Weekly overview
1 Sept – 7 Sept
TMDB 58 It Takes Two To Tango
2025 · 91 min
Antoine Toussaint is a famous, disillusioned 70 year-old crooner. On a train to Geneva where he plans to end his life, Antoine meets Victoire, a good-natured fan with a few loose wires. This unlikely encounter thwarts all Antoine’s plans, for better or worse!
- Comedy
- Romance
TMDB 59 Love In Separate Beds
She hates men, he hates complications - but after one passionate night ties them together, these two irreconcilable opposites are forced to coexist... working at the same school, with a baby on the way! Can a staunch feminist and an oblivious chauvinist find common ground?
- Comedy
Was ich von Maria weiß
A cinematic portrait of Maria, a 13-year-old girl who has been living in Hamburg, Germany, with her family from Spain for several years. The filmmaker observes Maria in her everyday life and her relationship with the people around her - her parents, her neighbor (the filmmaker's mother) and Nina, a German girl about the same age.
- Documentary
Insects – Hidden Heroes
How did our world come into being? Beneath our feet lies a class of animals far more numerous than any other. Let us embark on a journey through time dating back 400 million years, and witness how scattered pieces fit together to form a complete whole. Insects – Hidden Heroes takes us into the microcosm with stunning visuals. Narrated by screen icon Katharina Thalbach, the film poses a question: Must it be humanity or nature?
- Documentary
Becoming Kim
German filmmaker Susanne, married to a Korean man named Kim Jeong Rae, turns the camera toward her own intercultural marriage and family with both humor and tenderness. Blending vérité and performance, the film dives into the beautiful mess of love, identity, and cultural collision. Becoming Kim asks: How do we stay true to ourselves—while learning to love another?
- Documentary
TMDB 54RT 59IMDb 5.6 The Bling Ring
OV
Lured by stardom, a crew of aimless teens breaks into celebrity homes for a string of high-profile robberies and fame by appropriation.
- Drama
- Crime
Forever 16
Charlotte, Helena, and Oskar haven't really been in touch since their experimental filmmaking group disbanded. A shared vacation aims to reunite the bitterly estranged trio, but envy and jealousy soon flare up again. Things get really complicated when Rudolph joins the group and they decide to make a film about a female serial killer.
- Drama
For Women, Chapter 1
Saleswomen in a supermarket discover that they are paid less than their male colleagues who do the same work. They decide to take action. The band Ton Steine Scherben sings along that “Everything changes if you change it / But you can't win as long as you're alone!” With a lay cast, the film fulfils the demand for solidarity that it preaches – “this film was made by saleswomen and housewives. They came up with the story and acted themselves. The film students helped them”
- Drama
- Documentary
Beat the Heat – KlimaSeniorinnen vs. Switzerland
The unprecedented trial of strength between a group of elderly citizens and the Swiss government, which ultimately ended in favor of the plaintiffs before the European Court of Human Rights.
- Documentary
The Lights, They Fall
Sixteen-year-old Ilay drifts through the summer on the outskirts of Berlin while a palliative nurse accompanies his ailing mother during her last days.
- Drama
IMDb 7.7 Trial of Hein
After 14 years away, Hein returns to his home village on a remote island, only to discover that the close-knit community no longer recognises him. Suspecting him to be an impostor, they demand a trial to determine his true identity.
- Drama
IMDb 3.3 18.15 Uhr ab Ostkreuz
Karin Hoehne is a retired teacher living in Berlin - Haselhorst. On her way to meet her best friend Rosa Brathuhn she involuntarily witnesses a horrible murder on a passing train. A young woman gets chopped up by an ax murderer. Sadly the police, in particular exchange commissioner Rock Milchester, thinks that she is a slightly senile old lady, especially because no corpse was found. So what else can she do but to try to solve the case on her own. Rosa is quickly persuaded and off they go... A first clue is found next to the tracks. It leads Mrs. Hoehne to the salon of the master of hairstyling Horst Brueller where Miss Gisela Drache runs a strict regime. In spite of her age Mrs. Hoehne starts as a trainee and not only diva Veranda Strunzig-Lopez is quickly convinced of her talents, Horst Brueller and his silky lover Bruno as well. A poisoned wig and more bodies indicate that Mrs. Hoehne follows the right lead.
