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18 Sept – 24 Sept

  1. I Accidentally Wrote a Book

    Nina loves to make up stories, she wants to become a writer. Though she has her creative talent from her filmmaker father, there’s just one problem: Her clumsy magician brother Junior is bored of her stories. And since her mother died early, it’s difficult for Nina when a new love comes into her dad’s life. With the guidance of a bohemian writer next door, Nina uses writing to process the loss of her mother and open her heart to a new family member and first love. And suddenly, Nina realizes, her life is becoming a novel!

    • Family

    DFF Filmmuseum

    Kinderkino

  2. Geburtstagsgala - 20 Jahre Met Live im Kino (MET 2026/27)

    2026 · 150 min

    Astor Film Lounge

  3. TMDB 73IMDb 7.0

    Power Ballad

    When Rick, a past-his-prime wedding singer, meets fading boy-band star Danny during a gig, the two bond over music and a late-night jam session. But when Danny turns one of Rick’s songs into the hit that reignites his career, Rick sets out to reclaim the recognition he believes he deserves - even if it means risking everything he cares about.

    • Comedy
    • Music
    • Drama

    Eldorado

  4. Die drei ??? und die Salztote

    90 min

    An immersive audio drama event in Dolby Atmos. Cinema for the ears. No one knows why the so-called Salt Witch of California’s Salton Sea suddenly disappeared many years ago. Did the woman, who wreaked havoc with voodoo and ghost salt, drown in the lake back then? Now letters from the witch have surfaced, and strange hauntings have brought the Three Investigators into the picture. Together with their old acquaintance, Professor Barrister, the detectives try to unravel the mystery of the Salt Dead.

    • Crime

    Astor Film Lounge

  5. I Accidentally Wrote a Book

    Nina loves to make up stories, she wants to become a writer. Though she has her creative talent from her filmmaker father, there’s just one problem: Her clumsy magician brother Junior is bored of her stories. And since her mother died early, it’s difficult for Nina when a new love comes into her dad’s life. With the guidance of a bohemian writer next door, Nina uses writing to process the loss of her mother and open her heart to a new family member and first love. And suddenly, Nina realizes, her life is becoming a novel!

    • Family

    DFF Filmmuseum

    Kinderkino

  6. IMDb 7.3

    Despite It All!

    October 1918: Karl Liebknecht is released from prison and Berlin workers celebrate his release. Although WWI is almost over, the German Kaiserreich in vain sends its last reserves to the slaughter. The working class is in a rebellious mood; the uprising of Kiel’s sailors against war and militarism sets off a call for revolution led by Liebknecht. On November 9, Liebknecht declares the Free Socialist Republic of Germany. But pro-Kaiser military and right wing Social Democrats oppose him.

    • Drama
    • War

    Harmonie

  7. Wise Women

    Midwives usually attend more than a thousand births in their lifetime, be it in hospitals, at birth centers, or in homes. The personal stories of midwives from Ethiopia to Brazil, Austria to Nepal, and Morocco become a mirror that reflects the political and economic situation of women, their status, and demands in society, from the perspective of these wise women who are the first to see us in this world.

    • Documentary

    Harmonie

  8. 11. ÜberTRASHungsnacht

    Harmonie


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Which cinemas are covered?

Currently 29 cinemas and film series in Frankfurt and the surrounding area: Astor Film Lounge MyZeil, DFF — Deutsches Filminstitut & Filmmuseum, Filmpalast Hofheim, Cinéma Frankfurt, Harmonie Theater Frankfurt, Kino Kelkheim, Freiluftkino Frankfurt, Mal seh'n Kino, Hafen 2 Offenbach, Kino Alte Mühle, Orfeo's Erben, Eschborn K, Eldorado Arthouse Kino, Kronberger Lichtspiele, Haus am Dom – Kath. Akademie Rabanus Maurus, Pupille — Kino in der Uni, naxos.Kino, Deutsch-Französische Gesellschaft Frankfurt, MGGU – Museum Giersch der Goethe-Universität, Senckenberg Naturmuseum, Deutsches Ledermuseum Offenbach am Main, Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung Hessen, Historisches Museum Frankfurt, Institut français Frankfurt, Museum für Kommunikation Frankfurt, Open-Air-Kino Bad Vilbel, SCAPE° Offenbach, TAUNALE – Taunus Filmfest Oberursel and Weißfrauen Diakoniekirche Frankfurt.

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Language version: OmU = original audio with German subtitles, OmeU = original with English subtitles, DF = German-dubbed version, OV = original version with no subtitles, stumm = silent film (often with live accompaniment). Projection format: DCP = Digital Cinema Package, the digital standard in modern cinemas; 35mm / 16mm / 70mm = analogue film prints on physical stock.

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Frankfurt has an unusually dense cinema scene — the DFF Filmmuseum, Astor, three arthouse houses, Pupille at the university, Programmkino Rex in Darmstadt, the Murnau in Wiesbaden — but no shared programme. This site lays every house onto one searchable day view.

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