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A sensitive portrait of the Sorbian composer Juro Mětšk (1954–2022).

When i was young i always wanted to have a dog, but we couldn't afford it. so i just bought me a bag, that's quite the same. so come on little baggy, let's go for a walk. An experiment, "environ-mental", in the best sense, a film about what surrounds us, about imagination and perception that can become reality.

Former fighters of the Colombian FARC guerilla report in letters on their most formative experiences from their time in the armed underground. University students from three continents adapt these personal memories in a parallel collective process to develop a touching film whose visual joy of experimentation is impressive.

A fairytale from the future. In a dystopian Berlin, the last boy on earth and his imaginary friend fight over the future of the planet.

"Portavoce" (Megaphone) traces back the evolution of a culture of protest in Romania, developing in recent years, through the voices and opinions of key actors involved in social mobilization, in direct actions and in the development of a cultural scene favorable to political involvement.

Stony ground, a rocking nest, and the right key. A dreamlike expedition into the subconscious. Sunken memories are recovered and things thought lost are tracked down. Take a deep breath and dive into a poetic exploration of the past.

Takes you into a world full of fear and pure horror in 3 terrifying episodes.

Though almost 80 years separated, Rosa and Molly’s love for ice cream connects them magically. Can one imagine that something that wonderful has once been completely unknown around here? At least Rosa can. She looks back on her first few summers of ice cream love.

Theodor Fontane (1819-1898) traveled around Berlin as a journalist for decades. His books “Walks through the Mark Brandenburg” contain very rich and remote cultural, historical, ethnographic and biographical sources. Bernhard Sallmann takes passages from it that he confronts with the current shape of the Margraviate of Brandenburg.

Humans built nuclear power plants. And humans can stop them. Democracy is a powerful thing.

"When I was a kid, my mother told me that if I pray for the Soul of the Dead every day, it can be born again on the 49th day" After the death of her daughter, she has a nightmare every day. On the 49th day she tries to dance for the soul of her daughter.

Not "da da da", "Hey. Ba-Ba-Re-Bop" is the sound of life. You just have to feel it, and then even still lives swing. Nothing is the way it used to be. Ideas about gender roles, for example, or that grandchildren are always encouraged in their endeavours. Yet, one thing hasn't changed: The grandparents sit on their sofa and defy all external odds with subtle humour and charming determination. Bit by bit, it unfolds that in German history Jazz is a good barometer of freedom.

"Basically being a paparazzi is just a kind of press work. But an incorruptible one. Because we photograph what is really happening," says paparazzo Andreas Meyer. Shooting Stars accompanies him while carrying out his rather controversial job.

As Freddy wakes up this morning, the day does not seem to go his way. His girlfriend cheats on him, his car breaks down and his boss threatens to fire him. In order to save his job, he embarks on a wild tour through the city with the slightly wacky and unpredictable Charlie.

A lonesome hunter, a wildlife photographer, and a camera in the woods that took one photo too much.

Doctors, nurses, patients, hospital managers, and health activists review the impact of the flat rates introduced in 2003, which arguably created an environment in which speed is valued over quality of diagnosis.

Shiny supermarkets stand next to dilapidated factory buildings in the Bulgarian city of Pernik, one of the Balkans once most important industrial areas. The film tells stories of intense historical transformations and economic crises, through the experiences of people who lived through an industrial rise and an industrial decline.

Triptych collage film regarding the history of revolution.

Three world religions, two peoples and one holy city - Jerusalem. For thousands of years, it has been a place of longing for pilgrims and the centre of history. But who does Jerusalem belong to?

The clatter of sewing machines, the clatter of memories. In 1987, the Saxon town of Werdau was looking for workers for the textile industry. Due to full employment, the jobs were advertised in Vietnam, as was customary in the GDR at the time. Many came, and some stayed.

Originally intended as a four-room media installation, allowing the viewer to "live" the film, come and go, Michael Pilz's essay about South Styrian painter Gerald Brettschuh was adapted to one 751 minutes sequential documentary with three parts and an epilogue. Part 1: The Use of Bodies, Part 2: As-If-Not, Part 3: The Party, Epilogue: Coda

Two attractive young men are looking forward to their dates. But for one of them his date is going differently than planned.

An emotional documentary about the relationship between Kurt and his husband Toon as well as the history of gay rights in Germany and Austria.

The camera’s gaze rises high above an area in Berlin, where the paths of tourists, homeless people, passersby and police officers cross. We are in a watchtower that once controlled the no man’s land where East and West collided.

During an apartment visit in East Stuttgart, three parties try to convince the broker that they're each the best candidates.

An illustrator discovers that one of his creations is missing and chases after it.

Some Things Are Hard To Talk About is a personal documentary about the secrets of abortions in my family over three generations. After I had an abortion I find out that both my mother and my grandmother secretly had abortions. An intricate story of family history, choices and resulting effects uncovers.

Stone Brewing is a brewery founded in 1996 and headquartered in Escondido, California. Greg Koch is one of the co-founders. After being crowned "Beer Jesus" by a Berlin tabloid, he wants to start a craft beer revolution in Germany. Greg Koch wants to fight the most popular industrial beer in the world. And realizes that it won't be a piece of cake. Germany not only has a well-established beer culture, but also a 500-year-old beer purity law. This cannot simply be circumvented. And then there's the "German bureaucracy", the cultural differences and a few other hurdles that Greg has to overcome.

Documentary film about the rise, fall and rise again of the Berlin breakdancers "Flying Steps".

A city festival in the former East German city of Chemnitz has been changed with mourning and protests as one German citizen was reportedly stabbed to death and other two injured in what police at first described as “a dispute between several people of different nationalities.” A day later two suspects from Syria and Iraq were arrested.