Welcome to the marginal deviation of reality. An inexplicable rift runs through the dystopian Berlin and four outsiders venture to find their friend.
Crossings
2020
1h.28min
16+
Three young Israelis are forced to serve in the military police at a checkpoint despite their refusal to do military service.
Welcome to the Dome
1992
15min
0 FSK
During the final prayer of the German Catholic Bishops' Conference in 1991, one of the most spectacular protest actions takes place.
Barricade
2021
1h.23min
6 FSK
A striking documentary by renowned photojournalist David Klammer about protesters fighting to stop the clear-cutting at the Dannenröder Forest.
Hallelujah!
2006
5min
16+
Christians on the one hand, and gays and lesbians on the other. Direct Cinema in short form.
Recycling Medea: Not an Opera Ballet Film
2013
1h.15min
16+
The Greek composer and national hero Mikis Theodorakis settles accounts on stage with a society that robs its children of their future.
Matangi / Maya / M.I.A.
2018
1h.36min
16+
Unparalleled, intimate profile of the critically acclaimed artist M.I.A. that chronicles her remarkable journey from refugee immigrant to pop star.
Concerning Violence
2013
1h.15min
12 FSK
This doc is based on newly discovered, powerful archival material documenting the most daring moments in the struggle for liberation in the Africa.
Nunca Más - No More War In Colombia?
2018
36min
16+
After more than 50 years of bloody civil war, the peace process in Colombia began in 2016, with an uncertain outcome.
The Revolution Eats its Children
2020
1h.14min
16+
A European theater director wants to stage a play about revolution in Burkina Faso and gets caught up in a real revolution.
No News
2021
1h.21min
16+
The shocking story of the sea rescue ship Lifeline, which was denied entry to a safe port for months.
Our Mothers
2019
1h.16min
16+
Guatemala, 2018. The whole country is immersed in the trial of the soldiers who sparked the civil war.
Moments of Resistance
2019
1h.39min
16+
This film places acts of resistance against National Socialism and current struggles in a historical continuity.
Where to, Miss?
2016
1h.23min
12 FSK
A Delhi woman's rocky road to her own cab license.
Of Neo-Nazis and Superheroes – How the Far Right is Changing a Small German Town
2018
56min
16+
In the summer of 2017, 6,000 neo-Nazis from all over Europe gathered in Themar for the largest right-wing rock concert of the German post war era.
Live
2020
1h.23min
12 FSK
In this dystopian sci-fi film, the power of music unleashes rebellious tendencies in an emergencies counselor.
The Old Gun
1975
1h.38min
16 FSK
The Wehrmacht massacre at Oradour in 1944, filmed with Philppe Noiret and Romy Schneider in 1975. Hated by the German critics, loved by the French.
La Chinoise
1967
1h.36min
16 FSK
1968: During the vacations, university students occupy a vacant apartment and discuss the Marxist ideas of Mao Zedong and their revolutionary ideas.
Anbessa
2019
1h.25min
16+
Asalif and his mother are displaced from their farmland on the outskirts of Addis Ababa. To fight for their livelihood, Asalif taps into his fantasy.
Mai 68, La belle ouvrage
1968
1h.57min
16+
In Paris in May 1968, this documentary examines the social upheavals of the time and compares them to the anti-globalization movement of today.
Severino
1978
1h.22min
12 FSK
Severino, a member of the indigenous population of South America, returns to his home village after ten years in the city. The situation has deteriorated ...
No Lullaby
2015
1h.14min
16 FSK
A terrible family secret that spans three generations and a society that refuses to acknowledge the reality behind the house facades.
What Will People Say
2017
1h.42min
12 FSK
Norwegian-Pakistani teen Nisha is torn between two worlds until the worlds colide.
Brecht
2018
3h.0min
12 FSK
East Berlin, 1956. Bertolt Brecht, revolutionary of the theater and poet of the state, looks back.
The Net_A Visit to 'Hakim Bey'
2004
35min
12
Lutz Dammbeck talks with Peter Lamborn Wilson (Hakim Bey) about T.A.Z., Ted Kaczynski, Islam, Marvin Minsky, Cusanus and natural philosophy.
The Net
2003
2h.1min
12 FSK
What is the connection between computer technology, hippie culture, mathematics, terrorism, the research of consciousness in the 1950s and paranoia?
GDR Experimental: First Leipzig Autumn Salon
1984
22min
0
In 1984, a group of artists occupied an exhibition center in Leipzig.
