Exclusive Docs: New Perspectives

A mother shares her thoughts with her unborn child. It is a glimpse into an uncertain future and yet full of hope.

A look behind the scenes: This documentary reveals the hidden efforts and globalized processes behind clean hotel linen.

"Girls can't play soccer" - Pauline, Chayenne, Eriona and Liv prove that this is obviously nonsense in this documentary series.

Climber Adam Ondra, best in his field, is known for his fearless, record-breaking ascents. An intimate portrait explores his life beyond the headlines

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.

Lale creates a digital clone to escape the stressful world of fashion. UNCANNY ME explores identity, technology and the nature of reality.

The Ukranian grandson of filmmaker Leonid Burlaka draws a rich picture of Soviet history with archive footage of his grandfather.

IT WORKS II shows the lives of three people with disabilities - grown up and self-determined, 20 years after the first film.

IT WORKS tells seemingly ordinary stories that are a celebration of the individual achievements of the four protagonists.

To document the imment conflict in eastern Ukraine, photographer Pierre Crom traveled to the Donbass in 2014.

A visually stunning journey through love, loss and legacy, as directed by the acclaimed Lemohang Jeremiah Mosese.

How agonizingly long can it take to rescue ONE HUNDRED AND FOUR people from an inflatable boat? Find out in this one-shot documentary.

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.

The life and work of a charismatic Jewish refugee from Germany, an anti-fascist, and a trailblazing photographer whose would be forgotten.

Gerhard goes all in: He leaves his previous life behind for the Thai girl Amy. Romance and thriller begin to intertwine.

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?

When homeless children become parents - a documentary with the narrative intensity of a feature film.

This heart-warming documentary uses beautiful images to tell the story of two sisters who break a vicious circle.

Rafiki Fariala's debut explores student life in Bangui, revealing hopes amid challenges in the Central African Republic.

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

"Challenging Identities" - A lesbian non-binary artist's documentary on gender, self-love, and narcissism, honored at Berlin Pornfilmfestival.

The tragic story of an artist who was torn between passion and obsession and died under mysterious circumstances.

About the missing and the found. About the silent and the roaring. About cuddling and sneezing. Six stories about fathers.

In the heart of Berlin, a GDR ruin is given a new lease on life and becomes a center for art, culture and community.

Acclaimed Lebanese director Simon El Habre paints a vivid portrait of Beirut post-Civil War, highlighting the impact of the 2020 port explosion.

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.

Three solo entertainers share a passion for entertaining. For them, it is not just a profession, but a vocation to which they subordinate everything.

Jacqueline Jencquel has decided to end her life before her 75th birthday. Her son accompanies her last year with the camera.

After England and Wales, Rüdiger Sünner explores the spiritual side of Scotland's breathtaking landscapes in the second part of his trilogy.

For the first time in their history, the Mormons are allowing a film crew to film young missionaries throughout their missionary years.

To live inclusion and not just to play it is the declared goal of the Theater Rambazamba from Berlin.

A chance examination delivers the frightening diagnosis of brain aneurysm. The director himself documents the months leading up to the operation.

In Stammheim, right next to the old RAF prison, an educational center for future correctional officers is located next to the prison wall.

A road movie – on the trail of Don Quixote's mythical locations.

Three young Israelis are forced to serve in the military police at a checkpoint despite their refusal to do military service.

Artist and sex-industry veteran Tara Emory tries to finish her video porn opus before her landlord kicks her out of her Wonderland studio.

Intensely charged in political terms, HOTLINE is not merely revealing but downright shocking in what it conveys about Israel’s policies on outsiders.

An intimate look at Ruth Bader Ginsburg and her incredible rise to become a revered Associate Justice of the US Supreme Court.

How did Pepe the Frog become the symbol of hatred and racism online?

A mother who survived the Holocaust dedicates her life to the Kabala. Meanwhile, her son recovers the fragments of his heroine-saturated past.

A new start to a better life? Forty Germans on welfare fly to Mallorca to do internships.

In the documentary, which was successfully screened in the Panorama section of the Berlinale, gays and lesbians from the former GDR have their say.

To deal with the trauma she endured during her work as photojournalist, Nanna Kreutzmann turns to underwater photography.

Day laborers, paleontologists and indigenous people give us a glimpse into their lives; social structures intertwine like the epochs of history.

Self-determination, women's rights, taboos: ME TIME focuses on child-free life and expectations of mothers.

Poetic film essay which conveys a sense of the lived spirituality of the British Isles.

