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Minutes of a rescue mission whose captain, Carola Rackete, becomes involuntarily famous when she rescues 53 people and questions the course of EU migration policy.

Toro is the tragicomic odyssey of Rocco and Angelo, two friends navigating the challenges of adulthood in their late thirties and the struggles faced by a new generation of young men.

Documentary about student protests in Cologne.

A German Film Award winning documentary about the production of seamless steel tubes.

Nothing shouts northern wilderness more than a magnificent moose, the undisputed king of the forest. But moose don’t start out big and burly; for two twins born into a forest glade, a challenging life lies ahead.

Catchy mix of farce and documentary. Portrait of a Berlin theatre company made up entirely of the homeless, alcoholics and junks. They call themselves ‘rats’ and take the film over to have a party.

In the 2024 elections in the eastern German states of Saxony and Thuringia, the right-wing extremist party AfD and the socio-culturally right-wing but socio-economically left-wing party BSW performed strongly. A similar result is predicted for Brandenburg. What will the enormous voter support for AfD and BSW mean for the economy, society, culture and local politics in eastern Germany in the future? Will the east of the country become increasingly ungovernable due to the decline of the established parties and the electoral successes of AfD and BSW, will the social mood change or can new compromises be found? In search of answers, the filmmakers accompanied people from Saxony, Thuringia and Brandenburg for several months, who presented their personal perspectives and life situations and gave insight into their worries, fears, wishes and expectations.

Short film about regenerative energy sources

Uniform. Boots. Socks. Feet. A short portrait of Wolfgang and his fetish.

For years, with bureaucratic regularity, the traineeship, the practical part of teacher training, follows the theory-dominated teaching degree program. A jump into the cold water.

Subotika, a little-known island on the other side of the globe. An enchanting country with extraordinary sights, grand visions and a couple of minor problems.

Twelve-year-old Lil'A has tics and wants to be the best dancer and choreographer in the world.

An avant-garde sonic and visual reediting of a short clip from the classic 1962 film "To Kill a Mockingbird".

Jacob grew up in the country with his grandparents and the quiet life there made him a happy child. But after he moved with his parents to a distant big city, his life changed completely. During his school years, he slowly realised that his ethnic background caused him many problems. He set a goal to move there one day, but the distance didn't help loosen the shackles on his mind. Jacob thought it was fine as long as he went far enough away, but he did not expect it to be at the cost of loneliness and the imprisonment of the soul.

We live on an ever-moving planet, and as landscapes are altered, wildlife must march to its rhythm. Driven by instinct, they follow the maps hardwired into their DNA. Some run, some fly, but most swim.

How, in 15 B.C., did the Roman emperor Augustus manage to take control of vast swathes of the Alps occupied by the Celts? Combining archaeological discoveries, real-life situations and expert analysis, this documentary reconstructs this vast military operation.

WHAT TO DO WITH ALL THIS LOVE - THE ZAKARIA PALIASHVILI MUSIC SCHOOL IN TBILISI is an observant and character-based documentary about a magical place. A film about growing up and aging, about farewells and new beginnings, about great dreams and the art of improvisation.

World explorer Willi Weitzel embarks on an adventurous journey through Egypt, Bolivia and Panama to research the habitats of frogs. He is inspired by his 11-year-old neighbor Luna, who is fighting for the frog pond in her village.

A court's decision to take away a mother's child after a divorce and grant the father sole custody leads to a clash of human law and written law.

The Pacific Ring of Fire is home to three incredible bears: polar, brown and black. The film tells their story and takes a paw-swipe at a few bear myths.

A historical GDR review of the events of the November Revolution in Germany in 1918.

HF419 - Super 8 (Color) film by Helga Fanderl

In this feature-length interview, conducted by Robert Fischer in February 2015, Volker Schlöndorff talks about the making of his film BAAL (1969), based on the first play ever written by Bertolt Brecht. He describes his working relationship with Rainer Werner Fassbinder and his group of actors and how the Brecht family hated the film when it first came out, resulting in BAAL’s inavailability for over 40 years.

The murder of a child is solved.

The portrait of an 87 year old woman who has been writing poems for 3 years. The seven thousand poems she wrote in this short period show her strength and her will to live.

In the early summer of 1990, the Treuhandanstalt was founded to privatize the "state-owned" companies of the GDR. In the four years that followed, around 4,000 of these companies were closed and around two and a half million jobs were lost. Until its closure at the end of 1994, the Treuhandanstalt incured debts totaling 256 billion marks - the equivalent of around 150 million marks every day. The Treuhand also allowed itself to be cheated out of many billions of marks. This scandal was never fully investigated. Most of the perpetrators went unpunished or were not even charged.

An insight into the watchmaking craft.

A German Film Award Silver Vase winning short documentary.

A study of the artist at work.

Two young girls are drifting in the water of a public swimming pool. The film adopts this drifting attitude as it follows them through nocturnal Montreal and their daily life. Sometimes the two speak English, sometimes Inuktitut. Kathy and Teresa come from a small Inuit settlement in northern Canada. They show each other smartphone pictures of seals and bears they killed themselves. They read about the special relationship between the Inuit and their sledge dogs, which has lost its importance today. Home assignments are done in a park – the scent of the trees reminds them a little of home. They close their eyes. With great tenderness, the camera captures the deep bond between the two best friends who share the same heritage and language. Kathy has written a moving song in Inuktitut. In simple, clear words, she sings of the feelings and yearnings of a young Indigenous woman.

