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20 and 18 meters long are the two industrial furnaces, which the Austrian forwarding company Felbermayr is to transport from a ship dock on the Danube to an aircraft component company. The total weight of both furnaces of a good 300 tons is only one of many problems. The steel colossus is almost seven metres high - too high to pass through most of the bridges or tunnels. An insoluble enterprise?

Documentary about the German football team at the 1990's World Cup in Italy.

THE LONGEST KISS The longest kiss in the world continued for 30 hours, 59 minutes and 27 seconds. Clara and Hannes who kissed each other for the first time on November 21, 1986 are determined to break this world record on Valentine`s Day, February 4. The world record attempt will be organised by the Association of Pharmacists. The pharmacists want to promote superior oral hygiene. They refer to the fact that during a normal kiss 40 000 parasites are transmitted, besides nine milligrams of water, some fat, proteins, salt and also 250 species of bacteria. The Association of Pharmacists chose Clara and Hannes because at the age of respectively 38 and 41 years they would be experienced. During the world record attempt they are neither allowed to lie down nor sit and may not visit the toilet.

For decades, Europeans between Finland and Cyprus were united by a promise of peace and greater prosperity. But since the financial crisis of 2008, the European project has been in its worst state since World War II. The continent is divided by neoliberal economic concepts, corruption, and banks that operate globally. Labor rights and social standards are being increasingly eroded, fueling ethnic hatred, class struggle, and nationalism, and driving people into the arms of right-wing populists. In Christoph Schuch's documentary "Europe – A Continent as Prey," important questions are raised about the problem, foremost among them, of course: How did it come to this? And how can we get out of this dangerous situation?

Two people living in a state of bored love, a married couple in short, invite an unknown couple to their house. First its time for coffee, then lets see. In the end the boredom is gone - but at times it is better not knowing everything about your partner. 24/7 is a comedy about love, sex and urgent desire.

Die Zauberflöte is one of Mozart’s most famous works and one of the most beloved of the entire operatic repertoire. Generations of spectators have been fascinated by the melodies and adventures of Papageno, the Queen of the Night, Tamino, and Pamina, the ordeals faced by the young lovers, and the work’s inexhaustible allegorical depth. The director Romeo Castellucci has deliberately stepped back from the narrative dimension of the opera in order to explore its raw emotion and its philosophical heart. For his part, the conductor Antonello Manacorda brings Mozart’s immortal music to life with the help of an outstanding cast that includes Sabine Devieilhe, one of today’s finest interpreters of the Queen of the Night.

This is a large projection of aerial footage that has been shot by pigeons equipped with lightweight digital cameras. With heavy wind and the nervous flapping of wings the viewer gets only a fractured impression, though immediately identifiable, of a political demonstration.

Heinrich Danioth (1896-1953) is the most prominent artist from the canton of Uri and, at the same time, one of Switzerland’s outstanding painters in the 20th century. Although most people know of the red devil he painted on the rock face of the legendary Schöllenen Gorge, the artist has remained relatively unknown to the public. Primarily based on Danioth’s diaries and letters, the film portrays the life story of an artist lapsed into undeserved obscurity. Together with contemporary witnesses still alive today (including his two daughters), the filmmaker reconstructs the artist’s life.

If, at first, human being used stars to find its bearings, mankind can nowadays count on science to measure the Earth at a millimetric scale. Because land surveying of our planet is still in full swing. Satellites, cameras or drones : technology progress allows the scientists to explore it all. They can measure oceans, volcanoes, or even the atmosphere. But scientists are walking a tightrope, torned between their desire to gather more and more informations, and a population concerned about personal data's protection. This documentary shows a glimpse of actual scientifical research, and interrogate numerous scientists about the interest of land surveying in their specific field of research.

