Mental health

In this expressionist classic of German film history, Murnau unfolds his creative power.

The Don Juan of today is not a womaniser, but a man obsessed with the one woman who left him.

Between stigma, depression, and role models, women fight for dignity, closeness, and truth—courageous, angry, and full of resilience.

Twins separated at birth, identical in appearance and shamelessness, finally get to know and love each other...

Guy and Dan have a hot sex date. But the night of excess reveals more than just the monsters in Guy's head...

To face a personal and collective transformation in search of new ways of being a man, 13 men go on a collective retreat.

Olivier lives on his own on a small island in Canada. One day, three mysterious visitors arrive.

Two childhood friends meet up again after many years to dig up a secret buried deep in the forest.

Denis Patar is a loving but overwhelmed single father of two daughters. After another failure, he is assigned an employee of the Youth Welfare Office.

After a blow of fate, Erika starts group therapy. One day, the group decides to create their own relief and change, and move from hotel to hotel.

Kristin hasn't spoken to her son David in two years, even though they both live under the same roof.

The five little heroes in this film are seriously ill and take us into their world with a great sense of humor and optimism.

1919: Julie hopes for the return of her missing husband. When she sees a photo in the newspaper, she thinks she recognizes her husband.

While trying to stop a teenager from committing suicide, an unexpected connection develops between two very different people.

Alex and Noémie would like to have a child. But their plans are turned upside down when Alex's mother Suzanne falls ill with "semantic dementia".

When it all gets too much, Franky checks into a hotel that only exists in her head and talks to the imaginary staff.

A group of disillusioned young Parisians look for satisfaction in political activism, religion, romance, music, and drugs.

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.

Heartwarming series in which single mother Louison and her son are simultaneously diagnosed with life-changing autism.

Olga, who is grieving for her mother and also anorexic, is sent to a psychiatrist who is dealing with her own losses in an unusual way.

The Ukranian grandson of filmmaker Leonid Burlaka draws a rich picture of Soviet history with archive footage of his grandfather.

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.

A dark comedy-drama, delving deep into the psyche of a man in denial and a woman confronting their grim reality, reflecting on societal pressures.

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

Heartfelt musical comedy about a woman trying to save her drug-addicted husband.

The tragic story of an artist who was torn between passion and obsession and died under mysterious circumstances.

A degenerative neurological disease changes the life of family man Fouad and his relatives in this bittersweet Moroccan drama.

Dreamlike, Israeli indie film about a woman whose nightmare turns into a hopeful sense of autonomy.

Bodo is standing on the top of a roof ready to jump when suddenly his phone rings...

A singer loses her voice and seeks healing in a shamanistic trance.

A chance examination delivers the frightening diagnosis of brain aneurysm. The director himself documents the months leading up to the operation.

Down on his luck, an aging Serge Gainsbourg wannabe struggles with his acting career, an affair he doesn't want, and a crime he didn't mean to commit.

On the run, Marian returns to her hometown to hide out with her identical twin sister, Vivian, bringing their worlds on the verge of a collision.

A lonely stay-at-home mom, gets sucked into a world of stolen cars, unstable sisters, and paranoia when she makes friends with a woman at the park.

A new start to a better life? Forty Germans on welfare fly to Mallorca to do internships.

To deal with the trauma she endured during her work as photojournalist, Nanna Kreutzmann turns to underwater photography.

At pool parties in the richest part of South Africa, the post-apartheid dreams of an entire generation perish in a drug-fueled dystopia.

After a stroke of fate, a manager escapes his former live to a magical place, rich in ancient customs, at the Danube delta.

In this very compelling comedy, a father reaches the boundaries of his good will and is in danger of falling prey to insanity.

This experimental video portrait delves into questions of homelessness, the impact of incarceration, trauma, and living on the fringes of society.

This debut feature deals with schizophrenia and the ravages that this mental illness inflicts not only on the patient himself, but also on his family.

This film essay traces the life of influential poet Paul Celan, and illuminates his interest in the mystical tradition of Kabbalah.

Valerio is 30 and bipolar. His self-destructive life changes when he meets Carla, a senior citizen with early symptoms of Alzheimer's.

Authentic, honest drama about a family threatened by the downward spiral of depression, alcoholism and jealousy.

Japanese arthouse gem from cult director Sabu, where good luck and bad luck are side by side. With Masatoshi Nagase (Paterson).

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.

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

The poetic tale of a man with a neurological disorder and the enigmatic nurse persuaded to support him with assisted suicide.

Elza lives in a small town on the Caspian Sea. While her husband catches fish illegally, she dreams of breaking out of her small world.

After his lover's death, a rock singer studies the art of lucid dreaming and descends into a netherworld in hopes of being together again.

An authentic and quietly directed personal love letter to all those whose greatest struggle is to just get out of bed every day.

