Love+: Sexuality

  • Bangla

    Bangla

    2019

    1h.27min

    12 FSK

    A comically romantic culture clash in Rome: Phaim, who is of Bengali origin, has fallen in love with the progressive Asia.


  • Marlon Brando

    Marlon Brando

    2021

    20min

    12

    Cas and Naomi are best friends, but when their future plans are seemingly different, their relationship wobbles.


  • Sweetheart

    Sweetheart

    2022

    16

    Chanelle, a 38-year-old French teacher, enters into a relationship with her 17-year-old student Sandrick.


  • Talk to Me

    Talk to Me

    2023

    1h.19min

    16+

    When a mother and her daughter take a vacation at the Baltic Sea, it quickly turns into a journey into the past that opens up old wounds.


  • Babyboy

    Babyboy

    2023

    48min

    16

    A teenager grapples with masculinity amid family splits and first loves, reflecting the rawness of youth in a German town.


  • Boarding Gate

    Boarding Gate

    2006

    1h.46min

    16 FSK

    Trapped in a world of global financial transactions and erotic S&M games, Sandra (Asia Argento) tries to escape the clutches of her ex.


  • 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.


  • Matadoras

    Matadoras

    2021

    26min

    12

    Caught between German stuffiness and Argentinian religiosity, Madi discovers her own sexuality.


  • Para:dies

    Para:dies

    2022

    1h.16min

    16+

    Lee and Jasmin's lesbian idyll on the outskirts of Salzburg starts to crack when they give documentary filmmaker Amira a glimpse into their lives.


  • Foreplay

    Foreplay

    2021

    52min

    16+

    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?


  • 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.


  • Night to Be Gone

    Night to Be Gone

    2024

    1h.31min

    16+

    In the heart of Berlin, a film noir billiard thriller unfolds with deceit, ambition, and suspense.


  • Notes on a Summer

    Notes on a Summer

    2023

    1h.23min

    16+

    A summery film about lust and love and choices you have to make (or not).


  • A Fish Swimming Upside Down

    A Fish Swimming Upside Down

    2020

    1h.43min

    16+

    In a tense love triangle, a woman's presence stirs dark desires and complex emotions in a father and son, challenging moral norms.


  • 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.


  • 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.


  • Naked

    Naked

    2018

    16+

    An ode to the multifaceted beauty of self-determined female pleasure - beyond the male gaze.


  • That Kind of Summer

    That Kind of Summer

    2022

    2h.17min

    16+

    In this Berlinale Golden Bear contender film, three hypersexual women are spending 26 days in a quiet house by the lake.


  • Sexological Bodywork

    Sexological Bodywork

    18

    Learn about your body and your lust in a new way. Sex educationists, tantra experts, and bondage masters will help you to fully develop your orgasmic potential. This ...


  • Divine Love

    Divine Love

    2019

    1h.41min

    16+

    Brazil, 2027: Joana is deeply religious. At work, she encourages divorcing couples to reconsider their breakup.


  • Exhibition

    Exhibition

    2013

    1h.44min

    12 FSK

    An intimate examination of a contemporary artist couple whose living and working patterns are threatened by the imminent sale of their home.


  • Menmaniacs - The Legacy of Leather

    Menmaniacs - The Legacy of Leather

    1994

    1h.26min

    16 FSK

    An intense trip into the gay bondage and leather scene: We meet contestants, bondage film actors, uniform fetishists and long-term slaves.


  • Army of Lovers or Revolt of the Perverts

    Army of Lovers or Revolt of the Perverts

    1979

    1h.38min

    16+

    In blunt, direct, sometimes quite graphic sequences, von Praunheim explores the entire gay subculture which touches all facets of American life.


  • Abnormal Family

    Abnormal Family

    1984

    1h.2min

    18 FSK

    This erotic comedy is both a critique of the Japanese family image and a sexually playful homage to Japanese director Ozu Yasujirô.


  • Easy Love

    Easy Love

    2019

    1h.28min

    16 FSK

    In a successful semi-documentary mix, EASY LOVE tells of crises, moments of happiness, doubts, sex, and unconventional relationship models.


  • Too Much Pussy! Feminist Sluts, a Queer X Show

    Too Much Pussy! Feminist Sluts, a Queer X Show

    2010

    1h.39min

    18 FSK

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


  • I.K.U.

    I.K.U.

    2000

    1h.13min

    18 FSK

    „This film is not made for masturbation. It’s made for collective orgasm.“


  • Gushing Prayer: A 15-Year-Old Prostitute

    Gushing Prayer: A 15-Year-Old Prostitute

    1971

    1h.13min

    16 FSK

    A mesmerizing poetic narrative about a group of teenagers navigating the confusing world of sexuality, desire, conformity and capitalism.


