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Golden Years begins with a farewell that is not a farewell. No goodbye is forever, is it? Tocotronic are concerned with the self-contradictions of our existence in an ever more refined way. For the 75th edition of the Berlinale, Tocotronic celebrates the start of its fourth decade as a band at the Columbia Theater.

Two middle-aged people meet at a speed dating event. Things get interesting when the man reveals his food interests.

Employees celebrate winning a lawsuit against a town, only to find themselves besieged in their office by vengeful locals determined to make them pay for ruining lives.

What is behind the myth surrounding the founder of anthroposophy, Rudolf Steiner? The documentary shows Steiner's life from the beginnings in Vienna, the crises in Weimar, the wild times in the Berlin bohemian scene to the esoteric leader and busy founder whose reform movement was followed by thousands. Around one hundred years after his death, the question remains: Who was Rudolf Steiner?

It’s winter in Berlin. Two couples meet, and although they exchange only a few glances and even fewer words, the outlines of an obscure plot emerge, as if a complex psychological thriller was unfolding just outside the frame.

Two married couples are murdered by an unknown person, including the restaurant owners Sardini, whose daughter is the only survivor. She can't remember anything, but criminal psychologist Annett Schuster and profiler Jan Kawig think she is the key to solving the case.

Following the October 7th massacre and allegations that UNRWA staff were involved in the kidnappings, the agency made headlines around the world. Israel enacted legislation to suspend cooperation with UNRWA, despite the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Gaza. The film presents a historical examination of UNRWA’s role—a temporary agency, initially mandated to resolve the refugee crisis following the 1948 war, which has never ceased its operations and, after 75 years, continues to perpetuate generations of refugees

This film portrait of organist Iveta Apkalna reveals her journey from her native Latvia to the world's greatest stages. Her name is synonymous with virtuosity and complete dedication to music. "Iveta has the ability to bring music to life," says Finnish composer Esa-Pekka Salonen. The film shows the contrasts in Iveta Apkalna's professional life — from the glamour of the stage to lonely hours of rehearsal at night. The film features her performances with virtuoso violinist Hilary Hahn, outstanding conductor Paavo Järvi, and contemporary music composer Nico Muhly, as well as audience ovations and adrenaline.

Pam Holloway believes in love and a stable marriage. Her parents Laureen and Elliot are her great role models: they are celebrating their silver wedding anniversary this year.

To protect her daughter from being raped by Russian soldiers, 18-year-old Slava's mother cuts her hair like a boy and takes her to Germany, where Slava tries to start a new life while struggling with the trauma of war and her stolen identity.

What happens when the adult son of a Mormon family realizes that the perfectly planned life determined by his religion is wrong for him? Riley is gay, he suspected it earlier, but prayed it would go away. He is now divorced from his wife, married to a man, and no longer a Mormon. He lives with his biological daughter and an adopted son in a patchwork family. How does his Mormon family, especially his ex-wife, deal with this profound change?

Breathe deeply: in 3 years, your molecules will circle Earth, as today’s oxygen came from nature.

Clickbait-Youtuber RuinRunner enters an abandoned bunker for a videoblog, but ends up trapping himself for multiple days

On a hot summer day, 23-year-old aspiring author Audra visits her former professor and celebrated novelist Martin at his captivating home to request a letter of recommendation. However, Martin keeps putting off signing it and suddenly jumps into the pool. Audra is about to leave, but Martin presents her with a professional opportunity that tempts her to stay. Martin convinces Audra to celebrate this important moment of her life challenging Audra with the weight of crossed lines and the strength it takes to stand her ground.

Alain and Maria are French Sinti. They live with their children and grandchildren in Montauban in southern France. Throughout their lives, they have fought against discrimination against their community, the Sinti and Roma, and against injustice. Today, at over 70 years of age and after a lifetime of working on construction sites, Alain is retiring. Together with his wife, they are setting off in their motorhome on a long journey through Europe, tracing the genocide of the Sinti and Roma by the German Nazis.

From her theater work to the worldwide fame brought by cinema, Sandra Hüller talks about her art and her career, from "Toni Erdmann" to "The Zone of Interest", via "Anatomy of a Fall". A vibrant encounter with an actress in love with the absolute.

