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24.September2026

  1. At the Place of Ghosts

    Haunted by the past, siblings Mise’l and Antle are destined to reunite and join forces against a dark spirit that emerges from their shared childhood. Once inseparable, their fractured relationship set by years of silence and a violent episode rooted in homophobia, is tested as they must return to Sk+te’kmujue’kati (the Place of Ghosts) a forest steeped in ancestral memory where time bends. What initiates from trauma soon transforms into an odyssey of healing, as Mise’l and Antle confront their caretaker’s cruelty, the weight of family secrets, and their own deepest fears.
    • Fantasy
    • Thriller

    Harmonie

  2. Curtains

    In CURTAINS, Sandra Hüller tells the story of a woman who breaks out of a long-term violent relationship and of a political and social system that prefers to look the other way. The film shows the power structures behind the facades and how the state inadequately protects women.
    • Documentary

    Filmforum Höchst

  3. RT 30IMDb 5.2

    The Birthday Party

    The late 1970s, somewhere in the Mediterranean: Marcos Timoleon, a tycoon, is throwing a lavish, extravagant birthday party for Sofia on his exclusive private island. The party is a perfect excuse for various people in his life to approach him with their own agendas.
    • Drama

    Harmonie

  4. Was haben wir gelacht

    An entire generation of Germans was raised on male comedians. But what about their female counterparts? Maren Kroymann, Hella von Sinnen, Bettina Böttinger, Esther Schweins, and Gaby Köster look back at the way women were portrayed on TV in the 1990s and early 2000s, when jokes at women’s expense were the order of the day.
    • Documentary

    Filmforum Höchst

  5. TMDB 67RT 90IMDb 7.1

    Carolina Caroline

    A young woman, desperate to leave her small town, runs away with a charming con man, embarking on a crime and passion-filled journey through the Southeast to find her estranged mother.
    • Crime
    • Drama
    • Romance
    • Thriller

    Harmonie

  6. TMDB 78IMDb 7.8

    The Invite

    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.

    • Drama
    • Comedy

    Filmforum Höchst

  7. TMDB 82IMDb 7.3

    Blades of the Guardians

    Dao Ma, the "second most wanted fugitive," is entrusted by his benefactor, the chief of Mo family clan, to take on a mysterious escort mission-escorting the "most wanted fugitive" to Chang'an.
    • Action
    • Adventure
    • Drama
    • Western

    Harmonie

  8. TMDB 77RT 89IMDb 7.5

    The Swallows of Kabul

    Summer 1998—Kabul under Taliban rule. Zunaira and Mohsen are young and in love. Despite the daily violence and misery, they hope for a better future. One day, a foolish gesture causes life to take an irrevocable turn.
    • Animation
    • Drama

    DFF Filmmuseum

    LUCAS-Filmfestival


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Currently 23 cinemas and film series in Frankfurt and the surrounding area: Astor Film Lounge MyZeil, Cinéma Frankfurt, DFF — Deutsches Filminstitut & Filmmuseum, Harmonie Theater Frankfurt, Filmforum Höchst, Filmpalast Hofheim, Kino Kelkheim, Mal seh'n Kino, Lichtblick Mörfelden, Eschborn K, Kino Köppern, Kronberger Lichtspiele, Eldorado Arthouse Kino, Haus am Dom – Kath. Akademie Rabanus Maurus, naxos.Kino, Pupille — Kino in der Uni, Deutsches Architekturmuseum (DAM), Hafen 2 Offenbach, Senckenberg Naturmuseum, Club Voltaire Frankfurt, Deutsch-Französische Gesellschaft Frankfurt, Deutsches Ledermuseum Offenbach am Main and Historisches Museum Frankfurt.

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