German Film Screenings in NYC
New York regularly hosts German premieres, repertory screenings, festival selections, and conversations with filmmakers.
Listings below are selected from the Film category and link to the authoritative cinema, festival, or organizer page.
Upcoming events
Alle gegen Alles: Punk@50
· Online
Free curated film series on punk scenes in East and West Germany, with German audio and multilingual subtitles.
The White Ribbon — Michael Haneke Retrospective
· Cinema Arts Centre
Cinema Arts Centre screens Michael Haneke’s German-language film The White Ribbon as part of its retrospective.
Foreign Travel (Auslandsreise)
· 64th New York Film Festival at Film at Lincoln Center
German production in German, French, and Italian centered on a Berlin book club.
Rose
· 64th New York Film Festival at Film at Lincoln Center
Austrian/German German-language feature directed by Austrian filmmaker Markus Schleinzer and starring German actor Sandra Hüller.
Foreign Travel (Auslandsreise)
· 64th New York Film Festival at Film at Lincoln Center
German production in German, French, and Italian centered on a Berlin book club.
Frederic Morton Library Filmklub: The Piano Teacher
· Austrian Cultural Forum New York
Austrian filmmaker Michael Haneke adapts Austrian writer Elfriede Jelinek’s Vienna-set novel. This ACFNY screening is for library members only; reserve ahead.
The Loneliest Man in Town
· 64th New York Film Festival at Film at Lincoln Center
Austrian German-language film about Viennese blues musician Al Cook.
The Loneliest Man in Town
· 64th New York Film Festival at Film at Lincoln Center
Austrian German-language film about Viennese blues musician Al Cook.
My Wife Cries — NYFF at BAM
· BAM Rose Cinemas at Peter J. Sharp Building
Angela Schanelec’s portrait of a marriage follows a construction worker whose wife reveals an unsettling truth. This German-French production runs 93 minutes and is presented in German with English subtitles.
Tomorrow a Long Time Ago (Morgen vor langer Zeit)
· 64th New York Film Festival at Film at Lincoln Center
German-language German production directed by Luise Donschen, set against the 1990 reunification era.
Mommy Is Coming
· Anthology Film Archives
Cheryl Dunye’s 2012 film explores queer relationships and the Berlin underground club scene. Screening as part of Avatars of the Whore. Runtime 64 minutes.
Tomorrow a Long Time Ago (Morgen vor langer Zeit)
· 64th New York Film Festival at Film at Lincoln Center
German-language German production directed by Luise Donschen, set against the 1990 reunification era.
Invisible Adversaries — Valie Export: Tap, Touch, Burn
· Metrograph
Valie Export’s 1977 feature screens with an introduction by filmmaker Lynne Sachs as part of a tribute to the Austrian artist.
Fatherland
· 64th New York Film Festival at Film at Lincoln Center
German co-production about Thomas and Erika Mann traveling through postwar Germany, with German performers Hanns Zischler and Sandra Hüller; German is among the languages.
The Practice of Love — Valie Export: Tap, Touch, Burn
· Metrograph
Austrian artist Valie Export’s 1984 feature reworks film noir through a feminist lens, following a journalist who uncovers a murderous conspiracy.
Valie Export Shorts Program — Tap, Touch, Burn
· Metrograph
A program of six short works by Austrian artist Valie Export explores the body, gender and social codes, including Touch Cinema, Remote Remote and Syntagma.
Seduction: The Cruel Woman
· Anthology Film Archives
Monika Treut and Elfi Mikesch’s 1985 film screens in German with English subtitles as part of Avatars of the Whore. Runtime 84 minutes.
Fatherland
· 64th New York Film Festival at Film at Lincoln Center
German co-production about Thomas and Erika Mann traveling through postwar Germany, with German performers Hanns Zischler and Sandra Hüller; German is among the languages.
Mommy Is Coming
· Anthology Film Archives
Cheryl Dunye’s 2012 film explores queer relationships and the Berlin underground club scene. Screening as part of Avatars of the Whore. Runtime 64 minutes.
