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On Halloween, a horror fan ventures into the Maze - but what begins as harmless fun quickly turns into a nightmare. A dark force awakens and evil approaches. Can she escape or will she remain trapped in the maze forever?

Follow rapper Gzuz on his toughest battle: getting out of excess, prison, and escalation—and into a life as a father, husband, and artist. But old patterns don't just disappear. Between touring, studio work, and family, he struggles with his past. Will he manage a fresh start, or will his life remain a tightrope walk between extremes?

While searching for her grandmother, the director comes across the story of three brothers who are torn between the fronts of political ideologies in the Third Reich and divided Germany: "the third brother" is the filmmaker's grandfather, who, in confronting her father, tries to overcome decades of speechlessness and, in the process, to understand where in the past her father's sense of family fell by the wayside.

A dream destination for holidaymakers and a magnet for organised crime, is Albania ready to join the European Union? Strategically important in countering Russian and Chinese influence and managing the migration crisis, the EU seems prepared to overlook serious breaches of democratic norms and press freedoms.

Kai lives and works on the family farm in the countryside. His childhood love, Emma, is about to go abroad. Their last day together becomes an ambivalent journey of longing through the rural landscape.

The mother suffers from an illness that threatens to drown her memories and emotions. She pleads with her daughter for help. Using her umbilical cord, she fashions a giant straw, with which the daughter attempts to suck excess water from her mother's head through her eye, hoping to save her. In the process, the daughter herself risks drowning.

Set in future Puerto Rico, follows Zur'na's quest to rescue her kidnapped brother from US colonial forces, unveiling a system oppressing her people along the way, accompanied by talkative neighbor Vyeñu.

Everything spins in this movie, except Muncu. The world is dancing and Muncu is trying to keep up. Do you have to dance along or stand still to find the right beat? And if you've always stood still, how do you know if you're going to get dizzy?

Who owns the land? Legend has it that ex-prime minister Silvio Berlusconi stole a dune in Sardinia, while the locals are fighting for their land and struggling with their dependence on tourism. La Duna is an irresistibly cathartic and humorous documentary that intertwines a portrait of a community with absurd almost-fairytales.

A young person is expecting visitors while water drips incessantly onto them. With the approaching arrival and eventual arrival of the guests, the dripping intensifies into an unacceptable deluge.

A poetic journey into the tension between nature and civilization, to where the wild still exists, is being tamed, or is unfolding in new forms: German predator trainer Carmen Zander, WWF gamekeeper Pavel Fomenko, and Mexican body artist María José Cristerna explore the wild through very different lifestyles. Set between Leipzig, the Russian taiga, and Guadalajara, Mexico, the essayistic documentary, in striking, poetic images, poses various questions about alienation, control, and freedom—and in which moments the wild, untamed within ourselves can still reveal itself when, at the same time, we are increasingly losing touch with nature.

Berger is a gifted chef. When a serious accident turns his life upside down, he can’t wait to get back to the kitchen. Handicapped but unflinching, he plans the reopening of his lakeside restaurant. While the crew vacillate between loyalty and chaos, his estranged daughter Sarah comes from London to help. She still has old wounds to deal with and her arrival confronts a father who was never there for her, but who now needs her support. In the midst of memories and aromas, Berger discovers what he has never sought and yet needed the most: a second chance at happiness.

War for our attention has suddenly become an actual war. Information technologies appear not just as mere means for somebody’s ends but as something having their agency, as one of the acting forces rendering possible a horrific event, which is very hard to accept and almost impossible to comprehend. We have no control over it and are doomed to scroll through the newsfeed.

The assistant of a creepy power couple inexplicably finds herself pregnant. Immaculata feels like an unexpected offshoot of Rosemary's Baby, between its half-open doors and a phobia of fluids.

A doubling of mise-en-scène. Views of a city and a family. Political Berlin, private Bavaria. Painting within the film image. Realities observed within a necessarily shifting frame. A mobile phone film with the potential for deceleration. A social medium.

In a rural home hollowed by abandonment and silence, 12-year-old Rosi keeps her family from falling apart. While her mother is immobilized by grief, Rosi becomes a quiet pillar for her sisters, resisting despair amid taunts. Between moments of hardship, a small, unexpected gesture leads her toward dignity and resilience.

