Drama, Independent
2024
24min
16
Since her abortion, paraplegic Jana tries to reorganise her life and seeks answers on her undefined relationship with Aaron.
Drama
2022
2h.3min
12
Love, grief, isolation: a quiet film about what connects us—and what drives us apart. Sign language gives shape to the unspeakable.
Drama, Queer
2019
1h.31min
12 FSK
Umut's life is turned upside down after a picture of him kissing a boy at his sports club turns up.
2018
1h.33min
A road movie about a deep friendship between men and the essential question of what home really means.
1h.24min
Two strangers. A spontaneous sex date. The attraction between them is intense. Is this really their first meeting?
1h.30min
An actor turned drag queen, shaken by a breakup, flees to the countryside, where he finds his grandmother in poor health.
1h.32min
A poetic summer full of doubt, intimacy, and courage: Two girls fall in love and explore what freedom and love really mean.
2017
1h.47min
0
Andreas and Martin finally have more time for themselves again and go to the Baltic Sea. But the mood is disturbed by their different expectations.
2020
1h.22min
16 FSK
Can Justine's newly kindled love for Rachel heal her emotional pain and fulfill her hopes for a happy future?
1h.20min
The desire for a baby of two lesbian “moms-to-be” and a not entirely voluntary “father” cause quite a stir...
2023
1h.12min
Two childhood friends meet up again after many years to dig up a secret buried deep in the forest.
Drama, Comedy
1h.34min
A touching drama about a father who traces the footsteps of his deceased daughter through Marseille.
2016
1h.28min
6 FSK
Benny, a college freshman at Ohio's Akron University falls in love with fellow freshman Christopher at a football game.
1h.27min
Eight young artists in Linz, Austria, are struggling with their muses, the pursuit of infinity, and the end of their twenties.
0 FSK
Two childhood friends meet again after years and are overwhelmed by the unspoken sexual tension between them.
1h.42min
Carmen, a Romni, has resigned herself to the traditional expectations placed on her until she meets Lola and questions everything.
Karim has finally found the courage to come out to his family. But will love conquer his family's prejudices?
1h.53min
When no one wants to adopt Alba, a newborn with Down syndrome, a gay Catholic fights to get custody of the girl.
1h.39min
His sister's meteoric rise to local sainthood puts Lino in a moral dilemma.
1h.49min
In the spirit of a new beginning, after the end of the dictatorship in Portugal, poet Al Berto searches for freedom and unconventional love.
When a student comes out as queer, her teacher is forced to choose between conservative religion and individual freedom.
2013
1h.52min
In a war-torn city, a story of courage and heroism unfolds that profoundly shapes the lives of those involved.
A closeted teen struggles to part ways with 4 high school drama friends at their final murder mystery party before they leave for college.
1h.40min
After a blow of fate, Erika starts group therapy. One day, the group decides to create their own relief and change, and move from hotel to hotel.
2004
1h.25min
Two old friends meet again in Seoul, indulge in memories and hatch a plan to meet a woman they have both had an affair with one last time.
2007
Gus Van Sant's atmospheric study of teenage skater Jake, who tries to come to terms with a traumatic death.
2010
2h.45min
Early 19th century: Because of her striking appearance, South African Saartjie Baartman is paraded around Europe like a wild animal in a circus act.
2012
Juliette Binoche and Édgar Ramirez starr as a surgeon couple that has been madly in love for the past 10 years, but has to face their demons.
2h.5min
Paris, early 70s: torn between radical political commitment and personal ambitions, a young student is engulfed by the turmoil of the times.
2021
1h.35min
A sensitive and respectful portrait of a loving father son relationship teetering on the brink of suffocating co-dependency.
1h.38min
The discovery of a woman's body in the retort city of Sophia Antipolis reveals the dystopian, dehumanized underbelly of the slick, technology hub.
Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
1h.37min
The feature debut of French duo Caroline Poggi and Jonathan Vinel polarized festival audiences and left critics divided.
2014
An ancient drama of the gods based on the work of the poet Ovid is revived at a highway rest stop.
A South American drama about 17-year-old Valeria, who is pregnant, and her relationship with her own mother.
Drama, Thriller
2002
2h.1min
18 FSK
Diana, who works for a porn producer, travels to Tokyo on business, where she discovers a darknet torture website.
Kristin hasn't spoken to her son David in two years, even though they both live under the same roof.
Bodybuilder Lea Pearl is focused on the prestigious Miss Heaven competition until her ex-husband Ben shows up with their child.
In this blend of French social drama, light-hearted comedy and fantasy, an unpopular physics teacher acquires supernatural powers.
Animation, Drama
A sensitive story that uses stop-motion and modern animation to create a magical world of self-discovery.
Drama, Romance
The life of the young stuttering woman Lila, is turned upside down when she meets Mo, who risks his life in illegal car racing.
2015
2h.6min
The life of Tao, and those close to her, is explored in three different time periods: 1999, 2014, and 2025.
Amami-Oshima Island in Japan. A 14-year-old boy finds a body floating in the sea. He asks his girlfriend for help.
2009
In front of an impressive western backdrop, Sébastien Lifshitz tells the story of a summer full of emotions in a documentary style.
2008
In China, an arms factory has to make way for the luxury residential project “24 City”. Three generations of factory workers report on the change.
2h.0min
A romantic Japanese drama in which Asako meets the doppelganger of her childhood sweetheart.
Three siblings have to get along with each other after they inherit an impressive art collection.
Comedy, Drama
In this comedy with dystopian traits, the single mother and musician Tala earns her money by selling her breast milk.
1h.36min
Sof loves his free life in France, but when he is threatened with deportation, he takes a job at an Islamic funeral home.
1h.51min
A young woman's return to her homeland reveals a dark story from the past involving guilt, trauma and revenge.
