Overview
- The ARD feature One Night at KitKat will begin streaming in the ARD-Mediathek on Wednesday, September 30 and will air on 3sat on October 8, giving viewers extensive interior footage from a venue that normally bans filming.
- Directors Mohsen Najafimehri and Diba Darbari focus the film on guests’ stories of self-discovery, including a Tel Aviv artist who describes her first visit as a turning point and a young couple who say the club helped restore body confidence.
- The documentary documents the club’s introduction of official awareness teams after a publicly reported assault, showing team members and guests saying the measure makes some visitors feel safer.
- The film shows nudity, fetish outfits, BDSM play and sex near the dancefloor but deliberately omits sustained reporting on heavy drug consumption, a widely noted issue in Berlin nightlife.
- Founded in early-1990s Kreuzberg, the KitKat has grown over three decades into an internationally known fetish and techno venue that now draws long queues and tourist pressure while offering varied programming from tango nights to pool concerts.