Travel

  • Metamorphoses

    Metamorphoses

    Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy

    2014

    1h.42min

    16

    An ancient drama of the gods based on the work of the poet Ovid is revived at a highway rest stop.


  • Say God Bye

    Say God Bye

    Documentary, Independent

    2023

    1h.59min

    0

    A forty-year obsession with Jean-Luc Godard propels Thomas Imbach on a pilgrimage to meet the “God of cinema”.


  • Certified Copy

    Certified Copy

    Drama, Romance

    2010

    1h.46min

    0

    During a trip to Italy, to promote his book, an English author delves into themes like authenticity, identity, and the nature of human relationships.


  • Munay Dances – A Special Journey

    Munay Dances – A Special Journey

    Documentary, Independent

    2022

    1h.49min

    0 FSK

    Munay is 75 and doesn't want to go into a retirement home. She prefers to travel alone, light as a feather, all over Germany.


  • Auf dem Weg - When Encounters Change Us

    Auf dem Weg - When Encounters Change Us

    Documentary, Independent

    2022

    1h.53min

    0 FSK

    With their child just five months old, both parents decide to sell everything in Germany and travel through Asia without a plan.


  • The Circle in Which She Travels

    The Circle in Which She Travels

    Drama, Independent

    2010

    25min

    16

    A young woman's search for her family roots leads her to Mexico and on the trail of a revolutionary.


  • Hanna's Journey

    Hanna's Journey

    Romance, Comedy

    2014

    1h.38min

    0 FSK

    Girlboss Hanna hopes to get a career boost in Israel, but volunteering holds a few surprises for her.


  • Borderland

    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.


  • Good Life Deal

    Good Life Deal

    Documentary, Independent

    2022

    1h.13min

    16+

    Gerhard goes all in: He leaves his previous life behind for the Thai girl Amy. Romance and thriller begin to intertwine.


  • Öte

    Öte

    Drama

    2023

    1h.48min

    16+

    A love letter to the unique magic of solo traveling.


  • Soultribe: A Dance of Life

    Soultribe: A Dance of Life

    Drama, Music, Dance, Theater

    2023

    1h.51min

    0 FSK

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


  • In Between Fridays

    In Between Fridays

    Documentary, Independent

    2023

    1h.37min

    16+

    Somewhere in the Monchique mountains of Portugal, the Fridayhappiness Associação balances sustainable living with their economic lifeline.


  • Soulscapes: Spiritual Places in Scotland

    Soulscapes: Spiritual Places in Scotland

    Documentary, Independent

    2023

    56min

    0

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


  • The Lord Worked Wonders in Me

    The Lord Worked Wonders in Me

    Documentary

    2011

    2h.26min

    16+

    A road movie – on the trail of Don Quixote's mythical locations.


  • Birdsong

    Birdsong

    Drama

    2008

    1h.38min

    16+

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


  • Prima Mallorca

    Prima Mallorca

    Documentary, Independent

    2019

    1h.30min

    0

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


  • Wendy and Lucy

    Wendy and Lucy

    Drama

    2008

    1h.20min

    6 FSK

    Wendy, a near-penniless drifter, is traveling to Alaska in search of work, and her only companion is her dog, Lucy.


  • The Giants

    The Giants

    Comedy

    2010

    1h.24min

    16+

    A celebration of every boy's dream to be on his own, to go on a fun escape with his best pals, with a touch of Stand by Me and Mark Twain.


  • Stories from the Sea

    Stories from the Sea

    Documentary

    2021

    1h.26min

    16+

    This documentary portrays women who embark on a sea voyage thus challenging traditional gender roles just by being there.


  • Die Legende vom Nil

    Die Legende vom Nil

    Biography, Documentary

    1991

    58min

    0 FSK

    This travel diary describes the journey of the painter Paul Klee in Egypt between 1928 and 1929 through his letters and his paintings.


  • Magisches Irland

    Magisches Irland

    Documentary

    2018

    24min

    16+

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


  • Wildes Denken

    Wildes Denken

    Documentary

    2020

    1h.48min

    0 FSK

    The film clarifies - according to Claude Lévi-Strauss - the "wild thinking" of indigenous cultures based on masks, cult objects, and rituals.


  • Stand Up My Beauty

    Stand Up My Beauty

    Documentary, Music, Dance, Theater

    2022

    1h.49min

    0 FSK

    Heidi Specogna (Cahier africain) accompanies the Ethiopian singer Nardos Wude Tesfaw, who combines traditional singing and emancipation, over 5 years.


  • Queen Lear

    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.


  • For the Glory

    For the Glory

    Biography, Independent

    2022

    1h.15min

    16+

    This documentary follows full-contact athlete Lukas Kroiss on his cinematic path to the K1 European Championship title.


  • From Far Away

    From Far Away

    Documentary

    2006

    1h.30min

    0 FSK

    A personal travelogue by Berlin-based director Thomas Arslan about a journey through Turkey.


