The Dresden Film Nights on the banks of the Elbe begin on June 27 with "Perfect Days", Wim Wenders' film about a toilet cleaner in Japan. On Thursday, the organizers announced a programme with surprises and "some much-loved highlights" - such as the "Dirty Dancing Night" and, for the first time since 2019, the midnight cinema. A total of around 100 films will be shown open air on the giant screen in front of the famous baroque old town backdrop, almost a third of them in the family cinema.
The line-up ranges from classics such as "The Big Lebowksi" or "Thelma & Louise" to new Hollywood films such as "Poor Things" or "Barbie". Also included: the new tragicomedy "Falling Leaves" by Finnish director Aki Kaurismäki and the premiere of the German comedy "Two to One", based on a true story from the time of reunification in Thuringia. The documentary feature film "Caspar David Friedrich - Limits of Time" by Peter Schamoni will be shown alongside the major Dresden art exhibition to mark the 250th anniversary of the German Romantic painter's birth.
