Religion

The crime against a young nun reveals the fatalism, faith and superstition that paralyzes the Romanian province.

A crazy coming-of-age story in which Orthodox monks teach kung fu in the Soviet Union.

A colourful quest full of hurdles for a man who has just arrived in paradise turns into a new beginning.

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

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.

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

After England and Wales, Rüdiger Sünner explores the spiritual side of Scotland's breathtaking landscapes in the second part of his trilogy.

Rob has been given a week to decide if he wants to settle down and have kids with his long-term girlfriend Marta, whom he's fallen out of love with.

In a religious summer camp, three youths who are torn between ideology, independence and falling in love.

For the first time in their history, the Mormons are allowing a film crew to film young missionaries throughout their missionary years.

A group of radical climate activists takes matters into their own hands and eliminates suspected climate sinners.

Albert Serra stages Jesus' Way of the Cross in his usual subversive style.

The Three Wise Kings travel in search of the Messiah, with unexpected obstacles on the way.

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

Israeli filmmaker Meni Yaesh tackles the complex yet always renewable thematic triangle of religion, violence, and sex.

Menachem, a widowed father is a former rock singer and has left everything behind to become part of the ultra orthodox jewish community.

A mother who survived the Holocaust dedicates her life to the Kabala. Meanwhile, her son recovers the fragments of his heroine-saturated past.

During the final prayer of the German Catholic Bishops' Conference in 1991, one of the most spectacular protest actions takes place.

Poetic film essay which conveys a sense of the lived spirituality of the British Isles.

A compelling exploration of the complexities of American life, history, and society through the lens of the unique and fascinating sport drag racing.

The theologian, feminist, and mystic Dorothee Sölle argued that theology is necessarily political.

In an age of ever-increasing scientific knowledge, why do more and more people prefer to adopt alternative lifestyles?

Already in 18th century Germany, early Romanticism developed a spiritual worldview that many today seek in Far Eastern spirituality.

Spiritual travel documentary to the "sacred places" of Ireland and numerous sanctuaries that date back to Celtic times.

What God did Bach believe in and what was the nature of his spirituality? Did it transcend the confines of his Protestant upbringing?

Christians on the one hand, and gays and lesbians on the other. Direct Cinema in short form.

Rainer Maria Rilke was not only one of the greatest German poets, but also a spiritual seeker who walked his very own path.

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

This documentary-narrative film hybrid tells the story of two Sicilian underdogs in strong, neorealistic Cinemascope images.

Offbeat, very funny French musical comedy that plays on the kitsch and mystique of the Lourdes pilgrimage site .

Authentic yet disturbing first feature, written by a Romani filmmaker, about life in a French Romani religious community.

Director Rosa von Praunheim experiments with alternative medicine and seeks out faith healers to cure his ailments and experience enlightenment.

The merciless fighting between militias in the region around Mount Lebanon ended in reprisals against civilians.

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

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

In this atmospheric, retro-styled horror film, Cecilia must find her son, who has disappeared after a car accident with a mysterious priest.

A funeral director who aspired to be an entertainer is now the last escort of people in Berlin who have died in solitude.

In this atmospheric horror movie, film student Alina Grimm wants to film her graduation movie in an old castle, but fiction turns into reality.

A magical film about the mysteries of childhood and an old custom: In the village of MANSFELD, the ritual banishment of the old takes place every year

In the small town of Monroe, New York, a dispute over land erupts between an Hasidic community and its secular neighbors and turns into a turf war.

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

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

A sheltered teenager rebels against the strict rules, religious beliefs, and conniving classmates at his Catholic boarding school.

Children have to memorize 6,234 Koran verses by heart, 12 hours/day for two years to become a "hafiz". This is life in the Koran schools, the madrasas

Germany's only trans* pastor.

This Oscar-nominated drama about a reinterpretation of the Passion of Christ shines in new splendor after being restored and digitized.

Daniel Spoerri is one of the most important representatives of object art, co-founder of the artist group Nouveau Réalisme and inventor of Eat-Art.

Arshad Khan, a gay man from Pakistan, examines his relationship to his father, a devout Muslim, through a vast amount of home video footage.

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

Buddhist noir: In Buthan the undercover police officer Kinley investigates the disappearance of a Buddhist abbess, who is known as "the demon".

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

When revolutionary troops arrive at their remote mountain monastery, the young monk Gabriel is forced to choose between his duty and his freedom.

Possibly Schoenberg’s finest work, and certainly one that he held close to his heart, is his unfinished opera „Moses und Aron“.

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

A disillusioned reporter and an idealistic young pastor, fight to free a girl accused of witchcraft from the clutches of a superstitious village in the ...

On the outskirts of Berlin, a culture clash is brewing. A Muslim community wants to build a mosque on a vacant lot.

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

Atmospheric Kenyan drama about Kaleche, who wakes up in a village of the dead.

Norwegian-Pakistani teen Nisha is torn between two worlds until the worlds colide.

