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  • Dogs Day

    Dogs Day

    2020

    16

    Mysteries and supernatural events heat up the Saint-Henri neighborhood in a sweltering Montreal summer.


  • Kick It Like a Girl

    Kick It Like a Girl

    2023

    0 FSK

    "Girls can't play soccer" - Pauline, Chayenne, Eriona and Liv prove that this is obviously nonsense in this documentary series.


  • In Between Fridays

    In Between Fridays

    2023

    1h.37min

    16+

    Somewhere in the Monchique mountains of Portugal, the Fridayhappiness Associação balances sustainable living with their economic lifeline.


  • Janine F.

    Janine F.

    2004

    1h.20min

    16+

    The tragic story of an artist who was torn between passion and obsession and died under mysterious circumstances.


  • Youth Topia

    Youth Topia

    2023

    1h.25min

    16 FSK

    In a world driven by algorithms, a group of "forever teenagers" rebel against the dictates of self-optimization.


  • Little Big Fighters

    Little Big Fighters

    2019

    1h.22min

    16+

    Looking to breathe new life into the sport of rugby in Germany, a man has launched an inclusive rugby team.


  • Home Game

    Home Game

    2023

    30min

    16+

    Hometowns, neighborhoods, community spirit, energy security and a lot of money are at stake here.


  • She Is a Good Boy

    She Is a Good Boy

    2022

    26min

    16+

    When Ava's father Gunter, a classic macho dude, shows up at her door, worlds collide.


  • The Light at the End

    The Light at the End

    2023

    1h.27min

    16+

    A group of radical climate activists takes matters into their own hands and eliminates suspected climate sinners.


  • God's Neighbors

    God's Neighbors

    2012

    1h.38min

    16

    Israeli filmmaker Meni Yaesh tackles the complex yet always renewable thematic triangle of religion, violence, and sex.


  • Cinema Sabaya

    Cinema Sabaya

    2021

    1h.35min

    12

    Israel's Official Submission to the 95th Academy Awards is a heartwarming journey of unlikely friendships and empowering conversations.


  • YT

    YT

    2021

    1h.42min

    16+

    A crazy anthology from Yakutia consisting of seven funny, dramatic and complex stories about the relationships of families, neighbors and relatives.


  • Factory to the Workers

    Factory to the Workers

    2022

    1h.46min

    16+

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


  • Barricade

    Barricade

    2021

    1h.23min

    6 FSK

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


  • Krai

    Krai

    2021

    2h.3min

    16+

    This black and white film portrays the life and stories of a village on the Russian-Ukrainian border, combining elements of fiction and documentary.


  • Jimmy Rivière

    Jimmy Rivière

    2011

    1h.26min

    16+

    Authentic yet disturbing first feature, written by a Romani filmmaker, about life in a French Romani religious community.


  • Positive

    Positive

    1990

    1h.16min

    16+

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


  • The Postman's White Nights

    The Postman's White Nights

    2014

    1h.37min

    16+

    Quiet drama about the Russian soul, corruption and the postman from Lake Kenozero in northern Russia.


  • Ciao Aracà

    Ciao Aracà

    2019

    1h.2min

    16+

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


  • MansFeld

    MansFeld

    2013

    1h.38min

    6 FSK

    A magical film about the mysteries of childhood and an old custom: In the village of MANSFELD, the ritual banishment of the old takes place every year


  • City Of Joel

    City Of Joel

    2018

    1h.23min

    16+

    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.


  • Pahokee

    Pahokee

    2019

    1h.50min

    16+

    In Pahokee, a small town in the Florida Everglades, four teens experience the joys and heartbreaks of their last year in high school.


  • Genkingen : a Swabian folktale

    Genkingen : a Swabian folktale

    2016

    1h.0min

    0 FSK

    The people living in the German village Genkingen in the Swabian Alps want to re-enact the famous scene from Herzog's Fitzcarraldo.


  • 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?


  • Our Loved Ones

    Our Loved Ones

    2015

    1h.42min

    16+

    This delicate ensemble film tells the story of the Leblancs and their well-kept family secret.


  • MySELFie

    MySELFie

    2019

    50min

    16+

    At the age of 12 Maya starting losing her hair. Within a few weeks she was completely bald. The diagnosis: Alopecia areata.


  • The Voice

    The Voice

    2020

    1h.20min

    16+

    A sheltered teenager rebels against the strict rules, religious beliefs, and conniving classmates at his Catholic boarding school.


  • Afghanistan - New beginning?

    Afghanistan - New beginning?

    2006

    37min

    16+

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


  • No Kings

    No Kings

    2020

    1h.24min

    16+

    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.


