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.
Fatherland
· Film Forum
Times: 12:25 PM · 2:25 PM · 4:30 PM · 6:30 PM · 8:30 PM
In Paweł Pawlikowski’s Cannes Best Director winner, Thomas Mann (Hanns Zischler) and his daughter Erika (Sandra Hüller) travel across a divided Germany in 1949.
Fatherland
· Film at Lincoln Center — Francesca Beale Theater
Times: 12:30 PM · 2:30 PM · 4:30 PM · 6:30 PM · 8:30 PM
Paweł Pawlikowski follows Thomas Mann (Hanns Zischler) and his daughter Erika (Sandra Hüller) on a road trip through divided Germany in 1949.
Revue — Sergei Loznitsa retrospective
· Museum of Modern Art
German–Russian documentary Revue turns Soviet newsreels into a portrait of the promises and contradictions of public life.
Eggeling / Grant / Jacobs & Fleischner — Essential Cinema
· Anthology Film Archives
Viking Eggeling’s Berlin-made abstract film Symphonie diagonale opens a program of early experiments with rhythm, color and performance.
Fatherland
· Film at Lincoln Center — Francesca Beale Theater
Times: 12:30 PM · 2:30 PM · 4:30 PM · 6:30 PM · 8:30 PM
Paweł Pawlikowski follows Thomas Mann (Hanns Zischler) and his daughter Erika (Sandra Hüller) on a road trip through divided Germany in 1949.
Materia Prima
· Village East by Angelika
German filmmaker Jens Schanze examines Bolivia’s lithium reserves and Europe’s demand for raw materials, followed by a director Q&A.
Fatherland
· Film Forum
Times: 1:20 PM · 3:20 PM · 5:20 PM · 7:20 PM
In Paweł Pawlikowski’s Cannes Best Director winner, Thomas Mann (Hanns Zischler) and his daughter Erika (Sandra Hüller) travel across a divided Germany in 1949.
Maîtres anciens – Comédie
· Anthology Film Archives
Mathieu Amalric brings Austrian writer Thomas Bernhard’s Old Masters into an empty theater in this French-language adaptation.
Fatherland
· Film Forum
Times: 12:20 PM · 2:20 PM · 4:20 PM · 6:00 PM · 8:30 PM
In Paweł Pawlikowski’s Cannes Best Director winner, Thomas Mann (Hanns Zischler) and his daughter Erika (Sandra Hüller) travel across a divided Germany in 1949.
Fatherland
· Film at Lincoln Center — Francesca Beale Theater
Times: 12:30 PM · 2:30 PM · 4:30 PM · 6:30 PM · 8:30 PM
Paweł Pawlikowski follows Thomas Mann (Hanns Zischler) and his daughter Erika (Sandra Hüller) on a road trip through divided Germany in 1949.
In the Fog — Sergei Loznitsa retrospective
· Museum of Modern Art
A German co-production set in Nazi-occupied Belarus, In the Fog follows a railway worker suspected of collaborating with the occupiers.
Silent Lubitsch: So This Is Paris
· Film Forum
Film Forum’s Ernst Lubitsch retrospective pairs the German director’s silent films with live piano.
Fatherland
· Film Forum
Times: 12:25 PM · 2:25 PM · 4:30 PM · 6:30 PM · 8:30 PM
In Paweł Pawlikowski’s Cannes Best Director winner, Thomas Mann (Hanns Zischler) and his daughter Erika (Sandra Hüller) travel across a divided Germany in 1949.
Fatherland
· Film at Lincoln Center — Francesca Beale Theater
Times: 12:30 PM · 2:30 PM · 4:30 PM · 6:30 PM · 8:30 PM
Paweł Pawlikowski follows Thomas Mann (Hanns Zischler) and his daughter Erika (Sandra Hüller) on a road trip through divided Germany in 1949.
Siri Hustvedt: Dance Around the Self
· IFC Center
German director Sabine Lidl’s German-Swiss documentary follows writer Siri Hustvedt, with Lidl and Hustvedt joining the screenings.
