Based on a true story

  • Petit mal

    Petit mal

    Queer, Romance

    2022

    1h.29min

    12 FSK

    Three women and one love. But when the trio becomes a temporary couple, the question arises: Is three too many?


  • Luz

    Luz

    Drama, Independent

    2021

    30min

    16

    Working as a maid in Germany, Luz finds herself caught up in a system of dependency, fear, and violence.


  • Born for You

    Born for You

    Drama, Queer

    2023

    1h.53min

    12 FSK

    When no one wants to adopt Alba, a newborn with Down syndrome, a gay Catholic fights to get custody of the girl.


  • Al Berto

    Al Berto

    Drama, Queer

    2017

    1h.49min

    12 FSK

    In the spirit of a new beginning, after the end of the dictatorship in Portugal, poet Al Berto searches for freedom and unconventional love.


  • Circles

    Circles

    Drama

    2013

    1h.52min

    12 FSK

    In a war-torn city, a story of courage and heroism unfolds that profoundly shapes the lives of those involved.


  • Neighbours

    Neighbours

    Drama

    2022

    2h.4min

    12 FSK

    A multi-faceted portrait of a Kurdish childhood under the shadow of the Assad dictatorship, spiced with a dash of humor and satire.


  • Desire Will Set You Free

    Desire Will Set You Free

    Drama, Queer

    2016

    1h.32min

    16 FSK

    In the hedonistic Berlin of the 2010s, a writer drifts through the party scene. With Nina Hagen, Peaches, Rosa von Praunheim and Blixa Bargeld.


  • Poppy Field

    Poppy Field

    Drama, Queer

    2020

    1h.21min

    12 FSK

    The threat of being outed causes an explosion of violence: Cristi, a gay Romanian policeman lives under the threat of being outed against his will.


  • The Enemy

    The Enemy

    Thriller, Drama

    2022

    1h.45min

    16+

    Based on a true story: The wife of a politician is found dead in a hotel room. What happened in room 108?


  • Khibula

    Khibula

    Drama

    2017

    1h.35min

    12 FSK

    In the breathtaking mountain landscape of Georgia, the first freely elected president seeks protection from the putschists.


  • The Hardness of Avocado

    The Hardness of Avocado

    Love & Sex, Romance

    2020

    1h.40min

    16+

    After five years of relationship, Shimi calls it quits with the young actor Mizuki. His initial acceptance of the break-up soon turns into defiance.


  • Journey of the Tortoise

    Journey of the Tortoise

    Drama, Comedy

    2016

    1h.21min

    16+

    The crazy road trip of an even crazier Japanese family.


  • Camille

    Camille

    Biography, Drama

    2019

    1h.32min

    16+

    Photojournalist Camille goes to the Central African Republic to cover a brewing civil war. What she sees there will change her destiny forever.


  • Naomi's Journey

    Naomi's Journey

    Crime, Drama

    2017

    1h.32min

    12 FSK

    Based on a true story: The film examines the German justice system and its structural bias.


  • Versus

    Versus

    Drama, Thriller

    2019

    1h.18min

    16+

    A gritty thriller inspired by a true story. After suffering a brutal attack, a teenager seeks revenge.


  • Two Mothers

    Two Mothers

    Drama, Queer

    2013

    1h.15min

    12 FSK

    Katja and Isabella want a child together - but the practical, legal and emotional hurdles threaten to drive the couple apart.


  • You’ll Never Be Alone

    You’ll Never Be Alone

    Independent, Queer

    2016

    1h.21min

    16+

    In this harrowing drama, the father of a gay Chilean man tries to deal with the violent death of his son.


  • Solo Sunny

    Solo Sunny

    Classics

    1980

    1h.40min

    12 FSK

    The story about the singer Sunny, co-directed by Konrad Wolf and Wolfgang Kohlhaase, is considered one of the most important contemporary DEFA films.


  • The Idealist

    The Idealist

    Action & Adventure, Thriller

    2015

    1h.54min

    12 FSK

    An American B52 bomber with live nuclear warheads crashes in Greenland - years later, a journalist reopens the case.


  • Thanks Dead Cat

    Thanks Dead Cat

    Comedy

    2017

    1h.24min

    12 FSK

    Hobo Beate lives with her disabled child in a tent. One day, law enforcement turns their lives upside down. And so the journey begins.


  • What The Clouds Don't Say

    What The Clouds Don't Say

    Drama, Independent

    2016

    1h.25min

    12

    After the death of his parents, Antony is left with a figurine as a memento. Years later he wants to learn the origin of the figurine.


  • The Fixer

    The Fixer

    Crime, Drama

    2016

    1h.40min

    16+

    Radu is a journalist, who sees his chance to land a big scoop in an international scandal involving an underage prostitute and human trafficking.


  • It Happened Just Before

    It Happened Just Before

    Crime, Documentary

    2006

    1h.12min

    12 FSK

    This documentary tells the harrowing story of the global phenomenon of human trafficking.


  • Eat Snow

    Eat Snow

    Drama

    2016

    30min

    16+

    Max Hegewald's drama is devoted to a difficult topic: suicide among teenagers.


  • Nirwana

    Nirwana

    Drama

    2013

    52min

    16+

    Simon Dolensky's graduation film from the International Film School Cologne was nominated for the First Steps Award.


  • Westwind

    Westwind

    Romance, Drama

    2011

    1h.29min

    6 FSK

    Lake Balaton in 1988. At the East Bloc's most popular vacation spot, twin sisters and champion rowers from the GDR meet two West German men and fall in ...