Identity

  • Katie's New Life

    Katie's New Life

    2022

    16

    Katie suffers from amnesia after an accident. And a powerful family suddenly claims that Katie is the missing heir to the family fortune.


  • R U There

    R U There

    2010

    1h.23min

    6

    Pro-gamer Jitze has to take a forced break from a tournament in Taipei and meets a young woman who changes his view of the world.


  • Desire Will Set You Free

    Desire Will Set You Free

    2016

    1h.32min

    16 FSK

    In the hedonistic Berlin of the 2010s, a writer drifts through the party scene. With Nina Hagen, Peaches, Rosa von Praunheim and Blixa Bargeld.


  • Disappearing

    Disappearing

    2022

    1h.38min

    0 FSK

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


  • Uncanny Me

    Uncanny Me

    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.


  • Mother, I Am Suffocating. This Is My Last Film About You.

    Mother, I Am Suffocating. This Is My Last Film About You.

    2019

    1h.16min

    16+

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


  • L' "il y a" du rapport sexuel

    L' "il y a" du rapport sexuel

    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.


  • The Smoothness of Our Teeth

    The Smoothness of Our Teeth

    2021

    28min

    12

    A family visit and a broken tooth raises universal questions about identity, origins and life choices.


  • Almost Entirely a Slight Disaster

    Almost Entirely a Slight Disaster

    2023

    1h.28min

    16+

    Director Umut Subaşı deftly captures the essence of millennial malaise in contemporary Istanbul.


  • Klondike

    Klondike

    2022

    1h.40min

    16+

    A gripping film by Ukraine's Maryna Er Gorbach about the tragic events of the Russian invasion of eastern Ukraine in 2014.


  • Öte

    Öte

    2023

    1h.48min

    16+

    A love letter to the unique magic of solo traveling.


  • Living Together

    Living Together

    2022

    1h.30min

    16+

    An integration course teaches people the finer points of Viennese culture in Chinese, Arabic, Russian and German.


  • Somehow

    Somehow

    2022

    1h.42min

    16

    "Don’t become like my father" - a credo that will drive Alex, a man on the run from himself, to the edge of reason.


  • Poppy Field

    Poppy Field

    2020

    1h.21min

    12 FSK

    The threat of being outed causes an explosion of violence: Cristi, a gay Romanian policeman lives under the threat of being outed against his will.


  • Narcissism: The Auto-Erotic Images

    Narcissism: The Auto-Erotic Images

    2023

    1h.30min

    16+

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


  • Polichinelles

    Polichinelles

    2019

    16+

    The journey of a French lesbian couple aspiring to become parents and the challenges on the way.


  • Archipelago

    Archipelago

    2011

    1h.50min

    16+

    Deep fractures within a family dynamic begin to surface during a getaway to the British Isles of Scilly.


  • Butterflies in Berlin – Diary of a Soul Split in Two

    Butterflies in Berlin – Diary of a Soul Split in Two

    2019

    16+

    A transgender person's journey of self-discovery in early 1930s Berlin just as the Nazis rise to power is magnificently told in this animated short.


  • Wolf and Dog

    Wolf and Dog

    2023

    1h.51min

    16+

    In a traditional Azorean island, Ana's journey of self-discovery and queer friendship challenges the confines of her world.


  • Alam

    Alam

    2022

    1h.47min

    16+

    This poignant coming-of-age drama that delves into the complexities of Palestinian identity under Israeli rule.


  • You Will Die at Twenty

    You Will Die at Twenty

    2020

    1h.45min

    12 FSK

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


  • Joker

    Joker

    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.


  • My Emptiness and I

    My Emptiness and I

    2022

    1h.44min

    16+

    Between everyday call center life and fairy tale fantasies, Raphi goes through her gender reassignment.


  • One in a Million

    One in a Million

    2022

    1h.24min

    0 FSK

    Two girls, a fan and an idol, struggle to balance their vulnerability and strength, and their outer image with their inner truth


  • Family in Transition

    Family in Transition

    2018

    1h.10min

    16+

    An intensely intimate profile of a transgender woman and her wife and children, that refuses to sugarcoat the challenges faced by the family.


  • Cinema Sabaya

    Cinema Sabaya

    2021

    1h.35min

    12

    Israel's Official Submission to the 95th Academy Awards is a heartwarming journey of unlikely friendships and empowering conversations.


  • Castanha

    Castanha

    2014

    1h.35min

    16+

    João Carlos Castanha. 52 years old. Actor. Gay. Son. Crossdresser. Capable of doing anything for those he loves. Or hates.


  • Me Time

    Me Time

    2022

    1h.26min

    16

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


  • Girl Asleep

    Girl Asleep

    2015

    1h.17min

    16+

    A socially awkward teen falls asleep at her disastrous and unwanted 15th birthday party and enters a fantasy world.


  • Anuktatop: The Metamorphosis

    Anuktatop: The Metamorphosis

    2016

    1h.45min

    16+

    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


  • Açúcar

    Açúcar

    2017

    1h.30min

    16+

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


  • Soldier Ahmet

    Soldier Ahmet

    2021

    1h.16min

    16+

    Ahmet, a champion boxer and professional soldier, starts taking acting lessons. On stage he comes face to face with his own internal battles.


