Indie music

  • Orphea

    Orphea

    2021

    1h.39min

    12 FSK

    Alexander Kluge and the multi-media artist Khavn revive the Orpheus myth and use it as a starting point for a true revolution.


  • 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.


  • Propensity for Silence

    Propensity for Silence

    2012

    15min

    0

    Bruno Bieri is a Swiss musical multi-talent who finds inspiration in the world of everyday things for his extraordinary sound concepts.


  • Unsound

    Unsound

    2020

    1h.28min

    16+

    Moving drama about the love story of two musicians who fight to preserve a youth club.


  • Leif in Concert - Vol. 2

    Leif in Concert - Vol. 2

    2019

    1h.56min

    0 FSK

    A declaration of love to music and to that one pub that everyone knows, the extended living room where you feel at home.


  • 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.


  • Lost in the Living

    Lost in the Living

    2018

    1h.17min

    12 FSK

    A young Irish musician immerses himself into Berlin nightlife after a concert and loses more than just his friends in the process.


  • Bunch of Kunst

    Bunch of Kunst

    2017

    1h.43min

    12 FSK

    The British punk duo from Nottingham is known for their brutally honest lyrics and DIY-ethos.


  • Unplugged Leben: Guaia Guaia

    Unplugged Leben: Guaia Guaia

    2013

    1h.32min

    0 FSK

    Two street musicians tour through Germany for a year going from gig to gig and looking for somewhere to live.


  • Namrud: Troublemaker

    Namrud: Troublemaker

    2017

    1h.35min

    16+

    Jowan Safadi, an Israeli Palestinian and musician from the Middle East, is under investigation by Israeli police for "inciting terrorism".


  • Sumé: The Sound of a Revolution

    Sumé: The Sound of a Revolution

    2014

    1h.13min

    0 FSK

    A successful rock band from Greenland? It actually existed! In 1973, the Greenlandic band Sumé released their debut album.


  • Faust 1 Superstar

    Faust 1 Superstar

    2015

    51min

    16+

    A new edition of Goethe's material, with a musical Faust in a Kreuzberg setting.


  • And You Belong - Scream Club!

    And You Belong - Scream Club!

    2013

    1h.26min

    12 FSK

    The inspiring story of the hip-hop electro duo "Scream Club!".


  • Monks – The Transatlantic Feedback

    Monks – The Transatlantic Feedback

    2006

    1h.40min

    6 FSK

    They were a sensation – yet went virtually unnoticed. The Monks themselves weren't even aware of the influence they had on other musicians.


  • Love, Peace & Beatbox

    Love, Peace & Beatbox

    2011

    1h.10min

    12 FSK

    The film covers beatboxing rappers in on stage performance and opens the doors to their universe of sound, noise and rhythm.


  • Imagine waking up tomorrow morning and all music has disappeared

    Imagine waking up tomorrow morning and all music has disappeared

    2015

    1h.22min

    16+

    Imagine waking up tomorrow morning and all music has disappeared. Just like that. What will remain when it is all gone: CD’s, iPods, instruments?


  • Nothing Essential Happens in the Absence of Noise

    Nothing Essential Happens in the Absence of Noise

    2015

    23min

    16+

    Silvia Biagioni's NOTHING ESSENTIAL HAPPENS IN THE ABSENCE OF NOISE is an experimental documentary manifesto about Praxis Records label.


  • Welcome To The Machine

    Welcome To The Machine

    2013

    1h.40min

    16+

    The 12 Commandments of music business brought together in one film.


  • Hans in Luck

    Hans in Luck

    2009

    1h.2min

    16+

    A portrait of the Berlin bassist Hans Narva, his music, and his ironic denial of all rules – regardless of the authority behind them.


  • Searching For Sugar Man

    Searching For Sugar Man

    2012

    1h.26min

    0 FSK

    Oscar-winning documentary: The incredible, true story of Rodriguez, great '70s rock icon. The moving musical detective story won numerous awards.


  • Elektro Moskva

    Elektro Moskva

    2013

    1h.26min

    16+

    An essayistic story about the last century of Soviet and post-Soviet electronic music - from Leon Theremin to Putin's Russia.


  • Oh Yeah, She Performs

    Oh Yeah, She Performs

    2012

    1h.37min

    16+

    A doc about four extraordinary women pursuing the same dream: composing, producing and living from their own music, without compromising their ideals


  • So Glad I Did

    So Glad I Did

    2011

    1h.6min

    16 FSK

    This film follows singer Bruno Adams struggle against cancer as he continues to tour and write songs.


  • Can't Be Silent

    Can't Be Silent

    2013

    1h.22min

    0 FSK

    The band “The Refugees” consists of refugees between the stage and the asylum seekers' home. They have arrived and yet are still on the run. A docu about ...


  • Benda Bilili!

    Benda Bilili!

    2010

    1h.22min

    6 FSK

    From the streets of Kinshasa to world fame: the music doc BENDA BILILI! premiered in Cannes and charts the rise of street musicians Staff Benda Bilili ...


  • The Folk Singer

    The Folk Singer

    2008

    1h.44min

    16 FSK

    THE FOLK SINGER leads the viewer into a world full of raw human emotion, slapstick humor and wild American Roots Music.


  • The Dead Brothers

    The Dead Brothers

    2006

    1h.30min

    16+

    This film is a unique portrait of Swiss band: THE DEAD BROTHERS. A melange of interviews, musical performance, monologues and cinematic imagery.


  • Snow White (Samir)

    Snow White (Samir)

    2005

    1h.53min

    16+

    The Partyqueen Nico is a luxury girl from a wealthy home. At a party she falls in love with Paco, who is her complete opposite.