Minotaur + director conversation
· MoMA – Roy and Niuta Titus Theater 1
A German co-production and Cannes Grand Prix winner screens at MoMA with director Andrey Zvyagintsev in conversation.
The Squirrel + director Q&A
· Scandinavia House
A Finnish–German co-production screens with director Markus Lehmusruusu in person at Scandinavia House.
Fatherland
· Film at Lincoln Center — Francesca Beale Theater
Times: 12:30 PM · 2:30 PM · 4:30 PM
Paweł Pawlikowski follows Thomas Mann (Hanns Zischler) and his daughter Erika (Sandra Hüller) on a road trip through divided Germany in 1949.
All of a Sudden
· Film at Lincoln Center — Walter Reade Theater
A German co-production by Ryûsuke Hamaguchi explores friendship and humane care in France, with French and Japanese dialogue.
Fatherland
· Film at Lincoln Center — Howard Gilman Theater
Times: 6:30 PM · 8:30 PM
Paweł Pawlikowski follows Thomas Mann (Hanns Zischler) and his daughter Erika (Sandra Hüller) on a road trip through divided Germany in 1949.
Materia Prima
· Village East by Angelika
German filmmaker Jens Schanze examines Bolivia’s lithium reserves and Europe’s demand for raw materials, followed by a director Q&A.
Fatherland
· Film at Lincoln Center — Francesca Beale Theater
Times: 12:30 PM · 2:30 PM · 4:30 PM
Paweł Pawlikowski follows Thomas Mann (Hanns Zischler) and his daughter Erika (Sandra Hüller) on a road trip through divided Germany in 1949.
Victory Day
· Museum of Modern Art, film theaters
Sergei Loznitsa observes the annual May 9 commemorations at Berlin’s Treptower Park in this German documentary.
In Search of Oswald Ottendorfer: A Bicentennial Transatlantic Travelogue
· Ottendorfer Library
A free film screening and Q&A follows German-American philanthropist Oswald Ottendorfer's path through Europe's 1848 uprisings and back to New York's Kleindeutschland.
All of a Sudden + director conversation
· MoMA – Roy and Niuta Titus Theater 1
Ryûsuke Hamaguchi presents his German co-production about friendship and care in Paris, then joins a conversation.
Siri Hustvedt: Dance Around the Self
· Village East by Angelika
German director Sabine Lidl’s German-Swiss documentary follows writer Siri Hustvedt, with Lidl and Hustvedt joining the screenings.
Fatherland
· Film at Lincoln Center — Howard Gilman Theater
Times: 6:30 PM · 8:30 PM
Paweł Pawlikowski follows Thomas Mann (Hanns Zischler) and his daughter Erika (Sandra Hüller) on a road trip through divided Germany in 1949.
All of a Sudden
· Film at Lincoln Center — Walter Reade Theater
A German co-production by Ryûsuke Hamaguchi explores friendship and humane care in France, with French and Japanese dialogue.
Minotaur
· Film at Lincoln Center — Walter Reade Theater
Times: 12:00 PM · 3:00 PM · 6:30 PM · 9:45 PM
Germany co-produces Andrey Zvyagintsev’s drama about a Russian businessman, private betrayal and public corruption.
Bayern München vs Köln: Watch Party at Smithfield Hall
· Smithfield Hall
Watch German club FC Bayern München in Bayern München vs Köln, a Bundesliga live broadcast at Smithfield Hall in New York.
Rose + conversation with Markus Schleinzer
· Museum of Modern Art, film theaters
Sandra Hüller stars in the Austrian–German drama Rose, followed by a conversation with director Markus Schleinzer.
No Food No Money No Jewels + Notes from the Interzone — filmmakers in person
· Anthology Film Archives
German filmmaker Angela Christlieb joins an evening of surreal labor, Frankfurt Zoo footage and memories of New York, with filmmakers in person.
Max Turnheim — Faces: Moving-Image Portraiture
· Anthology Film Archives
Austrian filmmaker Friedl vom Gröller traces a life over two decades through her evolving film portrait of Max Turnheim.
