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Theater director Thomas Ostermeier stages Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill's timelessly magnificent "Threepenny Opera" with the ensemble of the Comédie Française in Aix-en-Provence, based on a new translation of the original text by Alexandre Pateau. In London's underworld district of Soho, the beggar king Jonathan Peachum and the criminal Macheath, known as Mackie Messer, are at war. The latter also seduces the daughter of the shady "businessman". When he finds out that the two have secretly celebrated a wedding, he decides to get rid of his rival. He is aided in his endeavors by Jenny, a cunning whore who betrays her ex-lover to the police. Back to the original: First performed in 1928, the opera parody strings together one biting musical number after another in cabaret style and jazz rhythm, breaking the boundaries of the genre, which until then had been considered bourgeois. Because the "Threepenny Opera" by Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill is clearly political!

In this lonely dystopian world, Player 0.1 is stuck in a desperate loop to complete an impossible, abstract mission every day.

Imagine Dragons headlined Lollapalooza Berlin in 2023, performing on September 10th. The concert was part of their Mercury World Tour

When the animal keeper Birgit gifts her daughter Sarah a parrot, the joy is great. While Sarah is teased at school because of her speech impediment, the parrot provides her with a sense of security. But when the parrot suddenly begins to constantly spout Nazi slogans, it not only causes problems with Birgit's Jewish in-laws, but also puts her in the crossfire of the media.

"A Butterlfy's Tale" is a nature film in the guise of a road movie. Filmmaker Jan Haft and his team go in search of one of Europe's rarest butterflies.

Wanjugu Kimathi is the daughter of Dedan Kimathi, legendary leader of the Kenyan Land and Freedom Army, or Mau Mau. This resistance group fought the British colonial regime from 1952 to 1960 to stop it from confiscating land, a conflict known as the Mau Mau Rebellion. In 1957, the British authorities hanged Dedan for possession of firearms, and then dumped his body at an unknown location.

On the last day of Ramadan, we accompany six individuals of Eastern origins living in German towns and villages as they face the challenges of fasting in a non-Islamic environment and interact with a society different from their own. Clinging deeply to their identity and the spirituality of the holy month.

The concert of Alexander Dolgopolov/Sasha Capadya in Berlin, shot in October, 2023.

The severe earthquake in February 2023 has also brought northern Syria back into the international spotlight, a region that has long gone largely unnoticed. Yet a conflict has been smouldering here for years that could escalate at any time and have international repercussions: The terrorist organisation known as IS, which had its stronghold here and has been defeated militarily, could regain strength from here.

This project is both an augmented reality piece and a choreographic installation: in a sufficiently empty room, headsets are offered to the audience individually. Those who choose to put on a headset see the space and the people around them augmented with virtual, floating stones and leaves that react in different ways to touch and movement. The exploration of the virtual space also leads them through the real space: a choreography is created.

For many, the Eurovision Song Contest is the chance for a Pan-European party. But it is also highly political, especially for countries in Eastern Europe. When Ukrainian group Kalush Orchestra won in 2022, it was a message of European solidarity against Russian aggression.

Memories are created and preserved when a boy paints a porcelain cup, a grandfather tells his grandchildren about two birds, and a grandmother reminisces about an unremarkable summer afternoon.

A dreamy and enigmatic film about facing your own shadow and stare back at it through the viewfinder of a camera. A hybrid fiction-documentary film about a traveller from Iran whose shadow wants to make itself independent upon arrival in Germany. Facing it and gazing at the shadow with the help of his video camera, memories and flashbacks cut rhythmically into the traveller’s records of the present until a remix of his past and future occurs. All this in an in-between space, in a non-place, ‘In Transit’.

“The woman is the man's servant”, she grew up with this sentence from her father, Lenia Friedrich's great-grandfather. How much has this way of thinking changed from today, where can you still discover parallels? Her hands testify to her hard work as a housewife, for which she certainly rarely received recognition. Of course, there was never any monetary reward for this, the father was the breadwinner of the family, although she did the reproductive work in silence. Especially the quiet work in the background, which makes it possible to maintain the entire society, Lenia Friedrich would like to put in the foreground.

