Welcome back to the second day of the 75th Berlinale and its queer program! Today you can expect numerous premieres of fascinating queer films as well as the TEDDY Jury Reception. You can find more information about the event here.
INTERVIEWS:
Ato noturno (Night Stage)
An actor and a politician start a secret affair and together discover their fetish for having sex in public places. The closer they get to their dream of fame, the more they feel the urge to put themselves at risk.
Premiere: 14.02./21:00, Zoo Palast 1
More information about the film can be found here
Kein Tier. So Wild. (No Beast. So Fierce.)
After a bloody gang war, Rashida, the youngest daughter of the Yorks, rises to become the leader of the Berlin underworld. Shakespeare’s “Richard III” is retold in the here and now as the story of an Arab gangster queen.
Premiere: 14.02./20:30, Haus der Berliner Festspiele
More information about the movie can be found here
Peter Hujar’s Day
A 1974 conversation between photographer Peter Hujar and his friend Linda Rosenkrantz provides a glimpse into the New York downtown art scene of the time and the personal struggles and epiphanies that define an artist’s life.
Premiere: 14.02./18:30, Zoo Palast 1
More information about the movie can be found here
Sirens Call
In this feature-length debut, nomadic siren Una journeys through postmodern reality, navigating survival, identity and belonging. A dive into the merfolk subculture between self-care and political activism, a hybrid of science fiction and documentary.
Premiere: 14.02./17:45, Delphi Filmpalast
More information about the movie can be found here
PREMIERES:
A natureza das coisas invisíveis (The Nature of Invisible Things)
Directed by: Rafaela Camelo
Chile, Brazil, 2025, 90′
During the summer holidays, the paths of two ten-year-old girls cross in a hospital and they form an unexpected bond. Their connection leads them on a bittersweet journey of loss, farewells and quiet discoveries about life.
SCREENING TIMES:
14.02./15:30 HKW 1 – Miriam Makeba Auditorium
Ato noturno (Night Stage)
Directed by: Marcio Reolon, Filipe Matzembacher
Brazil, 2025, 119′
An actor and a politician start a secret affair and together discover their fetish for having sex in public places. The closer they get to their dream of fame, the more they feel the urge to put themselves at risk.
SCREENING TIMES:
14.02./21:00, Zoo Palast 1
Die Zärtlichkeit der Wölfe (Tenderness of the Wolves)
Directed by: Ulli Lommel
Federal Republic of Germany, 1973, 82′
Ulli Lommel’s film about a serial killer in the early post-war era echoes the real story of “wolf man” murderer Fritz Haarmann. A mix of Fritz Lang’s M and Hitchcock’s Psycho that follows in the tradition of Weimar cinema.
SCREENING TIMES:
14.02./20:30, Deutsche Kinemathek / E-Werk
Extra Life (And Decay)
Directed by: Stéphanie Lagarde
France, Netherlands, 2025, 21′
A polyphonic narrator – filmmaker, parent, forest, insects, fungi, childcare worker – declares their absolute refusal of labor exploitation, and their necessity to join collective bodies in resistance.
SCREENING TIMES:
14.02./16:00, Arsenal 1
Hot Milk
Directed by: Rebecca Lenkiewicz
Great Britain, 2025, 92′
Rose and her daughter Sofia journey to a Spanish seaside town to meet an enigmatic healer. As Sofia embraces an affair with an alluring stranger, tensions with her overbearing mother threaten their fragile bond.
SCREENING TIMES:
14.02./22:00, Berlinale Palast
Kaj ti je deklica (Little Trouble Girls)
Directed by: Urška Djukić
Slovenia, Italy, Croatia, Serbia, 2025, 89′
During a weekend of rehearsals with the school choir at a convent, an introverted teenager begins to view the world from a new perspective. New desires, beliefs and values emerge, and this awakening threatens to disrupt her friendships and the choir.
SCREENING TIMES:
14.02./18:30, Stage Blumax Theater
Kein Tier. So Wild. (No Beast. So Fierce.)
Directed by: Burhan Qurbani
Germany, Poland, France, 2025, 142′
After a bloody gang war, Rashida, the youngest daughter of the Yorks, rises to become the leader of the Berlin underworld. Shakespeare’s “Richard III” is retold in the here and now as the story of an Arab gangster queen.
SCREENING TIMES:
14.02./20:30, Haus der Berliner Festspiele
Peter Hujar’s Day
Directed by: Ira Sachs
USA, Germany, 2025, 75′
A 1974 conversation between photographer Peter Hujar and his friend Linda Rosenkrantz provides a glimpse into the New York downtown art scene of the time and the personal struggles and epiphanies that define an artist’s life.
SCREENING TIMES:
14.02./18:30, Zoo Palast 1
RAPTURE
Directed by: Alisa Berger
France, Germany, 2025, 37′
A diptych about the exiled Ukrainian vogue dancer Marko and his abandoned apartment in Donbas, Ukraine. Marko embarks on a VR experiment, visiting his inaccessible home, recreated through 3D scans and original photographs from the occupied area.
SCREENING TIMES:
14.02./19:00, Betonhalle@Silent Green
Sirens Call
Directed by: Miri Ian Gossing, Lina Sieckmann
Germany, Netherlands, 2025, 121′
In this feature-length debut, nomadic siren “Una” journeys through postmodern reality, navigating survival, identity and belonging. A dive into the merfolk subculture between self-care and political activism, a hybrid of science fiction and documentary.
SCREENING TIMES:
14.02./17:45, Delphi Filmpalast
RERUNS:
Ato noturno (Night Stage)
14.02./21:00, Zoo Palast 2
Das Licht (The Light)
14.02./18:00, Uber Eats Music Hall