Coming Soon Movies in Original Language
Berlin • 103 upcoming movies in OV/OmU/OmeU versions
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 | After her teacher vanishes, pregnant student Yun-ji steals her roommate Kyung-sun's savings for an abortion. A story of bodily autonomy, society, and community.
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 | A Korean man tired of explaining his mixed heritage offers a mysterious suitcase to anyone who'll travel with him. A woman searching for her missing partner accepts, leading them both on a journey of self-discovery and friendship.
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 | A man serving life sentence takes an in-prison job caring for infirm prisoners suffering from memory losses. The start of the job was for his parole but it turns into a deep emotional and transformative relationship.
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 | A legendary final concert at Birmingham's Villa Park stadium, filmed 17 days before his death. Features performances by Ozzy, Black Sabbath, and rock icons, plus tributes from musicians he influenced and exclusive backstage footage.
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 | A mysterious young man from a New York publisher is sent to Switzerland to persuade the renowned writer Patricia Highsmith to write one final installment of the Ripley anthology.
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 | An intimate drama about an aging war veteran forced into a retirement home, where he confronts the ghosts of his past and forms an unexpected bond with his Black caregiver.
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 | Terms of Encounter revisits an intersectional program on “migrant presents” at the DFFB and imagines how it might be tied to unwritten Black perspectives in Germany, past and future.
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 | Follows Sophie, who is admitted to an elite tennis academy hidden in the South of Europe, where she must contend with fierce competition and the school's increasingly sinister undercurrents.
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 | The grand finale of the Latin American leg of the BTS tour, broadcast directly from Estádio do MorumBIS in Brazil.
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 | The adventures of Prue McKeel as she sets off to the forests outside Portland to find her kidnapped brother.
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 | A remote mountain pilgrimage goes horribly wrong when a karaoke-obsessed tycoon is forever silenced in the middle of the night. Stranded with nothing to feed on but paranoia, no one escapes becoming the prime suspect.
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 | The intertwined lives of three men in three different eras, three lives intimately linked by sexuality and desire, pain, and legacy.
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 | LEICA - A CENTURY OF VISION shows how the invention of the 35mm format revolutionized documentary photography. Featuring legendary and contemporary photographers the film reveals the camera's enduring power to capture history as it unfolds
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 | A profound and moving exploration of masculinity and desire in a remote yet savagely beautiful fishing community.
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 | Orlando Pantera (1967-2001) was a gifted Cape Verdean musician who died at 33 before releasing his solo album. This film revives his legacy through innovative sound and archival material from his daughter.
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 | A high-powered executive's meticulously controlled existence unravels when professional crises, global chaos, and marital betrayal converge, pushing him toward a dangerous breaking point.
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 | Julia, a young opera singer from Berlin, lives for her art. But between the expectations of her family, the pressures of an uncompromising career and growing emotional isolation, her inner balance begins to fracture. As messages accumulate on her answering machine, the voices of the outside world start to penetrate ever deeper into her mind. What first seems ordinary and familiar gradually becomes part of an internal soundscape in which memory, fear and reality can no longer be clearly separated.
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 | A woman explores her family's generational struggle with alcoholism through a deeply personal lens, blending documentary footage, rhythm, text, and AI-enhanced imagery to create an honest yet compassionate portrait of addiction's impact.
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 | Taking its name from this year’s festival theme, COME CLOSER is a special programme of six acclaimed Lithuanian short films that have gained recognition at major international film festivals since 2019, including Cannes, Berlinale, Venice, Annecy,...
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 | An ancient epic follows a young prince and princess whose marriage and subsequent exile mark the beginning of a legendary journey. Their story of love, duty and destiny sets the stage for greater challenges ahead.
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 | In late-1990s Pristina, 13-year-old Dua faces pressure to grow up amid rising Kosovo tensions. As violence nears and her family fractures, a bold friend inspires her to find courage, resilience, and her own path to safety.
