«Kirill & Friends» is a theater company founded by Kirill Serebrennikov, a theater and film director.
kirillandfriends_ ✨ DEMON’S SORROW ✨ AT THE KIRILL & FRIENDS BERLIN FESTIVAL Everything is transient, performance, body, life, even the idea of home. In Demon’s Sorrow, choreographer and performer Ivan Estegneev looks back on himself from exile in Germany, as a dancer, a son, and a human being. A deeply personal performance about loss, memory, distance, the aging body, and the fragile nature of the present moment. How do you say farewell to a father from afar? What remains of an art that disappears as it is created? 📅 SEPTEMBER 13 📍 DOCK 11 / DOCK ART, BERLIN 🕐 16:30 & 19:30 DEMON’S SORROW A PERFORMANCE BY IVAN ESTEGNEEV 🌍 English without subtitles ⏱️ 1 hour · no intermission · 16+ 🔎 More information on the KIRILL & FRIENDS website. 🎟 Tickets via the link in bio. #KirillAndFriends #DemonsSorrow #IvanEstegneev #BerlinTheatre #DancePerformance ContemporaryDance BerlinCulture
kirillandfriends_ What to watch at the Kirill & Friends Berlin Festival? 👀 With so many great movies and theater performances, choosing what to see might be harder than expected. Feeling lost? Just tap to pause the roulette and see where destiny sends you. And don’t forget to share your result in the comments below 🧐
kirillandfriends_ JOËL’S 5 — FILM PROGRAMME KIRILL & FRIENDS BERLIN FESTIVAL 8 September · 20:00 I SEE BUILDINGS FALL LIKE LIGHTNING Drama Director — Clio Barnard United Kingdom / France / USA, 2026 Five childhood friends from Birmingham are approaching their thirties. The city around them is changing, old certainties are disappearing, and the lives they once imagined for themselves seem increasingly distant. Clio Barnard’s new film is a moving story about friendship, class, adulthood, loss and the search for a sense of belonging. Presented at the 2026 Cannes Film Festival in Directors’ Fortnight, I See Buildings Fall Like Lightning received the Directors’ Fortnight Audience Award. CUBIX am Alexanderplatz Tickets are on sale now. More information & tickets: kirillandfriends.com
kirillandfriends_ ✨ LEGENDE ✨ AT THE KIRILL & FRIENDS BERLIN FESTIVAL Step backstage and enter the extraordinary world of Sergey Paradjanov — a world of colour, fantasy, music, memory, and freedom. “I will take revenge on the world with love.” — Sergey Paradjanov 📅 SEPTEMBER 4, 5 & 6 📍 KOMISCHE OPER BERLIN, SCHILLERTHEATER LEGENDE A PLAY BY KIRILL SEREBRENNIKOV INSPIRED BY THE WORLD OF SERGEY PARADJANOV With Filipp Avdeev, Odin Lund Biron, Campbell Caspary, Pascal Houdus, Felix Knopp, Nikita Kukushkin, Svetlana Mamresheva, Karin Neuhäuser, Daniil Orlov, Falk Rockstroh, Gurgen Tsaturyan, and Tilo Werner. Shavnabada – State Song Ensemble of Abkhazia (Georgia) 🌍 German with English and Russian subtitles. 🤝 A co-production of Thalia Theater Hamburg, Ruhrtriennale 2024, and KIRILL & FRIENDS Company. 🔎 More information on the KIRILL & FRIENDS website. 🎟 Tickets via the link in bio. Video by Nikita Efimov #KirillAndFriends #LEGENDE #KirillSerebrennikov #SergeyParadjanov #BerlinTheatre KomischeOperBerlin
kirillandfriends_ ONE MONTH TO GO! In just one month, the Kirill & Friends Berlin Festival begins — and we can’t wait to welcome you! Belendjwa Peter, an actor at Düsseldorfer Schauspielhaus and a member of the Kirill & Friends ensemble, is walking through Berlin, soaking up the city’s atmosphere, and waiting with us for the festival to begin. At the festival, you can see him in Kirill Serebrennikov’s production DER SCHNEESTURM Berlin is getting ready. We are getting ready. Are you? See you from 4 to 13 September! More information and tickets: kirillandfriends.com
