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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.

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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

– Vier Personen in den 1960er Jahren, die sich unterhalten und ein Blatt Papier betrachten.Show image caption

© ›Die Unverbesserlichen‹, BRD 1965, Regie: Claus Peter Witt © NDR/Holtz

The Incorrigibles

Social commentary packaged for a broad audience, aired on Mother’s Day: “Die Unverbesserlichen” is a portrait, marked by gentle tragicomedy and a bitter undertone, of a family from what was then West Germany’s... more

›Nicht der homosexuelle ist pervers, sondern die Situation, in der er lebt‹, Regie: Rosa von Praunheim © Bavaria / missingFILMs – Sechs Männer sitzen gemeinsam unbekleidet auf einem Futon, in einem verhängten Raum.

© Bavaria / missingFILMs

How perverse is the situation? We discuss Rosa von Praunheim's 'It's not the homosexual who is perverse, but the situation in which he lives'

it is not the homosexual who is perverted, but the situation in which he lives' by Rosa von Praunheim caused an earthquake in 1971 and led to the founding of numerous gay movements across Germany for the... more

›Verführung: Die grausame Frau‹, BRD 1985, Regie: Elfie Mikesch und Monika Treut

© ›Verführung: Die grausame Frau‹, BRD 1985, Regie: Elfie Mikesch und Monika Treut Quelle: Salzgeber

Director-Led Tour: “Inventing Queer Cinema”

With “Inventing Queer Cinema,” the Deutsche Kinemathek is opening its first exhibition at its new location in Berlin’s E-Werk—and, at the same time, a new chapter in its work on queer film culture. The... more

Show image caption ›Rafiki‹, Kenia 2018, Regie: Wanuri Kahiu, Bild: Salzgeber – Zwei Personen, die sich ansehen, in pinkem Licht.

© Salzgeber

"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

›Beautiful Thing‹ Großbritannien 1996, Regie: Hettie MacDonald

© Bild: Salzgeber

»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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Last edited: 13 January 2026