1917

Grossbritannien/USA 2019 | War Film, Drama, Historical Film | R: Sam Mendes | FSK: 12

Simply breath-taking or blatant pro-military propaganda? Our authors Tom Dorow and Jared Abbott take opposing views to director Sam Mendes' and cinematographer Roger Deakins' one-take-film about two British soldiers in World War I.

2040

(2040) | Australien 2019 | Documentary | R: Damon Gameau

Australian director Damon Gameau travelled across the world looking for climate change solutions.

A Dog Called Money

(A Dog Called Money) | Irland/Großbritannien 2019 | Documentary, Music Films | R: Seamus Murphy | FSK: 6

Documenting a unique recording and the travels that inspired it.

A Rainy Day In New York

(A Rainy Day In New York) | USA 2019 | Comedy | R: Woody Allen | FSK: oA

A RAINY DAY IN NEW YORK is another entry in Woody Allen's list of light urban romantic comedies, following MIDNIGHT IN PARIS, TO ROME WITH LOVE, and VICKY CRISTINA BARCELONA.

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.

Fellini 100!: Boccaccio 70

I/F 1961 | Episodenfilm, Comedy | R: Mario Monicelli, Federico Fellini, Luchino Visconti, Vittorio de Sica | FSK: 18

70mm: Brainstorm (m. schwedischen UT)

(Brainstorm) | USA 1982 | Science Fiction | R: Douglas Trumbull | FSK: 12

Bróder!

(Bróder!) | BR 2009 | Drama | R: Jeferson De

10 Jahre Favourites Film Festival: Brothers

(Hermano) | YV 2010 | Drama, Sportfilm | R: Marcel Rasquin

Captain Fantastic

USA 2016 | Drama | R: Matt Ross | FSK: 12

The Cash Family lives in a cabin in the Pacific Northwest, as far away from capitalism, commodity fetishism, and the evils of “The Man” as they can get. When Ben’s wife Leslie dies, Ben is forced to travel to mainstream America with his kids.

Das Vorspiel

Deutschland 2019 | Drama | R: Ina Weisse | FSK: 12 | NEW RELEASE

DAS VORSPIEL is a film about disappointment, about music obsessiveness, about a women without a center amongst five men (son, father, husband, lover, violin student).

O beijo no asfalto

(O beijo no asfalto) | BR 2018 | Crime, Drama | R: Murilo Benicio | NEW RELEASE

The Adventures of Tintin: Secret of the Unicorn

(The Adventures of Tintin: Secret of the Unicorn) | USA 2011 | Adventure, Comic book movie | R: Steven Spielberg | FSK: 6

Domingo

(Domingo) | BR 2018 | Tragicomedy | R: Fellipe Gamarano Barbosa

The investiture of a new president fuel conflicts and secrets at a family barbecue one sunday.

Easy Love

Deutschland 2019 | Documentary, Experimental film, | R: Tamer Jandali | FSK: 16

Non-professional actors playing themselves following a screenplay based on their own experiences: EASY LOVE by director Tamer Jandali is an experiment in matters of cinematic authenticity.

Edificio Master

BR 2002 | Documentary | R: Eduardo Coutinho

Era uma vez...

(Era uma vez...) | BR 2008 | Drama | R: Breno Silveira

Fellini 100!: Le notti di Cabiria

(Le notti di Cabiria) | F/I 1957 | Drama | R: Federico Fellini | FSK: 16

Fellini 100!: I vitelloni

(I vitelloni) | I/F 1953 | Tragicomedy | R: Federico Fellini | FSK: 16

A melancholy film about a group of lazy men.

Fellini 100!: Satyricon

(Satyricon) | I 1969 | Love-story, Satire | R: Federico Fellini | FSK: 18

Fellini 100!: E la nave va

(E la nave va) | F/I 1983 | Satire | R: Federico Fellini | FSK: 12

Freies Land

Deutschland 2018/2019 | Crime Drama, Drama | R: Christian Alvart | FSK: 16

Christian Alvart‘s remake of the Spanish thriller LA ISLA MINIMA (2014) is set in the Oderbruch in 1992. A West German inspector and an East German inspector meet in order to investigate a series of murders targeting young girls.

