Film
Features & events
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Indie gems: Favourites Film Festival
Catch this showcase of indie gems starting Sep 25 through Sep 29 at City Kino Wedding. Screening only films that have won Audience Awards at major international festivals, check out our top picks from this year's line-up. Read more
Sep 20, 2019
1:29 PM
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This week at the kino: Human rights and a space odyssey
Catch the Brad Pitt starring space epic "Ad Astra", Berlinale prize winner "System Crasher", the Human Rights Film Festival and more happening in the Berlin film world this week. Read more
Sep 19, 2019
3:00 PM
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Life imitating art imitating life: This Ain’t California
Catch "This Ain’t California" and meet its director Marten Persiel at Lichtblick Kino on Sep 23, as part of our EXBlicks monthly series. Blending fact and fiction, the film portrays a small but vibrant GDR skateboarding community. Read more
Sep 17, 2019
3:20 PM
Out now! Our reviews
System Crasher ⋆⋆⋆⋆
OUT NOW! Nora Fingscheidt’s energetic and heart-wrenching tale of a 9-year-old girl with severe behavioural problems. Read more
Sep 19, 2019
Yana Blajeva
Rambo: Last Blood ⋆
OUT NOW! What should have been a fitting swansong to an action icon turns out to be an offensive dud. Read more
Sep 19, 2019
Jaap Buitendijk
Downton Abbey ⋆⋆
OUT NOW! Even the most devoted fans of the upstairs-downstairs television drama will find it hard not to admit this big screen transition is a whole lotta nothing. Read more
Sep 19, 2019
Francois Duhamel
Ad Astra: Pro & Con
OUT NOW! A futuristic deconstruction of masculinity packaged as a big-budget sci-fi spectacular, or a case of an empty vessel making a pretty noise? Read more
Sep 19, 2019
FIRST LOOK REVIEW: Joker
Our Exberliner at the Venice Film Festival gets a first look at the long-anticipated "Joker", the origin story of Batman's nemesis that doubles as a character study of a man on the brink of insanity. "Joker" is out in Berlin cinemas next month. Read more
Sep 4, 2019
FIRST LOOK REVIEW: Ad Astra
Our Exberliner at the Venice Film Festival reviews James Gray's space epic "Ad Astra" starring Brad Pitt, the much-hyped competition entry will open in Berlin cinemas on Sep 19. Read more
Sep 3, 2019
FIRST LOOK REVIEW: Pelikanblut
Our Exberliner at the Venice Film Festival takes a look at Pelikanblut (Pelican Blood), the only film from a German director selected for the Orizzonti sidebar. Read more
Sep 2, 2019