- Crime
- Comedy
TMDB 61RT 51IMDb 5.8 Dreams
A powerful socialite and a promising ballet dancer begin a dangerous affair. When he secretly crosses the US-Mexico border, she takes desperate measures to protect their future together.
- Romance
- Thriller
- Drama
IMDb 6.6 Titanic: 25 Years Later with James Cameron
OV · OmU
The Academy Award-winning director and National Geographic Explorer-at-Large James Cameron adds a postscript to his fictional retelling of the tragedy. After hearing fans continue to insist Jack didn't have to die that night, he mounts tests to see, once and for all, whether both Jack and Rose could have fit on that raft and survived.
- Documentary
- TV Movie
Zeise KinosOmU
TMDB 71IMDb 7.0 Power Ballad
2026 · 99 min
When Rick, a past-his-prime wedding singer, meets fading boy-band star Danny during a gig, the two bond over music and a late-night jam session. But when Danny turns one of Rick’s songs into the hit that reignites his career, Rick sets out to reclaim the recognition he believes he deserves - even if it means risking everything he cares about.
- Comedy
- Music
- Drama
TMDB 70IMDb 7.8 The Tramp and the Dictator
A look at the parallel lives of Charlie Chaplin and Adolf Hitler and how they crossed with the creation of the film “The Great Dictator,” released in 1940.
- Documentary
- TV Movie
RT 100 Hen
Escaping from a chicken farm, a hen finds refuge in the courtyard of a crumbling restaurant. There, she discovers love, confronts the pecking order, and fights to protect her eggs from a greedy owner. Her droll yet touching quest for motherhood mirrors the messy compromises and silent struggles of human lives.
- Adventure
- Drama
IMDb 5.6 18th Rose
A spirited teen dreaming of the perfect debut makes a deal with a lonely newcomer, but unexpected feelings and revelations may shatter their plans.
- Drama
- Romance
- Comedy
TMDB 64IMDb 6.1 Dead of Winter
A widowed fisherwoman, travelling alone through snowbound northern Minnesota, interrupts the kidnapping of a teenage girl. Hours from the nearest town and with no phone service, she realizes that she is the young girl's only hope.
- Thriller
- Action
IMDb 7.7 Trial of Hein
After 14 years away, Hein returns to his home village on a remote island, only to discover that the close-knit community no longer recognises him. Suspecting him to be an impostor, they demand a trial to determine his true identity.
- Drama
Ghost School
OV
Ten-year-old Rabia wants to know why her school has suddenly closed. Rumours are rife in the village and the authorities are no help. Courageously setting out to find the truth, Rabia navigates rural superstitions, local corruption and a wall of silence.
- Drama
AbatonOV
Katy Perry: The Lifetimes Tour - Live from Paris
OV · 2026 · 132 min
Capturing Katy Perry’s electrifying, immersive concert experience, Katy Perry: The Lifetimes Tour – Live from Paris blends powerhouse performances, exhilarating cinematography, and intimate moments to bring audiences into the spectacular world of this creative artist.
- Documentary
- Music
L'ENFANT- DAS KIND Mit Einführung
Leviticus | Engl. OV
OV · 2025 · 88 min
IMDb 8.3 The Odyssey
Odysseus, the legendary King of Ithaca, embarks on a long and perilous journey home following the Trojan War. Throughout his voyage, he is forced to confront the whims of gods, mythological monsters, and trials that stretch both his cunning and his humanity to the breaking point.
- Adventure
- Action
- Fantasy
TMDB 81RT 94IMDb 8.1 My Neighbor Totoro
OV · OmU
Two sisters move to the country with their father in order to be closer to their hospitalized mother, and discover the surrounding trees are inhabited by Totoros, magical spirits of the forest. When the youngest runs away from home, the older sister seeks help from the spirits to find her.
- Fantasy
- Animation
- Family
Openairkino: Bitteres Fest , am 02.09.2026
OV · OmU
FilmraumOmU
Forever 16
Charlotte, Helena, and Oskar haven't really been in touch since their experimental filmmaking group disbanded. A shared vacation aims to reunite the bitterly estranged trio, but envy and jealousy soon flare up again. Things get really complicated when Rudolph joins the group and they decide to make a film about a female serial killer.
- Drama
TMDB 58IMDb 6.1 The Lift
A lift technician finds himself drawn into a web of mystery and peril as he investigates the perplexing deadly accidents occurring in the elevators of a new office building.
