SİNEMA TRANSTOPIA

21/10/2026

Monster Pabrik Rambut (Sleep No More): Edwin on the grotesque machinery of overwork

Ghost stories, folklore, black magic, possession and supernatural figures have long been part of Indonesian cinema, with the horror genre flourishing in the 70s and 80s.

Still from Monster Pabrik Rambut (Sleep No More), 2026

One of Indonesian horror’s most iconic figures, the Sundel Bolong is a female ghost from Javanese folklore, brought to life by legendary horror star Suzzanna. Beautiful, monstrous and grotesque, she became an enduring figure of Indonesian popular horror.

Still from Sundelbolong, 1981

Possession, the haunted home and the return of the dead became recurring elements of Indonesia’s horror tradition.

Still from Pengabdi Setan, 1980

The supernatural has often been closely entangled with the everyday: family, community, belief and social fears.

Still from Ratu Ilmu Hitam (The Queen of Black Magic), 1981

Rather than returning to an existing ghost or legend, Edwin and co-writer Eka Kurniawan set out to create their own creature. In Monster Pabrik Rambut, the supernatural enters the factory.

Still from Monster Pabrik Rambut (Sleep No More), 2026

As workers are pushed into punishing overtime, exhaustion takes hold and a dark figure begins to possess their bodies. Here, fear lies in the machinery that keeps us working with the body as the vessel for capitalist exploitation.

Still from Monster Pabrik Rambut (Sleep No More), 2026

Screening as part of SİNELECTION on:
Sat 17.10. 20:30
Wed 21.10. 20:30
Fri 23.10. 20:30

Film poster for Monster Pabrik Rambut (Sleep No More), 2026

19/10/2026

Peruvian Intercultural Center Todas las Sangres Berlín presents UYARIY for COMMON VISIONS!

On Sunday 25. October at 19:00, we’re delighted to welcome Todas las Sangres back to SİNEMA TRANSTOPIA.

An initiative of the Peruvian diaspora in Berlin, Todas las Sangres presents Javier Corcuera’s 2025 documentary UYARIY.

Based on testimonies from family members of victims of the Juliaca Massacre, the film connects these events with longer histories of repression, Indigenous uprisings and struggles over identity, placing them within Peru’s recent collective memory.

Javier Corcuera will join us online for a talk following the screening!
🎶 Followed by musical performance: Sikuris Community Berlin Comunidad Sikuris Berlin
🥔 🍵 The traditional food and drinks will be available

UYARIY
Javier Corcuera, Peru / Spain, 2025, 92 min. Spanish, Quechua, Aymara with English subtitles

🎟️ TICKETS via sinematranstopia.de
📍SİNEMA TRANSTOPIA
Lindower Str. 20/22, Haus C, 13347 Berlin

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📢 Uyariy, ñañakuna, turakuna,
🎬 Uyariy, Berlinpin runakuna,

El domingo 25 de octubre, el documental peruano “Uyariy“ (“Ist’aña”, “Escuchar“) se estrenará en Berlín, única función. Al final de la película abriremos el diálogo con el público y además organizaremos comida y bebidas típicas 🥔 🍵.

“Uyariy“ nos cuenta del estallido social en el país, concretamente la matanza del 9 de enero de 2023 en Juliaca, donde perdimos a 19 hermanxs, y que dejó más de 100 heridxs. Es además un viaje guiado por la música y la voz del pueblo puneño sobre su resistencia y la búsqueda de justicia de nuestros pueblos.

Les invitamos a este espacio de cine, diálogo y compatir en:
🎥 Sinema Trastopia,
📍 Lindower Str. 20/22, Haus C, 13347 Berlin
⌚ 19h
🎶 Participación musical: Comunidad Sikuris Berlín

Agradecemos a la comisión “Uyariy – zero impunidad” de peruanxs en el extranjero en Italia, Francia y Alemania por la co-organización 🙏🏽

16/10/2026

ISH: Teenhood, racial profiling and the theft of innocence

Twelve-year-old Ish and his best friend Maram spend their summer roaming the woods and neighbourhoods of Luton, testing the limits of childhood and imagining the adults they might become. But when a police stop-and-search leaves Maram humiliated and Ish shaken, the racial profiling that surrounds them suddenly enters their everyday lives.

