Film events in Berlin

Film, theatre, literature & music

© Foto: Archiv von Trotta / Photo: Foto: Archive von Trotta

Film, theatre, literature & music

11/09/2025 – 09/11/2025

Margarethe von Trotta

Film, theatre, literature & music

11/09/2025 – 09/11/2025

Neuer Berliner Kunstverein (n.b.k.) presents a major retrospective of legendary filmmaker Margarethe von Trotta (*1942 in Berlin).

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Neuer Berliner Kunstverein n.b.k. Neuer Berliner Kunstverein n.b.k.
Chausseestraße 128-129
10115 Berlin

12:00 pm

https://www.nbk.org/de/ausstellungen/margarethe-von-trotta
Films

© DEFA-Stiftung

Films

07/10/2025

Movie night at the Mark Twain Library

Films

07/10/2025

The "Mark Twain" District Central Library invites you to a special cinematic experience: The screening of the impressive documentary film "Script: The Times" by Barbara and Winfried Junge – a three-part retrospective of the long-term project "The Children of…

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- History of the GDR
Bezirkszentralbibliothek "Mark Twain" Bezirkszentralbibliothek "Mark Twain"

17:00 pm – 23:00 pm

https://www.berlin.de/bibliotheken-mh/aktuelles/veranstaltungen/filmabend-in-der-bibliothek-1592133.php
Films

© Internationales Uranium Film Festival

Films

07/10/2025 – 12/10/2025

Uranium Film Festival Berlin2025

Films

07/10/2025 – 12/10/2025

This year, the International Uranium Film Festival will once again bring powerful films to Berlin. The 10th International Uranium Film Festival in Berlin will focus on the global nuclear threat.

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- Politics & Society
Zeiss-Großplanetarium Zeiss-Großplanetarium (Kinosaal)
Prenzlauer Allee 80
10405 Berlin

19:00 pm

https://uraniumfilmfestival.org/de/uranium-film-festival-berlin-2025
Films

© Masheter Movie Archive Alamy Stock Photo

Films

08/10/2025

The trip

Films

08/10/2025

Almost every moviegoer is familiar with the classic film Easy Rider, which captures the spirit of America's roaring 1960s. Hardly anyone is familiar with The Trip, which was produced shortly before with the same lead actor and perhaps portrays the subject more…

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Sammlung Scharf-Gerstenberg Sammlung Scharf-Gerstenberg

18:00 pm – 20:00 pm

https://www.smb.museum/veranstaltungen/detail/?tx_smb_pi1%5Bsmart_id%5D=151415
Films

© Sub Opus 36 e.V.

Films

08/10/2025

Do you know cinema?

Films

08/10/2025

What do the rockers in Dawn of the Dead do to the poor zombies in the department stores'? How many men are waiting for Charles Bronson in the intro sequence of Play Me the Song of Death? And which pop star is talked about at the beginning of Reservoir Dogs?

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SO36 SO36

19:30 pm

https://www.so36.de

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Films

© »Wenn die Seele friert«

Films

10/10/2025

»When the Soul Freezes« – Interkulturkino

Films

10/10/2025

A very relatable and personal portrait of a family in Germany: a German mother, a Turkish father, and five siblings. This is the family of director Stella Sema Yeşiltaç. With great warmth, the filmmaker traces the development of her parents and the search for…

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Ulme35 Ulme35

19:00 pm

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© Rise And Shine Cinema

Films

10/10/2025

AI WEIWEI'S TURANDOT | Everything is art. Everything is politics. – Ai Weiwei

Films

10/10/2025

For two years, director Maxim Derevianko accompanied the rehearsals and background information of Ai Weiwei's opera production of Turandot at the Teatro dell'Opera in Rome. The result is AI WEIWEI'S TURANDOT, an extraordinary documentary about Puccini's…

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Cosima Filmtheater Cosima Filmtheater

20:15 pm
Workshop

© Quelle: Deutsche Kinemathek, Foto: Corina Berheide

Workshop

11/10/2025 + 2 additional dates

Cartoon Saturday

Workshop

11/10/2025 + 2 additional dates

Pointing a cell phone camera at it always works. But how do I make an animated film? Every month, the Deutsche Kinemathek hosts "Animated Film Saturday" and invites you to get involved in filmmaking.

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Deutsche Kinemathek – Museum für Film und Fernsehen Deutsche Kinemathek – Museum für Film und Fernsehen

11:00 am – 15:00 pm

https://www.jugend-im-museum.de/kurse/alle-kurse/?kathaupt=11&knr=2025-00I&kursname=TRICKFILM-SAMSTAG&cHash=68df14b22ea58bc3d46f57bad43934fa
Films

© Stiftung Humboldt Forum im Berliner Schloss / Julia Nickel

Films

11/10/2025 + 1 additional date

In Our Own Images - Crafting and building: Toy Cars, Boats, Seat Mats

Films

11/10/2025 + 1 additional date

The Ye'kwana live in the Amazon rainforest. The boys show you how they carve an arrow and arch. The children from Papua New Guinea weave a seat mat and children from a village in Cameroon build a toy car. What did you last build yourself? What would you like…

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Humboldt Forum: Saal 3 Humboldt Forum: Saal 3

13:00 pm – 13:45 pm

https://www.humboldtforum.org

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Films

© Deutsche Kinemathek / Claudia von Alemann

Films

11/10/2025

Arsenal on Location: Claudia von Alemann

Films

11/10/2025

Arsenal - Institute for Film and Video Art and the Deutsche Kinemathek present four newly restored films by Claudia von Alemann, created between 1969 and 1982.