  • Bambi: A French Woman

    Bambi: A French Woman

    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.


  • Queens Don’t Cry

    Queens Don’t Cry

    2002

    1h.29min

    16 FSK

    The groundbreaking members of the legendary Berlin club SchwuZ talk about their career, political activism in drag, and 'doing it' for the first time.


  • Embrace of the Serpent

    Embrace of the Serpent

    2015

    1h.59min

    12 FSK

    An Oscar-nominated drama about two explorers and their journey in the Amazon unfolds a magical and meditative spell.


  • A Good Man

    A Good Man

    2020

    1h.47min

    16+

    Gender, identity and truth: A GOOD MAN explores the ultimate symbol of femininity and the taboo of male pregnancy.


  • Nico

    Nico

    2022

    1h.19min

    12 FSK

    Nico, who is both German and Persian, is attacked by racists and beaten to the point of hospitalization. She intends to never be a victim again.


  • Colors of Tobi

    Colors of Tobi

    2021

    1h.21min

    16+

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


  • I Am My Own Woman

    I Am My Own Woman

    1992

    1h.31min

    16 FSK

    Rosa von Praunheim portrays Charlotte von Mahlsdorf, famous transvestite from the former GDR, in a winning mix of documentary and feature film.


  • Freda

    Freda

    2021

    1h.33min

    16+

    Haitian anthropology student FREDA must navigate the tensions between family expectations, postcolonial structures, Christianity, and voodoo.


  • Sons of Honour

    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.


  • The Return of the Aramean People

    The Return of the Aramean People

    2012

    1h.2min

    6

    This film follows a group of Aramaic Christians as they return to their ancestral homeland of southeastern Turkey.


  • Madeline's Madeline

    Madeline's Madeline

    2018

    1h.33min

    16+

    Madeline is teenager who loves to act on stage. She fights with her mother and suffers from a illness which makes her believe she's a cat.


  • Class Struggle

    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.


  • My Vietnam

    My Vietnam

    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.


  • Dark Dreamer

    Dark Dreamer

    2020

    1h.33min

    12 FSK

    A grieving teenage girl is drawn to the young man blamed for her brother's death.


  • One Zero One: The Story of Cybersissy & BayBjane

    One Zero One: The Story of Cybersissy & BayBjane

    2013

    1h.33min

    12 FSK

    The exciting world of drag queens Cybersissi and BayBjane are at the center of this documentary fairytale.


  • #387

    #387

    2020

    1h.2min

    16+

    A team of specialists is trying to restore identity and dignity to the dead of the worst shipwreck in post-war history in the Mediterranean.


  • Do Not Fear

    Do Not Fear

    2019

    1h.6min

    0 FSK

    Germany's only trans* pastor.


  • Noble Commitments

    Noble Commitments

    2008

    1h.27min

    16+

    Three ladies of status report on a German parallel society characterized by conservatism and family.


  • Sound of Heimat

    Sound of Heimat

    2012

    1h.29min

    0 FSK

    In a quest to find the sound of the German homelands (“Heimat”), a musician from New Zealand crisscrosses the country.


  • Waithira

    Waithira

    2017

    1h.11min

    12

    Eva Njoki Munyiri left her birth country, Kenya, aged 14 and has lived in 3 different continents since then. Now she reconciles with her roots.


  • Slam

    Slam

    2018

    1h.55min

    16+

    In a climate of mistrust and racism, the disappearance of a young woman promotes wild speculation and racist suspicions.


  • Searching Eva

    Searching Eva

    2019

    1h.34min

    16 FSK

    Eva, 25, living in Berlin, leads a public life with all the consequences. At 14 she took a new name and declared privacy an outdated concept.


  • Dear Prudence

    Dear Prudence

    2010

    1h.17min

    16+

    17-year-old Prudence lives alone in Paris. After a botched shoplifting attempt she meets Marilyne at the police station.


  • Home

    Home

    2016

    1h.44min

    16+

    Compelling exploration of indifferent and resentful teenagers and the conflicts with their parents.


  • Holy Motors

    Holy Motors

    2012

    1h.51min

    16 FSK

    From dawn to dusk, a few hours in the mysterious life of a mystical man called Monsieur Oscar.


  • I Killed My Mother

    I Killed My Mother

    2009

    1h.36min

    16 FSK

    In his debut, 19-year-old Xavier Dolan comes to terms with his coming out and his difficult relationship with his mother - "Prix Regards Jeune"


  • Unmade Beds

    Unmade Beds

    2008

    1h.36min

    12 FSK

    Axl arrives in the UK to look for his long-lost father and instead is adopted by the bohemian Mike and Hannah who introduce him to gigs in English pubs ...


  • If I Was A Tree

    If I Was A Tree

    2014

    26min

    12

    A young woman travels to Israel with her father, a Jew who denies being Jewish, and her mother, who suffers from not being recognized as a Jew.


  • Talea

    Talea

    2013

    1h.15min

    16+

    Eva can finally see her daughter Jasmin again after a prison sentence. After a cautious approach, the two of them have a quarrel.