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A daughter spends an endless night with her recently deceased father in the traditional Serbian wake. Confronted with the loss of the person she both treasured and feared her whole life, the quietest night becomes the loudest.

A personal reinterpretation of a collection of instructional 16mm films from the German Employment Agency.

The small Italian volcanic island of Linosa, south of Sicily, is home to one of the largest colonies of cuttlefish shearwaters in the Mediterranean. According to legend, the birds, with their distinctive song, provided the inspiration for Homer's epic poem: Odysseus had himself tied to the mast of his ship so he could safely listen to the song of the Sirens.

A police officer interrogates a girl and a boy in a case of sexual assault. During his investigation he realizes that some things are off.

That year, political tensions between the two enemy states had eased, and the aim was to deepen their cultural relationship. This event became a musical highlight, significant for the bond it forged between these two cultures.

Maya never feels alien in her family, yet questions about her 'white, German parents' and her complexion are getting under her skin. To process the pain, she writes a song for everyone to hear.

The queer community has long since established itself in large cities, but in rural areas, queer people live less publicly. And when they do, worlds often collide. The documentary shares silent struggles, but also moments of solidarity. The film takes an in-depth look at the challenges, but also the hopes and successes of queer people in rural areas. It shows how social change and greater acceptance can develop in smaller towns. The province is more than just the antithesis of the big city - it can be a place of change in which queer people find their own ways to assert their place.

A collective experimental short / essay film—a fragment of a surreal inner landscape. Two performers torment themselves with immense sorrow in sand and slime, while a narrator from Hong Kong, speaking in a dreamlike monologue, attempts to rename a trauma that has been forced into forgetting. Through somatic exercises, the three creators explore the grief buried within their bodies. Gestures of grieving are captured through 3D scanning and transformed into digital copies so the two bodies become one, questioning how we can share our grief. In a third place beyond memory and reality, grief is born as a creature. Shaped by the embodied research of the creators, it transcends the digital/material realm, flesh, and language—transforming into a shared and liberated presence.

In a career spanning more than twenty years, Dobet Gnahoré's timeless pan-African music has won numerous awards. This recognition and her legendary choreography has made her the queen of Afro-pop and a powerful icon who embodies her native continent on the international stage.

For nearly a decade, Roy Bianco & Die Abbrunzati Boys have been THE reference for Italo-schlager, a genre that blends catchy German variété with Italian dolce vita. Highly acclaimed for their live performances, the Bavarians cultivate this musical fusion with humour and nostalgia, and are currently making a big splash on tour for the release of their new album Kult.

The story of Moldovan migrant worker Damian, navigating the postmodern world in foreign country, within the walls of a German warehouse, where an artificial mind named “Lydia” guides his every move.

Maya is a young woman who moves to a new city, leaving her home and childhood behind. At the train station, shortly before her departure, she looks back and remembers all the beautiful and difficult moments of her childhood.

In 1939, a second unit shot scenes for »Mr. Smith Goes to Washington« in the Lincoln Memorial with a double and extras. The long, orderly planned sequences undermine the classic cinematic narration; the plot seems to stagnate. The neoclassical architecture becomes the setting for a recurring ritual: the inconspicuous protagonist loses himself between the columns and often pauses in front of the monumental Lincoln, as if he himself was becoming a

The film follows Peruvian DJ Flave, who now lives in Germany and has found her own musical voice. Between clubs, rehearsals, and personal memories, a portrait unfolds of an artist who blends techno with Latin American classics. Flave talks not only about beats and rhythms, but also about identity, home, and the power of music to build bridges between cultures.

In Mozambique, mental illnesses are often explained as spiritual problems, which limits access to appropriate treatment and education. Yara finds her way out of depression despite the resistance of her social environment and discovers the strength to talk about her illness.

A film by Petra Graf and James Edmonds

Myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) is a multisystem disease with devastating consequences. It has been misunderstood for decades, it has hardly been researched and is barely recognized by the health system. The documentary explains the disease and describes the suffering of those affected.

Lemohang Jeremiah Mosese’s This Is Not a Burial, It’s a Resurrection follow-up Ancestral Visions of the Future is described as being “a deeply personal exploration of identity, childhood, and death,” continuing a running theme in Mosese’s work of wrestling with his childhood in Lesotho and his exile to Germany.

2007: 17-year-old Karl lives with his single father Werner in a cramped flat in an East Berlin apartment block. Karl's eight-year-old brother David is in a sheltered housing group. Karl feels overwhelmed in his contact with his little brother, because David looks to him for what their 62-year-old father cannot provide. After their father's birthday, something unexpected happens: Karl lays an egg. He tries with all his might to keep the hatching creature alive.

Rainer Langhans – the old hippie with the long, white hair – is preparing for his death. The self-proclaimed last of the ‘68ers, co-founder of Commune 1, self-promoter, and contradictory outsider lives with his companions and rehearses dying. Through interviews with companions, siblings, and confidants, previously unpublished archive material, and offbeat, fictional scenes, a multi-layered portrait emerges – sometimes serious, sometimes ironic, always contradictory. How can this flamboyant media figure be captured? And what remains when the pose fades? A final look at an eccentric dreamer who always only wanted one thing: to be human.

A bear is hunted and caged. But he escapes again and again. He is loved as much as he is feared. A hybrid of wilderness and projection. The film PAPILLON follows his trail. And also becomes a hybrid. Of documentary and myth.

Retrospective on a unique moment of great music. In 1982, two immense musicians pianist Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli and conductor Sergiu Celibidache combined their talents to perform the “Concerto in G Major” by the legendary Ravel.

An urgent appointment a sky-blue bike and a familiar surprise.

