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The passion to tinker with historical military technology in your own garage is not only great in the USA. Meanwhile, the trend has also arrived in Germany. The technical performance behind the historical relics fascinates the insiders of the scene. From the Military Technology Festival Finowfurt to the practice lesson in the Panzerfahrschule: The N24 reportage gives insights into the world of military technology fans, into their hobbyists’ rooms and their collector’s showcases. (Text: WORLD)

On March 16, 1917, the Russian tsar is overthrown. After more than 300 years, the rule of the Romanovs came to an end. The news from the giant empire came thick and fast. The country threatens to sink into chaos, the people take to the streets, a power struggle rages between radical and moderate forces and the troops mutiny. The fall of the tsar is a decisive event for Europe and the world. If there had been TV sets back then, a news program with this headline would have been sure of dream ratings.

Anna, who is blind, dreams of becoming a pianist. Twice a week she plays in a bar for a small audience. Her work colleague Max is taken with her. When she embarks on a trip with him, feelings quickly arise that neither of them can hide. Anna is offered a place at Europe's best music academy, but Max can't come with her. Max unintentionally breaks up with Anna, but she realizes that Max is sacrificing himself for her.

12 toy boats and a toy fish slowly slide into water. It´s a balanced night. Watch them take their way. Recognize the interdependencies. Hear the water flow. Take time for slowness. Make your own thoughts. Even sleep in the meantime if you want.

A documentary about three young trans people; it provides deep insights into how they deal with their trans identities on a daily basis. They talk about their fears, problems and experiences and how the protagonists defend themselves against transphopic attacks. The film is supposed to show trans-identity as something omnipresent and serve as an aid in finding one's identity.

Travel through Sicily with pleasure

When all the world’s a stage, crafting identity and desire is a performance that develops with and without an audience. In this Austrian documentary, the seven queer- and lesbian-identified performers of Club Burlesque Brutal discuss their experiences with identity and power.

Three boys are growing up in Israel and the Palestinian territories, right next to each other, in completely different worlds. We follow them over the course of a year, through adolescence. We watch as they experience life in promiscuous Tel Aviv, in the religious ideology of a Jewish settlement and in the occupied city of Hebron, where Israeli soldiers are in control. One year of trials and tribulations of three sixteen year old boys. They try to fulfill their teenage dreams in an environment of violence and sometimes war.

Over a period of more than ten years, this film documents the ups and downs of Hamburg's largest construction site. The program documents the construction of Hamburg's Elbphilharmonie concert hall. From the initial sketches to the opening of the so-called Plaza, the decisive phases of construction were filmed from the start of construction work until 2016. The team was given access to every nook and cranny and followed the production of particularly characteristic elements.

Documentary about the Bayerische Staatsopger (an opera house in Munich, Germany).

This documentary follows five pupils with and without a heightened need of care in an elementary school for more than two years. They are part of the first generation in Germany with a lawful right to be taught in a public school regardless if they are disabled or otherwise challenged. The documentary focuses on the ideal and the practical implementation of the law of inclusion in elementary schools in Germany.

Roland, a florist, finally wants to make another film, this time a musical film. He has already composed the songs for it. His husband Marcus, his best friend Claudia and the couple Lars and Nina, who are friends, will also be involved in the film. The movie premiere is to take place on Roland's 50th birthday. However, a cameraman is still missing. The shrewd TV producer Torsten Norola makes the an unbeatable offer: Roland will be provided with a cameraman if the station is allowed to accompany the entire shooting for a new docu-soap format. Shortly after filming begins, the first small obstacles get in Roland's way: Claudia is still in love with Roland; an argument with his husband Marcus; Lars falls in love with Roland; Nina wants out; and then a murder. All of a sudden, the film doesn't seem to be finished after all. But Roland can't possibly pay the penalty of 100.000€ to the broadcaster.

On time for their 10th anniversary the hard rockers of KISSIN' DYNAMITE are striking a balance. All members are just in the middle of their twenties, though the group around singer Hannes Braun has seen and achieved a lot since they first appeared on the map in 2006: 5 worldwide released studio albums, extensive touring in Europe and Asia, multiple TOP 20 entries in official German album charts. KISSIN' DYNAMITE are known for producing high-quality studio albums, but the band are even more infamous for their energetic, intense live shows. So there is no better way than to celebrate the first ten years of band history with the group's first ever Live release. All their hits - recorded at their hometown show in Stuttgart, Germany, which took place in December 2016. This is pure dynamite!

Experience the fall of the Third Reich like never before, the last year of the war and the liberation of Europe from Nazi rule. Documented up close by the most courageous cameramen of their time and uniquely edited. The most authentic documentary about the fall of Hitler's Germany, over ninety minutes of brilliant HD color footage with impressive original commentary from the time.

The history of cinema has already defined the prison film as its own genre with its own elements and particular qualities, in fiction as well as in documentary. The interesting thing about this essay, filmed in the maximum security prison of Spoleto, in Perugia, Italy, is that it uses none of those elements and qualities, and so defines itself more for what it is not, than for what it is.

The last three survivors of the great catastrophe are stuck in a bunker. They have enough electricity, water and food - but only two records.

After 21 years of continuous failure in UN climate change negotiations 195 nations, 20.000 worldwide negotiators meet at a private airport shielded by the military in the north of Paris for a last attempt to save our planet.