Fellini 100!: Ginger e Fred

(Ginger e Fred) | I/F/D 1985 | Satire | R: Federico Fellini | FSK: 16

Gundermann Revier

D 2019 | Documentary, Porträt | R: Grit Lemke

Honeyland

(Medena Zemja: Honeyland) | Nordmazedonien 2019 | Documentary | R: Ljubomir Stefanov, Tamara Kotevska | FSK: 6

Haditze, a daughter and beekeeper in a remote Macedonian village, takes care of her mother and the bees that live in craggy rock faces, tree trunks, and ruins and make honey. A documentary.

Premiere: How to Steal a Country

SAF 2019 | Documentary | R: Rehad Desai

Human Nature (2019)

(Human Nature (2019)) | USA 2019 | Documentary | R: Adam Bolt

HUMAN NATURE condenses the polarizing discourse about CRISPR/Cas technology into an informative and thrilling documentary.

Hustlers

USA 2019 | Comedy, Drama, Crime Drama | R: Lorene Scafaria | FSK: 12

A group of strippers drug and rob patrons of their club, getting rich in the process. It does not take long for internal tensions to arise.

Jeanne: L'enfance de Jeanne d'Arc

(Jeannette, l'enfance de Jeanne d'Arc) | Frankreich 2017 | Musical, Historical Film, Drama | R: Bruno Dumont

Bruno Dumont‘s extremely odd rock opera about Jeanne d‘Arc‘s childhood is a about the ecstatic decision to revolt.

Jojo Rabbit

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

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.

Joker

USA 2019 | Drama, Crime Drama, Thriller | R: Todd Phillips | FSK: 16

THE KILLING JOKE meets TAXI DRIVER and KING OF COMEDY.

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.

Fellini 100!: Julia of The Spirits

(Giulietta degli spiriti) | I/F 1965 | Drama | R: Federico Fellini | FSK: 18

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.

Lara

Deutschland 2019 | Drama | R: Jan Ole Gerster | FSK: oA

The morning begins like any other for Lara Jenkins. But today is a very special day for her: not only is it her 60th birthday, but her son Viktor is giving a big solo piano concert. He hasn't invited his mother.

Little Joe

(Little Joe) | Österreich/ Großbritannien/ Deutschland 2019 | Science Fiction, Drama | R: Jessica Hausner | FSK: 12

Alice and her team of biotechnologists have developed a red flower with a smell that causes happiness. “Little Joe“ flourishes well, but the vast amounts of pollen that the supposedly sterile plant produces is strange….

Marianne & Leonard - Words of Love

(Marianne & Leonard – Words of Love) | USA 2019 | Documentary | R: Nick Broomfield | FSK: oA

Nick Broomfield (KURT & COURTNEY, WHITNEY - CAN I BE ME) follows the relationship of Leonard Cohen and Marianne Ihlen from its beginnings on the Greek island of Hydra to Marianne's death.

Marriage Story

(Marriage Story) | USA 2019 | Drama, Comedy, Love Stories | R: Noah Baumbach

The story of a marriage (Johanssen/Driver), told from the perspective of the subsequent long and arduous divorce proceedings.

Meu nome e Daniel

(Meu nome e Daniel) | BR 2018 | Documentary | R: Daniel Goncalves

Midsommar

USA 2019 | Mystery, Horror | R: Ari Aster | FSK: 16

A group of college students travel to Northern Sweden in order to study a pagan community. Ari Aster boils down high-culture cult motifs into ornaments, fun, and shock effects.

Mietrebellen

(Mietrebellen – Widerstand gegen den Ausverkauf der Stadt) | Deutschland 2014 | Documentary | R: Gertrud Schulte Westenberg, Matthias Coers

A documentation of Berlin’s tenant movement and that has gained ground in the last years to fight against rent increases and forced evictions.