  • Fair Wind: Notes of a Traveller

    Fair Wind: Notes of a Traveller

    Documentary, Icons & Media Art

    2013

    1h.22min

    0

    Shot on Super 8mm, Bernadette Weigel's homage to traveling celebrates the uniqueness of each moment.


  • Russian Red

    Russian Red

    Drama

    2016

    1h.31min

    16+

    Inspired by the diary of actress Martha Nowill, RUSSIAN RED recounts the soul searching trip of two young Brazilian actresses in Moscow.


  • Older Brothers

    Older Brothers

    Documentary, Independent

    2018

    48min

    12

    Every year, two bearded brothers sail along the picturesque canals of Friesland and discuss family relationships, poetry and philosophy.


  • Something Is Happening

    Something Is Happening

    Drama, Queer

    2018

    1h.37min

    12

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


  • Magic Mountains

    Magic Mountains

    Thriller

    2020

    1h.19min

    16+

    Unsparing psychological thriller exploring the complex aftermath of a relationship set against the stunning backdrop of Poland's Carpathian Mountains.


  • Trails Across the Steppe

    Trails Across the Steppe

    Documentary, Independent

    2014

    1h.23min

    16+

    The three young Mongolian cross-country skiers Usukhbayar (17), Oyunchimeg (11) and Gerelt-Od (27) defy all odds to become part of the international sports ...


  • Sound of Heimat

    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.


  • Waithira

    Waithira

    Documentary, Independent

    2017

    1h.11min

    12

    Eva Njoki Munyiri left her birth country, Kenya, aged 14 and has lived in 3 different continents since then. Now she reconciles with her roots.


  • Soul

    Soul

    Documentary, Independent

    2016

    1h.15min

    0

    A unique glimpse into the breathtaking star cuisine of Japan and Spain.


  • Small Planets

    Small Planets

    Documentary, Independent

    2018

    1h.41min

    0 FSK

    A visit to four exceptionally isolated places and communities that never cease to amaze even the people who live there.


  • The Train of Salt and Sugar

    The Train of Salt and Sugar

    Action & Adventure, Drama

    2016

    1h.28min

    12 FSK

    In the midst of the Mozambican civil war, a train is the only lifeline and becomes the setting for stories of love and hate.


  • Far: The Story of a Journey Around the World

    Far: The Story of a Journey Around the World

    Documentary, Independent

    2017

    2h.7min

    0 FSK

    Gwendolin and Patrick go on a journey around the world, with the goal of going as far east as they can until they return home from the west.


  • The Garbage Helicopter

    The Garbage Helicopter

    Comedy

    2015

    1h.35min

    12

    Somewhere in Sweden, a gigantic dumpster breaks free from a heavy chain suspended underneath a big helicopter.


  • Antarctica

    Antarctica

    Documentary, Independent

    2003

    1h.16min

    12

    With a 15-meter-long sailing yacht, two German filmmakers travel from the southern tip of South America around Cape Horn through the Drake Passage to Antarctica ...


  • Free to Go

    Free to Go

    Documentary, Independent

    2016

    1h.29min

    0

    A very personal trip around the world, where strangers became friends and curiosity became memories.


  • My Girlfriend Sybille

    My Girlfriend Sybille

    Classics

    1967

    1h.20min

    0 FSK

    Tour guide Hurtig has to take over a Black Sea trip head over heels. In addition to a lack of foreign language skills, there is also Sybille.


  • Mission Amazonas

    Mission Amazonas

    Documentary, Independent

    2017

    0

    A team of scientists sets out for northern Brazil on an expedition of superlatives.


  • Lenz

    Lenz

    Drama, Independent

    2006

    1h.33min

    6

    An unconventional portrait of a man whose motto in life is reminiscent of Romantic poets: a genius writes their own rules.


  • War of Art

    War of Art

    Documentary, Independent

    2019

    1h.42min

    0 FSK

    What happens when a group of international artists go to North Korea to teach local artists about subversive art and rebellion?


  • Playland USA

    Playland USA

    Documentary, Independent

    2019

    1h.28min

    12 FSK

    A poetic time travel fantasy through the imagined history of the United States as a modern fairyland, along the traces of our desire for escapism.


  • Kolyma: Road of Bones

    Kolyma: Road of Bones

    Documentary, Independent

    2017

    1h.26min

    12 FSK

    Kolyma is a long highway that stretches through the deepest Russian North-east. It was the epicentre of the Soviet prison camp system.


  • Copenhagen

    Copenhagen

    Drama, Romance

    2014

    1h.38min

    12 FSK

    After weeks of traveling through Europe, the immature William finds himself in Copenhagen, the place of his father’s birth. He befriends the youthful ...


  • Red Earth White Snow

    Red Earth White Snow

    Documentary

    2018

    1h.11min

    16+

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


  • Polar Bear

    Polar Bear

    Drama

    2017

    1h.10min

    16+

    Meeting his old school "friends" reveals old wounds. But Heriberto has changed...


