Films 2022

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• A Tale of ShemroonChevalier Noirread moreOnline
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  Director: Emad Aleebrahim DehkordiCountry: Iran, France, Germany, Italy

  German Premiere
  2022 | 102 min. | Persian, FrenchSubtitles: English, German

  A breath of fresh air for Iranian cinema: Emad Aleebrahim Dehkordi’s debut feature transforms from a portrait of Tehran’s young generation into an intense drama about two brothers who share an intimate bond.
• A WomanUne femme de notre tempsread moreOnline
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  Director: Jean-Paul CiveyracCountry: France

  2022 | 96 min. | FrenchSubtitles: English, German

  Sophie Marceau, armed with bow and arrow: the competitive archer and police inspector Juliane resorts to drastic means when she discovers her husband’s infidelity. A Hitchcockian homage full of surprises.
• AshkalAshkalread moreOnline
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  Director: Youssef ChebbiCountry: Tunisia, France

  German Premiere
  2022 | 92 min. | ArabicSubtitles: German, English

  A few years after the Arab Spring, the Tunisian capital is shaken by the discovery of mysterious burn victims. A beautifully shot, stirring crime drama that brings together politics and the supernatural.
• AstrakanAstrakanread moreOnline
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  Director: David DepessevilleCountry: France

  German Premiere
  2022 | 104 min. | FrenchSubtitles: English, German

  An orphan boy’s experience of puberty and the slow realization that his new foster family harbors a dark secret. A film like a timeless painting, poetic and harrowing.
• BigmanStrijderread more
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  Director: Camiel SchouwenaarCountry: Netherlands

  2022 | 90 min. | DutchSynchronization in GermanFSK 6

  Just wait, I’ll show you all! In this coming-of-age film, a stubborn 13-year-old refuses to give up his dreams of soccer – despite injury, setbacks and the misgivings of others.
• BlanquitaBlanquitaread more
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  Director: Fernando GuzzoniCountry: Chile, Mexico, Luxembourg, France, Poland

  German Premiere
  2022 | 94 min. | SpanishSubtitles: English, German

  Guilty or innocent? This is much more than a question for the court. Superbly photographed political cinema, revolving around an unforgettable protagonist.
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  Director: Susanna NicchiarelliCountry: Italy, Belgium

  German Premiere
  2022 | 106 min. | Italian, Latin, FrenchSubtitles: English, German SDH

  Clare of Assisi is both a saint and a revolutionary: she prays and fights for her freedom, for recognition by the pope and for the rights of women. And she works miracles!
• Comedy QueenComedy Queenread more
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  Director: Sanna LenkenCountry: Sweden

  2022 | 94 min. | SwedishSubtitles: GermanFSK 12

  A 13-year-old girl, her devastating loss, and how humor can help her cope. Here’s a poignant film about grieving, directed with much sensitivity towards its characters.
• Dead for a DollarDead for a Dollarread more
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  Director: Walter HillCountry: USA, Canada

  German Premiere
  2022 | 106 min. | EnglishSubtitles: German

  An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth. Christoph Waltz meets Willem Dafoe meets Benjamin Bratt – a star-studded, suspense-filled neo-Western from veteran director Walter Hill.
• Diary of a Fleeting AffairChronique d'une liaison passagèreread more
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  Director: Emmanuel MouretCountry: France

  German Premiere
  2022 | 100 min. | FrenchSubtitles: English, German SDH

  On the art of infidelity and misunderstandings involving sex and passion. A romantic film to love and fall in love with.
• El AguaEl Aguaread more
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  Director: Elena López RieraCountry: Spain, Switzerland, France

  German Premiere
  2022 | 104 min. | SpanishSubtitles: English, German

  Magic, mysticism, superstition, and youthful romanticism. ›El Agua‹ explores the myths of femininity and, in doing so, paints a portrait of a region caught between a lack of perspective and a desire for change.
• Forever YoungLes amandiersread more
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  Director: Valeria Bruni TedeschiCountry: France

  2022 | 125 min. | FrenchSubtitles: English, German

  The dreams and scars of a generation: a dozen theatre students devote themselves entirely to the stage – and to life. With far-reaching consequences.
• Gandhi & Co.Gandhi & Co.read more
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  Director: Manish SainiCountry: India

