déjà-vu-films stands for political and aesthetic films - stories and images that neither bore nor lie.
In the labels own words: We think politically. We think aesthetically. We think in images. We think in stories. We won't bore and we won't lie.
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Notes on a Summer
2023
1h.23min
16+
A summery film about lust and love and choices you have to make (or not).
Schlamassel
2023
1h.55min
12 FSK
A multi-layered drama that skillfully explores how both feelings and memories stay locked away in post-reunification East Germany.
Brother's Keeper
2021
1h.25min
16+
A provincial boarding school for Kurdish boys becomes the flashpoint of a society riddled with power imbalances.
Jackie the Wolf
2023
1h.33min
16+
Jacqueline Jencquel has decided to end her life before her 75th birthday. Her son accompanies her last year with the camera.
153 Meter
2022
1h.11min
16+
Two prefabricated buildings facing each other, three women, three generations, one video camera. The story of an obsession.
Rock Chicks
2023
1h.18min
16+
Women have been an integral part of rock music from the beginning, but have been successfully repressed from the collective memory.
The Dust of Modern Life
2021
1h.21min
16+
To honor the archaic lifestyles of his ancestors and to preserve tradition, Liêm spends several days each year in the Vietnamese jungle.
Stop-Zemlia
2022
2h.2min
12 FSK
Delightfully light-hearted and wonderfully honest coming-of-age story that flows seamlessly between fiction to documentary.
Anatolian Leopard
2022
1h.49min
16+
A geriatric leopard and an aging zoo director are the only ones who can still prevent the sale of the zoo in Ankara to foreign investors.
Short Order
2005
1h.41min
12 FSK
Life becomes an all-you-can-eat buffet in this ensemble comedy full of quirky characters and culinary delights. Dig in!
Museum of the Revolution
2022
1h.31min
16+
In the basement of the never completed Museum of the Revolution, Belgrade dwell the outcasts of a society that is being transformed by capitalism.
Recycling Medea: Not an Opera Ballet Film
2013
1h.15min
16+
The Greek composer and national hero Mikis Theodorakis settles accounts on stage with a society that robs its children of their future.
Untimely
2020
1h.17min
16+
In this Iranian debut feature, the dilemma of a young soldier unfolds into a visually stunning coming-of-age story spanning several time levels.
Lingui, The Sacred Bonds
2021
1h.27min
16 FSK
Deeply humanist drama centred on the strength and resilience of women in the face of a dangerously patriarchal society.
Thirty
2019
1h.54min
16+
A senistive drama that authentically and lovingly captures the lifestyle of a group of young urbanites on the brink of a quarter-life crisis.
Bungalow
2002
1h.24min
12 FSK
The Bundeswehr is looking for him, his girlfriend Kerstin breaks up with him, and unexpectedly his older brother Max shows up
Stand Up My Beauty
2022
1h.49min
0 FSK
Heidi Specogna (Cahier africain) accompanies the Ethiopian singer Nardos Wude Tesfaw, who combines traditional singing and emancipation, over 5 years.
Lichter der Stadt
2020
1h.42min
16+
Joscha is on high alert. He wants to take a pill, but chance encounters with old friends keep him from swallowing it. Shot in a single t ake!
Chasing Paper Birds
2020
2h.3min
16+
Driven by their obsessions and fears, three Berliners lose themselves in the urban jungle.
Come Closer
2021
1h.15min
16+
The focus is on the relationship between the two directors Bella and Andreas, who explore themes of love, sex, friendship and desire.
Mary Bauermeister - One and One is Three
2021
1h.42min
16+
As a pioneer of the Fluxus movement she revolutionized the concept of art and made history with contemporaries Karlheinz Stockhausen and John Cage.
1986
2019
1h.17min
16+
A young woman ventures into the deadly beauty of the Chernobyl exclusion zone to save her father from prison.
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
Sex: Speak
2015
1h.20min
16 FSK
Sex is the most beautiful thing in the world. But talking about it without straying into lasciviousness or becoming inhibited remains tricky.
Naked Animals
2020
1h.24min
12 FSK
Lost in the German province and searching for stability, 5 young people find each other and live by their own rules.
Uferfrauen - Lesbian Life and Love in the GDR
2020
1h.56min
12
Six very different lesbian women talk about their lives and loves in the socialist system of the GDR.
