Filme 2020

One moment you fall in love, the next she’s gone on vacation. Unusual situations create unusual friendships in this gentle, delicately nuanced summer comedy.

What if we were constantly tipsy? Four teachers dare to find out in this explosive social satire starring a show-stealing Mads Mikkelsen.

When the common path risks coming to an unexpected end: a sensitive drama about a mother and daughter who, in dealing with a grave illness, struggle for normality and dignity.

Buckle up: Bible, extortion, lust, sacrifice. Dea Kulumbegashvili's feature debut is one of the season’s wildest rides.


From the fire brigade, to the citizen's office, to the senior welfare office: documentary maestro Wiseman surveys the Boston administration. And gives hope for American democracy in spite of Trump.

Free love in a free film, filled with curiosity – about other people, about physicality and about a film in which Devid Striesow is more approachable than he’s been in a long time.

She is pregnant and he feels the contractions. What begins as a farce develops into one of the most extraordinary and feminist French comedies in recent memory. 


The birth of feminism!? Maxine Peak and Charles Dance excel in this fascinating take on the home invasion thriller.

Everything goes wrong when Paco meets his girlfriend's family – and a classic slapstick comedy turns into a crazy meditation on the social situation in Mexico.

Four friends and a chicken search for the Northeast Passage. One of the best children's films of all time according to the German Federation of Film Clubs for Children and Young People – now in a director's cut!

Greed, misery and justice in stunningly filmed nature: Philippine myths meet a story of biblical proportions in the new film by acclaimed director Lav Diaz.

Final stop near Moscow. Here begins this brilliantly told film, at once a gripping thriller, a realistic character portrait and an oppressive societal panorama.

How do girls aged 12-17 see the world? Like young women aged 18-27? What are their themes and fantasies?

From the beach to the city for the sake of love. A fascinating young woman as a will-o'-the-wisp, dreamily floating along a path never thought possible. 



What must a woman do to gain recognition in a male-dominated world? This exciting feminist film offers an extremely provocative answer.

The war – in this case, France's war in Algeria – never ends. Partly because the perpetrators can’t find a way to talk about it. But this film finds a form for the unspeakable!

Chantal Akerman's Jeanne Dielman is one of the most important films of the seventies, an epic everyday narrative whose influence is still felt today.

Scenes from an unusual marriage: Jacques Doillon tells the story of two young outsiders who create their own world.

Nelly Kaplan's first feature film is a surreal-comical attack on sexual double standards.

A singular work in the history of film, which confronts the dual heritage of the Nouvelle Vague and of May '68. The manifesto of an entire generation.

The stirring debut of one of the most influential French filmmakers of the 20th century is an unsparing portrait of a wayward youth.

A cinematic experience inspired by Andy Warhol's legendary Screen Tests, whose hypnotic effect is irresistible.

A film like a wild poem: L'étrangleur by Paul Vecchiali is one of the most original French genre films of the 1970s. In the dark of the night, the deeply traumatised Émile uses a white scarf to strangle women who are tired of their lives. An unconventional police inspector takes up the investigation and a young woman volunteers to act as bait. L'étrangleur is one of Paul Vecchiali's most beautiful and personal films. Instead of following the giallo or polar trends that were popular at the time, Vecchiali harks back to the cinema of the 1930s and transports the poetic realism of those years to 1970s France. "L'étrangleur is a film about the magic of the night. A night one can dive into like a pond’s green water." (Le Monde)

Heat seeps into the rhythm of everyday life, into images and light. It also binds together in this film about community and life as a woman in Colombia.

A love against all odds. With its sincere attitude, daring embrace of the fantastic, and an unforgettable central couple, Sabrina Doyle has crafted a captivating feature debut.

Rule number one: do not leave the apartment. While their mother goes to work, two brothers must look after each other. Outside, an unknown world beckons.

A special kind of roundelay: highly enjoyable and ultimately deeply moving. 



When a dream at first cannot come true, it can result in an unexpected opportunity. That’s what is revealed by this moving film, set against the sublime backdrop of the Himalayan mountains.

