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Once again, we have a program trailer that offers a glimpse into our diverse selection of films.

As part of the seminar “Susan Sontag: Seeing and Being Seen,” which explores Sontag’s reflections on visibility, self-presentation, and representation, we will screen Sontag’s debut film Duett för kannibaler (1969), followed by an open discussion.

In exactly one month, it’s finally that time again!

We invite you to the seventh Open Air Cinema on the lawn in front of the Karlsruhe University of Arts and Design and the ZKM from June 12–15 and June 18–22, 2026. For nine summer evenings, the green space between the university and the Federal Public Prosecutor’s Office will be transformed into an atmospheric open-air cinema.

From June 12 to 22, our OPEN-AIR CINEMA will take place in front of the HfG for the seventh time!

Every beginning holds a promise: the magic of the unknown, the energy of that first time, and the quiet sense that something greater might emerge here. In our summer programme, we focus on precisely this moment – the debut, the new beginning, that first courageous step into the spotlight.

The Blaue Salon is an club where film lovers can express their creativity, whether it’s in selecting the film lineup or organizing screenings. You can actively participate in public relations, graphic design, analog and digital film screenings, planning the open-air cinema, and contribute your ideas.

Come on by! This Friday, February 20, the Blue Salon at the HfG will once again transform into our legendary Open Stage starting at 8 p.m. 🎷✨ Whether you’re a pro on your instrument or just starting out: Take the stage for some jazz, funk, or a spontaneous jam session!

A silent film classic with live coding and synthesizers, flickering 16mm footage, and an archive that is anything but static: 2026 begins at the Blauer Salon with an evening that brings film history and the present into collision. The event kicks off with a masterpiece of animation—accompanied by music that can only be created in the moment.

When the final curtain falls at the Blauer Salon for this year, we know: the scent of cookies fills the air, outside something sparkles somewhere between snowflake and rain, and we get to invite you to the cinema one last time this year – stylishly, cozily, and with a hint of anticipation for everything to come.

On December 8, 2025, the Kino im Blauen Salon invites audiences to an evening dedicated to rediscovering one of the most intriguing yet overlooked strands of West German filmmaking—and to welcoming a very special guest. Dr. Marco Abel, the German-American film scholar whose work has shaped contemporary understandings of German cinema, will present his new book With Nonchalance at the Abyss: The Cinema of the New Munich Group (1964–1972). It is the first comprehensive study of the filmmakers who, in 1960s Munich, swam against the current of what came to be known as “young German cinema,” and who developed a vibrant aesthetic counter-narrative to the dominant postwar film discourse.