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Impressions from Bremen's old town and harbor. Finally, images of the ship "Bremen" entering the harbor, showing the rudder of the auxiliary aircraft with a swastika and the swastika flag on the bow of the ship.

Using a collage of found footage, this documentary essay examines humanity's conflicted relationship with fire - tracing its journey from control and mastery to destructive power, reflects on masculinity and the cost of progress and hubris.

Through a photographic project, Xenia, a deaf activist raised in a hearing environment, enters into a dialogue with other hearing aid users. Together, they explore questions of dependence and belonging to one world or the other.

Short film about the Battle of the Aisne in 1918

After years of touring together, the Berlin supergroup “Moderat” decided in 2017 to go on a (recently terminated) hiatus. “The Last Days” portrays the three protagonists of “Intelligent Dance Music” at their most human. Black and white images taken around their last concert tour serve as a projection surface for off-screen interviews in which Sascha, Szary and Gernot describe each other, allowing deep insights into their artistic dynamics.

MYRIAD is a poetic experience along the global paths of animal migration.

“17 June 1990, East Berlin. The GDR will exist for another three months. No more time to commemorate all those who stood up in ’53, showed civil courage and were vanquished. This film is dedicated to them.” This is what we hear from offscreen as the film opens, to images of a rally for the victims of 17 June.

It's quite plain to 7 year old Nori: She is a girl, because she has a girl's heart. But her body is that of a boy ... Five years ago: Each and every day mother and son argue about what appears trivial: the colours of pants and shirts suddenly matter, soon all he agrees to wear are skirts and dresses, he likes to put barrettes in his still short hair. The neighbours start gossiping. Then one day, the boy reveals his favourite dream to his mum. A wizard will turn his penis into a vagina so he could be a "real" girl

As a child Ibrahim Arslan survived the arson attack on his parents’ home in Mölln in which three members of his family were killed. Today he says that his family suffered not just one, but two attacks. After the Molotov cocktails had burnt out, the Arslan family became a target of attacks again, this time coming from the media, politics and society. These attacks were worse than the incendiary devices because they could have been avoided, Arslan says. In her film, Mala Reinhardt asks why even today many victims of radical right-wing violence are forced to live through the same experience of being treated with hostility and criminalised. The victims, who have formed a network, analyse with impressive clarity which conditions make racism still socially acceptable in our country. The essential thing now is to listen to them. Luc-Carolin Ziemann

German Chancellor Angela Merkel condemned far-right protesters who were "hunting down" foreigners in street mobs following the killing of a German man, allegedly by a Syrian and an Iraqi. The far-right movement PEGIDA called for demonstrations for a second straight day after a gathering of around 800 people in the city of Chemnitz in the country's ex-communist east degenerated into violent chaos, forcing police to call in reinforcements.

Whether it's the appalling conditions in turkey fattening, the massive use of antibiotics in poultry farming or the improper killing of cattle - meat producers are under fire. In addition, feed exports from third world countries lead to hunger and misery there and meat exports to Africa destroy local markets. Filmmaker Jutta Pinzler spent over a year researching around the world. Her footage shows the devastating consequences of mass meat production.

Super 8 (Black & White) film by Helga Fanderl

A documentary and film essay about the artist scene in East Berlin during the 1950s.

Adrian is living his dream. Since early childhood he has wanted to be a ballet star. The elite state ballet school in Berlin, however, is tough and Adrian's father, a bulldozer operator, doesn't understand his son's goals at all. For eight years, from Adrian's childhood through puberty, Manuel Fenn accompanied him on his arduous journey.

Souleymane, an Afro-German trans man, travels from Berlin to Dakar to repair his father’s kora, and in doing so, himself. A fragile search for harmony between body, sewing, ocean, heritage, and faith.

Discover why The Unruly Mystic: Saint Hildegard is the patron saint of creativity, and how her influence resonates today. The 12th-century abbess was a Christian mystic and visionary. She was also a musical composer, writer, and healer who created natural remedies widely used in Europe today.

Seven directors remember their childhood and youth; to the 50s and 60s in the GDR. They appear to be curious, vulnerable children and teenagers who also want to be cool (even though the word doesn't exist for them yet). They live in well-adjusted or resistant families. Some only in half because their father left for the West. Depending on their family background, they want or should help build the new, better Germany.

Short film about the human body

Two young singers rehearse Eisler's "Ernste Gesänge", his last work, in which the prompt for the film's title can also be found. What is decisive in this film is the encounter with Eisler and his music, the consistency with which he thought about art and people. You can hear tape recordings of Hans Bunge in conversation with Hanns Eisler.

A documentary about the lives and history of Turkish immigrants in three centuries of Berlin history.

Six chronicles based on an enigmatic space called Solitude.

Nestled behind high mountains and dark forests lies Triberg, the birthplace of the cuckoo clock. For centuries, this cult item has been handcrafted right here, attracting tourists from all over the world. Ever since the boom of the 1980s has faded, the cuckoo clock has gradually lost its appeal and magic. And so has the place, which now resembles a ghost town. Its residents however still believe in their clock: Vendors, clockmakers and tourist guides alike fight to preserve their beloved heritage. Between abandoned restaurants and souvenir shops they hope for new tourists, while the clock continues ticking away.

In search of the reality of life for independent musicians in the digital age, the film and art collective "relativ kollektiv" spent over a year accompanying the protagonists of the label and network "Analogsoul" in Leipzig, Berlin, Erfurt, and Jena. The film introduces the musicians in their everyday environments: in rehearsal rooms, during field recordings, at concerts, but also at their "day jobs." Directors André Klar and Benjamin Büttner discover situations between dedication and resignation and shed light on the everyday questions of people whose lives are based on their passion.

An insight into the training of recreational pilots.

Documentary on the work of a theater group and two music groups in the youth recreation center "Weiße Rose" in Berlin-Schöneberg over the course of six months in 1978.

A report on the Film Academy in Ulm, Germany

A mother wants to tell her daughter her opinion via video, but because she is untrained in using the new technology, she returns to the familiar letter form.

Frau Maria is the last employee of Stastny Fabrics, a shop in the former textile district in the heart of Vienna. While she prepares bales of fabric for the clearance sale in premises that have gone unchanged for decades, she tells of better times, when business flourished and work was a pleasure. She removes the company nameplate and locks the shop for the last time: With it a part of Vienna’s Jewish history disappears.

Lyrical documentary about the city of Cologne.

A documentary on day-to-day life of a small GDR-Brigade in Zimbabwe educating young Africans as construction workers. Best intentions meet exported narrow-mindedness.

SauAcker depicts the obstacles faced by Philipp, a young farmer determined to modernize his father's old-fashioned farm. His motto is "I'll do it my way". Philipp is fully committed and is even risking his relationship to attain his goals. The documentary paints a funny and charming picture of the two wayward heroes and presents an entertaining angle on the realities of contemporary society.