Decolonize

  • Fogaréu

    Fogaréu

    2022

    1h.40min

    16+

    In her surreal and fantastic debut, Flávia Neves masterfully combines the search for her own origins with Brazil's colonial past.


  • Life on the Horn

    Life on the Horn

    2020

    25min

    16+

    A creeping, almost invisible toxic waste catastrophe is taking place on Somalia's coast.


  • Make Up the World

    Make Up the World

    2024

    1h.39min

    0 FSK

    Props play a crucial role in every movie, yet they are rarely consciously noticed - the big and small things on the set.


  • Açúcar

    Açúcar

    2017

    1h.30min

    16+

    The estate of a wealthy family in Brazils costal region becomes a microcosm that represents the ethnic, social and cultural divide in the country.


  • Embrace of the Serpent

    Embrace of the Serpent

    2015

    1h.59min

    12 FSK

    An Oscar-nominated drama about two explorers and their journey in the Amazon unfolds a magical and meditative spell.


  • Almayer's Folly

    Almayer's Folly

    2011

    2h.7min

    16+

    A European merchant in South-East Asia who dreams of riches for his beloved daughter collapses under the weight of his own greed and prejudice.


  • A Yellow Animal

    A Yellow Animal

    2020

    1h.56min

    16+

    A bankrupt Brazilian filmmaker, with a colonial family history, is haunted by the ghost of a mysterious Mozambican.


  • Whispering Truth to Power

    Whispering Truth to Power

    2018

    1h.26min

    12

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


  • The Sound of Masks

    The Sound of Masks

    2018

    1h.11min

    12

    Join Atanásio the legendary storyteller, hidden behind a mysterious wooden mask, in the fascinating Mapiko dance.


  • Vote for Kibera

    Vote for Kibera

    2018

    1h.30min

    12

    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.


  • The Teacher’s Country

    The Teacher’s Country

    2013

    1h.10min

    6

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


  • Nakom

    Nakom

    2016

    1h.30min

    16+

    After his father’s sudden death, Iddrisu, a talented medical student, returns to his home village of northern Ghana.


  • Kinshasa Collection

    Kinshasa Collection

    2017

    16+

    The semi-fictional documentary indie series KINSHASA COLLECTION sheds light on the development of the Congolese metropolis as the capital of new urban ...


  • The Sun Assassinated

    The Sun Assassinated

    2002

    2h.0min

    16+

    A dramatization of actual events portraying both the contentious rise and success of Jean Senac in Algeria and a friendship that ends in tragedy.


  • Omulaule Means Black

    Omulaule Means Black

    2003

    1h.5min

    0 FSK

    The largely unknown story of the GDR contract workers from Namibia.


  • God is not Working on Sunday!

    God is not Working on Sunday!

    2015

    1h.22min

    16+

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


  • We Came To Help

    We Came To Help

    2013

    1h.27min

    16+

    Can good cause evil? This documentary investigates the effect of Swiss development assistance in Rwanda before the genocide against the Tutsi.


  • The Fire, a Fowl And an (Un)Forgotten Past

    The Fire, a Fowl And an (Un)Forgotten Past

    2017

    12min

    12

    Over a hundred years ago, "Togoland", now the Republic of Togo and part of present-day Ghana, was a colonial possession of the German Empire.


  • Something Necessary

    Something Necessary

    2013

    1h.21min

    12 FSK

    A gangster movie from Kenya: funny, sad, brutal. It was the first Kenyan film ever entered into the Best Foreign Film Oscar race. Produced by German Star ...


  • Nairobi Half Life

    Nairobi Half Life

    2012

    1h.36min

    12 FSK

    A gangster movie from Kenya: funny, sad, brutal. It was the first Kenyan film ever entered into the Best Foreign Film Oscar race. Produced by German Star ...


  • 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.


  • Opération Libertad

    Opération Libertad

    2012

    1h.30min

    16+

    To atone for the injustice of colonialism, a revolutionary group attacks a Swiss bank.


  • Teza

    Teza

    2008

    2h.12min

    16 FSK

    After studying in West Germany, Anberber returns to his native Ethiopia as a postgraduate. But he does not recognize his country and get lost in his nostalgic ...