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26. September 2025 - 27. September 2025

Collect Films!

Out of control: Films from the collection of Thomas Pfeiffer

For the Zeughauskino, Thomas Pfeiffer, who has been head of the archive of the Kinemathek Hamburg for over 30 years, selected three Hollywood classics and put together entertaining supporting programs with trailers, cartoons and newsreels.

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04. Oktober 2025 - 15. November 2025

Kyjiw, Berlin, Hollywood

The many faces of Anna Sten

The films that Anna Sten left her mark on with her presence and acting were made in Ukraine and Russia when they were two Soviet republics, as well as in Germany, Great Britain, and the USA. They are part of the national film heritage of all these countries and, beyond that, part of a film heritage that has no nationality but belongs to those who keep these films alive in their memories and have an imaginary home. In contrast, the artist Anna Sten—as she sings in "Stürme der Leidenschaft" (1932)—belonged to no one but herself.

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31. October 2025 - 20. December 2025

Film Pioniers!

Female directors in Germany from 1917 to 1932

The retrospective "Film Pioniers!" is the first retrospective of its kind to focus on the film work of female directors in Germany from 1917 to 1932. In addition to Lotte Reiniger, Leni Riefenstahl and Leontine Sagan, whose names and, in some cases, films are known to a wider audience, it focuses on the astonishingly broad field of forgotten female filmmakers. 

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18. Oktober 2025 - 09. November 2025

Transition period

The 1990s in Viola Stephan's films

In the 1990s—a time when geopolitical spaces were being reorganized—Viola Stephan encountered people who were experiencing the effects of a period of transition. It was a decade of transformations, upheavals, shifts, and reorganizations. The filmmaker observes these changes patiently and with an open mind.

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16. November 2025

Listen up!

Inclusive Cinema ... With Audio Description

The Deutsche Kinemathek and the Zeughauskino are continuing their collaboration on inclusive cinema. The new audio film series focuses on “Berlin films.” The series features feature films that tell stories about Berlin and its residents and show our city in the past and present. Open your ears! Let's listen to the voices and sounds of the city!

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17. November 2025 - 16. Dezember 2025

But Elsewhere Is Always Better

Retrospective Vivian Ostrovsky

For over four decades, Vivian Ostrovsky's extraordinary, enigmatic, and humorous films have been featured at international festivals. The filmmaker promotes young directors, and curators value her expertise in film history. The retrospective But Elsewhere Is Always Better presents Ostrovsky's influential work in its entirety for the first time—both as a filmmaker and as a passionate film educator, a “passeuse de films.”

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28. November 2025 - 29. November 2025

Collect Films!

Small gauges from the collection of Ralf Forster

Our series Collect Films! focuses on the collections of private collectors and independent archives. In November, film historian Ralf Forster will be our guest. Since 1994, Ralf Forster has been presenting short film programs he has compiled himself in clubs and cinemas. They convey an alternative, often overlooked history of film and screening that took place in living rooms, classrooms, trade fair booths, and private basement cinemas. In three events, Forster will provide an insight into his archive. 

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