  2022 | 101 min. | GujaratiSynchronization in GermanFSK 0

  Who’s cooler, Mahatma Gandhi or an ordinary superhero? It’s difficult to know for two rascally boys who must first learn an important lesson: real strength doesn’t come from violence, but from truth and good deeds.
• GirlhoodBande de fillesread more
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  Director: Céline SciammaCountry: France

  2014 | 112 min. | FrenchSubtitles: German, English

  A social portrait without kitsch or false dreariness, Céline Sciamma’s third feature tells the story of a gang of girls in a Parisian banlieu.
• Girls Go Movie SpecialMit anschliessendem Gesprächread more
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  Director: VariousCountry: Germany

  2022 | 90 min. | VariousSubtitles: German

  Film highlights by young women directors from the last five editions of the GIRLS GO MOVIE short film festival.
• How Is Katia?Yak Tam Katia?read moreOnline
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  Director: Christina TynkevychCountry: Ukraine

  German Premiere
  2022 | 100 min. | UkrainianSubtitles: English, German

  Anna fights back! The loving mother and doctor stands up against a society that doesn’t care about morality and justice. A sensitive portrait and psychological study of Ukraine before the war.
• I Have Electric DreamsTengo sueños eléctricosread moreOnline
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  Director: Valentina MaurelCountry: Costa Rica, Belgium, France

  German Premiere
  2022 | 100 min. | SpanishSubtitles: English, German

  They loved each other, they beat each other – this dense Costa Rican drama portrays a fascinating and conflicted daughter-father relationship. Winner of three prizes at the Locarno Film Festival.
• JoylandJoylandread moreOnline
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  Director: Saim SadiqCountry: Pakistan

  German Premiere
  2022 | 126 min. | UrduSubtitles: English, German

  ›Joyland‹ immerses us into the nightlife of Lahore, where repressed desires shake the foundations of rigid societal conventions.
• Leila's BrothersLeila's Brothersread more
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  Director: Saeed RoustaeeCountry: Iran

  2022 | 169 min. | PersianSubtitles: English, German

  The gifted Iranian director Saeed Roustaee crafts a sympathetic portrait of a woman and her dramatic struggle for her family’s future, which is thwarted by patriarchal traditions and a Donald Trump tweet.
• Love 3DLove 3Dread more
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  Director: Gaspar NoéCountry: France, Belgium

  2015 | 135 min. | EnglishSubtitles: German

  In Gaspar Noé’s autobiographically tinged, sexually explicit 3-D flick called ›Love‹, desire and the fear of losing someone meet a love supreme.
• LudwigLudwigread more
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  Director: Luchino ViscontiCountry: Italy, France, West Germany

  1973 | 238 min. | ItalianSubtitles: English, German

  The rise and fall of King Ludwig II, directed by the great Italian master as an opulent costume drama. The uncut version is shown in its brand-new restoration.
• ManticoreMantícoraread moreOnline
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  Director: Carlos VermutCountry: Spain

  German Premiere
  2022 | 115 min. | SpanishSubtitles: English, German

  Julián, a young video game designer, is jolted out of his routine and seclusion after a fire breaks out in the apartment next door. Considered and perceptive, ›Manticore‹ explores the extremes of the human psyche.
• My Small LandMy Small Landread more
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  Director: Emma KawawadaCountry: Japan, France

  2022 | 114 min. | Japanese, Kurdish, TurkishSubtitles: English, GermanFSK 12

  What does it mean for someone to flee, start anew, adopt a new culture, and have to fear losing everything all over again? These are the issues addressed in this moving and honest film.
• Next SoheeDa-eum-so-heeread more
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  Director: July JungCountry: South Korea

  German Premiere
  2022 | 134 min. | KoreanSubtitles: English, German

  The call center employee Sohee commits a desperate act. When the police start investigating, they dig up a tightly woven network of social violence.
• OinkKnorread more
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  Director: Mascha HalberstadCountry: Netherlands, Belgium

