Ein Pfeil zeigt vom Filmhaus am Potsdamer Platz zum neuen Standort der Kinemathek, dem E-Werk.

We are moving!

The Kinemathek will close at the Filmhaus at Potsdamer Platz on 31 Oct. In 2025, we will reopen at the E-Werk. Here, you can find all the information about the move.

2024 Move: Key dates and deadlines

  • Our address at the E-Werk

    Deutsche Kinemathek im E-Werk
    Mauerstraße 79
    10117 Berlin

Starting 31 October 2024, our museum at Potsdamer Platz will be closed as we prepare for our move. Various offerings will still take place on a smaller scale until mid-December. Unfortunately, individual or group visits to our new location, the E-Werk, are not currently possible. Throughout 2025, we look forward to welcoming you to our new interim location, the E-Werk.

What does our move mean for...

...the Permanent Exhibition

The permanent exhibition is open until 31 October 2024. Admission is free during the final week before closing. The Television Media Library and all other exhibitions will also only be accessible until 31 October 2024.

...the Archives and Film Distribution

The archives have been closed since 30 August 2024 and are expected to reopen in the second quarter of 2025. Further information will be provided at the end of February 2025.

Film bookings are possible until 30 November 2024, and will be accepted again starting 1 February 2025. We will accept inquiries regarding existing bookings (no new bookings) until 20 December 2024 and again starting 3 January 2025. Screenings at Potsdamer Platz will no longer be possible in 2024. All returns of film copies (35mm, 16mm, DVD/Blu-ray) should be sent directly to our film storage at Imhoffweg starting 1 December 2024. Returns of DCPs are not affected by this.

...the Library

Loans are possible until 31 October 2024, and can be continued as needed even after the closure. Starting 1 November 2024, a media return box will be available in front of the library (24/7) for returns. From 2025 onward, returns will take place at the ne

...the Education Program

The program for 2024 can be found in the event calendar. Workshops, film screenings, and city walks will continue to take place. Guided tours of the building will no longer be offered starting 31 October 2024, and group programs are also no longer bookable. Currently, only very limited mediation programs can be realized for 2025. It is planned to offer a wide range of programs again at the E-Werk starting in autumn 2025.

For information and advice regarding our current educational and mediation offerings, please contact our partner:

Museum Service Berlin
+49 30 247 49-888
museumsdienst [at] kulturprojekte.berlin (museumsdienst[at]kulturprojekte[dot]berlin)

...the Filmhaus

Rentals will only take place until 31 October 2024. The Dussmann museum shop will remain open until 31 December 2024. The museum restaurant Ki-Nova has already closed permanently.

2025 Outlook: Kinemathek at the E-Werk

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Starting in 2025, we will continue our work at the E-Werk, our temporary base until the completion of a planned film house. This historically significant transformer station was a central hub of industrial development in turn-of-the-century Berlin and a highlight of club culture in the 1990s. We are excited to soon be able to present film and television culture in this industrial monument.

In autumn 2025, we plan to reopen with an inaugural exhibition. Our library, archives, and collections are expected to be accessible again starting in the second quarter of 2025. The large hall on the ground floor and the former ticket hall will provide a spectacular setting for experimental formats. Series such as “Filmspotting”, “Fernsehsalon”, “Aus dem Fernseharchiv”, the “Film Restored” Film Heritage Festival and various educational offerings will be presented here. Existing partnerships, such as the one with the Berlinale, will continue at the E-Werk.

Screenings and presentations of films will be possible in a planned cinema. Collections such as the Photo Archive, Document Archive, the Personal Papers and Company Archives and parts of the Marlene Dietrich Archive will still be accessible at our temporary base. We will continuously restore and digitize films, allowing the film distribution service to expand its portfolio – thus remaining actively engaged and open to all.