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  • After the Fire

    After the Fire

    2023

    1h.38min

    12

    Following the death of her younger brother during a police intervention, Malika embarks on a legal battle to ensure a trial takes place.


  • The Strong Sex

    The Strong Sex

    2022

    1h.42min

    16 FSK

    An eye-opening reflection on male sexuality, its power structures and stereotypes of masculinity in our present day.


  • The World Is Blue at Its Edges

    The World Is Blue at Its Edges

    2021

    14min

    0

    A mother shares her thoughts with her unborn child. It is a glimpse into an uncertain future and yet full of hope.


  • One Hundred Four

    One Hundred Four

    2024

    1h.33min

    12 FSK

    How agonizingly long can it take to rescue ONE HUNDRED AND FOUR people from an inflatable boat? Find out in this one-shot documentary.


  • Reihe 6

    Reihe 6

    2023

    25min

    16+

    This documentary shows the consequences of the 2008 war for displaced Georgians in a refugee settlement and their struggle to find a new home.


  • Almost Entirely a Slight Disaster

    Almost Entirely a Slight Disaster

    2023

    1h.28min

    16+

    Director Umut Subaşı deftly captures the essence of millennial malaise in contemporary Istanbul.


  • Foreplay

    Foreplay

    2021

    52min

    16+

    In 2000, Julie Talon made the film "Baiser certain", about the first kiss as a rite of passage. What has changed in the last 20 years?


  • Natural Selection

    Natural Selection

    2017

    16+

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


  • Living Together

    Living Together

    2022

    1h.30min

    16+

    An integration course teaches people the finer points of Viennese culture in Chinese, Arabic, Russian and German.


  • Fortuna Valentyn

    Fortuna Valentyn

    2022

    1h.5min

    16+

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


  • Home Game

    Home Game

    2023

    30min

    16+

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


  • Feels Good Man

    Feels Good Man

    2020

    1h.32min

    16+

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


  • Me Time

    Me Time

    2022

    1h.26min

    16

    Self-determination, women's rights, taboos: ME TIME focuses on child-free life and expectations of mothers.


  • Living Water

    Living Water

    2020

    1h.17min

    16+

    The conflicts for water in Jordan’s deserts already happening today gives a pretaste of future disputes.


  • 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.


  • Room Without a View

    Room Without a View

    2021

    1h.13min

    16+

    Slavery has never ended. It has just assumed other names and ways to conceal itself.


  • Uncomfortably Comfortable

    Uncomfortably Comfortable

    2021

    1h.12min

    16+

    This experimental video portrait delves into questions of homelessness, the impact of incarceration, trauma, and living on the fringes of society.


  • A Pile of Ghosts

    A Pile of Ghosts

    2021

    1h.10min

    16+

    An exploration of the eerie interplay of reality and fiction in contemporary China, where cities are built on speculation and capitalist fictions.


  • Butenland

    Butenland

    2020

    1h.18min

    12 FSK

    An ex-dairy farmer and an animal rights activist start a living farm for cows.


  • Homeopathy Unrefuted?

    Homeopathy Unrefuted?

    2021

    1h.26min

    0 FSK

    Is homeopathy a hoax or medicine? Here, homeopaths are allowed to share their very different views.


  • To Live to Sing

    To Live to Sing

    2019

    1h.47min

    16+

    Faced with the imminent destruction of their opera house, a traditional Sichuan opera troupe plans a big show to save their opera house.


  • Going Alone

    Going Alone

    2022

    28min

    16+

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


  • Seahorse

    Seahorse

    2020

    16min

    16+

    Hanan fled with her family from northern Iraq across the Mediterranean Sea. At that time, she did not know how to swim. She now overcomes the trauma.


  • No News

    No News

    2021

    1h.21min

    16+

    The shocking story of the sea rescue ship Lifeline, which was denied entry to a safe port for months.


  • Alle in einem Boot

    Alle in einem Boot

    2020

    1h.31min

    16+

    This cleverly staged low-budget film takes a humorous approach to the topic of flight and migration and dispenses with striking messages.


  • 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?


  • From Far Away

    From Far Away

    2006

    1h.30min

    0 FSK

    A personal travelogue by Berlin-based director Thomas Arslan about a journey through Turkey.


  • The Mediterranean: The Refugee Graveyard

    The Mediterranean: The Refugee Graveyard

    2020

    59min

    16+

    Migrants from Sub-Saharan Africa, often strand in Lybia. But the war-torn country is one of the worst places in the world to be a refugee.


