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Die my love

A film by Lynne Ramsay. Starts November 13th at the fsk. In English with German subtitles.

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Grace, a wri­ter and young mother, is slow­ly slip­ping into mad­ness. Locked away in an old house in and around Montana, we see her acting incre­asing­ly agi­ta­ted and erra­tic, lea­ving her com­pa­n­ion, Jackson, incre­asing­ly worried and helpless.

Credits:

CA 2024, 118 Min., Englisch OmU
Regie: Lynne Ramsay
Kamera: Seamus McGarvey
Schnitt: Toni Froschhammer
mit : Jennifer Lawrence, Robert Pattinson, Lakeith Stanfield
, Sissy Spacek

Trailer:
DIE MY LOVE | Offizieller Teaser-Trailer | Ab 13. November im Kino
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Hysteria

Hysteria

A film by Mehmet Akif Büyükatalay. Starts November 6th at the fsk. In German, English, Turkish, Kurdish, Arabic with German subtitles.

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When a bur­ned Quran is found on a film set, the shoot takes a dark turn and the crew are thrown into turm­oil. Caught in the cross­fi­re, an intern, Elif, is drawn into a dan­ge­rous game of secrets, accu­sa­ti­ons and lies. Mehmet Akif Büyükatalay’s ambi­guous, pro­vo­ca­ti­ve con­spi­ra­cy thril­ler plays with the film-within-a-film motif and is rich in unex­pec­ted twists. A pier­cing reflec­tion on the power of images and the dyna­mics of per­cep­ti­on, pro­jec­tion and socie­tal hysteria.

Credits:

DE 2025, 104 Min., Deutsch, Englisch, Türkisch, Kurdisch, Arabisch OmU
Regie: Mehmet Akif Büyükatalay
Kamera: Christian Kochmann
Schnitt: Denys Darahan, Andreas Menn
mit Devrim Lingnau, Mehdi Meskar, Serkan Kaya, Nicolette Krebitz, Aziz Çapkurt, Nazmi Kırık

Trailer:
Hysteria by Mehmet Akif Büyükatalay (2025)
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Briefe aus der Wilcza – Listy z Wilczej

Briefe aus der Wilcza – Listy z Wilczej

A film by Arjun Talwar. Starts October 16th at the fsk. In Polish with German and English subtitles.

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A street in cen­tral Warsaw is the focus of this wit­ty and per­so­nal por­trait of Poland. Filmmaker Arjun Talwar immi­gra­ted to the coun­try a deca­de ago but still strug­gles to fit in. Ulica Wilcza, the street whe­re he lives, has not real­ly hel­ped mat­ters. In an attempt to acce­le­ra­te his inte­gra­ti­on, he beg­ins film­ing his neigh­bours, sound­ing out his rela­ti­onships with them and see­king ways to over­co­me his own fee­lings of ali­en­ati­on. With the help of his fri­end Mo, ano­ther immi­grant-tur­ned-film­ma­ker, Arjun unco­vers the hid­den secrets of the street, reve­al­ing a host of char­ming inha­bi­tants. He finds other peo­p­le like hims­elf who are living bet­ween the past and pre­sent, bet­ween an ima­gi­ned home­land and the real one. The street con­nects them all like an invi­si­ble thread, offe­ring solace in the melan­cho­ly of ever­y­day life. Along this kilo­met­re-long stretch, a pic­tu­re of modern Europe emer­ges, expo­sing a kalei­do­scope of con­tra­dic­tions and anxie­ties as a for­eign film­ma­ker holds up a mir­ror to a coun­try that is often per­cei­ved as homo­ge­neous, unwel­co­ming and poli­ti­cal­ly right-wing.

Credits:

PL/DE 2025, 97 Min., pol­ni­sche Originalfassung mit deut­schen und eng­li­schen Untertiteln
Regie & Kamera: Arjun Talwar
Schnitt: Bigna Tomschin, Arjun Talwar & Sabina Filipowicz

Trailer:
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Sorda – Der Klang der Welt

A film by Eva Libertad. Starts October 30th at the fsk. In Spanish and Spanish Sign Language with German subtitles.

