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The support group for opera addicts is in session, and its participants perform Prokofiev's Betrothal in a Monastery. Rarely performed outside Russia, and consigned to oblivion by Andrei Zhdanov's anti-formalist policies after the Second World War, the work is transformed by Dmitri Tcherniakov's extravagant staging. Under the baton of Daniel Barenboim, an all-star cast featuring Aida Garifullina and Violeta Urmana bring the characters to life on stage at Berlin's Staatsoper Unter den Linden.

In the midst of Kosovo, an area that’s been haunted by war and ethical conflicts, Elias Elhardt discovers the small ski resort Brezovica. With several abandoned hotels and lifts, time has seemingly stopped here since Yugoslavia’s breakdown over 20 years ago. Snowboard enthusiast Hamdi is one of the locals, that now wants to breathe new life into this special place. He guides Elias through this forgotten world and reflects on the question, how a future can be built if the past still weighs so heavily.

Venus gets out of the water and seduces a man. One of four Venus-themed short films directed by Eckhart Schmidt as bonus features for the Blu-ray release of his “Venus. Venuc.”-cycle.

The story sounds like a gripping thriller: almost 400 years after its publication, a previously unknown copy of Galileo Galilei's "Sidereus Nuncius", the "Starry Messenger", has appeared on the international book market. Unlike in the known copies, Galileo allegedly drew the moons himself. Who is behind the forgery?

This Documentary follows the ambitious project of building a cloister town with only the tools that where present in the middle ages.

What will happen next in northern Syria? All of the parties to the conflict - the Americans, Assad’s regime, Russia, Iran and Turkey - have their own agendas for the war-torn region. But what do the Kurds themselves think about their future?

A documentary about two friends travelling around the world with only basic things, a sailing boat and a school bus. On their way they are trying to gather and record the music of every country they visit.

A man wants to give new life to the sport of rugby in Germany and has founded an inclusive rugby team.

Levi is sitting in his favorite pub, drinking beer and waiting. For his ex-girlfriend. Tonight he will make everything better. But he waits in vain, and when she doesn't show up and the mysterious Marla turns up instead, the evening takes a different turn. Levi is enchanted by Marla's spontaneous nature and even leaves the pub with her. We follow the two of them through the night. With every minute that Levi spends with the stranger, things become more chaotic. Levi searches for answers without knowing what the question actually is. He follows Marla on her warm paths through the darkness, while he himself gets lost in the in-between.

In the middle of the night, a broken heart finds music in the arms of beautiful strangers.

Hans, Heidi, Mario, Martina and Frank are of different ages and from different walks of life but share a nostalgia for the GDR. 30 years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, they tell us about their disappointments, their discomfort and the still vibrant memory of this past time.

What happens when an 18-year-old who thought he had nothing more to lose, becomes embroiled in fake news on Facebook?

“The End Time” was developed for the exhibition Spectral Afterlives at Sprengel Museum Hannover on occasion of the publication of “Spectral Afterlives – Bjørn Melhus and his Media Doubles” with an essay by Elisabeth Bronfen. The focus of the 4-channel video installation is a fictional “Dorothy”. In dreamlike episodes，she recites quotations from the film “The Wizard of Oz” (1939) and the television series “China Beach” (1988-1991) against the background of the Central Vietnamese jungle and in opposition to an overbearing moon. Melhus refers to two events, the 1969 moon landing and the Vietnam War (1955-1975)，which received worldwide media attention.

In 2019, the Chippendales celebrated their 40th birthday. The documentary observes the troupe and takes a look behind the scenes of the successful show for the first time. And it asks what fascinates the female clientele about these well-trained dancers to this day.

Clara Schumann led an almost cinematic life as the daughter of a strict and ambitious father, as an internationally extremely successful pianist, as the wife of a famous composer and as the mother of seven children.

The London Telegraph described pianist Alice Sarah Ott as the “hottest new talent in classical music”. She now makes her debut with the Berliner Philharmoniker performing Ravel’s vibrant, jazz-influenced Piano Concerto in G major. Another artist making his debut is the Finnish conductor Santtu-Matias Rouvali, who shows the music of his homeland from its most passionate side: with Jean Sibelius’s Tchaikovsky-inspired First Symphony, and music by the internationally too little known Uuno Klami.

It explores the challenges facing wild horses around the world and the efforts being made to preserve their existence.

The film tells the story of the Rote Zora, a militant women’s group in the FRG, which in the 1970s and 1980s carried out actions against various facets of patriarchal power relations. Narrations by various contemporary witnesses, interviews with a historian and former Zoras bring the history of the Rote Zora and the women’s movement of the time back to life. The film shows that many of the Rote Zora’s themes are highly topical and offers exciting material for discussion on how to deal with this history today.

Documentary about the daughter of a missing woman.

A person travels to a place and performs a recurring ritual there while being accompanied by a film student, who documents the process.

A businessman named Brand serves his clients with murder videos. But he does not kill himself, others do the work. Two man has to kidnap a girl from a disability home and to torture her. A marathon of pain and sadism takes its course.

For the first time, a forest route stretching from Germany to Romania is the scenery of a bikepacking race. This documentary follows a group of cyclists during this exciting adventure.

A young man is confronted with the abyss of his soul and becomes more and more enslaved by insanity.

A young film crew searches for ways out of the climate crisis. In different cities they meet people who commit their lives to preserving our environment in different ways. In inspiring conversations they talk about their thoughts, motivation and hope and why we have to break out of our comfort zone. 8 protagonists try to reach out for solutions for climate justice in our future and open up perspectives of hope.