The Kanneh-Mason family has produced several outstanding musicians. In addition to Sheku, arguably the family’s most famous member, his sister Jenneba Kanneh-Mason—the third of the siblings—is also pursuing a solo career. At the 2025 Ruhr Piano Festival, she will present an evocative program ranging from Bach to Beethoven to Chopin.

Still Alive - The Drama on Mount Kenya is a gripping docudrama that recounts a legendary rescue operation on Mount Kenya in Africa in 1970.

The name Piranesi evokes a world of mystery and imagination. The Italian architect, engraver, and archaeologist gifted us with dreamlike visions – labyrinthine spaces where stairways lead to nowhere and shadows stretch into the unknown. At the same time, he celebrated the monumental beauty of ancient Rome in his iconic vedute – vivid panoramas of the “Eternal City” that spread far and wide across Europe. But who was Giovanni Battista Piranesi, the man behind these extraordinary creations? Very little is known about his life and inner world. This documentary seeks to trace his footsteps, to delve into the enigma he left behind and to bring us closer to understanding the mind of a genius who built entire worlds on paper.

When Lukas confides in his sister Mara that he’s in therapy due to paedophile tendencies, the pair are resolute in their intention not to let it affect their strong relationship. Nevertheless, Mara is torn as to how close she can let him be to her two children. She starts to shadow him, all the way to the changing rooms of her son’s football team. Can Lukas really continue working as their trainer, even if he “only” feels attracted to young girls? Lukas feels unjustly treated by Mara. Then, when one of the boys brings his sister along to a training session, the situation threatens to escalate.

A therapist whose interests lie in alternative ways to help the sick and infirm is forced to balance the demands of her professional life with those of her ageing parents and older brother, in Tim Ellrich’s sensitive but uncompromising drama.

Hazira survived Srebrenica. She saw the war, it corroded her life. She has been stuck in a refugee camp in her own country for 29 years, working hard and unceasingly to make ends meet and keep the trauma at bay.

East German Stasi officer Fritz travels to Cuba with orders to thwart a suspected CIA operation against Fidel Castro. In Havana he meets Lola, a young woman who will both endanger his mission, and change the course of his life dramatically.

Off The Mark is a documentary about a world-first dog sled expedition in Finnmark, Norway, in the middle of the polar night in search of microplastics and indigenous solutions to the climate crisis.

The android E-Lena is about to embark on her greatest adventure yet. The search for her unknown creator takes her on a journey through time to the Wild West. Not long after arriving, her bounty is hunted all over town.

A look at the life and work of Chilean writer Isabel Allende, the most widely read author in Spanish, with a special focus on her latest novel.

Facing the risk of deportation from Germany, Altay learns that he must present a valid reason to the immigration office to stay. On his way home, he encounters a man wearing a Spider-Man mask and, curious about his valid reason, conducts a brief interview. During their conversation, Altay realizes that a series of encounters has been helping him make sense of his recent anxieties. Inspired by this, he begins recording conversations with people who share a similar sense of delusion and brings strangers into organic dialogues. Through a blend of fiction, documentary, and animation, the film explores ...

Arusha, a vibrant city at the foot of Mount Neru, is the heart of Tanzania's safari industry. In backyard workshops, the most talented mechanics transform discarded off-road vehicles into customized "safari jeeps," as the special vehicles for tourist groups are locally called. Each new vehicle represents the hope of a secure future.

Attila, the King of the Huns, has conquered the strategically and economically significant Italian city of Aquileia during his campaign of conquest. Admiring the bravery of Odabella, a duke's daughter, Attila spares her life and presents her with his sword. But she swears bloody revenge for his conquest of her city. When she prevents an attempt on Attila's life by her former lover Foresto, which he has planned with the Roman general Ezio, she finally wins the Hun's trust. But has she abandoned her murderous plan?

‘Let's dance until the stars rain down on this former military base. See you on the dance floor!’ That's right, techno legend Paul van Dyk has spoken. So head to Nature One to check out his set at the anniversary edition of Germany's oldest outdoor electronic music festival.

The Sykora family are only four people out of millions of Venezuelans that have recently escaped their collapsing country. They land in the Czech Republic, the country where Grandpa Jan was born, but also a place utterly strange to them. In a matter of months their savings have almost gone and job seeking becomes a nightmare. Again, the dream of just having a normal life starts to vanish. Will the family manage not to crumble along the way?