In 1960, 600,000 Greeks immigrated to Germany to live as workers - the so-called Gastarbeiters. Descendants of this migration stream, Teo, Aglaia, and Vasso, allow us a glimpse of their daily lives and reveal the effects of that migration on their present and future: The film captures the encounter of two cultures and their interaction in contemporary socio-political developments.

A documentary work on Senegal's DUNNIART collective, showing the lives and experiences of creatives and artists who share their work with pride and resilience.

On a lonely hike, Max gets lost deep in the forest. Darkness falls, his supplies are running low, and his cell phone has no reception. Relieved, he discovers a seemingly abandoned hut that serves as a rest stop for hikers. Exhausted and thirsty, he enters, unaware that he is walking into a deadly trap.

The squirrel’s nest is well-padded for the cold winter with all kinds of stolen goods. But a sudden flood forces all the forest animals to flee to Lena's farm. The squirrel would like to help them… There’s space for everyone in a full heart!

A surreal, intimate, and erotic journey: a quest for art and love, embodied by a mysterious Djinn. Tormented poetess, vampiress, ghost, witch, dancer, or doll—so many avatars of the creative woman, engaged in a constant interplay with temporality. “Poupée de Nuit” is the dreamlike voyage of an artist through the labyrinth of desire, confronting passion and its enigma.

As people overrun tourist attractions, the inherent beauty crumbles to dust.

Inspired by Jonas Mekas' film diaries, a film was created as a collaborative work of remembrance. Where refugees from the GDR were once housed, young refugees now live again in Marienfelde. Filmmaking itself becomes a search for a voice to narrate one's own life, while the question of where we feel at home hangs over everything.

The unicorn magically makes all animals colorful - and happy!

Having been raised in a Christian household, Chris (30) faces the challenge of finding his place in the world, particularly due to his two mothers who chose to keep their relationship hidden. When one of his mothers, Paddy (58), passes away, Chris returns home to a familiar yet unchanged environment. In a heartfelt effort to honour Paddy's memory, Chris impulsively makes a decision that jeopardises his relationship with his remaining family, his other mother, Mami Tess (59).

Brothers Linus and Anton, who have become estranged from each other due to their mother's long-term illness. After her death, they travel to the family's old Danish country house - a place full of childhood memories, but also old conflicts. While Linus wants to quickly settle his share of the inheritance and return to his well-ordered life, Anton only wants one thing: to reconnect with his brother. But the past keeps catching up with them. Old wounds resurface, guilt, anger, and grief collide. Kystgaarden tells a moving story about the love between two brothers, the burden of the past and the possibility of a new beginning.

A composer recounts a dream from his youth that inspired the slow movement of his first string quartet, Prayer of the Sea. The dream, depicting a peaceful dissolution into the sea and wind, symbolized his future death. Decades later, rediscovering a drawing from the quartet's premiere - perfectly capturing the dream’s essence - revived its emotions. Now older, he reflects on the dream’s message: a serene acceptance of life’s inevitable end. Prayer of the Sea is an audiovisual elegy offering a calm perspective on the universal experience of passing.

Detective Michael loses his hearing during an operation and subsequently withdraws from active duty. Years later, a former colleague asks him to take on a mysterious case involving a dangerous dragon cult. Despite his limitations, he is called back into action and must confront his past in order to solve the case.

In this music video for SALÒ, a customer is lost in the DIY store and desperately looking for help. But the seemingly only employee far and wide involves him in a chaotic chase that leads deeper and deeper into a labyrinth of shelves, aisles and departments. The snotty punk soundtrack thumps to the beat of a playful, childlike DIY stop-motion look. And fast jump cuts ensure that both the customer and the viewer end up with a few screws loose.

Can AI play music like a human being? Can it improvise or perform complicated music with sensitivity and style? This documentary explores what happens when machines simulate creativity with two pianists, Kit Armstrong and Michael Wollny, who are both undertaking research with artificial intelligence.

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Hoda, a tattooed choir singer, Coptic Christian, and fighter against adversity, longed to have biological children, but her wish remained unfulfilled. Twenty years ago, she met little Mariam at a Coptic children’s home. Despite adoption being forbidden by law in Egypt, Hoda’s love for Mariam blossomed, as if Mariam were her own daughter.

Oh, this beautiful apple. Don't think too much. Take a bite. The world will be a different place.

In 2013, the young journalist Eric Lembembe was murdered in Cameroon. He was tortured and beaten to death because he was gay and had fought for gay rights. Shocked by this gruesome murder in his home country, filmmaker Appolain Siewe sets off for Cameroon to find out more about the situation of LGBTQ people there. He soon realizes that Lembembe's murder is no isolated case. Why is homophobia so firmly anchored in Cameroon society? What role does colonization have to play in this? Siewe’s own experiences, moving encounters with activists who fight for tolerance in their country despite all the risks, and his conversations with Cameroon scientists, sociologists, and human rights activists offer a comprehensive insight into society in Cameroon.

“An action is causally connected if it cannot be thought away without the specific outcome ceasing to exist,” says Eva, a young prosecutor, quoting the cold logic of law texts. How does it apply to your life? Drifting in the city from one encounter to another, Eva confronts all the images of romantic and parental love that society has established as the status quo.

A graffiti film by Ultras Nürnberg, provides spectacular and in-depth insights into the graffiti world of UN94 over the past ten years through pure action, interviews and background stories.

There are significantly fewer people with a migrant background living in eastern Germany than in the west. Those who do not look German or speak a different language are more likely to stand out. The film shows how people find their way between feeling like outsiders and belonging: a young man born in the Ore Mountains with Vietnamese roots, a Syrian refugee family who open a bookshop in Erfurt, and the residents of a shared accommodation facility in Saalfeld, Thuringia.