
Janine F.
By Teresa Renn
2004 | 80 min | Documentary
The tragic story of an artist who was torn between passion and obsession and died under mysterious circumstances.


By Teresa Renn
2004 | 80 min | Documentary
The tragic story of an artist who was torn between passion and obsession and died under mysterious circumstances.

2013 | 84 min | Documentary
As a result of several accidents at the Mayak nuclear facility, which has been operating for almost 60 years in isolation from the outside world, the surrounding regions and their inhabitants have been repeatedly contaminated with radiation. The people in the affected areas, live as if in a forgotten world. The film tells the stories of the people who live and survive in it. Originally, student director Sebastian Mez wanted to make a film about the reactor accident in Fukushima, but during his research ...

2022 | 86 min | Documentary
In the summer of 2014, a life-threatening aneurysm (an arterial outpouching) in the brain of the director of this film was discovered during a random examination and had to be treated surgically as soon as possible. Due to the size, shape and location of the aneurysm, it was initially unclear whether and by what method surgery could be performed at all. The frightening diagnosis, this twist of fate and the two long traumatic months until the operation, during which the aneurysm could have burst ...

2018 | 80 min | Documentary
Stefan Bohun and his three remaining brothers search the past for traces their deceased brother Jakob, who took his own life. This is a very personal film about mourning and saying goodbye, yet also about acceptance and joy, reuniting, and reconnecting with people you love. Jakob had moved to Portugal, but he often suffered from homesickness and despair. The last sign of life that his brother Stefan saw was a changed profile picture in a social network which showed the Larein Valley in the Alps. ...

2017 | 89 min | Documentary
Birgit Gohlke, a film and media scholar, has stuttered since early childhood. She deals well with it, but after watching "The King's Speech", Birgit decides to take action. Together with speech therapist Petra Nickel they created STUTTERING – MY CONSTANT COMPANION. Along with Birgit Gohlke herself and David Seidler - author of "The King's Speech" who himself stuttered as a teenager - three other stuttering protagonists talk about their day to day challenges. "An enriching film that breaks down ...

2016 | 32 min | Documentary
Even in a hospice life goes on. Danka, a cleaning lady, cleans 15 rooms overlooking Berlin Neukölln. There's a lot of laughter and a lot of smoking, but also a lot of goodbyes. A mother-in-law may be annoying. A stuffed animal offers consolation. The recollection of missed opportunities may create a sense of loss. Danka, the institution's cleaning lady, experiences a lot in the course of her daily life, tidying up these 15 rooms overlooking the roofs of Neukölln. She is always happy to spend time ...

2013 | 66 min | Drama
The feature film debut HERBSTFLATTERN by Birgitta Weizenegger (Lindenstraße, Tatort: Brüder) tells the story of Lene, a counselor at an orphanage, who was treated at a psychiatric clinic after a young girl in her care suffered a tragic accident. Once out of the hospital, she becomes obsessed by a man she meets in an online chatroom who goes by the name 'Be Good'. With only a mobile number and a blurry photo at hand, she searches for 'Be Good' in the streets of Berlin. "The film is a fascinating ...

2015 | 88 min | Drama
After a failed suicide attempt the terminally ill Niels, accompanied by nurse Maria, embarks on a poignant journey to seek assisted suicide in Switzerland. Because Maria prevented the suicide attempt of Niels, who suffers from a degenerative disease and is unbearably difficult to live with, she feels responsible for him. Director Samanou A. Sahlstrøm began working for Lars von Trier in 2001 and was involved in the production of Antichrist. His "directorial debut is a compelling drama with excellent ...

2012 | 85 min | Documentary
A candid look into the lives of four drug addicts in Berlin’s urban jungle, shedding light on the lesser-known aspects of addiction. ADDICTION follows four people—three men and one womangoing about their daily lives, without sugarcoating and without passing judgment. “We are there when the body demands a fix; we see how the drugs are bought; we observe the preparation, consumption, high, and withdrawal. Four people, four severely addicted individuals, show us their world and let us directly share ...

2006 | 98 min | Documentary
On their travels in mobile homes, they explore the depths of the human psyche in search of answers to the question: What is the human mind and how does it behave in psychotic extreme situations? By the time Edgar Hagen meets the Buddhist monk and trained psychiatrist Edward Podvoll in the U.S., Podvoll has only a few more months to live. His vision – that courage and friendship have the power to make recovery from mental illness possible – is an inspiring legacy. In a dialogue between Western psychology ...

2012 | 15 min | Shorts
Joachim suffers from hallucinations. Suffers? Not really, because the “patrulls“, little paper men, entertain him fabulously; and his stay in the psychiatric clinic finally offers him peace and quiet, away from the turbulences of the outside world, that is until Alma enters his life, whose fairy-like appearance turns everything upside down.