This year, KINO once again presents audiences in Hong Kong with a carefully curated selection of contemporary films that have made waves both in Germany and internationally, showcasing the diversity and richness of the German film landscape.
Exile(KINO)
First, there's a dead rat hanging on the door of Xhafer's house. Then, his emails stop being received. The signs of bullying and harassment at work increase for this pharmaceutical engineer from…
Irma Countess von Sztáray faces challenges as she becomes Empress Elisabeth's lady-in-waiting. She gets a bloody nose from her strict mother, endures grueling exercises, and a cocaine extract diet…
The commandant of Auschwitz, Rudolf Höss, and his wife Hedwig, strive to build a dream life for their family in a house and garden next to the camp. Blissfully ignorant towards the sound of gunshots…
Andrea, a policewoman planning to move on from her unhappy marriage with a transfer to St. Pölten, accidentally hit her drunk, estranged husband with her car while driving home. Shocked, she flees…
Winfried, a music teacher, surprises his career-focused daughter Ines in Bucharest after his dog dies. Ines, a corporate strategist, is busy with a major project and doesn't appreciate Winfried's…
At 24, single mother Nadine moves from Brandenburg to Cologne for a factory job in the coal industry. There, she meets Paul, whose multifaceted personality makes her feel alive again, and they fall…
Queer people from all over the world have shaped Berlin. Many come by choice; others, by necessity. This film follows six individuals of diverse origins and identities who have made Berlin their home,…
In SCORCHED EARTH, the second film of Thomas Arslan’s Trojan trilogy, career criminal Trojan returns to Berlin twelve years after fleeing the city. Now broke and struggling in a digitalized world,…
GDR, August 1989: Hanna and Andreas became a target of the secret police for challenging authority. Ordered to give up their plans for their future studies and desired professions, their futures were…
Jenny, a piano prodigy, adjusts to life in a Christian halfway house after serving 15 years for a murder she didn't commit. After agreeing to play piano for the talented Syrian singer Omar on a…
