W.I.M. In the course of time

2026-03-11 – 2026-10-18

THE LIGHT OF THE QUINCE TREE OmeU, not specified

2026-10-17 @ 20:00

140 min. *The Light of the Quince Tree* Spain 1992. Dir.: Victor Erice. Starring: Antonio López García, María Moreno. 133 min. DCP. Original version with English subtitles. Film Series: Victor Erice Four years ago, the painter Antonio López planted a quince tree in the garden of his home in Madrid. Now—it is the year 1990—he wants to paint it, specifically to capture the distinctive autumn light that filters through the leaves onto the fruit. To do so, he measures the tree with the utmost precision. But the weather between late September and December isn’t cooperating, and because of the rain, López even has to set up a plastic tent over himself and the tree so he can still paint. Erice observed López at work day after day with his camera, capturing the painter’s daily life in the process:…

THE SKY OVER BERLIN (4K RESTORATION) Germany, ages 6 and up

2026-10-17 @ 22:30

Director: Wim Wenders | Cast: Bruno Ganz, Otto Sander, Solveig Dommartin | 127 min. | Drama, Fantasy, West Germany 1987. Dir.: Wim Wenders. Starring: Bruno Ganz, Solveig Dommartin, Otto Sander. 127 min. DCP Film Series: W.I.M. In the Course of Time Berlin, 1986: The angels Damiel and Cassiel roam through the divided city, listening in on people’s thoughts. On overlapping audio tracks, philosophical questions about existence and mortality stand on equal footing with remarks about everyday things. As angels, they cannot intervene in human lives. When Damiel falls in love with the lonely trapeze artist Marion, he makes the momentous decision to become human. *Wings of Desire* is considered a classic of German auteur cinema and has won numerous international awards, such as…

THE SAFE HOUSE Original version with subtitles, not specified

2026-10-18 @ 20:00

Director: Lionel Baier | 90 min. | Drama, Comedy Switzerland/Luxembourg/France 2025. Dir.: Lionel Baier. 90 min. DCP. Original French version with German subtitles. Followed by a discussion: Lionel Baier with Dominique Petre (Institut français). Opening drinks and welcome: 5:00 p.m. Film starts at 6:00 p.m. Film series: Jewish Film Days Set against the backdrop of the May 1968 riots in Paris, the film tells the story—from the perspective of young Christophe—of an unusual Jewish-Christian family that lives by its own rules. In the grandparents’ apartment—once a refuge during the German occupation—four generations come together. Amid art, philosophy, and family legends, a lovingly chaotic portrait emerges of a family that closely observes social upheavals…

NECROPOLIS (Original Version with Subtitles), not specified

2026-10-18 @ 22:30

Director: Keren Alexander | 52 min. Israel/Spain 2025. Dir.: Keren Alexander. 52 min. DCP. Original Version with English Subtitles (OmeU). Preceded by: THE EULOGY (Israel 2025. Dir.: Moran Rosenblatt). Followed by a Q&A with Keren Alexander and Moran Rosenblatt (both directors), Kobi Mizrahi (producer) Film series: Jewish Film Days The Har HaMenuchot (“Mount of Rest”) cemetery in Jerusalem, Israel’s largest Jewish cemetery, resembles a micro-metropolis in its own right: More than 2,500 people are buried here each year. As available space has become increasingly scarce, an extraordinary solution was developed deep inside the mountain. The “Eternal Tunnels” are a vast, branching underground tunnel system that provides space for approximately 23,000 additional, religiously compliant burial sites…

NANDAURI (Original version with subtitles), not specified

2026-10-20 @ 20:00

93 min. Italy/Georgia/Israel 2025. Dir.: Eti Tsicko. 93 min. Original version with English subtitles Film series: Jewish Film Festival Marina, an Israeli lawyer who has long suppressed her heritage and identity, returns to her homeland of Georgia to represent Nino, who left the country eleven years ago and left her son behind. Determined to reunite the boy with his mother, Marina travels to a small, remote village high up in the snow-covered mountains of Georgia, where she meets Dato, Nino’s brother and the child’s guardian. Despite his resistance and deep anger over the fact that his sister once abandoned her son, he agrees to help. What begins as a tense confrontation gradually evolves into…