kirillandfriends_ 💥 TICKETS ARE AVAILABLE NOW 💥 LUMIÈRE, LE CINÉMA A documentary by Thierry Frémaux 10 September | 20:00 CUBIX am Alexanderplatz One hundred and thirty years ago, the Lumière brothers invented cinema — and almost everything was already there: drama and comedy, actors and audiences, movement, rhythm, framing and the discovery of the world through a camera. In LUMIÈRE, LE CINÉMA, Thierry Frémaux — General Delegate of the Cannes Film Festival and Director of the Institut Lumière — brings together more than 120 newly restored Lumière films. More than a collection of extraordinary historical images, the film is a journey to the origins of cinema and an invitation to rediscover Louis Lumière not only as its inventor, but as one of its first great filmmakers. “It’s funny and beautiful and lively.” — The New York Times “All of cinema is already there, contained within these lucid little films.” — Le Monde Part of JOËL’S 5 — the film programme of the KIRILL & FRIENDS BERLIN FESTIVAL. Tickets via the link in bio. #KirillAndFriendsBerlinFestival #Joels5 #LumiereLeCinema #ThierryFremaux #BerlinFilm BerlinEvents
kirillandfriends_ 🎬 Part of JOËL’S 5 — the film programme of the Kirill & Friends Berlin Festival 🎟️ TICKETS ARE ON SALE! One of the boldest and most talked-about premieres of the 2026 Cannes Film Festival is coming to Berlin. SEPTEMBER 6 / 20:00 18+ JIM QUEEN AND THE QUEST FOR CHLOROQUEER Animated Comedy Directors — Nicolas Athané, Marco Nguyen France / Belgium, 2026 85 min. “Almost ninety minutes of gentle madness, inventiveness and total abandon.” — Le Monde “It’s destined to become a cult classic.” — FirstShowing.net Jim, the ultimate star of Paris’s queer nightlife, contracts Heterosis — a mysterious virus that turns gay men into heterosexuals. Abandoned by friends and followers, he joins forces with the shy Lucien and sets off across the city in search of a cure. Bold, irreverent and bursting with musical energy, the film transforms its outrageous premise into a sharp satire on identity, social norms and contemporary culture — while celebrating and affectionately parodying queer community. 📍 CUBIX am Alexanderplatz 🎟️ www.kirillandfriends.com
kirillandfriends_ TICKETS ARE NOW ON SALE! 🎟️ PLEASE NOTE: ONLY A VERY LIMITED NUMBER OF TICKETS IS AVAILABLE! On the final day of KIRILL & FRIENDS BERLIN FESTIVAL, choreographer and performer Ivan Estegneev @este_van presents DIE TRAUER DES DÄMONS — a deeply personal reflection on loss, memory, distance, the aging body, and the fragile nature of presence. How do you say farewell to a father from afar? How do you come to terms with a changing body? And what remains of an art that disappears at the very moment it is created? September 13 16:30 & 19:30 DOCK 11 / DOCK ART @dock_11_ More information and tickets are available on our website. Video by @frolme
kirillandfriends_ OPEN CALL | PROPHETS ARTISTIC WORKSHOP A Contemporary Music Workshop with composer Alexander Manotskov @alexandermanotskov 📍 Berlin 📅 10, 11, 12 September 2026 | Full-day workshop Kirill & Friends Berlin Festival invites actors, musicians, performers, and anyone interested in exploring the intersection of voice and contemporary music theatre to take part in PROPHETS, an artistic workshop led by composer Alexander Manotskov. Over the course of three days, participants will explore voice, listening, rhythm, movement, and group interaction while working with the artistic methods and creative principles at the heart of the project. We are looking for participants with musicality, good pitch control, a good sense of rhythm, openness to experimentation, and a commitment to participating in the entire process—from the first rehearsal to the final public presentation. Previous vocal experience is welcome but not required. The workshop will culminate in a public presentation of PROPHETS as part of the Kirill & Friends Berlin Festival. 🗣️ Working languages: English and German. 📩 Apply via the link in our bio. Application deadline: 7 August 2026
kirillandfriends_ ✨TEN DAYS. ONE CITY. ENDLESS ENCOUNTERS✨ Discover the new trailer for KIRILL & FRIENDS BERLIN FESTIVAL, taking place 4–13 September 2026. 🎬 Theatre, a film programme, exhibitions, workshops, talks and parties — ten days of art, new encounters and discoveries across Berlin. Explore the full programme at: www.kirillandfriends.com And some good news: additional tickets for LEGENDE and DER SCHNEESTURM are now available. 🎟️ Ticket links in bio. Video by @frolme
