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The World Is Blue at Its Edges
Icons & Media Art
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.
The Wondrous World of Laundry
Documentary
2009
1h.36min
12 FSK
A look behind the scenes: This documentary reveals the hidden efforts and globalized processes behind clean hotel linen.
Kick It Like a Girl
Documentary, Independent
2023
0 FSK
"Girls can't play soccer" - Pauline, Chayenne, Eriona and Liv prove that this is obviously nonsense in this documentary series.
Adam Ondra: Pushing the Limits
Documentary, Independent
2022
1h.17min
16+
Climber Adam Ondra, best in his field, is known for his fearless, record-breaking ascents. An intimate portrait explores his life beyond the headlines
Europa Passage
Documentary, Independent
2022
1h.29min
16+
A movie about people who have no chance but still try to make the best of it. And about the price they have to pay for it.
Uncanny Me
Documentary, Independent
2022
44min
16+
Lale creates a digital clone to escape the stressful world of fashion. UNCANNY ME explores identity, technology and the nature of reality.
Fragile Memory
Biography, Documentary
2022
1h.25min
16+
The Ukranian grandson of filmmaker Leonid Burlaka draws a rich picture of Soviet history with archive footage of his grandfather.
It Works II
Documentary, Independent
2022
1h.43min
16+
IT WORKS II shows the lives of three people with disabilities - grown up and self-determined, 20 years after the first film.
It Works
Documentary, Icons & Media Art
1998
21min
16+
IT WORKS tells seemingly ordinary stories that are a celebration of the individual achievements of the four protagonists.
Signs of War
Documentary, Independent
2022
1h.20min
16+
To document the imment conflict in eastern Ukraine, photographer Pierre Crom traveled to the Donbass in 2014.
Mother, I Am Suffocating. This Is My Last Film About You.
Documentary, Independent
2019
1h.16min
16+
A visually stunning journey through love, loss and legacy, as directed by the acclaimed Lemohang Jeremiah Mosese.
One Hundred Four
Documentary
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.
L' "il y a" du rapport sexuel
Documentary, Icons & Media Art
2023
1h.35min
16+
Two strangers, Lisa and Jos, go to San Francisco to find out, if there is sexual intercourse - based on french philosopher Jean-Luc Nancys text.
Searching For Gerda Taro
Biography, Documentary
2021
57min
16+
The life and work of a charismatic Jewish refugee from Germany, an anti-fascist, and a trailblazing photographer whose would be forgotten.
Good Life Deal
Documentary, Independent
2022
1h.13min
16+
Gerhard goes all in: He leaves his previous life behind for the Thai girl Amy. Romance and thriller begin to intertwine.
Foreplay
Documentary
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?
Berlin Bytch Love
Documentary, Independent
2024
1h.26min
12 FSK
When homeless children become parents - a documentary with the narrative intensity of a feature film.
Polaris
Documentary
2023
1h.19min
16+
This heart-warming documentary uses beautiful images to tell the story of two sisters who break a vicious circle.
We, Students!
Documentary
2022
1h.23min
16+
Rafiki Fariala's debut explores student life in Bangui, revealing hopes amid challenges in the Central African Republic.
Make Up the World
Documentary, Independent
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.
Narcissism: The Auto-Erotic Images
Love & Sex, Queer
2023
1h.30min
16+
"Challenging Identities" - A lesbian non-binary artist's documentary on gender, self-love, and narcissism, honored at Berlin Pornfilmfestival.
Janine F.
Documentary, Independent
2004
1h.20min
16+
The tragic story of an artist who was torn between passion and obsession and died under mysterious circumstances.
Our Fathers
Documentary, Independent
2021
1h.15min
16+
About the missing and the found. About the silent and the roaring. About cuddling and sneezing. Six stories about fathers.
Allesandersplatz
Documentary, Independent
2021
53min
16+
In the heart of Berlin, a GDR ruin is given a new lease on life and becomes a center for art, culture and community.
Re-Destruction
Documentary, Independent
2021
45min
16+
Acclaimed Lebanese director Simon El Habre paints a vivid portrait of Beirut post-Civil War, highlighting the impact of the 2020 port explosion.
Eat, Grow, Love
Documentary, Independent
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.
