The Münchner Kammerspiele are one of the leading theaters in the German-speaking world and stand for bold, contemporary theatrical art.
With a diverse ensemble and over 300 employees, they bring socially relevant topics to the stage and develop new artistic forms – often through long-term, international collaborations.
As the „theater of the city,“ they are closely connected to Munich’s history and present, and are committed to democracy, diversity, and openness.
Since their founding, they have shaped cultural life as a place of renewal, dialogue, and aesthetic innovation.
The Münchner Kammerspiele have been a project partner of KINO ASYL since 2016 – and for many years have celebrated outstanding festival openings on their stages.
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The name says it all: It’s about a taxi driver, his daily life, and what he experiences every day with his passengers. A very popular series from Ghana.
The sitcom depicts a variety of everyday situations within a circle of friends, each coming from a different corner of the world. This often leads to misunderstandings.
Jarck Boy is a reggae, dancehall, and Afropop singer/songwriter from SeneGambia and a member of the KINO ASYL team.
The videos shown are contributions from the Afghan TV channel “Ariana Television.” In the first video, children are interviewed about their work on the street. The second interview shows a child talking about their family. Both videos are very moving. In the last video, people on the street are asked funny questions.
Jarck Boy is a reggae, dancehall, and Afropop singer-songwriter from Gambia. He presents two of his own music videos: “Ghetto Defender,” filmed in 2018 in Sukuta, Gambia, and “We Are All One,” filmed in 2018 in Munich. He talks about the background of the shoots, his homeland, and other topics related to music. His wish […]
A student from Kabul is insulted by a man on her way back from university. When her brother accidentally overhears the argument, a discussion arises among the three about the role and the “bad” behavior of women. The student then challenges her brother to live for a day in women’s clothes to understand her better.
The Syrian refugee Fareed wants to bury his deceased wife according to Muslim customs and struggles against bureaucracy and narrow-mindedness in a Swiss village.
In 2001, the Taliban blew up Buddha statues in Bamiyan, one of Afghanistan’s cultural centers. Amid the caves of the former monastery in the area, Bakhtay grows up—a girl torn between fighting local gangs of boys her age and her deep desire to find a place in a new girls’ school.
Zaatari is located in Jordan and, with around 80,000 inhabitants, is one of the largest refugee camps in the world. The documentary follows theater director Naxar Bulbul during the process of staging two Shakespeare plays with the Syrian children living there.
