Cinema at its best!


Cinema at its best! presents 2025 again nine of the best international documentary films, including four German and two world premieres, in the festive large hall of Deutsches Theater. To start with, we present our opening film FRIENDLY FIRE, about the humanist, peace fighter and language artist Erich Fried.

7 until 11 May 2025
Deutsches Theater Munich

 

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Wednesday, 07.05.2025
Deutsches Theater

20.00 Uhr – Festival Opening

FRIENDLY FIRE (Deutschland, Österreich 2025, Ein Film von Klaus Fried, realisiert von Julia Albrecht, ”Never Again” Is Now?). Emigrant, humanist and poet. Who was Erich Fried? His son Klaus follows the traces. – Festival opening
Thursday, 08.05.2025
Deutsches Theater

18.30 Uhr

MR. NOBODY AGAINST PUTIN (Dänemark, Tschechische Republik 2025, David Borenstein, Reframing History). A teacher with a camera – a brave battle against the militarisation of Russian schools. – Original version: Russian – Subtitles: English Ticket

21.00 Uhr

AZZA (Deutschland 2025, Stefanie Brockhaus, Empowered). Divorced and working as a driving instructor? A revolution in Saudi Arabia – one small step at a time. – Original version: Arabic, English – Subtitles: English Ticket
Friday, 09.05.2025
Deutsches Theater

18.30 Uhr

THE WHITE HOUSE EFFECT (USA 2024, Bonni Cohen, Pedro Kos, Jon Shenk, This Is America). How lobbying overturned climate policy – an archive film about missed chances. – Original version: English – Subtitles: None Ticket

21.00 Uhr

BLAME (Schweiz 2025, Christian Frei, Subdue the earth?). ​​Where did the coronavirus come from? Who believes whom? Three scientists and their fight for truth. – Original version: English – Subtitles: English Ticket
Saturday, 10.05.2025
Deutsches Theater

18.30 Uhr

AI WEIWEI'S TURANDOT (Italien, USA 2025, Maxim Derevianko, About Art). From extra to opera director – Ai Weiwei’s contemporary interpretation of Turandot. – Original version: English, Italian – Subtitles: English Ticket
Sunday, 11.05.2025
Deutsches Theater

18.00 Uhr

MONK IN PIECES (USA, Deutschland 2025, Billy Shebar, About Art). Vocal art and performance: a multifaceted portrait of the Avant Garde artist Meredith Monk. – Original version: English – Subtitles: None Ticket

20.30 Uhr

ENDLICH UNSTERBLICH – IMMORTAL AT LAST (Deutschland 2025, Vera Brückner, The Sound of Music). An intimate portrait of a German indie pop band as they run through a gamut of emotions. – Original version: German – Subtitles: English Ticket