Drama, Crime
For Mariam, a night of partying turns into a fight for her dignity and justice.
1919: Julie hopes for the return of her missing husband. When she sees a photo in the newspaper, she thinks she recognizes her husband.
Crime, Drama
An unembellished look at the depths of human desires – intense, uncomfortable and deeply impressive.
Peru's official entry for the 2024 Oscars features an outstanding ensemble.
Over the course of a Brazilian summer, Tamara develops a fascination for the mysterious girl with the scar on her chest.
43min
In the mountain village of Kumru, a whistled language is a central part of communication. However, Berat cannot whistle.
1h.57min
Bond villain Detlef Bothe tells the story of two people who would have been better off never meeting.
1h.45min
Trapped on a film set between fiction and supposed reality, five people have to discard their old survival strategies.
Documentary, Drama
A harrowing drama about patriarchal justice in Iran – awarded the German Film Prize in Gold.
1h.26min
In this touching Iranian drama, Fereshteh has to find a place to hide her newborn, illegitimate daughter.
QUITT = art, comic, trash, from the Alps and the Wild West, with plastic mannequins as actors, real landscapes and in-between songs.
20min
Five women, each endowed with magical powers, break out of their prescribed roles to (re)write their own history.
Love at a distance: can a relationship last if everyday life is only shared via screens?
1h.41min
One misstep costs him his life's work. Workaholic Frank is faced with the choice of preserving his image or his convictions.
2h.10min
The passion of three teenagers struggling in the current of their first love as they find their way to freedom.
1h.55min
Vera lives in her father's shadow. One day, she develops an intense relationship with a father and son, and discovers real life.
What if your private moments suddenly become public? Tati's story is a dark lesson about the risks of social media.
A tragedy connects Claire with her destiny: a fateful trip that teaches her to take control of her own life.
Two childhood friends from the same Innu community in Quebec begin to realize that they face very different futures.
Alex and Noémie would like to have a child. But their plans are turned upside down when Alex's mother Suzanne falls ill with "semantic dementia".
A theater group takes on the powerful pharmaceutical industry and is infiltrated by its agents.
Drama, Action & Adventure
Grimme Award-winning war drama about a German-Kurdish Bundeswehr soldier who gets caught between the fronts in Iraq.
Baghdad 2006: In the midst of the bloody conflicts, people try to live their day-to-day life.
Faced with a prison sentence for a crime he didn't commit, Sharaf decides to try to rise in the egyptian prison hierarchy.
2h.4min
A multi-faceted portrait of a Kurdish childhood under the shadow of the Assad dictatorship, spiced with a dash of humor and satire.
25min
A young woman's search for her family roots leads her to Mexico and on the trail of a revolutionary.
Drama, Shorts
22min
In this perceptive coming-of-age drama, 16-year-old Suse feels like a fifth wheel since her mom started dating.
Following the death of her younger brother during a police intervention, Malika embarks on a legal battle to ensure a trial takes place.
When it all gets too much, Franky checks into a hotel that only exists in her head and talks to the imaginary staff.
A comically romantic culture clash in Rome: Phaim, who is of Bengali origin, has fallen in love with the progressive Asia.
1h.21min
Katharina and Steffen have everything but still want to escape the comforting predictability of their lives. Will they dare to take that one step?
In the hedonistic Berlin of the 2010s, a writer drifts through the party scene. With Nina Hagen, Peaches, Rosa von Praunheim and Blixa Bargeld.
Mysteries and supernatural events heat up the Saint-Henri neighborhood in a sweltering Montreal summer.
Rosa and David, two lost souls, try to escape purgatory. But only one of them can be saved in the end.
1h.43min
Jack, Lisa and Mathis are suddenedly orphaned. All three react to the catastrophe in their own way. Jack, who has just come of age, gets custody.
Fifteen-year-old Gina grew up in a loving family on the edge of a forest. She admires and loves her father Jimmy, an unpredictable and whimsical man.
Chanelle, a 38-year-old French teacher, enters into a relationship with her 17-year-old student Sandrick.
During the "Palace years", the love story of Rose, an orphaned and destitute teenager, and Michel, a painter six years her senior.
In a cold summer, 10 strangers connect, revealing dreams and fears in an impressionist tapestry of contemporary France's soul.
Heartwarming series in which single mother Louison and her son are simultaneously diagnosed with life-changing autism.
The Sutter family can no longer earn a living from their Swiss mountain farm in the 1970s. A family catastrophe is brewing.
1h.23min
For a couple living self-sufficiently, installing a wind turbine becomes a test of their relationship.
The war crimes tribunal in The Hague is fighting with itself and war criminals from the former Yugoslavia.
WORKING GIRLS is a gripping, character-driven drama about three resilient prostitutes navigating complex lives and dark secrets in a Belgian brothel.
In the shadow of Auschwitz, a touching story of reconciliation takes place between a young German and a concentration camp survivor.
1h.58min
The crime against a young nun reveals the fatalism, faith and superstition that paralyzes the Romanian province.
In monsoon-soaked Singapore, a teacher's struggle for identity and connection unfolds through an unlikely and transformative bond.
16+
New York rich kid James is forced to choose between his drug fuled lifestyle and the last chance to redeem his relationship with his mother.
1h.15min
A taut supremely crafted social thriller about a woman seeking retribution from members of a corrupt pharmaceutical industry.
A lovely, intimate drama of family dynamics under stress, offering an intriguing peek into previously unseen Singaporean middle-class life.
Olga, who is grieving for her mother and also anorexic, is sent to a psychiatrist who is dealing with her own losses in an unusual way.
1h.19min
When a mother and her daughter take a vacation at the Baltic Sea, it quickly turns into a journey into the past that opens up old wounds.