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Tue 27.10.
27.10. 18:00 – 20:08 Short Film Reel: Bloody Homesickness #2C1 Cinémathèque in der naTo During Checkout you can apply discounts, your accreditation or season passes 18:00 – 20:08 Cinémathèque in der naTo #2C1 Short Film Reel: Bloody Homesickness During Checkout you can apply discounts, your accreditation or season passes Calendar There’s No Place Like Rome There’s No Place Like Rome Todor Joe Musev Germany German Competition Documentary Film The Bulgarian uncle, in love with antiquity, guards old treasures and ideals of masculinity. Despising the modern age is his #RomanEmpire. The nephew drops by for a visit. German subtitles More Details Look, We’re in Europe Look, We’re in Europe Riad Arfin, Manushaqe Ibrahimi Kosovo, Bangladesh, UK International Competition Documentary Film Building houses far from home: through their own mobile phone images, Bangladeshi construction workers in Kosovo offer a raw glimpse of life between precarious work and dreams of a better future. More Details B*tch Suka Jaroslava Jelchová Slovakia International Competition Documentary Film Her womanhood was shaped by strict expectations: the filmmaker searches for belonging in the tension between her rural Slovakian roots, her sexuality and her creative callings. More Details Glaube Sitte Heimat Glaube Sitte Heimat Fidel Sievering, Bennet Staack Germany International Competition Animated Film Helpless rituals and the smell of time gone stale: an offbeat, honest portrait of a village that used to live from mining and where successful structural change seems unwilling to take hold. Contains depictions of drug-use, nudity, physical violence More Details
27.10. 18:00 – 20:13 Kurtág Fragments #221 CineStar 4 During Checkout you can apply discounts, your accreditation or season passes 18:00 – 20:13 CineStar 4 #221 Kurtág Fragments During Checkout you can apply discounts, your accreditation or season passes Calendar Kurtág Fragments Kurtág töredékek Dénes Nagy Hungary Audience Competition An expansive, deeply intimate portrait of musical genius György Kurtág, who just turned 100. A man who lives and breathes music, creating entire worlds brimming with emotion. German subtitles More Details
27.10. 18:00 – 20:17 The Orbit of Minor Satellites #243 CineStar 6 During Checkout you can apply discounts, your accreditation or season passes 18:00 – 20:17 CineStar 6 #243 The Orbit of Minor Satellites During Checkout you can apply discounts, your accreditation or season passes Calendar The Orbit of Minor Satellites The Orbit of Minor Satellites Chris Sullivan USA, Japan International Competition Animated Film Rosemary is the patient and Dr. Richards is her psychiatrist – but who needs who here? A course of therapy that walks a fine line between imaginary worlds and session reality. Contains mentions of death More Details
27.10. 18:00 – 19:38 Apocalypse Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow and the Day After Tomorrow + Petrolheads #263 Passage Kinos Astoria During Checkout you can apply discounts, your accreditation or season passes 18:00 – 19:38 Passage Kinos Astoria #263 Apocalypse Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow and the Day After Tomorrow + Petrolheads During Checkout you can apply discounts, your accreditation or season passes Calendar Apocalypse Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow, and the Day After Tomorrow Apokalypsa včera, dnes, zítra a pozítří Anastasiia Bonadyha Czech Republic Doc Alliance Can a state of emergency become the new normal? In the Ukrainian city of Nikopol, Bohdan finds strength and hope in his faith in the midst of the impositions of the ongoing war. Contains mentions of war scenes More Details Petrolheads Petrolheads Emil Langballe Denmark Audience Competition Martin dreams of a 1994 Honda Civic and a driving license. He sets off on his way with his buddy Casper, the two of them connected by Trabant jokes, special needs and a difficult childhood. Contains depictions of drug-use, mental health conditions German subtitles More Details
27.10. 19:00 – 20:00 DOK Neuland Presents: What if Hildegard von Bingen Was a Wellness Influencer #2W1 Heilandskirche Westkreuz During Checkout you can apply discounts, your accreditation or season passes 19:00 – 20:00 Heilandskirche Westkreuz #2W1 DOK Neuland Presents: What if Hildegard von Bingen Was a Wellness Influencer During Checkout you can apply discounts, your accreditation or season passes Calendar What if Hildegard von Bingen was a Wellness Influencer What if Hildegard von Bingen was a Wellness Influencer Hauptmeier \| Recker Germany DOK Neuland A duet for two church organs, played by AI-driven robots, and a score composed live with the audience. A unique experience that collapses time and musical traditions. More Details
27.10. 19:30 – 20:22 Zwei Sommer in der Badi Hauptbahnhof Osthalle Free entry During Checkout you can apply discounts, your accreditation or season passes 19:30 – 20:22 Hauptbahnhof Osthalle Zwei Sommer in der Badi Free entry Free entry During Checkout you can apply discounts, your accreditation or season passes Calendar Between Summers Zwei Sommer in der Badi Romana Lanfranconi Switzerland Young Eyes Two summers at the public pool: six teenagers between chips, TikTok, friendship and the big questions. While the orange water-slide is being dismantled, their world changes a little, too. German subtitles More Details