Organic farmer Tanja Pohlmann is on the brink of financial ruin - can Billy Kuckuck help the family? As "one with a heart", Aglaia Szyszkowitz always sees her job as a bailiff as a challenge and an opportunity to help people in financial difficulties. Even if this means that she sometimes has to interfere in the lives of her current "cases". Fresh from the divorce court, Billy Kuckuck is hired by farmer Röschke to collect a personal loan from Tanja Pohlmann. Her husband, who recently died in an accident, had taken out the loan with Röschke to build the new farm store without her knowledge. The demand for repayment could mean final ruin for Tanja Pohlmann, who is already at the end of her tether and unable to manage the indebted farm.

Udo Dirkschneider is a rock icon in every sense of the word — over four decades ago he was a founding member of Accept and the creator of legendary classics like “Balls to the Wall” and “Fast as a Shark.” Now he’s celebrating that sound with a special anniversary show that lets the original brilliance of this masterpiece shine in a new light. The “40th Anniversary of Balls to the Wall Show” is about more than nostalgia — it’s a triumph over time itself. With full energy and goosebump-inducing moments, Dirkschneider delivers the band’s anthems as powerfully as he did back then. This is where thunderous metal history meets world-class live performance. When Udo and his band hit the stage at Wacken, you don’t just hear familiar songs — you feel every heartbeat and every lyric that once made entire stadiums shake. Miss it, and you’re not just missing a concert — you’re missing the soundtrack of an era.

The Proletik Sonnenberg fan club supports its team, Athletik Sonnenberg. A newly founded soccer club in Chemnitz, it has set itself the goal of creating a diverse and welcoming atmosphere on the field. But in a city with a right-wing extremist fan scene, the struggle to achieve this is all the more intense.

In a small, but respectable burger restaurant, a new helper Amelie, who is actually, meets two befriended chefs, Alex and Robert. Within this trio however the differences between the two chefs become more and more apparent and a conflict ensues, forcing Alex to make a decision.

A search for the hidden rivers that flow beneath the streets of Montreal, forgotten and buried by the course of urbanization. When heavy rain falls, the waters rise again and flood the streets, reminding the city of its forgotten past.

Landscape architect Victoria Crayshaw wants to fulfill her late mother's last wish: to build a Japanese garden on her parents' property. She wants to gather inspiration for this in Japan and searches the internet for a travel companion. She quickly finds what she is looking for in math teacher and hobby gardener Carl Webber. But when he arrives in Bodmin, he behaves differently than expected. What Victoria doesn't know is that Carl Webber is actually financial advisor Jon Stebbing, who has stolen Carl's identity while on the run from the authorities to escape his ex-lover's plan for revenge.

For his film "12 ASTERISCI" Telemach Wiesinger visited numerous places on the internal and external borders of the European Community. The film's open, experimental form visually loosens boundaries and aesthetically challenges any ideas the audience might hold of conforming to rigid regulation.

Steel giant Thyssen Krupp in Germany and cargo ship operator Maersk in Denmark are investing huge sums of money with public support to convert their huge and dirty energy consumption to ‘green’. Hydrogen plays a central role in this. At the same time, countries in Africa such as Morocco and Namibia are gearing up to become giga-suppliers of the new energy source. But does it all make sense? Why not just produce green steel in Africa? And what's the story behind the blue hydrogen that is supposed to come from Norway via pipeline? The film follows pioneers on breathtaking projects and shows that the energy transition is more complicated than expected and holds many surprises in store.

Numbi, a little village hidden deep in the Democratic Republic of Congo mountains, lies nonetheless at the heart of our world. Here, with their bare hands, miners dig the coltan which will find its way – legally or otherwise – to our industrialized world. For decades this grey gold, indispensable to the manufacture of almost all contemporary technological devices, has been the cause of conflicts and a bitter exploitation. In Numbi, bodies are covered in mud, hands red with blood, and coltan hides in every pocket. Every inhabitant lives with the illusory hope of escaping fate and enjoying for themselves the riches of the Congo. Sensitive, shocking and deeply moving, Of Mud and Blood documents the everyday existence of the inhabitant of Numbi, revealing the hardships and trials of a story from which we must not look away.