The lovingly told story of a grandfather and his grandson who want to bring the magic of the movies to their home village.
Liuben
Drama, Queer
2024
1h.49min
12 FSK
When Victor returns to his Bulgarian home village, a summer romance blossoms between two young men from different worlds.
Carnal Sins
Queer, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
2024
1h.36min
12 FSK
To protect their gay son, a family moves to the countryside, but there they are confronted with conservatism, religion and folkloric superstition.
I Saw You Dancing
Shorts
2024
19min
6
Margarita wanders through North Tyrol at dusk, observing the lives of others through windows – a game of imitation and longing.
Akron
Drama, Queer
2016
1h.28min
6 FSK
Benny, a college freshman at Ohio's Akron University falls in love with fellow freshman Christopher at a football game.
Infinite Place
Documentary, Independent
2024
1h.34min
12 FSK
When the urge for self-realization meets vacancy, worlds are created on a small scale.
My Grandfather's Demons
Animation, Drama
2022
1h.25min
12 FSK
A sensitive story that uses stop-motion and modern animation to create a magical world of self-discovery.
When It Melts
Drama
2023
1h.51min
16
A young woman's return to her homeland reveals a dark story from the past involving guilt, trauma and revenge.
Kumru
Drama, Independent
2020
43min
16
In the mountain village of Kumru, a whistled language is a central part of communication. However, Berat cannot whistle.
Surviving Brandenburg
Independent, Comedy
2024
1h.20min
12 FSK
László reluctantly stands as a candidate for mayor to prevent his village in Brandenburg from sinking into the right-wing swamp.
Borderland
Documentary, Independent
2021
1h.37min
0 FSK
A moving journey through a landscape and its history: from the border triangle of Germany, Poland and the Czech Republic up to the Oderhaff.
Beyond the Horizon
Drama
2019
1h.28min
12
The Sutter family can no longer earn a living from their Swiss mountain farm in the 1970s. A family catastrophe is brewing.
Öte
Drama
2023
1h.48min
16+
A love letter to the unique magic of solo traveling.
Snow and the Bear
Drama
2022
1h.33min
16+
In a snowy Turkish village, a nurse faces a web of power, mystery, and suspicion, where a missing man and rumored bears blur reality.
Junkyard Dog
Drama, Comedy
2023
1h.33min
12
Set in a remote village, Dog and Mirales face a test with the arrival of a young woman, who shatters the monotony of their lives.
Forces
Drama
2023
2h.28min
12 FSK
Under the crushing emotional burden of his terminally ill father and violent brother, 14-year-old Daniel seeks refuge with two outcasts.
Home Game
Documentary, Independent
2023
30min
16+
Hometowns, neighborhoods, community spirit, energy security and a lot of money are at stake here.
Foxfire
Drama
2012
2h.23min
16
A gang of five teenage girls in a small American town make a pact to live by their own rules and become the Foxfire gang.
YT
Drama, Comedy
2021
1h.42min
16+
A crazy anthology from Yakutia consisting of seven funny, dramatic and complex stories about the relationships of families, neighbors and relatives.
Krai
Documentary
2021
2h.3min
16+
This black and white film portrays the life and stories of a village on the Russian-Ukrainian border, combining elements of fiction and documentary.
Les Enfants Terribles
Documentary, Independent
2021
1h.33min
16+
Incredibly close and emotional, the film tells the stories of emancipation, love and struggle within a Turkish family.
Queen Lear
Documentary, Independent
2019
1h.24min
0
Heartwarming doc about the transformative experience of an all-woman theater group touring rural Turkey performing Shakespeare’s King Lear.
Colors of Tobi
Documentary, Queer
2021
1h.21min
16+
The powerful and inspiring story of a transgender teenager and his family in Orbán's Hungary.
The Postman's White Nights
Drama
2014
1h.37min
16+
Quiet drama about the Russian soul, corruption and the postman from Lake Kenozero in northern Russia.
Angels of Revolution
Romance, Drama
2014
1h.48min
16+
Soviet heroine Polina Schneider gathers a group of avant-garde artists to convert the remote pagan tribes of Siberia to communism.
The Gulls
Drama
2015
1h.27min
16+
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.
Another Way to Make a Living
Crime, Independent
2022
1h.4min
16 FSK
In a small German town, local journalist Eric investigates the drug scene on his own initiative and at great personal risk.
Wild Roses
Drama
2017
1h.29min
16+
Anna Jadowska's fifth feature film illustrates the inner struggle of a woman who comes into conflict with patriarchal power structures.
MansFeld
Documentary
2013
1h.38min
6 FSK
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
The Massacre of Anroechte
Comedy, Crime
2021
1h.0min
16
This German indie film is a satirical declaration of love for the German small-town crime thriller.
Bloody Milk
Drama, Comedy
2017
1h.27min
16+
A dairy farmer and his sister, who is a veterinarian, get into a conflict over how to deal with a dangerous cattle disease.
Alimamy
Documentary
2020
40min
16+
To pay for his children's education, Sierra Leonean farmer Alimamy is taking a gamble: he wants to sell the entire cassava harvest at the next market.
Class Struggle
Documentary, Independent
2021
1h.27min
16+
Based on his origins and personal background, director Sobo Swobodnik analyzes the social fabric of society and the German education system.
Sow the Wind
Drama
2020
1h.32min
16+
A young Italian student of agriculture wants to save her family's olive trees from pollution, parasite infestation, and corruption.
Dark Dreamer
Drama, Thriller
2020
1h.33min
12 FSK
A grieving teenage girl is drawn to the young man blamed for her brother's death.
Fire Will Come
Drama
2019
1h.26min
16+
The strange loner Amador was blamed for a devastating forest fire. After serving his prison sentence, he is now no longer welcome in his village.
