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Two men feel desire when meeting in the men's room.

Loneliness has many faces in Berlin. Young and old are afflicted by it, men, women, single and married people. It’s normal. Nonetheless there’s a stigma attached to this mixture of emotions that makes sufferers stay silent. Director Nicola Graef tries a different approach in her film: She lets the lonely inhabitants of the capital city speak, listens. The result is varied and quite often surprising.

There are the Shakespeare's Sonnets in L.A. the German Blumenmädchen Poetry in the world of Munich and Basta aprire gli occhi, Italian Poetry performed in Rome and Milan

Gerson Liebl, grandson of a German colonial official from Togo, has been fighting for 30 years for the preservation of German citizenship and a right of residence in Germany. As a last resort, he resorts to a hunger strike. The images of his unflinching perseverance in front of Berlin's Red City Hall are accompanied on the soundtrack by statements, testimonies, paragraphs, legal texts, political viewpoints and excuses – then and now.

Inspired by large-scale film music, Christopher von Deylen (SCHILLER) develops his own epic orchestral sound on “EPIC”. For this he combines his atmospheric sound worlds with emotional orchestral arrangements to a gigantic head cinema soundtrack.

When the misanthropic tile salesman Lothar is diagnosed with a terminal disease, he sells his business and gives his dog and all his money to an animal shelter and checks into a hospice, where it turns out that he was misdiagnosed.

12-year-old Ranji is new in Berlin. His big dream: Bollywood. A casting call in Mumbai is the chance. However, Ranji has to overcome a few hurdles: Finding friends, making a video, traveling to Mumbai without his parents and - last but not least - believing in himself.

Is tradition the highest honor or the greatest misfortune? The village of Pöhla is debating this. Despite the devastating health consequences, mining traditions are still kept alive in the Ore Mountains 30 years after reunification. With the closure of the last (uranium) mines in 1992, which irreversibly shaped the land and its people for 800 years, people were forced to build a new tourist identity. Especially during Advent, the "Christmas Land" combines old traditions with economic interest - whether baking stollen, singing together during the Metten shift in the mine or performing Christmas mass. Between the conflicting priorities of being named a World Heritage Site and the commissioning of a pilot plant for mining tin and tungsten, the film tells the story of this special time of year above and below ground - and thus paints a psychogram of a region that is struggling to find its identity in 2019.

A cinematic, character-driven insight to what it meant to produce and to own a car in communist times: the Socialist propaganda dreams and the hard reality of living that dream. The freedom that these slow and clumsy vehicles were giving to their owners; the cars as an instrument in the Cold War battle; legends and homemade tune-ups as an attempt to stand at least a little bit off the crowd.

War orphans Elene and Leo have lived with their grandfather Davit in a small village near the town of Gori in Georgia since they were very young. Although the Russian-Georgian war of 2008 took place years ago, its effects are still clearly present: the border illegally erected by the Russian military runs close to the small family's home and is increasingly threatening their existence due to the creeping relocation.

Six girls on their journey to love and life.

Kevin Hines hears voices due to auditory hallucinations that one day order him to end his life. A hand-drawn documentary about one of the few people to survive a jump from the Golden Gate Bridge.

Youssef's niece Saida finds her boyfriend, the young doctor Hagen Hoffmann, slain in their shared apartment. Based on the victim's computer activities, the police assume that the crime was committed in a drug environment.

How do you deal with right-wing extremists in the neighborhood? Exclude, tolerate or involve? Rural regions in particular are prone to infiltration by nationalist settlers. Right-wing extremists systematically penetrate village structures, pretending to be nice neighbors, committed citizens and problem solvers in a completely non-ideological way. Local volunteer fire brigades and football clubs are infiltrated by Nazis. Done among others in the village of Groß Krams in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, where two right-wing extremists seem to be part of everyday village life. One of them works as a firefighter. In Appen, Schleswig-Holstein, the state chairman of the Hamburg NPD wanted to join the village's football club. But the club's management refused when they found out about the political background. The documentary by Hans Jakob Rausch illuminates the infiltration strategies of the extreme right and the difficult balance between tolerance and engagement against right-wing radicalism.

This is the story of death and survival, exclusion and hope told by those who lived through it. 40 years ago an HIV infection seemed like a death sentence.

A boy is cooking, a girl is waiting. Breakfast is soon served. Then a stranger enters the bedroom where the girl is lying and the nightmare begins. A short film about love and dependence, about relationships and the urge to break out. Experimental, atmospheric and drenched in neon red.

Can a person be recreated alone based on their search history? Five years of a woman's life have been excavated to create a composite portrait, subsequently played by an actress. The original is then presented to its double. Part experiment, part cross-media project, part documentary, „Made to Measure” is a dizzying project about the surrender of our private lives.

