The 2026 HSBC German Film Festival returns to cinemas in May

Berlin Hero

Der Held vom Bahnhof Friedrichstraße

The final film from Wolfgang Becker (GOOD BYE, LENIN!), BERLIN HERO is a captivating tragicomedy with an all-star ensemble cast about an unexpected GDR hero uncovered on the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, adapted from the 2022 novel by Maxim Leo.

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Amrum

The celebrated new film from multi award-winning director Fatih Akin is a moving and deeply poignant drama about a 12-year-old boy who, in the shadow of the fading German regime, discovers the true enemy is far closer than he imagined.

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Sound of Falling

In die Sonne schauen

Winner of the 2025 Cannes Film Festival Jury Prize, this haunting and lyrical drama follows four girls from different time periods experiencing their youth on the same farm in northern Germany, where the past echoes in its walls.

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I'm Not Stiller

Stiller

Based on the classic novel by Max Frisch, this gripping mystery starring Albrecht Schuch is a journey into tangled relationships and a labyrinth of memory, as an American man is mistaken for a Swiss sculptor and arrested for his role in a dubious political affair in 1950s Switzerland.

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Prosecution

Staatsschutz

Winner of the Audience Award at the 2026 Berlinale, this powerful dramatic thriller follows a state prosecutor who takes her own case to court, confronting the perpetrators and a justice system that turns a blind eye to far-right extremism.

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Four Minus Three

Vier minus drei

Based on the bestselling novel and incredible true story of an exceptional woman, this deeply moving and emotional drama direct from the 2026 Berlinale features an outstanding lead performance from Valerie Pachner as a woman whose faith in humour and hope is put to the test.

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Hello Betty

Hallo Betty

A warm and humorous portrait of the 1950s and a unique Swiss cultural phenomenon, this heartfelt and inspiring dramedy tells the incredible true story of advertising pioneer Emmi Creola who invented the character Betty Bossi.

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Das Boot - Director's Cut

Presented for its 45th anniversary in Wolfgang Petersen’s Director’s Cut, this landmark anti-war epic plunges viewers into the claustrophobic ordeal of a U-boat crew, sustaining extraordinary tension with physical realism, moral gravity, and devastating force.

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Berlin Hero

Der Held vom Bahnhof Friedrichstraße

Amrum

Sound of Falling

In die Sonne schauen

I'm Not Stiller

Stiller

Prosecution

Staatsschutz

Four Minus Three

Vier minus drei

Hello Betty

Hallo Betty

Das Boot - Director's Cut

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