KinoFest
2025

KinoFest 2025 square visual © Goethe-Institut Malaysia

KinoFest continued the tradition with a curated lineup of six award-winning German films and one Malaysian film, each followed by a moderated discussion with distinguished Malaysian practitioners and cultural commentators. The festival highlighted bold voices that reflect contemporary issues while drawing connections between German and Malaysian contexts.

This year's festival was held at FCA Cinema, MMU Cyberjaya with free admission, in celebration of KOMFIT’s 10th Anniversary.

About the curatorial theme

Family: Extended
This year’s program explored the evolving idea of family in today’s world. Moving beyond traditional notions, the films present family as fluid and shaped by labour, care, history, and emotion. Stories ranged from intimate dramas to surreal allegories, touching on motherhood as both strength and anxiety, the often-invisible world of care work, and the darker tensions hidden within familial bonds. The program challenged audiences to rethink family not as a fixed ideal, but as a space of complexity, contradiction, and transformation.

Program overview

Enjoy a week of German films

Tuesday, 21 October 2025 at 8.00pm – 11.30pm

Day 1 – Köln 75
(Opening film)

© Alamode Films © Alamode Films
Wednesday, 22 October 2025 at 8.00pm – 11.30pm

Day 2 – Greetings from Mars

© farbfilm © farbfilm
Thursday, 23 October 2025 at 8.00pm – 11.30pm

Day 3 – Two To One

© X Verleih AG © X Verleih AG
Friday, 24 October 2025 at 8.00pm – 11.30pm

Day 4 – Police Academy Berlin

© kojotenfilmproduktion © kojotenfilmproduktion
Saturday, 25 October at 3.00pm – 6.00pm

Day 5 – Melur vs Rajawali

KOMFIT 10th Anniversary Special

© Al Jafree Md Yusop © Al Jafree Md Yusop
Saturday, 25 October at 8.00pm – 11.30pm

Day 5 – The Light

© X Verleih XG © X Verleih XG