Filmfestival Cottbus

A crazy coming-of-age story in which Orthodox monks teach kung fu in the Soviet Union.

A moving journey through a landscape and its history: from the border triangle of Germany, Poland and the Czech Republic up to the Oderhaff.

In her documentary, Mračnikar formulates a political urgency in a personal way: What happens when your mother tongue is taken away from you?

In a snowy Turkish village, a nurse faces a web of power, mystery, and suspicion, where a missing man and rumored bears blur reality.

In the breathtaking mountain landscape of Georgia, the first freely elected president seeks protection from the putschists.

In a world driven by algorithms, a group of "forever teenagers" rebel against the dictates of self-optimization.

As death approaches, repressed secrets emerge from the dark recesses of a wealthy but emotionally cold family.

A touching portrayal of seventeen-year-old Ieva and her ex-alcoholic father’s attempt at rebuilding their tenuous relationship.

A drug-fueled coming-of-age drama about Kazakh youth's desire for freedom in the post-Soviet upheaval.

This thought-provoking documentary sheds light on the challenges faced by worker-owned factories in a capitalist, post-socialist, economy.

An adeptly played debut in which a yearning for paternal affection plays out against a background of teenage sexual manipulation.

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

An exceptionally candid Belarusian film about three teenagers who are confronted with prejudice from their peers and adults.

Anna Jadowska's fifth feature film illustrates the inner struggle of a woman who comes into conflict with patriarchal power structures.

After winning a highly charged case, a lawyer is found seriously injured on the side of the road.

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

A haunting psychogram of an entire generation of ex-GDR citizens who have not yet fully accepted that they now live in the Federal Republic of Germany

A young woman ventures into the deadly beauty of the Chernobyl exclusion zone to save her father from prison.

A sheltered teenager rebels against the strict rules, religious beliefs, and conniving classmates at his Catholic boarding school.

Vandam is a hard-drinking, brawling loser from a housing project on the outskirts of Prague. With the advent of capitalism, his favorite pub also has to ...

Gripping legal drama about injustice and corruption, filmed in the style of Eastern European social realism.

To avoid homelessness, a mother resorts to extreme measures in this accomplished and touching and subtle drama.

Max "Adlersson" Herzberg from Dresden, 20 years old, has over 300,000 subscriptions on YouTube and reviews knives and gangsta rap fan boxes.

After playing a sexually charged game with her best friend, below the cliffs of Dubrovnik, a teenage girl doesn't return home.

Monika and Toník live next to a steel mill under a roof full of holes. The two dream of a future elsewhere and seem blind to the happiness on their own ...

Petr gets to know Marie, a young widow and farmer. In the sun-drenched fields of Bohemia, a deep friendship develops between them, but Marie hopes for ...

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.

Nori lives alone with his father in Kosovo and sells cigarettes on the street. After an accident he wakes up alone in the hospital.

A German Mumblecore mystery and pyschodrama about two couples, a polyamorous relationship, and nightmarish reality shifts.

For generations, the Nguyen family has lived on and off the water amid breathtaking natural scenery. Now they are threatened with forced resettlement.

Denny lives in in the city, boozes and dances through the night, and sleeps with one girl after another.

Three wacky slacker guys open a pizzeria in Slovenia's capital. To grow their business, they offer to make a wish come true for every ordered pizza.

King is a cantankerous ex-boxer and bar owner who is immune to love - until he meets a 16-year-old girl. Serbian-German-Swedish drama about emotions and ...

What should have been a ordinary job in the Czech Ore Mountains, becomes a mysterious expedition for the aging engineer Julius Schmitke.

They call him Mr. Light. He's kind and thoughtful, and like moths to a flame, people are drawn to him - except the corrupt mayor, who's approval he needs ...

Love happens. All over. This episode and music film by Thomas Woschitz plays in France, Japan, the USA and Luxembourg and is about love in all its forms. Thomas ...

A funny, touching story of love in old age, which broke Czech box office records. A teacher loses his job and, working in a supermarket, he finds a new ...

He wants to be a cool father, but Bernd's overly compassionate parenting style deprives Philipp of the chance to grow and rebel.

Holger is unhappily in love with Hanna. Then his parents get a divorce and to top it all off his father flirts with Hanna.