
Another Way to Make a Living
2022 | 64 min | Crime
In a small German town, local journalist Eric investigates the drug scene on his own initiative and at great personal risk.


2022 | 64 min | Crime
In a small German town, local journalist Eric investigates the drug scene on his own initiative and at great personal risk.

2022 | 83 min | Drama
Mansour, an 11-year-old boy, witnesses the murder of his father by a stray bullet during a shootout between drug dealers and police. With his mother's dream of opening a café on their small island, Mansour takes on the responsibility of supporting her by becoming a tourist guide and getting involved in the dangerous drug trade. Mansour's naivety and his good intentions to save money for his mother's café are heart-wrenching. When he finally saves enough, his childhood impulses lead him to spend ...

2018 | 74 min | Independent
After many years of not seeing each other, Mia and Linda meet up in Berlin. Mia has debts and plans to blackmail the man she's been having an affair with. Linda is planning to marry Thomas, but her doubts are mounting... Film and theater director Malte Wirtz is back: in less than 24 hours he shot the entire film without the restrictions of fixed dialogue and without a budget. The hard work was rewarded with the Best Feature Award at the Boddinale in Berlin and a prominent spot at the Achtung Berlin ...

2014 | 77 min | Biography
Lessing shot iconic photos of historical events in the mid-20th century such as the Hungarian Revolution. Photographer Erich Lessing documented contemporary history with his pictures. His photograph of Leopold Figl standing on the balcony of the Belvedere palace presenting the signed Austrian State Treaty in May 1955 has been forever etched in Austria’s collective memory. Lessing, a member of the legendary photographic agency Magnum, is one of the most important photojournalists of the post-war ...

2022 | 80 min | Documentary
Embarking on a poignant exploration of conflict and its human repercussions, this documentary follows Pierre Crom, a Dutch parliament photographer turned war documentarian, as he captures the unfolding war in Ukraine. Drawn to Crimea on the eve of its annexation by Russia in February 2014, Crom finds himself amidst an escalating crisis. His journey through key historical stages of the conflict—starting from Sloviansk's war outbreak, the MH17 crash, to Debaltseve's tank battle—offers a raw glimpse ...

2015 | 89 min | Documentary
Tianlin Xu, Gold Remi winner at the WorldFest Houston, tells in her documentary film COMING AND GOING the story of four Chinese boys and their hopes, dreams and the challenges they face. The film tells the coming-of-age story of two siblings from two different families living as neighbors in the Chinese backcountry. Two orphaned teenage brothers, Long (18) and Cheng (16), leave their remote mountain village behind to seek their fortune in two separate major cities. Meanwhile, their young neighbors, ...

2016 | 40 min | Drama
Germany 1916. Misery, decay, ruins are everywhere. In this desolation two outsiders start a timid friendship which is abruptly changed when the war reaches the small village. The First World War is in full swing and Marga is fighting for survival. Her husband Otto disappeared in the war, she keeps herself alive by stealing potatoes and selling moonshine. Her determination and assertiveness soon make her an outcast in her own village. But twelve-year-old Hans is fascinated by Marga. A misfortune ...

1994 | 73 min | Timeless
In a high-tech company, over 1,200 people are busy checking the billions of Swiss francs that flow through the country every day in the form of endless data streams. From the mass of employees—absorbed by the labyrinthine building, overwhelmed by avalanches of language—individual figures emerge: the gold card clerk, the product manager, the department head, the PC support technician, the key account manager, the director. The camera follows their inconspicuous gestures, ways of speaking, and glances. ...

2007 | 75 min | Romance
A man known only as a banker moves along the river Limmat in Zurich, drifting through the city and encountering a series of women. Each meeting takes on a different tone — sometimes seductive, sometimes enigmatic — gradually dissolving any clear distinction between reality, memory and imagination. As the journey unfolds, the encounters begin to feel less like chance meetings and more like fragments of a larger, elusive narrative. The river becomes a space of transition, where identities shift and ...