Shot in striking black and white, Imran Perretta’s acclaimed feature debut explores friendship, grief, masculinity and belonging against the backdrop of a childhood abruptly interrupted.

With no regular cinema release in Germany, this is a rare chance to see Ish on the big screen.

Screenings:
Fri 23.10. 18:00
Wed 28.10. 20:00
Sat 07.11. 20:30, followed by Dub Epistemologies, a live audio essay by Ashley Holmes (ashley____holmes)
Fri 20.11. 18:00

Ish
Imran Perretta, UK, 2025, 89 min. English

🎟️ TICKETS: €10 regular | €7 with via sinematranstopia.de
📍 SİNEMA TRANSTOPIA (Berlin)

13/10/2026

Staatsschutz (Prosecution): Faraz Shariat’s gripping new political thriller that examines the many faces of far-right violence

Screening (with English subtitles) as part of SİNELECTION on Friday, 16 October at 18:00, followed by a conversation with director Faraz Shariat.

Young prosecutor Seyo Kim is determined to confront the rise of far-right violence in Germany. Her mission becomes deeply personal when she narrowly survives a racist attack, forcing her to confront the limits of a justice system that claims neutrality while failing those it is meant to protect. Blending political thriller and courtroom drama, Staatsschutz (Prosecution) is a gripping examination of institutional power, accountability and the enduring threat of racist violence.

Staatsschutz (Prosecution)
Faraz Shariat, Germany 2026, 113 min. German, Korean with English subtitles

JÜNGLINGE Faraz Shariat Paulina Lorenz JN Lotta Kilian Friederike Hohmuth

Director: Faraz Shariat
© David Uzochukwu

11/10/2026

Our editor, Beth Hughes, on "Reclaiming the Territory: On Migration & Racial Justice."
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09/10/2026

“Reclaiming the territory”: this was how the divisional commander of Luton Police described the force’s approach to Marsh Farm in 1995. After years of tension between residents and the authorities, a police operation to assert control over the housing estate ended in riots.

The Exodus Collective, a group that emerged from the estate’s rave scene, responded differently: organising a free party as a non-violent protest against the policing of the area.

In a post-industrial town 50 km from London, these events sparked national debate: who is granted the right to occupy public space, and who is subjected to surveillance and policing?

Luton has been shaped by migration for more than two centuries. Irish, Caribbean and South Asian communities have all made the town their home. Today, more than half of Luton’s population identifies with an ethnic minority group.

Still from Ish, Imran Perretta, 2025.

Luton is also frequently framed in media narratives around anti-migrant sentiment. It is the birthplace of the English Defence League (EDL), a violent far-right movement associated with anti-Muslim racism and extreme nationalist politics.

EDL protest 2011, photo by Guy Corbishley.

Set and filmed in Luton, Imran Perretta’s feature debut, Ish, offers another perspective on the town. Drawing on Perretta’s own experience of being stopped and searched as a teenager in the aftermath of 9/11, the film follows two friends through a summer of friendship, grief and growing political awareness.

Ish filming behind-the-scenes, photo by Khuram Mirzal.

The film’s questions around racial profiling, marginalisation and belonging resonate with realities in contemporary Germany, including those documented by German journalist and author Mohamed Amjahid in his 2024 book Alles nur Einzelfälle? Das System hinter der Polizeigewalt (Are They All Just Isolated Cases? The System Behind Police Violence).

Still from Ish, Imran Perretta, 2025.

ISH is screening on:

FRI 23.10. · 18:00

WED 28.10. · 20:00

SAT 07.11. · 20:30 followed by a live audio essay by Luton-born, Sheffield-based artist Ashley Holmes.

Still from Ish, Imran Perretta, 2025.