Minotaur
· Film at Lincoln Center — Walter Reade Theater
Times: 12:00 PM · 3:00 PM · 6:00 PM · 8:45 PM
Germany co-produces Andrey Zvyagintsev’s drama about a Russian businessman, private betrayal and public corruption.
Siri Hustvedt: Dance Around the Self + Q&A
· Scandinavia House
German director Sabine Lidl’s German–Swiss documentary screens at Scandinavia House, with Siri Hustvedt in person.
Minotaur
· Film at Lincoln Center — Walter Reade Theater
Times: 12:00 PM · 3:00 PM · 6:30 PM · 8:45 PM
Germany co-produces Andrey Zvyagintsev’s drama about a Russian businessman, private betrayal and public corruption.
Portrait Collections — Faces: Moving-Image Portraiture
· Anthology Film Archives
Austrian filmmakers Ernst Schmidt Jr., Friedl vom Gröller and Marieli Fröhlich contribute to a program of cinematic group portraits.
Maîtres anciens – Comédie
· Anthology Film Archives
Mathieu Amalric brings Austrian writer Thomas Bernhard’s Old Masters into an empty theater in this French-language adaptation.
Minotaur
· Film at Lincoln Center — Walter Reade Theater
Times: 12:00 PM · 3:00 PM · 6:00 PM · 8:45 PM
Germany co-produces Andrey Zvyagintsev’s drama about a Russian businessman, private betrayal and public corruption.
Revue — Sergei Loznitsa retrospective
· Museum of Modern Art
German–Russian documentary Revue turns Soviet newsreels into a portrait of the promises and contradictions of public life.
Portrait Studies — Faces: Moving-Image Portraiture
· Anthology Film Archives
Austrian filmmakers Ernst Schmidt Jr. and Friedl vom Gröller join an international program of intimate film portraits.
Silent Lubitsch: Lady Windermere’s Fan
· Film Forum
Film Forum’s Ernst Lubitsch retrospective pairs the German director’s silent films with live piano.
Cinématon, Program 1 — Faces: Moving-Image Portraiture
· Anthology Film Archives
Ulrike Ottinger, Alexander Kluge and Peter Kubelka sit for Gérard Courant’s silent film portraits in the first Cinématon selection.
Minotaur
· Film at Lincoln Center — Walter Reade Theater
Times: 12:00 PM · 3:00 PM · 6:00 PM · 8:45 PM
Germany co-produces Andrey Zvyagintsev’s drama about a Russian businessman, private betrayal and public corruption.
Dynamic Portraits — Faces: Moving-Image Portraiture
· Anthology Film Archives
Kurt Kren, Peter Kubelka and Viktoria Schmid feature in a short-film program that reshapes the human face through experimental techniques.
Portraits of the Artist — Faces: Moving-Image Portraiture
· Anthology Film Archives
Austrian experimental filmmakers and their peers exchange roles behind and in front of the camera in this collection of artist portraits.
Minotaur
· Film at Lincoln Center — Francesca Beale Theater
Times: 12:00 PM · 3:00 PM · 6:00 PM · 8:45 PM
Germany co-produces Andrey Zvyagintsev’s drama about a Russian businessman, private betrayal and public corruption.
All of a Sudden
· Film at Lincoln Center — Walter Reade Theater
Times: 12:15 PM · 4:00 PM · 7:45 PM
A German co-production by Ryûsuke Hamaguchi explores friendship and humane care in France, with French and Japanese dialogue.
Lille vs Bayern München: Watch Party at Smithfield Hall
· Smithfield Hall
Watch German club FC Bayern München in Lille vs Bayern München, a Champions League live broadcast at Smithfield Hall in New York.
Family Portraits — Faces: Moving-Image Portraiture
· Anthology Film Archives
Friedl vom Gröller and Viktoria Schmid bring Austrian perspectives to a short-film program about parents, children, siblings and memory.