  • Fluidø

    Fluidø

    2017

    1h.17min

    18 FSK

    A post-porn multimedia artwork of bodily fluids that challenges gender norms.


  • The Einstein of Sex: Life and Work of Dr. M. Hirschfeld

    The Einstein of Sex: Life and Work of Dr. M. Hirschfeld

    2000

    1h.36min

    16+

    Rosa von Praunheim recounts the fascinating biography of the revolutionary sex researcher Magnus Hirschfeld and his groundbreaking findings.


  • Survival in New York

    Survival in New York

    1990

    1h.30min

    16 FSK

    Three German women go to New York City in the early 1980's and try to get established there.


  • Name Me

    Name Me

    2014

    1h.30min

    16+

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


  • Rent Boys

    Rent Boys

    2011

    1h.23min

    12 FSK

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


  • II - Two

    II - Two

    2019

    1h.0min

    16+

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


  • The Skin of Others

    The Skin of Others

    2018

    1h.52min

    16 FSK

    Despite its disarmingly strange erotic scenes, The Skin of Others is a deeply romantic love story.


  • Slalom

    Slalom

    2021

    1h.32min

    16

    Director Charlène Favier deals with her own experiences of abuse as a young junior athlete in this compelling and haunting drama.


  • Ladies of the Wood

    Ladies of the Wood

    2021

    1h.32min

    16+

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


  • To Kill the Beast

    To Kill the Beast

    2022

    1h.20min

    16+

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


  • The Fall of the Queens

    The Fall of the Queens

    2021

    1h.23min

    16+

    When their cousin comes to live at their remote beekeeping farm, sisters Juana and Mara become trapped in a vortex of seduction and jealousy.


  • Despite the Night

    Despite the Night

    2015

    2h.36min

    16+

    A young man searches for his true love and finds himself sucked into the dark and cruel underworld of the porn industry.


  • Trouble Every Day

    Trouble Every Day

    2001

    1h.41min

    16 FSK

    Claire Denis uses intimate imagery to tell the story of two couples whose self-destructive desires will have deadly consequences.


  • The Infernal Trio

    The Infernal Trio

    1974

    1h.37min

    18 FSK

    A trio of marriage swindlers played by Romy Schneider, Michel Piccoli and Mascha Gonska, roam post-war France cheating and murdering.


  • She's Lost Control

    She's Lost Control

    2014

    1h.30min

    16+

    Ronah is a sex worker and behavioral psychology student. As a surrogate partner, she sleeps with patients who have trouble allowing intimacy.


  • Not in my Backyard

    Not in my Backyard

    2011

    1h.27min

    16+

    One of the biggest taboos in society is the rehabilitation of sex offenders. This film takes the offender perspective.


  • The Sharks

    The Sharks

    2019

    1h.20min

    16+

    As reports of shark sightings create panic in a small beach town, 14-year-old Rosina begins to circle her own prey.


  • It Felt Like Love

    It Felt Like Love

    2013

    1h.23min

    16+

    Lila wants to emulate the sexual exploits of her best friend. She fixates on a tough older guy, putting herself in a dangerous situation.


  • AIDE MÉMOIRE - ein schwules Gedächtnisprotokoll

    AIDE MÉMOIRE - ein schwules Gedächtnisprotokoll

    1996

    16min

    16+

    Two years before his death, the HIV-positive Baldiga reviews his life, in selected episodes.


  • The Hardness of Avocado

    The Hardness of Avocado

    2020

    1h.40min

    16+

    After five years of relationship, Shimi calls it quits with the young actor Mizuki. His initial acceptance of the break-up soon turns into defiance.


  • Slut in a Good Way

    Slut in a Good Way

    2018

    1h.29min

    16+

    A sex-positive, female-centered comedy with a fresh take on teen sex comedy that challenges, established notions of gender roles and sexual morality.


  • Light as Feathers

    Light as Feathers

    2018

    1h.26min

    16+

    This impressive debut from Dutch filmmaker Rosanne Pel examines manipulative sexual abuse among teenagers from the perpetrator’s point of view.


  • Liberté

    Liberté

    2019

    2h.2min

    18

    An erotic nirvana somewhere between Potsdam and Berlin shortly before the French Revolution in 1774.


  • Come Closer

    Come Closer

    2021

    1h.15min

    16+

    The focus is on the relationship between the two directors Bella and Andreas, who explore themes of love, sex, friendship and desire.