  • Create & Connect

    Create & Connect

    2021

    1h.18min

    0

    80 young artists from all over the world meet at Lichtenberg Castle, Germany to experience the creative and unifying power of music and dance.


  • Coran-Children

    Coran-Children

    2009

    1h.29min

    16+

    Children have to memorize 6,234 Koran verses by heart, 12 hours/day for two years to become a "hafiz". This is life in the Koran schools, the madrasas


  • Gordon & Paddy

    Gordon & Paddy

    2017

    1h.5min

    0 FSK

    Frog Gordon is a commissioner who is looking forward to his retirement. However, he still needs to find a successor and comes across Mouse Buffy.


  • Seducing Doctor Lewis

    Seducing Doctor Lewis

    2003

    1h.49min

    0 FSK

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


  • Fortuna!

    Fortuna!

    2015

    1h.30min

    6

    The unlikely story of the fall and rise of SC Fortuna Köln.


  • Cosmos

    Cosmos

    1996

    1h.41min

    16+

    Six more or less ordinary lives in Montréal, connected by a Greek immigrant cab driver named Cosmos - with Denis Villeneuve.


  • Cash Nexus

    Cash Nexus

    2019

    2h.15min

    16+

    Jimmy is trapped in a spiral of street drug addiction and withdrawal. He’s a wounded creature, chasing after his delusions with a vengeance.


  • O Fim do Mundo

    O Fim do Mundo

    2019

    1h.44min

    16+

    After years in a juvenile detention center, Spira returns to his neighborhood, but gentrification and demolition excavators are taking hold.


  • Unsound

    Unsound

    2020

    1h.28min

    16+

    Moving drama about the love story of two musicians who fight to preserve a youth club.


  • Datsche

    Datsche

    2018

    1h.34min

    6 FSK

    A naïve New Yorker retreats to his dead grandfather's summer cottage (datsche in German) but instead of peace he finds Adam, a refugee in hiding.


  • Football From Below - A Season with Genclikspor Recklinghausen

    Football From Below - A Season with Genclikspor Recklinghausen

    2013

    1h.35min

    12

    A documentary look into the world of Genclikspor Recklinghausen, an amateur soccer club in Germany with immigrant roots.


  • The Cursed Ones

    The Cursed Ones

    2015

    1h.41min

    16+

    A disillusioned reporter and an idealistic young pastor, fight to free a girl accused of witchcraft from the clutches of a superstitious village in the ...


  • You'll Never Walk Alone

    You'll Never Walk Alone

    2017

    1h.40min

    0 FSK

    In many soccer stadiums, fans sing "You'll Never Walk Alone"; the song is part of fan culture. But the lyrics don't actually mention soccer.


  • Dream Boat

    Dream Boat

    2017

    1h.32min

    16 FSK

    All aboard, for the biggest cruise for gay men.


  • My Girlfriend Sybille

    My Girlfriend Sybille

    1967

    1h.20min

    0 FSK

    Tour guide Hurtig has to take over a Black Sea trip head over heels. In addition to a lack of foreign language skills, there is also Sybille.


  • Kati Kati

    Kati Kati

    2016

    1h.15min

    6 FSK

    Atmospheric Kenyan drama about Kaleche, who wakes up in a village of the dead.


  • The Edge

    The Edge

    2011

    1h.37min

    16 FSK

    The investor watches over the gated community of Beauval like Big Brother from 1984.


  • This Land Is My Land

    This Land Is My Land

    2020

    1h.45min

    16+

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


  • Cobain

    Cobain

    2018

    1h.34min

    16 FSK

    Cobain (15) tries to get his pregnant mother Mia to quit her self-destructive lifestyle. When she refuses to clean up her act, Cobain takes over.


  • Anflug Alpha 1

    Anflug Alpha 1

    1971

    1h.17min

    6 FSK

    Five men of an NVA flying squadron are at the center of interest in this DEFA classic about love, tragedy and saying goodbye. Commander Milan has reached ...


  • Fariaho

    Fariaho

    1983

    1h.34min

    12 FSK

    The puppeteer Sebastian travels through the German post-war landscape with his foster child.


  • Ein irrer Duft von frischem Heu

    Ein irrer Duft von frischem Heu

    1977

    1h.23min

    0 FSK

    A party secretary in a village in Mecklenburg is said to be clairvoyant.


  • The Red Line - Resistance in Hambach Forest

    The Red Line - Resistance in Hambach Forest

    2019

    1h.55min

    0 FSK

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


  • Gutland

    Gutland

    2017

    1h.47min

    16 FSK

    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.


