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One’s own family is not always easy. Protagonist Akosua is queer, Ghanaian-German, polyamorous, and she wants a child. Her friend, director Mala Reinhardt, accompanies her for three years on her journey through Germany and Ghana in search of her identity and belonging in a multicultural context.

Wünsdorf in Brandenburg was a military base for decades: first for the Prussians, then for the Wehrmacht and finally for the Red Army. At the center of Elfi Mikesch's multifaceted essay is the pioneer of ecological urban development Ekhart Hahn, who, together with artists, is committed to a new, sustainable use of the site - above all in the interests of peace. Is a catharsis possible after the catastrophe?

Ilyas and Yasemin are a couple in love - until Yasemin is shot by an unknown assailant in their shared café. Ilyas' life, as well as that of their daughter Senna, completely falls apart. And as the police begin to link him and his deceased wife to the crime, Ilyas finds himself utterly bewildered. The longer the suspicions persist, the more he wonders: Was Yasemin truly the woman he loved?

D-Day marks the starting point for the liberation of Western Europe from the grip of the Nazi yoke. On June 6th, 1944, Allied soldiers attack German positions at no less than five sectors of the beach in Normandy. The assault takes place from the sea and is considered the largest amphibious landing operation in history. This event now sees its 80th anniversary. But so close, so authentic, this battle has never been shown before. American and British cameramen are at the scene in landing boats, under fire at the beaches, and during the rescue of wounded soldiers. Their original footage, shot in black-and-white, was extensively restored and colourized for this documentary. The historically unique footage appears in motion picture quality. The war gets colour. And thereby a different impact. We look directly in the faces of those, Americans, Canadians, Britons, and Germans, who are often not older than 20. In “24h D-Day”, they tell about their D-Day, the day they never can forget.

The Sorbs are a national minority in Saxony, Germany. While there were still living approximately 50,000 Sorbs in the 1990s, today there are only 5,000 left who can speak the language. The core settlement area was destroyed by coal mining and the language is now threatened with extinction. But the community of Crostwitz sticks together, traditions are cherished and community is lived. Despite limited resources, the football club, which forms the centre of one Sorbian village, has bravely held its own in the regional league, Saxony's second-highest division, for years. Footballer Franc (15) takes us into his world.

The five acting students have not seen each other for 36 years. Now they face each other again and look back on the past together. What experiences have they had? What were their successes? What would they rather have done without?

The gruesome death of a young woman confronts target investigators Hanna Landauer and Lars Röwer with an unusual challenge in the frozen Swedish north.

Over 40 years ago, Josefa left her home village in a dispute. A lot has happened in the meantime. Now she returns as a mature woman to where she is still known as a man.

When the first railroads were built some two hundred years ago, they brought about a revolutionary change for mankind, linking cities and countryside, driving the industrial revolution and irrevocably changing the landscape: a history of the railroad from its beginnings to the present day.

David meets his old high school crush Luise again by chance and tries to get closer to her once more after all these years.

Rebecca is undecided about what her future life should look like. On the one hand, she is on the path to becoming a teacher, and on the other hand, she doesn't let go of her passion for making films

Since the massacre by the terrorist organization Hamas on October 7, 2023, it has been clear that anti-Semitism is also a massive problem in Germany. The media reports on anti-Semitic incidents almost every day. Jews no longer feel safe and are often victims of discrimination and hatred. More than 75 years after the liberation of Auschwitz, Jewish life in Germany is still often exposed to anti-Semitic hostility. Schools, kindergartens and synagogues must be guarded. In the wake of pro-Palestinian demonstrations on German streets, aggressive anti-Semitic agitation by angry Islamist mobs is increasingly occurring. Politics is failing to act on its promise. But the breeding ground for this is older. The documentary attempts to show that, based on age-old hatred, stereotypes and prejudices, anti-Semitism from the right-wing, from left-progressive circles and the middle of society is omnipresent in Germany.

The I Solisti Veneti ensemble and trumpeter Lucienne Renaudin Vary perform works by three masters of the Venetian Baroque, Antonio Vivaldi, Tomaso Albinoni and Alessandro Marcello, in the Hamburg St Michael's Church. At the end of the concert, Lucienne Renaudin Vary demonstrates the versatility of her instrument with two pieces by Astor Piazzolla. Chapters: - Tomaso Albinoni – Concerto for strings and basso continuo in F major - Antonio Vivaldi – Concerto in D major op. 3 no. 9, version for trumpet, strings and basso continuo - Baldassare Galuppi – Concerto for harpsichord and strings in C major - Antonio Vivaldi – Concerto for four violins, strings and basso continuo in B minor - Alessandro Marcello – Concerto for trumpet in C minor - Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari – Serenade for strings - Astor Piazzolla - Tanti Anni Prima, transcription for trumpet and strings - Astor Piazzolla – Oblivion for trumpet and strings - Astor Piazzolla - Chau Paris (Zugabe)

Using diary excerpts, photographs and memories from companions, the film paints the portrait of the artist Jürgen Baldiga who sensitively and authentically captured the West Berlin queer scene of the 1980s and early 1990s with his camera.