Ghetto
1997
1h.56min
12
A touching documentary about the everyday life of Zurich's forgotten youth.
El Viaje
2016
1h.30min
6 FSK
Rodrigo Gonzalez, bassist of the German punk rock band DIE ÄRZTE, travels to Chile, on the trail of the music of his childhood.
Osceola
1971
1h.48min
12 FSK
Director Konrad Petzold addresses the role of Native North Americans and African American slaves in this international production.
Ulzana
1974
1h.40min
12 FSK
GDR-Western, who describes the actions of white settlers against self-sufficient Mimbreno Appacheans trying to settle down in Arizona in the middle of ...
Thinking like a mountain
2019
1h.31min
16+
The Arhuacos are the guardians of the forest and the glacial ice of Colombia's highest mountain range - the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta.
To the Four Winds
2018
1h.40min
16+
A French olive farmer offers help to refugees crossing the mountains. But now he too faces prosecution.
Push
2019
1h.32min
0 FSK
Housing prices are skyrocketing in cities around the world. Incomes are not. PUSH sheds light on a new kind of faceless landlord.
The Red Line - Resistance in Hambach Forest
2019
1h.55min
0 FSK
Whether Hambi, Lützerath or Garzweiler - In the face of a destructive and misguided policy, many see only one option: Resistance!
The Hunter
2010
1h.32min
12 FSK
Ali Alavi is a passionate hunter who was recently released from prison. His wife and daughter get shot during a demonstration.
Despite his stigma as a ...
Istanbul United
2014
1h.25min
16 FSK
The story of an extraordinary alliance of rival soccer fans in Istanbul during the Gezi protests in 2013.
Tehran Taboo
2016
1h.36min
16 FSK
The lives of three strong-willed women and a young musician cross paths in Tehran’s schizophrenic society where sex, adultery, corruption, prostitution ...
A Farewell to Fools
2014
1h.25min
12 FSK
World War II, somewhere in Eastern Europe. A German soldier is found dead near the village. The local authorities must find the culprit, or they will be ...
Piripkura
2017
1h.21min
6 FSK
The last two members of the indigenous Piripkura people from the Amazon rainforest in Brazil are fighting for the survival of their people.
In Heaven's Meadow
2018
30min
16+
After an assault, Maya tries to find her way back into life.
We Weren't Given Anything for Free
2015
58min
0 FSK
Transporting baskets full of hand grenades and secret messages through Nazi roadblocks was just a part of Annitas work during WW2.
Zero
2015
1h.22min
16 FSK
The honey producer and industrial magnate N. becomes an ecoterrorist after a reawakening experience.
Fidai
2012
1h.22min
16+
The gripping documentary FIDAI is about a veteran of the Algerian war.
GE8EN - The Camera Marches
2013
48min
16+
An experimental account of the protest culture at the G8 summit in Heiligendamm, Germany.
Noise and Resistance
2011
1h.30min
12 FSK
Documentary about the punk culture of Europe, where community emerges from protesting independence - with the best punk sound in a long time.
Seed: The Untold Story
2016
1h.34min
6 FSK
Few things on earth are as wondrous and vital as seeds. Revered and valued since the dawn of mankind.
Apache
1973
1h.24min
16 FSK
The story of Ulzana, an Apache chief who has reached a rapprochement with the local Mexican population and generously extends it to whites who travel through ...
Frozen Flashes
1967
2h.34min
16 FSK
In November of 1939, the British consulate in Norway receives documents saying that the Nazis are conducting secret rocket research in Peenemünde.
But ...
The Sons of Great Bear
1966
1h.28min
12 FSK
In the first DEFA western, Gojko Mitić plays the war chief Tokei-itho.
Tecumseh
1972
1h.48min
12 FSK
DEFA-produced film that impressively portrays the tragic fate of the Native Americans who are fought by the Americans and abandoned by the English.
Fatal Error
1970
1h.39min
6 FSK
The exploitative boss of an oil company promises the indigenous people a share in the oil deposit on their reservation.
Enemies In Love
2012
1h.56min
16 FSK
Swiss feminist Iris Meyer and conservative Peter von Roten were unlikely mates who nonetheless had a passionate relationship. This is their story.
ENEMIES ...
The First Rasta
2010
1h.25min
0 FSK
Leonard Percival Howell founded the Rastafarian Movement, was also sailor, world traveler, and revolutionary. The documentary follows from Jamaica to Panama, ...
Opération Libertad
2012
1h.30min
16+
To atone for the injustice of colonialism, a revolutionary group attacks a Swiss bank.