SLAVNOSTI SNEŽENEK OmeU, not specified

2026-10-20 @ 22:30

Director: Jirí Menzel | 83 min. The boar is loose CSSR 1984. D: Jirí Menzel. D: Rudolf Hrušínský, Jaromír Hanzlík. Josef Somr. 83 min. 35mm. Original version with German subtitles Film series: Czech literary adaptations This film not only marks another collaboration between Menzel and Hrabal, but the writer also makes a small guest appearance. Again, this is a movie with little plot; instead, the world of a village is presented, and a number of characters are portrayed in more detail: a taciturn man who is ordered around by his wife and daughter, and a couple who run the local pub. At the beginning, a group of drunken men leave the inn on their...

LOVE ON SCHEDULE (Original version with subtitles), not specified

2026-10-21 @ 20:00

Director: Jirí Menzel | 93 min. Love According to the Schedule, Czechoslovakia 1966. Dir.: Jirí Menzel. Cast: Václav Neckár, Jitka Bendová, Vladimír Valenta. 92 min. 35mm. Original version with German subtitles Film series: Czech Literary Adaptations In his first feature-length film (the original title roughly translates to “Carefully Observed Trains”), Menzel adapted a short story by Bohumil Hrabal. The film is set during World War II, under German occupation, in a small Bohemian town. The main character is an adolescent who works at a train station alongside the stationmaster and the dispatcher. The film focuses on the boy’s shyness and sexual struggles; however, it also deals with resistance against the occupation. The film is a typical example of…

DOUBLE FEATURE: DOG MOVIE/PUPPYGIRL OF, not specified

2026-10-21 @ 22:30

Director: Henry Hanson | 111 min. USA 2023/2025. R: Henry Hanson. Starring: Milo Talwani, Jessi Gaston, Marten Katze. 111 min. Digital. Original version. Film series: Trans New Weird Trans director Henry Hanson is becoming a true hidden gem in queer underground cinema with his no-budget comedies. His debut film, *DOG MOVIE* (2023), explores the everyday life of a couple and their non-binary friend Bloo. The result is improvised situational comedy, aptly described by the director as a mix of Hong Sang-Soo and Larry David. In the docu-fiction sequel PUPPYGIRL (2025), lead actress Milo Talwani returns with the goal of starring in a “puppygirl” porn film. Both of these new discoveries will be screened as a double feature.

DOUBLE HEARTBEAT (Original Version with Subtitles), not specified

2026-10-22 @ 20:00

Director: Su-Jin Song | 60 min. DE 2013. D: Su-Jin Song. Documentary. 60 min. DCP. OmU Original version with German subtitles With supporting film: NURSE KIM'S MESSAGE HOME (FRG 1967) Guest: Su-Jin Song Film series: Project K. and The Past is not another Country present A cooperation between The Past Is Not Another Country: Archive anders machen and the Korean Film Festival Frankfurt Project K looks at the history of Korean migration to Germany: The short commissioned production NURSE KIM'S MESSAGE HOME follows a group of Korean nurses in Frankfurt who came to Germany in the late 1960s to work for Höchst AG. The documentary DOPPELTER HERZSCHLAG, made on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the German-Korean labor agreement of...

FANTASY LIFE (English original version), not specified

2026-10-22 @ 22:30

Director: Matthew Shear | 91 min. USA 2025. Dir.: Matthew Shear. 91 min. Original English version. Film series: Jewish Film Festival. After losing his job and suffering a panic attack, Sam Stein’s life is thrown off balance. Unexpectedly, he finds a new purpose when he begins babysitting his psychiatrist’s three granddaughters. What is meant to be a one-time favor turns into a summer on Martha’s Vineyard that sets his life on a new course. There, Sam meets the actress Dianne, whose career has stalled and whose marriage to a constantly touring rock musician is increasingly showing cracks. A cautious bond develops between the two, sustained by their shared experiences with mental health struggles and their desire for direction in…

