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Current Film Series

29. Mai 2026 - 30. Juni 2026

Fragile Worlds

Filmmaker Rita Azevedo Gomes

For over 35 years, Rita Azevedo Gomes has been making films that speak their own unique language, creating cinematic spaces that are equally imbued with thought and emotion. This retrospective presents almost the entire oeuvre of the Portuguese filmmaker for the first time in Germany.

08. Mai 2026 - 27. Juni 2026

Self-declarations: Films about film

On the occasion of the 80th anniversary of the founding of DEFA

Many of DEFA's contemporary films deal with film and cinema by focusing on the preparation and execution of filming, i.e., film production itself. The retrospective presents an anniversary program in which the largest film company in the GDR presents itself and, in doing so, often misrepresents itself.

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05. Mai 2026 - 06. Juni 2026

Screwball – The Art of Conflict

The series brings together four classic screwball comedies from the 1930s and 1940s, as well as an update from the 1970s. In their different approaches to conflict, the films shift the focus from the outcome to the process – and show that “resolving conflicts” can also mean thinking about conflicts differently.

03. April 2026 - 07. Juni 2026

Cinema without rest

A Journey Through Harald Reinl's Genre Cinema

The film series not only invites viewers to engage intensively with one of the most prolific and successful directors in German-language film history, it also provides illustrative material for a cultural and social history of the Federal Republic of Germany.