School screenings
Pedagogically valuable films regularly make it into our programme, which can be integrated excellently into the school curriculum or can offer valuable education even without this framework. In the following list you will find current and upcoming films that are particularly suitable for student screenings. Of course, it is possible for all film titles to have a student screening at special conditions.
School screenings are to be understood as an educational event, i.e. the performances are usually played without an intermission and without consumption.
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DER MANN AUF DEM KIRCHTURM
Release date: 15 January 2026
By Edwin Beeler.
SYNOPSIS AVAILABLE IN GERMAN ONLY - Er ist der Kaminfeger des Dorfes, und als Dachdecker liebt er es, auf Kirchtürmen in schwindelerregender Höhe zu arbeiten. Für den Bub ist der Grossvater ein Glücksbringer und starker Mann. Er möchte ihm nacheifern und mehr über seine Herkunft erfahren. Doch Grossvaters Sturz vom Dach verändert alles.
Was bleibt, sind offene Fragen zu einem generationenübergreifenden Trauma, zu männlicher Dominanz, weiblicher Unterordnung, zur eigenen Identität – und Schweigen.
HAMNET
Release date: 22 January 2026
By Chloé Zhao, with Jessie Buckley, Paul Mescal.
1580 England. Impoverished Latin tutor William Shakespeare meets free-spirited Agnes, and the pair, captivated by one another, strike up a torrid affair that leads to marriage and three children. Yet as Will pursues a budding theater career in far-away London, Agnes anchors the domestic sphere alone. When tragedy strikes, the couple’s once-unshakable bond is tested, but their shared experience sets the stage for the creation of Shakespeare’s timeless masterpiece, Hamlet.
SILENT FRIEND
Release date: 22 January 2026
By Ildikó Enyedi, with Tony Leung Chiu-Wai, Luna Wedler, Léa Seydoux.
In the heart of a botanical garden in a medieval university town in Germany stands a majestic ginkgo tree. This silent witness has observed over a century the quiet rhythms of transformation across three human lives. 2020, a neuroscientist from Hong Kong, exploring the mind of babies, begins an unexpected experiment with the old tree. 1972, a young student is profoundly changed by the simple act of observing and connecting with a geranium. 1908, the university’s first female student discovers, through the lens of photography, sacred patterns of the universe hidden within the humblest of plants. We follow their clumsy, awkward attempts to connect — each one of them deeply rooted in their own present — as they are transformed by the quiet, enduring, and mysterious power of nature. The ancient ginkgo tree brings us closer to what it means to be human — to our longing to belong.
BAUERNKRIEG
Release date: 29 January 2026
By Erich Langjahr.
SYNOPSIS AVAILABLE IN GERMAN ONLY - BAUERNKRIEG ist der zweite Film einer Bauern-Trilogie, die sich mit der Existenz des Bauern am Ende des 20. Jahrhunderts auseinandersetzt. Im Zentrum stehen die Fragen nach Identität, Überleben und Zukunft. Jedes dieser drei Themen bildet jeweils den Schwerpunkt eines einzelnen Films.
BAUERNKRIEG beschäftigt sich mit dem Überleben der Landwirtschaft am Übergang von einer staatlich gelenkten Planwirtschaft zur Marktwirtschaft. Die meisten Bauern setzen auf den technischen Fortschritt und die Hochleistungszucht, um in dieser neuen Marktsituation zu überleben. Viele können nicht mithalten und geben auf.
BLAME
Release date: 12 February 2026
By Christian Frei.
After years exploring remote bat caves, three scientists are catapulted into the harsh spotlight of politics and serious accusations. Once ignored, these early warners must now defend themselves. A visually striking film journey about the role of science in increasingly dark times. With calm, factual clarity, the film reveals how the deliberate fueling and amplification of fears and feverish myths are driving our world out of balance.