KinoFest

2023

Kinofest 2023 © Goethe-Institut

The annual festival for current German cinema returns fully offline for the first time after the pandemic! A variety of thought-provoking visions from current German film directors awaits you this October 19 to 22, 2023 at the Gateway Cineplex 10.

Opening Film

Sun and Concrete

Germany | 2023
Director: David Wnendt
Genre: Narrative, Coming-of-age, Crime
German with English Subtitles
Duration: 119 mins
Rating: R13

Sonne and Beton © Constantin Film Verleih

Films

Elaha

Germany | 2023
Director: Milena Aboyan
Genre: Narrative, Drama
German and Kurdish with English Subtitles
Duration: 110 mins
Rating: R16

© Kinescope Film
Hao Are You

Germany | 2018
Director: Dieu Hao Do
Genre: Documentary
German, Vietnamese, and Chinese with English Subtitles
Duration: 90 mins
Rating: PG

© Florian_Mag
Republic of Silence

Germany, France | 2021
Director: Diana El Jeiroudi
Genre: Documentary
German, Arabic, English, and Kurdish with English Subtitles
Duration: 181 mins
Rating: R13

© No Nation Films und Les Films d'ici
Sisi and I

Germany, Austria, Switzerland | 2023
Director: Frauke Finsterwalder
Genre: Dark Comedy, Historical Fiction
German, English, and French with English subtitles
Duration: 132 mins
Rating: R13

© DCM_Bernd Spauke
The Ordinaries

Germany | 2022
Director: Sophie Linnenbaum
Genre: Satire, Tragic, Comedy
German with English Subtitles
Duration: 120 mins
Rating: R13

© Bandenfilm
Toubab

Germany | 2021
Director: Florian Dietrich
Genre: Narrative, Comedy
German with English Subtitles
Duration: 96 mins
Rating: R13

© Max Preiss

Kinofest Special

Experimental Films from Germany and the Philippines

Alipato: The Very Brief Life of an Ember

Philippines, Germany | 2016
Director: Khavn
Genre: Crime, Revenge
Filipino and English with English Subtitles
Duration: 88 mins

© Rapid Eye Movies
Happy Lamento

Philippines, Germany | 2018
Director: Khavn & Alexander Kluge
Genre: Circus, Cacophony
German, English and Filipino with English Subtitles
Duration: 90 mins

© Kairos Film & Rapid Eye Movies
Love is a Dog from Hell

Philippines, Germany | 2021
Director: Khavn
Genre: Lovestory, Musical
German, Filipino, English and Russian with English Subtitles
Duration: 94 mins

© Kamias Overground & Rapid Eye Movies
Orphea

Philippines, Germany | 2022
Director: Khavn
Genre: Myth, Madness
German, Filipino, English and Russian with English Subtitles
Duration: 90 mins

© Kairos Film & Rapid Eye Movies

Q&A Session with David Wnendt and Felix Lobrecht

Sun and Concrete

On Sunday, 22 October 2023, after the 3pm screening of “Sonne und Beton”, there will be a post-screening Q&A with the German stand-up comedian, podcast host, and author of the autobiographical novel “Sonne und Beton”, Felix Lobrecht, and award-winning German director, screenwriter and producer David Wnendt.