  • What Are We Waiting For?

    What Are We Waiting For?

    2016

    1h.59min

    12 FSK

    All of France is powered by nuclear reactors and oil. All of France? No, a small village takes steps to transition into the post-oil era.


  • Belgica

    Belgica

    2016

    2h.7min

    12 FSK

    The two polar opposite brothers Jo and Frank have to join forces to save Café Belgica.


  • Gestrandet

    Gestrandet

    2016

    1h.18min

    0 FSK

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


  • Istanbul United

    Istanbul United

    2014

    1h.25min

    16 FSK

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


  • All Together

    All Together

    2010

    1h.32min

    6 FSK

    Five long-time friends hatch a daring scheme to escape from their old people's home. Their plan is to become roomates in their own place.


  • The Swimsuit Issue

    The Swimsuit Issue

    2008

    1h.37min

    0 FSK

    The unemployed field hockey fan Frederik is deep in midlife crisis and looks for a new field of activity: synchronized swimming.


  • Kinders

    Kinders

    2018

    1h.35min

    12

    A touching film about hidden potentials, creativity, integration, the power of music and the possible future of our society.


  • American Passages

    American Passages

    2011

    2h.0min

    16+

    An epic documentary panorama about a journey through the United States.


  • The Devil's Backbone

    The Devil's Backbone

    2001

    1h.48min

    16 FSK

    An orphan experiences real horror after the Spanish Civil War - by Guillermo del Toro.


  • Los Ángeles

    Los Ángeles

    2014

    1h.37min

    12 FSK

    17-year-old Mateo dreams of Los Angeles. He wants to work there and support his family in their small Zapotec village in southern Mexico. The only way ...


  • Inside a Volcano

    Inside a Volcano

    2017

    1h.25min

    0 FSK

    Experience the incredible success story of the Iceland national soccer team at Euro 2016.


  • Space Is the Place

    Space Is the Place

    1974

    1h.22min

    12 FSK

    Wacky 70s sci-fi music story about the music prophet Sun Ra, who has to save the earth.


  • Polar Bear

    Polar Bear

    2017

    1h.10min

    16+

    Meeting his old school "friends" reveals old wounds. But Heriberto has changed...


  • All Creatures Welcome

    All Creatures Welcome

    2018

    1h.27min

    12

    All Creatures Welcome explores the world of hackers and nerds and sketches a utopian image of society in the digital era.


  • Pornografia

    Pornografia

    2003

    1h.57min

    16+

    In Wehrmacht-occupied Poland, two intellectuals flee to a country estate and play a perverse game with its inhabitants.


  • Rest

    Rest

    2016

    1h.0min

    16+

    Involuntary stops, personal rituals between communal showers and plastic-wrapped sandwiches.


  • Creatures of the Vesuvius

    Creatures of the Vesuvius

    2013

    28min

    16+

    Essayistic film about the Camorra clan that has been dominating the city of Naples for centuries.


  • Betongold

    Betongold

    2013

    52min

    12

    Award-winning investigative documentary combines live action and animation to show the struggle against unscrupulous realtors.


  • Jaffa - The Orange's Clockwork

    Jaffa - The Orange's Clockwork

    2009

    1h.27min

    16+

    Jaffa, home of the world famous cakes, is a bustling metropolis and focus of this fascinating documentary.


  • Helbra

    Helbra

    2004

    1h.15min

    0 FSK

    This documentary observes the struggle of three men against their heroin addiction.


  • Rocket Perelman

    Rocket Perelman

    2017

    1h.48min

    12 FSK

    In a quest for self-directed living, ten artists near Berlin join forces to start the artist's colony 'Rakete Perelman'. But, they need money.


  • Pyromaniac

    Pyromaniac

    2016

    1h.38min

    12 FSK

    A firebug is wreaking havoc in a small Norwegian community - the culprit must come from among them.


  • Comuna Under Construction

    Comuna Under Construction

    2011

    1h.37min

    0 FSK

    The documentary examines the way in which self-managed communities are organized in Venezuela, of which there are thousands - in both urban and rural environments. COMUNA ...


  • We Are the Tide

    We Are the Tide

    2016

    1h.24min

    6 FSK

    15 years ago off the coast of Windholm the sea disappeared and with it, all the children. Since then, the losses hang like a curse over the region.


  • Viacrucis Migrante – Migrant Crossing

    Viacrucis Migrante – Migrant Crossing

    2015

    1h.2min

    0 FSK

    The documentary VIACRUCIS MIGRANTE – MIGRANT CROSSING by Hauke Lorenz gives people a voice who are on the arduous path to "the promised Land".