Around 3,000 BC, the first territorial state in history was created with the unification of Upper and Lower Egypt. The empire on the Nile was to exist for 3,000 years. The current section focuses on religion, temple economy and the cult of the dead and examines the reigns of Akhenaten and Ramses II. The culture of Ancient Egypt is characterized by religion, temple economy and the cult of the dead. Two pharaohs play an important role in this context: Akhenaten and Ramses II. When Akhenaten ascended the throne around 1,350 BC, religious customs in Egypt had hardly changed for almost 2,000 years. The influential priesthood was organized hierarchically and the rituals were set out in fixed rituals. The temples are not only the spiritual but also the economic centers of the country.

Is 2012 threatening the end of the world? Are unforeseen disasters coming? Do ancient prophecies come true? Are the earthquakes, hurricanes, financial crises, uprisings and wars of our day the heralds of the end?

Short film by Roman Holtwick.

Set against the backdrop of post-war Germany, the screen adaptation of Siegfried Lenz’s short story released in 1949 shows a snapshot in time of Mr. Schwamm, an indulgent husband and caring father, who wants so save his depressed son. During the pivotal night of this mission, he has an odd encounter: Paired up by destiny, he confides his troubles to a bitter and insensitive stranger, who in the very last minute manages to turn the story into a touching parable for kindness and humanity.

Short film about drug violence in Mexico.

The end of evolution awaits us in a wasteland dominated by bizarre trash formations, dust and rock. From the scattered remains of a long forgotten culture an electric ecosystem rapidly evolves into the ultimate form of existence.

There are the “beautiful” and there are the “ugly.” And then there are the “beautifully ugly.” They all evoke emotions. And it comes as no surprise that a former village doctor refers to the “Silvesterchlausen” in the hinterland of Appenzell as the “healthiest fever ever.” No one really knows where the custom comes from. But every year on December 31 and January 13, it touches the hearts of many people of all ages in the Appenzell region and beyond. The film tells of this virus, these emotions and traditions bridging the gap between several generations.

It feels as if a thriller is unfolding, but here the things themselves are at the center; they create tension, silently yet eloquently telling the story of the secret that the island holds.

"Margina" reflects upon life in the Roma community, giving very intimate insights into the life of a Roma family in Macedonia, who exists "at the edge" of European society. Without overt pathos, the film shows everyday family-life, marked by social marginalization and economic hardship, but also the usual domestic problems

Documentary about the director Budd Boetticher.

The documentary tells the episodic stories of 6 people and their horses and reveals the significance of their different encounters. Observing different encounters between horses and humans reveals a lot. The way they relate and interact with each other says far more about the character traits and desires of humans than one might initially suspect.

Most people play it for fun, to them it’s a deadly serious matter. A small group of professional players from all over the country gather in Amriswil to crown the Swiss Minigolf Champion. Among them is the young and extremely ambitious Maja as well as Jörg, one of the most experienced players of the tournament. Far away from everyday life, the players need nerves of steel and a knack for selecting the right balls to deserve a place on the podium.

Anna is on her way home; waiting for the last bus. But someone's waiting with her. The streets are quiet. Too quiet. Her heart is beating loudly.

At some point it will be over. But no one wants to imagine the day when it really is over, the day when they warm their muscles in the dressing room for the last time, stand in the wings, wait together, hear the music start and finally spring onto the stage: for the very last time.

Alexander Kluge's 2012 Frankfurt lectures on poetics.

„Who is saving whom?“ is not just another bank rescue and Euro rescue film. It reveals much more what it is that all the “rescues” hide, right up to the present day tragedy of Greece. The radical alteration of society in Europe. The transformation of private debt into public debt which has been papered over and presented as a “rescue” has not only driven democracy to absurdity. It has shaken societies which consider themselves socialist societies with rule of law to their foundations. No one formulates this better in the film than Mario Draghi, who as a one time vice president of Goldman Sachs and present president of he ECB steers the economies in the Euro area: “The European social model is history”. “Saving the Euro will cost a lot of money. That means we will have to take leave of the European social model”. For seven years now the rescue is taking place with the help of hundreds of Billions of public money.

Max is on the road with his pregnant girlfriend Lina. He suddenly gets a call from his grandfather who wants to meet him shortly before he will be taken away.

