
Circles
2013 | 112 min | Drama
In a war-torn city, a story of courage and heroism unfolds that profoundly shapes the lives of those involved.


2013 | 112 min | Drama
In a war-torn city, a story of courage and heroism unfolds that profoundly shapes the lives of those involved.

2013 | 98 min | Documentary
Tom, Sebastian and Paul are children from very different families. They live in a small village in Mansfelder Land, an area marked by the decline of mining. However, an archaic custom has remained over the centuries and the three boys play a crucial role in it. For director Mario Schneider, MANSFELD, after HELBRA, and HEINZ UND FRED, represents the conclusion of his documentary trilogy about life in Mansfelder Land on the eastern edge of the Harz Mountains. "What distinguishes the film is the closeness ...

2018 | 94 min | Documentary
Director Bettina Henkel's family originates in Latvia. Together with her father, a psychoanalyst, she embarks on a journey to her roots, which brings to light traumatic experiences of displacement and loss, but also unpleasant truths about her own family. Touching on the subject of trans-generational trauma, the film traces the history of a this little-known part of Europe through dialogue between father and daughter. "An emotional road movie about deep-seated wounds caused by the historical upheavals ...

2016 | 50 min | Queer
Tali embarks on an intimate journey to Lodz, Poland, to retrace her personal roots. At the center are her two Polish loves: her lover Magda, and her late grandmother Silvia. Berlin-based Tali Tiller is accompanied by her German-Polish partner Magda. The documentary explores how memories of the Holocaust and war are lived, told and passed down from generation to generation of women.

2023 | 73 min | Documentary
In a reflective journey that bridges past and present, a former investigator of The Hague Tribunal, Vladimír Dzuro, revisits the tumultuous landscapes of the Balkans, where the echoes of war crimes linger nearly three decades later. Directed by Viktor Portel, THE INVESTIGATOR emerges from Dzuro's personal mission to trace back the roots of justice in a region scarred by ethnic conflicts and political upheavals. The documentary is inspired by Dzuro's own experiences, documented in his bestselling ...

2009 | 105 min | Drama
STORM is a gripping political thriller that takes you into the dark corridors of the international war crimes tribunal in The Hague. Hannah Maynard, an experienced prosecutor, faces one of her greatest challenges: She is conducting the trial of Goran Duric, a former commander of the Yugoslav People's Army. Duric is accused of being responsible for the deportation and murder of Bosnian Muslim civilians during the war in Yugoslavia. The trial takes a dramatic turn when the main prosecution witness ...

2003 | 117 min | Drama
Leaving occupied Varsovia in 1943, the two intellectuals, Frederic and Witold, take refuge in the country mansion of an old friend. The girl of the house, Henia (16 years old), is promised in marriage to an attorney Waclaw (30 years old) from a nearby town. However, Henia's childhood friend Karol also lives at the estate works the farm. Frederic and Witold decide to break the arranged wedding and bring the two youngsters together. John Updike described Gombrowicz's book as being the "Dangerous ...

2013 | 31 min | Drama
Russian-German boy Grisha fools around with a wooden toy gun. The longer he plays, the deeper he is pulled into an altered reality. The boundaries between the past and the present, the real and the surreal, blur. Images from bygone Berlin appear; streets and buildings still carry the memories of war. Suddenly, he is caught in a nightmare of another lifetime, nightmare that is still present today. "This short film successfully shows how much the horror of WWII is still present in the discourse ...

2011 | 76 min | Documentary
EVOLUTION OF VIOLENCE was nominated for the Austrian Film Award. This documentary examines the omnipresent violence in today's Guatemala, a country more dangerous than Iraq. Guatemala. The war ended long ago. Though people want to forget it, the violence continues, and it has spread throughout the society like cancer. Each day, journalists wait to report on the next murder victim, and a social worker helps the relatives of women who have been killed. The global hunger for cheap resources has been ...

2019 | 20 min | Drama
Romanian truck driver Stancu has given his nephew Dragan a second driving permit for their truck - a common practice in their company to extend legal driving times. But when Dragan is almost killed by microsleep at the wheel, Stancu suddenly realizes he has to take over. Torn between the pressure to deliver and his concern for Dragan, he becomes entangled in a web of white lies. "The director's clever and accomplished staging creates an almost documentary-like tone that suits the film exceedingly ...

2003 | 52 min | Documentary
Anja Salomonowitz portrays three women from her family who as children lived through WWII but whose memories of that time diverge. They were on different sides and belong to different memory collectives: Hanka Jassy, her great-aunt, survived Auschwitz. Gertrude Rogenhofer, her nanny, was a socialist and supported her uncle in the resistance. Margit Kohlhauser, her grandmother, lived in Graz during the war. She did there what most did: nothing. "The film succeeds in providing undisguised and intimate ...