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

Monkey Business

(Monkey Business) | USA 1952 | Comedy | R: Howard Hawks | FSK: 12

Motherless Brooklyn

USA 2019 | Crime Drama, Drama | R: Edward Norton | FSK: 12

Edward Norton‘s adaptation of Jonathan Lethem‘s exhillarating novel MOTHERLESS BROOKLYN is a good, solid noir film with a great jazz soundtrack.

Mutum

BR/F 2007 | Drama | R: Sandra Kogut

As he grows up, young Thiago realises more and more what kind of place his isolated corner of the country is. MUTUM means mute but is also a black bird.

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.

Parasite

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

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 ...

Pastor Claudio

BR 2018 | Documentary | R: Beth Formaggini

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

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.

Pripad pro zacinajiciho kata

(Pripad pro zacinajiciho kata) | CSSR 1970 | Fantasy, Märchenfilm | R: Pavel Juracek

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.

Schönheit und Vergänglichkeit

(Schönheit und Vergänglichkeit) | Deutschland 2019 | Documentary, Porträt | R: Annekatrin Hendel | FSK: 6

Annekathrin Hendel portrays the East Berlin bouncer and photographer Sven Marquardt and his circle of friends.

Searching Eva

Deutschland 2019 | Documentary | R: Pia Hellenthal | FSK: 16

Eva is what is called an “influencer,“ a term that is often used disparagingly. But you could also say: she is an artist with internet access.

Simonal

(Simonal) | BR 2018 | Biography, Drama, Music Films | R: Leonardo Domingues

Biography of Wilson Simonal who switched careers from being a military leader to filling huge venues as a popular singer.

Street Dancer 3D

(Street Dancer 3D) | IND 2019 | Drama, Musical, Dance Film | R: Remo D'Souza

The Indian take on mixing drama, coming-of-age and dancing in the streets (and 3D).

Kenji Mizoguchi: Street of Shame

(Akasen chitai) | J 1956 | Drama | R: Kenji Mizoguchi | FSK: 18

Suspiria

Italien/USA 2018 | Horror, Dance Film | R: Luca Guadagnino | FSK: 16

A strange dance school, brutal murders, a coven. Luca Guadagnino‘s eagerly awaited new adaptation of Dario Argento‘s horror classic.

Where Does A Body End?

(Where Does A Body End?) | Kanada 2019 | Documentary, Biography, Music Films | R: Marco Porsia | FSK: 12

In his documentary about the industrial-noise-rock band Swans, director Marco Borsia chooses to focus on band founder Michael Gira.

System Crasher

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

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.

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 Irishman

USA 2019 | Biography, Drama, Crime Drama | R: Martin Scorsese | FSK: 16

Biography of mafia hitman Frank Sheeran. Starring Robert De Niro and directed by Martin Scorsese.

The Lighthouse

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

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 Peanut Butter Falcon

USA 2019 | Roadmovie, Comedy, Sportfilm | R: Tyler Nilson, Michael Schwartz | FSK: 12

Two men on the lam: 22 year old Zak with Down syndrome and outsider Tyler sail towards Florida on a raft and become friends.

Ernst-Lubitsch-Preis: The Shop Around the Corner

(The Shop around the Corner) | USA 1940 | Comedy | R: Ernst Lubitsch | FSK: oA

Two salesclerks (James Stewart, Margaret Sullavan) at a Budapest leather-wares shop hate each other in person, but get along very well conversing anonymously via mail.

Fellini 100!: The Swindle

(Fellinis il bidone) | I/F 1955 | Drama | R: Federico Fellini | FSK: 12

A group of con-men consider changing their ways when their work gets them in conflict with their families and their conscience. But there is still time for one last con.

Premiere: True Sight: The International 2019 , mit Gästen

USA 2019 | Documentary, Sportfilm

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.

Yung

Deutschland 2018 | Drama | R: Henning Gronkowski | FSK: 16

Janaina, Joy, Emmy, and Abbie are Berliner girls on the cusp of adulthood in a party and drug haze. They play themselves, more or less.