Weekly overview
26 Nov – 2 Dec
Ein Talent fürs Morden
Fugs Film!
In 1960s New York City, radical rock band The Fugs channels the raw energy of counterculture rebellion through their provocative music and anti-establishment stance.
- Documentary
MUSIC IS A FRAME - MANOS TSANGARIS
IMDb 7.0 From Inside Out: The Architecture of Peter Zumthor
3D
We all come from houses in which we live, dream, love and die. This long-term documentary project explores the significance of architecture in our everyday lives and takes its audience on a journey to the most impressive places designed by Swiss architect Peter Zumthor.
- Documentary
IMDb 7.4 Geschlossene Gesellschaft
Three couples want to spend a short break together. Some have a traffic accident, the others are prevented professionally. So the designer Robert and the youth helper Ellen are forced to spend the days in a remote farmhouse alone with her young son. The previously suppressed marriage crisis breaks open. Allegations, confessions, charges, self-accusations are in the room. Painfully, they come to the realization that only their own happiness is responsible for their happiness. With the old landlord, each of them finds himself. In the end, Robert and Ellen want to try a new beginning.
- Drama
- TV Movie
TMDB 73RT 93IMDb 7.6 Planes, Trains and Automobiles
OV · 1987 · 92 min
An irritable marketing executive, Neal Page, is heading home to Chicago for Thanksgiving when a number of delays force him to travel with a well meaning but overbearing shower curtain ring salesman, Del Griffith.
- Comedy
The Island of Giants
An inspiring story that shows how the presence of a marine species can affect the entire economy and the whole society of one of the smallest islands of the Azores, the Island of Santa Maria. It is the only place in Europe where a large number of whale sharks are sighted and in addition their migration is shrouded in mystery, no one knows where they come from, where they are going … and why they appear surrounded by thousands of tunas. It also accompanies the scientific expeditions that for 11 years have tried to unveil the secrets of these giants and to know if their recent presence is linked to global warming and rising water temperatures around the Azores.
- Documentary
RT 83IMDb 6.4 The Best Summer
Immersive POV camera footage reveals electric performances, candid interviews, and intimate backstage life with the Beastie Boys, Sonic Youth, Foo Fighters, Pavement, Rancid, Beck, The Amps, and Bikini Kill — an all-access view inside an era-defining moment in music.
- Documentary
- Music
Amadou & Mariam: The Blind Couple from Mali
OV · OmU
This feature-length documentary follows blind African duo Amadou and Mariam as they work on their final studio album together, finding inspiration in their childhood, their home country of Mali, and each other.
- Documentary
- Music
Lieblingsfilm: Herr der Ringe - Die zwei Türme | Extended Version
OV · OmU
Zeise KinosOmU
IMDb 6.5 The March to the Führer
During the colorful ceremonies of the Nuremberg rallies, Hitler Youth parade before their Fuehrer and are addressed by Nazi youth leader Baldur von Schirach, Rudolf Hess, and Hitler himself.
- Documentary
TMDB 67RT 75IMDb 7.1 The Whistleblower
Nebraska cop Kathryn Bolkovac discovers a deadly sex trafficking ring while serving as a U.N. peacekeeper in post-war Bosnia. Risking her own life to save the lives of others, she uncovers an international conspiracy that is determined to stop her, no matter the cost.
- Drama
- Thriller
- Crime
TMDB 63RT 19IMDb 5.6 Thir13en Ghosts
Arthur and his two children inherit his uncle's estate: a glass house that serves as a prison to twelve ghosts. When the family, accompanied by a nanny and an attorney, enter the house they find themselves trapped inside an evil machine 'designed by the Devil and powered by the dead' to open the Eye of Hell. Aided by a ghost hunter and his rival, a ghost rights activist out to set the ghosts free, the group must do what they can to get out of the house alive.
- Horror
- Thriller
Bad Like Brooklyn Dancehall
Executive produced by Shaggy, this documentary brings in heavy hitters like Sean Paul, Ding Dong, and many more, including Shaggy himself, to tell the story. With never-before-seen archival footage that bridges the journey from Kingston to Brooklyn, this film will delight not just dancehall fans but believers of the power of music to bring people together. The film is an experience that will have you on your feet dancing.
- Documentary
- Music
Rock Bottom
OV
Inspired by the music and life of Robert Wyatt, “Rock Bottom” is a self-destructive love story between Bob and Alif, a young couple of artists immersed in the creative whirlwind of the early 70s hippie culture. Drugs will turn a passionate summer into a nightmare in a journey through the themes of Wyatt’s music: the euphoria and anguish of artistic creation, the unconscious fascination with drugs, the disenchantment with routine and physical and mental degradation.
