Berlin International Film Festival (Berlinale) (Die Internationalen Filmfestspiele Berlin)

Berlin International Film Festival (Berlinale)

Die Internationalen Filmfestspiele Berlin

Also known as: Berlinale

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Retrospective · 23

Banal Days

Peter Welz

Banal Days East Berlin, 1978. Thomas is an apprentice toolmaker, Michael is a high school student.…

Slap Hat

Ulrich Schamoni

Slap Hat A bankrupt young industrialist goes all out on the idea of the “leisure society”. In his…

Dark Spring

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Ingemo Engström

Dark Spring Shortly after her divorce, a doctor from Munich sets out on a trip. With a mute lover at…

Just Don’t Think I’ll Cry

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Frank Vogel

Just Don’t Think I’ll Cry High-school senior Peter considers the adults around him to be hypocritical,…

The German Chainsaw Massacre

Christoph Schlingensief

The German Chainsaw Massacre October 3, 1990. Berlin is celebrating reunification at the Brandenburg Gate. Far from…

The Germans and Their Men

Helke Sander

The Germans and Their Men “I’m looking for a man!”, echoes from the Drachenfels across the Rhine. The Lorelei named…

The Endless Night

Will Tremper

The Endless Night West Berlin’s Tempelhof airport in 1962. The airport is socked in by fog and no planes…

Angels of Iron

Thomas Brasch

Angels of Iron Berlin in the summer of 1948. During the Soviet blockade of the city’s western sectors,…

Purgatory

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Haro Senft

Purgatory Daniel is a Marxist and does odd jobs out of conviction. Under questioning by a public…

Heart Jump

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Helke Misselwitz

Heart Jump Herzsprung, a village in Brandenburg, just after reunification. Factory cook Johanna…

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Bettina Flitner

Me After achieving worldwide success with her debut, a low-budget underdog film called “Die…

In the Country of My Parents

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Jeanine Meerapfel

In the Country of My Parents Filmmaker Jeanine Meerapfel has been the president of Berlin’s Akademie der Künste…

Jesus – The Film

Michael Brynntrup

Jesus – The Film From the annunciation to the ascension, this black-and-white biopic takes a strictly…

Kismet, Kismet

Ismet Elçi

Kismet, Kismet Kemal came to West Berlin from Turkey seven years ago and built up a small, secure…

Little Godard. On the Curatorship of Young German Cinema

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Hellmuth Costard

Little Godard. On the Curatorship of Young German Cinema This experimental documentary shot with a self-developed Super 8 system shows the basis…

The Goat’s Intensity

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Jochen Krausser

The Goat’s Intensity A young, recreational filmmaker takes his home camera to rural Thuringia to capture on…

Macumba

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Elfi Mikesch

Macumba In an old building scheduled for demolition, a mixed group of people dedicates itself to…

Ain’t Nothing Without You

Pia Frankenberg

Ain’t Nothing Without You The everyday adventures of a filmmaker caught between social causes and amorous…

Shirin’s Wedding

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Helma Sanders-Brahms

Shirin’s Wedding Farmer’s daughter Shirin is facing an arranged marriage with the administrator who put…

Supermarket

Roland Klick

Supermarket Young slacker Willi makes his way in Hamburg as a petty criminal and hustler. He finds…

Tobby

Hansjürgen Pohland

Tobby Jazz singer and bongo player Tobby Fichelscher has received a tempting offer. He’s been…

Invisible Days, or the Legend of the White Crocodiles

Eva Hiller

Invisible Days, or the Legend of the White Crocodiles In her essay film, Eva Hiller illustrates the nightly infrastructure of a large city,…

Two Among Millions

Victor Vicas, Wieland Liebske

Two Among Millions Berlin, just before the Berlin Wall is built. At the last moment, the East Berlin truck…