  2022 | 70 min. | DutchSynchronization in GermanFSK 0

  “Vegetables are my meat” is the motto of this wonderfully animated puppet movie. A pig can’t get any cuter than this, and a car chase could hardly be more exciting.
• OrlandoOrlandoread moreOnline
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  Director: Sally PotterCountry: United Kingdom, Russia, Italy, France, Netherlands

  1992 | 93 min. | EnglishSubtitles: German

  Sally Potter’s adaptation of Virginia Woolf’s novel “Orlando” is a uniquely enigmatic work. Starring Tilda Swinton in the role of the androgynous poet.
• PacifictionPacifiction – Tourment sur les îlesread moreOnline
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  Director: Albert SerraCountry: Spain, France, Portugal, Germany

  2022 | 162 min. | FrenchSubtitles: German, English

  Pure cinema. Film as trance. Bodies and movement, bodies in movement – majestically captured by a camera. Albert Serra breaks the boundaries of conventional narrative cinema. Beautiful.
• Palm Trees and Power LinesPalm Trees and Power Linesread more
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  Director: Jamie DackCountry: USA

  2022 | 110 min. | EnglishSubtitles: German

  When teenage Lea meets a much older man, he seems to be the solution to all of her problems. But things are not as she thinks.
• Paris FrillsFalbalasread moreOnline
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  Director: Jacques BeckerCountry: France

  1945 | 111 min. | FrenchSubtitles: German, English

  Shot in 1944 during the German occupation, ›Falbalas‹ is one of the most beautiful films ever made about the work of a fashion designer, as well as an invaluable document of its era.
• Paris MemoriesRevoir Parisread more
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  Director: Alice WinocourCountry: France

  German Premiere
  2022 | 103 min. | FrenchSubtitles: German SDH, English

  A silver lining to trauma: how can one remember, process, and even emerge from an assassination attempt more compassionate than before? A powerful film about what happens after – from the winner of the Grand IFFMH Award 2022.
• PhiloktetPhiloktetread more
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  Director: Jan BonnyCountry: Germany

  2022 | 68 min. | German
• Picnic at Hanging RockPicnic at Hanging Rockread more
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  Director: Peter WeirCountry: Australia

  1975 | 107 min. | EnglishSubtitles: German

  Peter Weir’s poetic horror film. A sensual and mystical masterpiece that ushered in a new era of Australian cinema. Shown in its restored version.
• Pink NarcissusPink Narcissusread more
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  Director: James BidgoodCountry: USA

  1971 | 65 min. | No Dialogue

  The ultimate filmic definition of camp: James Bidgood’s sensual and erotic queer cinema masterpiece about a young man and his sexual fantasies.
• ProximaProximaread more
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  Director: Alice WinocourCountry: France, Germany

  2019 | 107 min. | French, English, Russian, GermanSubtitles: English, German

  A thoroughly original space drama about an astronaut’s pain of separation. From this year’s Grand IFFMH Award winner – starring Eva Green, Lars Eidinger, and Matt Dillon.
• Puzzle of a Downfall ChildPuzzle of a Downfall Childread more
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  Director: Jerry SchatzbergCountry: USA

  1970 | 105 min. | EnglishSubtitles: German

  The aftermath of a mental breakdown – in this emotional film, a woman casts a disillusioned look back at her glamorous life as a model.
• RodeoRodéoread more
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  Director: Lola QuivoronCountry: France

  2022 | 105 min. | FrenchSubtitles: English, German

  At the centre of Lola Quivoron’s visionary debut is a young woman, as strong as she is headstrong, amid the male-dominated world of French biker gangs.
• Safe PlaceSigurno mjestoread moreOnline
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  Director: Juraj LerotićCountry: Croatia

  2022 | 102 min. | CroatianSubtitles: English, German

  A young man gradually succumbs to the darkness of his mind – but his brother and mother won’t think of giving up on him. One of the best films of the year!
• SaloméSaloméread more
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  Director: Alla Nazimova, Charles BryantCountry: USA

  1922 | 73 min. | SilentSubtitles: English, German

  A riotous adaptation of Oscar Wilde’s play, this queer cult film, brimming with glamorous costumes, has influenced generations of filmmakers.
• Skin DeepAus meiner Hautread more
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  Director: Alex SchaadCountry: Germany