Joker
Documentary, Independent
2019
1h.30min
16+
Three solo entertainers share a passion for entertaining. For them, it is not just a profession, but a vocation to which they subordinate everything.
Jackie the Wolf
Documentary
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.
Seelenlandschaften Schottland
Documentary, Independent
2023
56min
16+
After England and Wales, Rüdiger Sünner explores the spiritual side of Scotland's breathtaking landscapes in the second part of his trilogy.
The Mission
Documentary
2022
1h.36min
6 FSK
For the first time in their history, the Mormons are allowing a film crew to film young missionaries throughout their missionary years.
Ramba Zamba
Documentary, Independent
2023
1h.29min
6 FSK
To live inclusion and not just to play it is the declared goal of the Theater Rambazamba from Berlin.
Bastard in Mind
Documentary, Independent
2022
1h.26min
16+
A chance examination delivers the frightening diagnosis of brain aneurysm. The director himself documents the months leading up to the operation.
Candidates - Training in Stammheim
Documentary
2020
58min
16+
In Stammheim, right next to the old RAF prison, an educational center for future correctional officers is located next to the prison wall.
The Lord Worked Wonders in Me
Documentary
2011
2h.26min
16+
A road movie – on the trail of Don Quixote's mythical locations.
Crossings
Documentary, Independent
2020
1h.28min
16+
Three young Israelis are forced to serve in the military police at a checkpoint despite their refusal to do military service.
The End of Wonderland
Documentary, Queer
2021
1h.25min
18
Artist and sex-industry veteran Tara Emory tries to finish her video porn opus before her landlord kicks her out of her Wonderland studio.
Hotline
Documentary
2015
1h.39min
16+
Intensely charged in political terms, HOTLINE is not merely revealing but downright shocking in what it conveys about Israel’s policies on outsiders.
RUTH - Justice Ginsburg in her own Words
Biography, Documentary
2019
1h.29min
12
An intimate look at Ruth Bader Ginsburg and her incredible rise to become a revered Associate Justice of the US Supreme Court.
Feels Good Man
Documentary, Independent
2020
1h.32min
16+
How did Pepe the Frog become the symbol of hatred and racism online?
The Chaos Within
Documentary, Independent
2014
1h.27min
16+
A mother who survived the Holocaust dedicates her life to the Kabala. Meanwhile, her son recovers the fragments of his heroine-saturated past.
Prima Mallorca
Documentary, Independent
2019
1h.30min
16+
A new start to a better life? Forty Germans on welfare fly to Mallorca to do internships.
Out in East Berlin
Documentary, Queer
2013
1h.34min
12 FSK
In the documentary, which was successfully screened in the Panorama section of the Berlinale, gays and lesbians from the former GDR have their say.
Undersea
Documentary
2022
52min
16+
To deal with the trauma she endured during her work as photojournalist, Nanna Kreutzmann turns to underwater photography.
The Conquest Of The Ruins
Documentary, Independent
2020
1h.28min
16+
Day laborers, paleontologists and indigenous people give us a glimpse into their lives; social structures intertwine like the epochs of history.
Me Time
Documentary, Independent
2022
1h.26min
16
Self-determination, women's rights, taboos: ME TIME focuses on child-free life and expectations of mothers.
Seelenlandschaften - England und Wales
Documentary, Independent
2022
53min
16+
Poetic film essay which conveys a sense of the lived spirituality of the British Isles.
Motorcity
Documentary, Independent
2021
1h.27min
16+
A compelling exploration of the complexities of American life, history, and society through the lens of the unique and fascinating sport drag racing.
Zwischennutzung
Documentary, Independent
2022
1h.35min
16+
Discover the hidden world of the former meat factory in Vienna's Sonnwendviertel through the lens of filmmaker Dariusz Kowalski.
Alice Schwarzer
Biography
2022
2h.16min
12 FSK
Cinematic memorial to the highly controversial icon of the German women's movement who helped shape feminist discourse for over 50 years.
Show Your Wound - Art and Spirituality in the Work of Joseph Beuys
Biography, Documentary
2015
1h.24min
0 FSK
The portrait of an artist who in all his art and with his whole being questioned the existing social system.
