Thu
8.5.
8:30 pm
Solidarity
Ort: City Kino, City 2, SonnenstraĂźe 12, 80331 MĂĽnchen
Director: David Bernet
Germany, Switzerland 2025, 90 min., OmeU
Non-negotiable value or Sisyphean labor? The topic of solidarity has light and dark sides
Film series in cooperation with the DOK.fest MĂĽnchen.
Solidarity is well intended but not always well implemented. Following on from DEMOCRACY, David Bernet once again addresses a social value that seems non-negotiable. The film’s central theme is refugee policy, which is illuminated using Belarus, Ukraine and Gaza/Israel as examples and contextualised by experts as well as those personally affected.
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Fri
9.5.
9 pm
Blame
Location: Deutsches Theater, SchwanthalerstraĂźe 13, 80336 MĂĽnchen
Director: Christian Frei Switzerland 2025, 121 min., OV/English subtitles
Where did Corona come from? Who believes whom? Three scientists and their fight for the truth
Film series in cooperation with the DOK.fest MĂĽnchen.
Mammals as misunderstood as bats is how Frei, the filmmaker, describes scientists. He follows three of them who have been researching the SARS virus for decades. For almost as long, they have been warning of the danger of a pandemic. Why are people still prepared to believe in a conspiracy? “New attention economy!”
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Sat
17.5.
3:30 pm
Facing War
Location: HFF Kino 1. Bernd-Eichinger-Platz 1. 80333. MĂĽnchen
Director: Tommy Gulliksen
Norway 2025, 103 min., OV/English subtitles
His last year as Secretary General: Jens Stoltenberg fights for NATO unity.
Film series in cooperation with the DOK.fest MĂĽnchen.
NATO’s Secretary General Stoltenberg travels a lot. Whether it is in Brussels or Washington or Kyiv, FACING WAR is present in the back rooms of power, at state receptions and briefings with advisors to prepare new rounds of negotiations to support Ukraine. A portrait of a thoroughbred politician who places his faith in the power of democracy.
Photo: DOK.fest MĂĽnchen 2025
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Thu
22.5.
6 pm
Sleep With Your Eyes Open
Guest: Director Nele Wohlatz! With film talk afterwards.
BR/AR/DE 2024 – 97 min. – mandarin / port. / spanish / english / german with german subtitles
At and in cooperation with the Theatiner Filmkunst cinema, Theatinerstrasse 32.
A quiet and fantastically told comedy between languages about friendship and exile in the age of globalization. A coastal metropolis in Brazil. Kai from Taiwan lands with a broken heart to take a vacation. A coincidence leads her to Fu Ang’s umbrella store. He could become a friend, but the rainy season fails to materialize and his store disappears. While searching for Fu Ang, Kai discovers the story of Xiaoxin and a group of Chinese workers in a posh skyscraper. Kai finds himself strangely mirrored in Xiaoxin’s story. Main characters come and go unexpectedly in this quiet comedy of misunderstandings. From one city to the next, they follow the necessities of work rather than a classical dramaturgy. FIPRESCI PRIZE of the Encounters section of the Berlinale 2024!
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Sun
22.6.
7:30 pm
The Beast
With: Léa Seydoux, Georges MacKay FR/CA 2023 – 146 min. – french/english O.m.U.
At and in cooperation with the Theatiner Filmkunst cinema, Theatinerstrasse 32.
In the year 2044, emotions no longer have a place. Feelings have become obstacles that hinder productivity. Gabrielle cannot free herself from her fears and is forced to let artificial intelligence “cleanse” her of them. This process sends her on a journey through her past lives. Around 1900, Gabrielle is a pianist in Paris, in the 2010s a model in Los Angeles, always meeting Louis, who seems to be connected to her. Their encounter tells of great feelings and the difficulty of living them. LA BÊTE with Léa Seydoux is a spectacular adaptation of the short story “The Beast in the Jungle” by Henry James, reminiscent of David Lynch.
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Sun
13.7.
6 pm
HER
Director: Spike Jonze (2013)
With: Joaquin Phoenix, Amy Adams, Scarlett Johansson
US 2013 – 126 min., engl.
At and in cooperation with the Theatiner Filmkunst cinema, Theatinerstrasse 32.
In the near future, melancholy Theodore lives in Los Angeles as a ghostwriter for love letters. When the sensitive man acquires an operating system tailored to his needs, he falls in love with the voice of this artificial intelligence – and finds love in return. A wonderful thought experiment about relationships with the world and with other people. Oscars 2014: Best screenplay!
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Sun
17.8.
6 pm
Koyaanisqatsi
Director: Godfrey Reggio
US 1982 – 86 min.
At and in cooperation with the Theatiner Filmkunst cinema, Theatinerstrasse 32.
This visually stunning classic opened up a completely new viewing and listening experience in 1982. With spectacular tracking shots and nature footage, this documentary shows the beauty of nature and its destruction by civilization and can also be regarded as the first film about the Anthropocene. Named after the Hopi word for “life out of balance, crazy life”, the film has achieved cult status with its atmospheric music by Philipp Glass.
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