Kinonachmittag in der Hansabibliothek: Nichts bleibt und nichts verschwindet

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Followed by a discussion with Paul Sonntag and Sophie Korschildgen

Admission: 14:30

A street corner in Berlin-Moabit is changing: an ageing supermarket becomes a building site and finally a new building. Shelves are put away, walls are torn down, breaks are taken and money is counted. Between refrigerated shelves, scaffolding and exposed concrete, the film superimposes the versions of the location and lets them take place simultaneously. Sometimes playfully, sometimes eerily, repetitions emerge, like echoes between worlds.

"Nothing remains and nothing disappears" is a detailed long-term observation of a Berlin street corner where a supermarket closes and a café opens. A seemingly insignificant place thus becomes the protagonist of the film - and with it the question of how consumer relationships shape urban space and thus consume and change it at the same time. The film premiered in January 2026 at the Max Ophüls Preis film festival in Saarbrücken. (Art Space Center)

Director: Paul Sonntag | Germany 2026 | documentary | color | 79 min. | German, English, Romanian, with German subtitles

Paul Sonntag first studied architecture and photography in New York, then went on to study at the Baden-Württemberg Film Academy, with stops in Prague, Paris and Lagos. In 2025 he passed his diploma exams in camera and documentary film directing. His work has been shown during Berlin Art Week at the Neue Nationalgalerie, Kunsthalle Basel, Salzburger Kunstverein and various film festivals, including TIFF next wave and PÖFF Tallinn. He works as a filmmaker and cameraperson and lives in Berlin-Moabit.


The event is part of the OFFEN FÜR KULTUR project at the Hansabibliothek and is free of charge.

You can find the complete program of OFFEN FÜR KULTUR here: www.offen-fuer-kultur.de.

OFFEN FÜR KULTUR is funded by the LOTTO-Stiftung Berlin.

(Photo: Paul Sonntag)