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A young man on a Japanese underground train receives a call from his ex-girlfriend: she is pregnant and unsure whether to have an abortion. Whilst struggling with a faltering connection and an asthma attack, he stumbles in a panic through the underground station. When he comes round, he finds himself in an abandoned underpass that is supposed to lead him to ‘Exit 8’. A sign explains the rules of the game: as soon as he spots an ‘anomaly’ in the passageway, he must turn back; if not, he may continue. If he fails, he must go back to the start …

The film adaptation of the video game of the same name works surprisingly well as an effective, minimalist horror thriller.

A young man lost in a japanese subway station is looking for the exit. But the station is making that a challenge. 

Exit 8

A bustling family. Mum Ella (Birgit Minichmayr), teenager Jessie and little Melli. A holiday is coming up, and the children are squabbling over the room they’ll have to share. But the trip doesn’t go ahead, because Jessie dies on this beautiful summer’s evening. Her boyfriend Lux might have been able to prevent the accident. Two years later, the film picks up the thread again. Everyday life has returned for Ella and Melli, but nothing is normal; every moment can become a fissure through which grief seeps in. Lux seems to be feeling the same way, and the three of them drift towards one another and into an increasingly surreal world …

In EVERYTIME, Sandra Wollner (THE TROUBLE WITH BEING BORN) captures a parallel world in which the bereaved move. It bears a striking resemblance to the world of those who are not grieving, but time, space and logic function differently here. Winner of the Best Film Award at Cannes in the ‘Un certain regard’ section in 2026.

Ella has lost her daughter Jessie. All she has left is Jessie’s little sister and her complicated relationship with the boy everyone blames.

Everytime

An egg falls onto a metal conveyor belt, is sorted, inspected and incubated until a dark-feathered chick, along with a thousand other yellow chicks, rolls along conveyor belts once more, falls through chutes and lands on cold concrete floors. The cute, dark-feathered chick grows into a chicken, and it is lucky: instead of ending up on the slaughtering block, it flees to freedom, until it finally ends up back in a cage, with a man who is himself struggling to survive with his family …

Director György Pálfi is not staging a cute animal story. Rather, the chicken and its fate serve as the vehicle for a story about exploitation, alienation and violence, but also about the unbroken hope for a better life.


A chick is born and sets out into the world.

Lebensansichten eines Huhns

Ivy’s parents are worried: ever since the teenager survived leukaemia, she’s been angry and withdrawn. When they enrol her in a nature camp for young people with cancer and those who have recovered, she’s not at all keen on this nonsense. But her hyperactive flatmate Ella and her friends – especially the cute Jake – quickly win her over, and before she knows it, Ivy is spending the summer of her life at ‘Chemo Camp’.

After having just survived leukaemia, Ivy is not too keen on spending the summer at "Chemo Camp", but it will turn into the best summer of her life.

Sunny Dancer

The Platt family home, together with the whole neighbourhood, is transported into another world overnight. A world where dinosaurs roam free and threaten to eat the family.

A family's home is transported to a world where dinosaurs reign.

The End of Oak Street

A Sad and Beautiful World

Furniture story owner Clark (Chiwetel Ejiofor) discovers a maze of hidden rooms and hallways behind a trans-dimensional gateway. When he disappears without a trace, his psychiatrist Dr. Kline (Renate Reinsve) goes looking for him.

Creepy-Pasta-horror based on Kane Parsons' web series, now with 15 minutes additional material.

Backrooms – Everything Must Go (Extended Version)

Checker Tobi 3 – Die heimliche Herrscherin der Erde

After her parents are turned into pigs, ten-year-old Chihiro starts working at a bathhouse for spirits, local gods and other supernatural creatures. While she does her chores and slowly makes friends with the other staff, she needs to look out for the vicious witch running the place, as well as take care not to forget her name.

Hayao Miyazaki's classic anime about a supernatural bathhouse.

Chihiros Reise ins Zauberland

Emma and Charlie's wedding preparations are suddenly put on hold when a dramatic revelation during a party game shakes up everything they thought they knew about each other.

Emma and Charlie's wedding preparations are put on hold after a dramatic revelation shakes up everything they thought they knew about each other.

Das Drama – Nochmal auf Anfang

Long-awaited, highly anticipated—Christopher Nolan’s film adaptation of the classic Greek myth, starring Matt Damon as the resourceful and desperate king of Ithaca. 

Christopher Nolan (OPPENHEIMER) takes on the ancient epic about Odysseus' long journey home. 

Die Odyssee

Keenly observed and with sharp dialogue, director Eva Trobisch portrays German-German sensibilities.

Etwas ganz Besonderes

The central premise of Chloé Zhao’s film, based on a novel by Maggie O’Farrell, is that Shakespeare used *Hamlet* to come to terms with the pain of losing his son. William Shakespeare did indeed have a son who died young, named Hamnet. Zhao, however, is less interested in William Shakespeare than in his wife Anne Hathaway, who is called Agnes here and is a sort of semi-mythical force of nature – part country girl, part witch, part sexy ingénue, part embodied passion. Magic is at play; ghosts and soul-swapping are hinted at; ancient curses and incantations are uttered.

Shakespeare tries to process his son's death by writing "Hamlet"

Hamnet

Hoppers

Kikis kleiner Lieferservice

Lilly und die Kängurus

In the 1950s, table tennis was still a complete niche sport. That doesn’t stop Marty Mauser from dreaming of a career as an international ping-pong superstar. To take part in international tournaments, he needs money, and to get his hands on it, he’ll stop at nothing – literally. Whether his girlfriend, his best friend or his family end up getting hurt in the process is of no concern to this manic hustler and smooth-talker, and one dilemma piles up on top of another.

Marty Mauser takes no prisoners when it comes to doing everything to become a table tennis champion.

Marty Supreme

The release has been postponed several times; at one point, the film was supposed to be released in two parts, and reportedly reshoots were necessary because Jordan Chandler—who had accused Michael Jackson of child abuse—was not allowed to appear in the film for legal reasons … Now, MICHAEL is set to hit theaters in late April. The biopic traces the musician’s life and career, from his success as a child star in the family band the Jackson Five to his rise as a pop icon. It is directed by Antoine Fuqua (TRAINING DAY), and the role of the adult Michael is played by Jackson’s nephew, Jaafar Jackson.

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Our film recommendations

Exit 8

Everytime

Lebensansichten eines Huhns

Sunny Dancer

The End of Oak Street

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A Sad and Beautiful World

Backrooms – Everything Must Go (Extended Version)

Checker Tobi 3 – Die heimliche Herrscherin der Erde

Chihiros Reise ins Zauberland

Das Drama – Nochmal auf Anfang

Die Odyssee

Etwas ganz Besonderes

Everytime

Hamnet

Hoppers

Kikis kleiner Lieferservice

Lilly und die Kängurus

Marty Supreme

Michael

Minions & Monster

Pumuckl und das große Missverständnis

Sunny Dancer

Therapie für Wikinger

The Secret Agent

Yuku und die Blume des Himalaya