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INTERVIEWS:
Dreamers
As her freedom is threatened, Isio, a Nigerian migrant freshly placed in a UK asylum removal centre, searches for the will to battle the system and finds a kindred spirit who might help her through. Freedom is elusive, but love is eternal.
Premiere: 18.02./15:30, Zoo Palast 1
More information about the film can be found here
Duas Vezes João Liberada (Two Times João Liberada)
João stars in a biopic about the gender-nonconforming Liberada, who was persecuted by the Inquisition. When the film’s director is struck down by a mysterious paralysis, João navigates the chaos, determined to honour Liberada’s story and finish the film.
Premiere: 18.02./21:30, Stage Blumax Theater
More information about the film can be found here
Howl
Daisy and Lila are best friends. At a suburban house party, shifting desires and tough choices force them to reconsider their place in the world and what they mean to each other.
Premiere: 18.02./12:30, Urania
More information about the film can be found here
Janine zieht aufs Land (Janine Moves to the Country)
Far away from the big city, Janine is unwelcome, yet an eye-catcher: a sensual, queer subject of projection with wine-red hair. Jan Eilhardt travels with her to engage with his own rural past, opening old wounds and infiltrating a hostile milieu.
Premiere: 18.02./18:30, Delphi Filmpalast
More information can be found here
Lesbian Space Princess
The introverted space princess Saira is forced to leave her home planet of Clitopolis on an inter-gay-lactic mission to save her ex-girlfriend who has been kidnapped and is being held ransom by the Straight White Maliens.
Premiere: 18.02./21:30, Urania
More information about the film can be found here
Monk in Pieces
Visionary composer and performer Meredith Monk overcame hostile critics to become one of the great artists of her time. In her seventh decade of creativity, she ponders how her unique work can continue without her.
Premiere: 18.02./18:15, Haus der Berliner Festspiele
More information about the film can be found here
STARS
STARS tells of the Nommo: extra-terrestrial Afro-hermaphrodite anthro-amphibian migrants. Delivered from outer space via the Dogon of Mali, STARS is a queer African tale of tails, told through animation, music, and poetry.
Premiere: 18.02./15:00, Arsenal 1
More information about the film can be found here
PREMIERES:
Blue Moon
Directed by: Richard Linklater
USA, Ireland, 2025, 100′
On the evening of March 31, 1943, legendary lyricist Lorenz Hart confronts his stattered self-confidence in Sardi’s bar as his former collaborator Richard Rodgers celebrates the opening night of his groundbreaking hit musical “Oklahoma!”.
SCREENING TIMES:
18.02./19:00, Berlinale Palast
Dreamers
Directed by: Joy Gharoro-Akpojotor
Great Britain, 2025, 79′
As her freedom is threatened, Isio, a Nigerian migrant freshly placed in a UK asylum removal centre, searches for the will to battle the system and finds a kindred spirit who might help her through. Freedom is elusive, but love is eternal.
SCREENING TIMES:
18.02./15:30, Zoo Palast 1
Duas Vezes João Liberada (Two Times João Liberada)
Directed by: Paula Tomás Marques
Portugal, 2025, 70′
João stars in a biopic about the gender-nonconforming Liberada, who was persecuted by the Inquisition. When the film’s director is struck down by a mysterious paralysis, João navigates the chaos, determined to honour Liberada’s story and finish the film.
SCREENING TIMES:
18.02./21:30, Stage Blumax Theater
Howl
Directed by: Domini Marshall
Australia, 2025, 16′
Daisy and Lila are best friends. At a suburban house party, shifting desires and tough choices force them to reconsider their place in the world and what they mean to each other.
SCREENING TIMES:
18.02./12:30, Urania
Janine zieht aufs Land (Janine Moves to the Country)
Directed by: Jan Eilhardt
Germany, 2025, 74′
Far away from the big city, Janine is unwelcome, yet an eye-catcher: a sensual, queer subject of projection with wine-red hair. Jan Eilhardt travels with her to engage with his own rural past, opening old wounds and infiltrating a hostile milieu.
SCREENING TIMES:
18.02./18:30, Delphi Filmpalast
Lesbian Space Princess
Directed by: Leela Varghese, Emma Hough Hobbs
Australia, 2025, 86′
The introverted space princess Saira is forced to leave her home planet of Clitopolis on an inter-gay-lactic mission to save her ex-girlfriend who has been kidnapped and is being held ransom by the Straight White Maliens.
SCREENING TIMES:
18.02./21:30, Urania
Monk in Pieces
Directed by: Billy Shebar, David Roberts
USA, Germany, France, 2025, 94′
Visionary composer and performer Meredith Monk overcame hostile critics to become one of the great artists of her time. In her seventh decade of creativity, she ponders how her unique work can continue without her.
SCREENING TIMES:
18.02./18:15, Haus der Berliner Festspiele
Pidikwe (Rumble)
Directed by: Caroline Monnet
Canada, 2025, 10′
Featuring Indigenous women of various generations, Pidikwe integrates traditional and contemporary dance in an audiovisual whirlwind that straddles the border between film and performance, somewhere between the past and the future.
SCREENING TIMES:
18.02./15:00, Arsenal 1
STARS
Directed by: STARS Collective
Great Britain, Germany, 2025, 7′
STARS tells of the Nommo: extra-terrestrial Afro-hermaphrodite anthro-amphibian migrants. Delivered from outer space via the Dogon of Mali, STARS is a queer African tale of tails, told through animation, music, and poetry.
SCREENING TIMES:
18.02./15:00, Arsenal 1
Wish You Were Ear
Directed by: Mirjana Balogh
Hungary, 2025, 11′
In a world where ex-partners have to swap a chosen body part after breaking up, someone rediscovers their former ear on someone else. A journey towards self-acceptance begins.
SCREENING TIMES:
18.02./12:30, Urania
RERUNS:
Ato noturno (Night Stage)
18.02./13:15, Cubix 5
Dreams in Nightmares
18.02./10:30, Haus der Berliner Festspiele
Le Rendez-vous de l’été (That Summer in Paris)
18.02./15:30, Colosseum 1
Lloyd Wong, Unfinished
18.02./15:30, Cubix 8
18.02./19:00, Zoo Palast 2
Magic Farm
18.02./22:00, Cubix 7
Queer as Punk
18.02./12:30, Cubix 8
RAPTURE
18.02./12:00, Cinema Betonhalle@Silent Green
Silent Sparks
18.02./13:30, Cubix 7
Sirens Call
18.02./21:30, Arsenal 1
Zečji nasip (Sandbag Dam)
18.02./10:00, Zoo Palast 2