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An adaptation of Tennessee Williams' "The Lady Larkspur Lotion" created by Douglas Sirk with the assistance of his film students and Rainer Werner Fassbinder. It depicts the conflict between a dreamy, delusional heroine and her brusque, practical landlady, who wants to kick her out of her apartment.

Molly Monster is going to have a sibling soon, but his good friend Edison is a little bit jealous and worried she might forget about him. When Molly's parents have to travel to the Island where monster parents hatch their eggs, Molly is not allowed to go because she is too young, nonetheless she decides to reach them on her own as soon as she realizes they missed to bring her sibling's gift with them.

Based on their experiences living and working amongst Soviet-era concrete, panel-block apartments, the filmmaker, together with five visual artists, examine past and present attitudes towards their former homes. Combining touching, personal stories with experimental research on the history of twentieth-century art and architecture, the film creates both a compelling narrative, and a contemporary aesthetic of panel-block mass housing using original watercolors, put into motion using digital animation and stop-motion techniques. As global and personal histories interweave, the film explores notions of moral and political responsibility as evinced in physical space.

GDR 1961: Tamara Bunke, daughter of Jewish exiles from Argentina, not only falls for the political goals of the rousing revolutionary Che Guevara during a state visit. She also meets Ulises Estrada, the commandant of Che's team. Ignited by the fire of the revolution, she gets involved in a diabolical espionage deal with the Stasi in order to cheat her way out of Cuba. In Cuba, she ends up caught between all fronts: under the watchful eye of the Stasi, which expects results from her, but in reality solely dedicated to Che's revolution, Tamara allows herself to be trained as a double spy by Che's troops. At the same time, her honest love grows for Commandante Ulises, who eventually gives her the choice of following her personal happiness and going into hiding rather than following Che's plans to liberate South America, which by now he considers a suicide mission. An unresolvable, deeply tragic conflict that ends fatally for Tamara in the battle of Bolivia's Rio Grande..

The romantic comedy "Unlimited Love" by Malte Wirtz gets out of hand when an actress disappears during the shooting. What was intended as an improvised tragicomedy becomes bitterly serious, and also a disturbing scary film.

East Berlin, early 1980s: Ludger is hired by the Stasi to spy on the oppositional arts scene in Prenzlauer Berg. But when he falls in love with the mysterious Nathalie, he has to choose between a life as a celebrated underground poet and his career as a Stasi agent. A choice that will turn back on him 30 years later.

A dark cloud is creeping over Berlin. As the citizens go about their daily activities, Kore is haunted by a black shadow – a menacing memory from the past. Meanwhile, a full-grown bear escapes from its cage, throwing the whole city into a panic. There is no way out – Kore must face her worst fear.

The story of the famous high-wire patriarch Karl Wallenda and how he gets his first circus job in 1920's Germany performing handstands on the high-wire with the Louis Weitzmann Troupe.

Dr. David Douglas is about to start his own private clinic and marry architect Jane Merchenson. Then his father dies, leaving debts from a real estate fraud he fell victim to, so selling the mortgaged Cornish family estate Oaktree isn't nearly enough. David cancels the wedding and sells to John Tyson, a friend of Jane's father Michael, who starts renovating it, employing her. Later David discovers Jane gave birth to their son, Nicky, without telling him.

Gustl Leubelfing, daughter of the mayor of Nuremberg adores the king of the Swedes. So she happily substitutes her brother as Gustav Adolf's page instead of marrying her fiancée Roland. Of course she has to hide that she's a woman, especially when they go into war against Wallenstein.

A young Argentinean janitor, a famous German director, a song by Carlos Gardel, the streets of Berlin and a never-ending film on an old Steenbeck.

A homeless girl is taken in by an engineer. They fall in love.

A story about two young lovers in an East German coal mining town.

Neukölln, a trendy district in Berlin. Living space is scarce here. Without surety, proof of credit worthiness and salary there is no chance at all now. Thies knows this game; he works for a real estate management company and watches that the rules are upheld - until he meets Bruno and Sonja. He provides the dissimilar siblings with a flat free of charge on the quiet. And enters into an affair with the brother. Step by step he becomes more deeply immersed in the secret of the "siblings". A Berlin film about a loner who gets caught up. About a couple with unclear residency status. About a city everyone wants to live in.

Boran has been on the run from the police for 20 years. Back then, he was sent to prison after an unsuccessful bank robbery, from where he escaped. He left nothing behind; his wife and their son were killed in a car accident. At least that's what he thinks until one day he receives a letter in which a little girl claims to be his granddaughter.

