Disciples of Hate
2018 | 60 min | Documentary
An ex-Salafist and an ex-Neo-Nazi confront their past. Dominic Schmitz and Felix Benneckenstein were trapped in an ideology for years.
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Will My Parents Come to See Me
2022 | 28 min | Drama
With destabilising gentleness, Mo Harawe recounts the last hours of the terrorist Farah before his execution.
Bubble Gummed Girl
2018 | 25 min | Independent
Emma, who is addicted to chewing gum, wants to play with her childhood friend Lasse and his toy train set. But Lasse has a girlfriend now.
MPA - Medical Psychological Assessment
2011 | 6 min | Shorts
Robert Bohrer's short comedy looks at the bête noire of many a drunk driver in Germany, MPU - MEDICAL PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT. Two years of preparing for the MPU to get back a driver’s license and two years of being sober... well, not really... and today is the final test and the most important conversation with the psychologist. Hold on: today? TODAY??? On this Monday morning, as Frankie leaves a Berlin club with his girlfriend Lanka, he realizes that he has totally forgotten about his big MPU ...
Hashtag: School Trip
2016 | 28 min | Independent
How much critical potential is hidden behind smartphones? A school class visits the Auschwitz concentration camp in Poland.
Le Ciel, la Terre et L'Homme
2018 | 70 min | Documentary
The Aït Seghrouchen, a nomadic people from the windswept Moroccan desert, brave sandstorms, watch livestock and the cell phone towers.
So bright the night
2019 | 14 min | Shorts
When night falls and the last rays of sunlight fade, the people in this film start their workday.
Pinky Swear - Whatever She Wants
2024 | 91 min | Thriller
In this Berlin thriller, lollipops serve as a gateway to extraordinary adventures and reveal sweet and dangerous secrets.
Someone Beside You
2006 | 98 min | Independent
Along with several courageous psychiatrists and their clients, the author sets out to film a doc road movie that takes him to Europe and the U.S.
Kurt Gerron's Carousel
1999 | 65 min | Timeless
An award-winning, authentic film about the Holocaust. "It’s a well done, very moving documentary." (Roman Polanski)
Candidates - Training in Stammheim
2020 | 58 min | Documentary
In Stammheim, right next to the old RAF prison, an educational center for future correctional officers is located next to the prison wall.
Of Neo-Nazis and Superheroes – How the Far Right is Changing a Small German Town
2018 | 56 min | Documentary
In the summer of 2017, 6,000 neo-Nazis from all over Europe gathered in Themar for the largest right-wing rock concert of the German post war era.
We Are the Tide
2016 | 84 min | Sci-Fi & Fantaisie
15 years ago off the coast of Windholm the sea disappeared and with it, all the children. Since then, the losses hang like a curse over the region.
The Beast Within
2008 | 72 min | Independent
Dog fights and other blood sports are banned in most countries, but they still are practiced widely in alleyways and backyards around the world.
Absurdistan
2008 | 87 min | Love & Sex
In the distant country of ABSURDISTAN, the men are lazy, whereupon the women go on a sex strike.
On The Edge
2013 | 91 min | Independent
Two men, who loved the same woman, meet in the mountains and then starts a inscrutable game.
Eight Stories About My Hearing Loss
2021 | 86 min | Independent
Charo went deaf at 23 and got a cochlear implant. She now asks herself: How can a hearing-impaired person hear again?
Nollywood – Filmbusiness African Style
2020 | 65 min | Documentary
The second largest film industry in the world is called Nollywood and is based in Lagos, Nigeria.
The Massacre of Anroechte
2021 | 60 min | Comedy
This German indie film is a satirical declaration of love for the German small-town crime thriller.
Dancing Alone
2012 | 98 min | Documentary
In this autobiographical doc, Biene Pilavci portrays her family life, which during childhood was often marked by violence at the hands of her parents.
Achtung - Respect (concentration chair)
2002 | 13 min | Icons & Media Art
A look back at body modifications in the early 2000s.
Space Cleaners
2019 | 23 min | Documentary
In the coming decades, orbiting space debris could fundamentally change life on Earth. Scientists are already searching for solutions.
