Christoph Hochhäusler

n.b.k. Showroom
Opening: Wednesday, September 9, 6:00 p.m.
Curator: Marius Babias

The Neue Berliner Kunstverein (n.b.k.) presents the first exhibition by Berlin-based director and writer Christoph Hochhäusler (born 1972 in Munich). His award-winning works express aesthetic, social, and political interests that converge in a genuinely cinematic focal point. His new short film *Das Paradies vertreibt uns* (2026) organizes photographs from the 1950s and 1960s—which Hochhäusler found at a Berlin flea market—into a narrative structure. The exhibition also features documents and materials related to Hochhäusler’s early and current works—including storyboards, set photos, movie posters, and issues of the magazine Revolver (since 1998), which he co-founded—and offers insight into the oeuvre of an uncompromising filmmaker.
 
Accompanying the presentation at the n.b.k. Showroom, a retrospective with a program of discussions will take place at the Arsenal cinema from September 3 to 24, 2026.

Christoph Hochhäusler (born in 1972 in Munich) lives in Berlin, where he works as a director, writer, and journalist. After studying architecture at the Technical University of Berlin, he studied film directing at the University of Television and Film Munich. His seven feature-length films to date have been included in the official programs of the Cannes, Berlin, and Locarno film festivals, among others, and have won numerous awards (including the Silver Bear for Best Supporting Role in 2023, the 2012 Grimme Prize Special, and the 2011 Günter Rohrbach Film Prize). From 2017 to 2021, Hochhäusler was a lecturer in film directing at the German Film and Television Academy Berlin (DFFB) and most recently taught as a visiting professor of feature film directing at the Film University Babelsberg (winter semester 2025/2026). He is the author of numerous film-related articles and, among other things, a co-founder and co-editor of the magazine Revolver (since 1998).