- Animation
- Drama
- Music
Biermann
Portrait of the German-German singer-songwriter and intellectual Wolf Biermann, whose famous Cologne concert in 1976 made German history.
- Documentary
Big Mama Thornton: I Can’t Be Anyone But Me
Inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2024, Alabama-born Willie Mae “Big Mama” Thornton defied the gender norms of her time to become one of the greatest blues singers of her generation. Known for her powerful voice and uncompromising style, she rose to fame with the original recording of “Hound Dog” and later wrote “Ball & Chain,” a song that gained iconic status through Janis Joplin’s rendition.
- Music
- Documentary
MARY LOU WILLIAMS – ZODIAC SUITE
OV · OmU
HÖRBAR : Hamburg Free-Improv Community
TMDB 65RT 50 By Any Means
In 1960s Mississippi, a young Black FBI agent is forced to partner with a notorious mafia hitman to investigate a wave of brutal civil rights murders.
- Thriller
- History
- Crime
- Drama
IMDb 8.8 Butthole Surfers: The Hole Truth and Nothing Butt
Follows the story of the groundbreaking Texas-based art-punk band founded by frontman Gibby Haynes and guitarist Paul Leary.
- Documentary
- Music
Two Ladie and a Gentleman
KURZFILMPROGRAMM: JAZZ IN SHORTS
La bola negra , Preview am Mi. 18.11. um 20 Uhr
OV · OmU
FilmraumOmU
TMDB 63RT 19IMDb 5.6 Thir13en Ghosts
Arthur and his two children inherit his uncle's estate: a glass house that serves as a prison to twelve ghosts. When the family, accompanied by a nanny and an attorney, enter the house they find themselves trapped inside an evil machine 'designed by the Devil and powered by the dead' to open the Eye of Hell. Aided by a ghost hunter and his rival, a ghost rights activist out to set the ghosts free, the group must do what they can to get out of the house alive.
- Horror
- Thriller
TMDB 66IMDb 6.6 The Fan
The hero-worship that Simone has for a pop singer is built to a crescendo until she passes out when she finally sees him up-close in a crowd of fans. She is later shocked when he lets her know that he does not love her.
- Drama
- Horror
Wholetrain - 20-jähriges Jubiläum!
RT 100IMDb 7.9 NAZA
OV · OmU
In secret conversations on the rooftops of Tel Aviv at night, the systems behind Israel's calculated mass killing of Palestinian civilians in Gaza are revealed by the people who designed and operated them.
- Documentary
Zeise KinosOmU
IMDb 9.1 Meeting the Buddha
Meeting the Buddha presents the life and legacy of the 16th Karmapa, Rangjung Rigpe Dorje—the head of the Karma Kagyu lineage, one of four main schools of Tibetan Buddhism. The film captures the remarkable presence of this spiritual teacher, known as a Living Buddha and the King of the Yogis. We meet Ole Nydahl, a wild young hippy from Denmark who, as a small child, had declared his wish to become the "Danish champion of mind." His life is radically transformed by a chance encounter with the Karmapa in Nepal in 1969. Ole and his wife, Hannah, become key figures in bringing Tibetan Buddhism to the West, founding hundreds of meditation centres—from Mexico City to Vladivostok—and carrying forward their teacher's vision with unshakable dedication.
- Documentary
Santa's Workshop
Nine-year-old Mari is really looking forward to Christmas. Her journalist dad, Svein, on the other hand, loves his job so much, he barely notices the festive season. One night, Mari’s Christmas list vanishes – and in its place lies a mysterious mitten. The mitten sends Mari, Svein and her adventurous grandma on an exciting quest to find Santa Claus. Meanwhile, Stubby the Wishlist Elf is in a panic — he’s lost his mitten, which might just lead this curious family straight to the secret location of Santa’s workshop! He must stop them before it’s too late!
- Comedy
- Family
- Animation
The Rainbow Fish
The rainbow fish, an outsider obsessed with his glittering scales, learns the power of friendship on an adventurous sea voyage with the little blue fish. He finds his place in a colorful fish community—and realizes that sharing brings people together.
- Family
- Animation
TMDB 75RT 66IMDb 7.8 Home Alone
OV · 1990 · 103 min
Eight-year-old Kevin McCallister makes the most of the situation after his family unwittingly leaves him behind when they go on Christmas vacation. When thieves try to break into his home, he puts up a fight like no other.