Self-Portraits — Faces on Film
· Anthology Film Archives
Austrian artists VALIE EXPORT, Maria Lassnig, Kurt Kren and Friedl vom Gröller turn the camera on themselves in an experimental shorts program.
Minotaur
· Film at Lincoln Center — Francesca Beale Theater
Times: 12:00 PM · 3:00 PM · 6:00 PM · 8:45 PM
Germany co-produces Andrey Zvyagintsev’s drama about a Russian businessman, private betrayal and public corruption.
All of a Sudden
· Film at Lincoln Center — Walter Reade Theater
Times: 12:15 PM · 4:00 PM · 7:45 PM
A German co-production by Ryûsuke Hamaguchi explores friendship and humane care in France, with French and Japanese dialogue.
All of a Sudden
· Film at Lincoln Center — Walter Reade Theater
Times: 12:15 PM · 4:00 PM · 7:45 PM
A German co-production by Ryûsuke Hamaguchi explores friendship and humane care in France, with French and Japanese dialogue.
Hamburg vs Bayern München: Watch Party at Smithfield Hall
· Smithfield Hall
Watch German club FC Bayern München in Hamburg vs Bayern München, a Bundesliga live broadcast at Smithfield Hall in New York.
All of a Sudden
· Film at Lincoln Center — Walter Reade Theater
Times: 12:15 PM · 4:00 PM · 7:45 PM
A German co-production by Ryûsuke Hamaguchi explores friendship and humane care in France, with French and Japanese dialogue.
Portraits of the Artist — Faces: Moving-Image Portraiture
· Anthology Film Archives
Austrian experimental filmmakers and their peers exchange roles behind and in front of the camera in this collection of artist portraits.
All of a Sudden
· Film at Lincoln Center — Walter Reade Theater
Times: 12:15 PM · 4:00 PM · 7:45 PM
A German co-production by Ryûsuke Hamaguchi explores friendship and humane care in France, with French and Japanese dialogue.
Self-Portraits — Faces on Film
· Anthology Film Archives
Austrian artists VALIE EXPORT, Maria Lassnig, Kurt Kren and Friedl vom Gröller turn the camera on themselves in an experimental shorts program.
Dynamic Portraits — Faces: Moving-Image Portraiture
· Anthology Film Archives
Kurt Kren, Peter Kubelka and Viktoria Schmid feature in a short-film program that reshapes the human face through experimental techniques.
All of a Sudden
· Film at Lincoln Center — Walter Reade Theater
Times: 12:15 PM · 4:00 PM · 7:45 PM
A German co-production by Ryûsuke Hamaguchi explores friendship and humane care in France, with French and Japanese dialogue.
Silent Lubitsch: The Marriage Circle
· Film Forum
Film Forum’s Ernst Lubitsch retrospective pairs the German director’s silent films with live piano.
Cinématon, Program 2 — Faces: Moving-Image Portraiture
· Anthology Film Archives
German filmmakers Harun Farocki and Helga Fanderl appear in Gérard Courant’s second selection of silent Cinématon portraits.
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.
All of a Sudden
· Film at Lincoln Center — Walter Reade Theater
Times: 12:15 PM · 4:00 PM · 7:45 PM
A German co-production by Ryûsuke Hamaguchi explores friendship and humane care in France, with French and Japanese dialogue.
Mahler in New York: Film Screening and Talk with Hilan Warshaw
· Austrian Cultural Forum New York
Discover Gustav Mahler’s final years in New York through Hilan Warshaw’s documentary, followed by a conversation with the director at ACFNY.
Presences + Doppelganger
· Anthology Film Archives
A Berlin-born woman’s memories and a portrait of Peter Kubelka connect these two intimate experimental films to German-speaking culture.
All of a Sudden
· Film at Lincoln Center — Walter Reade Theater
Times: 12:15 PM · 4:00 PM · 7:45 PM
A German co-production by Ryûsuke Hamaguchi explores friendship and humane care in France, with French and Japanese dialogue.