When a scuffle breaks out between the members of a criminal youth gang, one of them is stabbed to death. Since the knife belongs to the gang member Rocky, the judge assumes that he must have stabbed him too and sentences him to six years in prison. When he is released, he immediately sets off in search of the real culprit.

Seventeen-year-old Lena meets 19-year-old Farid, a young Muslim. She has a clear-cut attitude towards his culture and religion: utter rejection. Despite their differences – or perhaps because of them – they fall in love.

Hanieh, a young teacher, lives in the household of her married sister in Tehran. Increasingly exhausted by her paralysing everyday life and the two-faced reality she subliminally experiences as a woman, an employee, a younger sister, and unhappy partner, Hanieh struggles to find her way out.

This grandiose concert, held in Krakow (Poland), brings together Hans Zimmer's greatest film scores: ‘Gladiator’, ‘Interstellar’, ‘Pirates of the Caribbean’, ‘Dune’ and ‘The Lion King’.

Ilir, a survivor of a massacre, enters illegal Mafia-organized fights streamed online. A mysterious lethal force armed with deadly blades, targets fighters outside the arena. Who is behind it, what is the motive behind this deadly pursuit?

A woman takes time in private on a tiny island in Helsinki to contemplate a loss that has caused sudden changes in her life. This tragedy has challenged her to see the world in a different light. A light that is driven by a force of nature.

"Je t'aime, Chérie." These three words and a Bulgarian volleyball jersey is all Martina, a young working woman from Berlin, is left with after a night at the beach spent with a mysterious lover. But then she learns that she is pregnant, and once the baby is born, she starts for Bulgaria to search for her son’s father. The orderly yet diffident Thomas, an employee of the embassy of the GDR, joins her in order to provide diplomatic support. The quest, however, turns out to be rather difficult.

Positive developments in the Middle East: Saudi Arabian and Iranian diplomats have just agreed to normalize their relations with Israel. And yet: Iran is still working on building its own nuclear bomb and Israel may bomb Iran's nuclear factories to prevent this. Once again, the region is caught between war and peace.

In the show, Europe's most successful pop star enchants the people in front of the TV with her music in the intimate atmosphere of a theater. Helene Fischer relies on a special collaboration for a glittering evening: as music supervisor, Stefan Raab designs the live performance of the songs from her new album "Rausch" together with Helene Fischer. On stage, the artist will perform these unique versions of her songs with a live band. This show will not only be a musical highlight. In conversation with Steven Gätjen, Helene Fischer will give her fans unusual insights into her life and career on this evening: What meaning do the individual songs have for the singer? What makes "Rausch" probably her most personal album?

A high school student who leaves school shortly before graduating begins a relatively "exotic" apprenticeship as a bandager in order to become self-employed. In the process, she gains a wealth of life experience and, in addition to learning how to make prostheses, also has to learn how to provide emotional support and guidance.

After some back and forth are graphic designers Jan Börner can finally bring himself and his wife Anne and their children Lisa and Luke a terraced house in a modern housing estate to relate. But a short time later reveal the dark side of this decision. In the midst of gossiping settlement residents privacy is nil. To make matters worse, the busy neighbors feel even called to overwhelm Jan and Anne with supposedly helpful advice for running the household and raising children. The tense atmosphere in the family finally reached a new climax when one day Jan's ex-girlfriend Maren moves into the house next door ...

Documentary about filmmakers of the New German Cinema who were members of the legendary Filmverlag für Autoren (Film Publishing House for Authors). Among them are Werner Herzog, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, and Wim Wenders.

Martin will soon be 18 and the carefree attitude of his age is beginning to crack: What happens when you learn that someone is torn out of life by a random chain of decisions and events?

The two people in their late thirties, Constanze and Jens, have a very stressful daily life. Their situation intensifies when their ten-year-old son Luis begins having problems at school. The parents now find themselves in conflict between fulfilling societal conventions and trying to protect their son. The existing values of both are put to a severe test. They underestimate how much Luis is being bullied at school and that he urgently needs help.

German drama by Ernst Wendt

The young historian Elisabeth is traveling to Lyon on her own in order to explore the city tracing the life of Flora Tristan. Tristan, whose diary Elisabeth is carrying, was a 19th century socialist and feminist who influenced many contemporary activists and intellectuals yet fell into oblivion herself. Elisabeth tries to put together the clues she can find in Lyon wanting to reconstruct Tristan's life in the most sensual way.

A woman's life unravels as the predator preying on her daughter online destroys her life via online sabotage.

