Rafiki Fariala's debut explores student life in Bangui, revealing hopes amid challenges in the Central African Republic.
The Exam
2021
1h.26min
16+
For a young Kurdish woman, the entrance exam for university will decide, if she can live freely or has to submit to the men in her life.
Eat, Grow, Love
2018
0
How can we save the planet? The answer could be as simple as EAT, GROW, LOVE on your windowsill, your rooftop or in your backyard.
Sexological Bodywork
18
Learn about your body and your lust in a new way. Sex educationists, tantra experts, and bondage masters will help you to fully develop your orgasmic potential.
This ...
The Class
2007
2h.4min
0 FSK
An exceptional, docu-like film that explores the nuances of student-teacher relationships in a Parisian high school.
I Stay Home
2021
1h.27min
16+
1 year, 11 teens, 8 countries, 1 pandemic: A unique journey through the first year of the pandemic, seen through the eyes of children.
Adventure Anthroposophy - Rudolf Steiner and his influence
2008
1h.50min
0 FSK
Many people are familiar with Waldorf schools, but few are aware of the life and work of Rudolf Steiner, who in 1919 established them.
Dancing Quietly
2016
1h.21min
12 FSK
An authentic and quietly directed personal love letter to all those whose greatest struggle is to just get out of bed every day.
Soul Kids
2021
1h.16min
0
In this music school, kids from Memphis, one of the USA’s most distressed cities, get a chance to become professional musicians.
Sons of Honour
2020
1h.26min
16+
The sons of mafia families are forcibly removed from their families to protect them from the violent fate of their fathers.
Our Defeats
2019
1h.28min
16+
Jean-Gabriel Périot asks students on the outskirts of Paris to reenact iconic films from the '68 era and share their thoughts.
The Head of the Cat
2021
29min
12 FSK
Isolated from the outside world a mother lives with her daughter in a remote house. The mother is training her daughter to be a survival specialist.
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
Adolescentes
2020
2h.10min
16+
Victims of their circumstances: The two best friends Emma and Anaïs face very different futures.
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.
Alimamy
2020
40min
16+
To pay for his children's education, Sierra Leonean farmer Alimamy is taking a gamble: he wants to sell the entire cassava harvest at the next market.
Class Struggle
2021
1h.27min
16+
Based on his origins and personal background, director Sobo Swobodnik analyzes the social fabric of society and the German education system.
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.
Sayounara
2018
1h.26min
16+
High school student Yuki's quiet life in a sleepy coastal town is shattered when her best friend Aya commits suicide.
Music and Apocalypse
2019
1h.20min
0 FSK
A bitter satire on the university business and its evaluation madness and third-party funding stupidity.
Lower Upper Cut
2011
1h.32min
6 FSK
In this self-reflective improv film, an acting class prepares for a crucial final audition that will decide the rest of their careers.
The Voice
2020
1h.20min
16+
A sheltered teenager rebels against the strict rules, religious beliefs, and conniving classmates at his Catholic boarding school.
Deva
2019
1h.13min
16+
The story of an orphan with albinism is told in an unusual blend of neorealism and magical realism.
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.
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.
Bias
2018
1h.25min
16+
The toxic effects of prejudice are well known: sexual harassment, racial profiling, the pay gap. Yet few are prepared to admit it.
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
Meisterklasse Christa Ludwig - Part 1
1999
56min
0
The famous German mezzo-soprano Christa Ludwig makes the public singing master class an experience with her incomparably humorous manner.
With a sense ...
Meisterklasse Christa Ludwig - Part 2
1999
1h.0min
0
The famous German mezzo-soprano Christa Ludwig makes the public singing master class an experience with her incomparably humorous manner.
With a sense ...
The Farmer and His Prince
2015
1h.21min
0 FSK
Before Charles became King of England, he still had time for his beloved garden.
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.
School of Babel
2013
1h.31min
16+
For a year, Julie Bertuccelli filmed a group of students from all over the world who are all taking the same course to learn French.
#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.