In 1989, over 90,000 contract workers from other socialist states were living in the GDR. Around two thirds of them came from Vietnam. The contracts that defined the working and living conditions of these people lost their validity with the fall of the Berlin Wall. With the end of the GDR, colleagues suddenly became competitors for jobs. The former contract workers lost their jobs, the hostels canceled their rooms, racist acts of violence increased. Solidarity and fraternity, mostly empty words even in GDR times, remained little in reality.

A good 20 years after the fall of the Wall, the film tells the story of Andreas Göbel, a homosexual colored man who was born in 1961 as an exotic in the GDR province and for whom it soon became too cramped in this state. Andreas Göbel wants out. And he wants a friend. A documentary about the pursuit of freedom and a film about the search for happiness.

2019 – Arsenio returns from exile. Growing up in the western world, he discovered socialist Cuba, plagued by political power games for centuries. The state wants to adapt to the world market with new reforms, but there are many sceptics. Arsenio wants to find out for himself what Cubans think about socialism and politics in the world.

Director Junge was commissioned by the GDR in the country for the first time in the summer of 1970; his film In Syria auf Montage accompanies German engineers who train workers in the Homs textile factory. Shortly after filming ended, Hafez al-Assad put himself under the dictator. Twenty years later emerged ... the father stayed in the war over a youth club with Syrian orphans in Bad Saarow, whose fathers had died in the Lebanon war and accompanied them to Syria, where they were housed in separate, elite "schools of martyr children". Multi-faceted documents that oscillate between peaceful and tense, hopeful and unsettled.

What makes the life of a dancer? - Burghausen dance professional Patrick Grigo aka Parrish gives an insight into the last 30 years of his career. He talks about his first steps on the dancefloor and the tough path into his dancing career, his great successes and also the many setbacks, his decisions and valuable experiences. Taking responsibility has always been one of his core values and has taken him to the world's great show stages, made him a national coach and helped him to be part of the team that took the dance sport of “Breaking” to the Olympic Games. Director Julian Heinke accompanied the still active dancer on his travels and shows him from exciting angles as well as on unpublished video material from his active time.

Compulsory locomotion and continuous circular movement to the operated side without orientation in case of a onesided removal of the cerebrum and corpus striatum. In case of a doublesided removal there are no spontaneous movements with a normal posture and movement coordination. The dogs' reaction towards external stimuli only.

Short documentary about condors

Jagged lands, picturesque coastline and landscapes dotted with lakes and old castles...: a journey through the Scottish landscapes aboard the Royal Scotsman, a luxurious train with Victorian reminiscences. To the north stand the steep reliefs of the Highlands; to the south lie the rolling plains of the Lowlands. To discover these lands, there's nothing like a trip aboard the luxurious Royal Scotsman. This train crosses the whole country from Edinburgh to the Wild West Coast, reminiscent of when Queen Victoria and Prince Albert traveled by rail to their summer residence. Departing from the capital, the convoy takes the Glenfinnan Viaduct, immortalized in the Harry Potter saga, before meandering at the foot of Ben Nevis, Scotland's highest peak.

In the Indian Ocean, 400 kilometers off the east coast of Africa, lies the "sixth continent": Madagascar. For millions of years, the island has been a secluded and isolated habitat unlike any other place on Earth. This documentary takes you to the most remote and mysterious corners of the "sixth continent." Accompanied by the lively lemurs, "Madagascar 3D" penetrates the dark and dense rainforests, overcomes crevices and gorges in the island's imposing mountains, and shows you all the faces Madagascar has to offer. Filmed in state-of-the-art stereoscopic 3D, this documentary takes you deep into the beauty of Madagascar and ensures an unforgettable experience.

“Liberty Train – Bürger’s Long Journey” sheds light on the events of the PEACEFUL REVOLUTION of 1989 from different perspectives. It centres on the eyewitnesses who, together with thousands of other people who had fled East Germany, were in the garden of the West German Embassy in Prague on the evening of the 30 September 1989.

Marine mammals are among the most loved creatures on the planet but because they live in a world that’s hostile to us where it’s hard to follow them much of their lives remain a mystery adding to their mystique and appeal.

Untold Revolution documents the beginning of the journey of the agricultural movement towards food sovereignty in Palestine, from an emancipatory ideological standpoint that seeks to break away from the dependence on the Israeli occupier and the global monopolistic companies. The movement advocates for the adoption of food production systems that are based on natural resources, local production inputs, values of cooperation, and agricultural practices that are culturally, environmentally, socially, economically, and nationally appropriate for the Palestinian context.

Berlin’s brutalist heritage is under fire. The city’s powerful Charité hospital wants to destroy a brutalist icon of the Cold War era: The infamous former animal research laboratory called the Mäusebunker. Meanwhile, a dedicated group of politicians, preservationists, architects, gallerists, and students fight for an adaptive reuse of these magnificent, uncompromisingly unique structures. Who will win? No matter the outcome, you’re left with the impression that preservation can be brutal.