  • Berlin 4 Lovers

    Berlin 4 Lovers

    2019

    1h.12min

    16+

    Tinder users in Berlin talk openly and honestly and about real-life encounters, both the good and the bad, with dates made using the famous dating app


  • Objector

    Objector

    2019

    1h.16min

    16+

    Like all Israeli youths, Atalya is obligated to become a soldier. But unlike most, she questions the practices of her country’s military.


  • The Wild Frontier

    The Wild Frontier

    2018

    3h.39min

    12

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


  • Disciples of Hate

    Disciples of Hate

    2018

    1h.0min

    16+

    An ex-Salafist and an ex-Neo-Nazi confront their past. Dominic Schmitz and Felix Benneckenstein were trapped in an ideology for years.


  • Of Neo-Nazis and Superheroes – How the Far Right is Changing a Small German Town

    Of Neo-Nazis and Superheroes – How the Far Right is Changing a Small German Town

    2018

    56min

    16+

    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.


  • Against the Tide

    Against the Tide

    2019

    1h.24min

    16+

    How does it feel to be a suspected radical left-wing terrorist? Especially if you've fled to to South America to avoid authorities.


  • Agrocalypse

    Agrocalypse

    2016

    57min

    12

    An indescribable catastrophe is unfolding before our eyes. How can it be stopped?


  • Meuthen's Party

    Meuthen's Party

    2017

    1h.32min

    12

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


  • For the love of survival

    For the love of survival

    2019

    1h.26min

    0 FSK

    To prevent the ecological collapse of our planet, these 8 courageous people envision a new kind of agriculture.


  • Im inneren Kreis

    Im inneren Kreis

    2017

    1h.23min

    12 FSK

    Iris P. was an undercover investigator who maintained close friendships and had intimate relationships with the people she spied on.


  • Counting Tiles

    Counting Tiles

    2018

    1h.26min

    16+

    "Clowns without Borders" bring a bit of joy to the refugee camp in Moria, Lesbos.


  • Lord of the Toys

    Lord of the Toys

    2018

    1h.36min

    16 FSK

    Max "Adlersson" Herzberg from Dresden, 20 years old, has over 300,000 subscriptions on YouTube and reviews knives and gangsta rap fan boxes.


  • In Search ...

    In Search ...

    2019

    1h.30min

    12 FSK

    As a child in Kenya, the filmmaker Beryl Magoko was subjected to a life-threatening ritual which many girls undergo even today.


  • Live and Let Live

    Live and Let Live

    2013

    1h.20min

    0 FSK

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


  • Moschee DE

    Moschee DE

    2016

    1h.1min

    16+

    On the outskirts of Berlin, a culture clash is brewing. A Muslim community wants to build a mosque on a vacant lot.


  • #Uploading_Holocaust

    #Uploading_Holocaust

    2016

    1h.10min

    0

    Every year, tens of thousands of young Israelis travel to Poland to visit the Holocaust memorials – a digital-sociological observation.


  • Silvered Water, Syria Self-Portrait

    Silvered Water, Syria Self-Portrait

    2013

    1h.43min

    18

    Horrifying videos of the Syrian civil war, taken with mobile phones in the besieged city of Homs, show the horrors of war unfiltered.


  • The Tower

    The Tower

    2018

    1h.17min

    16+

    Warm-hearted animated film tells the story of a girl in the permanent refugee camp Burj el Barajneh, Lebanon and her family history.


  • Bikes vs Cars

    Bikes vs Cars

    2015

    1h.30min

    0 FSK

    Bikes vs Cars highlights a global crisis that we have long been aware of and should be talking about: The climate and mobility crisis....


  • The Most Beautiful Country in the World

    The Most Beautiful Country in the World

    2018

    1h.41min

    16+

    A semi-documentary that follows a group of young migrants in Austria as they negotiate the maze of administrative procedures.


  • Gaza Surf Club

    Gaza Surf Club

    2016

    1h.27min

    0 FSK

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


  • To the Four Winds

    To the Four Winds

    2018

    1h.40min

    16+

    A French olive farmer offers help to refugees crossing the mountains. But now he too faces prosecution.


