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Special Presentation

Opening Night

A man’s double life as an underground poet and a Stasi agent in East Berlin in the 1980s comes back to haunt him 30 years later in this comedy starring David Kross and Tom Schilling.

Australian Premiere
Festival Guest

Tempted by the offer of a prestigious professorship, ambitious scientist Franz Walter is convinced to work for the GDR's Stasi in 1981 East Berlin but is soon accused of espionage in this gripping historical drama starring Lars Eidinger.

Australian Premiere
Centrepiece

An illuminating drama that follows the true story of Samson “Cioma” Schönhaus, a Jewish graphic artist who hid in plain sight in 1940s Berlin, moving freely about the city using fake documents, while secretly forging IDs to help hundreds of others.

Australian Premiere
Special Presentation

This historical monochrome biopic of East German writer and filmmaker Thomas Brach, starring Albrecht Schuch, reveals a deeply subversive artist who finds comfort on neither side of the Wall.

Australian Premiere