Inevitably, perhaps, for a festival devoted to German independent cinema, the Kino! Festival of German Films is a temperature read on the identity of Germany itself. The five-year-old festival, ...

Principal Keiko Dilbeck’s voice streams through Kino Junior High’s PA system on a weekday morning. The first few minutes of the school day are an eruption of activity as kids speed to class and ...

KINO brings you an in-depth interview with German director extraordinaire Volker Schlöndorff at the Babelsberg Film Studio in Berlin. He talks to us about his film 'Return to Montauck', as well as his ...