Sommerkino Leopoldplatz: Nichts bleibt und nichts verschwindet (+ Vorfilm)

A discussion with Paul Sonntag will follow the screening.

We’ll be showing both films with English subtitles.

Doors open at 7:00 p.m.

Free admission

Location: Lawn next to the Alte Nazarethkirche (entrance on Nazarethkirchstraße)


The familiar sounds of a supermarket checkout, a practiced hand, one last glance down the aisles. In Berlin-Moabit (near Wedding), a place of everyday life is disappearing. An Edeka supermarket is making way for a new building with (luxury) apartments and a trendy café on the ground floor. Over the course of five years, filmmaker Paul Sonntag—who lives in the neighborhood himself—documents the process of change with a calm, focused camera. In long takes, he observes people going about their daily work, while also leaving room for subtle, humorous moments. This precise observation of an unassuming street corner becomes a sensitive portrait of urban transformation. Farewells and new beginnings intertwine; the familiar lives on in a new form. Quietly, images emerge that resonate long after the movie ends.

Winner of the audience vote at the 2026 Leopoldplatz Summer Cinema and awarded the Prize for Outstanding Artistic Achievement in the documentary film section at the 2026 Sehsüchte International Student Film Festival.

Germany 2026 | 79 min. | FSK 0
Director: Paul Sonntag


PRE-FILM: You Walk Quietly Ahead of Me

Eric visits his adult son Luc in Berlin for the first time. Sleepless, they escape the confines of Luc’s apartment in Wedding and explore the neighborhood. With tenderness and sensitivity, Janick Entremont tells the story of a changing relationship in which the balance between closeness and distance is being redefined.

Germany 2026 | Short Film | 16 min.
Director: Janick Entremont


Drinks and delicious snacks (for a donation) will be provided. Plus, there’ll be free popcorn for everyone again—and a surprise or two!

In case of rain or strong winds, we’ll move the summer movie screening indoors or reschedule the event to an alternate date.

ADDITIONAL DATES:

August 20, 2026, 8:30 p.m. VICTORIA

August 28, 2026, 8:15 p.m. ZIRKUSKIND

September 4, 2026, 8:00 p.m. SHARK ALERT AT MÜGGELSEE

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The event is funded by urban development grants, the federal-state “Lebendiges Zentrum” program, and the Wedding-Müllerstraße redevelopment area, and is organized on behalf of the Berlin Mitte District Office (Office of Urban Development – Department of Urban Planning).