LARKS ON A STRING (Original Version with Subtitles), FSK rating to follow

2026-10-23 @ 19:30

Director: Jiri Menzel | 94 min. *Larks on a String* Czechoslovakia 1969/90. Dir.: Jirí Menzel. Cast: Rudolf Hrušínský, Vlastimil Brodský, Václav Neckár. 94 min. 35mm. Original version with English subtitles Film Series: Czech Literary Adaptations Menzel’s third adaptation of a Hrabal work was filmed in 1968 during the “Prague Spring” and completed in 1969, but could not be screened until after the fall of the Stalinist regime, specifically in 1990 at the Berlinale, where—21 years after its completion!—it won the Golden Bear. The film is set around 1950 at a huge scrapyard where scrap metal is collected for remelting. It is a satire on the “re-education of work-shy elements,” who are supposed to be guided here toward orderly work in the spirit of socialism. The…

CONGO BOY (Original Version with Subtitles), not specified

2026-10-23 @ 21:30

Director: Rafiki Fariala | 91 min. CF/FR/IT/CD 2026. D: Rafiki Fariala. 91 min. DCP. OmeU (Sango, Lingala, Swahili, French) Original version with English subtitles Supporting film: L'ÉCHO D'UNE RENCONTRE Echo of an Encounter, Cameroon/France 2026. R: Reine Dibussi. 12 min. french. OmeU Original version with English subtitles With dance performance after the film Film series: Southern Lights CONGO BOY: Bangui, capital of the Central African Republic. Robert, a 17-year-old refugee from the Congo, dreams of a career as a rapper. He looks after his four younger siblings on his own, juggles odd jobs and prepares to finish school while avoiding the militias that spread terror. Winning a music competition becomes his...

DOUBLE FEATURE: NO LET THEM DIE & WAGU DAGARAN OmeU, not specified

2026-10-24 @ 17:00

75 min. NG 2024. Dir.: Ogochukwu Umeadi. Documentary. 30 min. Original version with English subtitles NG/DE 2026. Dir.: Abigail Mann and Benjamin Samuel. Documentary. 45 min. Original version with English subtitles. Followed by a discussion with Abigail Mann, Benjamin Samuel, and Helen Okojiri, moderated by Helen Kahsai. Film series: Southern Lights Since 2019, the DFF and Goethe University Frankfurt have been collaborating with the University of Jos and the Nigerian Film Corporation in Nigeria. Together, they established Africa’s first master’s program in film archiving and film culture (Archival Studies Master Program Jos). The festival presents documentaries and discussions with film students from Jos. NO LET THEM DIE is a journey into Nigeria’s archives. WURU DAGARANG – ECHOES FROM THE CAVE follows the Aten community of…

RAJAGUNJ: POOJA, SIR OmeU, not specified

2026-10-24 @ 20:00

Director: Deepak Rauniyar | 109 min. NP/US/NO 2024. R: Deepak Rauniyar. D: Asha Magarati, Nikita Chandak. 109 min. OVR (Nepali, Maithili, Hindi) Original version with German subtitles Film series: Southern Lights When two boys disappear in a border town in Nepal, investigator Pooja Thapa takes on the case. But political unrest and social tensions complicate the search. Deepak Rauniyar's gripping crime thriller combines personal experiences with a sharp look at discrimination, the caste system and the invisible borders within society. When two boys disappear in a border town in Nepal, Detective Inspector Pooja Thapa takes on the investigation. Political unrest and social tensions soon complicate the search. Deepak Rauniyar's gripping crime drama...

TURTLE WALKER OmeU, not specified

2026-10-24 @ 22:00

Director: Taira Malaney | 75 min. IN/US 2024. Dir.: Taira Malaney. Cast: Satish Bhaskar, Adhith Swaminathan. 75 min. English. Original version with English subtitles. Followed by a discussion with: Tharaka Sriram, moderated by Pramila Chenchanna Film Series: Southern Lights Since the 1970s, Indian conservationist Satish Bhaskar has been following the tracks of endangered sea turtles on foot along the coasts of India. His decades-long search for their nesting sites becomes a poetic journey about dedication, science, and the fragile connection between humans and nature. A powerful portrait of a life dedicated to marine conservation. Since the 1970s, Indian conservationist Satish Bhaskar has followed the traces of endangered sea turtles along India’s coastlines on foot. His decades-long search for…

