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05. July - 25. August 2025

Seductive Melancholy

The Films of Willi Forst

In this programm the oeuvre of one of the great anti-realists of German-language cinema is to be discovered. This oeuvre spans three decades and has significantly influenced two national cinematographies, the Austrian and the German. 

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22. August 2025 - 9. September 2025

Documentary Positions. Rainer Komers

Born in 1944 in Gruben, Brandenburg, filmmaker Rainer Komers has devoted himself to the everyday in his documentary work spanning six decades - and has tracked down both outrageous and sublime moments.

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12. September 2025 - 21. September 2025

Versatile Stylist

Homage to Wojciech Kilar

Appreciated as a particularly daring composer by lovers of the European post-war avant-garde, the musician Wojciech Kilar, who was born in Lviv in 1932 and died in 2013, also had a lasting influence on film music. The tribute to Kilar takes place as part of the filmPOLSKA festival and the program focus on history and education.

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29. August 2025 - 30. September 2025

After Shoah

Modern documentary films about the National Socialism

The series After Shoah brings together films that were made with an awareness of the aesthetic, ethical and political positions of remembrance represented by Claude Lanzmann and his film Shoah, which premiered in 1985.

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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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