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Programme

Here you already find films that are shown at Cinema at its best! at Deutsches Theater.

The complete film programme of will be released on 16 Aprill 2025. Advance ticket sales start on 24 April 2025.

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Mittwoch, 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: German Ticket

Donnerstag, 08.05.2025

Deutsches Theater

18.30 Uhr

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

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

Freitag, 09.05.2025

Deutsches Theater

18.30 Uhr

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

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

Samstag, 10.05.2025

Deutsches Theater

18.30 Uhr

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

FRITZ LITZMANN, MEIN VATER UND ICH – FRITZ LITZMANN: A FAMILY STORY (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

Sonntag, 11.05.2025

Deutsches Theater

20.30 Uhr

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