The 2025 HSBC German Film Festival returns to cinemas in May

Long Story Short

Feste und Freunde – Ein Hoch auf uns!

Featuring an all-star cast including Laura Tonke, Ronald Zehrfeld and Trystan Pütter, this hilarious and poignant celebration of love and friendship follows a group of friends through a series of special occasions, in a rewarding, feel-good ensemble comedy.

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Hysteria

Direct from the 2025 Berlinale, this clever behind-the-scenes conspiracy thriller featuring rising star Devrim Lingnau follows an assistant director drawn into a dangerous game of secrets, lies and paranoia when a burned Quran is found on a film set.

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Two to One

Zwei zu eins

Starring Sandra Hüller, this German box office hit based on true events follows a group of East Germans who take advantage of the chaotic economic situation in East Germany in 1990 and pull off a highly entertaining heist of soon-to-be-worthless East German marks.

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Riefenstahl

This acclaimed documentary delivers a captivating insight into the private estate of Leni Riefenstahl, who became world-famous with her Nazi propaganda film Triumph of the Will but kept denying any closer ties to the regime.

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Peacock

Pfau - Bin ich echt?

A witty, existential black comedy with a touch of the surreal, Peacock stars an incredible Albrecht Schuch as the head of the successful Rent-A-Friend agency who begins to experience an identity crisis.

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Dying

Sterben

Celebrated auteur Matthias Glasner’s compelling drama Dying assembles an outstanding all-star cast led by the incredible Lars Eidinger as a successful, middle-aged orchestra conductor negotiating the chaos of his volatile private life.

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John Cranko

Cranko

Sam Riley delivers a revelatory performance as famed choreographer John Cranko in this cinematic, dance-infused drama from Joachim Lang that follows the amazing revitalisation of the Stuttgart Ballet in the 1960s.

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Long Story Short

Feste und Freunde – Ein Hoch auf uns!

Hysteria

Two to One

Zwei zu eins

Riefenstahl

Peacock

Pfau - Bin ich echt?

Dying

Sterben

John Cranko

Cranko

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