Immersion in a world of contemporary design in search of more virtuous practices. In Helsinki, German designer Julia Lohmann uses seaweed to create dyed garments; in Amsterdam, Marjan van Aubel creates objects powered by organic photovoltaic cells; in London, the Superflux duo develops futuristic installations to alleviate potential food shortages.

Mama Irene, Healer of the Andes, is the story of a remarkable 86 year old Shaman (Healer) from Peru who draws upon indigenous knowledge and traditions in danger of being lost forever. This film is not only a vital document of endangered wisdom; it is also a story about Women empowerment and a testament to living harmoniously with Mother Earth.

In rural Ethiopia the staff of a health centre are fighting maternal mortality. They tirelessly appeal to women to give birth in the clinic. But reservations are strong, and so are the practical obstacles. How are heavily pregnant women supposed to arrive in time when the ambulance comes hours later or not at all? Against medical advice, Hulu Ager decides to give birth at home, assisted by a traditional midwife.

After the separation, Julia and Robert try "nesting". But what initially seems good for the children only makes things more complicated for the whole family. Twelve-year-old Marie and seven-year-old Maxi continue to live in the house, while the parents take turns every week. But Robert's only aim with his proposal is to save the house and buy time for Julia to finally come to her senses. Julia, however, doesn't think much of waiting around.

Blacher: Fanfare Festive (premiered at the opening of the Philharmonie, 1963) Ives: The Unanswered Question Mozart: Serenade No. 8 in D Major, K. 286 (269a) Notturno Penderecki: Emanations for 2 string orchestras Tchaikovsky: Suite No. 3 in G Major, Op. 55 Adams: Short Ride in a Fast Machine

A director desperately tries to replicate his debut success by strictly adhering to the golden rules of arthouse filmmaking on set. But luck is not on his side. Neither the cast nor the crew believe in the project – and nobody wants to film the nude scene that, according to the director, is absolutely essential!

There are some lessons that the 7-year-old daughter must learn before she can reach her goal. But through the strict hand of the mother, the daughter gains more and more knowledge. She has to separate herself from everything material. To become a little “specialist” from being a person of instinct. But with each lesson, the daughter understands the world around her a little more. And then, one day, she decides to put her knowledge to very practical use.

The small swiss village of Mitholz got destroyed in 1947 after an Ammunition depots of the Swiss Army exploded. After decades of secrecy, the population learned in 2018 that the danger had not been averted yet and that the residents need to leave their homes. A story about the abuse of trust and the mistakes of a government whose citizens pay the price for.

Once celebrated as a DAX star, Wirecard collapsed amid revelations of falsified balance sheets and phantom revenues. Accused of fraud, embezzlement, and market manipulation via a whistleblower’s testimony, the firm’s downfall exposed BaFin’s failure to act and its legal battles against critical journalists. Ex‐COO Jan Marsalek vanished the day he was suspended and remains internationally wanted. This docudrama traces the scope of a multibillion‐euro scandal.

Najet, whom the doctors say that she will die soon, thus, she decides to take the rest of her life head-on, instead of giving in to self-pity.

During the pagan Rauhnächte, unbridled revelry reigns in the former Viking town of Ribe. Even at the police station, where conscientious patrol officer Ida Sörensen is helping out on the night shift, chaos reigns. At this moment, no one is thinking about the sadistic serial killer who kidnaps people and leaves them to starve in the forest.

40 years of Neues Theater Halle means 40 years of theater history and stories that have been lived and experienced. It began with the initiative of actor and director Peter Sodann, who, with the participation of his acting ensemble, built a theater in the center of Halle (Saale) that is unique in Germany. It continued through the peaceful revolution and the growth in audience numbers in the period after 1989/90, and ended with the end of his tenure as founding artistic director.

“And, 'twixt the shadows and frights of nocturnal splendors, My beloved will secretly be hiding. Say what you will, say what you may.” The sound of a distant whistle and theorbo calls a sleeping singer through the empty streets of Stuttgart in a midnight journey to the opera house. ‘dei notturni splendori’ is an experimental opera film made for the Staatsoper Stuttgart in the early months of the Coronavirus pandemic lockdown. Anderson Matthew captures the singer Helene Schneiderman through a midnight dream with a hand-cranked kino camera in an ecstatic 35mm photo roman, in search for her own performance of the Tarquinio Merula madrigal Folle é ben chi se crede from 1638.

A pop satire. A teleshopping show that uses the fear of climate apocalypse as a reason to convince the audience to consume more and more. A film about consumerism and climate crisis, about global warming and individualism, about hedonism and guilty conscience, about the contradictions inside of us. A reflexion about the way we look away and an exposure of the cynicism of a capitalistic system. “A great many of us engage in this kind of climate change denial. We look for a split second and then we look away. Or we look but then turn it into a joke (“more signs of the Apocalypse!”). Which is another way of looking away.”