  • Loverfilm

    Loverfilm

    1997

    22min

    16+

    Berlin filmmaker Michael Brynntrup exposes his own sex life in a radical, relentless yet humorous invasion of privacy.


  • Itsi Bitsi

    Itsi Bitsi

    2015

    1h.43min

    16 FSK

    Denmark 1962: As protests against the nuclear arms race and imperialist policies grow louder, activist Eik meets the beautiful Iben.


  • Berlin 4 Lovers

    Berlin 4 Lovers

    2019

    1h.12min

    16+

    Tinder users in Berlin talk openly and honestly and about real-life encounters, both the good and the bad, with dates made using the famous dating app


  • Sex: Speak

    Sex: Speak

    2015

    1h.20min

    16 FSK

    Sex is the most beautiful thing in the world. But talking about it without straying into lasciviousness or becoming inhibited remains tricky.


  • Vulva 3.0

    Vulva 3.0

    2014

    1h.19min

    16 FSK

    A doc about the representation and optimization of the vulva, anatomical myths, circumcisions, censorship and intimate modifications.


  • Hot Dog

    Hot Dog

    2019

    8min

    16+

    Hannah tells of the ups and downs in the love affair between herself and her vagina, which she has affectionately christened "Margeret".


  • After the Future

    After the Future

    2017

    47min

    16+

    Gay left-wing activist and disaster relief volunteer Ortwin Passon navigates between a military-like bourgeois world and wild sex parties.


  • Night Zoo

    Night Zoo

    1987

    1h.56min

    18 FSK

    Jean-Claude Lauzon's feature debut is a gritty crime thriller which won a record 13 Genie Awards in every single category where it was nominated.


  • Young, Fragile

    Young, Fragile

    2020

    25min

    12

    A Tinder date encourages young Leonid to live out his own definition of "masculinity" in a world of changing gender roles.


  • Un coup d'oeil

    Un coup d'oeil

    2015

    17min

    16+

    Maryam and Frida are close friends living in a small Swedish town. They invite Monique, a mysterious couch surfer, to stay the night.


  • My Brother The Devil

    My Brother The Devil

    2012

    1h.52min

    12 FSK

    Two teenage brothers must confront their own personal biases if they are to survive life on the streets as British Arabs.


  • People That Are Not Me

    People That Are Not Me

    2016

    1h.18min

    16+

    Joy is a young woman living in Tel Aviv. She has a love-hate relationship with its casual sex scene.


  • Crimes of Passion

    Crimes of Passion

    1984

    1h.47min

    18 FSK

    Joanna Crane lives a double life. During the day she works as fashion designer but during the night she is the high class sex worker China Blue.


  • The Longest Night

    The Longest Night

    2019

    1h.34min

    16+

    This Ecuadorian thriller takes on modern-day slavery, human trafficking, and the opioid crisis in a unique visual style.


  • Here I am... Here you are

    Here I am... Here you are

    2017

    1h.9min

    16+

    A director and his partner are forced into a long distance relationship thanks to strict European visa laws between Italy and Lebanon.


  • A Bunch of Love - Ein Haufen Liebe

    A Bunch of Love - Ein Haufen Liebe

    2016

    1h.32min

    12

    Esther, Anneliese, Ruth and Ulla are all over 70 and reflect on a more or less fulfilled (sex) life.


  • 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.


  • East/West – Sex and Politics

    East/West – Sex and Politics

    2008

    1h.35min

    12 FSK

    A snapshot of the multifaceted life in the megapolis Moscow, with the focus on lesbians and gays who take to the streets for their rights.


  • Everything Always All the Time

    Everything Always All the Time

    2019

    1h.26min

    12 FSK

    What happens when your girlfriend suddenly has a penis?


  • The ManEater

    The ManEater

    2014

    1h.25min

    16+

    Jezebel is a nihilistic artist who hides her fragility by living a fast-paced lifestyle. She is attracted to David, a priest.


  • I Dreamt Under The Water

    I Dreamt Under The Water

    2009

    1h.39min

    16+

    Wild, engaging drama about a bisexual man's journey through the dark Parisian night world and its sexual possibilities.


  • A Dog Barking at the Moon

    A Dog Barking at the Moon

    2019

    1h.48min

    16

    Li Jiumei's world falls apart when she discovers her husband with another man.


  • Dream Boat

    Dream Boat

    2017

    1h.32min

    16 FSK

    All aboard, for the biggest cruise for gay men.


  • Cure - The Life of Another

    Cure - The Life of Another

    2014

    1h.23min

    16+

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


  • Love at 16

    Love at 16

    1974

    1h.19min

    12 FSK

    Although at first Ina barely takes any notice of Matti, the two teenagers gradually fall in love at their dance classes.


