Neuer Berliner Kunstverein (n.b.k.) presents the first exhibition of Berlin-based director and writer Christoph Hochhäusler (*1972 in Munich). His award-winning work unites aesthetic, social, and political concerns in a singular cinematic vision. His new short film Das Paradies vertreibt uns (2026) weaves photographs from the 1950s and 1960s, which he found at a Berlin flea market, into a narrative. The exhibition also presents documents and materials related to Hochhäusler’s earlier and recent work, including storyboards, on-set photographs, film posters, and issues of the film magazine Revolver (since 1998), which he co-founded. Together, they offer a window into the work of an uncompromising filmmaker.

Accompanying the presentation in the n.b.k. Showroom, a retrospective with discourse program will be held at Kino Arsenal from September 3 to 24, 2026.

Christoph Hochhäusler (*1972 in Munich) is a director, writer, and film critic based in Berlin. After studying architecture at Technische Universität Berlin, he studied film direction at the Hochschule für Fernsehen und Film München. His seven feature films to date have screened in the official programs of the film festivals in Cannes, Berlin, and Locarno, and have received numerous awards, including the Silver Bear for Best Supporting Performance (2023), the Grimme-Preis Spezial (2012), and the Günter-Rohrbach-Filmpreis (2011). From 2017 to 2021, he taught directing at the Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin (DFFB), and most recently held a guest professorship in feature film direction at Filmuniversität Babelsberg (winter semester 2025/26). He has written extensively about film and is a co-founder and co-editor of the film magazine Revolver (since 1998).