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 | Windowpanes are smashed, car doors close, leather boots gleam, clouds of smoke drift from the chimneys. It happens again and again, always a little differently: parallelisms, repetitions, changes of sides.
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 | Two powerful forces, both driven by the hunger for life, collide: the relentless growth of microfungi and the boundless persistence of humans.
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| CITY ABOVE HOLOGRAM SURPLACE SELF-ACCUSTOMED SPA
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| Five Reasons to Come Closer is a special selection of Lithuanian short films from the past decade that have gained recognition at major international film festivals – a chance to revisit a remarkable decade for Lithuanian short cinema.
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 | Selen can see other people's future. A vision leads her into an unexpected romance and a challenge. When her path crosses with Kemal, a struggle begins between love and danger. The choices she makes will affect her life and Kemal's future.
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 | A documentary film following French tea expert Olivier Schneider into the mountains of the Golden Triangle in Asia, produced by Tee Kontor Kiel and directed by Luca Dylan Hartleib.
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 | Teenage girl Danute is the only "adult" in her family. Obviously, this is too difficult a task for a teenager. Such a child measures everything in terms of survival and takes responsibility as a means of getting through.
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 | Set in Vilnius in 2022, high-flying executive Marija chooses the worst moment to discuss divorce with husband Vytas - one day before Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine. The couple navigates separation amid a refugee crisis.
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 | In the early '90s, Lithuanian TV star Daiva loses her job as the studios are taken over by russian soldiers. Together with several peers, she announces a hunger strike to reclaim the TV station.
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 | For the first time, Stray Kids presents a special live broadcast of ‘Stray Kids World Tour RUN IT’ from Tokyo Dome in movie theaters around the globe.
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| Explores the raw reality of alcohol addiction and recovery. The film presents an authentic, deeply personal biographical account narrated by the director herself, detailing her past struggles with severe dependency and her eventual journey toward sobriety.
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 | Kingdom of Strangers (Randa Ali, Egypt 2023, 15', Fiction, Arabic with English subtitles) Don't Be Long, Little Bird (Reem Jubran, USA/Palestine 2025, 23', Fiction, English & Arabic with English subtitles) This My Best Life (Tadeo Boustany, Lebanon 2024, 9', Fiction, Arabic with English subtitles) Karun the Longest River of Iran (Sahand Sarhaddi, Iran/ Switzerland /Finland 2024, 19', Documentary, Persian with English subtitles) The Badaro Complex (Adam Mabrouk, Lebanon 2026, 10', Fiction, English & Arabic with English subtitles )
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 | The misfortunes of Sofia, the exemplary Madalena and Camila, the troubled holidays of the girls and boys, a few years later that lead to the resolution of some mysteries, are the Countess of Ségur's perfect trilogy about education, social, religious and political power. Desire and its oppression, violence and punishment, in short, the terrible loss combined with inevitable growth.
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 | Vénéranda works in community justice and reconciliation after genocide. A family crisis tests her beliefs. The film follows women rebuilding lives amid shared trauma, showing how the past shapes their present.
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| Robert dreams of a career in music, but civil war is tearing his country apart. When his parents are thrown into prison, he is left to look after his siblings, juggling daily life and determined to follow his dream.
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 | A film essay exploring the Democratic Republic of Congo's colonial history and its ecological significance, highlighting the Congo Basin's vital role in consuming carbon dioxide and shaping global environmental balance over a century.
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 | A decade post-death, filmmaker William Greaves reveals his final work: footage of a 1972 gathering he arranged with Harlem Renaissance legends, which he deemed his most significant capture.
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 | In the town of Entroncamento, violence, misfortune, greed, and loyalty rule the streets. Laura arrives there to rebuild her life, but the irresistible pull of quick money and crime immediately draws her back into a troubled past. For those she meets at this crossroads, every day presents the choice between who they were and who they might become.
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 | Restored concert film featuring George Michael's 1988 Faith Tour performances at Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy, captured on 35mm over two nights during the European leg of the tour.