  2022 | 103 min. | GermanSubtitles: English

  Getting inside someone else’s skin. An exciting, fantastic love story about the nature of interpersonal relationships.
• Sons of RamsesGoutte d’Orread more
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  Director: Clément CogitoreCountry: France

  German Premiere
  2022 | 98 min. | French, ArabicSubtitles: English, German

  A charming charlatan is supposedly able to contact the dead. But suddenly he’s involved in a death himself. An atmospherically dense thriller and a portrait of a Parisian neighborhood.
• Spring BreakersSpring Breakersread more
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  Director: Harmony KorineCountry: USA

  2012 | 94 min. | EnglishSubtitles: German

  Cult film, exploitation and insanely clever critique of the media: Harmony Korine’s most successful film owes much to Benoît Debie’s camerawork.
• Stella in LoveStella est amoureuseread moreOnline
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  Director: Sylvie VerheydeCountry: France

  German Premiere
  2022 | 110 min. | FrenchSubtitles: English, German

  A head full of boys and dreams, a life full of obstacles. ›Stella in Love‹ conjures 1980s France in a melancholic coming-of-age story with an atmospheric mixtape soundtrack.
• Stone TurtleStone Turtleread moreOnline
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  Director: Woo Ming JinCountry: Malaysia

  2022 | 91 min. | Malay, Indonesian, MandarinSubtitles: English, German

  An island serves as the setting for mystical rituals. ›Stone Turtle‹ tells of a woman’s quest for justice in a Malaysia where past and future are intertwined.
• Sun & DaughterCuidando al solread more
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  Director: Catalina RazziniCountry: Bolivia, Spain, Germany

  2021 | 84 min. | Spanish, AymaraSynchronization in GermanFSK 6

  A sensitive film about an Indigenous girl living at Lake Titicaca, featuring a charismatic actress gorgeously photographed in front of breathtaking scenery.
• SunaSunaread moreOnline
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  Director: Çiğdem SezginCountry: Turkey, Spain, Bulgaria

  German Premiere
  2022 | 102 min. | TurkishSubtitles: English, German

  A marriage, a house, and the sadness that both can carry. A sensitive portrait of a woman and her exhausting search for a place in a world dominated by men.
• The BeastsAs bestasread moreOnline
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  Director: Rodrigo SorogoyenCountry: Spain, France

  German Premiere
  2022 | 137 min. | Spanish, French, GalicianSubtitles: English, German

  Spectacular performance-driven cinema that raises a burning question: Is it possible to escape a cycle of violence? The suspense never lets up in this nerve-racking psychological thriller.
• The Bitter Tears of Petra von KantDie bitteren Tränen der Petra von Kantread more
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  Director: Rainer Werner FassbinderCountry: West Germany

  1972 | 124 min. | GermanSubtitles: English

  A fashion designer abuses her assistant and yearns for the love of a young woman. One of Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s most beautiful films.
• The DamAl-Saddread moreOnline
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  Director: Ali CherriCountry: Sudan, France, Germany, Serbia

  German Premiere
  2022 | 80 min. | ArabicSubtitles: English, German

  In northern Sudan, on the banks of the Nile, men earn their bread with arduous seasonal work. While mass protests rage in the rest of the country, here a destructive force of a very different kind is growing.
• The Exploits of Moominpappa – Adventures of a Young MoominMuminpappans bravader – En ung Mumins äventyrread more
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  Director: Ira CarpelanCountry: Finland, Poland

  German Premiere
  2021 | 74 min. | SwedishSynchronization in GermanFSK 0

  The Moomins are back! And this time they embark on a fanciful, carefree journey through Moominvalley. By the end, we know one thing for sure: we will all eventually find our way.
• The HandmaidenAh-ga-ssiread more
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  Director: Park Chan-wookCountry: South Korea

  2016 | 145 min. | Korean, JapaneseSubtitles: English, German

  In order to rob a rich heiress, the pickpocket Sook-hee poses as a maid. Park Chan-wook tells this erotic love story as a thriller.
• The MaidenThe Maidenread more
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  Director: Graham FoyCountry: Canada