History of a nine-year boy, a victim of sexual violence.

Artur Brauner talks about his career.

Widerstandsmomente (Moments of Resistance) carries voices, writings, and objects from the anti-Nazi resistance into the present. Politically engaged women of today respond to historical resistance and make links to current events. A line is drawn from what was before and what is today to what might be: a society based on solidarity without discrimination or exclusion.

Film between dream and reality about the gentrification of Berlin's Neukölln district.

Holger is unhappily in love with Hanna. Then his parents separate and to make matters worse his father begins an affair with Hanna.

Hartmann proposes a 76-minute film in which each minute stands for a year of his life. This obsessive rule is invoked in the last 4 “years” of his life (and of the film). A cable-car journey codes in its own duration the secret of a perdurable shot. A poetic emancipation by a young filmmaker: a life plan finding its right frame. Roger Koza

The old-turned-scientist tells in the form of his Vlog about the frightening development of his self-built AI. In the end, the prospect emerges that it may even have developed its own consciousness.

A pre-apocalyptic pastel daydream. We aren’t relaxed, we aren’t carefree, we’re pathologically unable to care.

Frances Kroll Ring, the personal secretary to F. Scott Fitzgerald for the last 20 months of his life and a longtime source of information for biographers, documentary and filmmakers.

Horst is a hunter trying to stave off the inevitability of aging. Futile, as we all know. Nevertheless, he suffers a crisis of identity about himself, his world, and the forests and glades he so loves. Two days after the disappearing of his gundog Birko, Horst plunges deep into the forest to try and find the wayward pooch, and in doing so, re-immerses himself in his beloved natural world. He hears barking and ploughs on, in search of Birko. Deeper and deeper he goes. What will he discover, deep in the bosky depths?

Three Muscovite women taxi-drivers laugh, swear and talk their way through everyday life after Perestroika - life's full of dreams and contradictions.

Staying at their vacation home in the South of France, parents and filmmaking daughter have different ideas about what it is to make a film. The exuberant parental motivation is immediately diverted into interviews and resulting cinematic experimental arrangements that play with the realization of the film ideas. The result is an experiment between image description and moving image, which paints the portrait of a family that has a passionate relationship to the image of the nature that surrounds it.

The peace treaty of Brest-Litovsk was a dictated peace. With him, however, the German Empire recognized Soviet Russia. And so German-Soviet relations took their course. The film tells the story of the eventful history of both countries and the people in them. It is a story with repercussions right up to the present day, as their images continue to have an impact. Their myths, enemy images and projections continue to shape mutual perceptions. A history of ideologies - their fight against each other was to the death, the extermination of the other - here racial, there political-ideological - was meant existentially. It was about annihilation. Then again, at other times, it was about coexistence: in friendly enmity - hostile friendship.

An old lady visits her hairdresser at the same time every week. She is kind to the mindset, but the memory has begun to fail and she usually carries her garbage bag with her.

A bomb hits, the windows vibrate—just a few minutes later, the needle starts buzzing again. In a city full of conflict, Poko Chaim and Daniel Bulitchev, two Russian tattoo artists, have created a place where there are no walls. Here, they immortalize the stories of Jerusalem's inhabitants. The ink under their skin connects them all. A glance at their tattoos sheds a whole new light on the heart of the Holy City and its inhabitants. The tattoo studio is open to everyone, regardless of nationality, religion, or skin color. The conversations that take place under painful circumstances often resemble confessions. Customers provide insight into their lives in this controversial city, their beliefs, and their fears in this constant conflict that shapes their everyday lives. There are moments when Poko and Daniel are almost simultaneously psychologists and artists...

In the film, journalist Ina Borrmann documents her own fertility treatment.

Max and Felix, mid-20th, have gone through the hard school of star gastronomy and obsessed with cooking. The two Berliners travel through eight countries and 25 cities (in Asia), an exciting trip from simple foodstuffs to top international food. Dazulerne can be (almost) everywhere.