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Hände, die ein Buch halten an einem Tisch mit mehreren historischen Büchern.

11. January - 25. February 2025

Enlightened!

Working women, female citizens and queens of the 18th century

The retrospective focuses on women of the 18th century who thought, felt and acted in various enlightened ways and brings together feature and essay films from the silent era to the present day.

Ein vogelähnliches Fantasiewesen spielt auf einem Kamm, der so positioniert ist, wie ein Klavier.

02. February - 23. February 2025

Animated Economic Miracle

West German animated films of the 1950s

Curated by Jeanpaul Goergen, the retrospective of West German animated films from the 1950s brings together advanced artistic works, information and children's films as well as animated films that advertise products in the land of the economic miracle.

Ein Mann hinter Gittern blickt in die Kamera.

08. February - 09. February 2025

Collect Films!

Tobias Rank's mobile cinema from Leipzig

In February, our guest in February is the musician Tobias Rank from Leipzig, who has been touring the country with his traveling cinema for 25 years, performing silent films in the open air and accompanying them as a soloist on the piano or in an ensemble. We will be showing films from his large 16mm collection, whose main strength lies in American slapstick comedy.

Zwei Frauen mit Masken in der Hand lächeln in die Kamera.

17. January - 31. January 2025

Documentary Positions: Wiltrud Baier & Sigrun Köhler

The inspiration came from an exclamation on New Year's Eve: Bread instead of Böller (firecrackers). "We want - in a figurative sense - both humor and seriousness, light and shadow for our film work: Böller UND Brot." What documentary filmmaker Wiltrud Baier, who together with Sigrun Köhler forms the unique directing duo "Böller und Brot", anecdotally formulates, touches on a concern that is rarely found in documentary film.