  • Push

    Push

    2019

    1h.32min

    0 FSK

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


  • Eisenberger – Art Must be Beautiful, as the Frog Says to the Fly

    Eisenberger – Art Must be Beautiful, as the Frog Says to the Fly

    2018

    1h.34min

    16

    Where does artistic freedom begin and where does it end? And, does art actually still need artists?


  • Code of Survival

    Code of Survival

    2017

    1h.35min

    0 FSK

    What kind of agriculture holds the code for survival on our planet?


  • The Other Side of Hope

    The Other Side of Hope

    2017

    1h.40min

    6 FSK

    In Helsinki, two destinies intersect in the midst of racism and loss: Cohesion and humanity can overcome everything.


  • Gestrandet

    Gestrandet

    2016

    1h.18min

    0 FSK

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


  • The Cleaners

    The Cleaners

    2018

    1h.28min

    16 FSK

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


  • It's All Good

    It's All Good

    2018

    1h.10min

    16+

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


  • When Paul Came Over The Sea

    When Paul Came Over The Sea

    2017

    1h.33min

    6 FSK

    Paul Nkamani has made his way from Cameroon through the Sahara to Europe. But even when he arrives in Germany, his future remains uncertain. The Cameroonian ...


  • Tehran Taboo

    Tehran Taboo

    2016

    1h.36min

    16 FSK

    The lives of three strong-willed women and a young musician cross paths in Tehran’s schizophrenic society where sex, adultery, corruption, prostitution ...


  • The Forecaster

    The Forecaster

    2014

    1h.33min

    0 FSK

    MARTIN ARMSTRONG, once a US based trillion dollar financial adviser, used the number pi to predict economic turning points with precision. When some ...


  • Brother Jakob

    Brother Jakob

    2016

    1h.32min

    0 FSK

    I lost my brother to a God that is a stranger to me. Jacob seeks the truth and I seek Jacob. Will we find each other again? Jacob is my beloved younger ...


  • Zu ebener Erde

    Zu ebener Erde

    2018

    1h.31min

    16+

    They are everywhere and yet often invisible: homeless people are often ignored. Visibility is also a social indicator.


  • Cloud Making Machine: Between Home & Homeland

    Cloud Making Machine: Between Home & Homeland

    2017

    1h.15min

    16+

    Three young new-Berliners dream of the good life in the form of art studies, a rap career or simply a work permit.


  • Guardians of the Earth

    Guardians of the Earth

    2017

    1h.26min

    0 FSK

    In just 11 days, 20,000 representatives from 195 countries are expected to meet in Paris to agree on the first global treaty on climate change.


  • The Judgement

    The Judgement

    2014

    1h.47min

    12 FSK

    Top-class arthouse film from Bulgaria. An unsparing document about despair and guilt - visually stunning and impressive.


  • 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.


  • Not without us - Nicht ohne uns

    Not without us - Nicht ohne uns

    2016

    1h.27min

    16+

    16 children on 5 continents - as different as their living environment and personalities are, as similar are their fears, hopes and dreams.


  • The Invisibles

    The Invisibles

    2014

    1h.17min

    0

    A story about the grind of examination and verifying in the German bureaucracy.


  • Welcome Goodbye

    Welcome Goodbye

    2014

    1h.22min

    0 FSK

    Currently, Berlin is experiencing the highest growth rate of tourism in the world, a situation not everyone is happy about.


  • Fatherlands - A long-term documentation and introspection

    Fatherlands - A long-term documentation and introspection

    2017

    1h.26min

    16+

    A man and woman fall in love and are expecting a child. A few months before the birth, the pregnant woman leaves her partner and breaks off contact.


  • Frozen Conflict

    Frozen Conflict

    2018

    1h.0min

    16+

    One of Europe's strangest borders lies between the Republic of Moldova and the de facto autonomous region of Transnistria.


  • Seed: The Untold Story

    Seed: The Untold Story

    2016

    1h.34min

    6 FSK

    Few things on earth are as wondrous and vital as seeds. Revered and valued since the dawn of mankind.


  • Bolingo. The Forest of Love

    Bolingo. The Forest of Love

    2016

    55min

    16+

    BOLINGO, THE FOREST OF LOVE is a documentary about women fighting for survival for themselves and their children.


  • Meine Daten und ich

    Meine Daten und ich

    2008

    1h.19min

    6 FSK

    In the mockumentary filmmaker Axel Ranisch asks various politicians: “How far can the state go to combat terrorism?” The insights are humorous and downright ...