Babylon Alexanderplatz

The matador Andrés Roca Rey is considered a star among bullfighters. Accompanied by his toreros, the 28-year-old Peruvian travels from one Spanish arena to the next. But this bloody business requires the utmost concentration: from dressing in the hotel room to traditional movements in front of the aggravated animal, to the final death blow. Albert Serra documents the controversial spectacle with sober, penetrating images. Thus, the lonely hours of the matador and his dancing choreography in the embroidered costume seem as strange as the entire spectacle. And an eternity are the last seconds of the bull.

A secret military project endangers Neo-Tokyo when it turns a teenage biker gang member into a rampaging psychic psychopath who can only be stopped by his best friend.

When the starship Nostromo receives a distress call from a lifeless planet on its way to Earth, the crew is obliged by their regulations to investigate the signal. During their explorations, they come across an abandoned spaceship, and the analysis of the signal reveals that it is not a distress call, but a warning. They find strange eggs in the spaceship, and by the time they figure out what they are, it's already too late.

A Lebanese photographer living in Brazil in the '30s manages to take pictures of Lampião, a legendary Brazilian outlaw, kind of a tropical Robin Hood.

A love-struck weakling must pretend to be boxer in order to gain respect from the family of the girl he loves.

Three adopted English brothers join the French Foreign Legion in North Africa after one of them steals their adoptive family's famous heirloom sapphire.

Seeking revenge, an athletic young man joins the pirate band responsible for his father's death.

The discovery of a severed human ear found in a field leads a young man on an investigation related to a beautiful, mysterious nightclub singer and a group of psychopathic criminals who have kidnapped her child.

Caveman believes he's sole survivor, braves bear attacks. Finds love interest but tragedy occurs. Unexpectedly discovers others, realizing he's not alone. Plot covers survival, romance, loss, finding community amid isolation.

When a menace known as the Joker wreaks havoc and chaos on the people of Gotham, Batman, James Gordon and Harvey Dent must work together to put an end to the madness.

Two angels watch over Berlin. Damiel (Bruno Ganz) and Cassiel (Otto Sander) are silent observers, accompanying people through the city's rooftops and streets. They hear their thoughts and feelings, without being able to feel them themselves. Ever since Damiel fell in love with the trapeze artist Marion (Solveig Dommartin), he struggles with his fate. He would love to become human. To do this, he would have to become mortal, with all the consequences. A former angel (Peter Falk) advises him to take the plunge into life.

A director calls all his favorite actresses to film a movie set in Rome in the 70s that tells the vicissitudes revolving around a prestigious tailoring.

A handsome prince rides a flying horse to faraway lands and embarks on magical adventures, which include befriending a witch, meeting Aladdin, battling demons and falling in love with a princess.

The demon Mephisto wagers with God that he can corrupt a mortal man's soul.

Childhood friends are torn apart when one of them marries the woman the other fiercely loves.

An irresponsible young millionaire changes his tune when he falls for the daughter of a downtown minister.

A scientist is tormented by an irrational fear of knives and the irresistible compulsion to murder his wife.

After being rejected by the Confederate military, not realizing it was due to his crucial civilian role, an engineer must single-handedly recapture his beloved locomotive after it is seized by Union spies and return it through enemy lines.

Genre-defining science fiction anime from 1995. The animated film, based on the manga of the same name by Masamune Shirow, is considered a classic of the anime genre and particularly appeals to adults with the existential philosophical questions it raises. Motoko Kusanagi, a major in a police unit, is hunting the "Puppet Master," a cyberspace life form that has gotten out of control, in 2029.

A fun-loving laundress named Mieze is rejected by a fashion designer named Max after a romantic date. When Mieze learns she might be a countess, she poses as nobility at a luxury hotel, winning Max back after a series of comedic mix-ups.

Joe and Angela's marriage is on thin ice. When they invite their enigmatic upstairs neighbors for a dinner party, the night spirals into unexpected places.

Declassified files related to President Kennedy's assassination in a far larger context, aiming to shine more light on what really happened in 1963.

A curated journey through the work of cinema pioneer Katia Mesel. The screening presents the director’s newly restored films to a Berlin audience for the first time. Young artist Sofia Freire from Pernambuco provides live musical accompaniment, engaging in a dialogue with the films' original sound design.