- Horror
- Thriller
- Comedy
Hex | Norw. OmeU
OmU · 2026 · 90 min
At the Place of Ghosts | Engl. OV, Franz. OmeU
OmU · 2025 · 87 min
The Birthday Party | Franz. OmeU
OmU · 2026 · 114 min
TMDB 77RT 97IMDb 7.8 Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat
OV · OmU
Jazz and decolonization are intertwined in a powerful narrative that recounts one of the tensest episodes of the Cold War.
- Documentary
- History
- Music
Carolina Caroline | Engl. OV
OV · 2025 · 107 min
Openairkino: La Grazia , am 03.09.2026
OV · OmU
FilmraumOmU
Blades of the Guardians | Mandarin OmeU
OmU · 2026 · 126 min
Recluse | Engl. OV
OV · 2026 · 104 min
The Restoration of Grayson Manor | Engl. OV
OV · 2025 · 90 min
Zuneigung - Die Filmemacherin Gisela Tuchtenhagen
A multi-layered, moving portrait of the filmmaker and winner of multiple Grimme Awards Gisela Tuchtenhagen, one of the first German camerawomen of the 1970s, who has left a sustained mark on the documentary film genre ever since.
- Documentary
Never After Dark | Japan. OmeU
OmU · 2026 · 105 min
Openairkino: Der Prank, am 04.09.2026
Der schwarze Kanal kehrt zurück
OV · OmU
"Der schwarze Kanal kehrt zurück" ist ein satirischer Geschichtsfilm der Autoren Werner Doyé und Andreas Wiemers. Er spielt auf die Sendung „Der schwarze Kanal“ im DDR-Fernsehen an und parodiert Elemente von Geschichts-Dokumentationen.
- History
- Comedy
Buddy | Engl. OV
OV · 2026 · 95 min
Openairkino: Black Dog - Weggefährten , am 04.09.2026
OV · OmU
FilmraumOmU
TMDB 81RT 97IMDb 7.9 Flow
A solitary cat, displaced by a great flood, finds refuge on a boat with various species and must navigate the challenges of adapting to a transformed world together.
- Adventure
- Animation
- Family
- Fantasy
CHRISTINE 1984
OV
Tristes Tropiques | Kor., Engl., Chin., Jap., Thai OmeU
OmU · 2025 · 107 min
Fantasy Filmfest presents: Campus Showcase | div. OmeU
OmU · 2026 · 76 min
Chreschtschatyk 48/2 | Хрещатик 48/2
OV · OmU
Zeise KinosOmU
TMDB 71RT 73IMDb 6.7 Diamonds
OV · OmU
In 1970s Rome, a filmmaker gathers actresses for a new project, which triggers memories of his past working in a Roman costume shop, run by Alberta and Gabriella, navigating personal and professional challenges while creating costumes for a major film.
- Comedy
- Drama
Zeise KinosOmU
Who Truly Knows What A Life Is?
An actress is cast to bring Paula Modersohn-Becker, one of Germany’s most influential painters, to life. As she immerses herself ever deeper into the artist’s world, encountering key figures such as Otto Modersohn, Clara Westhoff-Rilke, and Rainer Maria Rilke, the lines between role and reality, portrayal and identification, begin to dissolve.
Vertiginous | Franz. OmeU
OmU · 2026 · 67 min
AnyMart | Japan. OmeU
OmU · 2026 · 88 min
Katy Perry: The Lifetimes Tour - Live from Paris
OV · 2026 · 132 min
Capturing Katy Perry’s electrifying, immersive concert experience, Katy Perry: The Lifetimes Tour – Live from Paris blends powerhouse performances, exhilarating cinematography, and intimate moments to bring audiences into the spectacular world of this creative artist.
- Documentary
- Music
TMDB 83RT 92IMDb 8.4 The Great Dictator
OV · OmU
Dictator Adenoid Hynkel tries to expand his empire while a poor Jewish barber tries to avoid persecution from Hynkel's regime.
- Comedy
- War
Species | Franz. OmeU
OmU · 2026 · 103 min
TMDB 73RT 90IMDb 7.6 Deliverance
OV · OmU
Intent on seeing the Cahulawassee River before it's turned into one huge lake, outdoor fanatic Lewis Medlock takes his friends on a river-rafting trip they'll never forget into the dangerous American back-country.