Around one billion people worldwide struggle with stress-related illnesses - and the trend is rising. What protects those who stay healthy? Is their resilience innate? Or can the ability to withstand chronic stress and crises be learned? In search of answers, ARTE embarks on a cinematic journey to leading minds in resilience research.

At the age of 38, Silvia Mittermüller is still one of the best German snowboarders. It seems as if her career is coming to an end, but the athlete is is struggling to leave the spotlight.

How does it feel to fall apart into bits and pieces? And what if the wind takes these bits and pieces on a journey? Maybe the wind knows way better than us where to go and where to stay and when to return to the point where it all began. This is a short film about thoughts and longing, about the wind and the sea. And about the harbor and the ferry as places that perfectly represent this kind of longing. "Bits + Pieces" is based upon a poem that goes by the same name. It takes you on a melancholic, but hopeful journey. The film was shot on 8 mm black-and-white film stock and is accompanied by text animations that where etched into 16 mm black film leader. This technique is called direct animation and is as old as the medium of film itself. The voice has been recorded with a dictaphone that uses mini cassettes. Filmed on location in Hamburg, Germany and Gothenburg, Sweden in the summer months of 2022.

Roger Koza goes back to Hamburg after the pandemic and looks for his old friend Elmar.

A chance encounter between two acquaintances leads to a friendly beer and warm commiseration about life’s little struggles: lost keys, bad roommates, awkward exes, and annoying grant deadlines.

This short film was made in the last weeks of 2022 together with Stephan Stroblmayr. Shot in the dead of night, because it is known to be darkest before dusk.

From the music of French composer Arnaud Rebotini, German filmmaker Helena Wittmann crafts a story of a solitary man walking across a desert. This short film is part of the 2x25 Project of Film Fest Gent and the World Soundtrack Awards. The project commissioned 25 composers to compose a short piece of music, after which 25 filmmakers made short films that are the ultimate symbioses of music and cinematography, fitting completely within the DNA of the festival. The result: 25 exceptional films where the music inspired the form, narrative and texture.

This documentary focuses on the Elvis Presley phenomenon, whose voice and style captivated America in the 50s, renewing the codes of seduction of conformist post-war society.

The Volvo A60 is regarded as the world’s largest articulated hauler. With a payload capacity of up to 55 tonnes, it is capable of transporting even the heaviest materials with ease. When fully loaded, the vehicle reaches a total weight of nearly 100 tonnes. The XXL hauler is manufactured in Braås, southern Sweden, where around 550 employees produce a total of six different hauler models. The A60 is the largest vehicle built at the plant, and due to its enormous weight, most components can only be installed using cranes.

Once again, the night sets in the city. Two young people look through faces on a phone, deciding and agreeing. ’He’s hot, him too.’ The decision is made before sunrise – a biology student with beautiful curly hair and shiny skin.

Mångata is a reflection of the Moon’s light on a water surface which indicates the way to the Moon. This light also helps to rescue little Alya. She is the only one saved from a refugee boat that sunk in the Mediterranean. Many years later, as an astronaut on a pioneering mission, she will need this light again. Maja Costa takes the refugee subject, usually shown as a drama or bitter tragedy, into new territories. Under the attractive guise of science fiction she may concentrate not on what is going on nowadays but look into the future with hope and optimism challenging prejudice and stereotypes.

The Eurofighter is the Bundeswehr's most modern and powerful aircraft and enables the pilot to move at supersonic speeds. It was developed by Germany, Great Britain, Spain and Italy to dominate the airspace. Manufacturing also takes place at these four different locations. Assembly requires millimetre work and, like regular routine checks lasting several months, is carried out in Germany.

Jonny, a young teacher from Berlin, starts working remotely during the Covid pandemic as he suffers from a chronic lung disease. When his school does not want to support his arrangement, he begins a passionate struggle against exclusion.