Titled Dub Epistemologies, Holmes’s audio es

07/10/2026

Monster Pabrik Rambut (Sleep No More): Edwin on the grotesque machinery of overwork

At a wig factory where workers are pushed into punishing overtime, sisters Putri and Ida are left trying to understand their mother’s mysterious death. When exhausted workers begin speaking of a dark figure taking possession of their bodies, Ida decides to work through the night herself to uncover the truth.
Combining body horror, dark humour and supernatural horror, Edwin turns the machinery of overwork into a grotesque nightmare. Beneath the excess and absurdity, Sleep No More takes aim at a workplace culture that demands workers sacrifice their health for productivity.

Monster Pabrik Rambut (Sleep No More)
Edwin, Indonesia, Singapore, Japan, Germany, France, 2026, 96 min. Indonesian with English subtitles

✨World premiere Berlinale 2026
Screening this October as part of SİNELECTION at SİNEMA TRANSTOPIA (Berlin, Wedding)
SAT 17.10. 20:30 +
WED 21.10. 20:30 +
FRI 23.10. 20:30

Edwin
Meiske Taurisia
Muhammad Zaidy
Palari Films
Rachel Amanda Aurora
Lutesha
𝐒𝐚𝐥 Priadi
Iqbaal Ramadhan
Dance Maestro💃

06/10/2026

LADY: On friendship and the search for freedom in Lagos

Taxi driver Lady is saving to leave Lagos when the return of her childhood friend Pinky draws her into a world of s*x work, night-time hustling and unexpected solidarity.

Moving between the energy of nocturnal Lagos and the private spaces of women navigating money, desire and violence, Olive Nwosu’s debut is a nuanced portrait of friendship, intimacy and the line between freedom and dependence.

LADY
Olive Nwosu, Nigeria, UK, 2026, 93 min. English, Pidgin English with English subtitles
🏆 Special Jury Award @ Sundanceorg | European Premiere @ Berlinale Panorama

Get your tickets at the link in our bio 🔗

Screening this October as part of SİNELECTION SİNEMA TRANSTOPIA (Berlin, Wedding)
📆SUN 18.10. | 19:00 +
📆THU 22.10. | 20:00 +
📆SAT 24.10. | 18:00

Olive Nwosu Jessica Gabriel's Ujah Amanda Oruh Tinuade Jemiseye Fadesaye Olateru-Olagbegi | Actor Eva Ibiam | Actor Agu Chinenye Esthyraph Yolo

01/10/2026

Six SİNELECTION picks screening this October!

Shame and Money
Visar Morina, 2026, 130 min. Albanian with German and English subtitles

A tense new drama about class, dignity and economic precarity, moving from rural Kosovo to Pristina.

THU 01.10. 20:00 +
WED 07.10. 20:30 +
SAT 17.10. 18:00 +
THU 22.10. 18:00

Monster Pabrik Rambut (Sleep No More)
Edwin, 2026, 96 min. Indonesian with English subtitles

Supernatural terror collides with the brutal realities of capitalist exploitation on the factory floor.

SAT 17.10. 20:30 +
WED 21.10. 20:30 +
FRI 23.10. 20:30

Lady
Olive Nwosu, 2026, 93 min. English, Pidgin English

Through the eyes of taxi driver Lady, we move through the sprawling streets of Lagos and into a world of s*x work, friendship and survival.

SUN 18.10. 19:00 +
THU 22.10. 20:00 +
SAT 24.10. 18:00

Ish
Imran Perretta, 2025, 89 min. English

Artist Imran Perretta’s striking coming-of-age story set in Luton, where racial profiling threatens to come between two childhood friends.

FRI 23.10. 18:00 +
WED 28.10. 20:00

Staatsschutz (Prosecution)
Faraz Shariat, 2026, 113 min. German, Korean with English subtitles

A courtroom thriller following a prosecutor investigating far-right violence, followed by a conversation with the director.

FRI 16.10. 18:00 + talk with Faraz Shariat!

NAZA
Yuval Abraham, Rachel Szor, 2026, 80 min. Hebrew, English with English subtitles

Two of the filmmakers behind No Other Land present a devastating new documentary exposing the systems behind the genocide in Gaza.

SAT 03.10. 15:00 +
SUN 04.10. 16:00 +
TUE 0610. 18:30 + 20:30
SUN 11.10. 20:00 +
THU 15.10. 18:00 +
SUN 18.10. 19:00 +
WED 21.10. 18:30