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title: "“Oceania” and “Jackfruit”"
date: 2026-11-10
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url: "https://www.berlin.museum/en/events/oceania-and-jackfruit"
description: "We’d like to invite you to a screening of two short films."
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# “Oceania” and “Jackfruit”

Film, Open Spaces, Lecture, reading, talk

# “Oceania” and “Jackfruit”

# Queer Film Series at BERLIN GLOBAL

[Berlin Exhibition](https://www.berlin.museum/en/museum/berlin-exhibition-at-the-humboldt-forum)

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![Eine Person sitzt im Dunkeln vor einem Bildschirm, dreht sich halb nach hinten zur Kamera](https://www.berlin.museum/wp-content/uploads/2026/11/Oceania-Filmstill-300x180.png)

![Eine Person sitzt in einem Restaurant und isst mit Stäbchen, schaut aufs Essen](https://www.berlin.museum/wp-content/uploads/2026/11/Filmstill-Jackfruit-300x169.jpg)

We’d like to invite you to a screening of two short films.

**Prices**
Regular: 5 euros
Reduced: 3 euros

**Price info**
You can buy tickets at the box office at the Humboldt Forum or online via the ticket shop.

Come along with your event ticket from 5.30 p.m. and visit the Open Space exhibition “Time Machine Infinitum – Queer Migrant Berlin”.

**Location**
BERLIN GLOBAL, First Floor, Room 5

**Event**

2027-01-22 18:30:00

**Duration**
2h

In “Jackfruit” (2021) by Thuy Trang Nguyễn, three generations of a Vietnamese family in Berlin navigate tradition, memory, care and queer identity.

In “Oceania” (2024) by Valentin Noujaim, 16-year-old Najib discovers a mysterious world in a deceased neighbour’s flat that leads him on a journey into his own identity.

Both films explore growing up between different worlds and questions of belonging, memory and identity.

The screenings will be followed by a discussion moderated by Jowe Harfouche.

## Please note

“Jackfruit” runs for 34 minutes and is recommended for ages 16 and over. It will be screened in Vietnamese and German with English subtitles.

“Oceania” runs for 24 minutes and is recommended for ages 16 and over. It will be screened in French with English subtitles.

The discussion following the screenings will be held in English.

Come along with your event ticket from 5.30 p.m. and visit the Open Space exhibition “[Time Machine Infinitum – Queer Migrant Berlin](https://www.berlin.museum/en/exhibition/time-machine-infinitum)”.

## We Were Never Meant To Survive

The film series accompanying the Open Space “Time Machine Infinitum – Queer Migrant Berlin” presents four queer BIPoC perspectives.

- [ ![Eine Frau mit Hut und Hand am Kinn sitzt in einem Café, draußen, viel befahrene Straße im Hintergrund, sie schaut lachend in die Kamera](https://www.berlin.museum/wp-content/uploads/2026/11/Audre-Lorde-Berlin-1991-300x202.jpg)

Berlin Exhibition

*2027-01-08 18:30:00*

###  “Audre Lorde – The Berlin Years 1984 to 1992”

### Queer Film Series at BERLIN GLOBAL

“Audre Lorde – The Berlin Years 1984 to 1992” (2012), directed by Dagmar Schultz, documents a pivotal chapter in the life of the Black American poet, writer and activist Audre Lorde (1934 – 1992).

Film, Open Spaces, Lecture, reading, talk

](https://www.berlin.museum/en/events/audre-lorde-the-berlin-years-1984-to-1992)
- [ ![Drei Personen in Glamour-Outfits posieren auf einer Bühne](https://www.berlin.museum/wp-content/uploads/2026/11/mauritius_images_GJ1T3J-300x213.jpg)

Berlin Exhibition

*2027-01-15 18:30:00*

###  “Lola and Bilidikid”

### Queer Film Series at BERLIN GLOBAL

“Lola and Bilidikid” (1999), directed by Kutluğ Ataman, takes us into the queer underground of 1990s Berlin.

Film, Open Spaces, Lecture, reading, talk

](https://www.berlin.museum/en/events/lola-and-bilidikid)

## Media partner

![](https://www.berlin.museum/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/siegessaeule-300x105.png)

## Info &amp; Service

## Opening Hours

Mon + Wed – Sun | 10.30 a.m. – 6.30 p.m.
Tue | closed

Last admission is at 5.30 p.m.

**Differing opening hours:**
Thu | 24.12. | Closed (Christmas Eve)
Fri &amp; Sat | 25. + 26.12. | 12 p.m. – 6.30 p.m. (First &amp; Second Christmas Day)
Thu | 31.12. | Closed (New Year’s Eve)
Fri | 01.01. 2027 | 12 p.m. – 6.30 p.m. (New Year’s Day)

The [visitor rules](https://www.berlin.museum/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/besuchsordnung-stadtmuseum-berln.pdf) of the Stiftung Stadtmuseum Berlin apply.

## Directions

Schlossplatz
10178 Berlin

[  Google Maps ](https://g.page/humboldtforum?share)

[  Bus &amp; Train ](https://www.bvg.de/en/connections/connection-search)

## Contact

For ticketing and service requests, please contact the Humboldt Forum [Visitor Services](https://www.humboldtforum.org/en/contact-us/):
+49 30 9921 189 89
Mo – Fri, 10 a.m.– 6 p.m.

## Dates

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Berlin Exhibition

Film, Open Spaces, Lecture, reading, talk

####  “Oceania” and “Jackfruit”

*2027-01-22 18:30:00*We’d like to invite you to a screening of two short films.

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