All of a Sudden
· Film at Lincoln Center — Walter Reade Theater
Times: 12:15 PM · 4:00 PM · 7:45 PM
A German co-production by Ryûsuke Hamaguchi explores friendship and humane care in France, with French and Japanese dialogue.
Every Contact Leaves a Trace — Lynne Sachs in person
· Anthology Film Archives
A German woman reckoning with history is among seven encounters in Lynne Sachs’s documentary about memory and connection.
Fatherland at MoMA
· MoMA – Roy and Niuta Titus Theater 1
Thomas and Erika Mann travel across postwar Germany in Paweł Pawlikowski’s film with Sandra Hüller and Hanns Zischler.
Every Contact Leaves a Trace — Lynne Sachs in person
· Anthology Film Archives
A German woman reckoning with history is among seven encounters in Lynne Sachs’s documentary about memory and connection.
Every Contact Leaves a Trace — Lynne Sachs in person
· Anthology Film Archives
A German woman reckoning with history is among seven encounters in Lynne Sachs’s documentary about memory and connection.
Silent Lubitsch: I Don’t Want to Be a Man + When I Was Dead
· Film Forum
Film Forum’s Ernst Lubitsch retrospective pairs the German director’s silent films with live piano.
Every Contact Leaves a Trace — Lynne Sachs in person
· Anthology Film Archives
Times: 6:30 PM · 8:45 PM
A German woman reckoning with history is among seven encounters in Lynne Sachs’s documentary about memory and connection.
Every Contact Leaves a Trace — Lynne Sachs in person
· Anthology Film Archives
Times: 6:30 PM · 8:45 PM
A German woman reckoning with history is among seven encounters in Lynne Sachs’s documentary about memory and connection.
Kids Kino: Koschka
· Goethe-Institut New York
Kids Kino: Koschka takes place Sunday, December 13, 2026 at 11:00 AM EST at Goethe-Institut New York, 30 Irving Place, New York, NY 10003. Organized by German Film Office.
Silent Lubitsch: The Oyster Princess
· Film Forum
Film Forum’s Ernst Lubitsch retrospective pairs the German director’s silent films with live piano.
The City, The Machine, and The Heart: Metropolis at 100
· Café Sabarsky at Neue Galerie New York
Composer Jeff Beal and film historian Noah Isenberg discuss Fritz Lang’s Metropolis and its place in Weimar cinema.
The Barbie Tapes + filmmaker discussion
· Center for Jewish History
A documentary follows German journalist Gerd Heidemann’s 1979 search for former Gestapo officer Klaus Barbie, followed by a filmmaker discussion.
Peter Kubelka: Complete Works
· Anthology Film Archives
Austrian avant-garde filmmaker Peter Kubelka’s complete works return to Anthology, with newly acquired prints alongside archival screenings.
Silent Lubitsch: Madame DuBarry
· Film Forum
Film Forum’s Ernst Lubitsch retrospective pairs the German director’s silent films with live piano.
Filmbar: Gold
· Neue Galerie New York
Four German-language classics with English subtitles, including UFA-era cinema.
Silent Lubitsch: The Doll
· Film Forum
Film Forum’s Ernst Lubitsch retrospective pairs the German director’s silent films with live piano.
Silent Lubitsch: So This Is Paris
· Film Forum
Film Forum’s Ernst Lubitsch retrospective pairs the German director’s silent films with live piano.
Silent Lubitsch: Kohlhiesel’s Daughters
· Film Forum
Film Forum’s Ernst Lubitsch retrospective pairs the German director’s silent films with live piano.
Silent Lubitsch: The Student Prince (In Old Heidelberg)
· Film Forum
Film Forum’s Ernst Lubitsch retrospective pairs the German director’s silent films with live piano.
Silent Lubitsch: The Wildcat (The Mountain Cat)
· Film Forum
Film Forum’s Ernst Lubitsch retrospective pairs the German director’s silent films with live piano.
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.
On This Spot: The Collective Lives of Great New York City Women Artists
· School of Visual Arts — Room 101C
Austrian artist Maria Lassnig features in this free evening of short documentaries and discussion about women artists’ New York communities.