The Dreamed Adventure (Das geträumte Abenteuer)
· 64th New York Film Festival at Film at Lincoln Center
Germany/France/Bulgaria/Austria production directed by German filmmaker Valeska Grisebach.
Everytime
· 64th New York Film Festival at Film at Lincoln Center
Germany/Austria German-language production directed by Austrian filmmaker Sandra Wollner and set in Berlin.
Fatherland — NYFF at BAM
· BAM Rose Cinemas at Peter J. Sharp Building
Paweł Pawlikowski’s drama follows Thomas Mann and his daughter Erika on a 1949 journey across Germany. Hanns Zischler and Sandra Hüller star. The 82-minute film is in German, English, French and Russian with English subtitles.
I Rarely Wake Up Dreaming
· 64th New York Film Festival at Film at Lincoln Center
Germany/Ukraine production directed by German filmmaker Isabelle Stever.
Mommy Is Coming
· Anthology Film Archives
Cheryl Dunye’s 2012 film explores queer relationships and the Berlin underground club scene. Screening as part of Avatars of the Whore. Runtime 64 minutes.
Rose
· 64th New York Film Festival at Film at Lincoln Center
Austrian/German German-language feature directed by Austrian filmmaker Markus Schleinzer and starring German actor Sandra Hüller.
I Rarely Wake Up Dreaming
· 64th New York Film Festival at Film at Lincoln Center
Germany/Ukraine production directed by German filmmaker Isabelle Stever.
Fatherland
· 64th New York Film Festival at Film at Lincoln Center
German co-production about Thomas and Erika Mann traveling through postwar Germany, with German performers Hanns Zischler and Sandra Hüller; German is among the languages.
The Dreamed Adventure (Das geträumte Abenteuer)
· 64th New York Film Festival at Film at Lincoln Center
Germany/France/Bulgaria/Austria production directed by German filmmaker Valeska Grisebach.
Free Talk: Valeska Grisebach
· Elinor Bunin Munroe Film Center Amphitheater
German filmmaker Valeska Grisebach discusses her research, nonprofessional performers and approach to genre at the New York Film Festival. Free box-office tickets from 5 p.m.
BlackHole Cinematheque — Kino Drift Film Series
· WSA — Swiss Institute Offsite
BlackHole Cinematheque, an Oakland community microcinema and archive, opens Swiss Institute’s Kino Drift film series. The event combines viewing and discussion within Zurich-based artist Rafał Skoczek’s offsite exhibition, drawing on traditions of independent, politically engaged cinema.
Seduction: The Cruel Woman
· Anthology Film Archives
Monika Treut and Elfi Mikesch’s 1985 film screens in German with English subtitles as part of Avatars of the Whore. Runtime 84 minutes.
Sixteen Moments of My Life — NYFF64 + Q&A
· Film at Lincoln Center
Albert Serra’s concert film captures Ingrid Caven performing autobiographical songs in Paris. The Fassbinder collaborator sings in German and French. The 86-minute film has English subtitles. A Q&A with Albert Serra follows this screening. Check your ticket for the auditorium and entrance.
Bucking Fastard
· 64th New York Film Festival at Film at Lincoln Center
Directed by German filmmaker Werner Herzog.
Sixteen Moments of My Life — NYFF64 + Q&A
· Film at Lincoln Center
Albert Serra’s concert film captures Ingrid Caven performing autobiographical songs in Paris. The Fassbinder collaborator sings in German and French. The 86-minute film has English subtitles. A Q&A with Albert Serra follows this screening. Check your ticket for the auditorium and entrance.
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Vika Kirchenbauer — Program 2
· Anthology Film Archives
A selection of films by Berlin-based artist Vika Kirchenbauer: Welcome Address, You Are Boring!, The Capacity for Adequate Anger, and Compassion and Inconvenience. The artist appears in person for both screenings with a discussion following the program. Approximately 75 minutes of films.
I Rarely Wake Up Dreaming
· 64th New York Film Festival at Film at Lincoln Center
Germany/Ukraine production directed by German filmmaker Isabelle Stever.