DOUNIA LE GRAND PAYS BLANC OF, not specified

2026-10-25 @ 16:00

Director: André Kadie, Maria Zarif | 51 min. CA 2025. D: André Kadie, Maria Zarif. 51 min. DCP. arab. OF with live German voice-over via headphones. Recommended for ages 6 and up Musical supporting program: Monday group from Al Karama / der hof with Delphine Roche (flute), Sophie Herr (cello), Julian Namé Film series: Kinderkino | Southern Lights on Tour In the sequel to DOUNIA AND THE PRINCESS OF ALEPPO, Dounia and her grandparents have settled in Canada. Little by little, she discovers her new home with its changing seasons, diverse foods and languages. While her grandparents preserve Syrian traditions, Dounia also gets to know other cultures through new friendships. Her boyfriend's grandmother shares stories of the indigenous community with her. With her...

NIÑXS - LIFE SPARKLES (Original version with subtitles), ages 12 and up

2026-10-25 @ 19:00

Director: KANI LAPUERTA | 88 min. | Documentary MX/DE 2025. Dir.: Kani Lapuerta. Documentary. 93 min. DCP. Spanish with German subtitles. Original version with German subtitles. Part of the “Southern Lights” film series. At the foot of the sacred Mount Tepozteco lies the small Mexican town of Tepoztlán. Against this backdrop, 15-year-old Karla undergoes a profound transformation. Director Kani weaves together footage collected over eight years into a heartwarming film, in which they explore the experiences of a transgender teenager growing up in a rural community. At the foot of the sacred mountain Tepozteco lies the Mexican small town of Tepoztlán. Against this backdrop, 15-year-old Karla undergoes a profound transformation. Director Kani weaves together footage collected over eight…

AND SHE DIDN’T DIE (Original Version with Subtitles), not specified

2026-10-25 @ 21:00

Director: Zikethiwe Ngcobo | 103 min. GB/ZA 2025. D: Zikethiwe Ngcobo. Documentary. 103 min. DCP. OmeU (English, Zulu) Original version with English subtitles With Zoom conversation: Zikethiwe Ngcobo, moderated by Andrea Hartmann Film series: Southern Lights This multi-layered portrait of South African anti-apartheid activist and author Lauretta Ngcobo from the perspective of her daughter, filmmaker Zikethiwe Ngcobo, combines personal memories with the political history of resistance against apartheid. At the same time, the film pays tribute to the often invisible role of women in the liberation struggle and the power of storytelling as a form of resistance, healing and cultural transmission. The film will be accompanied by a reading group on Tuesday, October 27, at 7:30 p.m....

CONFIDENTE D, not specified

2026-10-26 @ 19:00

Director: Guillaume Giovanetti, Sébastien Fouque | 76 min. TR/FR/LU 2025. D: Çagla Zencirci and Guillaume Giovanetti. D: Saadet Isil Aksoy, Erkan Kolçak Köstendil. 76 min. turk. OmeU Original version with English subtitles With reading and conversation: Author Anna Yeliz Schentke (Kangal), moderated by Naima Wagner (DFF) Film series: Southern Lights Ankara, 1999. When a severe earthquake shakes Istanbul, the employee of an erotic hotline unexpectedly becomes the link between life and death for a young man trapped under the rubble. Against the backdrop of political tensions, a thriller about responsibility, solidarity and the courage to overcome social boundaries unfolds. Ankara, 1999: When a devastating earthquake strikes Istanbul, the operator at an...

ELEPHANTS IN THE FOG (Original Version with Subtitles), Ages 18 and up

2026-10-26 @ 21:00

Director: Abinash Bikram Shah | Cast: Pushpa Thing Lama, Deepika Yadav, Jasmine Bishwokarma, Aliz Ghimire | 103 min. | Queer NP/FR/DE/BR/NO 2026. D: Abinash Bikram Shah. D: Pushpa Thing Lama, Sahab Din Miya. 103 min. OmeU (Nepali) Original version with English subtitles Guest: Lilith Raza (LSVD - Verband Queere Vielfalt), moderated by Tharaka Sriram Film series: Southern Lights In a remote Nepalese village, Pirati, a trans woman and leader of a Kinnar community, struggles with the desire for a different life. When a young woman disappears from her community, her search becomes a confrontation with freedom, belonging and responsibility. Deep within Nepal's forests, Pirati, a transwoman and the leader of a Kinnar community, struggles with her desire for a...

