Der Witzekongress

What was cinema in the past? What is cinema today? Hamburg filmmaker Dennis Albrecht asked himself these questions as he sifted through material he had been collecting since a project idea in 2008. Since then, he has repeatedly taken cameras into cinemas that no longer exist. He shot commercials, short films or events at the Grindel-Kino, Streit's, Rialto and Savoy and many other Hamburg movie theaters. In these personal perspectives, we see many cultural places that have disappeared.

A look into the lives of a dysfunctional family after the father dies.

Leon is in his mid-twenties and terminally ill. He invents a technology that allows him to computerize his mind and live forever. This technology will be the downfall of mankind, so freedom fighter Aqua travels back from the future to kill him. The two fall in love and turbulent events follow.

A delightful dark comedy about a group of girls who accidentally kill someone. Seven young female criminals, led by an over-enthusiastic social worker, work off community service hours by collecting garbage in a haunted forest when they accidentally kill someone. Flashbacks tell their backstories in a mix of folk-horror and teen comedy.

A wannabe actress hooks herself up with a weird theater troupe.

Lower Saxony's most hardcore punk band faces off against the forces of evil summoned by their town's elites.

The definition of time can be interpreted in many different ways. What means “immediately” to many people can be a very flexible concept for an individual.

An angry man does angry stuff. A tv is involved.

When strange things start to happen, a long journey into the unknown follows. In the end, we all eat what we are fed.

A giant kraken has been spotted in the middle of Wilhelmsburg. Two fearless protagonists follow the trail...

After 20 years the electronic band Naomi Sample & the Go Go Ghosts is on a search for a new image. This causes an conflict which ends in a full chaos.

Professor Hagen (Claude Peiffer) wants to investigate this question together with his assistants Victor (Claude Hansen), Dan (Daniel Paulus), and Lena (Tania Mangen) and their paranormal research. One day, an anonymous tip leads them to a mysterious, previously unknown videotape that may provide revolutionary proof of the existence of ghosts. To find out if the tape is real, the four decide to embark on an expedition, enlisting the help of a dubious ghost hunter, Mr. Montana (Pierre Heinen). But who is this mysterious Montana, and what does he really want?

After Juliane's boyfriend ends their long-term relationship, she embarks on an almost restless search for something new to fill the void, while her best friend Tom has his eye on her. The sun is shining in the park and it's beautiful. The film deals with expectations of relationships and the attitude towards life of modern people in the big city.