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An unexpected interaction on Twitter leads Luisa, a young actress, to meet Antonio, an author and journalist who conceals his identity by using the pseudonym Rasputin. Their online relationship becomes central to their lives and one day, they finally decide to meet. But Antonio has an accident along the way.

Winner of the ArteKino European Audience Award

A Portuguese story of love affairs that aren’t what they seem.

Crooked Lines

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Tony and Simon are bowling champions by passion and hitmen by necessity.

A Short by Sébastien Petit

Bowling Killers (2013)

On a romantic hike in the wilderness, Alan and Beverly unwittingly cause a fatal accident. This crime will not go unpunished.

A Short by Maryka Laudet

Wild Love (2018)

Crazed witches chase each other on broomsticks through the modern city . A short film by Jan Kounen.

A Short by Jana Kounena

Gisèle Kérozène (1990)

Daphne isn’t sure about introducing her boyfriend Karim, to her parents. One day he surprises her by hiding in the boot of her car when she goes to visit her family.

A Short by Pierre Mazingarbe

Boustifaille (Grub)

Five hikers go looking for adventure in a Canadian national park where the black bear lives. What’s the worst that could happen?

A Short by Xavier Seron

The Black Bear (2014)

A family goes for a nice picnic in the countryside. But the pleasant rural atmosphere soon makes a turn for the worse.

A Short by Hannah Letaïf

A Family Picnic (2015)

On Christmas Eve, a Christmas Tree revolts against its owner, with devastating consequences.

A Short by Michel Leray

Bloody Christmas (2002)

Blood, gore and laughs in our collection of funny and scary short films.

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Comedy Gore

Discover 12 independent films in our online festival of European cinema.

ARTE Kino Festival 2022

Bringing you the many voices of European cinema with classic films from across the continent.

ArteKino Classics

In the far north, an Inuit tale about a man with two sensibilities, female and male... This short film won the Best Animated Short Film Award at Flickerfest 2016.

Fabrice Luang-Vija

He Who Has Two Souls (2015)

At the end of summer, two young Corsicans find themselves alone on their island after the summer tourist season. Michael dreams of leaving, but will his friend Marc-Antoine be able to break out of his routine?

Sven Bresser

At the end of summer, two young Corsicans find themselves alone on their island after the summer tourist season.

The Summer and All the Rest

Should you hide your pain and withdraw into one’s own world? Or is forgiveness and understanding the answer? At her father's deathbed, a woman recalls her difficult relationship with him.

Daria Kashcheeva

At her father's deathbed, a woman recalls her difficult relationship with him. An animated short film.

Daughter

Desperate to stop the factory from shutting, an employee at a chemical plant decides to kidnap the owner’s young son in this highly acclaimed short film.

Rémi Allier

Little Hand (2017)

Two young men find themselves on the same ferry to Lampedusa; it is their first day, one as an undertaker, the other as a diver. They don't know each other, yet their destiny will be forever marked by their mission on the island.

A short by Alessandro Di Gregorio

Two young people find themselves on the same ferry to Lampedusa; it is their first day at work.

Frontiera

Luna and Diego are security guards in a car park. The first works by day, the second by night. When she plays back security footage, Luna discovers a new facet of her colleague's personality. Winner of the Palme d'or at Cannes in 2016.

Juanjo Giménez

Timecode (2016)

Filmed in one take, this tragi-comic short about the end of the world won the German Short Film prize in 2019 (Golden Lola).

Jürgen Heimüller

The Last Five Minutes of the World (2019)

An animated musical, the film is divided into four episodes which take place in a supermarket, a long-stay hotel, a call centre and a hamburger joint. Winner of Best Short Film at the Swedish Guldbagge Awards 2018.

Niki Lindroth von Bahr

This animated animal musical is about the burden of life and precarious working conditions.

The Burden (2017)

Carlos is a caretaker in a white-collar residential building in Buenos Aires. His daily life is disrupted by the appearance of a water leak...

Konstantina Kotzamani

Electric Swan (2019)

Trapped in a world of role-play, Miguel plays constantly with his sister Clara. They share a close bond that is strengthened by her illness. But despite his best efforts, Miguel feels that his sister is missing something that he cannot provide. As Clara's health is failing, Miguel goes in search of what she needs.

Carlos Conceiçao

Miguel decides to offer his seriously ill sister the services of a handsome stranger.

Bad Bunny (2017)

Serious and offbeat characters give their opinion on pornography and obscenity in the contemporary world... This animated short is a plea for freedom of expression and free will.

A Short film by Eric Ledune

Pornography

A selection of short films winning prizes at award ceremonies across Europe.

Short Films of Europe

A story of love affairs that aren’t what they seem, of consequences, and of fate’s inevitable interferences.

Johnny Depp started off as a punk band guitarist, turning to acting to help pay the bills. But his dabbling catapulted him to global fame and there was no going back. Throughout his career, Depp has had fame and infamy in equal measure. His roles are often that of the isolated anti-hero: Edward Scissorhands, Donnie Brasco, Raoul Duke in Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, and Captain Jack Sparrow in Pirates of the Caribbean. His poetic outsider characters reveal a critical view of American society.

Depp's roles are often that of the isolated anti-hero.

Johnny Depp: The Love of the Bizarre

70 years of career in front of and behind the camera and still active at 90, Clint Eastwood is a Hollywood legend. A look back at his unique career through a portrait that explores the complexity of the Eastwood myth.

The Last Legend

70 years of career in front of and behind the camera and still active at 90, Clint Eastwood is a Hollywood legend.

Clint Eastwood

Nikita likes techno and dreams of going to Berlin and visiting Berghain, the legendary club there. But Irena, his abusive mother, has confiscated his passport. Their different perspectives  come to a head in a final confrontation.

European Short Film Award 2022

Nikita likes techno and dreams of going to Berlin and visiting Berghain, the legendary club there. But Irena, his abusive mother, has confiscated his passport. 

Techno Mama

A journey into the youth of a grandmother illustrates the status of Slovenian women in the early 20th century, when strict catholic doctrine ruled.

Granny's Sexual Life

Ever since his wife ran off with a sailor, József Pelikán, a dam keeper on the Danube, has been struggling to feed his eight children. One day on the riverbank, he spots Dániel Zoltán fishing. An old friend who József saved from the Nazis by hiding him in his cellar during the war, Dániel is now a minister. Unfortunately for József, this reunion will lead him down a path of unforeseen troubles.

In this unbridled satirical comedy, a dam keeper on the Danube River suffers the absurdities of the communist regime in the 1950s.

The Witness

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The making of cult films and how they were received by the public. Includes interviews with actors and directors.

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At once subversive and mainstream, Paul Verhoeven knows how to push our buttons. From 'Robocop' to 'It' through to 'Showgirls' and 'Starship Troopers', the Dutch filmmaker gives us an overview of his body of work.

At once subversive and mainstream, Paul Verhoeven knows how to push our buttons

Paul Verhoeven, Master of Provocation

A young woman finds in a box the letters sent by her father from prison 15 years earlier. She decides to write back in the hope of reconnecting with him.