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"plant portals: breath" is an experimental meditation on the unspoken history many queer and trans people of colour carry daily, connecting bumblebees, colonial trauma, alternate universes and the complicated concept of "rest" to ask: Can nature heal us? Shot entirely on an iPhone, the film is intentional in imagining what is possible, and manifests a reality rooted in mindfulness.“
The daily work of Fabienne Roelants and Christine Watremez, two Brussels anesthesiologists who are among the most renowned specialists in surgical hypnosis.
The washing machine bites the dust: turning the humdrum life of a young couple upside down.
In Bangladesh, located on the world's largest river delta, massive erosion processes are part of everyday life. Every year, the water engulfs villages and farmland, jeopardizing people's already precarious food security and forcing them to migrate. The warming climate is accelerating river erosion through the increased occurrence of extreme rainfall and flooding, as well as the increasing melting of the Himalayan glaciers, where the delta's rivers originate.
Expectations on all sides. In front of the camera and behind it. On the screen and in front of it.
"Disney's California Adventure opened to the public on February 8, 2001, the second of two theme parks built at the Disneyland Resort. Richard Kind, Barry Bostwick, Colin Mochrie, Brad Sherwood, Patrick Warburton, Jacklyn Zeman, Nancy Lee Grahn, John Ingle, Erin Hershey, Kiko Ellsworth, John Lasseter, and Michael Eisner were all on hand and part of the Disney Channel look inside the new theme park. The special was directed by Jerry Reese and is a great look at Disney California Adventure the w
Entrance and Exit of Mascha B. follows a young woman through a digital transformation process. In the premises of a big architectural visualization company, delicate operations give rise to a promotional image: Mascha B. gets 3D-scanned, processed and retouched digitally. A virtual office room is furnished and inhabited by Mascha B. and digital colleagues. The film ends with a mise-en-scène: while the final rendering builds up on the computer screen, the aria „Barcarole“ from the 1881 fantastic opera „The Tales of Hoffmann“ plays. In this opera the hero, Hoffmann himself, hopelessly falls in love with the almost perfect creation of physicist Spalanzani, the mechanical puppet Olympia.
A return to the family home after several years to attend her father's funeral leads to expectations for Veronique to take over the village surgery and help with the family olive grove. However there are complications including past family history which light the path ahead for Veronique.
A writer's fantasy goes erotic ways in Rome.
It is the most spectacular criminal case of the post-war era: the murder of the Frankfurt noblewoman Rosemarie Nitribitt moves the still young Federal Republic in the years of the economic miracle. However, the story from Frankfurt's red-light district quickly mutates into a full-blown moral scandal in the stuffy Germany of the 1950s. And the police, who come under increasing pressure, make one blunder after another. The case turns into a farce and a murderer is never found. Can a fresh look at the old files solve this mysterious cold case today?
The temple complex of Banteay Chhmar in Cambodia is half-ruined, but of enchanting beauty. It is the last major temple of the old Khmer empire. The people of the village are rediscovering it: as a place of spiritual inspiration and the center of cultural life. With almost no outside help, the inhabitants of the small village are fighting to preserve and restore the complex.
Two women remember their time as dissident artists / intellectuals in the DDR.
Dessau, largely destroyed during the war and characterized by emigration since reunification, is demographically one of the oldest cities in Europe. A portrait from two perspectives of its young inhabitants.
Two couples meet on a deserted beach. Politeness soon turns into an emotional and physical striptease.
Ulrike and Olli meet in 1985 while on tour with Circus Roncalli. He is living his childhood dream as part of the successful clown duo 'Illi & Olli'. She has recently left her life as a nurse in Berlin behind. When the season is over, she moves with him to Switzerland. What began as a circus fairy tale eventually becomes reality, amid creative crises, raising children, and ultimately growing older.
Anna Hepp meets with renowned German director Edgar Reitz in one of Germany’s most famous cinemas: the Lichtburg in Essen. Reitz talks about his life, his view of art and his sometimes philosophical viewpoint.
In August 1984 a house inhabited by migrant workers was burnt down in Duisburg, killing seven members of a family. While the police immediately ruled out racism as a reason, the survivors continue to doubt that it was a coincidence that their house was set on fire.