Nana Xu travels to the place built by her father as a prisoner during the Cultural Revolution: first a work camp, later a prison, fruit farm and treatment centre. Conversations with last remaining witnesses, where home is still shaped by a repressed past.

The director dreams of making a 16mm masturbation film guided by her grandmother — according to an old recipe. With great displeasure she has to realize that her subconscious makes use of a male gaze and old gender roles.

The Scottish National Youth Orchestra performs Jay Capperauld's accordion concerto. In this new work, the Glasgow composer imposes spectacular and acrobatic figures on the ‘piano with braces’. In the second half, the audience is treated to Berlioz's Symphonie fantastique, featuring an ‘episode in the life of an artist’. Accordionist Ryan Corbett plays the solo part alongside the Scottish musicians and their conductor Catherine Larsen-Maguire.

There are more than 100 million lakes in the world and their diversity is as large as this number. Lakes provide drinking water for millions of people and are considered a hotspot of life: almost half of all fish species live in fresh water. Some lakes have extreme conditions: they are saltier than the sea, toxic or hot.

What brings about a Damascene conversion? When he was younger, Thomas “Eichi” Eichstätt was an East German right-wing extremist thug. Today he volunteers as a football coach for stranded young people from around the world. He doesn’t have much left for himself; unfortunately the cash-strapped local municipality of Torgelow has no way of paying him for his valuable work.

Margarita and Güte live in an unhealthy and stagnant environment that they can neither leave nor change. Meanwhile, the radio broadcasts messages and the world awaits the launch of the spacecraft that will take humans to the edge of the solar system. When Maria falls ill, Margarita persuades Güte to do something, but they fail and become separated until they realize what the real hurdle is.

Rami's 13-year-old daughter is killed in Jerusalem by a suicide bomber. When the grieving father meets Palestinian Bassam, an unlikely friendship develops between the two fathers. They do not yet know what tragic twist of fate will bring them even closer together.

Max Richter recomposed Vivaldi’s Four Seasons in 2012, premiered by superstar violinist Daniel Hope. This reimagining brought one of the classical canon’s greatest hits to new audiences in techno clubs and on music platforms. To celebrate the tricentennial of the original, ARTE is showing a filmed staging of Richter’s work from 2014.

Holger Diekmann was a singer, bass player, and drummer in multiple local bands throughout his short life. Filmmaker Jonas Helmerichs sets out to learn what kind of person his late uncle was. Intimate family portrait and exploration of grief, depression, and death.

Kokoroko was formed in 2014 by trumpeter and bugle player Sheila Maurice-Grey. During a trip to Kenya, the musician realised that the Afrobeat she grew up with in England had little in common with the sounds of the genre that became popular in Africa in the 1970s. This revelation shaped her musical approach.

A bush dances through an empty school, young people gather in a circle of chairs. The school bell rings and an icebreaker game begins. In collaboration with Hamburg teenagers, the film looks behind the scenes: What actually happens in a sex education workshop?

A self-portrait of an Asian woman in Germany: The Magic Flute, with newly written lyrics in the style of a German tongue twister.

A Ghostborg is sent through a portal to sabotage the secret operation "Trash" and kill agents Parker and O'Brien. Can the two fend off the attack and protect their mission?

Franky, a brilliant car thief with a promising future, turns his back on crime for the sake of his wife and child. Yet the ordinary life of a citizen feels alien to him. When an old employer forces him back into the underworld, he faces his greatest test, torn between family, freedom, and the dangerous temptation of his dark past.

Every four years, several hundred choirs from all over Europe gather in Germany for a festival that celebrates the joy of singing together. This year, the event was held in Nuremberg, where nearly 400 choirs from Germany, Africa, and Europe sang together under the motto “Voices of Diversity.”

Lina is tormented by dreams of never-ending dirty dishes. No matter how often she washes them, dirty plates seem to haunt her. Isolated in her apartment, she goes about her household chores. But when she starts spitting out shards, she embarks on a horrifying journey to uncover what truly lurks in her kitchen cabinet.

With ‘Living Being IV: Time Reflexion’, Vincent Peirani and his quintet have created an album deeply rooted in a reflection on our times. During the first lockdown, the accordionist took advantage of this enforced break to reflect on the impact of time on our existence and our view of the world.