KIKUYU LAND OmeU, not specified

2026-10-27 @ 12:00

Directed by Andrew H. Brown, Bea Wangondu | 96 min. KE 2025. Dir.: Andrew H. Brown, Bea Wangondu. Documentary. 96 min. DCP. Original version with English subtitles (English, Swahili, Kikuyu). Followed by a discussion with Julia Albrecht, education specialist at the Weltkulturen Museum, moderated by a student from the Helmholtz School.from Helmholtz School. Film Series: Southern Lights. Set against the backdrop of Kenya’s tea-growing regions, the film traces the consequences of colonial land expropriation from the perspective of the Kikuyu communities. It links the legal battle for land restitution with the family history of co-director Bea Wangondu and shows how the colonial legacy continues to shape people’s lives. Set in Kenya’s tea-growing highlands, the film traces the lasting impact of colonial land dispossession through the voices of…

A GOODNIGHT KISS (Original Version with Subtitles), Rating to be determined

2026-10-27 @ 19:00

Director: Giedre Žickyte | 89 min. Bulgaria/Estonia/Lithuania 2025. Dir.: Giedre Žickyte. 89 min. Original version with German subtitles. Followed by a Zoom discussion: Giedre Žickyte speaks with Rebecca Heiler (goEast Film Festival) In cooperation with: goEast Film Series: Jewish Film Days “Never seek revenge”—those were the last words Irena Veisaite’s mother spoke to her daughter. Words that shaped Irena Veisaite’s entire life. In Giedre Žickyte’s film, the Lithuanian cultural figure and Holocaust survivor—who passed away in 2020—recounts how she maintained her optimism and compassion despite the horrific experiences of her youth. The film weaves together footage from the past with reflective moments from the present to create a sensitive tribute to a woman who, throughout her life…

MARAMA (Original Version with Subtitles), not specified

2026-10-27 @ 21:15

Director: Taratoa Stappard | 89 min. NZ 2025. R: Taratoa Stappard. D: Ariana Osborne, Toby Stephens. 89 min. OmeU (English, Maori) Original version with English subtitles With Zoom talk: with director Taratoa Stappard, moderated by Tharaka Sriram Film series: Southern Lights England, 1859: In search of her origins, a young Maori woman ends up in a remote mansion haunted by colonial violence and dark secrets. Between gothic horror and historical drama, MARAMA tells of identity, ancestors, spiritual strength and the recapture of a stolen history. England, 1859: Searching for her ancestry, a young Maori woman is drawn into a remote manor haunted by colonial violence and dark secrets. Blending gothic horror with historical drama, MARAMA...

HAUS TUGENDHAT D, starting at 0

2026-10-28 @ 19:00

Director: Dieter Reifarth | Cast: Ernst Tugendhat, Daniela Tugendhat, Ruth Guggenheim-Tugendhat | 116 min. Germany 2013. Dir.: Dieter Reifarth. Documentary. 112 min. DCP Introduction: Peter Cachola Schmal Film Series: Czech Literary Adaptations Between 1928 and 1930, the married couple Fritz and Grete Tugendhat had architect Mies van der Rohe design and build a house for them in Brno. The family was able to live there for eight years before, due to their Jewish heritage, they were forced to flee from the advancing Nazis. The house was subsequently used for a variety of purposes and underwent numerous renovations before being designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2001. However, a comprehensive restoration was still a long time coming; it was not until 2012 that the house was opened to the public as a museum. Dieter Reifarth goes…

CUTTING THROUGH ROCKS (Original Version with Subtitles), not specified

2026-10-28 @ 21:15

Directed by: Mohammadreza Eyni, Sara Khaki | 95 min. IR/QA/CL/CA/NL/DE/US 2025. Dir.: Mohammadreza Eyni, Sara Khaki. 95 min. DCP. Original version with German subtitles (Azerbaijani, Turkish, Persian, English) Film Series: Southern Lights This documentary follows Iranian city councilwoman Sara Shahverdi, who challenges deeply rooted traditions by empowering women in her rural community. Shahverdi becomes a symbol of courage and social change. Despite resistance and social pressure, she tirelessly advocates for equality. The film paints an inspiring portrait of resilience and grassroots women’s rights activism in today’s Iran. The documentary follows Iranian councilwoman Sara Shahverdi, who challenges deeply rooted traditions by…