Shamelessly, Jürgen Brüning samples and remixes clips and scraps of material from his own work as a director and producer (among others for Bruce LaBruce & Shu Lea Cheang) with borrowed pop cultural references from around the world for this video essay on gay identity. His reflections are connected by songs that address miscellaneous news and social issues with egalitarian verve, sung by hot guys in a public toilet. A film full of meandering associations and unexplained references, it's at the same time a political musical and the taking stock of a romantic revolutionary. Anti-religious, anti-authoritarian and somehow also a bit anti-everything!

17-year-old Jakob wants nothing more than to feel alive. Uncontrollable anxiety attacks prevent him from doing so and force him to escape into virtual worlds. One night, he meets 26-year-old Kristjan in a cam chat. Their encounter marks the beginning of a transpersonal journey to the wounds of their souls.

A detailed documentary about the legendary band AC/DC. Starting with the start of the band, which was still young at the time, through Bon Scott's death, to their big performances. A must for every fan who also wants to look behind the scenes of AC/DC.

Annina, a rural amateur dramatic actress, comes to the aid of a theater director who has been in a car accident. As a joke, the director invites Annina to perform in his theater in the city, but there she is mistaken for the director's lover, who has recently reconciled with his wife.

The recruiter Tom Moreno are familiar with women and how they, after you won it for themselves, going on at the latest after the third time back to. As ELISA, the new art director of his agency, doesn't want to exit on this scam, Tom falls into a crisis of meaning. But even his friends have to contend with their problems: Vince finds his wife in Tom's bed. By Tom's mother, Luke learns that sex is not a solution. Tom's roommate Paule fell into a tie holder and mutated by the buddy type to the Femme fatale. His Chief Rolf created him also still, that the Agency is virtually broke. Tom starts for the first time, to reconsider his old proven lifestyle.

Andi's life is a constant battle for his home, his three children and the woman he still loves. He only has two weeks to pay her back the borrowed 5,000 EUR. When he loses his job, an amateur boxing tournament looks like the only solution.

The working week is almost over for the probation officer Müller, but Mr. Wolf remains... and he's not a piece of cake.

a silent movie by Robert Wiene

Several high-budget epic films became Omar Sharif (1932-2015) a film star. He was an actor, but also a bridge player, a womanizer, a bon vivant; he was a man full of contradictions, who enjoyed card games more than movies; he was an eternal nomad who spent half his life in a hotel.

A Journey to the Origins of Modern Yoga. Yoga is known to go back to God Shiva, who perfected 8,4 million postures, according to Indian tradition. Far less known is the fact that yoga is at the same time an early 20th century-creation of Indian savant T. Krishnamacharya, which is what this film is about. Krishnamacharya's life and teachings are seen through the eyes of the director on his search for authentic yoga. His journey leads him from students and relatives of Krishnamacharya's such as the legendary teachers Iyengar and Pattabhi Jois to the source of modern yoga: the palace of the Maharaja of Mysore, where Krishnamacharya founded the first ever yoga school. A feature-length documentary including rare historical footage as well as lavish reenactments.

The documentary addresses the questions, who are the film industry’s female faces? What are their voices, which experiences have they had, and above all: What do they wish for the future? In an interview format, the documentary focuses on the protagonists and their individual experiences. The ensemble includes nearly 30 actors, writers, directors, and producers. By means of personal conversations, the audience gains an intense and authentic insight into the lives of those working in film. During the filming in the following year, male-diverse participants were also invited to create a multifaceted discourse. The topics include structural and individual issues such as gender equality, power structures, female diversity, and much more. In dialogue with the participants, the documentary looks toward the future: Where are there promising approaches already, where are the opportunities for (self-)empowerment, and how can we initiate change, both individually and collectively?

Marie is caught in a life she has never wanted - out of a sense of duty she has taken over her parent's farm. On her mothers birthday party her sister Anne, who run away with Marie's boyfriend three years ago, makes a surprise visit. While Anne is begging for forgiveness Marie punishes her by maintaining silent. A power struggle between the sisters begins...

The Twenties: The German Fuhrmann family spend their holidays in Italy again. The country is full of mysteries in that time. The Fuhrmann's have to realize the upcoming and growing fascism and their children are fascinated by a magician visiting the town. Soon nothing is as usual. The times are changing ...

Sometime during the 19th century in Switzerland: After a delirious night of drinking, three herdsmen who are all alone in the alps with their kettle, create a female doll from cloth and a strangely formed wooden root. When their creation comes to life in form of an evil and beautiful female demon, they have to fear for their lives...

A double portrait of two dictators who were thousands of miles apart but were constantly fixated on each other.