The Dreamed Adventure (Das geträumte Abenteuer)
· 64th New York Film Festival at Film at Lincoln Center
Germany/France/Bulgaria/Austria production directed by German filmmaker Valeska Grisebach.
Bucking Fastard
· 64th New York Film Festival at Film at Lincoln Center
Directed by German filmmaker Werner Herzog.
The Loneliest Man in Town
· 64th New York Film Festival at Film at Lincoln Center
Austrian German-language film about Viennese blues musician Al Cook.
KINO! Film Salon: Amrum
· Online
An English-language online discussion of Fatih Akın’s German film Amrum, hosted by Jim Kolmar with cinematographer Karl Walter Lindenlaub. Watch the film independently before the free discussion; registration is required.
Everytime
· 64th New York Film Festival at Film at Lincoln Center
Germany/Austria German-language production directed by Austrian filmmaker Sandra Wollner and set in Berlin.
All the Children but One + Story told by Jean Dougnac — Conversation with Claire Atherton
· MoMA, Theater 2
MoMA screens the 2008 German film All the Children but One, directed by Andreas Bolm and Noëlle Pujol, together with Pujol’s Story told by Jean Dougnac. The first film is in Hungarian with English subtitles. The October 11 screening includes a conversation with editor Claire Atherton. Public ticket sales open October 4; eligible members have earlier access. Check MoMA for ticket prices.
Sixteen Moments of My Life — NYFF64
· Film at Lincoln Center
Albert Serra’s concert film captures Ingrid Caven performing autobiographical songs in Paris. The Fassbinder collaborator sings in German and French. The 86-minute film has English subtitles. Check your ticket for the auditorium and entrance.
Vika Kirchenbauer — Program 2
· Anthology Film Archives
A selection of films by Berlin-based artist Vika Kirchenbauer: Welcome Address, You Are Boring!, The Capacity for Adequate Anger, and Compassion and Inconvenience. The artist appears in person for both screenings with a discussion following the program. Approximately 75 minutes of films.
Bucking Fastard
· 64th New York Film Festival at Film at Lincoln Center
Directed by German filmmaker Werner Herzog.
Seduction: The Cruel Woman
· Anthology Film Archives
Monika Treut and Elfi Mikesch’s 1985 film screens in German with English subtitles as part of Avatars of the Whore. Runtime 84 minutes.
German Movie Nights: A Land Within
· Goethe-Institut New York
German Movie Nights: A Land Within takes place Wednesday, October 14, 2026 at 7:00 PM EDT at Goethe-Institut New York, 30 Irving Place, New York, NY 10003. Organized by German Film Office.
The USA and the (Re)Birth of Austrian Modern Culture After 1945
· Austrian Cultural Forum New York
The USA and the (Re)Birth of Austrian Modern Culture After 1945 takes place Thursday, October 15, 2026 at 9:00 AM EDT at Austrian Cultural Forum New York, 11 East 52nd Street, New York, NY 10022. Organized by Austrian Cultural Forum New York.
All the Children but One + Story told by Jean Dougnac
· MoMA, Theater 1
MoMA screens the 2008 German film All the Children but One, directed by Andreas Bolm and Noëlle Pujol, together with Pujol’s Story told by Jean Dougnac. The first film is in Hungarian with English subtitles. Public ticket sales open October 9; eligible members have earlier access. Check MoMA for ticket prices.
Fatherland
· Film at Lincoln Center
Paweł Pawlikowski’s drama follows Thomas Mann and his daughter Erika on a 1949 journey across Germany. Hanns Zischler and Sandra Hüller star. The 82-minute film is in German, English, French and Russian with English subtitles. Check your ticket for the auditorium and entrance.
Fatherland
· Film at Lincoln Center
Paweł Pawlikowski’s drama follows Thomas Mann and his daughter Erika on a 1949 journey across Germany. Hanns Zischler and Sandra Hüller star. The 82-minute film is in German, English, French and Russian with English subtitles. Check your ticket for the auditorium and entrance.
Fatherland
· Film at Lincoln Center
Paweł Pawlikowski’s drama follows Thomas Mann and his daughter Erika on a 1949 journey across Germany. Hanns Zischler and Sandra Hüller star. The 82-minute film is in German, English, French and Russian with English subtitles. Check your ticket for the auditorium and entrance.