ALL I HAD WAS NOTHINGNESS Original version with subtitles, not specified

2026-10-29 @ 19:00

Director: Guillaume Ribot | 94 min. France 2025. Dir.: Guillaume Ribot. 94 min. DCP. Original version with German subtitles. Followed by a discussion with Dominique Lanzmann, Corinna Coulmas, and Irena Steinfeldt-Levy, along with film scholar Johannes Praetorius-Rhein. Film series: Jewish Film Festival Claude Lanzmann spent twelve years working on *SHOAH* (1985), a groundbreaking film that fundamentally changed the portrayal of the Shoah. Forty years later, filmmaker Guillaume Ribot explores the extensive archive of approximately 220 hours of previously unreleased footage. Lanzmann’s quest to find a cinematic approach to the reality of the Shoah took him around the world to survivors, eyewitnesses, and perpetrators. Despite doubts, setbacks, and missteps, the result was a…

T BLOCKERS (English original version), not specified

2026-10-29 @ 21:30

Directed by Alice Maio Mackay | 74 min. Australia 2023. Dir.: Alice Maio Mackay. Cast: Adeline Ophelia Last, Lewi Dawson, Lisa Fanto. 72 min. Blu-ray. Original Version Film Series: Trans New Weird horror comedy with a DIY punk attitude, in which trans director Sophie and her friends declare war on the alien parasite infecting their small town and turning cis men into mindless zombies. Since her debut in 2021, 22-year-old director Alice Maio Mackay has already made seven of her neon-drenched horror films. T-BLOCKERS is queer genre cinema for the community, as if Gregg Araki had worked at the trash film studio Troma.

I SERVED THE KING OF ENGLAND OmeU, starting at 0

2026-10-30 @ 19:00

The story centers on Jan Díte, a waiter who falls in love with a Sudeten German woman who is a fanatic supporter of Hitler.

TEENAGE SEX AND DEATH AT CAMP MIASMA (Original Version with Subtitles), ages 16 and up

2026-10-30 @ 21:30

After years of lackluster sequels and a dwindling fan base, the slasher franchise *Camp Miasma* is entrusted to an ambitious young director for a revival. When she visits the former star of the original films—an actress who now lives in seclusion and is shrouded in mystery—the two women find themselves plunged into a blood-soaked world full of desire, fear, and delusions.

TO THE END OF THE WORLD – DIRECTOR’S CUT (Original Version with Subtitles), not specified

2026-10-31 @ 15:30

Director: Wim Wenders | 287 min. Germany/France/Australia 1991/1994. Dir.: Wim Wenders. Cast: Solveig Dommartin, Eddy Mitchell, William Hurt. 287 min (with intermission). DCP. Original version with German subtitles Film series: W.I.M. Over Time *Until the End of the World* is an epic, globe-spanning road movie, filmed in nine countries and on four continents, and at the same time a work of science fiction: In the futuristic year 1999, a nuclear satellite hurtles toward Earth, threatening all life on the planet. Claire Tourneur is searching for a mysterious man who possesses a device that allows the blind to see and translates dream images into waking reality. Gradually, the film ultimately evolves into a dark parable about the power of images.…

HELLRAISER – THE GATE TO HELL (Original Version), ages 16 and up

2026-10-31 @ 21:00

Director: Clive Barker | Starring: Sean Chapman, Claire Higgins, Ashley Laurence | 94 min. | Horror Hellraiser - The Gateway to Hell Great Britain 1987. D: Clive Barker. D: Andrew Robinson, Clare Higgins, Ashley Laurence. 94 min. 35mm. Original English version (with Danish subtitles) Film series: Kultkino Kristy moves with her parents into the house of her uncle Frank, who disappeared without a trace some time ago. In reality, however, Frank's fate is worse than death: he is trapped in a dimension of pain and needs human blood to return. Horror author Clive Barker blurs the boundaries of pleasure and pain in a macabre way in this adaptation of his novella inspired by BDSM experiences and gothic horror - a...

