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16.August2026

  1. Saburo Teshigawara: Bound and Other Dance Films

    90 min

    Absolute Zero—a dance that strives toward zero. Saburo Teshigawara explores nothingness to ultimately arrive at absolute dance. This sounds paradoxical, yet it perfectly explains the very mindset that guides the Japanese avant-garde artist—dancer, choreographer, sculptor, and videographer—in his creative quest for the “seemingly impossible.” For that is precisely where he wants to go. He wants to turn the impossible into reality; he wants to make the air dance; he wants to transcend the void so that it crystallizes into pure poetry. “The Bound Man” is a parable about the power of art, the power of constraint, and the dialectic of freedom and bondage. A man is bound, and yet he moves with confidence and assurance.

    Alabama Kino

  2. F Tipi Film - Typ-F - Der Film

    Drama · 114 min

    Alabama Kino


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Which cinemas are covered?

Currently 49 cinemas and film series in Hamburg and the surrounding area: DFF — Deutsches Filminstitut & Filmmuseum, Zeise Kinos, Koralle Lichtspiele, Metropolis Kino, Filmpalast Hofheim, Astor Film Lounge MyZeil, Cinéma Frankfurt, Murnau-Filmtheater, Savoy Filmtheater, ASTOR Film Lounge HafenCity, Abaton, Capitol Arthouse Kino Mainz, Hansa-Filmstudio, Harmonie Theater Frankfurt, Kino Kelkheim, Mal seh'n Kino, Passage Kino Hamburg, Studio Kino, Filmforum Höchst, 3001 Kino, Freiluftkino Frankfurt, Hafen 2 Offenbach, Kronberger Lichtspiele, Blankeneser Kino, Lichtblick Mörfelden, Open-Air-Kino Bad Vilbel, Alabama Kino, Orfeo's Erben, Magazin Filmkunsttheater, Caligari FilmBühne, Filmraum, Eldorado Arthouse Kino, Pupille — Kino in der Uni, B-Movie, Kino Köppern, Botschaft der Wildtiere, Elbe Filmtheater, Sommerkino Alsterdorf, MGGU – Museum Giersch der Goethe-Universität, Zeise Open Air, Hugenottenhalle, naxos.Kino, Deutsch-Französische Gesellschaft Frankfurt, SchanzenKino 73, Senckenberg Naturmuseum, Café Mutz, Eschborn K, Historisches Museum Frankfurt and TAUNALE – Taunus Filmfest Oberursel.

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