- Drama
- Adventure
- Thriller
Hokum | Engl. OV
OV · 2026 · 107 min
Openairkino: Sentimental Value , am 05.09.2026
OV · OmU
FilmraumOmU
A Chinese Ghost Story | Kanton. OmeU
OmU · 1987 · 98 min
Die Heimkinder - Geschlagen und vergessen?
They were beaten, humiliated, abused, and forced to work hard: children in care homes in the Federal Republic of Germany in the 1950s and 1960s. They were sent to care homes because they did not conform to their parents' ideas of order, morality, and conformity. Sometimes their hair was too long, sometimes it was smoking, sometimes they were considered sexually and morally at risk.
- Documentary
IMDb 7.6 Same Sun - Mit dem Fahrrad durch Afrika
OmU
The film SAME SUN tells the story of Wiebke Lühmann's journey from Freiburg to the Cape of Good Hope. Honest, raw, and close to the inner and outer challenges of a 430-day bicycle trip. Her journey takes her through 22 countries, Sahara storms, the rain season, the Congo Basin, and the deserts of Namibia.
- Documentary
Zeise KinosOmU
Was haben wir gelacht
An entire generation of Germans was raised on male comedians. But what about their female counterparts? Maren Kroymann, Hella von Sinnen, Bettina Böttinger, Esther Schweins, and Gaby Köster look back at the way women were portrayed on TV in the 1990s and early 2000s, when jokes at women’s expense were the order of the day.
- Documentary
Who Truly Knows What A Life Is?
An actress is cast to bring Paula Modersohn-Becker, one of Germany’s most influential painters, to life. As she immerses herself ever deeper into the artist’s world, encountering key figures such as Otto Modersohn, Clara Westhoff-Rilke, and Rainer Maria Rilke, the lines between role and reality, portrayal and identification, begin to dissolve.
TMDB 71RT 73IMDb 6.7 Diamonds
2026 · 135 min
In 1970s Rome, a filmmaker gathers actresses for a new project, which triggers memories of his past working in a Roman costume shop, run by Alberta and Gabriella, navigating personal and professional challenges while creating costumes for a major film.
- Comedy
- Drama
Don't look now | Engl. OmdU
OmU · 1973 · 110 min
IMDb 7.2 Emil and the Detectives
When a suspicious man bribes Emil with chocolate in return for a bundle of cash, the young lad thinks of a plan to catch him.
- Family
- Comedy
- Crime
Get Shorty Kurzfilmwettbewerb | div. OmeU
OmU · 2026
The Plague | Engl. OV
OV · 2024 · 95 min
TMDB 59RT 79IMDb 6.3 The Beguiled
OV
During the Civil War, at a Southern girls’ boarding school, young women take in an injured enemy soldier. As they provide refuge and tend to his wounds, the house is taken over with sexual tension and dangerous rivalries, and taboos are broken in an unexpected turn of events.
- Drama
Mutter - The Diary of a Mother | Türk. OmeU
OmU · 2026 · 99 min
TMDB 73IMDb 7.2 The Captain from Kopenick
A young shoemaker is arrested for stealing a small amount of money, and is jailed for fifteen years. Upon his release, he wants to get a permit to get a job and start anew, but finds that without a job he can't get a permit, and without a permit he can't get a job. Ensnared in the absurd net of Prussian bureaucracy, he can't see any way out. That is, until he enters a thrift shop and spots a Prussian officer's uniform that fits him like a second skin...
- Comedy
- Drama
The Ones who grieve | Franz. OmeU
OmU · 2026 · 116 min
Motherwitch | Griech., Franz. OmeU & Engl. OV
OmU · 2026 · 104 min
Nervous | Engl. OV & Korean. OmeU
OmU · 2026 · 100 min
Where the Waves Took Her
For many, crossing the Mediterranean is their last hope of escaping war, persecution, and hunger. As more and more women are forced to take this deadly route, a midwife is now a permanent member of the crew of a sea rescue ship. While midwife Anne-Katrin takes part in her first mission, survivors recount the horrors of their journey. Their worlds briefly collide before the rescued women step into another uncertain future.
- Documentary
The Fox | Engl. OV
OV · 2026 · 90 min
TMDB 58IMDb 6.1 The Lift
A lift technician finds himself drawn into a web of mystery and peril as he investigates the perplexing deadly accidents occurring in the elevators of a new office building.
- Horror
- Thriller
- Comedy
The Chaser | korean. OmeU
OmU · 2008 · 125 min
Nothing for you? How about a play, a museum visit, or a concert instead?