Beatrix
Documentary, Drama
2021
1h.35min
16+
Milena Czernovsky and Lilith Kraxner's debut blurs the line between documentary and fiction filmmaking, joining a recent trend in the film industry.
Stories from the Sea
Documentary
2021
1h.26min
16+
This documentary portrays women who embark on a sea voyage thus challenging traditional gender roles just by being there.
Les Enfants Terribles
Documentary, Independent
2021
1h.33min
16+
Incredibly close and emotional, the film tells the stories of emancipation, love and struggle within a Turkish family.
A Guide to Love and Fighting Capitalism
Biography, Documentary
2022
1h.32min
16+
An intimate portrait of the famous French sociologist duo Monique and Michel Pinçon-Charlot who remain ever embroiled in political battles.
Bambi: A French Woman
Biography, Queer
2021
1h.23min
16+
The new Director's cut of Sébastien Lifshitz's intimate and portrait of one of the first French trans woman, Marie-Pierre Pruvot, called BAMBI.
Black Sun - Mythological Background of National Socialism
Documentary
1998
1h.35min
6 FSK
The film BLACK SUN illuminates the importance of myths and occult beliefs in the ideology of the "Third Reich".
My Body
Documentary
2021
1h.20min
12 FSK
This documentary-narrative film hybrid tells the story of two Sicilian underdogs in strong, neorealistic Cinemascope images.
Queen Lear
Documentary, Independent
2019
1h.24min
16+
Heartwarming doc about the transformative experience of an all-woman theater group touring rural Turkey performing Shakespeare’s King Lear.
Looking For Sunshine
Biography, Documentary
2018
1h.35min
16+
A year in Lara Gut’s universe, from the victory of the Alpine Ski World Cup title in 2016 to the comeback after an injury at the peak of her career.
Too Much Pussy! Feminist Sluts, a Queer X Show
Love & Sex, Queer
2010
1h.39min
18 FSK
An indulgent, feminist and quirky docu-road movie about post-pornography and the sex-positive women's movement.
My Body, My Rules
Documentary, Love & Sex
2017
1h.11min
16+
A transgressive and political film about female nudity and how it is depicted.
Mon enfant, ma bataille
Documentary, Queer
2019
1h.25min
16+
35 years of successful struggle for equal rights for homosexual parents.
Colors of Tobi
Documentary, Queer
2021
1h.21min
16+
The powerful and inspiring story of a transgender teenager and his family in Orbán's Hungary.
Rent Boys
Documentary, Queer
2011
1h.23min
12 FSK
This authentic documentary follows male sex workers from Bahnhof Zoo in Berlin as they work, shedding light on the issue of male prostitution.
Museum Revolution
Documentary
2014
1h.16min
16+
After the Maidan protests in Kyiv ended, "the revolution's objects started a second life" ... in museums
The One Man Village
Documentary, Independent
2008
1h.25min
16+
The merciless fighting between militias in the region around Mount Lebanon ended in reprisals against civilians.
The Forbidden Strings
Documentary, Music, Dance, Theater
2019
1h.22min
16+
They risk it all: the rock band Arikain, formed by Afghans living in Iran, dreams of performing on a stage one day.
Fellinopolis
Biography, Documentary
2021
1h.19min
16+
Never-before-seen insights into the work of Federico Fellini, the grand master of Italian cinema.
Océan
Biography, Queer
2019
16+
This Series follows the moving journey of comedian and trans man OCÉAN through his gender reassignment process.
The Sun Will Rise
Documentary
2017
51min
16+
Comedian and director Gessica Généus (FREDA) explores the connection between voodoo beliefs, Christianity and the treatment of mental illness in Haiti
H6
Documentary
2022
1h.54min
6
This documentary about everyday hospital life in China combines the serious and the amusing in a very balanced ratio.
Soul Kids
Documentary, Music, Dance, Theater
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.
Ladies of the Wood
Love & Sex, Queer
2021
1h.32min
16+
This fairy tale-tinged documentary explores the urban forest of Paris where trans sex workers and their clients meet.
A Maid for Each
Documentary, Independent
2016
1h.7min
16+
This harrowing documentary exposes the inhumane working conditions of foreign domestic workers in Lebanon that resemble modern-day slavery.
Our Defeats
Documentary
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.
