Cinema at its best!


"Cinema at its best!" presents 2025 again 9 of the best international documentary films, including four German and two world premieres, in the festive large hall of Deutsches Theater. To start with, we present our opening film, which will be announced on 3. April 2025.

7–11 May 2025
Deutsches Theater Munich

 

Wednesday, 07.05.2025
Deutsches Theater

20.00 Uhr – Festival Opening

FRIENDLY FIRE (Deutschland, Österreich 2025, Ein Film von Klaus Fried, realisiert von Julia Albrecht, ”Never Again” Is Now?). Emigrant, humanist and poet. Who was Erich Fried? His son Klaus follows the traces. – Original version: English, German – Subtitles: English, German Ticket
Thursday, 08.05.2025
Deutsches Theater

18.30 Uhr

Reframing History – Films Exploring how the Past Shapes our Present
MR. NOBODY AGAINST PUTIN (Dänemark, Tschechische Republik 2024, David Borenstein, Reframing History). A teacher with a camera – a brave battle against the militarisation of Russian schools. – Original version: Russian – Subtitles: English Ticket

21.00 Uhr

Empowered - Films about Defiance and Speaking out
AZZA (Deutschland 2025, Stefanie Brockhaus, Empowered). Divorced and working as a driving instructor? A revolution in Saudi Arabia – one small step at a time. – Original version: Arabic, English – Subtitles: English Ticket
Friday, 09.05.2025
Deutsches Theater

18.30 Uhr

This Is America – Films about a Divided United States
THE WHITE HOUSE EFFECT (USA 2024, Bonni Cohen, Pedro Kos, Jon Shenk, This Is America). How lobbying overturned climate policy – an archive film about missed chances. – Original version: English – Subtitles: None Ticket

21.00 Uhr

Subdue the earth? – Films About the Relationship Between Humans and Nature
BLAME (Schweiz 2025, Christian Frei, Subdue the earth?). ​​Where did the coronavirus come from? Who believes whom? Three scientists and their fight for truth – Original version: English – Subtitles: English Ticket
Saturday, 10.05.2025
Deutsches Theater

18.30 Uhr

About Art – Films on Artists and their Realities
AI WEIWEI'S TURANDOT (Italien, USA 2025, Maxim Derevianko, About Art). From extra to opera director – Ai Weiwei’s contemporary interpretation of Turandot. – Original version: English, Italian – Subtitles: English Ticket

21.00 Uhr

Reframing History – Films Exploring how the Past Shapes our Present
FRITZ LITZMANN, MEIN VATER UND ICH (Deutschland 2025, Aljoscha Pause, Reframing History). Fritz Litzmann is a legendary cabaret artist. His son attempts to understand the person who has been like a phantom to him. – Original version: German – Subtitles: English Ticket
Sunday, 11.05.2025
Deutsches Theater

18.00 Uhr

About Art – Films on Artists and their Realities
MONK IN PIECES (USA, Deutschland, Frankreich 2025, Billy Shebar, About Art). Vocal art and performance: a multifaceted portrait of the Avant Garde artist Meredith Monk. – Original version: English – Subtitles: None Ticket

20.30 Uhr

The Sound of Music – Films about Musicians and their Stories
ENDLICH UNSTERBLICH – Immortal at last (Deutschland 2025, Vera Brückner, The Sound of Music). An intimate portrait of a German indie pop band as they run through a gamut of emotions. – Original version: German – Subtitles: English Ticket

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