  • The Beautiful Home

    The Beautiful Home

    2011

    1h.5min

    16+

    A house for the needy in Berlin - Schöneweide where 21 men live who have lost everything – is THE BEAUTIFUL HOME for these men.


  • The Light Thief

    The Light Thief

    2010

    1h.16min

    12 FSK

    They call him Mr. Light. He's kind and thoughtful, and like moths to a flame, people are drawn to him - except the corrupt mayor, who's approval he needs ...


  • Homemad(e)

    Homemad(e)

    2001

    1h.25min

    16+

    Acclaimed Austrian documentary director Ruth Beckermann portrays a dying culture of Viennese urban history.


  • 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.


  • Fifteen Rooms

    Fifteen Rooms

    2016

    32min

    16+

    There is a lot of smoking in a Neukölln hospice and there are also many farewells.


  • to raze

    to raze

    2014

    6min

    16+

    A place and its inhabitants have to give way to the open-cast mine.


  • Jadup and Boel

    Jadup and Boel

    1988

    1h.39min

    6 FSK

    In a small town, everyone has tried to forget what happened shortly after WWII.


  • Hirschen - Da machst was mit!

    Hirschen - Da machst was mit!

    2014

    2h.5min

    0 FSK

    In order to save their home village, the local pubs regulars from HIRSCHEN resort to questionable methods.


  • Autumn Gold

    Autumn Gold

    2010

    1h.34min

    0 FSK

    The film follows five senior athletes along their biggest challenge - maturity. As all of them are between 80 and 100 years old it is a race against time ...


  • Half Nelson

    Half Nelson

    2006

    1h.42min

    12 FSK

    Despite his dedication to the junior-high students who fill his classroom, idealistic teacher Dan leads a secret life of addiction that most of his students ...


  • Fuku-chan of FukuFuku Flats

    Fuku-chan of FukuFuku Flats

    2014

    1h.46min

    12 FSK

    A Japanese slacker comedy about the loveable Fuku, who is too shy to speak to women.


  • Polterabend - Stag Party

    Polterabend - Stag Party

    2005

    22min

    16+

    As a patriarchal man, Norbert does not cope well with the fact that his beloved daughter is getting married.


  • Na Sdorowje! Babuschka!

    Na Sdorowje! Babuschka!

    2011

    22min

    16+

    Surprisingly, her Russian relatives arrive on Tatyana's birthday.


  • Cheer Up

    Cheer Up

    2016

    1h.22min

    16+

    The 'Arctic Circle Spirit Ice Queens' from a town in the Arctic Circle are probably the saddest and weakest cheerleading team in Finland.


  • At the End of the Milky Way

    At the End of the Milky Way

    2013

    1h.33min

    6 FSK

    A documentary about the periphery of society. With stubbornness and a sense of humor, people in Eastern Germany make the best of their situation. A small ...


  • Nights In The Gardens Of Spain

    Nights In The Gardens Of Spain

    2011

    1h.20min

    12 FSK

    Following the Maori custom, Kara has been chosen as head of his large family. But one day his mother sees him with his male lover. Kawa's secret is out. Will ...


  • Six Venice

    Six Venice

    2010

    1h.28min

    0 FSK

    A love letter to Venice. 6 residents speak about their love of the city, but as well as their disappointments and frustrations, far off mass tourism.


  • West Is West

    West Is West

    2010

    1h.38min

    6 FSK

    The British culture clash comedy is the follow up to the massive “East is eas”. Even the soundtrack, the Hindi film music are as delightful like the clash ...


  • Haebangchon - Chapter 1

    Haebangchon - Chapter 1

    2015

    1h.42min

    16+

    A crime drama set in the multicultural, expat district of the same name in Seoul, South Korea.


  • Bellaria – As Long As We Live!

    Bellaria – As Long As We Live!

    2001

    1h.34min

    0 FSK

    The Bellaria is a small Viennese art house cinema where time seems to stand still. Here, the movies are as old as the audience.


  • Cerro Rico – The Silver Mountain

    Cerro Rico – The Silver Mountain

    2015

    31min

    16+

    This impressive short-doc explores the secret of Bolivia's silver mountain, the Cerro Rico.


  • Die Blutritter

    Die Blutritter

    2004

    1h.26min

    6 FSK

    The Blood Ride in the Upper Swabian Weingarten is considered the largest equestrian procession in Europe and was first mentioned in writing in 1529.


  • China Reverse

    China Reverse

    2014

    1h.31min

    16+

    Documentary about the first and second generation of Chinese migrants, stranded mainly in the country's Asian restaurants.