Reported Missing
Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Thriller
2012
1h.27min
12 FSK
A reactor safety engineer follows the trail of his disappearing daughter through the Kafkaesque West German province.
Mama
Drama
2020
2h.13min
12
In the meditative quiet of a small Chinese village, 12-year-old Xiaoxian experiences three deaths and two births in seven days.
Thing I Don't Get
Drama, Independent
2018
1h.11min
6 FSK
Growing up in a rural idyll on his father's farm, teenager Johannes searches for his place in life.
Light as Feathers
Drama
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.
As I Am
Drama
2020
2h.5min
16
Set in the rolling hills of the English countryside, Philophobia by Guy Davies takes a fresh look at the high school film genre.
Seducing Doctor Lewis
Classics
2003
1h.49min
0 FSK
To convince an investor to build a factory in their remote village in northern Canada, the villagers first have to find a company doctor.
Do Not Fear
Documentary, Queer
2019
1h.6min
0 FSK
Germany's only trans* pastor.
Of Neo-Nazis and Superheroes – How the Far Right is Changing a Small German Town
Documentary
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.
Honeygiver Among the Dogs
Crime, Independent
2016
2h.16min
16
Buddhist noir: In Buthan the undercover police officer Kinley investigates the disappearance of a Buddhist abbess, who is known as "the demon".
The Bees and the Birds
Documentary, Independent
2018
1h.32min
6 FSK
From crowded Berlin to the Uckermark: A family documents the self-experiment on the "post-capitalist individual" itself.
My Lake
Crime
2020
1h.48min
16+
On the picturesque shores of Lake Prespa, in the tri-border area of Albania, northern Macedonia and Greece, drug smugglers fight for supremacy.
How to Become a Politician?
Documentary, Independent
2021
1h.36min
0
Accompany young politicians on their way into the tough world of politics.
Naked Animals
Drama
2020
1h.24min
12 FSK
Lost in the German province and searching for stability, 5 young people find each other and live by their own rules.
Humanity
Classics
1999
2h.22min
16 FSK
A brutal sex crime reveals the monstrous nature of humans, while a police officer must preserve his humanity.
Sound of Heimat
Documentary, Music, Dance, Theater
2012
1h.29min
0 FSK
In a quest to find the sound of the German homelands (“Heimat”), a musician from New Zealand crisscrosses the country.
Nakom
Drama, Independent
2016
1h.30min
16+
After his father’s sudden death, Iddrisu, a talented medical student, returns to his home village of northern Ghana.
The Cursed Ones
Drama
2015
1h.41min
16+
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 ...
The Bookshop
Drama
2017
1h.53min
16+
England, 1959. A woman decides to open a bookshop, despite protests from the local population.
Kati Kati
Drama, Independent
2016
1h.15min
6 FSK
Atmospheric Kenyan drama about Kaleche, who wakes up in a village of the dead.
Anishoara
Drama
2016
1h.44min
16
During the melon harvest in the rolling green hills of Moldova, 15-year-old Anishoara experiences the overwhelming feeling of first love.
Sweat
Queer
2014
30min
16+
Two bored teenage girls go on a rampage through their home village. Will their friendship survive this day?
Gutland
Drama, Independent
2017
1h.47min
16 FSK
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.
Gestrandet
Documentary, Independent
2016
1h.18min
0 FSK
In 2014 a small group of Eritrean refugees are "stranded" in Strackholt amidst the East Frisian emptiness.
The Eremites
Drama, Independent
2016
1h.50min
12 FSK
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.
Bright Night
Horror, Independent
2014
1h.23min
12 FSK
A German Mumblecore mystery and pyschodrama about two couples, a polyamorous relationship, and nightmarish reality shifts.
Heinz und Fred
Documentary, Independent
2008
1h.21min
0 FSK
Heinz and Fred have created their own strange world in the province of Saxony-Anhalt - a documentary about loss, time and the value of work.
Helbra
Documentary, Independent
2004
1h.15min
0 FSK
This documentary observes the struggle of three men against their heroin addiction.
Ciao Ciao
Comedy
2017
1h.23min
16+
This Chinese comedy sheds light on village life and the social changes that Chinese society is undergoing.
Making a Mayor - Der Bürgermeister-Macher
Documentary
2017
44min
12
Local politicians are the spearhead of democracy. But what if they need help themselves?
Pyromaniac
Drama, Thriller
2016
1h.38min
12 FSK
A firebug is wreaking havoc in a small Norwegian community - the culprit must come from among them.
We Are the Tide
Independent, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
2016
1h.24min
6 FSK
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.
Submarine
Comedy, Love & Sex
2010
1h.36min
12 FSK
In this quiet comedy in the style of Wes Anderson, a 15-year-old Welshman navigates the shoals of first love like a sailor through reefs.
visitation
Documentary, Independent
2015
53min
16+
Grandma Lulu has died. Her things are distributed, the bedroom is painted. A survey of family closeness and distance.
Queen of Niendorf
Kids & Family
2017
1h.7min
0 FSK
In this celebration of childhood, a 10-year-old girl struggles to find her place in a 'boys' world.
The Ground Beneath Their Feet
Drama
2007
20min
16+
Just like Lützerath, Erkelenz and Hambach, the village in this film has to make way for open-cast mining. But one man refuses to leave.
Aftermath
Drama
2016
40min
16+
During WWI the war reaches a small village and changes the fate of an older woman and her 12 year old friend.
Chances
Independent, Thriller
2014
1h.34min
16+
A love story about two troubled souls from a small town in northern Nevada. CHANCES won the Golden Reel Award.
Die Blutritter
Documentary, Independent
2004
1h.26min
6 FSK
The Blood Ride in the Upper Swabian Weingarten is considered the largest equestrian procession in Europe and was first mentioned in writing in 1529.