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Borametz—half plant, half animal—a hybrid of the incurable vegetable lamb, firmly rooted to the ground as a four-legged plant, complaining about nature—what does it want to tell us, standing there in the drizzling rain, inconsolable and indignant, as it speaks for the last time?

A blind date on an afternoon in the shopping mall.

Footage of Donald J. Trump visiting Vladimir Putin et al. overlain with circus performer animatronics.

The film tells the story of the rise and fall of Julian Assange. Once a celebrated publicist and over the years decried as an eccentric, spy and rapist. The documentary shows a differentiated picture of Julian Assange and Wikileaks. For the first time in German television Assange’s fiancée gives an interview. Further interviews, amongst others, with former CIA-director Leon Panetta, Edward Snowden and John Shipton.

A rare Kodak color film of occupied Amersfoort, presumably shot by a German soldier during World War II.

The Needle tells the story of a mother, who is in search for her missing son in Turkey. The film is based on true incidents, on the theme “The Saturday Mothers”. The main protagonist is a “Saturday Mother”.

This project approaches fado music with updated visions of gender expression and representation in the LGBTI community. Lila Tiago and João Caçador talk about growing up queer, Portugal, gender and queer awareness.

A young man seduces woman after woman, only to exploit their trust by robbing their homes. But this time things go a little bit differently.

Suddenly it felt right to abort a 16 year old project.

Young, delinquent and hooked on alcohol: The Stadtmusikbande. Right in the heart of the Hanseatic city of Bremen, these youths romp around day after day, killing time.

On the deadliest planet in the solar system, artificial intelligence is used for mining.

Who’s hiding behind the windows of the neighbouring flat? Who hasn’t closed their curtains? And who’s lurking at the school gates in the next village? Let’s skedaddle, so that we don’t meet them! An animated poem about how mistrust of others is drilled into us from childhood.

A good morning for the hotel guest.

There is great sadness in the small village Everywhere. Since the Golden Thaler is no longer owned by the village, nothing grows there except cabbage and discouragement.

Lena Ditte Nissen has created a series of experimental short works on analogue film, which in a personal and often elliptical and dreamy language channels a subjective view on the world through the unexpected connections that arise between image and sound. Her most recent work is a portrait, and a new variation on her method. Before the camera, we encounter the formidable 87 year-old artist Margaret Raspé who works in photography, film, drawing and other art forms. Regardless of the medium, automatisms play a significant role in her art. Nissen transcends the traditional limits of the portrait genre and has created a congenial and loving tribute to a unique creative mind.

A film about the destructive power of war, about mental destruction and the effects on future generations.

Deniz Aytekin has been refereeing Bundesliga matches since 2008 and international matches since 2012. In 2019, he was voted "Referee of the Year" by the DFB. Players and coaches have great respect for him. No wonder: his height of 1.97 meters and his striking facial expression alone are impressive. Above all, however, Deniz Aytekin impresses with his body language and his manner on the pitch. He simply radiates a natural authority. Deniz Aytekin is also an exciting personality off the pitch - as a successful entrepreneur and amateur DJ. He deals with the stress of everyday life with electronic music and yoga.

The evening sun falls on the roof of an industrial building. Two individuals meet – whether intentionally or by accident remains unclear. What follows is a scene in which dream and reality are very close. Blue hour is cruising, with a difference.

A very hot afternoon in Berlin; schools are closed. Two sisters, Malin and Sophia, are stuck in their stuffy apartment constantly on the verge of boredom. While Sophia does not want to be disturbed reading, her little sister tries to get her attention by telling her that she has forgotten her toy penguin Pomito at school. The two of them invent possible scenarios for the penguin and send him on a journey that takes him through the empty school building and on an accidental trip on the garbage truck, which finally brings him to the real penguins at the zoo.

It is harsh reality that race plays a big role in our society. Being white is a privilege. But how does this affect the people? In his film, director Julian Carly turns to seek the absurd and painful depths of the whiteness craze.

In today’s Stuttgart, three old-timer immigrants from different countries, a German woman, and a newly arrived teenage refugee girl are sharing life stories of their beloved animal. Ordinary or unbelievable, funny or moving, these stories highlight the tender bond between humans and animals – a mutual love without limits. A circle of caring, in which all creatures eventually develop a sense of belonging.

Art is in the eye of the beholder, they say. Shelly Silver’s beholders range in age from seven to nineteen years. They focus their attention on artworks in the Leipzig Museum of Fine Arts. Their spontaneous interpretations of the works allow for resonances: both, the paintings as well as their young reviewers, reveal different things about themselves, depending on the point of view.

The Austrian Kreisky government enforced a policy of full employment, it was not allowed to set foot on the lawn in Vienna's Burggarten, the city and the minds of the people are grey. In a nutshell: es is zum Scheissn! The Kronen Zeitung speaks the mind of the philistine bourgeoisie and tells about "drug abuse, duck murders and sex orgies", the city government reluctantly provides a youth center only to evict it subsequently, a former Nazi becomes president and Vienna is burning because of the Opera Ball demonstrations. Punk in Vienna was not different than punk anywhere else. And yet, it was. "Scheiss Kieberei" instead of ACAB, Dead Nittels instead of California über alles, "Nazis raus" by Extrem on the same compilation as "We're gonna fight" by 7 Seconds. And anyway, the band names: Chuzpe, Schund, Pöbel. The outcast kids of Helmut Qualtinger tell their own story.