HELLBOUND - HELLRAISER 2 (Original Version), Rated R

2026-10-31 @ 23:00

Director: Tony Randel | Actors: Claire Higgins, Ashley Laurence, Kenneth Cranham | 97 min. | Horror Great Britain/USA 1988. D: Tony Randel. D: Doug Bradley, Ashley Laurence, Clare Higgins. 97 min. 35mm. OF Original English version Film series: Cult Cinema After the horror of the first part, Kristy is committed to a mental hospital. But the horror of the cenobites continues to haunt her: the corrupt head doctor is fascinated by the occult beings and uses his patients to open the gateway to hell. Kristy soon finds herself in the labyrinth of demons in order to free her father. Adored by many fans, the sequel to Clive Barker's cult classic captivates with the atmosphere of a gruesome fairy tale, visual ingenuity and unusual effects. You can see a...

FRANKENWEENIE (Germany), ages 12 and up

2026-11-01 @ 16:00

Director: Tim Burton | Cast: Winona Ryder, Martin Landau, Catherine O'Hara | 87 min. | Animation, USA, 2012. Dir.: Tim Burton. 87 min. DCP. German dub. Recommended for ages 12 and up. Film series: Children's Cinema. When Victor’s beloved dog Sparky dies, the boy brings him back to life through an experiment. Soon, his classmates discover the secret and cause chaos. A dark stop-motion film with references to horror classics.

BLOCK 10

2026-11-01 @ 18:30

In early 1943, at the Auschwitz main camp, hundreds of Jewish women are confined in cramped quarters in BLOCK 10, which is separated from the rest of the camp grounds. Nazi doctors subject them to the most painful methods of forced sterilization. Prisoner doctors are forced to collaborate. The Jewish gynecologist Dr. Maximilian Samuel is blackmailed with the gassing of his 20-year-old daughter if he refuses to participate in the brutal experiments. Caught in this moral dilemma, he seeks his own way forward.

An evening with Wim Wenders

2026-11-01 @ 21:30

120 min. conversation between Wim Wenders and the curators of the current DFF special exhibition W.I.M. Im Lauf der Zeit From 7 pm: Signing session with Wim Wenders Afterwards: Surprise film by Yasujiro Ozu (approx. 110 min. 35mm. OmeU) Wim Wenders talks to the exhibition curators Isabelle Bastian and Hans-Peter Reichmann about his cinematic work and influences, his love of Japan and Yasujiro Ozu. Afterwards, a surprise film by Ozu personally selected by Wenders for the evening will be shown. Before the event, Wim Wenders will be signing his latest book from 7 pm (probably on the 2nd floor near the entrance to the permanent exhibition).

IN MY MOTHER'S IMAGE D, ages 12 and up

2026-11-03 @ 21:15

Director: Jutta Brückner | 95 min. | Drama, Mystery, Germany 2026. Dir.: Jutta Brückner. Starring: Corinna Harfouch, Carla Juri, Hildegard Schmahl, Nina Kunzendorf. 95 min. DCP. Special Guest: Jutta Brückner. Film Series: Carte Blanche Jutta Brückner. Director Jutta Brückner is one of the most significant female voices of New German Cinema. In November, the DFF honors her with a “Carte Blanche” film series featuring works from film history that have particularly shaped and influenced Brückner. On Tuesday, November 3, at 8:15 p.m., the now 85-year-old iconic director will be a guest at the DFF and will present her latest film, *IM SPIEGEL MEINER MUTTER*, starring Corinna Harfouch in the lead role. Before the film, Urs Spörri (DFF) will speak with Jutta Brückner about the films in her “Carte Blanche” series and her career.

FAREWELL TO YESTERDAY D, not specified

2026-11-12 @ 16:00

Director: Alexander Kluge | 88 min. West Germany 1966. Dir.: Alexander Kluge. Cast: Alexandra Kluge, Hans Korte, Edith Kuntze-Peloggio. 88 min. Film Series: Treffpunkt Kino 65plus The film is considered a style-defining classic of the New German Cinema and, through kaleidoscopic episodes, tells the story of Anita G., a Jewish woman who, after fleeing the GDR, tries to settle in West Germany. She becomes a nurse but commits a theft, after which her life gradually spirals out of control.