A compelling exploration of the complexities of American life, history, and society through the lens of the unique and fascinating sport drag racing.

Discover the hidden world of the former meat factory in Vienna's Sonnwendviertel through the lens of filmmaker Dariusz Kowalski.

Cinematic memorial to the highly controversial icon of the German women's movement who helped shape feminist discourse for over 50 years.

The portrait of an artist who in all his art and with his whole being questioned the existing social system.

Milena Czernovsky and Lilith Kraxner's debut blurs the line between documentary and fiction filmmaking, joining a recent trend in the film industry.

This documentary portrays women who embark on a sea voyage thus challenging traditional gender roles just by being there.

Incredibly close and emotional, the film tells the stories of emancipation, love and struggle within a Turkish family.

An intimate portrait of the famous French sociologist duo Monique and Michel Pinçon-Charlot who remain ever embroiled in political battles.

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.

The film BLACK SUN illuminates the importance of myths and occult beliefs in the ideology of the "Third Reich".

This documentary-narrative film hybrid tells the story of two Sicilian underdogs in strong, neorealistic Cinemascope images.

Heartwarming doc about the transformative experience of an all-woman theater group touring rural Turkey performing Shakespeare’s King Lear.

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.

An indulgent, feminist and quirky docu-road movie about post-pornography and the sex-positive women's movement.

A transgressive and political film about female nudity and how it is depicted.

35 years of successful struggle for equal rights for homosexual parents.

The powerful and inspiring story of a transgender teenager and his family in Orbán's Hungary.

This authentic documentary follows male sex workers from Bahnhof Zoo in Berlin as they work, shedding light on the issue of male prostitution.

After the Maidan protests in Kyiv ended, "the revolution's objects started a second life" ... in museums

The merciless fighting between militias in the region around Mount Lebanon ended in reprisals against civilians.

They risk it all: the rock band Arikain, formed by Afghans living in Iran, dreams of performing on a stage one day.

Never-before-seen insights into the work of Federico Fellini, the grand master of Italian cinema.

This Series follows the moving journey of comedian and trans man OCÉAN through his gender reassignment process.

Comedian and director Gessica Généus (FREDA) explores the connection between voodoo beliefs, Christianity and the treatment of mental illness in Haiti

This documentary about everyday hospital life in China combines the serious and the amusing in a very balanced ratio.

In this music school, kids from Memphis, one of the USA’s most distressed cities, get a chance to become professional musicians.

This fairy tale-tinged documentary explores the urban forest of Paris where trans sex workers and their clients meet.

This harrowing documentary exposes the inhumane working conditions of foreign domestic workers in Lebanon that resemble modern-day slavery.

Jean-Gabriel Périot asks students on the outskirts of Paris to reenact iconic films from the '68 era and share their thoughts.

This documentary follows full-contact athlete Lukas Kroiss on his cinematic path to the K1 European Championship title.

Victims of the repressive system in the former East German state give powerful testimony about the cruetly of the dehumanizing regime.

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.

Is homeopathy a hoax or medicine? Here, homeopaths are allowed to share their very different views.

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.

A funeral director who aspired to be an entertainer is now the last escort of people in Berlin who have died in solitude.

This doc is based on newly discovered, powerful archival material documenting the most daring moments in the struggle for liberation in the Africa.

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.

Victims of their circumstances: The two best friends Emma and Anaïs face very different futures.

This visually stunning monumental work is an emphatic reminder of the enduring threat of total annihilation by nuclear weapons.

Through Skype and online chat rooms, a Vietnamese couple, Bay and Tam, create their own virtual version of Vietnam in their Munich apartment.

The voyage of a tree from Europe to the Amazon is a silent wittness to global interdependencies and economic absurdities.

In Brazzaville, 'invisible forces' rule the world. The monk Medard tries to heal the sick victims of evil spells.

A European theater director wants to stage a play about revolution in Burkina Faso and gets caught up in a real revolution.

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

In the formerly male-dominated world of wrestling, a courageous woman struggles to be taken seriously as an athlete and performer.

Housing is a human right. How can we guarantee housing in the increasingly difficult real estate markets in Europe's major cities?

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

At the age of 12 Maya starting losing her hair. Within a few weeks she was completely bald. The diagnosis: Alopecia areata.

This film tells the story those photojournalists and the world of cinema. Of two seemingly opposite worlds – fiction and reality.

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.

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?

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.

They skate, smoke, rap and compare their bullet scars. A surreal portrait of Brazil's fallen youth.

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.