Architecture

  • Infinity According to Florian

    Infinity According to Florian

    2022

    1h.10min

    16+

    Before the war, one of Kyiv's hottest subject was one of Trump’s cronies turning a masterpiece concert hall into a shopping mall.


  • Re-Destruction

    Re-Destruction

    2021

    45min

    16+

    Acclaimed Lebanese director Simon El Habre paints a vivid portrait of Beirut post-Civil War, highlighting the impact of the 2020 port explosion.


  • Exhibition

    Exhibition

    2013

    1h.44min

    12 FSK

    An intimate examination of a contemporary artist couple whose living and working patterns are threatened by the imminent sale of their home.


  • Zwischennutzung

    Zwischennutzung

    2022

    1h.35min

    16+

    Discover the hidden world of the former meat factory in Vienna's Sonnwendviertel through the lens of filmmaker Dariusz Kowalski.


  • Museum of the Revolution

    Museum of the Revolution

    2022

    1h.31min

    16+

    In the basement of the never completed Museum of the Revolution, Belgrade dwell the outcasts of a society that is being transformed by capitalism.


  • Parabeton: Pier Luigi Nervi and Roman Concrete

    Parabeton: Pier Luigi Nervi and Roman Concrete

    2012

    1h.39min

    0 FSK

    PARABETON shows in chronological sequence 17 buildings by the Italian engineer and architect Pier Luigi Nervi (1891-1979) in Italy and France.


  • Columbus

    Columbus

    2017

    1h.44min

    16+

    This debut feature interweaves themes of crystal meth, coma and architecture with a romantic tragicomedy set in the titular town of COLUMBUS, Indiana.


  • Der Stoff, aus dem Träume sind

    Der Stoff, aus dem Träume sind

    2019

    1h.16min

    16+

    Housing is a human right. How can we guarantee housing in the increasingly difficult real estate markets in Europe's major cities?


  • The Prize

    The Prize

    2012

    1h.24min

    6 FSK

    The modernization of post-war style apartment blocks in central Germany becomes a journey into his own GDR past for architect Alexander.


  • Perret in France and Algeria

    Perret in France and Algeria

    2012

    1h.50min

    16+

    Documentary filmmaker Heinz Emigholz sketches a biography of the French architects and civil engineers Auguste and Gustave Perret and their buildings.


  • Bye Bye Berlin

    Bye Bye Berlin

    2020

    53min

    6

    "For me, Berlin died when the Volksbühne dismantled the wheel and a cross was erected at Berlin Castle." Antonio Nábolo


  • Tlatelolco

    Tlatelolco

    2011

    1h.15min

    16+

    A look at the history of Mexico City through the architecture of a housing complex.


  • From the West

    From the West

    2016

    1h.1min

    16+

    Germany was once a torn country divided into East and West. Post-war architecture keeps the memory of this era alive.


  • Kabatas | Fillmore | Atlanten

    Kabatas | Fillmore | Atlanten

    2013

    13min

    16+

    Fleeting glimpses into the inner life of private and public spaces, intimacy and spectacle.


  • Andreas Gursky: Long Shot Close Up

    Andreas Gursky: Long Shot Close Up

    2010

    58min

    0

    A portrait of the famous contemporary photographer Andreas Gursky, who for the first time lets a film crew to follow the genesis of one of his works.


  • The Hidden City

    The Hidden City

    2018

    1h.18min

    0 FSK

    The ground beneath the Spanish metropolis of Madrid is crisscrossed by an invisible network of tunnels, shafts and canals.


  • Age of the Gods

    Age of the Gods

    1992

    1h.32min

    16

    At the beginning of the last century, Arno Breker was one of the great hopes of young German sculpture, esteemed by the painter Max Liebermann.


  • Ink of Yam

    Ink of Yam

    2017

    1h.15min

    6 FSK

    In one of Jerusalems oldest tattoo studio Jews, Christians, Muslims and atheists get their tattoos done.


  • Renzo Piano, an Architect for Santander

    Renzo Piano, an Architect for Santander

    2018

    1h.31min

    0 FSK

    Acclaimed Spanish director Carlos Saura documents the birth of the Centro Botín in Santander, designed by architect Renzo Piano.


  • Sandgirl

    Sandgirl

    2017

    1h.24min

    0 FSK

    As a child, Veronika Raila was certified with an IQ of zero. Today she studies literature and theology and publishes poetry and prose.


