Xenon Kino

Kolonnenstraße 5-6, 10827 Berlin

Since the early 1980s, the Xenon Kino on Kolonnenstrasse in Schoeneberg has served as Berlin's dedicated queer cinema -- one of remarkably few venues anywhere in the world to maintain a permanent LGBTQ+ programme year-round. Its single screen offers a mix of new queer cinema, festival favourites, repertory classics and broader arthouse fare, all programmed with an eye for stories that challenge received ideas about identity and desire. Schoeneberg's long history as the centre of Berlin's gay community gives the Xenon a natural home; the cinema and its neighbourhood have grown up together. The setting is unassuming, the audience devoted, and the cultural role irreplaceable. In a city celebrated for its openness, the Xenon remains a place where that openness is not merely assumed but actively, week after week, projected onto a screen.