In September 2016, police shot and killed Hussam Hussein in Berlin; the case has still not been solved. Inspired by this incident, “Code of Silence” sheds light on the esprit de corps, here using the example of a German police duo. While pursuing a suspect, police officer Thomas loses his service weapon in a scuffle with the fleeing suspect. His partner, and long-standing friend, Grebe sees no other way than to shoot at the suspect and kill him. Thomas is not entirely convinced that Grebe’s actions were right, and now has to decide whether his moral obligation is to truth or to loyalty.

By an unexpected and mysterious coincidence, Silas suddenly finds himself in the sacred halls of the divine office. Overwhelmed by the surreal surroundings and fascinated by the presence of the Creator, he seizes the unique opportunity to ask God questions about world events in an extraordinary dialogue. Against the majestic backdrop of divine power and wisdom, Silas' questions are eager to be answered by the source of all knowledge.

“The Unicorn in Snow Pants Suddenly Ran Off” explores the clash between blind children's play worlds and the reality they live in. The film introduces us to three confident children, for whom blindness is not a disability but rather a different kind of normal. Unicorns, call centers and flying grandfathers each play a role.

A black-and-white film about the color red. What sounds like a pointless endeavor is perhaps the smartest solution. The Color Red is about learning to see red with different eyes. The film accompanies - representative of 8 billion pairs of eyes - an optical physicist and a painter in their preoccupation with the color red. The question of how different red can be is ultimately joined by curiosity: do we "see" the color without the film having to show it?

Elina's boyfriend left her for her best friend. The girl takes a bottle of wine and decides to remember the last best moments of her life.

Christo Foerster travels through Germany within two months on foot and on his stand up board, from the Zugspitze to Sylt, spending every day and every night in the great outdoors.

Long before there were computer-animated images, Oskar Fischinger compiled abstract forms, pulsating color patterns and moving animations and combined them with music in short experimental films. In this documentary, Harald Pulch sheds light on the life and work of the "father of the video clip" and also shows an exclusive interview from 1993 with Elfriede Fischinger, the filmmaker's widow and colleague. In it, she talks about the couple's life as artists, who first worked in Frankfurt, Munich, Berlin and finally in Hollywood.

Finding parallels between a multi-generational, queer housing project and the study of old-growth forests, the film testifies to the ecological importance of diversity and care.

A childhood full of music.

While Mrs. Jacobs gives swimming lessons to the young caregiver Nadja in her retirement home, the two develop a quiet attraction to each other. Even though the old woman secretly longs for it, she struggles with social values and her own feelings, which deny her this closeness.

A young refugee is stabbed to death in Celle in northern Germany. The police question, interrogate, perform an autopsy, search, take evidence, record: 1,700 pages. An approach to structural racism via files, soccer and growing up.

The daily struggle for the catch weighs heavily on the mind of fisherman Santiago.

Cities around the world have a major problem with rats. The animal has generally been regarded as a carrier of disease and is very unpopular with humans in the western world. However, surprisingly little is known about this dreaded cultural successor. Science is only just beginning to discover the rat for itself and to "rehabilitate" its image.

In Czechoslovakia, between 1946 and 1971, the characters of two very different fairy tales interacted and enriched each other: on the one hand, the filmmakers of the Czechoslovak New Wave who, through poetic, committed and ambitious cinema, fought against the Soviet yoke with subtle irony; and, on the other, the writer Jan Procházka, who in 1968 added his voice to the popular outcry of the Prague Spring.

Documentary following Germany's representatives Lord of the Lost on their journey to Eurovision.

Back for over a year, inflation is hitting us hard. This documentary sheds light on the mechanisms of a multifactorial economic phenomenon and outlines prospects for the future.

The story about a girl who is trying to figure out her relationship to her boyfriend with a twist.

intimate portrait of queer photographer Leo Maki. A dreamlike journey into his mind that explores the artists life in Poland, the creative process behind his work and the embrace of his own sexuality.