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Ángela, a deaf woman, and Héctor, her hea­ring part­ner, are expec­ting a child. They are exci­ted about the pregnan­cy, alt­hough they do not yet know whe­ther the baby will be deaf or hea­ring. Despite both clai­ming they can hand­le wha­te­ver comes, their under­ly­ing con­cerns are evi­dent. After a com­pli­ca­ted and emo­tio­nal­ly inten­se labour, Ángela gives birth to their daugh­ter, but the pair will have to wait a cou­ple of months to learn if the baby is hea­ring or not. During this time, Héctor strug­gles to ful­ly grasp the chal­lenges Ángela is facing, while she must come to terms with rai­sing a daugh­ter who may not share her expe­ri­ence of the world. This jour­ney forces both of them to ques­ti­on their roles as part­ners and par­ents, as Ángela grapp­les with her iden­ti­ty in a socie­ty that does not ful­ly accept or under­stand her.

Credits:

Es 2025, 99 Min., span., spa­ni­sche Gebärdensprache OmU
Regie: Eva Libertad 
Kamera:
Gina Ferrer García
Schnitt: Marta Velasco
mit: Miriam Garlo, Álvaro Cervantes, Elena Irureta, Joaquín Notario

Trailer:
DEAF by Eva Libertad – TRAILER

Im Kino mit deut­schen Untertiteln.

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The Mastermind

A film by Kelly Reichardt. Starts October 16th at the fsk. In English with German subtitles.

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In a seda­te cor­ner of Massachusetts cir­ca 1970, JB Mooney (Josh O’Connor) an unem­ploy­ed car­pen­ter tur­ned ama­teur art thief, plans his first big heist. When things go hay­wire, his life unravels.

Credits:

US 2025, 110 Min., engl. OmU
Regie & Schnitt: Kelly Reichardt
Kamera: Christopher Blauvelt
mit: Josh O’Connor, Alana Haim, Hope Davis, John Magaro, Gaby Hoffmann, Bill Camp

Trailer:
THE MASTERMIND | Offizieller Trailer | Ab 16. Oktober im Kino
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Drei Kilometer bis zum Ende der Welt

A film by  Emanuel Pârvu. In Romanian with German subtitles.

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Adi (17) is spen­ding the sum­mer in his home vil­la­ge in the Danube Delta. One night he is bru­t­ally atta­cked on the street, the next day his world is tur­ned upsi­de-down. His par­ents no lon­ger look at him as they did, and the see­ming tran­qui­li­ty of the vil­la­ge starts to crack.

Credits:

TREI KILOMETRI PÂNĂ LA CAPĂTUL LUMII
RO 2024, 105 Min., rumä­ni­sche OmU
Regie: Emanuel Pârvu
Kamera: Silviu Stavilã
Schnitt: Mircea Olteanu
mit: Ciprian Chiujdea) · Bogdan Dumitrache · Laura Vasiliu · Valeriu Andriutâ · Ingrid Micu-Berescu 

Trailer:
DREI KILOMETER BIS ZUM ENDE DER WELT – Trailer OV-de
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Karla

A film by Christina Tournatzés. In German.

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1962 – Twelve-year-old Karla is a wit­ness in court. She files char­ges against the very per­son who was sup­po­sed to pro­tect her: Her father. Judge Lamy is the hope at her side.

Credits:

DE 2025, 104 Min.
Regie: Christina Tournatzés
Kamera: Florian Emmerich
Schnitt: Isabel Meier
mit: Elise Krieps, Rainer Bock, Imogen Kogge, Torben Liebrecht, Katharina Schüttler

Trailer:
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Holding Liat

Holding Liat

A film by Brandon Kramer. Starts October 16th at the fsk. In English aud Hebrew with German subtitles.

