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16 CULTURE & EVENTS
Cinemas
Foreign film offerings in German cinemas are often
dubbed so check www.critic.de/ov-movies-berlin or look
in listings magazines like Tip and Zitty, for subtitled films;
these are marked in with OmU or OmengU (original
version with German/English subtitles) and OF or OV
(original version); DF means German version.
Arsenal E-4, Potsdamer Straße 2, Kreuzberg,
MS/U Potsdamer Platz, tel. +49 30 26 95 51 00,
www.arsenal-berlin.de. This little art house cinema
is in the basement beneath the Film Museum in the
Sony Center. International films are the normal fare. Q
Tickets €6,50.
Babylon Mitte G-2, Rosa-Luxemburg-Straße 30,
Mitte, MU Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz, tel. +49 30
242 59 69, www.babylonberlin.de. A filmhouse for
great directors, Babylon has a great program, but often
films are dubbed into German. The building itself is a
1920s example of New Objectivity. Watch for occasional
screenings of silent films accompanied by the historical
organ from 1929. Q Tickets €7.
Central Kino G-2, Rosenthaler Straße 39, Mitte,
MS Hackerscher Markt, tel. +49 30 28 59 99 73,
www.kino-central.de. Art-house films and mini film fests
take place in this small, but comfy cinema at the very back
of a scruffy courtyard. Q Tickets €6,50, Tue, Wed €5,50.
Cinestar Event & Original E-4, Potsdamer Straße
4, Tiergarten, MS/U Potsdamer Platz, tel. +49
30 26 06 64 00, www.cinestar.de. With a sleek
ambience, a cocktail bar, roomy seating (even love seats)
and a Taxi Driver carpet, the Cinestar Original cinema is
loved by English-speakers and film purists for screening
blockbuster and arthouse movies in their original
version. The Cinestar Event cinema shows 3D movies
and documentaries in German on the biggest screen in
town. Q Tickets €6-11.
Hackesche Höfe G-2, Rosenthaler Straße 40,
Mitte, MS Hackescher Markt, tel. +49 30 283 46
03, www.hackesche-hoefe.org. Many foreign films
play here, so speakers of languages other than German
could get by here as long as the films aren‘t dubbed; many
have German subtitles. Q Tickets €8; Mon, Tue €6,50.
Sputnik G-5, Hasenheide 54, Kreuzberg, MU
Südstern, tel. +49 30 694 11 47, www.sputnikkino.com.
Berlin‘s highest cinema screens a lot of indie
films, many in English, and sometimes very long ones.
In a back courtyard of a large complex, it may seem a
bit dicey working your way to the theater, but it‘s safe,
small, and friendly. Bricks make up part of the furniture.
Q Tickets €5-6,5.
Film festivals
Apart from the huge Berlinale film festival in February,
Berlin has over 40 smaller international film festivals
throughout the year, often focused on a country or theme.
Dec 2012
1-7 Dec: French Filmweek, various venues,
www.franzoesische-filmwoche.de
7-14 Dec: International Comedy FF, Filmtheater am
Friedrichshain, www.comedyfilmfestival.de
13-19 Dec: Cinema! Italia!, Babylon Mitte,
www.cinema-italia.net
Ask the concierge
Berlin’s top hotels all have concierges that are there
to make the guest’s lives easier. They can inform you
about current events, book tickets, make restaurant
reservations and hand out copies of Berlin In Your
Pocket, transport maps, and brochures. Concierges
can be recognised by the crossed golden keys on the
lapels of their jackets.
Until 13 January
Architektonika 2
Works from the Friedrich Christian Flick Collection, from the
collections of the National Gallery and selected loans present
various viewpoints on architecture.
HB
Until 28 January 2013
The Shuttered Society – Art photography in the GDR
1949-1989
The first ever comprehensive exhibition of art photography in
the GDR identifies traditions and trends, and illustrates shifts
in visual idiom and theme. The exhibition asks if free artistic
photography was possible under the GDR’s authoritarian
rule, and how photography changed over the years. Photos
by 33 artists reflect their critical stance towards the society
they lived in.
BG
Until 31 March
Divided Heaven - 1945-1968
The 1950s economic miracle and the construction of the
Wall, Cuban Missile Crisis and the Vietnam War, Sputnik
and Apollo, Kennedy and Mao - contrasts and conflicts
determined the years between 1945 and 1968. The visual
arts in this period reflect the atmosphere of the Cold War
and the associated political ideologies.
NA
Trade fairs
15-17 January 2013
Bread & Butter
Fashion trade show
www.breadandbutter.com
FT
18-27 January 2012
International Green Week Berlin
Fair for food, agriculture and horticulture
www.gruenewoche.de
MB
Crines fashion
Light and loose-fitting materials, blue, black, grey and
white colours and stylish cuts dominate in Walter Krines’
spring/summer 2013 collection for ladies – replacing
the stylish purple, red and green tones of the winter
2012 designs.
Friedrichstraße 154, Mitte, tel. +49 30 20 64 85
40, www.krinesberlin.de. Also at Kurfürstendamm
38-39, Charlottenburg, tel. +49 30 88 77 48 44.QOpen
10:00-20:00, closed Sun.
Berlin In Your Pocket berlin.inyourpocket.com
Sony Center Berlin:
Two hotspots for cinema lovers.
Germany‘s largest variety of non-dubbed movies awaits you at
CineStar Original. - selected fi lms also in 3D! At EVENT Cinema you
experience 3D movies on Berlin´s biggest screen in their German
version. Find further information at CineStar.de