27.10. 20:00 – 21:00 DOK Neuland Presents: What if Hildegard von Bingen Was a Wellness Influencer #2W2 Heilandskirche Westkreuz During Checkout you can apply discounts, your accreditation or season passes 20:00 – 21:00 Heilandskirche Westkreuz #2W2 DOK Neuland Presents: What if Hildegard von Bingen Was a Wellness Influencer During Checkout you can apply discounts, your accreditation or season passes Calendar What if Hildegard von Bingen was a Wellness Influencer What if Hildegard von Bingen was a Wellness Influencer Hauptmeier \| Recker Germany DOK Neuland A duet for two church organs, played by AI-driven robots, and a score composed live with the audience. A unique experience that collapses time and musical traditions. More Details
27.10. 20:00 – 21:35 A Fire There Polnisches Institut Free entry During Checkout you can apply discounts, your accreditation or season passes 20:00 – 21:35 Polnisches Institut A Fire There Free entry Free entry During Checkout you can apply discounts, your accreditation or season passes Calendar A Fire There Un feu au loin Marlene Edoyan Canada Doc Alliance Three friends from a village near the Georgian-Armenian border begin to go different paths in life. An airy and sensual coming-of-age meditation in a time of upheaval. More Details
27.10. 20:00 – 22:35 Union Town + Discussion #2A2 Schaubühne Lindenfels During Checkout you can apply discounts, your accreditation or season passes 20:00 – 22:35 Schaubühne Lindenfels #2A2 Union Town + Discussion During Checkout you can apply discounts, your accreditation or season passes Calendar Union Town Union Town Barbara Kopple USA Positions Every day, millions of parcels are delivered in New York, yet the people behind them remain invisible. Workers at Amazon, UPS and other companies unite to fight for better conditions. Contains mentions of death German subtitles More Details
27.10. 20:30 – 22:44 Short Film Reel: Neat and Tidy? #274 Passage Kinos Wintergarten During Checkout you can apply discounts, your accreditation or season passes 20:30 – 22:44 Passage Kinos Wintergarten #274 Short Film Reel: Neat and Tidy? During Checkout you can apply discounts, your accreditation or season passes Calendar Extinction Story Extinction Story Claudia Larcher Austria International Competition Animated Film Consisting of 4500 fragile natural artworks, the grandfather’s bird egg collection is an inheritance that reveals its collector’s 20th century biography: Josef Schreiber from Vorarlberg. More Details Nonna Lucia Nonna Lucia Marcel Barelli Switzerland International Competition Animated Film A house full of possessions. What do they tell us about the person who left them behind? Marcel Barelli combines stop motion and video material to grasp the life of his beloved Nonna. Contains mentions of death More Details Der Kern Der Kern Rebecca Zehr Germany German Competition Documentary Film A woman falls ill. Normality ends. Standstill. Suddenly everything is too much: everyday life, filmmaking, responsibility. What is the essence of life? A story of searching and returning. Contains mentions of mental health conditions More Details Patronymic Patronymic Mariia Ponomarova Netherlands, Ukraine International Competition Documentary Film Her patronymic is missing in her international documents. More than a bureaucratic detail for Mariia: the name connects her to her father and Ukraine. An identity quest by night train. Contains mentions of war scenes More Details Nachtcafé Nachtcafé Titouan Abraham, María José Celis, Arvin Saeedpour Germany German Competition Documentary Film Soup for warming up, finding calm in church light, knowledge of the streets of Cologne, spoken into the dark. An alternative city tour from the perspective of those who live on the street. Contains mentions of drug-use, mental health conditions More Details Hallo Debus Hallo Debus Rosa Gocht Germany German Competition Documentary Film A father makes requests on the answering machine of his son, who’s so paralysed he’s become a veritable still life. Overwhelmed, helpless; an absurd transformation begins. Contains mentions of mental health conditions More Details
27.10. 20:30 – 22:38 Silicon Saxony + Die Klasse von 1990 #234 CineStar 5 During Checkout you can apply discounts, your accreditation or season passes 20:30 – 22:38 CineStar 5 #234 Silicon Saxony + Die Klasse von 1990 During Checkout you can apply discounts, your accreditation or season passes Calendar Silicon Saxony Silicon Saxony Leon Meschede Germany Fokus Ost Europe’s largest chip factory is rising in Dresden – precisely where the heart of the GDR’s microelectronics industry once beat. Tracing the past and the afterglow of a utopia. More Details Die Klasse von 1990 Die Klasse von 1990 RP Kahl, Sonja Hilberger Germany Fokus Ost An East German student protest of the early 1990s, revisited by former acting students of Rostock’s “Ernst Busch” Academy. A portrait of an era and a lesson in self-empowerment. More Details