Hava is having a myoma removed in a routine procedure. What was intended as a straightforward surgery turns into a nightmare: due to suspected malignant tissue, a complete hysterectomy is performed—a precautionary measure that forever alters Hava’s life. When she realizes the extent of the procedure, she feels stripped of her femininity and doesn’t know how to explain the irreversible damage to her boyfriend.

Betti’s date with Tom seems perfect—until her bowels stage a rebellion, turning the evening into a battle against her own body.

A small creature is pulled by its own lifeline through a world where it must adapt and learn to cope with life.

The Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra performs Dmitri Shostakovich's Symphony No. 8. The extraordinary gravity of the Eighth marks a new high in conductor Alain Altinoglu undertaking of the complete discography.

Kaliningrad, a Russian enclave stuck like a knife in the heart of Europe. Camera in hand, the filmmaker retraces his grandfather’s steps. As he strolls along, one encounter follows another, fragments of lives suspended in the shadow of war and censorship.

An alternate reality, the era following matriarchy. There are only a few women left; most of them have fallen in battle. They made the same mistake the men had made before. It’s hot.

[poem_body_memory_voice] None of them belong to each other. All of them belong to themselves. A layered accumulation —___- a poetic exercise on relating*_on_love, migration, and mourning.

Winfried Kretschmann is the first Green politician to rise to the top of a state government — and so far the only one. He has governed Baden-Württemberg as Minister-President since 2011, longer than any of his predecessors. Soon, his tenure will come to an end: Kretschmann will not run again in the 2026 state election. This film takes stock of his time in office. A Catholic with a communist past. A conservative in a left-leaning party. A Green in the automotive heartland of Baden-Württemberg: Winfried Kretschmann’s political biography is a long journey marked by surprises and contradictions. Jenni Rieger and Jürgen Rose retrace this path. They speak with Kretschmann’s party colleagues and coalition partners, long-time close aides and early companions such as Joschka Fischer, Cem Özdemir, and Annalena Baerbock, as well as political rivals like Volker Bouffier, Markus Söder, and Bodo Ramelow. Has Germany’s first Green Minister-President changed the country?

The documentary interviews Nobel Peace Prize winners, diplomats, negotiators and former guerrilla fighters who have dedicated their lives to the task. How did their mediation successes come about and why did they fail? Peacemaking is both art and hard work.

How, in 15 B.C., did the Roman emperor Augustus manage to take control of vast swathes of the Alps occupied by the Celts? Combining archaeological discoveries, real-life situations and expert analysis, this documentary reconstructs this vast military operation.

Heir to the great voices of jazz, Dianne Reeves is renowned for her vocal virtuosity and improvisational skills. With Beautiful Life, her latest studio album to date, the singer won her fifth Grammy Award. The American also holds two honorary doctorates from Berklee College of Music and The Juilliard School.

The season is almost over. Elsa has drifted apart from her friend and sets off alone, seeking other encounters, passers-by on the beach or games at the kiosk. She seeks out connections, immerses herself in other people's stories and becomes one herself, while the music reminds us of the magic of cinema and asks us: Where is your Teneriffa?

Amir fled from Afghanistan to Germany. He is a chess player. Luck plays a role in life, but not in chess, he says. A cinematic game of chess in three phases.

There is the male gaze, the post-colonial gaze, and the anthropocentric gaze — but what about the gaze of youth? A diverse group of older people far over 65 re-perform stereotypical film scenes about older age: scenes of poor health, lack of mental sharpness and sexual invisibility. But do these cinematic images really correspond to their own reality? This documentary emphasizes that there is a need to challenge the dominant 'gaze of youth' and accept more multi-layered perspectives about later life.

A spontaneous collaboration shot in Berlin last December, portraying a hilarious take on the outdated and ridiculous roles some men still feel obligated to play when it comes to casual sex.

He has never been more successful than he is today: in 2024, Roland Kaiser broke all audience records on his sold-out anniversary tour, was awarded his third Golden Hen, honored with four stamps of his own, and immortalized as a wax figure. And in 2025, the charismatic singer and entertainer is once again in top creative form—among other things, with the release of his new LP “Marathon.” In 2025, Kaiser will also be seen on the big screen for the first time.