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A film that is shot tru­ly open-endedly, in the thick of it, even though – at the out­set – it was impos­si­ble to pre­dict what would hap­pen. Liat is for­ci­b­ly abduc­ted from her kib­butz by mem­bers of Hamas on 7 October 2023 and short­ly after­wards Brandon Kramer starts film­ing with her fami­ly. He’s right the­re with them, up clo­se, as the par­ents Yehuda and Chaya try to deal with their fear – or to sway the fate of their adult daugh­ter and her hus­band in dia­lo­gue with the aut­ho­ri­ties. As a US citi­zen, Yehuda flies to the USA, accom­pa­nied by Liat’s son, who is bur­den­ed by more than the public atten­ti­on, and Liat’s sis­ter, who will try to cushion Yehuda’s tem­per and anger. Because even within this fami­ly views are pola­ri­sed: despi­te his pain, the father takes a cri­ti­cal view of Israel’s role in the Middle East con­flict. He is a paci­fist and will not be dis­sua­ded from the path of recon­ci­lia­ti­on, even at the geo­po­li­ti­cal epi­cent­re of diplo­ma­cy and trau­ma. He per­sis­t­ent­ly swims against the tide, takes issue with hims­elf and ever­yo­ne else and bera­tes the Israeli govern­ment. A can­did film of the hour. Insights don’t come from poli­tics, but from Liat’s family.

Credits:

US 2025, 97 Min., Englisch, Hebräisch OmU
Regie: Brandon Kramer
Kamera: Yoni Brook, Omer Manor
Schnitt: Jeff Gilbert

Trailer:
Holding Liat Official Trailer

Im Kino mit deut­schen Untertiteln.

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Wenn du Angst hast nimmst du dein Herz in den Mund und lächelst

A film by Marie Luise Lehner. Starts October 2nd at the fsk. In German, German Sign Language & English with German subtitles.

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Slowly, 12-year-old Anna and her deaf mum are start­ing to feel a bit cram­ped in their flat. It’s not just the lack of pri­va­cy that’s caus­ing fric­tion – Anna has just star­ted secon­da­ry school and quick­ly rea­li­ses what’s important now: brand-name clo­thes and a sen­se of belon­ging. She quick­ly gets hold of a fake Ralph Lauren jum­per, but money’s still tight. In her debut, direc­tor and aut­hor Marie Luise Lehner stages a con­fron­ta­ti­on with clas­sist struc­tures, which Anna tack­les with a mix­tu­re of shame and grit. She finds an ally in Mara, who chal­lenges others with femi­nist issues and who also lives alo­ne with her que­er father. Lehner stands by her heroes uncon­di­tio­nal­ly, giving them space for intro­s­pec­tion and out­bursts, allo­wing them to row back and recon­ci­le. Not fit­ting in allows them to get to know and app­re­cia­te who they are. Lehner flies the flag of soli­da­ri­ty, quite natu­ral­ly and with ple­nty of refe­ren­ces to pop cul­tu­re. And clo­ses with a libe­ra­ting “Fuck you, Vienna”, high abo­ve the city’s rooftops.

Credits:

AT 2025, 87 Min., Deutsch, Deutsche Gebärdensprache, Englisch OmU
Regie: Marie Luise Lehner
Kamera:
Simone Hart
Schnitt: Jana Libnik, Joana Scrinzi, Alexandra Schneider
mit: Siena Popović, Mariya Menner, Jessica Paar, Daniel Sea

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In die Sonne schauen

A film by Mascha Schilinski. In German.

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Four girls, Alma, Erika, Angelika, and Lenka, each spend their youth on the same farm in nor­t­hern Germany. As the home evol­ves over a cen­tu­ry, echo­es of the past lin­ger in its walls. Though sepa­ra­ted by time, their lives begin to mir­ror each other.

Cannes 2025 – Jury Prize

Credits:

DE 2024, 149 Min.,
Regie: Mascha Schilinski
Kamera: Fabian Gamper

Schnitt: Evelyn Rack
Darsteller*innen: Luise Heyer, Lena Urzendowsky, Claudia Geisler-Bading, Lea Drinda, Hanna Heckt

Trailer:
Kinotrailer „In die Sonne schau­en” – Kinostart 28. August 2025
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