A salesman is helped out of a jam with an angry customer by a wealthy playboy. In return, he agrees to help the playboy get a divorce from his wife, only to find himself falling for the girlfriend of the customer who got him in trouble in the first place.

Artist Yayoi Kusama and experts discuss her life and work, from her modest beginnings in Japan to becoming an internationally renowned artist.

A couple rents out a room to a mysterious young man, who may or may not be guilty of a series of grisly neighborhood murders.

The complete Lord of the Rings trilogy in its original English version on the big screen! We're showing "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring," "The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers," and "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King" back-to-back in their extended versions, in the original English version, as a triple feature. The Lord of the Rings triple feature will have an estimated running time of approximately 726 minutes and will include two intermissions.

An intimate portrait of Luiz Inácio "Lula" da Silva, one of the world's most influential political figures, chronicling his extraordinary path to regaining Brazil's presidency in 2022 after a 19-month imprisonment.

A man stays with a fisherman and his adult daughter in coastal Finland, develops feelings for the daughter and begins to uncover a terrible secret haunting the family.

In a futuristic city sharply divided between the working class and the city planners, the son of the city's mastermind falls in love with a working-class prophet who predicts the coming of a savior to mediate their differences.

The course of events revolves around the young Sámi girl Inka Länta in her environment. The the arrival of Laestadian pastor August Lundberg stirs up emotions when his moral preaching goes to far.

Katja's father won't buy her a new gown, so she wears her brother's tailcoat to the ball. This scandalizes the society in town, until she is forgiven by the town's matriarch.

A chance encounter between two girls of the same name, "Nana," triggers a series of events and relationships.

A ragtag group of Pennsylvanians barricade themselves in an old farmhouse to remain safe from a horde of flesh-eating ghouls that are ravaging the Northeast of the United States.

A Russian poet and his interpreter travel to Italy researching the life of an 18th-century composer, and instead meet a ruminative madman who tells the poet how the world may be saved.

A man works as an orderly at the asylum where his wife has been imprisoned after attempting to drown herself along with their daughter. When said daughter wants to marry, he tries to hide her mothers as he slowly becomes unstable himself.

When a machine that allows therapists to enter their patients' dreams is stolen, all hell breaks loose. Only a young female therapist, Paprika, can stop it.

A talented violinist, Cecilia, confined in an orphanage, meets Vivaldi who becomes her teacher. Under his mentorship and through his music, she gains courage to break free from the life she was destined for and pursue her passion.

A secretary on the run for embezzlement takes refuge at a secluded California motel owned by a repressed man and his overbearing mother.

In 1995 Israel PM Yitzhak Rabin was assassinated by Yigal Amir, a radical right-wing extremist. Israel’s present political and social crisis carries the aftershocks of that murder.

Downtown Recife's classic movie palaces from the 20th century are mostly gone. That city area is now an archaeological site of sorts that reveals aspects of life in society which have been lost. And that's just part of the story.

The life of a great city (Paris) from dawn until dusk, including the beautiful and the ragged, the rich and the poor, with little or no comment (intertitles) from the director, Cavalcanti (whose first film this was).

With her mother's diary in hand, Marina's search for official documents for university leads her to her biological family on the Atlantic coast. What starts as an administrative quest reveals long-buried family secrets.

Three sailors on leave (Joe, Al and Davy) head for Paris with one thing on their minds. Joe pursues chanteuse Colette D'Avril who proves to be more than she appears; Davy is pursued by sexy cashier Yvonne; but the blonde Al rescues from a purse snatcher rewards him with kisses, then vanishes without telling him her name. Romantic complications and resolutions follow in true musical comedy fashion.

Molly, the eldest child at a baby farm hidden deep in a swamp, must rescue the others when their cruel master decides that one of them will be disposed of.

The poor student Balduin sells his mirror image to the satanic sorcerer Scapinelli. He falls in love with a countess and tries to win her over. But his mirror image receives a life of its' own and sabotages Balduin's every move.

As children an accident makes Ludwig blind, and Renate feels responsible. She cares for him through the years, relegating a promising career as sculptor. He regains vision, a flirtatious dancer appears, and he ignores that Renate is her former childhood companion.

Three outlaws come to the aid of a young girl after her father is killed.

Laura Palmer's harrowing final days are chronicled one year after the murder of Teresa Banks, a resident of Twin Peaks' neighboring town.