  • Focus on Infinity

    Focus on Infinity

    Documentary, Independent

    2014

    1h.20min

    16+

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


  • Rest

    Rest

    Documentary

    2016

    1h.0min

    16+

    Involuntary stops, personal rituals between communal showers and plastic-wrapped sandwiches.


  • La Sapienza

    La Sapienza

    Love & Sex, Drama

    2014

    1h.53min

    12

    After a professional setback, the architect Alexandre and his wife Aliénor, a psychologist, travel to Italy to complete his book.


  • Between Home - Odyssey of an Unusual Sea Bandit

    Between Home - Odyssey of an Unusual Sea Bandit

    Documentary, Independent

    2012

    1h.35min

    16+

    Carried by poetry and tension, this documentary portrays the three-year voyage of a young sailing beginner from Europe to Australia.


  • Farewell Halong

    Farewell Halong

    Documentary, Independent

    2017

    1h.38min

    0 FSK

    For generations, the Nguyen family has lived on and off the water amid breathtaking natural scenery. Now they are threatened with forced resettlement.


  • Indian Summer

    Indian Summer

    Documentary

    2015

    1h.27min

    16+

    One tour bus, 55 Indian tourists, eight countries in 13 days, 4500km across Europe, Indian tour manager included.


  • Balkan Melody

    Balkan Melody

    Documentary, Music, Dance, Theater

    2012

    1h.32min

    0 FSK

    A portrait of the music collector couple Marcel and Catherine Cellier, who already documented the music of Eastern Europe during the Cold War.


  • Echoes of Home

    Echoes of Home

    Independent, Music, Dance, Theater

    2007

    1h.21min

    16+

    Against the breathtaking backdrop of the Swiss mountains, 3 extraordinary vocal artists develop traditional yodelling into their own musical language.


  • Hans Dampf

    Hans Dampf

    Comedy

    2013

    1h.32min

    0 FSK

    Modern Fairytail about a young man who quits his jobs and looks for new challenges in the whole wide world.


  • The End of Time

    The End of Time

    Documentary, Independent

    2012

    1h.49min

    0 FSK

    Filming the unfilmable: From the particle accelerator in Switzerland, where scientists seek to probe regions of time we cannot see, to lava flows in Hawaii. Working ...


  • Tabu

    Tabu

    Crime, Love & Sex

    2012

    1h.53min

    0 FSK

    Aurora, an old woman, her Capeverdean housekeeper, and Pilar, all live in the same house in Lisbon. When the old woman dies, the other two learn a secret ...


  • Temptations of happiness: Arcadia - the film

    Temptations of happiness: Arcadia - the film

    Documentary, Independent

    2019

    1h.33min

    16+

    The ambassador of the state of Arcadia, occupies land and declares this occupied area to be Arcadian territory. Is this even legal?


  • Frozen Conflict

    Frozen Conflict

    Documentary, Independent

    2018

    1h.0min

    16+

    One of Europe's strangest borders lies between the Republic of Moldova and the de facto autonomous region of Transnistria.


  • Towards Jerusalem

    Towards Jerusalem

    Documentary, Classics

    1990

    1h.25min

    16+

    Beckermann's subjects offer a dramatic range of candid opinions about Arab-Jewish relations, immigration, the intifada, religion, and the economy.


  • Shamans of the Blind Country - Part 2

    Shamans of the Blind Country - Part 2

    Documentary, Classics

    1981

    2h.4min

    12 FSK

    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 - Part 1

    Shamans of the Blind Country - Part 1

    Documentary, Classics

    1981

    1h.37min

    12 FSK

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


  • Aus dem Leben eines Taugenichts

    Aus dem Leben eines Taugenichts

    Classics

    1973

    1h.31min

    6 FSK

    Screen adaptation of Eichendorff's famous novella.


  • Six Venice

    Six Venice

    Documentary

    2010

    1h.28min

    0 FSK

    A love letter to Venice. 6 residents speak about their love of the city, but as well as their disappointments and frustrations, far off mass tourism.


  • Eldorado

    Eldorado

    Comedy

    2008

    1h.17min

    12 FSK

    Standing Ovations in Cannes for the winner of the Quinzaine: for an irresistible road movie with intoxicating images, absurd humor and a bitter sweet finale. Overweight ...


  • MARE NOSTRUM - A Concert. A Journey.

    MARE NOSTRUM - A Concert. A Journey.

    Documentary, Music, Dance, Theater

    2015

    57min

    16+

    Join the fantastical musical journey of a student group preparing for a concert on a cruise ship.


  • Overbooked

    Overbooked

    Comedy, Romance

    2012

    1h.40min

    16+

    In this black comedy a woman is stranded on a barren island and has to come to terms with the gnawing lighthouse keeper.


  • Kurt and the Chairlift

    Kurt and the Chairlift

    Documentary, Independent

    2012

    20min

    16+

    Ten years ago, Kurt saved an outdated chairlift from demolition. Since then, he has been operating it himself - stubbornly and in any weather.