Forests/Deserts

A tragedy connects Claire with her destiny: a fateful trip that teaches her to take control of her own life.

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.

In a stark portrayal of corruption in the Kazakh steppes, young policeman Bekzat is torn between loyalty and decency.

In the vast emptiness of the Patagonian steppe, 13-year-old Mora embarks on a journey with an old, indigenous Mapuche gaucho.

Nika leaves Ukraine to follow her boyfriend Vlad, a French foreign legionnaire, to a military camp in Corsica. There, she meets the commander's wife.

The prophecy of his death sends Muzamil on a journey of defiance and self-discovery in the midst of cultural and political upheaval.

In her surreal and fantastic debut, Flávia Neves masterfully combines the search for her own origins with Brazil's colonial past.

Together with his new servant, Casanova embarks on a journey to the Carpathians, to Dracula.

Albert Serra distills the philosophical and spiritual core of Miguel de Cervantes' classic tale.

Ivorian Filmmaker Philippe Lacôte created a mesmerizing, violent and hyper-masculine film that worships the power of storytelling.

The future and the present intermingle in this visually stunning docu-fiction, to create a mystical universe in the middle of the French Amazon forest

The estate of a wealthy family in Brazils costal region becomes a microcosm that represents the ethnic, social and cultural divide in the country.

A brazilian bull wrangler discovering his wish to become a tailor and making fashionable clothing for women in this poetic drama.

A crazy anthology from Yakutia consisting of seven funny, dramatic and complex stories about the relationships of families, neighbors and relatives.

The conflicts for water in Jordan’s deserts already happening today gives a pretaste of future disputes.

A powerful film about the struggle of a naive boy with good intentions in the harsh environment of Irans drug stronghold on the Island of Hormuz.

A striking documentary by renowned photojournalist David Klammer about protesters fighting to stop the clear-cutting at the Dannenröder Forest.

To honor the archaic lifestyles of his ancestors and to preserve tradition, Liêm spends several days each year in the Vietnamese jungle.

The "German indie machine" Malte Wirtz turns to horror and does it so successfully that the audience left the cinema hall in fear.

After the success of his series "Ebersberg", director Manuel Weiss takes a father-daughter duo into the gloomy depths of the German forest.

The body of a trans woman discovered in a soybean field is the start of a storytelling triptych that explores the darker side of Brazilian society.

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

Queer meets Gothic meets Fantasy. On her journey to sexual awakening, Emilia must confront her past in order to slay a beast.

In Luc Besson's directorial debut, a nameless hero must face off against Jean Reno as a villain in a post-apocalyptic world.

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

The people living in the German village Genkingen in the Swabian Alps want to re-enact the famous scene from Herzog's Fitzcarraldo.

Be amazed at the crazy beauty of the night sky in the Atacama Desert, Chile, the best place in the world to contemplate the splendor of our planet.

After the death of their father, the siblings Tito and Anita have to live with their crazy uncle in Area 51, whom everyone just calls "Professore".

Unsparing psychological thriller exploring the complex aftermath of a relationship set against the stunning backdrop of Poland's Carpathian Mountains.

In the barren expanses of a desert, a group of young people grow up with misguided role models and pent-up sexual energy.

On their flight from the Gulf of Guinea to the Moroccan coast, two people, despite or because of the omnipresent danger, find each other.

A fairytale-like story with tableaux vivants of three macabre, mystical and humorous nymphs.

A rough roller coaster ride with unique survivalists in a world full of challenges and beauty - from the sewers of Las Vergas to Mars.

Ralf is crazy and scary. But he's also funny and disgusting. A portrait of an exuberant individual – who's too intense for his surroundings.

In the Atacama Desert, scientists are searching for light from the oldest prehistoric times in the universe.

Instead of being exploited for its oil, the President of Ecuador suggests to leave the Yasuní national park untouched.