TAXIFILMFEST

Programme overview

Admin — 2026-09-20T10:27:01Z

The 3rd Taxi Film Festival 2026 focuses on the human side of the taxi profession.
This year's motto is The taxi is dead, long live the taxi!
The Phoenix Taxi will rise again if we make room for its human qualities.

Day 1 – Thursday, 24 September 2026
Workshop, preview and film of your choice
Day 2 – Friday, 25 September 2026
First part of the film selection
Day 3 – Saturday, 26 September 2026
Second part and award for the best film
Day 4 – Sunday, 27 September 2026
Cinema brunch under the Berlin sky

Join us and enjoy the wonderful and moving life in a taxi, as portrayed by the filmmakers at this year's Taxifilmfest.

Day 1 – Thursday, 24 September 2026

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Venue: [Ver.di Kiezladen, Otawistraße 15, 13351 –> https://www.txsl.de/anfahrt-adressen.html]
Start: 4.00 pm

Following an introductory video, we'll gather ideas and suggestions from those present for the Berlin taxi of the future.

After the workshop, we'll show excerpts from the festival's films and, to round things off, the audience's ‘wish list' programme from the collection of the first few Taxifilmfest editions.

The list of wishes and demands will be handed over to the members of the newly elected House of Representatives (Abgeordnetenhaus von Berlin).

To part one of the film programme
Information on all films.

Day 2 – Friday, 25 September 2026

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Venue: BALZ, Top floor, Beusselstraße 35, 10553 Berlin
Starts at 7.00 pm

Welcome and a few words about the world of taxi films
¡TAXI!, USA, 00:02:35
Una simple taxista, Panama, 00:05:00
Taxi Warren, Ivory Coast, 01:46:00
Film programme approx. 2 hours 30 minutes

All films
To the workshop <- Programme overview ->To Part 2 of the film programme

Day 3 – Saturday, 26 September 2026

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Venue: BALZ , Beusselstraße 35, 10553 Berlin
Starts at 7.00 pm

Welcome and a few words on the themes of the 3rd Taxi Film Festival 2026
Taxi Tales, Germany, 00:22:07
Autumn in a Taxi, Germany, 00:10:00
She Drives the Night, Netherlands, 00:22:47
Taxi Chronicles, Canada, 01:12:00

Tribute to the most popular film
Film programme approx. 2 hours 10 minutes

All films

Part one of the film programme <- Programme overview -> Cinema brunch closing event

Day 4 – Sunday, 27 September 2026

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Venue: BALZ, Beusselstraße 35, 10553 Berlin
Starts at 3.00 pm
Open-ended
Brunch and discussions about cinema and *Taxi*
We're screening:
Taxi Driver, Iran, 00:13:00
Excerpts and films on request à la carte

Film brunch from 3.00 pm

We don't have a budget for food, so donations to the piggy bank or as tasty treats are welcome.

You can register here

Registering would be helpful, but it's not essential.

All films.
Second part of the film programme – Programme overview

Venues

editors, Admin — 2026-09-20T10:26:27Z

All film screenings will take place at BALZ, Beusselstraße 35, 10553 Berlin.
The workshop on Thursday, 24 September will take place at the Ver.di Kiezladen, Otawistraße 15, 13351 Berlin

Directions

Film screenings and brunch

at BALZ, Beusselstraße 35, 10553 Berlin-Moabit

BALZ Beratungzentrum und Umgebung

Haupteingang Beusselstraße, Lieferungen und Barrierefreier Zugang über den Hof in der Wiclefstraße

https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/6946228678

Directions
Entrance on Beusselstraße via the courtyard; in the side building, take the stairs on the right past the sacristy; disabled access available on request

By BVG/S-Bahn
Wittstocker Straße stop, buses 106, 123, N26
Beusselstraße railway station, S-Bahn lines S41, S42 (Ringbahn)

by car
A100, take the Beusselstraße exit; turn right onto Beusselstraße and continue for 350 metres, then turn left into Wiclefstraße (Zone 74) or right into Wittstocker Straße (Zone 73) to park.

Parking management Zone 73 (Monday to Friday: 9.00 am – 6.00 pm) and Zone 74 (Monday to Friday: 9.00 am – 8.00 pm, Saturday: 9.00 am – 6.00 pm) or north of the S-Bahn in the industrial estate, at Saatwinkler and Friedrich-Olbricht-Damm
https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/241770482
https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/241770471

Workshop and film preview

at the Ver.di Kiezladen, Otawistraße 15, 13351 Berlin-Wedding

Thursday, 24 September 2026, 4.00 pm

Lage des Ver.di Kiezladens

Der Ver.di Kiezladen liegt in ca. 150 Meter Entfernung südlich von Müllerstraße und U-Bahnhof Rehberge

Map: https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/3404455309

How to get there

by bus or underground
Bus 221, Otawistraße stop (400 metres' walk to the Kiezladen)
Rehberge underground station (200 metres' walk to the Kiezladen)

By car

Turn onto Otawistraße from Müllerstraße or Afrikanische Straße. The Kieztreff is situated between Cornelius-Fredericks-Straße (formerly Lüderitzstraße) and Togostraße.

Otawistraße is in parking zone 78 (Mon–Fri 9 am–8 pm / Sat 9 am–6 pm, charge 2.00 euros per hour). There are free parking spaces on Togostraße, 50 metres from the Kiezladen. If all the spaces there are already taken, you can find parking spaces at Manga-Bell-Platz (formerly Nachtigalplatz) at the north-eastern end of Togostraße or on Afrikanische Straße

Parkraumbewirtschaftung Otawistraße

Gelb kostet Geld.

Map of all parking zones in Berlin