Our program offers cinematic encounters with the directors of the films, world premieres as well as German premieres of international titles. After most screenings, there are moderated film discussions about the backgrounds and artistic realization of the films. An overview of all guests and scheduled film talks can be found below the respective films.
Our panels offer an additional opportunity for deeper insights into individual topics.
THE FOLLOWING HIGHLIGHTS ARE PLANNED:
80 Jahre CCC-Film
Wed 6.05. | FILMKUNST 66 Berlin
starting at 4 pm
80 years ago, in 1946, survivor Artur Brauner founded the Central Cinema Company (CCC) amid the ruins of Berlin. To mark this anniversary, and in cooperation with the Deutsche Kinemathek, we present two newly restored and digitised CCC films, introduced by film historian Johannes Praetorius-Rhein
SCREENINGS
MENSCH UND BESTIE / DIE FLUCHT
Edwin Zbonek, DE/YU 1963, 88 min
In a concentration camp, two brothers face each other – one an imprisoned forced labourer, the other an SS officer. When, shortly before the end of the war, the camp’s inmates are to be murdered, Franz (Götz George) escapes to alert the Red Army. What follows is a relentless manhunt.
Text: Johannes Praetorius-Rhein
DER DAUNENTRÄGER
Janusz Kijowski, FR/DE/PL 1992, 118 min
The young couple Alex and Fryda flee the Warsaw Ghetto with photographic evidence of Nazi crimes. When they encounter a German woman willing to hide them, they pose as siblings. Out of this fragile dependence, an affair begins. Starring Hanna Schygulla and Julie Delpy.
Text: Johannes Praetorius-Rhein
Public event at the Felleshus | Nordic Embassies
Wed 6.05. 17:00 – 22:00
Free Entry | Language: English
DISCUSSION Jewish Themes in Nordic Film – Exceptions or the Rule?
17:00-18:00
How is Jewishness represented in films from Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden? Which aspects are highlighted, and what are the prospects for these films in terms of funding and box office success?
Guests: tba
Moderated by Programme Director Bernd Buder
SCREENINGS
Nordic Jewish Focus Short Film Programme 18:10
Dockan Glick / A Doll Named Glick (Uta Arning, SE 2026, 11‘ #animation#coming-of-age#family) | Mischmasch (Uta Arning SE 2023, 30‘ #doc#encounters) | Parents (Jonas Lajboschitz, DK 2025, 19‘ #fiction#family#drama) | Snipped (Alexander Saul, DK 2025, 14‘ #fiction#humor#encounters)
Never Alone 20:00
Klaus Härö, FI/EE/SE/DE/AT 2024, 85‘ #fiction#drama#political
Panel: Pressure from All Sides: Who Gets to Tell the Story?
SA 9.05. 11:00 AM FILMKUNST 66 Berlin
Free Entry | Language: English
What does it mean to tell a story about Israeli-Palestinian contexts in the Israeli cinematic space and what does it take to do so? Bringing together filmmakers working across different contexts, the panel looks at the structures that shape these narratives, with a particular focus on films with Arab protagonists and themes, and how they are received, interpreted, or challenged once they are out in the world.