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 | In the sweltering mines of Kolwezi, Mama Leonece grapples with powerful corporations over cobalt, a key resource for green energy. Amid dust and heat, she seeks guidance from her heritage to confront the brutal realities of this struggle.
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 | CIA agents Chris and Lee face a trust-testing mission from Santiago to Easter Island during 1973 in Chile.
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 | Witness is a short documentary training initiative mandated to support the work of Indigenous filmmakers from the global circumpolar Arctic. Our planet’s climate is drastically changing, and these changes are often seen most dramatically in regions like the Far North. Through short films lasting 3 to 5 minutes, participating storytellers document the manifestations of climate change as they witness it in their homelands – not to offer solutions, but rather to document their perspectives and to raise awareness of urgent issues that implicate all of humanity.
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 | A daughter uncovers her mother’s radical journey from rural South Africa to exile, and how storytelling can become a weapon of resistance and a tool of healing.
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 | A woman and her family through 20th century Spain including the Civil War, ensuing dictatorship and final exile.
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| From the Dominican mountains to Haitian communities in Cuba and the Dominican Republic: five films examine the ways in which violence, migration and separation have continued to impact Haiti and the Dominican Republic into the present day. In dialogue with one another, they foreground ancestral knowledge, spirituality and community and reveal themselves to be a powerful tool for preserving identity, processing loss and imagining other futures.
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| Filmmakers from Haiti and the Dominican Republic draw on personal experiences to create spaces of resonance that embrace contradictions, explore the fragile connections between family, identity, place and belonging – and in which stories never remain confined to their boundaries.
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 | The film "444" documents an uncompromising record attempt on the Main Sudeten Trail—a monumental route spanning 444 kilometers and an incredible 14,000 meters of elevation gain. Yet, this work by Krzysztof Jagiełka is far more than a mere sports documentary; it is an intimate character study exploring pure passion, iron-willed determination, and the relentless struggle against the prospect of one’s own failure.
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 | In a village in the High Atlas, Said, Brahim, and Omar make music and dream of a different life. Music is their freedom, their identity. When a new imam arrives, the atmosphere slowly begins to change. What was once a close-knit community becomes divided. What once felt natural comes under pressure. The women of the village, including Fadma, work the land with song and joy, but everything shifts when the deeply conservative imam takes hold. Step by step, he sows division by banning what he considers haram, pushing some villagers to deny their Amazigh identity, and driving others toward resistance.
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 | Sasha, 28, a non-binary person, returns to the isolated city of Safed, where he immigrated from the former Soviet Union in the '90s. Confronting childhood memories and fears, he seeks peace and renewal.
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 | Three fates, one legacy: desire and pain bound through time.
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| The films in this program are less concerned with the politics behind the wars than they are with the mental and temporal conditions that they produce. Armed conflict creates an atmosphere characterised by repetition, delay, uncertainty and an ongoing sense of suspension.
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 | During Bilbao's summer festivals, 20-year-old Jone experiences first love while coping with her father's worsening illness at home.
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| Presented here is a program—curated exclusively by festival director Alex Moussa Sawadogo—featuring outstanding short and medium-length works by filmmakers from the African continent and the African diaspora.
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 | Through 10 years of family archives, we follow the life of Liena, an immigrant mother who faces the challenge of raising her two children in Spain, one of whom is autistic.
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 | Follows filmmaker Eleanor Coppola's behind-the-scenes documentation of her daughter Sofia Coppola directing the 2006 film Marie Antoinette, capturing the craftsmanship and challenges of being a young female director.
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 | A 17-year-old named Kellou discovers unexplained supernatural powers. Meeting Aya transforms her confusion into a mystical journey where visible and invisible realms meet.
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 | Follows Iranian refugee Amir, awaiting deportation decision, who moves in with Agnes, a 101-year-old avoiding a retirement home, as they form a bond confronting life's challenges.
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 | Jerusalem's greatest badchan (Hasidic wedding comedian), wrecked his career because of liquor and a big mouth, gets a second chance as the sidekick of the famous American Badchan Meshulam. At the wedding, everything spins out of control.
