Wednesday, 11.10.2023
Colosseum, Schönhauser Allee 123, 10437 Berlin
19:00, 20 Days in Mariupol
It was through a team of Ukrainian journalists that the world witnessed the brutality of the Russian invasion.
Guest: Mstyslav Chenov (director).
Thursday, 12.10.2023
Dokumentationszentrum, Stresemannstraße 90, 10963 Berlin
18:30, 20 Days in Mariupol
It was through a team of Ukrainian journalists that the world witnessed the brutality of the Russian invasion.
Guest: Mstyslav Chenov (director).
ACUD Kino, Veteranenstraße 21, 10119 Berlin
19:00, Phantom Parrot
Revelations about a top-secret surveillance programme raise unsettling questions about the rule of law, modern espionage and structural racism.
Host: Omid Rezaee (journalist), Guest: Kate Stonehill (director).
21:00, Twice Colonized
As a child, Aaju Peter was deprived of her language and culture. Today she is fighting for the rights of the Inuit.
Guests: Tba.
Hackesche Höfe Kino, Rosenthaler Str. 40 -41, 10178 Berlin
22:00, Transition
Jordan preserve his own sense of self while protecting his life?
Guests: Farzad Fetrat (protagonist), Jordan Bryon (director).
19:00, Breaking the Brick
A year of turmoil in Chile changes the lives of two people on different sides of the political spectrum.
Host: Hannah Müssemann (FU Berlin), Guest: Carola Fuentes (director).
City Kino Wedding, Müllerstraße 74, 13349 Berlin
19:00, The Etilaat Roz
They report on what they see and hear in Kabul – and risk their lives for it.
Host: Gemma Pörzgen (Board RSF) Guests: Monawer Ziarmal (RSF), Zahra Nader (Zan Times), Abbas Rezaie (director).
21:00, Radioactive: The Women of Three Mile Island
The worst commercial nuclear accident in US history became the country’s biggest cover-up.
Host: Manfred Mohr (IUFF), Guests: Heidi Hutner (director), Joanne Doroshow (producer/protagonist).
Friday, 13.10.2023
Heinrich-Heinrich Böll Stiftung, Schumannstraße 8, 10117 Berlin
18:00, Holy Shit
Can poo save the world?
Host: Jan Sebastian Friedrich-Rust (AgdH), Guests: Patricia Arquette (actor and founder GiveLove), Alisa Keesey (director of GiveLove), Florian Augustin (expert) and Valentin Thurn (producer).
City Kino Wedding, Müllerstraße 74, 13349 Berlin
19:00, Forest, A Garden We Cultivate (Indigenous Voices Ft.)
Host: Iami Gerbasi (Survival International) Guests: Carlos Macedo (ACTO).
21:00, When Spring came to Bucha
The survivors in the small Ukrainian town of Bucha face a new beginning.
Host: Barbara Schmidt-Mattern (journalist), Guests: Tobias Muenchmeyer (Greenpeace), Iryna Stavchuk (European Climate Foundation, Former Deputy Minister of Environment of Ukraine).
ACUD Kino, Veteranenstraße 21, 10119 Berlin
21:00, My Name is Happy
Mutlu loses her sister and almost her own life – but does not let her voice be taken away.
Host: Anna Ramskogler-Witt (director HRFFB), Guest: Gollaleh Ahmadi (B90/Grüne).
Sputnik, Hasenheide 54/5th, 10967 Berlin
18:30, Breaking the Brick
A year of turmoil in Chile changes the lives of two people on different sides of the political spectrum.
Host: Hannah Müssemann (FU Berlin), Guest: Carola Fuentes (director).
20:30, Transition
Jordan preserve his own sense of self while protecting his life?
Guests: Farzad Fetrat (protagonist), Jordan Bryon (director).
Hackesche Höfe Kino, Rosenthaler Str. 40-41, 10178 Berlin
19:00, Between the Rains
In the midst of tribal conflicts and the threat being posed by the climate crisis, a shepherd boy must question his identity.