- Comedy
- Family
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
TMDB 63RT 19IMDb 5.6 Thir13en Ghosts
Arthur and his two children inherit his uncle's estate: a glass house that serves as a prison to twelve ghosts. When the family, accompanied by a nanny and an attorney, enter the house they find themselves trapped inside an evil machine 'designed by the Devil and powered by the dead' to open the Eye of Hell. Aided by a ghost hunter and his rival, a ghost rights activist out to set the ghosts free, the group must do what they can to get out of the house alive.
- Horror
- Thriller
BERGMANNSKLAVIER – BANDONEON
TMDB 66RT 91IMDb 6.2 National Anthem
A 21-year old construction worker in rural New Mexico joins a community of queer ranchers and rodeo performers in search of their own version of the American dream.
- Drama
- Romance
Ein Talent fürs Morden
TMDB 66RT 79IMDb 6.7 They Shot the Piano Player
OV · OmU
New York, 2010. Jeff Harris, a music journalist, sets out to uncover the truth about Francisco Tenório Júnior, a young Brazilian samba-jazz pianist who disappeared in Buenos Aires on March 18, 1976.
- Animation
- Drama
- History
Searching for Lin Zhao's Soul
This landmark documentary reveals the tragic life of a gifted young woman who was executed for speaking out during the height of Chairman Mao’s rule.
- Documentary
TMDB 78RT 95IMDb 7.6 Train to Busan
When a zombie virus pushes Korea into a state of emergency, those trapped on an express train to Busan must fight for their own survival.
- Action
- Horror
- Thriller
- Adventure
TMDB 65RT 50 By Any Means
In 1960s Mississippi, a young Black FBI agent is forced to partner with a notorious mafia hitman to investigate a wave of brutal civil rights murders.
- Thriller
- History
- Crime
- Drama
We are all Young Gods
OV · OmU
December 2025: The Young Gods ignite the stage at Fri-Son. More than a concert, this visual experience captures the urgency of the live show while summoning the band's history. An organic celebration of a forty-year career, deeply rooted in Switzerland's most iconic rock venue.
- Music
- Documentary
Fox Kids Sneak Preview
OV
Future 'Malcolm in the Middle' stars Frankie Muniz, Justin Berfield and Erik Per Sullivan, hook us up with a preview all the new shows coming to Fox Kids in the Fall of 1999
TMDB 78RT 89IMDb 7.8 The King of Comedy
OV · OmU
Aspiring comic Rupert Pupkin attempts to achieve success in show business by stalking his idol, a late night talk-show host who craves his own privacy.
- Drama
- Comedy
AbatonOmU
RT 86IMDb 6.4 The Blood Countess
The Blood Countess and her maid embark on a quest for the red elixir of life and a book that threatens the vampire realm. Hot on their heels are a police inspector, two vampirologists, a vegetarian nephew and his therapist.
- Horror
- Comedy
- Fantasy
- Mystery
TMDB 77RT 92IMDb 7.8 Edward Scissorhands
OV · 1990 · 105 min
A small suburban town receives a visit from a castaway unfinished science experiment named Edward.
- Fantasy
- Drama
- Romance
Eternity - Florentina Holzinger
OV · OmU
Zeise KinosOmU
TMDB 74RT 90IMDb 7.7 When Harry Met Sally...
Sex always gets in the way of friendships between men and women. At least, that's what Harry Burns believes. So when Harry meets Sally Albright and a deep friendship blossoms between them, Harry's determined not to let his attraction to Sally destroy it. But when a night of weakness ends in a morning of panic, can the pair avoid succumbing to Harry's fears by remaining friends and admitting they just might be the perfect match for each other?
- Comedy
- Romance
- Drama
Leica – A Century of Vision
LEICA - A CENTURY OF VISION shows how the invention of the 35mm format revolutionized documentary photography. Featuring legendary and contemporary photographers the film reveals the camera's enduring power to capture history as it unfolds.
- Documentary
Santa's Workshop
Nine-year-old Mari is really looking forward to Christmas. Her journalist dad, Svein, on the other hand, loves his job so much, he barely notices the festive season. One night, Mari’s Christmas list vanishes – and in its place lies a mysterious mitten. The mitten sends Mari, Svein and her adventurous grandma on an exciting quest to find Santa Claus. Meanwhile, Stubby the Wishlist Elf is in a panic — he’s lost his mitten, which might just lead this curious family straight to the secret location of Santa’s workshop! He must stop them before it’s too late!
- Comedy
- Family
- Animation
The Rainbow Fish
The rainbow fish, an outsider obsessed with his glittering scales, learns the power of friendship on an adventurous sea voyage with the little blue fish. He finds his place in a colorful fish community—and realizes that sharing brings people together.
