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The video is an artistic exploration of the schematic representation of human relationships and non-human entities, such as in images in networks. It represents the translation of data into abstract images.

Feferle, a whimsical and childlike being, wakes one fateful day with the unsettling knowledge that something terrible has happened. Her world shatters due to the sudden loss of her father, propelling her into a poignant exploration of her family’s history. Tasked with sorting through the old cluttered apartment, Feferle contemplates whether she can approach the history of her Jewish family through the material remains and raw facts.

From penis pump to fuck machine, Chris presents his playroom.

Munich by night. A lonely robot makes its way into the big city. Dance, dance, dance!

The number of anti-Semitic incidents in Germany has increased significantly since the massacre by the Palestinian terrorist organization Hamas in Israel on October 7, 2023. Jews are insulted, defamed, berated and attacked not only on the street, but also at universities and in the cultural sector. The anti-Semitic riots at the Free University of Berlin on December 14, 2023 and the completely inconsistent reactions to them from those responsible and politicians are representative of this. Jewish students in Germany have to fear for their lives again. Left-wing groups demand solidarity with Palestine, question Israel's right to exist, but completely ignore the Hamas massacres and, in their view of the Jews, rely on a simple worldview shaped by ancient prejudices and narratives.

A mystical peach colored coat brings together two women, entwining their destinies.

"MY OWN" is a captivating experimental short documentary music video that follows the journey of a young refugee who leaves his life and family behind to seek refuge in Venice, Italy. This poignant narrative exposes the cold reality many immigrants and refugees from non-white countries face in Europe, while also revealing how our protagonist finds solace in a new community. The unique soundtrack, crafted entirely from the sounds of his surroundings—such as cooking noises, waves, and city ambiance—adds an authentic layer to this compelling story. "MY OWN" offers a fresh and immersive take on the resilience of the human spirit.

In Know Your Stones we follow young climate activists while watching the steel industry and coal mines of the German Ruhr region. Here, life revolves around the stones beneath our feet. This dreamlike film focuses on the raw materials that brought humanity to where it is – and will bear testimony to our future in silence.

Demi-Demons is an essay film about the contradictions of contemporary existence, which separate us from our natural instincts, opening abysses within us. The glorification of the hermaphrodite, the hedonism of virtual realities, the search for new levels of physical attraction and forms of higher consciousness, ambivalence towards sexual reproduction, these abysses embody the existential struggles inherent in navigating the terrain between instinct and enlightenment in a rapidly evolving world.

When nature is destroyed, climate targets are disregarded and human rights are violated, there is always a lot of money behind it. This is where urgewald comes in. Since 1992, the environmental and human rights organization has been revealing the sources of money behind destructive projects. Over 30 years ago, a handful of activists gathered around a table in a shared flat to form the basis of the organization. Since then, the small club in the Münsterland province has become a recognized, powerful organization.

This exclusive luxury cruise presents itself as the perfect holiday and family utopia. However, all artificial facades of this attractive consumer product dissolve, as a psychedelic dream world unfolds, illusions break and the crude reality beyond superficial comfort is unveiled.

Mr. Mulchberg seems ordinary, but in the dark his secret is revealed. He inconspicuously buys tools in a brightly lit hardware store, and back in his remote house, an eerie world unfolds. Surrounded by stuffed animals, he prepares a meal in ghostly silence, while news reports about missing persons break the quiet.

What is a Schützenfest (shooting festival) and what is it for? A small German town breaks out the bunting to welcome the arrival of brass bands, hats and rifles, as the town's men march as one towards the throne. A quirky ethnographic exploration of the rituals of a bygone era.

Regular beatings, nights locked in the cellar. Alex's childhood in the Westphalian province was marked by his father's constant violence. Images of classic masculinity, harshness, no room for compassion or vulnerability. The only moments of peace: family vacations on Norderney. It is to this very place that Alex now travels with his father 30 years later in this documentary, to finally understand: Dad, why all this?

The one leaves, the other stays.

We have probably all thought about the influence of digital logic and algorithms on our perception of the world at some point. This equally humorous and profound short film takes the interactive online tour service “Google Street View” as a starting point for an investigation of where the reality mapped by fifteen automatic cameras and the one perceived by human senses drift apart – and what the consequences are.

For geology, seismic silence determines the time between two earthquakes: the longer the silence, the more powerful the next tremor is expected to be.

A glass door prevents the occupation of a room.

Anatomy Class (Chap.2) weaves recollections of three individuals who underwent a frog dissection experiment during their youth in a science class. Simultaneously, it juxtaposes these stories with the archival images of Unit 731, creating an exploration of the dissonance and nature of violence that arises from such arbitrary ‘dissection of images’.

Everythingness is an autofictional short film about the transformative power of difficult decisions, inner conflicts and feelings of guilt. In this colorful jumble of ambivalences and brushstrokes, the protagonist sets out in search of reliable truths. When she meets her doppelganger, she realizes that she can't even trust her own reflection.

Every child climbs a tree once in their life, but what if this tree is the only way for this child to have a look at the outside world? “What Happened to My Olive Tree?” is a documentary about how it is different for a child to experience war.