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Akademie der Künste Hanseatenweg Akademie der Künste Hanseatenweg

17:30 pm – 21:00 pm

https://adk.de/de/programm/?we_objectID=68133
Films

© Stiftung Humboldt Forum im Berliner Schloss/ Julia Nickel

Films

12/10/2025 + 1 additional date

In Our Own Images - Pearl Necklaces, Reed Boats, Baskets

Films

12/10/2025 + 1 additional date

Tradition and craftsmanship - Pearl Necklaces, Reed Boats, Baskets: How do you learn to light a fire without matches and how do you weave a hammock? How do you use a traditional Peruvian reed boat for fishing?

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Humboldt Forum: Saal 3 Humboldt Forum: Saal 3

13:00 pm – 13:45 pm

https://www.humboldtforum.org

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Guided Tour

© Deutsche Kinemathek

Guided Tour

12/10/2025

Underdog Kreuzberg

Guided Tour

12/10/2025

Kreuzberg is a biotope for visionaries and the lost - and also inspires cinema. The city walk shows cinematic locations between Schlesisches Tor and Kottbusser Tor.

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Deutsche Kinemathek – Museum für Film und Fernsehen Deutsche Kinemathek – Museum für Film und Fernsehen

14:00 pm – 16:30 pm

https://www.deutsche-kinemathek.de/de/besuch/veranstaltungskalender/underdog-kreuzberg
Concerts

© Murnau Stiftung

Concerts

12/10/2025 + 6 additional dates

Metropolis LIVE with Babylon Orchester Berlin

Concerts

12/10/2025 + 6 additional dates

Like no other film, METROPOLIS represents the heyday of the German silent film made in Berlin - Babelsberg. Electricity got things moving, lighting up the nights and the asphalt.

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- The roaring twenties in Berlin
Babylon Babylon

18:00 pm

http://bit.ly/metropolislive

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Lectures & Readings

© Deutsche Kinemathek / Claudia von Alemann

Lectures & Readings

12/10/2025

Arsenal on Location: Claudia von Alemann | Sunday

Lectures & Readings

12/10/2025

Arsenal - Institute for Film and Video Art and the Deutsche Kinemathek present four newly restored films by Claudia von Alemann, created between 1969 and 1982.

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Akademie der Künste Hanseatenweg Akademie der Künste Hanseatenweg

19:00 pm – 22:00 pm

https://adk.de/de/programm/?we_objectID=68133
Films

© BW

Films

12/10/2025

Silent film cinema with live music: The City of Millions

Films

12/10/2025

Silent film screening with live music with Anna Vavilkina on the piano.

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- City of music
Ballhaus Wedding Ballhaus Wedding

19:30 pm – 22:00 pm

https://www.ballhauswedding.de/details-registrierung/die-stadt-der-millionen

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Lectures & Readings

© Florian Opitz | Lutz Pehnert

Lectures & Readings

15/10/2025

TransformationsZEIT: City. Film. Present.

Lectures & Readings

15/10/2025

The continuation of reality in documentary film - a discussion with the filmmakers and authors Florian Opitz and Lutz Pehnert, moderated by Marion Brasch.

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Museum Ephraim-Palais Museum Ephraim-Palais

18:00 pm – 19:30 pm

https://www.stadtmuseum.de/veranstaltungen/transformationszeit-stadt-film-gegenwart
Art

© Eléonore Roedel

Art

15/10/2025 + 2 additional dates

Accompanying program for the exhibition Echohaus – 30 Years of Haus Schwarzenberg

Art

15/10/2025 + 2 additional dates

The exhibition "Echohaus – 30 Years of Haus Schwarzenberg" offers an exciting accompanying program: a reading by Norman Ohler, a film screening with Beate Kunath, and a guided tour with curator Annika Hirsekorn.

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Neurotitan Galerie von Schwarzenberg e.V. Neurotitan Galerie von Schwarzenberg e.V.

20:00 pm
Films

© visitBerlin, Illustration Jim Avignon

Films

16/10/2025 – 22/10/2025

Children's documentary CIRCUS CHILD

Films

16/10/2025 – 22/10/2025

Santino is a circus child. His life moves with the circus from place to place—here today, there tomorrow, always among animals and caravans. For him, home isn't a fixed place, but rather his family: his parents Angie and Gitano, his brother Giordano, numerous…

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Diverse Veranstaltungsorte/ miscellaneous venues in Berlin Bali-Kino
Teltower Damm 33
14169 Berlin

10:00 am
Films

© Courtesy of BTeam

Films

18/10/2025

Filmreihe Gaudí: MARCO

Films

18/10/2025

As part of the Gaudí film series, Babylon Berlin presents the film MARCO. Following the screening, there will be a film discussion accompanied by a Catalan aperitif.

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Babylon Babylon

16:00 pm
Lecture

© PorYes-Award

Lecture

18/10/2025

PorYes – Feminist Porn Award 2025

Lecture

18/10/2025

The public presentation of the Feminist Porn Award will present the nominees with selected film clips, highlighting their creative work. Comedian Janina Rook will host the evening, creating a special atmosphere with her humor and charm.

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HAU Hebbel am Ufer: HAU1+2 HAU Hebbel am Ufer: HAU1+2

20:00 pm

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Show

© Anja Thölking

Show

19/10/2025 + 1 additional date

Cultural Appropriation GDR: An Audiovisual Live Literature Show by Rigoletti

Show

19/10/2025 + 1 additional date

Rigoletti – a "West woman" in former East Berlin – reads her way through the GDR. Through literature, pictures, diaries, letters, soundbites, and videos, she pieces together a multifaceted mosaic of a contradictory country. A Germany both loved and hated…

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TAK - Theater im Aufbau Haus - Berlin-Kreuzberg TAK - Theater im Aufbau Haus - Berlin-Kreuzberg

20:00 pm

https://www.tak-berlin.org/rigoletti