Host: Lydia Spiesberger (AgdH), Guest: Andrew Harrison Brown (director).
Saturday, 14.10.2023
Sputnik, Hasenheide 54/5th, 10967 Berlin
18:30, Radioactive: The Women of Three Mile Island
The worst commercial nuclear accident in US history became the country’s biggest cover-up.
Host: Manfred Mohr (IUFF), Guests: Heidi Hutner (director), Joanne Doroshow (producer/protagonist).
20:30, Sānsūr
Six Iranian women talk about life in a country that demands their silence.
Guest: Rieneke Van Santen (producer).
Hackesche Höfe Kino, Rosenthaler Str. 40 -41, 10178 Berlin
19:00, Beyond Utopia
Those who want to leave North Korea put a lot on the line. A pastor from South Korea is determined to help them.
Host: Emily Meyer, Nicolai Sprekels (SARAM).
City Kino Wedding, Müllerstraße 74, 13349 Berlin
19:00, This Kind of Hope
Opposition, torture, exile – diplomat Andrei Sannikov has dedicated his life to restoring democracy in Belarus.
Host: Anna von Gall (Greenpeace), Guests: Andrei Sannikov (protagonist), Thomas Kràl (director).
21:00, The Illusion of Abundance
Three women are fighting relentlessly against the world’s modern-day exploiters – unscrupulous corporations.
Host: Michelle Trimborn (Initiative Lieferkettengesetz), Guests: Nina Treu (Greenpeace), Gesche Jürgens (Greenpeace).
Zeiss-Großplanetarium, Prenzlauer Allee 80, 10405 Berlin
20:30, Between the Rains
In the midst of tribal conflicts and the threat being posed by the climate crisis, a shepherd boy must question his identity.
Host: Lisa Paping (AgdH), Guest: Kira Vinke.
Sunday, 15.10.2023,
City Kino Wedding, Müllerstraße 74, 13349 Berlin
19:00 Between the Rains
In the midst of tribal conflicts and the threat being posed by the climate crisis, a shepherd boy must question his identity.
Host: Lisa Dieminger (AgdH), Andrew Harrison Brown (director), Martin Frick (WPF).
Dokumentationszentrum, Stresemannstraße 90, 10963 Berlin
18:30, This Kind of Hope
Opposition, torture, exile – diplomat Andrei Sannikov has dedicated his life to restoring democracy in Belarus.
Guests: Andrei Sannikov (protagonist), Thomas Kràl (director).
Sputnik, Hasenheide 54/5th, 10967 Berlin
20:30, Out of Uganda
No one wants to leave their home. But survival is at stake for four queer Ugandans.
Host: Elja Krützfeld (Queer Amnesty), Guests: Josef Burri (director), DeLovie Kwagala (photographer, activist).
Zeiss-Großplanetarium, Prenzlauer Allee 80, 10405 Berlin
20:30, We Are Guardians
We can all be guardians – to protect nature, our climate and ourselves.
Host: Gesche Jürgens (Greenpeace), Guests: Simon and Luisa (Greenpeace Jugend).
ACUD Kino, Veteranenstraße 21, 10119 Berlin
19:00, Indigenous Voices Shorts
Following our call for Indigenous documentaries, we have curated a programme of outstanding short documentaries presenting Indigenous perspectives on the climate crisis, biodiversity and water management.
Host: Iami Gerbase (Survival International), Guest: Linda Poppe (Survival International).
21:00 Esther and the Law
‘Murdered by Shell in 1995.’ But how do you hold one of the world’s biggest oil companies to account?
Guest: Tatiana Scheltema (director), moderation: Tess van Bommel (Movies That Matter)
Hackesche Höfe Kino, Rosenthaler Str. 40 -41, 10178 Berlin
22:00, Sānsūr
Six Iranian women talk about life in a country that demands their silence.