Final Consequence
2021 | 24 min | Independent
The people of this small town are convinced that wolves have returned, and alarmed local politicians are now targeted for manipulation.
Echoes of Home
2007 | 81 min | Music, Dance, Theater
Against the breathtaking backdrop of the Swiss mountains, 3 extraordinary vocal artists develop traditional yodelling into their own musical language.
Hugo Koblet - The Charming Cyclist
2014 | 97 min | Independent
The rise and fall of Swiss cycling legend Hugo Koblet still fascinates today - with a comb tucked in his jersey, groupies, vanilla ice cream.
This Land Is My Land
2020 | 105 min | Independent
“What the hell is happening to my country?” After Trump was elected, filmmaker Susanne Brandstaetter investigates the growing divide in the USA.
From the Ashes
2019 | 19 min | Independent
In a former German coal region, a mine gives way to a ghost train, including undead miners.
In My Skin
2019 | 72 min | Documentary
This film immerses us directly into the daily lives of three women who are trapped in violent, abusive relationships.
Was ich von ihr weiss
2006 | 92 min | Thriller
After the death of her grandmother Kati meets her biological mother Iris, who is just twice as old as she is and also a professional pickpocket.
Nation Estate
2012 | 9 min | Icons & Media Art
In, part one of this sci-fi triology, a vertical solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has been found.
Everything Always All the Time
2019 | 86 min | Comedy
What happens when your girlfriend suddenly has a penis?
Teststand 7
2001 | 110 min | Sci-Fi & Fantaisie
At the centre of the experimental film-collage TESTSTAND 7 is the V-2 rocket, the so-called “Wunderwaffe” (wonder weapon) developed by the Nazis.
Welcome To The Machine
2013 | 100 min | Music, Dance, Theater
The 12 Commandments of music business brought together in one film.
Masala Chai
2018 | 62 min | Independent
Whether in Delhi, Pune, Mumbai or Kolkata, street vendors from very different backgrounds sell the country's most popular drink, masala chai.
Blue Summer Symphony
2017 | 29 min | Shorts
The air smells like summer. A potpourri of suntan lotion lawn and lime blossom fries, of water polo melon and chlorine lemonade hovering in the air.
In Between Fridays
2023 | 97 min | Independent
Somewhere in the Monchique mountains of Portugal, the Fridayhappiness Associação balances sustainable living with their economic lifeline.
The Boat God of the Lakeside Sports Club
2006 | 82 min | Independent
Robert Bramkamp boldly links the most banal Brandenburg present with the mythical depth of the Sumerian Gilgamesh myth.
And There We Are, In The Middle
2014 | 85 min | Independent
A trenchant image of the complications self-discovery and personality formation can be for adolescents.
Lord of the Toys
2018 | 96 min | Independent
Max "Adlersson" Herzberg from Dresden, 20 years old, has over 300,000 subscriptions on YouTube and reviews knives and gangsta rap fan boxes.
The Lady Anatomist
2019 | 55 min | Documentary
Wax portraits of an unknown woman are the focus of this medical-historical thriller which turns rigid 18th century role models on its head.
The Tunnel
2016 | 14 min | Shorts
In an overpopulated future, a family drives home from the beach in heavy traffic. Between them and the gigantic city is a horrifying tunnel. Norwegian director André Øvredal based his award winning short film on the short story "The Tunnel Ahead" by Alice Glaser. „A suspense filled piece that keeps us dreading the tunnel just as much as the main character. Fans of Blade Runner (1982)and Black Mirror (2011) will find a lot to chew over in this futuristic chiller.“ (nightmarishconjurings.com)
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New spin on the found footage genre: three friends spend a week in a haunted castle to investigate supernatural phenomena.
Compelling Satan
2017 | 105 min | Drama
An indictment against the system of compulsory formatting and lack of imagination of public broadcasting.
For the love of survival
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To prevent the ecological collapse of our planet, these 8 courageous people envision a new kind of agriculture.
Moments of Resistance
2019 | 99 min | Documentary
This film places acts of resistance against National Socialism and current struggles in a historical continuity.
Meuthen's Party
2017 | 92 min | Documentary
Follow Jörg Meuthen, candidate for Germany's right-wing party AFD, on his election tour 2016.