MONUMENT FILMS – Peter Kubelka’s Metric Cinema
· Austrian Cultural Forum New York
MONUMENT FILMS – Peter Kubelka’s Metric Cinema takes place Friday, October 23, 2026 at 6:30 PM EDT at Austrian Cultural Forum New York, 11 East 52nd Street, New York, NY 10022. Organized by Austrian Cultural Forum New York.
Fatherland + Q&A
· Film at Lincoln Center
Paweł Pawlikowski’s drama follows Thomas Mann and his daughter Erika on a 1949 journey across Germany. Hanns Zischler and Sandra Hüller star. The 82-minute film is in German, English, French and Russian with English subtitles. A Q&A with Paweł Pawlikowski follows this screening. Check your ticket for the auditorium and entrance.
Fatherland
· Film at Lincoln Center
Paweł Pawlikowski’s drama follows Thomas Mann and his daughter Erika on a 1949 journey across Germany. Hanns Zischler and Sandra Hüller star. The 82-minute film is in German, English, French and Russian with English subtitles. Check your ticket for the auditorium and entrance.
Fatherland
· Film at Lincoln Center
Paweł Pawlikowski’s drama follows Thomas Mann and his daughter Erika on a 1949 journey across Germany. Hanns Zischler and Sandra Hüller star. The 82-minute film is in German, English, French and Russian with English subtitles. Check your ticket for the auditorium and entrance.
Fatherland
· Film at Lincoln Center
Paweł Pawlikowski’s drama follows Thomas Mann and his daughter Erika on a 1949 journey across Germany. Hanns Zischler and Sandra Hüller star. The 82-minute film is in German, English, French and Russian with English subtitles. Check your ticket for the auditorium and entrance.
Fatherland + Q&A
· Film at Lincoln Center
Paweł Pawlikowski’s drama follows Thomas Mann and his daughter Erika on a 1949 journey across Germany. Hanns Zischler and Sandra Hüller star. The 82-minute film is in German, English, French and Russian with English subtitles. A Q&A with Paweł Pawlikowski follows this screening. Check your ticket for the auditorium and entrance.
Fatherland
· Film at Lincoln Center
Paweł Pawlikowski’s drama follows Thomas Mann and his daughter Erika on a 1949 journey across Germany. Hanns Zischler and Sandra Hüller star. The 82-minute film is in German, English, French and Russian with English subtitles. Check your ticket for the auditorium and entrance.
Fatherland
· Film at Lincoln Center
Paweł Pawlikowski’s drama follows Thomas Mann and his daughter Erika on a 1949 journey across Germany. Hanns Zischler and Sandra Hüller star. The 82-minute film is in German, English, French and Russian with English subtitles. Check your ticket for the auditorium and entrance.
Filmclub Populaire — Kino Drift Film Series
· WSA — Swiss Institute Offsite
Zurich-based collective Filmclub Populaire presents a program of screenings and shared discussion at Swiss Institute’s Kino Drift exhibition. The series explores independent, politically engaged cinema and the screening as a place for collective exchange.
Marching with the Kasama — Kino Drift Film Series
· WSA — Swiss Institute Offsite
Swiss Institute’s Kino Drift film series presents a work-in-progress documentary on the Philippine revolutionary struggle alongside two related films. The screening treats audience discussion as part of the filmmaking process within Zurich-based artist Rafał Skoczek’s offsite exhibition.
Filmbar: Die Drei von der Tankstelle (Three from the Filling Station)
· Neue Galerie New York
Four German-language classics with English subtitles, including UFA-era cinema.
Filmbar: Gold
· Neue Galerie New York
Four German-language classics with English subtitles, including UFA-era cinema.
Filmbar: Schlussakkord (Final Chord)
· Neue Galerie New York
Four German-language classics with English subtitles, including UFA-era cinema.
Filmbar: Die vier Gesellen (Four Companions)
· Neue Galerie New York
Four German-language classics with English subtitles, including UFA-era cinema.