- Family
- Animation
MISTY - THE ERROLL GARNER STORY (mit anschl. Konzert von Nils Petter Molvær)
OV · OmU
Asterix: The Kingdom of Nubia
The irreductible Gauls are turned into harmless children after a rare youth elixir accidentally ends up into the magic potion. To find the antidote and save the village from the Romans attack, Asterix and Obelix embark on a crazy journey to the far away Kingdom of Nubia.
- Animation
- Adventure
- Comedy
- Family
- Fantasy
How Can I Help
In 2030, retired actress Mrs. Winkler lives bitterly and marked by pain. When her daughter Emi accepts a theater offer, a care robot named Pavlovich takes over the care of her mother. Unexpectedly, his knowledge of classical plays seems to reawaken Mrs. Winkler's will to live...
- Drama
Curtains
In CURTAINS, Sandra Hüller tells the story of a woman who breaks out of a long-term violent relationship and of a political and social system that prefers to look the other way. The film shows the power structures behind the facades and how the state inadequately protects women.
- Documentary
FRITZ LEBT
TMDB 71RT 76IMDb 6.9 Eternity
OV · OmU
In an afterlife where souls have one week to decide where to spend eternity, Joan is faced with the impossible choice between the man she spent her life with and her first love, who died young and has waited decades for her to arrive.
- Romance
- Comedy
- Drama
AbatonOmU
Klara and the Sun
When Klara, an Artificial Friend who wants nothing more than to find the perfect home, meets Josie, each immediately senses a kindred spirit in the other. Josie has a fraught relationship with her mother and they've suffered great loss, but Klara's innocent wonder and unwavering loyalty begin to heal the family and bring light to Josie's complicated world.
- Science Fiction
- Drama
TMDB 68RT 83IMDb 6.8 Nope
Residents in a lonely gulch of inland California bear witness to an uncanny, chilling discovery.
- Horror
- Science Fiction
- Thriller
IMDb 8.9 together apart.
Sophie and Jojo have been separated for six months but still live together like a couple. Only when Sophie's parents—who are unaware of the breakup—make their continued financial support conditional on her having a child with Jojo does movement come into the stagnant lives of the two millennials.
- Comedy
- Romance
Godard est mort, vive Godard! DIE PASSION DER JUNGFRAU VON ORLÉANS
OV · OmU
TMDB 65RT 50 By Any Means
In 1960s Mississippi, a young Black FBI agent is forced to partner with a notorious mafia hitman to investigate a wave of brutal civil rights murders.
- Thriller
- History
- Crime
- Drama
IMDb 7.0 From Inside Out: The Architecture of Peter Zumthor
We all come from houses in which we live, dream, love and die. This long-term documentary project explores the significance of architecture in our everyday lives and takes its audience on a journey to the most impressive places designed by Swiss architect Peter Zumthor.
- Documentary
IMDb 6.2 Der Haustyrann
Cafe owner Paul Perlacher is a real pig: not only are his daughter and sister Trude embarrassed constantly by his disgusting behavior, but his tenants are subjected to every legal trick under the Sun to get them to move out. Nevertheless, Amalie Hartning's a stubborn woman and can take care of herself well when it comes to her tyrannical landlord. If that weren't enough for Paul, his daughter's gone and fallen in love with the nephew of this pain in rear! And when Paul's ordered to jail by the courts, that really is the last straw.
- Comedy
IMDb 6.8 Visitation
A plot of land, a house by the lake, its changing inhabitants. This one plot of land reflects 70 years of German history from Weimar, the Nazis, the war, the Soviet occupation and reconstruction to the fall of the GDR.
- Drama
IMDb 6.4 Auch Leben ist eine Kunst - Der Fall Max Emden
Documentary about Jewish entrepreneur and art collector Max Emden and his grandson's fight for restitution and compensation for losses suffered during the Nazi era.
- Documentary
Holy Wood Dust
OmU
Every winter, millions of fir trees are chopped down, admired, and thrown away. The film follows their journey above and below ground, from human rituals to the hidden life inside the trees. A story about trees that we celebrate by cutting them down.
- Documentary
AbatonOmU
IMDb 7.5 No Good Men
OV · OmU
2021, Afghanistan right before the Taliban’s return. Naru, the only camerawoman at Kabul’s main TV station, struggles to keep custody of her three-year-old son after leaving her serial cheater husband. Convinced no good men exist in her country, Naru is caught off guard when Qodrat, Kabul TV’s most important journalist, gives her a career opportunity. As the two crisscross the city reporting on its last days of freedom, sparks fly and Naru starts to doubt herself: could there actually be a good man out there?