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 | A young man from Lisbon's outskirts meets a mysterious figure with dark powers. After getting involved in some activities, he flees with two animal companions to a rural farm, where folklore and danger collide as they evade their pursuers.
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 | An intimate journey through the life of singer Diane Luckey aka Q Lazzarus, narrated through her own words and music. Q sang the cult hit song "Goodbye Horses" before mysteriously disappearing for 25 years.
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 | Revisit the world of Panem 24 years before the events of The Hunger Games, starting on the morning of the reaping of the 50th Hunger Games, also known as the Second Quarter Quell.
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 | An unlucky Haredi matchmaker travels to NYC to find a match for a millionaire's daughter to fund his own wedding. But the high-stakes deal forces him into a world of family secrets, risking the love of his life.
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| An einer Schule in Wien lernen Kinder und Jugendliche mit Blindheit oder Seheinschränkung durch Hören und Fühlen. Mit besonderer Aufmerksamkeit für den Ton erkundet Katharina Copony in ihrem posthum gezeigten Film deren Welt und öffnet den Film zu einem Raum sensorischer Erfahrung. Beim Schreiben, Dichten und Fußballspielen, auf Wegen durch das Institut und den öffentlichen Raum treten Klänge, Musik, Rhythmen und Materialitäten ins Zentrum unserer Wahrnehmung. Ein Film über Verbindungen: von Bild und Ton, von Ab- und Anwesenheit, von Ich, Gemeinschaft und Welt.
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 | Between puberty and old age, the parameters for happiness shift. Getting to know one another and subsequently drifting apart are processes filled with intense emotion; family brings obligations, work can feel like a shackle, and at times, an overwhelming urge for liberation arises.
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 | In 2m², director Volkan Üce follows the balancing act between religion and commerce of a Turkish funeral undertaker in Belgium and his counterpart in Turkey. Every death raises the fundamental question after a life between two countries and two cultures: where does one belong, where does one want to be buried, in which two square meters?
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 | In 1983, Roald Dahl faces backlash over his antisemitic review of "God Cried" about West Beirut's siege during the 1982 Lebanon War. As he prepares "The Witches" for publication, he must choose: apologize or defend his words.
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 | In 1960s Portugal, a dissident doctor and a young student fall in love amid political persecution and police oppression. Their relationship unfolds against a backdrop of censorship, where personal lives mirror the nation's primitive state.
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 | A retired Georgian film star, used to playing heroic leads, embarks on a cathartic odyssey after being offered a supporting role of an unpleasant elderly man.
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 | THE HUNGER GAMES – SUNRISE ON THE REAPING tells the story of young Haymitch Abernathy, who is selected 24 years before the events of “The Hunger Games” to take part in the 50th Hunger Games, the second so-called Quarter Quell. In a Panem torn apart by distrust and political tension, an even more merciless anniversary Games will change everything forever. Source: leoninedistribution.com
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 | Shana copes with the daily routine with the support of her tight-knit group of girlfriends. When her grandmother died, she inherited a ring that was supposed to ward off the evil eye.
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 | After being raped at a party, Alexandra isolates herself when her brother Adrian doubts her story. While she copes through theater, playing Medea, Adrian spirals into darkness seeking revenge.
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 | The Song of Hiawatha tells the story of the life and (high) times of the first black hippie. It includes original music, never seen photos, an FBI file, a letter from J. Edgar Hoover, and testimonials from Iggy, Patti Smith, Wayne Kramer, Niagara, John Sinclair, and more. Aspects of this production are psychedelic, so smoke 'em if you got 'em. Can you dig it?
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 | Set in 1949, the Shikishima family confronts a fresh catastrophe two years after surviving their previous ordeal with the legendary monster.
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 | After his son's tragic accident, a husband struggles to save his marriage and himself, until a chance encounter at a laundromat shows him that even in grief, hope and healing can all come out in the wash.
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