Eight Hundred Times Lonely
2020
1h.24min
0 FSK
A warm-hearted yet stylistically radical film portrait in black and white and color about Edgar Reitz and his encounter with a young female filmmaker.
Sebastian Jumping Fences
2020
1h.10min
16+
From an early age, Sebastian had to be self-reliant. This film follows him through three stages of his life on the path to discovering his true self.
Thinking like a mountain
2019
1h.31min
16+
The Arhuacos are the guardians of the forest and the glacial ice of Colombia's highest mountain range - the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta.
Lemonade
2018
1h.28min
16+
A film about the harsh reality behind the dreams of emigrants who are confronted with abuse of power.
Hotel Ausschwitz
2018
1h.15min
16+
A disavowed theatre group undertakes a research trip to what was once the largest extermination camp in the world and become their own downfall.
Only One Day in Berlin
2018
1h.14min
16+
Mia and Linda meet again after years in Berlin. Mia is in debt and plans to blackmail the man she has been having an affair with.
Dance Fight Love Die: With Mikis On the Road
2017
1h.27min
12 FSK
Composer Mikis Theodorakis is the enfant terrible of contemporary European music history - an exceptional artist in a dramatic century.
Messi and Maud
2017
1h.32min
16+
After an argument with her boyfriend, Maud travels alone through Chile and meets a boy named Messi.
Shot In The Dark
2017
1h.19min
0 FSK
An intimate portrait of three successful blind artists whose visual impairment has become the starting point for their visual explorations.
Arrhythmia
2017
1h.56min
16+
In the usually grueling everyday life of Moscow, a city of millions, ambulance driver Oleg tries to preserve a remnant of humanity.
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.
8:30
2017
1h.10min
16+
A sales rep find himself stranded in an abstract space and time loop. Trapped in a non-place, between urban misunderstandings and Google Street View.
Hard & Ugly
2017
1h.11min
16+
Ridiculously funny analysis of metropolitan hipsterism in Berlin, the German capital.
Wrinkles - Confronting The Process Of Aging
2016
1h.28min
16+
The five protagonists, all 70+, take the audience along on their journey through life and describe what has shaped their lives and what they regret.
Cahier Africain
2016
1h.59min
0 FSK
A small notebook filled with the courageous testimonies of 300 people reporting on the atrocities of Congolese mercenaries.
The Wounded Angel
2016
1h.53min
16+
In his surreal drama, award-winning Kazakh director Emir Baigazin deals with youth in an eroding society.
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.
Europe – She Loves
2016
1h.40min
16+
Crises, grievances, fear of the future and hope: eight young people search for their place in society in various European countries.
Family Film
2015
1h.35min
12 FSK
A couple embark on vacation. Left alone, their children cut loose until the boy gets caught for skipping school and things take an unexpected turn.
Above and Below
2015
1h.53min
12 FSK
A rough roller coaster ride with unique survivalists in a world full of challenges and beauty - from the sewers of Las Vergas to Mars.
Café Waldluft
2015
1h.19min
12 FSK
After the big influx of refugees to Europe in 2015, even the most Bavarian villages the picturesque mountains had to adapt.
Elected
2014
1h.42min
0 FSK
This doc follows a group of young German politicians over a period of five years starting with their first legislature period as Bundestag delegates.
Near and Elsewhere
2019
1h.24min
16+
How can our society develop in the face of current social, economic and cultural challenges?
All About Rita
2019
1h.17min
12
The love and life suffering of young people between Cologne and Berlin, with Woody Allenesque lightness.
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?
The Symphony of Uncertainty
2018
1h.35min
16+
This is a far-reaching interrogation of something that’s usually regarded as the undoubted precondition of life and filmmaking: an objective, at best yet ...
Making the Grade
2017
1h.22min
16+
Welcome to the world of the piano lesson. Every year teachers and students in Ireland prepare for graded musical exams. It can be fun for some students ...
Hotel Yugoslavia
2017
1h.18min
16+
A journey through the times and spaces of the Hotel Jugoslavija.
Belgrade's cityscape is still haunted by the Hotel like a mirror held up to a Serbia ...
Those Who Are Fine
2017
1h.11min
16+
Alice works in a call center on the outskirts of Zurich. Inspired by her job, she calls lonely grandmothers and pretends to be a granddaughter in need ...