- Comedy
- Romance
- Drama
Zeise KinosOmU
Ein Talent fürs Morden
Bearcave
OV · OmU
Set in the Greek mountain village of Tirna, Bearcave follows Argyro, a badass farmer, and her best friend Anneta, the village "it" girl and local manicurist. Once Anneta admits that she's pregnant and planning to leave town with her lame cop boyfriend, Argyro challenges Anneta to embark on an adventure to find the mystical bear cave. Before Argyro has a chance to confess her own love, Anneta leaves for her new life in the big city. Argyro is left broken. Meanwhile, in her new home with her clingy mother-in-law, Anneta quickly realizes her destiny lies elsewhere.
- Drama
- Romance
- Mystery
TMDB 74RT 97IMDb 7.7 Sense and Sensibility
2026 · 133 min
The Dashwood sisters, sensible Elinor and passionate Marianne, learn that their prospects of marriage seem doomed by their family's sudden loss of fortune. After Henry Dashwood dies unexpectedly, his estate must pass on by law to his son. These circumstances leave Mr. Dashwood's wife and daughters without a home and with barely enough money to live on. As Elinor and Marianne struggle to find romantic fulfillment in a society obsessed with financial and social status, they must learn to mix sense with sensibility in their dealings with both money and men.
- Drama
- Romance
TMDB 62RT 50IMDb 6.4 Fatherland
Fictional account of what might have happened if Hitler had won the war. It is now the 1960s and Germany's war crimes have so far been kept a secret. Hitler wants to talk peace with the US president. An American journalist and a German homicide cop stumble into a plot to destroy all evidence of the genocide.
- Drama
- Thriller
- Action
- TV Movie
IMDb 7.0 From Inside Out: The Architecture of Peter Zumthor
3D
We all come from houses in which we live, dream, love and die. This long-term documentary project explores the significance of architecture in our everyday lives and takes its audience on a journey to the most impressive places designed by Swiss architect Peter Zumthor.
- Documentary
TMDB 65RT 50 By Any Means
In 1960s Mississippi, a young Black FBI agent is forced to partner with a notorious mafia hitman to investigate a wave of brutal civil rights murders.
- Thriller
- History
- Crime
- Drama
IMDb 7.5 No Good Men
OV · OmU
2021, Afghanistan right before the Taliban’s return. Naru, the only camerawoman at Kabul’s main TV station, struggles to keep custody of her three-year-old son after leaving her serial cheater husband. Convinced no good men exist in her country, Naru is caught off guard when Qodrat, Kabul TV’s most important journalist, gives her a career opportunity. As the two crisscross the city reporting on its last days of freedom, sparks fly and Naru starts to doubt herself: could there actually be a good man out there?
- Comedy
- Romance
- Drama
AbatonOmU
TMDB 71RT 51IMDb 7.0 The Holiday
Two women, one American and one British, swap homes at Christmastime following bad breakups. Each woman finds romance with a local man but realizes that the imminent return home may end the relationship.
- Comedy
- Romance
TMDB 63RT 19IMDb 5.6 Thir13en Ghosts
Arthur and his two children inherit his uncle's estate: a glass house that serves as a prison to twelve ghosts. When the family, accompanied by a nanny and an attorney, enter the house they find themselves trapped inside an evil machine 'designed by the Devil and powered by the dead' to open the Eye of Hell. Aided by a ghost hunter and his rival, a ghost rights activist out to set the ghosts free, the group must do what they can to get out of the house alive.
- Horror
- Thriller
TMDB 71RT 86IMDb 7.3 Gremlins
OV · 1984 · 100 min
After receiving an exotic small animal as a Christmas gift, a young man inadvertently breaks three important rules concerning his new pet, which unleashes a horde of malevolently mischievous creatures on a small town.
- Fantasy
- Horror
- Comedy
TMDB 68IMDb 6.3 Chopin, a Sonata in Paris
2025 · 114 min
He is the talk of the town, the most romantic figure of decadent Parisian nights. When his lungs start bleeding, Chopin knows his days are numbered. Composing becomes his only obsession. The ticking clock rushes him to revolutionize music.
- Drama
- History
- Music
Biermann
Portrait of the German-German singer-songwriter and intellectual Wolf Biermann, whose famous Cologne concert in 1976 made German history.
- Documentary
Von Woife und dem Glück
Abaton-Filmquiz
You Can See Everything, Preview am Mi. 02.12.2026 um 20 Uhr
OV · OmU
FilmraumOmU
Ein Talent fürs Morden
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