Civil society

The murder of the transsexual artist Madorilyn Crawford reveals the dark schemes of Colombian politics.

A photojournalist is threatened by right-wing extremist groups in Belgrade and flees to Germany with her daughter.

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

In the heart of Berlin, a GDR ruin is given a new lease on life and becomes a center for art, culture and community.

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

Intensely charged in political terms, HOTLINE is not merely revealing but downright shocking in what it conveys about Israel’s policies on outsiders.

How did Pepe the Frog become the symbol of hatred and racism online?

How is life as a gay in the Swabian province? An intimate insight into a hitherto unknown terrain between church and Stammtisch.

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

This thought-provoking documentary sheds light on the challenges faced by worker-owned factories in a capitalist, post-socialist, economy.

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

Cinematic memorial to the highly controversial icon of the German women's movement who helped shape feminist discourse for over 50 years.

In 2017, Jacques Dubochet won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, making him famous overnight. He decides to use his new fame for something good.

This Series follows the moving journey of comedian and trans man OCÉAN through his gender reassignment process.

This documentary about everyday hospital life in China combines the serious and the amusing in a very balanced ratio.

A funeral director who aspired to be an entertainer is now the last escort of people in Berlin who have died in solitude.

Globalization, and rural exodus: despite a gloomy outlook, the people still living in Aracà , a small Italian village, are bravely facing the future.

In the small town of Monroe, New York, a dispute over land erupts between an Hasidic community and its secular neighbors and turns into a turf war.

One of the biggest taboos in society is the rehabilitation of sex offenders. This film takes the offender perspective.

Based on his origins and personal background, director Sobo Swobodnik analyzes the social fabric of society and the German education system.

After more than 50 years of bloody civil war, the peace process in Colombia began in 2016, with an uncertain outcome.

On the river Tetscha in the southern Urals, in the middle of nowhere between Europe and Asia, is the most radioactively contaminated area in the world

A Delhi woman's rocky road to her own cab license.

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

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

Five years after the fall of the Taliban in Afghanistan the country's future was uncertain but buoyed by cautious optimism.

Carefully arranged portrait of Icelandic society shows protagonists from all walks of life.

Until a few years ago, the descendants of the indigenous Tupinambá and escaped slaves lived in isolation in Caiçara, not far from Rio de Janeiro.

A penniless family living on a rubbish dump is offered a house. The condition is that they send their children to school. Is this a fairy tale?

A young man tells his story and gives testimony of the collective fate of a nation oppressed by poverty, police repression, and corruption.

Jerusalem-born trauma expert Ofra Bloch confronts her personal demons in a journey where she meets with people she was taught to hate.

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

Winter 2016, the refugee camp in Calais, dubbed "The Jungle", is a growing city of nearly 12,000 residents.

A visually and sonically striking ensemble piece set in a hotel on the city outskirts as Paris is mired in political chaos...

To convince an investor to build a factory in their remote village in northern Canada, the villagers first have to find a company doctor.

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

Germany's only trans* pastor.

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.

The spectacle of the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro are in full swing. But the grim contrast of poverty is only a few blocks away.

The Aït Seghrouchen, a nomadic people from the windswept Moroccan desert, brave sandstorms, watch livestock and the cell phone towers.

The doc about the cult surrounding a Soviet physicist Boris Zolotov was awarded the ARTE documentary award.

Calcutta, India, one of the most densely populated cities in the world, is home not only to 14 million people, but also to countless stray dogs.

In turbulent and disorienting times, a pair of artists uses experimental means to create a hypnotically vibrating portrait of the generations.

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

Follow Jörg Meuthen, candidate for Germany's right-wing party AFD, on his election tour 2016.

Shadi returns to Nazareth to fulfill his duty (WAJIB) as a big brother, where simmering conflicts await.

Six very different lesbian women talk about their lives and loves in the socialist system of the GDR.

Kenya is on the brink of a fateful choice, and in the Kibera slum in Nairobi, 300,000 people are hoping for an improvement in their situation.

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

A visit to four exceptionally isolated places and communities that never cease to amaze even the people who live there.

In a climate of mistrust and racism, the disappearance of a young woman promotes wild speculation and racist suspicions.

50 years after Tanzania's independence from Great Britain, the East African country is still searching for a unifying identity.

Asalif and his mother are displaced from their farmland on the outskirts of Addis Ababa. To fight for their livelihood, Asalif taps into his fantasy.

Climate change, disease and growing ethical concerns are leading more and more people to question whether eating animals is the right thing to do.

The young policeman Kari gets into a chase when shots are fired. Videos of the circulate on the Internet and the criticism from the public is harsh.

Ismail, Kamil and Carlos have fought hard for their place in German society – professional mixed martial artists.

“What the hell is happening to my country?” After Trump was elected, filmmaker Susanne Brandstaetter investigates the growing divide in the USA.

An exploration of facial recognition, a modern fingerprint that provides access to a person's personality like a secret code.

Rodrigo Gonzalez, bassist of the German punk rock band DIE ÄRZTE, travels to Chile, on the trail of the music of his childhood.

Surfing in this film is a metaphor and expression of freedom. Young people in Gaza have the same desires as anyone else.

Housing prices are skyrocketing in cities around the world. Incomes are not. PUSH sheds light on a new kind of faceless landlord.

A poetic time travel fantasy through the imagined history of the United States as a modern fairyland, along the traces of our desire for escapism.

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

Early one summer morning a man, with a secret stashed away in a duffel bag, emerges from the forest. In a nearby village he asks around for work.

After the big influx of refugees to Europe in 2015, even the most Bavarian villages the picturesque mountains had to adapt.

In 2014 a small group of Eritrean refugees are "stranded" in Strackholt amidst the East Frisian emptiness.

How can our society develop in the face of current social, economic and cultural challenges?

For years, Venezuela has been fighting the collapse of its public health system. How do you survive in a country that is in chaos?

Dive into the hidden industry of digital cleaning, which rids the Internet of unwanted violence, porn and political content. Who is controlling what we ...

How is ever-available pornography changing our lives? Ex-porn actress Ovidie explains.

Following a tribute to John Cage's seminal composition 4'33, this film takes us on a fascinating cinematic journey around the world:

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

In elegant CinemaScope images, this film tells the story of the housekeeper Nadja in times of economic crisis as a tender melodrama.

Adoption gave the same last name to six children from very different backgrounds. But what does it mean to integrate race and class into one family?

The captivating story of three gifted street musicians in Jakarta over a tumultuous 5-year period in their own lives and that of Indonesia.

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

Khodorkovsky, the richest Russian, challenges President Putin. A fight of the titans begins.

The photographer Robert Frank juxtaposes social opposites in his works: New York and the American South, London bankers and Welsh miners. "What a lonely ...

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