
Don't Call Me Bro
By Gina Wenzel
2018 | 18 min | Drama
In her harsh milieu study, Gina Wenzel tells the story of youth violence from the perpetrator's perspective.


By Gina Wenzel
2018 | 18 min | Drama
In her harsh milieu study, Gina Wenzel tells the story of youth violence from the perpetrator's perspective.

2017 | 12 min | Shorts
Her phone turns from being her best friend to her worst enemy… In a unique concept, the viewer experiences 24 hours in the life of a young teenager from the perspective of her smartphone. Looking through her eyes, her surroundings can only be seen through her smartphone, and only when it is turned on. Even though the team prepared extensively, “as on every set, TAGGED had some unforeseen struggles, like bad smartphone reception and a sudden delay in push-notifications.” (Director’s Comment - Martijn ...

1984 | 9 min | Shorts
A woman and a man clash in a bar in Hamburg, when she slaps him (almost) out of nowhere. The response is completely unexpected. It ignites a series of liberating slaps that spread through the city like wildfire. "Someone can't just smack me and declare it art." This statement by the then West German Minister of the interior was the starting point for Pia Frankenberg's second film.

2017 | 15 min | Shorts
Bosnia and Herzegowina 20 years after the war: Priest Mihailo and Imam Hamdia see each other during a bus trip through their home region. Neither wants to be the first to speak. Finally, when a young woman gets harassed by one of her relatives, both speak up in unison. The short BON VOYAGE won the jury award at the European Shortfilm Festival Brest.

2024 | 19 min | Shorts
In a moving cinematic experience that captures the rhythm of the body and the emotional depth of human encounters, the power of dance as an expression of a lived art of living is impressively staged. The film takes the viewer into a world where not only precise choreographies, but also unspoken feelings and silent longings are interwoven – an intense dialogue between body and mind that inspires reflection on liberation and vulnerability. I SAW YOU DANCING by Sarah Pech tells the story of people ...

2020 | 105 min | Documentary
“What the hell is happening to my country?” After Trump was elected, filmmaker Susanne Brandstaetter investigates the growing divide in the USA. Among non-typical Trump voters in the swing state Ohio, she discovers surprising parallels between America and Europe. What determines people’s choices? Why do people form opinions and then stick to their political positions – no matter what? The filmmaker decides the only chance to understand why the divide is growing is to follow one rule: don’t argue, ...

2015 | 9 min | Shorts
A weekend dad wants to show his teenage daughter his love by taking her to a car wash, but instead of the car wash, they end up on a life-changing adventure at the supermarket, at the endless sanitary napkin display. They get "help" from an older lady who shares stories that might be just a bit too intimate. CLUMSY LITTLE ACT OF TENDERNESS played at Oberhausen and Nordisk Panorama and received the Youth Jury Prize at the Tampere Film Festival.

2017 | 29 min | Shorts
The open-air swimming pool, a sociotope and microcosm of society: different people, half naked in a confined space, share an afternoon, a moment with each other and as quickly as it has come, so quickly it has gone again. That's the poetry inherent in the banality of everyday life. For her third year project, Sinje Köhler observes the figures in the outdoor pool and also sheds light on the architecture of this special landscape.

2022 | 136 min | Biography
Alice Schwarzer, journalist, author and publisher, has been a media star since the 1970s through her many television appearances and as a leader of discussion panels. The focus of her work is women's self-determination. With Emma and her media presence, Alice Schwarzer has managed to bring feminist issues to the center of society. She is loved and hated for this. There is hardly anyone she leaves cold. Alice Schwarzer, the cinema documentary is the biography of a feisty journalist who never lets ...

2024 | 62 min | Documentary
TERRAFORMA explores the remarkable history of Ascension Island, a remote volcanic island in the South Atlantic that remained largely barren for millions of years before becoming the site of one of history's most ambitious ecological experiments. In the nineteenth century, British scientists introduced plants and trees from around the world, transforming the island into a lush, artificial landscape. From this extraordinary story, the film opens up broader questions about humanity's relationship with ...

2013 | 21 min | Shorts
Fifteen year old Tomáš finds himself in the hospital after a house party.