A teenager from a wealthy family is about to be kidnapped. Her father does not trust the presumably corrupt security company and asks a friend to take over the job for a short time. He reluctantly agrees.

Nobody in the Rigi family is really looking forward to the Christmas Child this year. 13-year-old Sima and her little brother Elyas know: Mom Leonie and dad Kian are going to split up! Even Kian's parents Britta and Navid, who want to spread Christmas cheer, can't turn the tide. Only after a false alarm about Elyas, who has suddenly disappeared, do the tensions ease. The newlyweds make a discovery on their doorstep: a baby just a few weeks old. After a confession from him, the search begins for the mother - and the reason why the foundling should be with parents who are separating.

A facility for juvenile offenders in the middle of the Black Forest. Physical labor, uncompromising structure, circuit training and hierarchy. The disciplined inmate Jurek feels his status threatened by the arrival of the novice Sascha and finds himself caught in a delicate tension between fascinating attraction, suppressed aggression and rediscovered tenderness.

Described by Deadline Hollywood as the "tragic true story" of Chris Gueffroy, it follows one of the last daring attempts to escape across the infamous Berlin Wall.

Working with their team at the Clooney Foundation for Justice, Anya Neistat, a brilliant war crimes investigator, joins forces with Solomiia Stasiv, a young Ukrainian woman just entering the field. Together they document atrocities in the fight to bring Russian generals to trial and justice to the Ukrainian people.

Christof Loy continues his exploration of early 20th-century opera at the Deutsche Oper Berlin with Respighi's rarely heard La fiamma. Imposing choruses and sweeping tableaux drive a drama of suspicion, desire and public frenzy, heightened here by Carlo Rizzi's musical direction and a cast led by Olesya Golovneva and Georgy Vasiliev. Premiered in 1934, the work mirrors a society sliding towards authoritarianism, its show trial carrying an unsettling emotional charge. Respighi's score moves beyond the colours of the Trilogia romana, blending impressionist shimmer, Russian influence and a renewed fascination with Italian Renaissance sound worlds.

Criminal investigator Philip Nabrow is tasked with solving the murder of two police officers. When the case starts to focus on a boxing club, his daughter Elisa, who works in the drug squad, also becomes involved. Cooperation between father and daughter proves difficult, as Nabrow has a secret that he wants to hide, and not just from Elisa.

Ex-con Konrad Kühn smells a quick buck with the sale of a seemingly uninhabited house on the Baltic Sea. He claims to be the sole heir, but someone is living in the supposedly uninhabited house: Clara Mensen. Together with her friend Valeska, she tries everything to prevent the sale. Also because Mayor Flasskamp wants to close the deal with Kühn very quickly. He already owns the neighboring property and could finally implement his plans for a large hotel. But the two have made their plan without Clara Mensen. She discovers Kühn's true identity. And Kühn learns a secret about Clara Mensen. The two rivals suddenly have to work together to save their own skins.

Three couples arrange a dinner between friends. But no one is really in the mood for a reunion, as there are still some unspoken conflicts in the room.

A satanic alliance tries to pave the way for the birth of the Antichrist.

Two mysterious deaths, rivalries within the Husum police team and a mysterious marine biologist who is both a witness and a suspect - Marlene Tanczik, alias Inspector Ria Larsen, faces a number of challenges in the third crime thriller in the series.

Slaughterhouse owner Werner Haas has a ton of slaughter waste dumped on his front lawn in the middle of the night. Fuming mad, he files charges against unknown persons and foolishly sets something in motion that can’t be stopped.

Fisherman Manab lives with his wife Bharabi in a small village, a fertile oil and gas field. One day, during oil extraction, a massive blast happens and the whole village catches on fire. Bharabi dies in the fire. Manab can't take it. He feels that his wife is still alive, burning in the fire and trying to talk to him.

While attending a concert, Alexander Haller meets the director of the Vienna seminary, Wimmer. The priest asks the special investigator from the Criminal Investigation Department to inquire about a student who has been missing for days. Haller's call to Inspector Janda provides certainty: the wanted man has been murdered! The first clue leads to the Brohnsteins' aristocratic palace.

Polizeiakademie follows three people from very different social and ethnic backgrounds in their training at Berlin's police academy. Over the course of a year they navigate their way through this challenging institution.

19-year-old Fiadh spends a night in Berlin's nightlife - oscillating between her sugar daddy Marcel and her boyfriend Micha.

In the remote mountains of central Afghanistan, a Hazara family embarks on a journey for truth and justice after their daughter Zahra mysteriously dies at Kabul University. Told through the eyes of Zahra's younger sister, Freshta, the film is a moving contemplation of love, loss, and perseverance in spite of increasing unrest on the eve of the Taliban takeover of the country.