27.10. 20:30 – 22:50 Übergang #214 CineStar 2 During Checkout you can apply discounts, your accreditation or season passes 20:30 – 22:50 CineStar 2 #214 Übergang During Checkout you can apply discounts, your accreditation or season passes Calendar Übergang Übergang Peter Badel, Chris Wright Germany German Competition Documentary Film MDR Special Screening Fokus Ost Thomas Heise died in May 2024, leaving behind an unfinished project. He himself was to be a character in the film. His team carries on. Fragments of a life as lived history. Contains mentions of death Audio Description More Details
27.10. 20:30 – 22:12 The Nights #254 CineStar 7 During Checkout you can apply discounts, your accreditation or season passes 20:30 – 22:12 CineStar 7 #254 The Nights During Checkout you can apply discounts, your accreditation or season passes Calendar The Nights Las Noches Ana Bovino Argentina International Competition Documentary Film In a velvety nocturnal Buenos Aires, the irrepressible La Pichi tells stories of relationships, family, body issues and class. What’s more empowering than narrating life on your own terms? Contains depictions of nudity, explicit sex scenes More Details
27.10. 21:00 – 22:56 Short Film Reel: darktimes dot com #2C2 Cinémathèque in der naTo During Checkout you can apply discounts, your accreditation or season passes 21:00 – 22:56 Cinémathèque in der naTo #2C2 Short Film Reel: darktimes dot com During Checkout you can apply discounts, your accreditation or season passes Calendar Spray and Pray Spray and Pray Veneta Androva Bulgaria, Germany International Competition Animated Film Never before has it been so easy to spread disinformation in the world. The animated documentary visualises proliferating mushroom websites and the construction of authenticity. More Details The Evidence of the Termites La evidencia del comején Roberto Jaén Costa Rica International Competition Documentary Film Utilising a thrillingly polyphonic split screen perspective, this wry, shifting, self-reflexive essay film is a playful attempt to pin down that most slippery of terms: class. More Details Summer of Smooth Asphalt Lato gładkiego asfaltu Maria Dakszewicz Poland International Competition Animated Film Shrieks, laughter, ear-splitting music from the carnival rides – the cacophony of a fairground stops when a discarded transistor radio begins to speak of quieter dreams. More Details no_mercy_in_Mexico no_mercy_in_Mexico Oscar Asán Mexico International Competition Animated Film Pop-cultural set pieces from games and the internet fuel a delirious fascination with the brutal mentality of the drug cartels. But what if the game turns deadly serious? Contains mentions of drug-use, death, murder Contains depictions of physical violence, torture More Details They’re Here They’re Here Laura Poitras, Rachel Lauren Mueller USA International Competition Documentary Film A dystopian winter in Minneapolis: local inhabitants fight back against the paramilitary attacks being carried out by ICE, whose violence Poitras and Mueller make visible as a horror film. Contains mentions of racism, murder Contains depictions of physical violence More Details
27.10. 21:00 – 22:00 DOK Neuland Presents: What if Hildegard von Bingen Was a Wellness Influencer #2W3 Heilandskirche Westkreuz During Checkout you can apply discounts, your accreditation or season passes 21:00 – 22:00 Heilandskirche Westkreuz #2W3 DOK Neuland Presents: What if Hildegard von Bingen Was a Wellness Influencer During Checkout you can apply discounts, your accreditation or season passes Calendar What if Hildegard von Bingen was a Wellness Influencer What if Hildegard von Bingen was a Wellness Influencer Hauptmeier \| Recker Germany DOK Neuland A duet for two church organs, played by AI-driven robots, and a score composed live with the audience. A unique experience that collapses time and musical traditions. More Details
27.10. 21:00 – 22:59 White Lies #264 Passage Kinos Astoria During Checkout you can apply discounts, your accreditation or season passes 21:00 – 22:59 Passage Kinos Astoria #264 White Lies During Checkout you can apply discounts, your accreditation or season passes Calendar White Lies White Lies Alba Zari Italy, Belgium Audience Competition The “Children of God” are notorious for the systematic abuse of thousands of followers – artist Alba Zari confronts painful questions about her family’s past in the sect. Contains depictions of mental health conditions German subtitles More Details
27.10. 21:00 – 22:12 Son of a Bitch #244 CineStar 6 During Checkout you can apply discounts, your accreditation or season passes 21:00 – 22:12 CineStar 6 #244 Son of a Bitch During Checkout you can apply discounts, your accreditation or season passes Calendar Son of a Bitch O Filho da Puta Erica Maradona, Tania Anaya, Otto Guerra, Sávio Leite Brazil International Competition Animated Film A road movie by foot which coasts on a vibe equal parts crude and tender. Together with Ismael, we set off on a journey whose destination is not where he expected it to be. Contains depictions of murder, physical violence, nudity More Details
27.10. 21:00 – 22:45 Heat #222 CineStar 4 During Checkout you can apply discounts, your accreditation or season passes 21:00 – 22:45 CineStar 4 #222 Heat During Checkout you can apply discounts, your accreditation or season passes Calendar Heat Heat Jacqueline Zünd Switzerland Audience Competition The heat in the Gulf region is hard to bear – and how people deal with it depends on their wallet. An immersive dive into a horror scenario, narrated in feverish images. German subtitles More Details