Queer Exile Berlin
By Jochen Hick
2023 | 105 min | Documentary
Queer migrants find protection, freedom, and challenges in Berlin. The film shows how they continue to shape the face of the city to this day.
Jochen Hick
DirectorJochen Hick is a German filmmaker known for his work in documentary films. He has directed several notable documentaries, including "Lost in the Crowd," "The Education of Shelby Knox," and "Trust Yourself." Hick's films often touch on social issues and LGBTQ+ themes. While specific awards may not be readily available, his work has been praised for its insightful and thought-provoking content, earning him recognition in the documentary filmmaking community.
Films
My Wonderful West Berlin
By Jochen Hick
2017 | 98 min | Documentary
Romy Haag, Rosa von Praunheim, Ades Zabel and Udo Walz talk about their fascination with the dream destination West Berlin.
Talk Straight – The World of Rural Queers
By Jochen Hick
2003 | 99 min | Independent
How is life as a gay in the Swabian province? An intimate insight into a hitherto unknown terrain between church and Stammtisch.
Out in East Berlin
By Jochen Hick, Andreas Strohfeldt
2013 | 94 min | Documentary
In the documentary, which was successfully screened in the Panorama section of the Berlinale, gays and lesbians from the former GDR have their say.
Menmaniacs - The Legacy of Leather
By Jochen Hick
1994 | 86 min | Timeless
An intense trip into the gay bondage and leather scene: We meet contestants, bondage film actors, uniform fetishists and long-term slaves.
Hallelujah!
By Jochen Hick
2006 | 5 min | Queer
Christians on the one hand, and gays and lesbians on the other. Direct Cinema in short form.
East/West – Sex and Politics
By Jochen Hick
2008 | 95 min | Independent
A snapshot of the multifaceted life in the megapolis Moscow, with the focus on lesbians and gays who take to the streets for their rights.
Sex/Life in L.A.
By Jochen Hick
1998 | 90 min | Love & Sex
An insight into the world of gay porn stars and nude models - behind the scenes and undiscovered fields of a creative part of social reality.
The GDR Complex
By Jochen Hick
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.
The Good American
By Jochen Hick
2009 | 92 min | Biography
A portrait of Tom Weise, one of the initiators of HustlaBall, a project to promote the acceptance of male prostitutes.
Cycles of Porn – Sex/Life 2
By Jochen Hick
2004 | 104 min | Independent
What happened to the men who performed in Jochen Hicks SEX/LIFE IN L.A. in 1998? A long-term observation of actors in gay "Adult Movies".
Rainbow's End
By Jochen Hick, Christian Jentzsch
2005 | 75 min | Documentary
The gay movement fought its way from the margins to the center of society. What battles still need to be waged?
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Hallelujah!
2006 | 5 min | Queer
Award-winning director Jochen Hick humorous doc HALLELUJAH! follows the Pope's visit to Cologne 2005 and juxtaposes two camps of demonstrators. Award-winning director Jochen Hick follows humorous doc HALLELUJAH! follows the Pope's visit to Cologne 2005 and juxtapostions two camps of demonstrators: Christians on the one hand, and gays and lesbians on the other. Direct Cinema in short form.
Mauerpark
2011 | 78 min | Documentary
A tribute to one of Berlin's favorite parks and to Berlin subculture with her eccentric, creative and talented outsiders. MAUERPARK is a unique chronicle of contemporary times that reflects the spirit of an entire generation in the city of Berlin. MAUERPARK is located on former no man's land in Berlin's Prenzlauer Berg district. Dr. Motte and Wladimir Kaminer, but also Screwdriver Micha, Joe Hatchiban and Ginger Brown all go there. The Wall used to separate people, today the park brings them together ...
Lebe schon lange hier
2019 | 98 min | Documentary
A year in the life of an ordinary street in Berlin. "Summer from of a balcony in Berlin - but also spring, fall and winter: Sobo Swobodnik spent a year observing life in his neighborhood from his apartment and made a unique film about it - with intimate perspectives and vantage points." Filmportal.de The minimalist work of art unfolds a fascinating image-sound-music collage about the “productivity of waiting”.
My Wonderful West Berlin
2017 | 98 min | Documentary
The newest addition to Jochen Hick's Berlin trilogy about gay life in Germany's capital city - with many current political references. The film explores the roots and the fascination of a city that is still a dream destination and refuge for many gay men from all over the world. Jochen Hick interviews local luminaries such as Romy Haag, Rosa von Praunheim, Ades Zabel and Udo Walz. He and they talk their lives and the struggles they've endured. From the Homosexual Action West Berlin (HAW) to the ...
Performance
2014 | 63 min | Love & Sex
Paula and Rodrigo are young, queer artists, like many others in Berlin. Outside of their utopian rehearsal room, they have to fight German red tape. Paula's and Rodrigo's drive to stand out leads them to form a performance collective. The rehearsal room is a space of utopias, but can they make it out the door? PERFORMANCE is a feature film by Hanna Bergfors Kornelia Kugler that plays with the conventions of fiction and documentation, what is on stage and what is at stake. "A life in no budget, ...
The Bitter Apple From the Tree
2015 | 29 min | Documentary
A summer in South Korea: a filmmaker returns to her home country, driven by her complex relationship with her mother. In a small apartment in Incheon, an intimate story unfolds about a woman whose life has been shaped by disappointment and conformity. The youngest of four sisters, born unwanted, she left home at the age of twelve. Since then, she has struggled, marked by the expectations of society and her own family. The daughter's camera captures moments of intimacy and confrontation, an interplay ...
Last Exit Gran Canaria
2025 | 82 min | Queer
In this daring autofictional documentary, filmmaker Tim Lienhard, raised in a Catholic family in southern Germany, traces his late-in-life transformation into a provocatively performative drag persona. Now 64, he reflects on identity, sexuality, aging, and self-esteem with shameless openness and humor. His journey takes him from Berlin to the Torremolinos Porn Festival and Pride Week in Gran Canaria, where he meets OnlyFans creators, partygoers, and peers who share their stories of desire and liberation. What ...
Islands in the City
2021 | 23 min | Comedy
In the calm expanse of the Elbe, where the evening sun bathes the decommissioned cruise ships in a soft light, a story of longing and waiting begins. A young man, played by Marian Freistühler, finds himself on the banks of this mighty river, surrounded by strolling couples gazing into the sunset. His thoughts drift to an uncertain message that could determine his future destiny. The melancholy scenery becomes the setting for an inner drama as he imagines embarking on a journey himself – a journey ...
Not Yet Over
2016 | 63 min | Independent
The film follows various women who strive for medical and social reproductive freedoms and premiered at the International Queer Film Festival Hamburg. While Germany wrestles with abortion laws from the Nazi era, migrant women in this country often struggle with the law and the health care system for their own sexual self-determination. The filmmakers create a condensed setting with four women. One wants a child through artificial insemination, the other wants an abortion, the third wants to become ...
The GDR Complex
2016 | 90 min | Documentary
Young, gay, and conservative, Mario Roellig is a witnesses to the atrocities committed in the GDR. He guides groups through the Stasi prison where he was once incarcerated. A love affair with a politician from West-Berlin made him try to flee to the West, but he got unlucky and was detained at the famous Stasi prison Berlin Hohenschoenhausen. Today Roellig confronts GDR aficionados and is also confronted by people who still believe in social utopias. And he tries to overcome his hurt feelings: ...