Four Iranian mullahs, pillars of the regime, and an Iranian filmmaker living in exile, critical of the regime, discuss God and the world.

The exploration of a family secret through the inner journey of Francis, a lonely child who invents himself a brother and imagines his parents' past. The ...

A gay couple from Tel Aviv wants to become parents, ideally twins with an American surrogate mother, one child from each father.

A pastor’s daughter composes a mosaic of photos and film fragments to explore the myth, the relevance, and the future of the Parsonage.

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.

A party secretary in a village in Mecklenburg is said to be clairvoyant.

In one of Jerusalems oldest tattoo studio Jews, Christians, Muslims and atheists get their tattoos done.

Tel Aviv, Jaffa, Ajami. Here is the Babel of the present, life a permanent state of emergency. Enemies who have been enemies for a long time live here ...

Zahira, who lives in Belgium, is supposed to follow Pakistani tradition and enter into an arranged marriage. She seeks help from her brother.

The lives of three strong-willed women and a young musician cross paths in Tehran’s schizophrenic society where sex, adultery, corruption, prostitution ...

When Eyal finishes the week of mourning for his late son, his wife urges him to return to their routine but instead he gets high with a young neighbor. This ...

On the 3000 kilometers between Buenos Aires and La Paz, the two unlikely companions find each other despite their differences.

Maria finds herself caught between two worlds: being a teenager and strict religious theachings of St. Pius XII. At school this 14-year-old girl has all ...

Multifaceted portrait of the composer and music critic Walter Arlen, who musically processed the horrors of the Nazi era.

Within Brooklyn's ultra-orthodox Jewish community, a widower battles for custody of his son. Shot entirely in Yiddish, the film explores the nature of ...

A Buddhist high school for Roma youngsters in Hungary? A school experiment that seeks to overcome exclusion through education and spirituality.

Golshifteh Farahani plays the dutyful wife of an paralyzed Jihadists, who begins to confess her real feelings.

I lost my brother to a God that is a stranger to me. Jacob seeks the truth and I seek Jacob. Will we find each other again? Jacob is my beloved younger ...

Filmmaker Christine Moderbacher joins her father to help construct a school in Nigeria and examines her role as "foreign helper".

Settle into the tranquility of a Benedictine monastery.

A visit to the breathtaking places and the people who unlock the secrets of the universe.

12-year-old Pai, a young Māori, must rebel against her grandfather and a thousand years of tradition to fulfill her destiny.

The tragicomedy SCHWESTER WEIß by Dennis Todorovic is about faith and doubt, family and trust; premiered at the International Hofer Filmtage.

Philippe, who has just been released from prison, meets Avdal, a Kurd who is looking for an Iraqi war criminal.

Exploring Lisbon, a French actress delves into love, guilt, and redemption, mirroring her 17th-century role's emotional journey.

The documentary VIACRUCIS MIGRANTE – MIGRANT CROSSING by Hauke Lorenz gives people a voice who are on the arduous path to "the promised Land".

How a Holocaust survivor and Dürckheim student became a pioneer of Zen Buddhism in Ecuador.

Each episode features the divine duo Inge and Renate grappling with a major topic: from Adam and Eve to such burning questions as who invented those (damned) ...

Simon discovers that a teacher has hung herself in the classroom. Bachir Lazhar, 55, Algerian immigrant is the substitute teacher. The class goes through ...

In his 1992 documentary "Compassion in Exile", filmmaker Mickey Lemle created a groundbreaking portrait of the 14th Dalai Lama. His new film takes a fresh ...

A bus trip in the Balkans becomes a microcosm that captures the simmering conflicts in the region.

An historian who survived the concentration camps, Otto Dov Kulka grants insights into his long-hidden world of thoughts.

In a Dada-inspired retelling of the New Testament on Super8, 22 filmmakers and Michael Brynntrup explore faith and art in 35 episodes.

Shamans of the Blind Country is an epic 2-part documentary on faith healing in a remote region of North West Nepal.

Shamans of the Blind Country is an epic 2-part documentary on faith healing in a remote region of North West Nepal.

The story focus is a young woman who opposes the strict religious doctrine of her small home village of the 1920s.

Beyond the commercialization and hype, this doc presents yoga as an ancient and holistic way of life. For today’s society more important than ever.

Leonard Percival Howell founded the Rastafarian Movement, was also sailor, world traveler, and revolutionary. The documentary follows from Jamaica to Panama, ...

Douglas Wolfsperger presents the perils of small town life in black and white in his debut feature film HITHER AND THITHER.

The satire project TEST DRIVE TO PARADISE by Douglas Wolfsperger presents a pastor and his pilgrims with a severe test of faith.

The Blood Ride in the Upper Swabian Weingarten is considered the largest equestrian procession in Europe and was first mentioned in writing in 1529.

Robert Bramkamp boldly links the most banal Brandenburg present with the mythical depth of the Sumerian Gilgamesh myth.