Screen: Germany

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

Katharina and Steffen have everything but still want to escape the comforting predictability of their lives. Will they dare to take that one step?

In the hedonistic Berlin of the 2010s, a writer drifts through the party scene. With Nina Hagen, Peaches, Rosa von Praunheim and Blixa Bargeld.

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.

The long shadow of Sorel's stalker ex-boyfriend seems to extend to every last corner of the Lüneburg Heath.

Out of a crisis situation, a group of spiritual entrepreneurs develops new strength.

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

A multi-layered drama that skillfully explores how both feelings and memories stay locked away in post-reunification East Germany.

With a budget of 517 euros, Axel Ranisch created his debut, a tragicomedy in a warm-hearted, improvisational style.

A 24-hour odyssey through Berlin, full of subtle tension and existential questions.

Is it fact or is it fiction? A documentary-fiction hybrid about the Red Mountain near Trier and the people who dwell there.

In a world driven by algorithms, a group of "forever teenagers" rebel against the dictates of self-optimization.

Welcome to the marginal deviation of reality. An inexplicable rift runs through the dystopian Berlin and four outsiders venture to find their friend.

In the documentary, which was successfully screened in the Panorama section of the Berlinale, gays and lesbians from the former GDR have their say.

After the success of his series "Ebersberg", director Manuel Weiss takes a father-daughter duo into the gloomy depths of the German forest.

Compassionate mumblecore-style drama about a young woman's struggles with the expectations placed on her by her partner and friends.

Is homeopathy a hoax or medicine? Here, homeopaths are allowed to share their very different views.

Marc is a surfer and lives his life one day at a time. But after many strokes of fate, he dreams of turning back time, and starting all over again.

After the dark prince MONTRAK (Sönke Möhring - Inglourious Basterds) vanished centuries ago, his henchmen are once again descending upon the land.

Emma's father was a lighting technician at a theater in the Alps until his accidental death. Since then, she has suffered from stage fright.

This German indie film is a satirical declaration of love for the German small-town crime thriller.

Joscha is on high alert. He wants to take a pill, but chance encounters with old friends keep him from swallowing it. Shot in a single t ake!

All this 14-year-old wants is a 'normal' life, but that's not easy to come by given the lifestyle of her hippie parents.

The modernization of post-war style apartment blocks in central Germany becomes a journey into his own GDR past for architect Alexander.

"German cinema can be this exciting: Angela Schanelec's fourth film MARSEILLE" (taz)

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

As a pioneer of the Fluxus movement she revolutionized the concept of art and made history with contemporaries Karlheinz Stockhausen and John Cage.

The musician Wilhelm Heckmann survived 8 years of concentration camp, branded with the 'pink triangle' for gay prisoners.

Stay or go? In the year before the fall of the Wall, a group of dancers have to decide whether to stay in the GDR or flee to the West.

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

Wax portraits of an unknown woman are the focus of this medical-historical thriller which turns rigid 18th century role models on its head.

Germany's only trans* pastor.

An ex-Salafist and an ex-Neo-Nazi confront their past. Dominic Schmitz and Felix Benneckenstein were trapped in an ideology for years.

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.

In this nocturnal urban fairy tale about drifting millennials, in which reality and fiction merge.

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

How do you become a politician? By getting elected! But what does one experience as a candidate in a state election? That's what filmmaker Maximilian E. ...

Silke is pushed off a bridge yet survives. There is no trace of an assailant. The police suspect that the crime was a random attack by a drunk person.

Follow Jörg Meuthen, candidate for Germany's right-wing party AFD, on his election tour 2016.

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

Lost in the German province and searching for stability, 5 young people find each other and live by their own rules.

Six very different lesbian women talk about their lives and loves in the socialist system of the GDR.

To prevent the ecological collapse of our planet, these 8 courageous people envision a new kind of agriculture.

In this dystopian sci-fi film, the power of music unleashes rebellious tendencies in an emergencies counselor.

The weather goes completely crazy in a small house. Yes, in the house.

Iris P. was an undercover investigator who maintained close friendships and had intimate relationships with the people she spied on.

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.

What happens when your girlfriend suddenly has a penis?

Max "Adlersson" Herzberg from Dresden, 20 years old, has over 300,000 subscriptions on YouTube and reviews knives and gangsta rap fan boxes.

The merciless analysis of their failed relationship brings a newly separated couple closer together than ever before.

Cult director Rosa von Praunheim tells a true-crime story based on a real case about knockout drops in the Berlin party scene.

What would kids do if they didn't have to go to school? Five young people follow their interests in a world without compulsory education.

A German Mumblecore tragicomedy set in a Brandenburg mansion. Three couples, six people, love, deceit, and the question: what's next?

How deeply can you really know someone - or are you just falling in love with a dream?

A trans woman in the Bundeswehr? Ever since Lieutenant Colonel Anastasia Biefang joined the troops, this has been a reality.