Nine Dancers, born in the German Democratic Republic. In the final years of the GDR they need to decide: Stay with their friends and family or seek freedom in the West.

3,700 km of coastline, a Fiat 1100, and an old travel diary, those are the ingredients for Pepe Danquart’s documentary. Following the footsteps of the great Italian thinker Pier Paolo Pasolini, the filmmaker gains a deep insight into the social reality of present-day Italy. The country is massively affected by globalization, migration and the phenomenon of mass tourism, which, more than ever, is characterised by the same hedonistic conformity that Pasolini lamented more than fifty years ago. Ahead of me the South is a poetic contemporary document, a kaleidoscopic picture of the Italy of today.

A backyard somewhere in Germany. In the midst of it, two women throwing garbage bags at each other. What happened? Lilly, a student and keen environmentalist, finds plastic bags in the organic waste. What a bloody scandal! Quickly, she inspects the contents of the bags and finds sesame rings. She puts two and two together: It could only have been the baker, Ayse.

Freddy and his wife Juliana leave the comfort zone of Constance and move to Berlin. With Grandpa Fritz in tow, the Kleemanns move in with Grandma Regina. Unlike his sister Zoe, little Niko is happy to be living with his grandparents. While Freddy and his trusted colleague Lara finally want to implement their own concept as daycare center managers, Juliana sees an unexpected stop sign in her career as a doctor: she is unplanned pregnant! Now a difficult life decision has to be made: a third child does not fit into the current family and couple concept of two full-time professionals.

A robbery doesn't go as planned. An unusual hero story.

Modern Amazons are fierce heroines. They are ready to fight for what is important to them. Without explaining, without compromising, always persisting. They fight for victory in the ring for acceptance, and too, for fellow sufferers and humanity.

The film shines a light onto federal chancellor Angela Merkel and her now ending 16-year-long tenure. An era, not an episode. And a vagarious relationship history between the chancellor and the Germans. Who has changed whom here?

Equality does not automatically mean equal opportunities - this still applies to working women in Germany today. YES SHE CAN - WOMEN CHANGE THE WORLD showcases women who are not satisfied with this status quo. Role models who inspire. Experts who demonstrate how gender equality can finally be put into practice from theory.

Final part of a long-term observation of football talents trained at Borussia Dortmund in the 1990s. Three lives with, for and after the "favourite sport".

At the foot of the Andes Mountains in Chile lies an idyllic German colony called Villa Baviera. However, the beauty of the place – formerly known as Colonia Dignidad – hides a grim past. Systematic child-abuse, medical experiments, torture chambers and mass graves are part of its history. Today, 120 inhabitants still live their lives in the colony which has since changed its name to Villa Baviera and where a disturbing blend of religious fanaticism and extreme conservatism still holds sway.

No sooner has model Bavarian Toni Freitag properly integrated his new son-in-law Osman than daughter Franzi brings in an uninvited guest from Berlin - in the person of her mother-in-law Farah. Unfortunately, Toni gets on like cats and dogs with the quick-witted businesswoman. Hello there!

Sibirian tiger Pascha and panther lucky want to perform at a circus festival with their trainer. After the final rehearsal fails, the trainer starts crying. Because stereotypes are so prevalent, this leads to suspicions that he might be gay.

Madi and Lucia grow up in an Argentinian-German household. While their father fulfills his role as breadwinner, their mother Dolores is the cliché of a matriarch. But then Dolores has to go into hospital and the father is not only overwhelmed with the two young girls. Operation Adolescence begins.

In the beginning, there was the dream of a better and fairer society. For millions of people; however, the Soviet dream became a nightmare. After all these years since its collapse, what still remains of the Soviet Union? How can one approach the complex history of the mighty Soviet empire today? Henrike Sandner (*1971 in Dresden) answers these questions in a very personal film. Her film episodically follows the history of the Soviet Union and the Soviet myths of greatness, heroes, new people and a new Soviet culture, based on her own story. The film lasts 52 minutes and spans the years 1917 to 1991 - a story of contrasts that juxtaposes different perspectives and realities. Private archive footage and photos contrast with "official" news, Soviet film material or DEFA film classics. A "short" and personal history of the Soviet Union.

Eifel landlady Toni Janssen and her mother Heidi are once again running the Kupferkanne as a team of two. While Heidi's guesthouse is running at full speed, Toni wants to shift down a few gears at her newly renovated country inn. The new name "Kupferkännchen" is intended to stand for a less ambitious concept: home-style cooking for pub guests. However, their new chef Sebastian Holtmann brings the highest culinary standards with him. Not only does he have a lot up his sleeve, but he is also extremely self-confident. Toni is amazed that Sebastian would like to reopen under his own name.

How gay, how lesbian, how trans is German cinema? A 3sat documentary looks back at 100 years of queer film history.