Monday, 16.10.2023
Sputnik, Hasenheide 54/5th, 10967 Berlin
18:30, Esther and the Law
‘Murdered by Shell in 1995.’ But how do you hold one of the world’s biggest oil companies to account?
Guest: Tatiana Scheltema (director), moderation: Tess van Bommel (Movies That Matter)
Hackesche Höfe Kino, Rosenthaler Str. 40 -41, 10178 Berlin
19:00, Holy Shit - Can poo save the world?
Host: Laura Wagener (AgdH), Guests: Rubén Abruña (director), Patricia Arquette (actor and founder GiveLove), Alisa Keesey (director of GiveLove), Florian Augustin (expert) and Valentin Thurn (producer).
ACUD Kino, Veteranenstraße 21, 10119 Berlin
21:00, Another Body
The pornographic videos are fakes, but the impact of artificial intelligence is all too real.
Host: Antonia Kruse (HRFFB), Guest: Josephine Ballon (HateAid).
City Kino Wedding, Müllerstraße 74, 13349 Berlin
19:00, Holding Up the Sky
‘The sky will collapse and crush everything beneath it.’ Are we willing to do anything about it?
Host: Hermann Ott (Client Earth), Guests: Pieter Van Eecke (director), Kaja Blumtritt (Client Earth)
21:00 Sānsūr
Six Iranian women talk about life in a country that demands their silence.
Host: Anna Ramskogler-Witt (director HRFFB), Guests: Rieneke Van Santen (producer), Gollaleh Ahmadi (B90/Grüne).
Tuesday, 17.10.2023
City Kino Wedding, Müllerstraße 74, 13349 Berlin
17:00, We Dare to Dream
They have gone through displacement, discrimination and escape – now they are shining on the world sporting stage.
Host: Vanessa Höse (XENION), Guest: Saeid Fazloula (protagonist).
19:00, My Name is Happy
Mutlu loses her sister and almost her own life – but does not let her voice be taken away.
Host: Anna Ramskogler-Witt (director HRFFB), Guest: Nick Read (director).
21:00, While We Watched
Independent journalism is in free fall around the world. This is a wake-up call.
Host: Julie Kebbi, Guests: Vinay Shukla (director), Anwar Ashraf (journalist).
ACUD Kino, Veteranenstraße 21, 10119 Berlin
19:00, Periodical
This is not a sex education class, but a story about the marvel of the menstrual cycle.
Host: Ann-Kathrin Boening, Guests: Josefine Marwehe, Rashmi Adhikari.
21:00, Rahčan – Ella’s Riot
Singer Ella leaves the big stage – and risks everything when she confronts the mining operations threatening her Sámi home.
Host: Annette Ahrens, Guests: Anne Marte Blindheim (director).
Sputnik, Hasenheide 54/5th, 10967 Berlin
18:30, Free Money
Developed in Manhattan’s glass-windowed offices, the world's biggest social experiment is dramatically changing life in a small village in Kenya.
Host: Charlotte Lorenz, Guest: Michael Bohmeyer (Mein Grundeinkommen).
Wednesday, 18.10.2023
Sputnik, Hasenheide 54/5th, 10967 Berlin
18:30, Holding Up the Sky
‘The sky will collapse and crush everything beneath it.’ Are we willing to do anything about it?
Guests: Pieter Van Eecke (director), Kaja Blumtritt (Client Earth).
ACUD Kino, Veteranenstraße 21, 10119 Berlin
19:00, Transition
Jordan preserve his own sense of self while protecting his life?
Host: Brix Schaumburg (actor), Guest: Farzad Fetrat (protagonist).
21:00, Le Spectre de Boko Haram
Falta and her friends hope for a carefree childhood – but they live in the shadow of impending terror.
Host: Helene Mutschler (AgdH), Guest: Theresa Koloma Beck (Professorin)
Hackesche Höfe Kino, Rosenthaler Str. 40 -41, 10178 Berlin
22:00, Rahčan – Ella’s Riot
Singer Ella leaves the big stage – and risks everything when she confronts the mining operations threatening her Sámi home.