For over 60 years, a major choir competition has been held in Tanzania, organized by the Evangelical Lutheran Church and attended by more than 1,500 choirs from across the country. To be eligible to participate in this year's competition, choirs must perform the chorale "Verleih uns Frieden gnädiglich" (Grant us peace, graciously) composed by Martin Luther, as well as an original composition. In her documentary film "Sing It Loud - Luther's Heirs in Tanzania," director Julia Irene Peters accompanies six people from Tanzania who sing in three different choirs: Martha and Simon work as small farmers near the village of Monduli and sing in the Neema Choir. Maria and Evarest are married and run a car repair shop in the Tanzanian city of Arusha, and they also sing in the Cantate Choir. And then there are the two young people Kelvin and Nuru from the Kanaani Youth Choir.

Super 8 (Color) film by Helga Fanderl

A boy is late for school and embarks, by chance, on a quest for self-knowledge that makes him reflect on belonging, acceptance, and the price of being different.

An animated film made from approximately 1700 laser printed photo(collage)s, manipulated by hand.

Joe tells the story of his slowly unraveling military trauma and what it feels like to live with invisible wounds that others can hardly empathize with. The film seeks to illuminate the inner conflicts that veterans experience throughout their reintegration by following Joe's individual struggle and life in Pittsburgh.

Far out in the icy Arctic Ocean lies their destination: the Samoylov Arctic Station. Their starting point is Yakutsk, the capital of Russia's largest federal republic. Here in Sakha, the Republic of the Yakuts, the harshest frosts prevail, with temperatures as low as -60°C and even colder. The earth is frozen many meters deep and only thaws on the surface in summer. Kostya and Lyosha are driving a Russian Ural truck. The journey is fraught with danger, especially on the Verkhoyansk mountain range, which rises to over 1,200 meters. Although the mountains appear beautiful under a bright sun and with excellent visibility, and a cleared road even leads over the pass, this is precisely where many accidents occur every year, and this time is no exception. And even after that, the conditions remain treacherous – hundreds of kilometers of unpredictable ice desert await them.

Recent Super 8 films selected for Media City by Helga Fanderl, including a short tribute to Peter Hutton. Der Augenblick ist mein is borrowed from a poem by Andreas Gryphius. Karussell (Carousel), Wasserpflanzen (Water Plants), Blätter auf dem Glasdach (Leaves on a Glass Roof), Gespiegelt (Mirrored), Blütenbaum (Blossom Tree), Imkerschule (Beekeeping School), Pleinair Fotos (Plein-air Photos), Mimosen im Wind (Mimosa in the Wind), Für P. (For P.)

Gustav Mahler’s symphonies are a universe in themselves – infinitely multi-dimensional, and full of cosmic primordial power. Performances of these works are among the highlights of the Berliner Philharmoniker’s Rattle era.

A guy helps a stranger and gives him a place to stay under the condition that he would work for him. Soon his intentions become more sinister and his tasks become more sadistic.

A musical adventure with Taymaz, Sofiia, Apsarah, Loghithan, Omar and Gabriele. Six children from Lucerne with a migration background who find a common language in classical music.

BIG EARTH follows on from the story of HOTEL CALIFORNIA, takes up the theme of solidarity and tells how young people come together, dance, make music, fall in love and break up again. It tells of temptation, dreams, power and powerlessness, allows different languages to have their say, different cultures to appear and finally opens the stage for the unique big show, where everyone finds each other again, united under the globe.

We see the machinery of image projection fail all the time. What happens when art steps in and takes over the process?

1968 is a year after which an entire generation was named - a generation that is said to have fundamentally changed our society. With the cry "Under the gowns the mustiness of 1,000 years" students in the universities mobilized against rigid social structures in the Federal Republic of Germany. It was a rebellion against the established, against outdated values ​​and for more freedom and justice. The students at the Freie Universität in Berlin were in the forefront.

A young woman detaches herself from her family, as she goes on an ecstatic journey to the birthplaces of her Ukrainian-German-Jewish self. While searching for her brother, she loses herself in the midst of national and religious conflicts, embracing the idea of having no identity at all. Leaving her past behind, she descends into the void of the biblical desert.

A collective movie by students from Hamburg about the problems of the publicly funded German public television...

Two kids get into a fight until they magically get teleported away

Since her boyfriend Mirko never asked her the decisive question, young mom Olga takes the reins into her own hands: she organizes her dream wedding within three days - including a cake tasting, wedding dress fitting and party preparations. Olga's big moment comes when she stands in front of Mirko in her wedding dress and asks him: "Will you marry me?" If he says yes, she goes straight to the registry office.

The burial mounds of Bonstorf (neolithic age) were filmed using a fixed camera setting and were located near the small village of Bonstorf, Germany. Relax And Be Free. Expect mystical encounters.

Germany, zero hour: When Georg, a starving child living among the ruins, finds a net full of fish in a stream, he has to make a decision. Does he only think of himself, or in a world without empathy, must his gnawing hunger prevail? A parable in the form of a socially critical short film.

Gay and guilty? In 1961, Heinz stroked another man's knee. As a result, he was convicted to two years on probation and three weekends in juvenile detention, a conviction that still stands to this day. But he is gay and #NotGuilty.

CAFÉ TOGO looks at the efforts to change street names with colonial connotations in the so-called Afrikanisches Viertel (African Quarter) in Berlin-Wedding. According to Berlin’s street law, every street named after a person honors that person. Petersallee, Lüderitzstraße, and Nachtigalplatz bear the names of persons whose biographies are tainted by the blood of the victims of German colonialism. According to the law, streets that do not correspond to today’s understanding of democracy and human rights should be renamed.

Episodic movie about a curious bus trip to class camp.

Did Volkswagen spy on its own employees and subject opposition members to torture during the dictatorship in Brazil? The report investigates the allegations.

small planets is a film about isolated places and their inhabitants. In the era of globalization, when the world community seemingly moves together, we find groups of people living in isolated places, marginalized by the rest of the society.