International Film Program
The international film program turns to a special theme each year. For the 15th anniversary edition, we turn our attention together to "freedom". Freedom as an ideal, freedom as a promise, freedom as a delusion, freedom as a threat, threatened and lost freedom, freedom as unfreedom. The international films illuminate its meaning in a wide variety of ways and thus enable socio-political questions to be examined from within the cinema auditorium. A total of 20 films on the theme of "freedom" can be seen in the international program.
You can find all venues here.

WED, 11. May
19:30 h

Section: International feature film program
Direction: Jean Luc Herbulot
Feature film, 2021
Language: Original language with English subtitles (French and Wolof with English subtitles)
Playtime: 83 min
Fantastic Fest; Austin TX - Winner Best Direction
Wednesday, 11. May 2022, 19:30, Cantate-Saal – Volksbühne Im Großen Hirschgraben
THU, 12. May
18:00 h

Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy (偶然と想像)
Section: International feature film program
Direction: Ryüsuke Hamaguchi
Feature film, 2021
Language: Original with English Subtitles
Playtime: 121 min
Winner Silberner Bär – Berlinale 2021 – Großer Preis der Jury
Thursday, 12. May 2022, 18:00, Kino im DFF
20:00 h

On the Other Side (Del Otro Lado)
Section: International feature film program
Direction: Iván Guarnizo
Documentary, 2021
Language: Original with English Subtitles (Spanish with English subtitles)
Playtime: 96 min
Malaga Film Festival - Winner Audience Award
Germany premiere
(In presence of the director)
Thursday, 12. May 2022, 20:00, Mal Seh'n Kino
20:00 h

The Worst Person in the World (Verdens verste menneske)
Section: International feature film program
Direction: Joachim Trier
Documentary, 2021
Language: Original with German Subtitles
Playtime: 128 min
Cannes 2021 - Winner Best Actress & nominated Palme D'or
Thursday, 12. May 2022, 20:00, Eldorado Filmtheater
21:45 h

Shall I Compare You To a Summer’s Day?
Section: International feature film program
Direction: Mohammad Shawky Hassan
Feature film, 2022
Language: Original with English Subtitles
Playtime: 66 min
Competition film – Berlinale 2022
Double Feature with "Venus in Nykes"
Thursday, 12. May 2022, 21:45, Mal Seh'n Kino
21:45 h

Section: International feature film program
Direction: André Antônio
Feature film, 2021
Language: Original with English Subtitles
Playtime: 41 min
Mix Brasil Säo Paulo 2021 - Best Script
Double Feature with "Shall I Compare You To a Summer’s Day?"
Hessian premiere
Thursday, 12. May 2022, 21:45, Mal Seh'n Kino
FRI, 13. May
18:30 h

The Employer and the Employee (El Empleado y el Patrón)
Section: International feature film program
Direction: Manuel Nieto Zas
Feature film, 2021
Language: Original with English Subtitles
Playtime: 110 min
Hessian premiere
Friday, 13. May 2022, 18:30, Kino im DFF
22:00 h

The Sacred Spirit (Espiritu Sagrado)
Section: International feature film program
Direction: Chema García Ibarra
Feature film, 2021
Language: Original with English Subtitles
Playtime: 97 min
Locarno 2021 - Winner Golden Leopard
Hessian premiere
Friday, 13. May 2022, 22:00, Mal Seh'n Kino
22:30 h

International Short Film Programme
Section: International Shorts
Playtime: 80 min
Friday, 13. May 2022, 22:30, Kino im DFF
SAT, 14. May
18:00 h

Leonor Will Never Die (Ang Pagbabali Ng Kwago)
Section: International feature film program
Direction: Martika Ramirez Escobar
Feature film, 2022
Language: Original with English Subtitles
Playtime: 101 min
Sundance 2022 - Winner World Cinema Dramatic Special Jury Award
Germany premiere
Saturday, 14. May 2022, 18:00, Cantate-Saal – Volksbühne Im Großen Hirschgraben
20:00 h

Section: International feature film program
Direction: Jonas Poher Rasmussen
Documentary, 2021
Language: Original with English Subtitles
Playtime: 89 min
Nominated for three Oscars (Best Foreign Feature, Best Documentary Feature, and Best Animated Feature), Golden Globes and BAFTAs
Saturday, 14. May 2022, 20:00, Cantate-Saal – Volksbühne Im Großen Hirschgraben
22:00 h

International Shorts Freedom – Dream – Illusion – Desire
Section: International Shorts
Playtime: 60 min
Saturday, 14. May 2022, 22:00, Mal Seh'n Kino
SUN, 15. May
18:00 h

The Middle Ages (La Edad Media)
Section: International feature film program
Direction: Alejo Moguillansky, Luciana Acuña
Feature film, 2022
Language: Original with English Subtitles
Playtime: 90 min
Berlinale 2022 - Competition film
Sunday, 15. May 2022, 18:00, Kino im DFF