Host: Host: Annette Ahrens, Guest: Anne Marte Blindheim (director).
City Kino Wedding, Müllerstraße 74, 13349 Berlin
19:00, Daughters of the Sun
They were abducted and abused: In the shadow of war, a group of Yazidi women find the strength to heal in community.
Host: Katie Gallus, Guests: Tezcan Tekkal (HÁWAR.help), Jihan Alomar (activist and author).
21:00, Colette and Justin
When grandparents tell their stories, it changes our view of a whole country’s history.
Host: Emma Beelen (AgdH), Guests: Alain Kassanda (director), Lawrence Oduro-Sarpong.
Thursday, 19.10.2023
Sputnik, Hasenheide 54/5th, 10967 Berlin
18:30, Fritz Bauers Legacy
It is the last chance for justice: decades later, Nazi perpetrators are being put on trial.
Host: Antonia Kruse (HRFFB), Guest: Hanna Lehun (Arolsen Archives).
City Kino Wedding, Müllerstraße 74, 13349 Berlin
19:00, James & Isey
Two genuine New Zealand treasures celebrate a 100th birthday, life and love.
Host: Angus McGruther (Down Under Berlin), Guest: Florian Habicht (director).
Friday, 20.10.2023
Sputnik, Hasenheide 54/5th, 10967 Berlin
18:30, Lakota Nation vs. United States
It was brutally taken from them by the greed for gold. Today, the Lakota are fighting for their sacred lands.
Host: Silvia Madotto, Guest: Niklas Ennen (Survival International).
Hackesche Höfe Kino, Rosenthaler Str. 40 -41, 10178 Berlin
19:00, Periodical
This is not a sex education class, but a story about the marvel of the menstrual cycle.
Host: Ann-Kathrin Boening, Guests: Josefine Marwehe, Rashmi Adhikari.
City Kino Wedding, Müllerstraße 74, 13349 Berlin
19:00, Bread and Roses
They lost their rights with the Taliban’s takeover, but Afghan women are fighting for their dignity and their right to lead a self-determined life.
Guests: Sahra Mani (director).
ACUD Kino, Veteranenstraße 21, 10119 Berlin
21:00, Polish Prayers
Antek feels at home in Poland’s Catholic right – until he falls in love.
Host: Esther Breffka, Guest: Dr. Ines Kappert (Director of Gunda-Werner-Institut).
Saturday, 21.10.2023
Hackesche Höfe Kino, Rosenthaler Str. 40 -41, 10178 Berlin
19:00, Fritz Bauers Legacy
It is the last chance for justice: decades later, Nazi perpetrators are being put on trial.
Host: Antonia Kruse (HRFFB), Guest: Sonja Pösel (Arolsen Archives), Cornelia Partmann (director).
City Kino Wedding, Müllerstraße 74, 13349 Berlin
19:00, The Mind Game
‘To get to Europe, you have to play a lot of games.’
Host: Luisa-Celine Gaffron (actor), Guests: Els van Driel (director), Sajid Khan (protagonist) and Till Rummenhohl (SOS Humanity).
21:00, Against the Tide
The dying of the sea puts the friendship of two fishermen to the test.
Host: Kira Fischer (AdgH), Guest: Koval Bhatia (producer).
Sunday, 22.10.2023
Hackesche Höfe Kino, Rosenthaler Str. 40 -41, 10178 Berlin
19:00, Against the Tide
The dying of the sea puts the friendship of two fishermen to the test.
Host: Laura Wagener (AgdH), Guest: Koval Bhatia (producer).
City Kino Wedding, Müllerstraße 74, 13349 Berlin
19:00, Bread and Roses
They lost their rights with the Taliban’s takeover, but Afghan women are fighting for their dignity and their right to lead a self-determined life.
Host: Najla Faizy, Guest: Sahra Mani (director).
21:00, Breaking Social
Can we still afford the rich?
Host: Julia Thrul, Guest: Fredrik Gertten (director).