A good sense of smell is worth a thousand words. In this award-winning animated film, mixed-breed dog Marona looks back on her life, teaching us a lot about love.

Playful like the Nouvelle Vague and buoyed up by the music of Keith Jarrett, Mon cœur est rouge is a cinematic gem that urgently needs to be rediscovered. Clara (Françoise Lebrun from La maman et la putain) works for a large cosmetics company. As a market researcher, she has to ask women about their make-up habits. To this end, she roams Paris, sometimes talking to housewives, sometimes to mothers at a day care, and when she meets a young man, she promptly starts an affair with him.

It's summer, but nobody uses the pool. Cleo mourns her sister while, in parallel, experiencing puberty’s effects on her body. A community of women offers her comfort and strength.

A woman torn between her husband, a lover, and emancipation. A quiet drama staged with essaystic means: beguiling archive material and merciless diary citations.

Removed from all tourist pictures, Neige embeds itself deeply in the community of Montmartre. A film that has acquired a cult status over the years. Juliet Berto, one of the most influential actresses of the Nouvelle Vague, made her first film in 1981 with her partner Jean-Henri Roger. On the surface a study of the drug scene, Neige combines auteur cinema with genre elements. A dealer is shot dead by the police. Anita (Berto) tries to help the now desperate addicts in her neighbourhood. At the same time, she wants to take revenge for the death of the young dealer. Neige takes this story as an excuse to cast a brilliantly filthy look at Montmartre, and Berto/Roger create a true cinéma de quartier with cinematographer William Lubtchansky. A transition film, still bearing traces of the playfulness and lightness of the 1970s, while already heralding the night-time cinema of the 1980s.

"I often dream of stealing a sailboat." The German youth film has lost nothing of its coolness and power! With a cult soundtrack by Udo Lindenberg.

The American nightmare: for the chance to win a brand new truck, the participants of a competition endanger their health, their livelihood, and their inner peace.



A child’s mourning, represented with extraordinary delicacy and precision. Victoire Thivisol, then four years old, was awarded the prize for Best Actress in Venice.

You think you know American college romcoms? Think again! In Cooper Raiff's directorial debut things happen quite differently than what we’re used to.



Marie-Claude Treilhou's debut tells of the transition from the sobering 1970s to the dominant night cinema of the 1980s. A key film of its time, which can now be seen in a restored version.

A mother, a daughter, the cowardly men around them, the words unsaid between them. A ghost story about uncertain feelings and secret dreams.

The grand finale of our retrospective, as well as the conclusion of an entire cinematic era. It also marks Bruno Nuytten’s transition from cinematographer to auteur.

In this gripping animated film, the relationship between humans and animals is turned on its head. An adaptation of the classic children's book that sparkles with ingenuity and wit.

A son shortly before the birth of his own child. A father ready for his approaching death. Between them a film project that lovingly questions the Israeli zeitgeist.

The Disciple dives deep into Indian singing tradition. At first, it’s the apprentice’s ambition that drives the film, but then he discovers a horizon beyond success.

Three dead in a Tehran slaughterhouse. How did it happen? What should be done? A stirring film about the price of culpability, the search for truth, and the thirst for revenge of victims.

After years apart, a woman visits two old friends. In the space between old intimacy and new distance, conversations unfold that let the past shine through again and again.

When does the capacity to suffer turn into resistance? When is death followed by resurrection? This artfully told modern legend from southern Africa is the festival hit of the season!


The rainforest as a place of refuge, entanglements and fantasies. A young woman is hunted by rich white men, rescued by workers, and everyone falls for her.

German emigration in the present: Christian Petzold's unconventional, captivatingly topical Seghers adaptation. 




Drawing from his own experiences, Gérard Blain tells of growing up in occupied France. A forgotten masterpiece of French cinema.

After the sudden death of his mother, little Antò has to work with his father harvesting crops. It’s only a fantastic promise that allows him to endure the hardships of physical labour.

A day in the labyrinth of Turkish local politics: Ercan Kesal's furious debut is a satire, a milieu study, and a thriller all packed into one. A peculiar, enlightening, and exciting delight.