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The Tree Film Festival is the first of its kind and is dedicated exclusively to trees. The venue is therefore not a cinema, but the Parliament of Trees Against War and Violence, designed by Ben Wagin (1930-2021). He was an artist, environmental activist, and tree patron who planted thousands of trees, mostly ginkgos.
The first trees in the Parliament of Trees were planted in 1991 in the former "death strip," diagonally opposite the Reichstag building, between the S-Bahn tracks and the Spree River. The festival's thematic focus includes documentaries about the transformation of the habitat and art projects. The films are projected directly onto a screen on the Berlin Wall.
The festival is curated by filmmaker and cinematographer Uwe Bohrer. As early as the 1980s, he worked on films about deforestation and was present with his camera at the first tree plantings. He first filmed Ben Wagin in 1975 and later collaborated with him on several films.
An event organized by the Tree Sponsorship Association (Baumpatenverein e.V.) with the support of the Berlin Wall Foundation.
The first trees in the Parliament of Trees were planted in 1991 in the former "death strip," diagonally opposite the Reichstag building, between the S-Bahn tracks and the Spree River. The festival's thematic focus includes documentaries about the transformation of the habitat and art projects. The films are projected directly onto a screen on the Berlin Wall.
The festival is curated by filmmaker and cinematographer Uwe Bohrer. As early as the 1980s, he worked on films about deforestation and was present with his camera at the first tree plantings. He first filmed Ben Wagin in 1975 and later collaborated with him on several films.
An event organized by the Tree Sponsorship Association (Baumpatenverein e.V.) with the support of the Berlin Wall Foundation.
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Additional information
Meeting point: Parliament of Trees, Schiffbauerdamm (next to house number 40, Federal Press Conference), 10117 Berlin
Dates
April 2026
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