Comedian and director Gessica Généus (FREDA) explores the connection between voodoo beliefs, Christianity and the treatment of mental illness in Haiti

How do you become who you are? Dirk GIESELMANN was wronged. Now he is going to confront the people who caused his humiliation.

Survivors can also be victims in countries where injustice was the norm. Their compelling testimonies are featured in this insightful documentary.

This bitingly funny episodic film subtly interweaves the conflicts of a Palestinian family with the political realities of the Middle East conflict.

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

A press photographer retreats to Sicily after being held captive in Libya. But even here she cannot escape her trauma.

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

Journalist Ina Borrmann chronicles her own infertility treatment and in the process unsparingly documents what she and her partner experience.

Christoph Schlingensief's answer to "Pop Idol" was "Freakstars 3000".

The film begins with a man called 'Thief' who is harvesting a type of larva for the bizarre effects it has on the human mind.

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.

In Brazzaville, 'invisible forces' rule the world. The monk Medard tries to heal the sick victims of evil spells.

Hanan fled with her family from northern Iraq across the Mediterranean Sea. At that time, she did not know how to swim. She now overcomes the trauma.

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

A new house in a new town could mean the beginning of a phase of domestic bliss for a small family. But the young mother collapses under the burden.

Five young veterans of the Afghanistan war, outwardly unscathed but inwardly hurting, feel misunderstood upon their return to civilian life.

High school student Yuki's quiet life in a sleepy coastal town is shattered when her best friend Aya commits suicide.

This delicate ensemble film tells the story of the Leblancs and their well-kept family secret.

When Jonas loses his job at a Hamburg startup he doesn’t have the heart to tell his girlfriend Katharina.

Chantal Akerman weaves a haunting tale of greed, alienation, and cultural dissonance, reimagining Joseph Conrad’s 1895 novel into the 20th century.

The director of a psychiatric clinic near Tehran gives patients the opportunity to marry each other, in a model project.

A young man tells his story and gives testimony of the collective fate of a nation oppressed by poverty, police repression, and corruption.

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

In a world where gravity is constantly changing, Rosa must find something to keep her grounded.

In Northern France, a young man is obsessed with the idea of making himself explode in public.

During the Syrian war, two young Tunisian women were held as sex slaves by jihadists. The try to mend their lives.

This offbeat comedy breaks with all expectations and hones in on the gross, the boring, the pointless, and the sad sides of being human.

The doc about the cult surrounding a Soviet physicist Boris Zolotov was awarded the ARTE documentary award.

In the glistening light of southern France, the paths of the two women cross at seemingly opposite points in their lives.

Three siblings, Stefan (Lars Eidinger), Julia (Nele Mueller-Stöfen) and Tobias (Hans Löw) are part of a dysfunctional family.

Odile suspects that her husband Jean is cheating on her, so she gives him a taste of his own medicine.

During World War 2, 45,000 psychiatric patients died in French hospitals. Only one facility opposed the carnage: the asylum in Saint-Alban.

A short camping trip turns into a deadly, Victorian Gothic horror weekend.

In nocturnal Paris, Anna slips into the various roles of a woman's life until she suddenly finds herself face to face.

From an early age, Sebastian had to be self-reliant. This film follows him through three stages of his life on the path to discovering his true self.

Omar, a photographer, lost his male lover in an explosion. He turns his experience of loss into an art project.

Solange lives a secluded life in her Paris apartment. When one day a delivery man rings at her door, her little world is torn apart.

Gripping drama with film noir undertones about a man's delusional search for his allegedly missing wife.

A scandal forces literary critic Anders to change careers.

Zakir censors the mail of the inmates of an Istanbul prison. In a letter he discovers the image of a woman. Finding her becomes his obsession.

Andres gives up his ordinary life in the city. He moves to the quiet farm of his deceased parents and spends his days in the forest, aimlessly cutting ...

A terrible family secret that spans three generations and a society that refuses to acknowledge the reality behind the house facades.

In some of West Africa's traditional societies, mental illness and epilepsy are still seen as demonic possession.

In a strange, dark insane asylum, a brilliant physicist with no memory is being held captive. One thing preoccupies him: how to escape.

Based on the novella "Der Russenpelz" by Friedrich Wolf, Roland Gräf's feature film was made by the artistic working group "Roter Kreis".

The story about the singer Sunny, co-directed by Konrad Wolf and Wolfgang Kohlhaase, is considered one of the most important contemporary DEFA films.

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

In calm black and white, the story of a grieving ex-couple unfolds, that's looking for closure.

In 1970 Jeffery Kagel could have become a rock star. But he turned down the offer from Blue Oyster Cult and set off on a journey of self-discovery.

In dystopian Germany - just a breath away from our current reality - the return of the wolf triggers a mysterious fascination among the citizens.