Two friends from Tirana attempt to solve a murder mystery at a Durrës resort while masquerading as wealthy men, encountering love interests, criminals, and self-doubt along the way as they navigate their first case as private detectives.

We Are the Champions isn’t just a Queen track, it’s the sound of victory itself. This documentary traces how Freddie Mercury’s vision of a communal anthem leapt from News of the World into stadiums across the globe, becoming the ultimate soundtrack to triumph. With Brian May and Roger Taylor reflecting on its creation, and with decades of archive footage showing fans, athletes, and nations singing as one, the film makes a case for why this towering arena ballad still rules the winners’ podium.

Immanuel Kant is one of the most famous philosophers of modern times. Born in 1724 in Königsberg (now Kaliningrad), then the capital of East Prussia, he spent most of his life in his native region, bringing many books to him from France and England. The originator of the categorical imperative, this key figure of the German Enlightenment revolutionized Western thought by shedding new light on the notions of reason, tolerance and freedom. To mark the tercentenary of his birth, Wilfried Hauke presents a unique portrait of this emblematic thinker.

The market regulates everything! Diligence and work create prosperity! Capitalism needs growth! What is the truth behind the great principles of capitalism? And how do they work in Eastern Germany - a region that has been a capitalist test laboratory for around 30 years? It is symbolic of various places in the world that are going through similar processes. Renowned economic experts answer questions. How does a large-scale settlement of a global corporation like DHL take place and what must politics make possible for this? What happens when investors pour around a billion euros into one of the largest real estate projects in Europe in the Baltic Sea resort of Binz (Prora) on the Island of Rügen and no place is created that is worth living in? And how are the people in places like Zeitz, which capitalism has obviously forgotten? The film takes you through various stations, through the strongholds of Eastern German capitalism and the places where capitalism has not yet arrived.

Hamid, 14, is growing up with his single mother in a suburb of Paris. The teenager has extended his family through his soccer team, where he takes on responsibility as the captain. One day, after years of absence, his Algerian father unexpectedly shows up at his training session. When he questions Hamid’s chosen family, Hamid starts doubting whether everyone really needs a biological father.

Rocco is a metro driver in Berlin with a twist. What follows is a surprising, life-affirming and societally challenging mockumentary from the concrete city we all love and have an opinion on.

Scrubby lives a secure and warm life in his mothers fur, until she loses it.

A trio of pirates strike gold but things take a turn when they start squabbling over their plunder.

A compilation of live performances from across Europe by the German electronicore band, Electric Callboy.

Kate wants to create content for her youtube channel «The Kate Horror Stories» on the famous Untersberg near Munich, where many paranormal activities take place. She takes her brother Kevin with her and quickly discovers something is wrong.

In the family of photographer-turned-filmmaker Misha Vallejo no one ever talks about his grandfather. He only hears about him for the first time as an adult, thanks to an abandoned photo collection. Who was this shadow? And what legacy looms over the family? In his debut film Light Memories, Vallejo shows how the effects of neglect can persist across generations.

While doing the laundry, the young lawyer Jan discovers that the washing machine creates phenomena. The effect can be reproduced and he massively expands his experiments. The machines run 24/7. Is he the only one who knows about it?

She is the grande dame of German and international cinema, always a bit of a rocker chick, freedom-loving, adventurous and willing to take risks. This portrait unfolds Iris Berben's career, which has spanned more than five decades - between the art of film and television, between rock 'n' roll and political commitment.

The life of a taxi driver is to not judge or get involved. It's to go where he's told to go, for a price. One day, Thomas gets a group of odd passengers with a ravenous dog. They have money, and they have places to be. How far will he go?

Tim is the new one in the team. During training, he introduces himself to Klemme, Arlo and the other boys. But the longer he spends time with them, the more he realizes what he's actually dealing with - little wieners.

QRT – a condensed existence of the 90s in Berlin, sleepless and aimless, analyzing the themes of the time. Techno and heroin, heroes and saints, comics and film, philosophy and performance. He turned himself into a subject of radical living, too close, too intense. This documentary approaches QRT’s life and crafts an anecdotal biography through interviews with friends who look back on their shared time up to QRT’s tragic drug-related death in ‘96. Excerpts from his texts, published posthumously by Merve Verlag, are also presented.

Jesus comes to the city with his friends. He inspires people with his ideas and not only stands up for minorities, but also rejects the existing elites. As a result, he is a thorn in the side of the religious and political leaders. The Passion is a story that could not be more topical. It is about murder and betrayal, but also about love and about Jesus, who has changed our world forever. On March 27, 2024, this exciting live event will return! The whole thing will take place in Kassel this year. The story of the last days of Jesus of Nazareth is brought up to date with pop songs.

Frederike Bader, a former policewoman from Berlin, currently living in witness protection in Passau, is supposed to help her ex-boss Jochen Mohn - formerly a witness protector, now head of the Passau CID - in a private matter.