When she discovers that Diana cheated on her, Caterina decides to end their relationship. Saying goodbye will be harder than expected.

The Sacred City of Caral or Caral-Supe is the capital of the Norte Chico Civilization of Supe located in the Supe Valley, 200 km (124 miles) north of Lima. The Sacred City of Caral is the earliest known civilization in the Americas, it dates to the Late Archaic period. Radiocarbon analysis performed by the Caral-Supe Special Archaeological Project (PEACS) dates its development between 3000 to 1800 B.C.. It is believed that this civilization started by the merging of small villages based on trade of agricultural and fishing products. Its importance rests on the success of techniques of domestication of cotton, beans, potatoes, chilis, squash among other products. Success in agriculture was due to the development of water canals, reservoirs and terraces. They used guano, bird excrement, and anchovies as fertilizer.

The film visits descendants of Thuringians who were expelled in 1852 in the Brazilian state of Santa Catarina.

About Japanese shota comics and the people who read, draw and love them.

The Verfassungsschutz wants to be an "early warning system" against the dangers to our democracy. Critics accuse the intelligence service of being "blind in the right eye". But how does the agency deal with the increasing networking of new right-wing extremist groups and the new virtual threat?

A third of Europeans live in economic insecurity: Zero hours contracts, the fear of redundancy and stagnating wages have brought more and more people into poverty and precariousness and provided fertile conditions for the political extremes. This documentary focuses on the new working poor, the precariat.

It's an important refuge for animal and plant species and the largest heathland in North Rhine-Westphalia – yet virtually nobody knows it: the Senne. Located between Bielefeld, Detmold, and Paderborn, the Senne is home to rare insects and birds, endangered amphibians, and large herds of fallow deer. Nowhere else in North Rhine-Westphalia are there so many sand lizards. The fact that this natural paradise is known to few is due to its unique history: For 130 years, large sections of the Senne have served as a military training area. Entry to the area is strictly prohibited for civilians.

Tom needs help. His friend tries to help. Tom is scared of blood. Things don’t go as planned.

On his 24th birthday, the private documentary filmmaker Jan Peters snapped his Super 8 camera and captured his still young life for a brief moment. Three minutes in which he looks into the camera and reports on his split between aspiring filmmaker and self-doubt. Then, abruptly - cut - because the film roll of the camera does not allow a longer shot. It is the beginning of an autobiographical experiment that, in its elliptical narrative form, creates its own condensate of life. 29 more birthday films follow: self-monologues in the bathtub, wild dance performances and discussions about the development of the technical film apparatus. Meanwhile, film professor at the Kassel Art College, Peters tells episodic stories of his childhood, love, 'having arrived' as a father and a birthday invitation to Jean-Luc Godard.

What does it mean to inhabit or occupy a landscape or a frame? To conjure up time? These are deceptively simple questions that the artist Isabell Heimerdinger gives us an opportunity to ponder in her film SOON IT WILL BE DARK. The context is a stretch of coast, a tropical place where, dotted in the background, a few old, dilapidated colonial buildings survive. A patch of countryside, half-village, half-forest, bordering the sea, and where our gaze falls on a man as the days go by, while he busies himself with his task – from one spot to another, conscientiously clearing the land around the buildings with a machete in the luxuriant undergrowth of a dense forest of majestic trees. Measured, considered, precise and respectful movements…

Three children and their families have fled from crisis areas and found a new home in Germany. What are their wishes for the future, their dreams? The conversations with the three were turned into animated children’s drawings. We see a schoolkid’s life from their perspective.

In this episode film The Other Life, eleven comrades are interviewed and the perspective of their life stories gives insights into the society of the German Democratic Republic. Polytechnical instruction, health care, participation, work brigade, and the Cold War - everyday life and history. The GDR appears in a new light, which is a difference to an otherwise one-sided and mostly negative presentation in mass media. The history of the first socialist German state is full of experiences that can provide answers to the social and economic problems of today.

Short film.

Hanna is being followed by a stranger and finds refuge in a public bathroom. Locked in there, she reconnects with herself in an unexpected manner.

Rainforests face more threats than ever before, but remain the last stronghold for some truly astonishing animal families. Today we know rainforests are some of the most wondrous and important habitats on Earth. It is the richest habitat on earth, teeming with millions of dramatic plants and animals. From giant landscape gardeners to a whole family supported by a single leaf, there are surprises at every turn.

The Zillas, a huge family of lizards, emerge from the sea and notice that their traditional picnic area is inhabited by humans and other monsters.

Part 1 of the Bethanien Tetralogy.

"It's not what you do, but how you do it that's really important". Following this motto, dance teacher Alan Brooks shows 25 vocational school students what they are capable of, and how they can master life with more confidence as a result. WE ARE GOOD is a gripping account of the fascination of dance, faith in oneself and others, enthusiasm, dedication, respect and lust for life - the dream of a tolerant and diverse community. The film not only spotlights dance and music but also existent social role models and shows how we can emancipate ourselves from them.

A free-spirited daughter raised in Germany by her auto mechanic father accompanies him to Ghana to observe him in his other job: chief of his people.