Filmgalerie 451

Hamburg's housing shortage forces car inspector Gina and British pyromaniac Harry to move into the same apartment.

The German realities of the 80s, spontaneously captured with sarcastic wit and occasionally parodied to the point of absurdity.

A slap in the face as the ultimate answer to all your problems.

A young woman roams through the night. On a train, she rummages through other people's luggage, seeking closeness to them in an unusual way.

After a wedding party, three friends from Hamburg are stranded Berlin. A fast-paced odyssey through the urban wasteland of this once divided city.

A feverish Schlingensief documentary by Bettina Böhler, a renowned editor, portraying this exceptional artist in his full range.

After a vacation romance, Kenneth and Theres lose sight of each other. But fate brings them together again 30 years later.

Shortly after the fall of the Berlin Wall, a 15-year-old girl tries to find a home in the Berlin of wastelands and ruins.

An omnipresent giant who sees everything, but can’t be seen himself ... An “City Symphony” entirelly composed from material generated by CCTV.

Authentic, haphazard and unromantic, three residents of a high-rise housing estate search for love, friendship and sexuality.

Either the grass is greener, or the houses are bigger, or the sun is warmer ... anywhere else is better.

Roland Klick is a film history legend. He made movies with Mario Adorf and Dennis Hopper, then mysteriously faded away after only six films.

DEADLOCK hints at what German film could have become without all the state subsidized funding of navel-gazing and art for art's sake.

PARABETON shows in chronological sequence 17 buildings by the Italian engineer and architect Pier Luigi Nervi (1891-1979) in Italy and France.

Christoph Schlingensief's answer to "Pop Idol" was "Freakstars 3000".

9 LIVES portrays the fate of young people who decided at the age of 11, 12 or 13 to leave home and to live on the streets.

In this self-reflective improv film, an acting class prepares for a crucial final audition that will decide the rest of their careers.

A political and sociological look at the transformation and gentrification of Berlin through teenage eyes.

Volksbühnen actor and director Herbert Fritsch and celebrity cast transform the classic Hamlet tale into a hilarious, multimedia fever dream.

A haunting psychogram of an entire generation of ex-GDR citizens who have not yet fully accepted that they now live in the Federal Republic of Germany

"German cinema can be this exciting: Angela Schanelec's fourth film MARSEILLE" (taz)

Growing up in a rural idyll on his father's farm, teenager Johannes searches for his place in life.

On 3 summer afternoons, a family meets up a beautiful house in an upscale Berlin neighborhood. They come together but ultimately drift further apart.

Jealousy and biting jokes about old wounds start slowly, but build until bald-face confessions and hand-to-hand scuffles take over.

A personal travelogue by Berlin-based director Thomas Arslan about a journey through Turkey.

Deniz, 21 works as a dubbing artist and has just ended her relationship with Jan. In one short day, she goes through a separation and a new beginning.

The first part of Thomas Arslan's "Berlin Trilogy", which shows young people with a Turkish migration history from their own perspective.

Based on a true story: The film examines the German justice system and its structural bias.

Documentary filmmaker Heinz Emigholz sketches a biography of the French architects and civil engineers Auguste and Gustave Perret and their buildings.

Rainer Werner Fassbinder has never been shown with such openness and introspection.

Christoph Schlingensief's provocative works are still highly topical even after 20 years.

Berlin, summer 2016: Nola, Katja and Martina live near Hauptbahnhof. Time is running out - they are going to lose their flat. "What now?" they ask.