Architecture

  • Infinity According to Florian

    Infinity According to Florian

    Documentary, Independent

    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.


  • Nemesis

    Nemesis

    Documentary, Independent

    2020

    2h.11min

    0

    The freight yard is making way for a prison: a place of mobility is becoming a place of stagnation.


  • Re-Destruction

    Re-Destruction

    Documentary, Independent

    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

    Drama

    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

    Documentary, Independent

    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

    Documentary, Independent

    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

    Documentary, Icons & Media Art

    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

    Comedy, Romance

    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

    Documentary, Independent

    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

    Drama

    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

    Documentary, Icons & Media Art

    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

    Documentary, Icons & Media Art

    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

    Documentary, Independent

    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

    Documentary, Icons & Media Art

    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

    Icons & Media Art

    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

    Documentary

    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

    Documentary, Independent

    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

    Documentary, Independent

    1993

    1h.32min

    16

    How does a highly talented artist end up in the vicinity of a totalitarian regime? What responsibility does art bear in political systems?


  • Ink of Yam

    Ink of Yam

    Documentary, Independent

    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

    Documentary

    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

    Documentary, Independent

    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

    Documentary, Independent

    2014

    1h.20min

    16+

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


  • Ben Berlin

    Ben Berlin

    Biography, Independent

    2015

    1h.30min

    0 FSK

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


  • La Sapienza

    La Sapienza

    Love & Sex, Drama

    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

    Icons & Media Art

    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

    Biography, Independent

    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

    Documentary, Biography

    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

    Documentary, Independent

    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

    Documentary, Independent

    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

    Icons & Media Art

    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

    Documentary, Independent

    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

    Documentary

    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

    Biography, Documentary

    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

    Documentary, Independent

    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

    Documentary

    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

    Music, Dance, Theater, Documentary

    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

    Drama

    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

    Love & Sex, Documentary

    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

    Biography, Independent

    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

    Shorts

    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.