Activism

After the 2014 revolution in Ukraine, Valentyn decided to become politically active and run for city council in his home town.

This powerful documentary puts the spotlight on a harrowing abuse: modern slavery and human trafficking.

In the documentary, which was successfully screened in the Panorama section of the Berlinale, gays and lesbians from the former GDR have their say.

During the final prayer of the German Catholic Bishops' Conference in 1991, one of the most spectacular protest actions takes place.

A striking documentary by renowned photojournalist David Klammer about protesters fighting to stop the clear-cutting at the Dannenröder Forest.

An intimate portrait of the famous French sociologist duo Monique and Michel Pinçon-Charlot who remain ever embroiled in political battles.

The Greek composer and national hero Mikis Theodorakis settles accounts on stage with a society that robs its children of their future.

In blunt, direct, sometimes quite graphic sequences, von Praunheim explores the entire gay subculture which touches all facets of American life.

The groundbreaking members of the legendary Berlin club SchwuZ talk about their career, political activism in drag, and 'doing it' for the first time.

Part 3 of the groundbreaking Rosa von Praunheim documentary trilogy on the AIDS epidemic

In the 1970s, Peter Brückner was an iconic figure of the German New Left and was the first university professor to lose tenure for political reasons.

Part 1 of the groundbreaking Rosa von Praunheim documentary trilogy on the AIDS epidemic

35 years of successful struggle for equal rights for homosexual parents.

Part 2 of the groundbreaking Rosa von Praunheim documentary trilogy on the AIDS epidemic.

After the Maidan protests in Kyiv ended, "the revolution's objects started a second life" ... in museums

The shocking story of the sea rescue ship Lifeline, which was denied entry to a safe port for months.

This film places acts of resistance against National Socialism and current struggles in a historical continuity.

Like all Israeli youths, Atalya is obligated to become a soldier. But unlike most, she questions the practices of her country’s military.

One man's acts of political violence in 1970s Italy rebound on his family decades later.

Gay left-wing activist and disaster relief volunteer Ortwin Passon navigates between a military-like bourgeois world and wild sex parties.

An ex-Salafist and an ex-Neo-Nazi confront their past. Dominic Schmitz and Felix Benneckenstein were trapped in an ideology for years.

In the summer of 2017, 6,000 neo-Nazis from all over Europe gathered in Themar for the largest right-wing rock concert of the German post war era.

In the early 1970s, actress Delphine Seyrig and video artist Carole Roussopoulos became icons of feminist video activism in France.

How does it feel to be a suspected radical left-wing terrorist? Especially if you've fled to to South America to avoid authorities.

The South African public prosecutor Thuli Madonsela is taking on powerful opponents in politics.

An eye-opening experience about deep engrained behaviour we barley are aware of in our every day life.

In northern Syria, an anti-hierarchical, multi-ethnic model of democracy was launched in the Rojava region under the leadership of the Kurds.

Iris P. was an undercover investigator who maintained close friendships and had intimate relationships with the people she spied on.

In this complex story of politics, loyalty, and identity, a Corsican resistance fighter returns to his homeland despite the threat of death.

"Clowns without Borders" bring a bit of joy to the refugee camp in Moria, Lesbos.

1968: During the vacations, university students occupy a vacant apartment and discuss the Marxist ideas of Mao Zedong and their revolutionary ideas.

In Paris in May 1968, this documentary examines the social upheavals of the time and compares them to the anti-globalization movement of today.

30 years after the end of the civil war in Lebanon, over 17,000 people who disappeared are still unaccounted for. An unnamed artist searches them.

In some of West Africa's traditional societies, mental illness and epilepsy are still seen as demonic possession.

Masao Adachi, born in 1939, is a well-known Japanese scriptwriter and director who in 1974 joined the ‘Japanese Red Army’.

The wrenching story of a woman sentenced in 1934 to ten years in prison for antifascist activities.

In 1984, a group of artists occupied an exhibition center in Leipzig.

Back from the First World War, a German Robin Hood turns against the capitalist exploitative order.

A French olive farmer offers help to refugees crossing the mountains. But now he too faces prosecution.

Whether Hambi, Lützerath or Garzweiler - In the face of a destructive and misguided policy, many see only one option: Resistance!

The story of an extraordinary alliance of rival soccer fans in Istanbul during the Gezi protests in 2013.

Jowan Safadi, an Israeli Palestinian and musician from the Middle East, is under investigation by Israeli police for "inciting terrorism".

The documentary film by Carl-A. Fechner shows how the switch to green energy can actually succeed - worldwide.

The last two members of the indigenous Piripkura people from the Amazon rainforest in Brazil are fighting for the survival of their people.

The Chinese authorities threaten him to keep his mouth shut. But for Ai Weiwei, silence means not life, but death.

To fight pollution and injustice, children in India are taking things into their own hands.

The documentary film Iuventa relates the events of a crucial year in the lives of a group of young Europeans all involved in different ways in the Jugend ...

After the bloody genocide 20 years ago, Rwanda made a remarkable turnaround, which was primarily made possible by the country's women.

The gay movement fought its way from the margins to the center of society. What battles still need to be waged?

Fritz Bauer was a public prosecutor, a leading investigator of Nazi history and a pioneer of German civil society.

The ambassador of the state of Arcadia, occupies land and declares this occupied area to be Arcadian territory. Is this even legal?

Filmmaker Juliane Henrich explores the term "Wende" (course change) by means of a speech by Christa Wolf, which she gave shortly before the fall of the ...

Franz West (1909-85) remembers his youth in Vienna: the diverse Jewish population the Red Vienna labor movement and the rise of Austrofascism.

In this compelling documentary, Tarquin Ramsay asks just one question: What is the freedom of expression?

This documentary is a memorial to the extraordinary artist, activist and family man Harry Belafonte.

On the right-wing fringes of the political landscape, ever-louder anti-European, anti-Islamic and nationalist voices can be heard.

This film reconstructs the rarely told story of the women involved in Polish Solidarność.

To atone for the injustice of colonialism, a revolutionary group attacks a Swiss bank.