Dresden is famous for its attempt to meticulously reconstruct its once bombed-out historical center and bring the colorful baroque settings of the 18th century back to life. It’s infamous for the right-wing-surge that has since 2015 swept the city and made it a center of far-right activity in Germany and Europe. This film is an exploration of where the two intersect.
Minutes of a rescue mission whose captain, Carola Rackete, becomes involuntarily famous when she rescues 53 people and questions the course of EU migration policy.
It must be worse till it becomes better.
The Viennese wanker wanks all day. While waiting for his inseminators, he tells about his sexual fantasies and his honour of being the biggest cum-whore of Vienna. When the doorbell rings, the wanker doesn’t open.
In a dilapidated village in south-eastern Turkey, a Syrian Orthodox nun endures alone with her animals. However strong the hostility of her predominantly Muslim neighbourhood may be: she won’t be driven out, for she has sworn to protect the church and not to leave the sacred place. This quietly filmed observation of everyday life focuses on an isolated woman who carries the pain of a whole community inside her.
Compilation of season 1 & 2 of German YouTube-Series by the same name.
A multi-channel video installation about movement and bodies.
Two young men wait in a refugee camp on the border to Europe. One of them has a box of matches with him, their only source of light. With every match he lights, it becomes clearer that they are stranded.
Hunting men, gathering women — that is the picture of prehistory as many of us know it. The man as a hunter was long regarded as the main breadwinner of the family and is said to have been at the top of society from the very beginning of human history. Wrong, say many researchers today.
No film is also a film.
Some days she imagines that by her sheer will she can make body parts fall off of people who seem vicious to her. And some other days everyone around her looks beautiful. And when she was little, she wished that flowers would grow out of her footprints.
A film crew retraces the path of a refugee's journey. They hope to reconstruct a memory landscape, but are instead confronted by the artifice of documentary. Bystanders interject with their opinions on how to make better use of their time. What is a story, and whose right is it to tell?
Skating is cool. Super 8 films too. Fuck-shit! That was dope! // "Super (8) Skate" is a Stop-Motion short, shot on Super 8 film to express the love of skating and filmmaking.
Gregor Neuss is an ambitious journalist who knows what makes a really good story. When the authorities present the alleged perpetrator just a few hours after a fatal robbery, Gregor suspects a serious miscarriage of justice. The charges brought before the court do not match what Gregor saw with his own eyes shortly before the crime. Since the police and the public prosecutor's office show no interest in his testimony, Gregor begins to investigate the case himself. Eventually, the full extent of the crime is revealed, putting Gregor, his colleagues, and his most important source in danger.
Shot from 1972-75, Anna observed a young drug addict expecting a child. Ruhm’s essay film draws on this previous work and asks about the place of women in a world that was full of discrimination back in the 70s and remains so today.
Short film.
In Cologne, a park bench ends up in the Rhine and floats with the flow - until one day it finally ends up in Langeoog. She is found on the beach by Gerold (Gerold Oltmanns) and his friends Wilhelm (Wilhelm Nessen) and Fokke (Marcel Willms) also join her after a short time. The three friends make it their mission to find the original owner of the bank.
The dullest A-list film festival in the world takes place in Berlin every February. In this experimental film in smartphone format, Jochen Werner takes a look behind the glamor, at Potsdamer Platz and other locations, in-between and non-locations in and around the Neue Mitte.
The spread of fake news and false information has reached a new climax. What happens when we create a momentum which silences politics, economics and the ego of each individual? This film is a part of the Silent Archive which is a collection of speeches by people of public interest. The project was made with the help of an algorithm that scans speeches in order to find and cut out pauses made by the speakers. Queuing up those cut out sequences they form a continuous silence. The short film is a selection of speeches that went through this process.
"Malle" is short for Mallorca. However, the word has become synonymous with the urge to disconnect from strict German society and focus on inner needs instead. The film captures the phenomenon from different perspectives.
A good morning for the hotel guest.
This short movie consists of the 3 previously released music videos by Sixth June: "Winter Didn't Come", "Negde neko" and "In Dreams" from their latest album "Trust" (2020).
