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Beatrice manowski

Films

East Cross

East Cross

1991 | 83 min | Drama

Shortly after the fall of the Berlin Wall, a 15-year-old girl tries to find a home in the Berlin of wastelands and ruins.

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The GDR Complex

The GDR Complex

2016 | 90 min | Documentary

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.

Muller Corner Africa

Muller Corner Africa

2014 | Documentary

MULLER CORNER AFRICA is a documentary series about a forgotten African Quarter in Berlin-Wedding. Director Martin Helmbrecht meets it diverse inhabitants. Rob is a second-generation owner of the "Roy Dunn's Western Gates" shop. Israel Kaunatjike and Mnyaka Sururu Mboro explain the district's colonial street names and their own life stories and the struggle against colonialism. Bakri Maslmani is a Syrian musician who studied Arabian classical music. After more than ten years in Germany, he made his ...

On The Edge

On The Edge

2013 | 91 min | Romance

Two men, who loved the same woman, meet in the mountains and then starts a inscrutable game.

Borders

Borders

2008 | 20 min | Shorts

20 years after her family fled the GDR, a young woman returns to her homeland and is overcome by dark visions.

Im inneren Kreis

Im inneren Kreis

2017 | 83 min | Documentary

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

Der Stoff, aus dem Träume sind

Der Stoff, aus dem Träume sind

2019 | 76 min | Documentary

Housing is a human right. How can we guarantee housing in the increasingly difficult real estate markets in Europe's major cities?

East of War

East of War

1996 | 112 min | Documentary

The testimonies of former Wehrmacht soldiers collected by Ruth Beckermann are still horrifying today.

Zu ebener Erde

Zu ebener Erde

2018 | 91 min | Documentary

They are everywhere and yet often invisible: homeless people are often ignored. Visibility is also a social indicator.

Exit Right

Exit Right

2015 | 3 min | Shorts

Look away or intervene? When a man is victim of unfounded abuse in a packed bus, there is only one passenger who doesn't ignore the situation like everyone else. How do you best confront xenophobia? Is it right to stand up for the one abused or is it too great a risk of becoming a victim too? When a black man is abused by a stranger for no reason in a packed bus, there is only one passenger who doesn't ignore the situation like everyone else. He has the courage to step up and intervene. This doesn’t ...

The Giant

The Giant

1984 | 82 min | Drama

An omnipresent giant who sees everything, but can’t be seen himself ... An “City Symphony” entirelly composed from material generated by CCTV.

Berlin Utopiekadaver

Berlin Utopiekadaver

2024 | 92 min | Documentary

A “wave of evictions” is sweeping Berlin. The last left-wing autonomous housing projects are to be dissolved and their residents forced to leave the city. The film shows different generations of a subculture talking about themselves, fighting for their existence, but also dancing and crying together. A taxi driver drives through the city of Berlin and talks about the changes and the boom in the real estate market. He himself is a punk, left-wing, and a well-known figure in the autonomous scene. ...

Europa Passage

Europa Passage

2022 | 89 min | Documentary

A movie about people who have no chance but still try to make the best of it. And about the price they have to pay for it.