  • Postcard To Daddy

    Postcard To Daddy

    2010

    1h.26min

    16 FSK

    While growing up, filmmaker Michael Stock was sexually abused by his own father. Two decades later he confronts his family.


  • My Brother, My Love

    My Brother, My Love

    2018

    1h.54min

    16+

    Lena (16) is in love with her brother and would rather indulge in this fantasy than face reality.


  • Corniche Kennedy

    Corniche Kennedy

    2017

    1h.34min

    16

    On the Corniche Kennedy in Marseille, young people from precarious neighborhoods meet for daredevil cliff jumps.


  • The Daughters of Fire

    The Daughters of Fire

    2018

    1h.55min

    18 FSK

    Three women set out on a polyamorous journey, in search for new kinds of relationships at the end of the world, far from possession and pain.


  • A Decent Woman

    A Decent Woman

    2017

    1h.40min

    16+

    A housemaid working at an exclusive gated community near Buenos Aires embarks on a journey of sexual and mental liberation in a nudist swinger-club.


  • Whatever Happened to Gelitin

    Whatever Happened to Gelitin

    2016

    1h.23min

    16+

    The Dadaist artist collective Gelitin is known for its sensational, worldwide art happenings.


  • FtWTF - Female to What The ...

    FtWTF - Female to What The ...

    2015

    1h.32min

    16+

    Six people talk about the absurd, the sad and above all the beautiful aspects of transitioning.


  • The Country Teacher

    The Country Teacher

    2008

    1h.55min

    12 FSK

    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 ...


  • In the Shadow of Iris

    In the Shadow of Iris

    2016

    1h.30min

    16 FSK

    The sudden disappearance of a wealthy banker's wife cracks open a dizzying world of secret fetishes, desperate acts and elaborate deceptions.


  • Threesome

    Threesome

    2017

    1h.31min

    12 FSK

    A normal couple, a somewhat boring marriage and an erotic adventure!


  • Ma Folie

    Ma Folie

    2015

    1h.39min

    16 FSK

    HANNA loves YANN and the "lettres filmees" that he sends her, short, poetic films recorded with an iPhone. Yann loves Hanna, but mistrusts her. He leaves ...


  • Pornocracy: The New Sex Multinationals

    Pornocracy: The New Sex Multinationals

    2017

    1h.17min

    16 FSK

    How is ever-available pornography changing our lives? Ex-porn actress Ovidie explains.


  • My Talk With Florence

    My Talk With Florence

    2015

    2h.9min

    12 FSK

    Florence is trapped at an early age in a hotbed of cruelty. Sexually abused and raped within her own family, she runs away from home as a teenager.


  • Dance with the Devil

    Dance with the Devil

    1997

    2h.6min

    18 FSK

    A psychotic criminal couple kidnaps a random teenage couple. The woman rapes the male captive, and lets him watch his lover being raped by the man. They ...


  • Funeral Parade of Roses

    Funeral Parade of Roses

    1969

    1h.44min

    16 FSK

    The trials and tribulations of Eddie and other transvestites in the Tokyo gay scene of the late 1960s.


  • Sex/Life in L.A.

    Sex/Life in L.A.

    1998

    1h.30min

    16 FSK

    An insight into the world of gay porn stars and nude models - behind the scenes and undiscovered fields of a creative part of social reality.


  • Maybe, Baby!

    Maybe, Baby!

    2017

    1h.19min

    12 FSK

    Marie is in her mid-thirties and has been with Sascha for a very long time, sometimes she does not even know for how long exactly.


  • Dinky Sinky

    Dinky Sinky

    2016

    1h.30min

    0 FSK

    Frida wants a baby. But although she forces her boyfriend to follow a strict fertilization regimen, she’s not getting pregnant.


  • Gallino, the Chicken System

    Gallino, the Chicken System

    2012

    1h.22min

    16+

    Alucinio wanders aimlessly through an ice desert. A poulterer saves him from freezing to death and leads Alucinio into the world of porn philosophy.


  • Maximum Shame

    Maximum Shame

    2010

    1h.20min

    16+

    A man dives into a parallel dimension. A place in a state of suspension between reality and fantasy, where neither space nor time have meaning.


  • Ritual for the Whores

    Ritual for the Whores

    2017

    22min

    16+

    From 8 to 10 August 2014, the congress "Fantasies that matter: Images of Sexwork in Media and Art" took place at the international summer festival Kampnagel ...


  • Ants Pact

    Ants Pact

    2014

    20min

    16+

    Teenaged sex worker Paul finds refuge with a stranger.