‘The body that I had long considered unattractive suddenly discovers its sexuality,’ says Rike, the protagonist of the documentary, who lives with Möbius syndrome. In the film, we follow her journey to regain confidence and acceptance of her body, which begins with the experience of a paid sex service. Thanks to sexworker Ben Nordmann, Rike learns a new perspective on her body, pleasure and intimacy. The documentary sensitively addresses the sexuality of people with disabilities, showing how they are often denied the opportunity to explore and satisfy their own needs.

Cinema means lights out, silence and sitting still? Not at the DISNEY CHANNEL PARTICIPATION CINEMA! Here children can sing along loudly for an hour, dance, clap and do puzzles - anything but be quiet! On the big screen, Mickey Mouse, as an animated host, guides cinema-goers through the colorful program, which is aimed at the youngest preschool-age viewers and offers around 60 minutes of child-friendly participatory cinema.

Catherine misses her bus and wanders through the industrial areas of the south, where she meets the Pharaoh of Marseille. A picaresque journey through the imaginary world of post-industrial collapse.

What does it mean to live a nomadic life in Germany today? How do people see you when to keep moving is more important to you than possessions and social status? What are the prejudices faced by people who work outside the 40-hours-per-week regular job model and want to be fulfilled? To get some answers to these questions, Anna Friedrich walks part of the way with four women who prefer travelling to settling.

Two aliens run away from their planet Cubici to Earth in hopes that they won't have to work as much there as they do at home. They encounter several different characters, but don't quite know what to do with any of them and use Cubici-ian methods of communication that lead to fatal consequences. In addition, there is no "Rak-Rakk" on Earth, a substance that is vital for the aliens. How will the aliens deal with this?

Despite the world's disasters, an artist insists on playing. A story inspired by Bach's immortal music and painted onto toilet paper rolls as a tribute to the tradition of painting directly on 35mm film.

At the Real Alcazar in Seville, pianist Javier Perianes brings together eight sonatas by Domenico Scarlatti and pieces from Isaac Albéniz's suite ‘Iberia’ in a concert filled with Andalusian sounds.

An homage to Max Horkheimer.

In a long-term observation, filmmakers Christian Lehmann-Feddersen & Alf Schreiber document the socio-political aftermath of the G20 summit in Hamburg. While activists are exposed to the legal repercussions, the capitalist system and resistance are regrouping in the shadow of the summit.

The angels have given the Captain of the Sea Butches the holy assignment to travel to a lesbian bar on Venus to get hold of the strongest vibrator in the whole universe – the weapon needed in the fight to destroy the phallic tower of the evil gentrifiers.

Mary and Joseph with the baby Jesus in the stable in Bethlehem, the adoration of the shepherds and then the Magi, the massacre of the innocents ordered by Herod, the flight to Egypt: these are the well-known episodes of the Christmas story recounted in the Gospels. Regularly performed at the court of Dresden during the Christmas holidays, this is a pioneering work of 17th-century German music.

When Leonard was born with brittle bone disease, he was given a life expectancy of one year. Today, he is in his mid-20s, a screenwriter, director, and actor. Leonard is small in stature, uses a wheelchair, and his body is different. But he lives independently and has a strong charisma and goals that sometimes seem to go beyond his physical capabilities, yet are still achievable.

Why do butterflies constantly fly towards light? Their instinctual pursuit of light is genetically ingrained. When observed for a long time, their flight movements create a fluttering on the retina, which can be digitized into countless small pixels. This species begins its journey with a transformation in a cocoon and continues to be reshaped, like the peppered moth that adapted to soot-covered walls by developing darker wings. In this ongoing metamorphosis, there may be a strange sense of calm as the instinctual becomes algorithmic flight paths.

Good morning, this is my new accommodation! Directly opposite is a steep mountain. I can't get up there, but I stare at it and ask myself: does it see me too?

“The main thing is that I’m fine!” Charly, a family man and consultant in his early 60s, has had to put up with quite a few setbacks in his life. Born as Karl-Heinz in Franconia, he reinvented himself and created an optimized personality under the stage name “Charly”. Never to be vulnerable again – self-protection is his new motto.

I asked my friend Lea once why she always carried a salt bag with her, and created a short stop motion film made of salt based on her response.

At a fancy flower spa, Sam prepares for their blooming and bodily transformation. Their mother, however, isn’t quite ready to let go. On their final day together, between petal pampering, quiet conversations, and echoes of childhood, tension and fear rise, but something tender begins to take root.

A somewhat quaint private detective with voyeuristic tendencies, pursued by inquiries from his neglected clients, supported by an anonymous patron, is the (anti-)hero of this film. With his Super-8 camera, he delves into the stuffiness of the 1970s, while becoming more and more entangled in the strange stories of his assignments...

The music from the illegal rave still reverberates in their ears as Chris and Ben roam the fields of a Cologne suburb early in the morning. When they find themselves on the grounds of their old school, a doorway into the past opens up.

Here, another Thai translator and mediator, Payungsri Adam, who works at Ban Ying, has her say.

In an age of chaos, destruction, and decay, the resurrection of nature was the last ray of vitality and a testament to survival. The film ventures into the haunting remnants of humanity, the silent witness of its collective collapse, and the ethereal rebirth of nature in the absence of mankind. The intriguing scenes are experienced through an omnipresent and atemporal perspective.