Whether Hambi, Lützerath or Garzweiler - In the face of a destructive and misguided policy, many see only one option: Resistance!

Ridiculously funny analysis of metropolitan hipsterism in Berlin, the German capital.

Early one summer morning a man, with a secret stashed away in a duffel bag, emerges from the forest. In a nearby village he asks around for work.

A small notebook filled with the courageous testimonies of 300 people reporting on the atrocities of Congolese mercenaries.

After the big influx of refugees to Europe in 2015, even the most Bavarian villages the picturesque mountains had to adapt.

This doc follows a group of young German politicians over a period of five years starting with their first legislature period as Bundestag delegates.

Mumblecore maestro Axel Ranisch creates a fabulous tragicomedy about the madness of alcoholism.

With Mike it's anything but round: flat away, job a one-way street, and to make matters worse, his little loser heart still beats for ex-wife Claudia.

Hans and Anna – together they make the Hannas: A hefty couple who love to cook. They meet sisters Kim and Nicola, both anorexic and excitingly different. ...

A family reunion aboard a ship becomes a turning point in the life of 39-year-old engineer Markus.

With the onset of the mountain winter, Albert has to decide between preserving old ways of life on the mountain or new perspectives in the valley.

The documentary film Iuventa relates the events of a crucial year in the lives of a group of young Europeans all involved in different ways in the Jugend ...

After losing his job, Walter, a workaholic in his forties, finds himself in an existential crisis and takes on the identity of another man.

A comedy about love, life and the dilemma of our modern world.

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.

Film journalist Rüdiger Suchsland examines German cinema from 1933, when the Nazis came into power, until 1945, when the Third Reich collapsed.

Jonathan sacrifices himself for his sick father and his farm. When an old acquaintance turns up, an old secret comes to light.

Dark comedy about a german probation officer and some of his clients...

Only armed with a phone number and a blurry profile picture, Lene searches the streets of Berlin an online acquaintance.

The moving life story of Mario Röllig, who fell in love with a gay West German politician in the mid-80s and was imprisoned for it.

A German Mumblecore mystery and pyschodrama about two couples, a polyamorous relationship, and nightmarish reality shifts.

A German Mumblecore movie, an ode to the city of Berlin, a romantic comedy, father-daughter drama, and a portrait of a woman all rolled into one.

Oskar and Masha made a deal: a relationship but no sex. While Oskar soon regrets it, Mascha sleeps indiscriminately with older men. Can this work out?

LOVE STEAKS is the poster child of the German mumblecore genre, showcasing Franz Rogowski.

Berlin, summer 2016: Nola, Katja and Martina live near Hauptbahnhof. Time is running out - they are going to lose their flat. "What now?" they ask.

Two people, two perspectives, two sets of memories. Did Angela and Christian love each other? Were they ever in a relationship at all?

An attempt to come to terms with the NSU's incomparable series of murders from the perspective of the victims' relatives.

When the elderly and lonely Hanna causes an accident in Germany in which a young man from Kosovo dies, she tries to track down his family.

A lesbian bachelorette’s night out with "the guys", including, alas, her future sperm donor. A mumblecore comedy on a raft.

Award-winning investigative documentary combines live action and animation to show the struggle against unscrupulous realtors.

In this documentary we follow four people in Berlin - three men and a woman – who live their daily lives under the sign of drug addiction.

This comical satire on the movie business and its pitfalls is a very modern interpretation of a German literature classic, Heinrich von Kleist’s “Michael ...

Seven female criminals have to work off their community service hours in a cursed forest.

In a quest for self-directed living, ten artists near Berlin join forces to start the artist's colony 'Rakete Perelman'. But, they need money.

With a mixture of horror and comedy, this morality tale tells the story of a group of urban nomads fleeing from demolition excavators.

Germany in the near future: a group flees from violent demonstrations, night curfews and bomb attacks out of Berlin.

Currently, Berlin is experiencing the highest growth rate of tourism in the world, a situation not everyone is happy about.

A playful romanticist has been waiting for the love of her life to return – when suddenly her newly separated mother moves in.

The ambitious cello student Jessica and her boyfriend recently moved in together. But soon dark clouds are gathering above the young couple.

Inexplicably, millions of first-world citizens experience an epidemic of "anhedonia," the inability to feel joy, pleasure, and contentment.

15 years ago off the coast of Windholm the sea disappeared and with it, all the children. Since then, the losses hang like a curse over the region.

LOTTE, with her snappy, big city attitude, is impulsive and rough around the edges. No wonder she's constantly clashing with everybody.

What should have been a ordinary job in the Czech Ore Mountains, becomes a mysterious expedition for the aging engineer Julius Schmitke.

Years ago Anton disappeared. Out of the blue he invited his family and friends to a party. But everyone's joyful expectation soon fades.

An urban garden and trendy club on the rooftop parking lot of a Neukölln shopping center: Klunkerkranich.