  • Focus on Infinity

    Focus on Infinity

    2014

    1h.20min

    16+

    A visit to the breathtaking places and the people who unlock the secrets of the universe.


  • Ben Berlin

    Ben Berlin

    2015

    1h.30min

    0 FSK

    Portrait of action artist, environmental activist, natural philosopher, gallery owner and "anarchist" Ben Wagin.


  • La Sapienza

    La Sapienza

    2014

    1h.53min

    12

    After a professional setback, the architect Alexandre and his wife Aliénor, a psychologist, travel to Italy to complete his book.


  • Nation Estate

    Nation Estate

    2012

    9min

    16+

    In, part one of this sci-fi triology, a vertical solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has been found.


  • Zaha Hadid, An Architect, A Masterpiece

    Zaha Hadid, An Architect, A Masterpiece

    2011

    52min

    16+

    Carine Roy's documentary is dedicated to one of the world's most famous architects and the first woman to be awarded the Pritzker Architecture Prize.


  • VOM JAGEN UND SAMMELN - Beim zentralen Umkreisgestalter Reiner Zitta

    VOM JAGEN UND SAMMELN - Beim zentralen Umkreisgestalter Reiner Zitta

    2018

    1h.16min

    16+

    The artist Reiner Zitta transforms everyday objects and things left lying around into exciting works of art.


  • Between Insanity and Beauty – The Art Collection of Dr. Prinzhorn

    Between Insanity and Beauty – The Art Collection of Dr. Prinzhorn

    2007

    1h.16min

    6 FSK

    Paul Klee and Max Ernst were fascinated by the visual works of psychiatric patients. The Prinzhorn Collection is the world's largest collection of such ...


  • Vera Lossau - What I See

    Vera Lossau - What I See

    2012

    1h.5min

    16+

    This documentary accompanies the artist Vera Lossau for a year in her creative process with a focus on Vera's visual observations.


  • In The Future They Ate From The Finest Porcelain

    In The Future They Ate From The Finest Porcelain

    2015

    29min

    16+

    In a temporal twist, this movie tells the story of an intervention into the future perception of a territory’s political history.


  • Paradise threatened - The Photographer Heinrich Kühn

    Paradise threatened - The Photographer Heinrich Kühn

    2015

    1h.30min

    16+

    In his documentary PARADISE THREATENED, Markus Heltschl opens up insights into the work and life of the color photography pioneer, Heinrich Kühn.


  • Unlike U - Trainwriting in Berlin

    Unlike U - Trainwriting in Berlin

    2010

    1h.29min

    16+

    Join real legends of the Berlin graffiti underground culture on a trip through the city.


  • Tardi - Black on White

    Tardi - Black on White

    2006

    50min

    16+

    Jacques Tardi is one of the most important graphic novel authors in the world. Director Pierre-André Sauvageot has created a cinematic memorial to him


  • Temptations of happiness: Arcadia - the film

    Temptations of happiness: Arcadia - the film

    2019

    1h.33min

    16+

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


  • Campus Galli - Bauen wie im Mittelalter

    Campus Galli - Bauen wie im Mittelalter

    2019

    1h.30min

    0 FSK

    This Documentary follows the ambitious project of building a cloister town with only the tools that where present in the middle ages.


  • Under Snow

    Under Snow

    2011

    1h.43min

    0 FSK

    Renowned German visual artist Ulrike Ottinger explores Japanese snow region Kabuk, Japan. Poetry and reality in the half documentary, half fictional. In ...


  • Séraphine

    Séraphine

    2008

    2h.0min

    6 FSK

    Yolande Moreau is an uneducated and devout housekeeper who at night creates boldly original paintings. Real Moreau is now considered one of the most significant ...


  • Neue Natur – Art Girls Intern

    Neue Natur – Art Girls Intern

    2015

    1h.10min

    16+

    The docu-fictional companion piece to Robert Bramkamp's feature ART GIRLS.


  • The Photographer In Front Of The Camera

    The Photographer In Front Of The Camera

    2014

    1h.17min

    16+

    In THE PHOTOGRAPHER IN FRONT OF THE CAMERA, Tizza Covi and Rainer Frimmel accompany the still very active 90-year old photographer Erich Lessing.


  • This is what it looks like

    This is what it looks like

    1984

    5min

    16+

    A rhythmic, subjective short documentary by Maren-Kea Freese about life in a West Berlin boho studio apartment in the 1980's.