Language Is a Love Story
2019
1h.30min
16+
Ms. Louiseau is a dedicated French teacher at a language school in Montréal for adult immigrants. The names of her students* are as varied as her stories.
Since ...
Dessine-toi...
2010
1h.10min
0
Creative outbursts, reflection, lack of inspiration, tears, laughter. Draw yourself... share the grace of "childhood".
CaRabA - Life Without School
2019
1h.29min
0 FSK
What would kids do if they didn't have to go to school? Five young people follow their interests in a world without compulsory education.
Märkische Forschungen
1982
1h.31min
6 FSK
On a forest road in the Brandenburg, local village teacher Pötsch encounters the distinguished Professor Menzel, who got stuck there in his car.
Ghetto
1997
1h.56min
12
A touching documentary about the everyday life of Zurich's forgotten youth.
Haymatloz - Exil in Turkey
2016
1h.30min
0 FSK
After the Nazis seized power, many German intellectuals went into exile, some of them to Turkey.
The Second Mother
2015
1h.52min
0 FSK
Winner of the C.I.C.A.E. Award and Panorama Audience Award at the 65th Berlinale for its subtle humour and outstanding performances.
Jeremy
2015
1h.33min
6 FSK
El Jeremías is a heartwarming comedy film about family love and the hard choices that come with opportunity.
Kinders
2018
1h.35min
12
A touching film about hidden potentials, creativity, integration, the power of music and the possible future of our society.
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 ...
Stations of the Cross
2014
1h.47min
12 FSK
Maria finds herself caught between two worlds: being a teenager and strict religious theachings of St. Pius XII.
At school this 14-year-old girl has all ...
Barndom
2017
1h.30min
0 FSK
Barndom (Childhood) is about a Waldorf kindergarten near Oslo. The film follows the children for a whole year and observes them playing, doing handicrafts, ...
The Angry Buddha
2016
1h.38min
16+
A Buddhist high school for Roma youngsters in Hungary? A school experiment that seeks to overcome exclusion through education and spirituality.
Die Kleinen und die Bösen
2015
1h.28min
12 FSK
Dark comedy about a german probation officer and some of his clients...
Relatively Independent
2017
1h.6min
16+
There are only 50 metres between the Fröbel School and the Model School - but the pupils are separated by worlds.
Two Suns Project
2014
46min
12
What is inclusion and what does it mean for the future? Ana Trkulja documents the Brotfabrik Berlin inclusion project Two Suns.
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.
Vitus
2006
2h.0min
0 FSK
Vitus is a highly-gifted boy who almost seems to be from another planet. His parents begin to anticipate a brilliant future for him. But Vitus has other ...
Home Game
2009
22min
12 FSK
Wotan Wilke Möhring portrays the ethics teacher Andreas, whose secret life as a football hooligan is under threat of being uncovered.
Zertifikat Deutsch
2009
1h.30min
16+
More and more immigrants have been the landing in Germany since the 1950's. But it wasn't until 2005 that a new immigration law went into effect.
La Reina del Condon
2007
1h.16min
18
Monika Krause, a German student who fell in love with a Cuban captain became the official sex educator of Castro's revolution.
Monsieur Lazhar
2011
1h.34min
12 FSK
Simon discovers that a teacher has hung herself in the classroom. Bachir Lazhar, 55, Algerian immigrant is the substitute teacher. The class goes through ...
Instructions Not Included
2013
1h.55min
6 FSK
A man who has made a new life for himself and the daughter, left on his doorstep 6 years ago, finds his family threatened when the birth mother resurfaces.
Valentín ...
The School Ghost
1987
1h.20min
6 FSK
Carola Huflattich is in the 4th grade, but she does not enjoy school at all. When she meets the school ghost "Boo", the two of them make a deal.
Without ...
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 ...
Hashtag: School Trip
2016
28min
16+
A school class visits the Auschwitz concentration camp in Poland. Buckle up in the bus, go to the toilet, a birthday song for Anja.
MARE NOSTRUM - A Concert. A Journey.
2015
57min
16+
Join the fantastical musical journey of a student group preparing for a concert on a cruise ship.