KinoFest 2025

KinoFest is the Goethe-Institut's annual festival celebrating contemporary German cinema in Southeast Asia. This year, the festival will travel to seven cities in Thailand, featuring outdoor screenings at select venues.

KinoFest 2025 in Thailand will take place from 9-21 December 2025, in Bangkok, Nakhon Pathom, Chiang Mai, Ubon Ratchathani, Phayao, Phitsanulok, and Nakhon Ratchasima.

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KinoFest 2025 © Goethe-Institut

Curatorial Text

By Lisabona Rahman

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Greetings from Mars

December 9, 2025 at 7:00 PM, Goethe-Institut Thailand (Open Air)| Opening Film

(2024, 95 minutes)
Drama
Director: Sarah Winkenstette
Age rating: 6
Language: German with English and Thai Subtitles

The Light

Germany | 2025
Director: Tom Tykwer
Genre: Drama
German with English Subtitles
Duration: 162 mins
Age Rating: 12

© Frederic Batier_X-Filme Creative-Pool © Frederic-batier_x-filme-creative-pool
The Seed of the Sacred Fig

(2024, 168 minutes)
Political drama
Director: Mohammad Rasoulof
Cast: Soheila Golestani, Missagh Zareh, Mahsa Rostami
Age Rating: 16

© films boutique alamode film © films boutique alamode film
Greetings from Mars

(2024, 95 minutes)
Drama
Director: Sarah Winkenstette
Age rating: 6

© Farbfilm Verleih GmbH © Farbfilm Verleih GmbH
Late Shift

(2025, 91 minutes)
Drama
Director: Petra Volpe
Cast: Leonie Benesch, Sonja Riesen, Selma Aldin
Age rating: 6

© Zodiac Pictures © Zodiac Pictures
Hysteria

(2025, 104 minutes)
Drama / Thriller
Director: Mehmet Akif Büyükatalay
Age rating: 12

© Real Fiction Filmverleih © Real Fiction Filmverleih
Köln 75

(2025, 110 minutes)
Drama
Director: Ido Fluk
Cast: Mala Emde, John Magaro, Michael Chemus
Age rating: 12

© Alamode Film © Alamode Film
Niko: Beyond the Northern Lights

(2024, 85 minutes)
Adventure / Animation
Director: Kari Juusonen, Jørgen Lerdam
Cast (voices): Tom Erik Rosener, Lucy Ebert, Rolf Berg
Age rating: 0

© Global Screen © Global Screen
Riefenstahl

(2024, 115 minutes)
Documentary
Director: Andres Veiel
Age rating: 12

© Vincent Production © Vincent Production
Rosa Luxemburg

(1986, 123 minutes)
Historical Drama
Director: Margarethe von Trotta
Cast: Barbara Sukowa, Daniel Olbrychski, Doris Schade
Age rating: 12

© Goethe-InstitutThailand © Goethe-Institut Thailand
Two to One

(2023, 116 minutes)
Comedy / Satire
Director: Natja Brunckhorst
Cast: Sandra Hüller, Max Riemelt, Ronald Zehrfeld
Age rating: 12

© Peter Hartwig / X Verleih © Peter Hartwig / X Verleih