For the Glory
Biography, Independent
2022
1h.15min
16+
This documentary follows full-contact athlete Lukas Kroiss on his cinematic path to the K1 European Championship title.
Face the Wall
Documentary, Independent
2009
1h.25min
0 FSK
Victims of the repressive system in the former East German state give powerful testimony about the cruetly of the dehumanizing regime.
The Silhouettes
Documentary, Independent
2020
1h.20min
16+
Taghi, an Afghan refugees living in Iran, faces the choice of staying in a country where he is not welcome or returning to a country he barely knows.
Homeopathy Unrefuted?
Documentary, Independent
2021
1h.26min
0 FSK
Is homeopathy a hoax or medicine? Here, homeopaths are allowed to share their very different views.
Devil’s Freedom
Documentary
2017
1h.14min
16+
In one of the most dangerous countries in the world, a life is not worth much. Victims and perpetrators of the Mexican drug war tell their stories.
Going Alone
Documentary, Independent
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.
Concerning Violence
Documentary
2013
1h.15min
12 FSK
This doc is based on newly discovered, powerful archival material documenting the most daring moments in the struggle for liberation in the Africa.
City Of Joel
Documentary, Independent
2018
1h.23min
16+
In the small town of Monroe, New York, a dispute over land erupts between an Hasidic community and its secular neighbors and turns into a turf war.
Adolescentes
Documentary
2020
2h.10min
16+
Victims of their circumstances: The two best friends Emma and Anaïs face very different futures.
The Bomb
Documentary, Icons & Media Art
2015
1h.0min
16+
This visually stunning monumental work is an emphatic reminder of the enduring threat of total annihilation by nuclear weapons.
My Vietnam
Documentary
2021
1h.10min
16+
Through Skype and online chat rooms, a Vietnamese couple, Bay and Tam, create their own virtual version of Vietnam in their Munich apartment.
Walden
Documentary
2018
1h.47min
16+
The voyage of a tree from Europe to the Amazon is a silent wittness to global interdependencies and economic absurdities.
Kongo
Documentary
2019
1h.8min
16+
In Brazzaville, 'invisible forces' rule the world. The monk Medard tries to heal the sick victims of evil spells.
The Revolution Eats its Children
Documentary, Music, Dance, Theater
2020
1h.14min
16+
A European theater director wants to stage a play about revolution in Burkina Faso and gets caught up in a real revolution.
Metamorphoses
Documentary, Icons & Media Art
2013
1h.24min
16+
On the river Tetscha in the southern Urals, in the middle of nowhere between Europe and Asia, is the most radioactively contaminated area in the world
Eye Candy
Biography, Documentary
2019
1h.0min
16+
In the formerly male-dominated world of wrestling, a courageous woman struggles to be taken seriously as an athlete and performer.
Der Stoff, aus dem Träume sind
Documentary, Independent
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?
African Mirror
Documentary
2019
1h.26min
12
The European self-image, the colonial gaze and the concept of 'noble savages': for decades, René Gardi (1909-2000) shaped our colonial image of Africa
MySELFie
Documentary
2019
50min
16+
At the age of 12 Maya starting losing her hair. Within a few weeks she was completely bald. The diagnosis: Alopecia areata.
Cinema Through the Eye of Magnum
Documentary
2017
53min
16+
This film tells the story those photojournalists and the world of cinema. Of two seemingly opposite worlds – fiction and reality.
Keep Moving
Documentary, Music, Dance, Theater
2021
2h.19min
16+
Stay or go? In the year before the fall of the Wall, a group of dancers have to decide whether to stay in the GDR or flee to the West.
Clean Hands
Documentary, Independent
2019
1h.41min
16+
A penniless family living on a rubbish dump is offered a house. The condition is that they send their children to school. Is this a fairy tale?
The Mediterranean: The Refugee Graveyard
Documentary, Independent
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.
The Hidden Tiger
Documentary
2016
1h.35min
16+
They skate, smoke, rap and compare their bullet scars. A surreal portrait of Brazil's fallen youth.
Refugee
Documentary, Independent
2018
1h.24min
16+
In 2015, at the height of the Syrian war, Raf’aa, a mother of two, made the journey alone to Germany to secure asylum for her family.