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Films

The Queen's Courtyard

The Queen's Courtyard

2006 | 80 min | Documentary

A personal documentary and biography about the history of a royal family in the unusual African country of Botswana.

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Bintou

Bintou

2014 | 64 min | Documentary

Far from the catwalks of the European fashion world, BINTOU runs a successful label in Burkina Faso.

Glory to the Queen

Glory to the Queen

2020 | 83 min | Documentary

A film about victory and defeat, on the chessboard and in life, and a cinematographic reflection on the struggle for female self-determination.

Queen of Niendorf

Queen of Niendorf

2017 | 67 min | Kids & Family

In this celebration of childhood, a 10-year-old girl struggles to find her place in a 'boys' world.

Vera Lossau - What I See

Vera Lossau - What I See

2012 | 65 min | Documentary

This documentary accompanies the artist Vera Lossau for a year in her creative process with a focus on Vera's visual observations.

Prima Mallorca

Prima Mallorca

2019 | 90 min | Documentary

A new start to a better life? Forty Germans on welfare fly to Mallorca to do internships.

Muller Corner Africa

Muller Corner Africa

2014 | Documentary

MULLER CORNER AFRICA is a documentary series about a forgotten African Quarter in Berlin-Wedding. Director Martin Helmbrecht meets it diverse inhabitants. Rob is a second-generation owner of the "Roy Dunn's Western Gates" shop. Israel Kaunatjike and Mnyaka Sururu Mboro explain the district's colonial street names and their own life stories and the struggle against colonialism. Bakri Maslmani is a Syrian musician who studied Arabian classical music. After more than ten years in Germany, he made his ...

Ralf. Sex in the Desert

Ralf. Sex in the Desert

2012 | 106 min | Documentary

Ralf is crazy and scary. But he's also funny and disgusting. A portrait of an exuberant individual – who's too intense for his surroundings.

The Demon Disease

The Demon Disease

2018 | 82 min | Documentary

In some of West Africa's traditional societies, mental illness and epilepsy are still seen as demonic possession.

Life on the Horn

Life on the Horn

2020 | 25 min | Drama

A creeping, almost invisible toxic waste catastrophe is taking place on Somalia's coast.

Talea

Talea

2013 | 75 min | Drama

Eva can finally see her daughter Jasmin again after a prison sentence. After a cautious approach, the two of them have a quarrel.