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Deutsche Kinemathek - Museum of Film and Television

E-Werk Mauerstr.

The Deutsche Kinemathek is set to reopen in 2025 in the E-Werk (pictured above) in Mauerstraße.

The Deutsche Kinemathek - Museum of Film and Television Berlin displays collections of film and television history. The museum provides visitors with an insight into the exciting development of both media from their creation to the present day.

The Museum of Film and Television illustrates more than 100 years of German film history and 50 years of German television history - this concept is unique in Europe. The exhibitions draw on the rich collections that the Deutsche Kinemathek has amassed since its foundation in 1963.

Deutsche Kinemathek at new location from 2026

The Deutsche Kinemathek is moving and will be located in the E-Werk in Mauerstraße in Berlin-Mitte from 2026. The museum at Potsdamer Platz will remain permanently closed. Exhibition operations will resume at the new location in early 2026.

Deutsche Kinemathek: Current events and tickets

Tir na nog – German Emigrants in Ireland

In the early 1990s, former DEFA director Jörg Foth traveled to the northwest of Ireland with cinematographer Thomas Plenert and a 16-mm camera. As early as the 1980s, a group of left-wing dropouts from... more

Phantom Beirut

Ghassan Salhab’s feature film debut, filled with ghosts and memories, is set in the late 1980s, during the final years of the Lebanese Civil War. The protagonist, Khalil, returns to Beirut under a new... more

Traces in Motion – The Estate of Thomas Feldmann

Rhythm, movement, and the tactile materiality of analog media characterize the films of artist, filmmaker, and curator Thomas Feldmann, a defining voice of Frankfurt’s experimental scene in the 1980s,... more

"Inventing Queer Cinema"

The guided tour provides an overview of our current exhibition, presents selected content and objects, and invites you to discover the diversity of queer German cinema. Meeting point: Box office foyer Price... more

»Inventing Queer Cinema«

This tour with our ‘insider’, education and outreach officer Fabian Fornalski, highlights selected themes, cinematic narratives and objects from our “Inventing Queer Cinema” exhibition. The tour provides... more

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Source: Deutsche Kinemathek – Museum für Film und Fernsehen, Editing: berlin.de

Last edited: 13 January 2026