  German Premiere
  2022 | 117 min. | EnglishSubtitles: German

  Two teenage boys on skateboards romp through a no man’s land of forests, ruins, rivers, and railroads. Only one of them returns. Contemporary American independent cinema at its best!
• The Night of the 12thLa Nuit du 12read more
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  Director: Dominik MollCountry: Belgium, France

  2022 | 115 min. | FrenchSubtitles: English, German

  Every detective has a case that won’t let them go and hurts more than all the others. This thrillingly realized and superbly acted crime film revolves around such a case.
• The Sixth ChildLe sixième enfantread more
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  Director: Léopold LegrandCountry: France

  German Premiere
  2022 | 92 min. | FrenchSubtitles: English, German

  A baby at all costs? Childless Anna, in any case, is willing to risk everything. A moving drama that pushes its characters to the limits of law and morality, and beyond.
• The Virgin SuicidesThe Virgin Suicidesread moreOnline
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  Director: Sofia CoppolaCountry: USA

  1999 | 97 min. | EnglishSubtitles: German

  The story of the suicide of five sisters. Sofia Coppola’s debut feature made a lasting impression on the US cinema of the 1990s.
• The WomenThe Womenread more
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  Director: George CukorCountry: USA

  1939 | 133 min. | EnglishSubtitles: German

  Gossip and scandal in New York: a biting social satire with an all-female cast, and a milestone of Hollywood cinema.
• Unicorn WarsUnicorn Warsread more
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  Director: Alberto VázquezCountry: Spain, France

  German Premiere
  2022 | 92 min. | SpanishSubtitles: English, German

  ›Apocalypse Now‹ meets ›Bambi‹: this animated mêlée of blood, guts and dayglow colours pits teddy bears and unicorns, of all things, against each other and really lets it rip.
• Valeria Is Getting MarriedValeria Mithatenetread moreOnline
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  Director: Michal VinikCountry: Israel, Ukraine

  German Premiere
  2022 | 76 min. | Hebrew, Russian, EnglishSubtitles: English, German

  The reluctant bride: director Michal Vinik tells the story of an intimate sisterhood and an Israeli-Ukrainian emancipation.
• VeraVeraread moreOnline
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  Director: Tizza Covi, Rainer FrimmelCountry: Austria

  2022 | 115 min. | ItalianSubtitles: English, German

  The daughter of a famous actor performing as the daughter of a famous actor. Tizza Covi and Rainer Frimmel playfully integrate biographical material into a fictional story.
• VinyanVinyanread more
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  Director: Fabrice du WelzCountry: Belgium, France, United Kingdom

  2008 | 97 min. | EnglishSubtitles: German

  Emmanuelle Béart and Rufus Sewell are a couple searching for their missing son. Risking everything, they venture into the jungles of Myanmar.
• When the Waves Are GoneKapag wala na ang mga alonread more
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  Director: Lav DiazCountry: Philippines, Denmark, Portugal, France

  German Premiere
  2022 | 187 min. | TagalogSubtitles: German, English

  The legendary Filipino director Lav Diaz follows two dirty cops into the depths of the brutal era of the Duterte presidency.
• Winter BoyLe lycéenread more
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  Director: Christophe HonoréCountry: France

  German Premiere
  2022 | 122 min. | FrenchSubtitles: English, German

  Lust for life and adventure. With fantastic actors alongside Juliette Binoche and the exceptionally talented Paul Kircher, Christophe Honoré’s family drama tells of loss and new beginnings.
• Wolf and DogLobo e Cãoread moreOnline
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  Director: Cláudia VarejãoCountry: Portugal, France

  German Premiere
  2022 | 111 min. | PortugueseSubtitles: English, German

  To break free in order to live – this feature debut, as visually powerful as it is emotionally charged, surveys how the society of an island of the Azores becomes a prison for its queer protagonists.
• You Won't Be AloneYou Won't Be Aloneread more
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  Director: Goran StolevskiCountry: Australia, United Kingdom, Serbia

  German Premiere
  2022 | 108 min. | MacedonianSubtitles: English, German

  A witch makes a great humane decision! Goran Stolevski’s debut feature is a symphonically composed and poetic masterpiece with echoes of Terrence Malick.