"Notes from the Neighbourhood" observes, over the course of two years, an inner courtyard in Berlin, in which investors erect a new residential building for resale. As the construction progresses, a woman narrates the ups and downs of her contrary life, and the stagnation of her body.

In this four part episodic film, young people from Rostock live through a day of setbacks, secrets and revelations.

The documentary depicts how the substantial financial resources of two investors are disrupting the social fabric on the Channel Island of Sark.

The painter from Solothurn (CH) Frank Buchser was sent to the USA in 1866 to paint a large painting of the «Heroes of the Civil War» for the future Council of States Hall in Bern. Initially Buchser was busy portraying politicians and generals in the spirit of his clients. More and more, however, he became interested in the Indians expelled to the reservations and in the living conditions of the slaves who had just been freed. Years earlier, fascinated by Moorish culture, Frank Buchser rides disguised as a Turkish sheikh to the Moroccan town of Fez, which is forbidden to Christians under death penalty. The Swiss filmmaker Bruno Moll tells the two adventurous journeys of the rebellious and controversial artist.

30 years after their last major title, Eintracht win the DFB Cup on 19 May 2018. It's a momentous occasion for both the club and the fans. The yearning of an entire region is satisfied and about 100,000 people rock Frankfurt's bank towers the next day. A film team accompanied the team from their arrival in Berlin for the match to the celebrations at the Römer in Frankfurt. The documentary provides exclusive insights into the inner workings of the team, recounting all of the emotions around the historic 3:1 victory over Bayern and the passion with which everyone involved worked to succeed in the final.

The Days and the Year depicts the life and agricultural work of Gottfried and Elfie on a small farm in the Waldviertel region of Austria. Having decided in favour of ‘small-scale’ farming, the two of them have consequentially pursued this aim, always regarding their animals as living creatures and the soil as a cosmos in its own right.

Filmmaker Katrin Schlösser turns the camera on herself and her husband for three years, creating a visceral and intimate snapshot of married life.

In a small village, Shaul sings while Ivan dances happily around a table with other villagers. A moment of joy they will not forget anytime soon. – Based on a story of the collected ‘Tales of the Hasidim’ by Martin Buber.

Nina and Karl are a perfectly normal, crazy couple. They can't live with or without each other. But suddenly, Nina can no longer stand the routine and decides to run away. She wants to be somebody else, though not (yet) an adult. The unfamiliar loneliness also affects Karl. Nina, meanwhile, doesn't seem to be able to get rid of Karl quite so easily.

Four friends plan to organise a great party to celebrate the end of school. In the process, they discover they have outstanding issues with each other. Soon they'll be fighting to keep what matters most to them: their friendship.

Two-part documentary about the roots of the music of hope, the rebels, the lateral thinkers and the oppressed.

A young man is standing in a hospital room inhabited by his mentally ill mother. She is asleep; instead of waking her, he leaves the room. In search of distraction, he drifts through day and night. He embarks on a series of events that bring light into his fears, his identity conflicts, and his desire for a sense of belonging in this world.

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...

The UN General Assembly regards antibiotic-resistance as a "global and most urgent threat". The WHO alarms that we could fall back into a "post-antibiotic age". The film tells us how we got there: It is a story about how negligence, greed, and short-sightedness have rendered the lifesaving effects of antibiotics powerless. It is a science-thriller about disillusioned, fighting doctors, rebellious scientists, patients wrestling with life-threatening diseases and diplomats searching for a global solution. They all are Resistance Fighters.

The interface of contrary realities is torn. Passion and fear of unbelievable strength are connecting and scattering the siblings. What remains: the search for love - the getaway into another reality?

A son, banished from his village for refusing to worship a false idol, bears witness to the brewing conflict beyond that may likely destroy civilisation itself.

Oskar is having an affair with the artist Hermione. As a labor of love he decided to build a perfect replica dummy of her. In his basement studio he works himself into a trance in which the the line between reality and fantasy slowly blurs: Is it possible, that the dummy becomes more and more alive and Oskar confuses her with the real Hermione? When Hermiones husband suddenly visits Oskar in his basement-studio, Oskar finds himself flabbergasted: Both men look disturbingly alike.

Stefan Walther talks about Marian Dora.

Led by filmmaker Lola Randl, a group of Berliners decides to settle in the countryside. The small community begins growing food crops but soon learns about the requirements of agriculture. A return to the land, amused and rich in lessons.

1990. As part of the reunification process, the West takes charge of the harmonization project between the two territories. From the outset, all of East Germany's industrial assets were transferred to a public company, the "Treuhand," which operated for four years. This marked the beginning of a rapid privatization of the entire economy of the former GDR, comprising some 8,000 public companies employing around 4 million people who needed to be offered a new future. At the head of this gigantic public holding company, Birgit Breuel, a member of the Christian Democratic Union of Germany (CDU), was the subject of both praise and criticism.

In times of political confusion, a man tries to get through training and incantation to solve the problems of the future with clairvoyance. He is waiting for his Savior, the thin man.

Crushed by corruption and poverty, economic sanctions and hyperinflation, Venezuela, the world's oil-richest country, is on the verge of collapse. Twenty years after Hugo Chávez's revolution, the country has become the scene of a geopolitical power game: The United States, Russia and China are facing off in a new Cold War.

Stop motion animated short based on Greek mythology.