Underground

With 'Die Bettwurst', Rosa von Praunheim established the camp film genre in Germany. The sequel follows the couple through an odyssey of bourgeoisie.

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

"Don’t become like my father" - a credo that will drive Alex, a man on the run from himself, to the edge of reason.

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

An indulgent, feminist and quirky docu-road movie about post-pornography and the sex-positive women's movement.

They risk it all: the rock band Arikain, formed by Afghans living in Iran, dreams of performing on a stage one day.

The first exploration of the incredible challenges that the punk subculture faced when it took root in the Nation’s Capital in the late 1970’s.

Jakob Fisch confesses to a murder he did not commit. Police psychologist Dr. Alea Anzu then tries to convict him of lying.

Mauro Russo condenses revenge, love and violence into a single night. What is there to say? Nothing. So this intense thriller is without dialogue.

The untold story of a series of Reagan-era guerrilla desert happenings, with Sonic Youth, Minutemen, Meat Puppets and Einstürzende Neubauten.

A visually and sonically striking ensemble piece set in a hotel on the city outskirts as Paris is mired in political chaos...

A delightfully absurd Berlin comedy about bicycle messengers, new age esoterica, and saving the world.

How does it feel to be a suspected radical left-wing terrorist? Especially if you've fled to to South America to avoid authorities.

Jimmy is trapped in a spiral of street drug addiction and withdrawal. He’s a wounded creature, chasing after his delusions with a vengeance.

Calcutta, India, one of the most densely populated cities in the world, is home not only to 14 million people, but also to countless stray dogs.

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

A young Irish musician immerses himself into Berlin nightlife after a concert and loses more than just his friends in the process.

1968: During the vacations, university students occupy a vacant apartment and discuss the Marxist ideas of Mao Zedong and their revolutionary ideas.

In his documentary Olaf Held examines the culture behind the remix and interviews net artists, composers, journalists and art professors. Remixes, mashups ...

A guided tour through the improvised spaces of Janka Industries, an underground cellar vault and creative microcosm of Vienna’s subculture.

A father with a gambling addiction must prevent his son from repeating his fate.

The British punk duo from Nottingham is known for their brutally honest lyrics and DIY-ethos.

Paris, 1978. In the male-dominated music industry, Ana uses innovative electronic instruments to create a new sound that will shape the coming decades

Masao Adachi, born in 1939, is a well-known Japanese scriptwriter and director who in 1974 joined the ‘Japanese Red Army’.

While researching for the film Das Netz, Lutz Dammbeck came across the exhibition "Software. Information technology: its new meaning for art".

Lutz Dammbeck talks with Peter Lamborn Wilson (Hakim Bey) about T.A.Z., Ted Kaczynski, Islam, Marvin Minsky, Cusanus and natural philosophy.

What is the connection between computer technology, hippie culture, mathematics, terrorism, the research of consciousness in the 1950s and paranoia?

In the 90s, first attacks on paintings in art galleries and later bombings by German identity movement shocks Austria.

A portrait of the artists Cornelia Schleime, Hans-Hendrik Grimmling and Hans Scheib who left the GDR for West Berlin between 1984 and 1985.

REALFilm is Lutz Dammbck's examination of film and filmmaking, a film in real time, a collage in space involving the audience.

In 1984, a group of artists occupied an exhibition center in Leipzig.

Christoph Schlingensief's interpretation of German reunification resembles a cannibalistic slaughter house.

A portrait of POC transgender musician and artist Linn da Quebrada, who uses her body and performances to fight sexism, homophobia and racism.

Ira translates to "wrath," but this feeling is barely voiced by the main characters, who live on the grim fringes of society.

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

A sales rep find himself stranded in an abstract space and time loop. Trapped in a non-place, between urban misunderstandings and Google Street View.

He was a street musician, redneck, weirdo, fag and, above all, always a rebel - this documentary is a memorial to Cologne icon Jürgen Zeltinger.

A successful rock band from Greenland? It actually existed! In 1973, the Greenlandic band Sumé released their debut album.

"World of Darkness" and "Vampire: The Masquerade" became pop cultural phenomena in the 1990s.

Alucinio wanders aimlessly through an ice desert. A poulterer saves him from freezing to death and leads Alucinio into the world of porn philosophy.

A flamboyant ensemble of gender-bending hippies created a series of LSD-fueled musicals in early 1970s San Francisco.

A tour of 1990s’ Berlin, capturing the unique vibe of the club culture and art scene at a very special time in history.

This psychothriller by Mauro Russo Rouge is a sordid escalation of physical and mental agony, torn between twisted visions and objective reality.

The inspiring story of the hip-hop electro duo "Scream Club!".

William S. Burroughs: cult figure, novelist and pioneer of the underground cultures. In the docu his closest friends: Laurie Anderson, David Cronenberg, ...

A stroll through the bizarre tapestry of what was once West Berlin - a city riddled with empty lots and free space and surrounded by a wall.

Filmmaker Julia Ostertag creates a cinematic parallel universe, an odyssey through a doomsday scenario on the brink of apocalypse.

They were a sensation – yet went virtually unnoticed. The Monks themselves weren't even aware of the influence they had on other musicians.

A successful broker, haunted by disturbing flashbacks, embarks on night full of rampage, fornication.

Imagine waking up tomorrow morning and all music has disappeared. Just like that. What will remain when it is all gone: CD’s, iPods, instruments?

Silvia Biagioni's NOTHING ESSENTIAL HAPPENS IN THE ABSENCE OF NOISE is an experimental documentary manifesto about Praxis Records label.

The captivating story of three gifted street musicians in Jakarta over a tumultuous 5-year period in their own lives and that of Indonesia.

Follow the mummified former Yugoslavian leader Tito as a guide to alternative culture in the post-Yugoslavian region.

A portrait of the Berlin bassist Hans Narva, his music, and his ironic denial of all rules – regardless of the authority behind them.

Oscar-winning documentary: The incredible, true story of Rodriguez, great '70s rock icon. The moving musical detective story won numerous awards.

A new twist on the long in the tooth vampire film. True to the bloody genre, there is no shortage of blood and erotica. Fascinating for hardcore fans. Holly ...

Berlin of the 1990s - somewhere between squatters and the indie scene. Starring and protagonist Yvonne Ducksworth, is the real singer of the cult band ...

This stylistic, legendary icon of NYC punk underground film is the starting point of Abel Ferrara's disturbing cinematic universe.

This film is a unique portrait of Swiss band: THE DEAD BROTHERS. A melange of interviews, musical performance, monologues and cinematic imagery.

1973: Adolf Hitler's former personal physician Ilse von Blitzen wants to revive the dictator. Only Captain Berlin can stop her.

2004, Kreuzberg at a time before hipsters, beer bikes and pub crawls.

In the Berlin-Kreuzberg microcosm, respect, betrayal and a suitcase full of money provoke great existentialist gestures - including trauma or death.

Udo Kier walks a black-humored, fine line between avant-garde and trash, which is tantamount to an act of unleashing.