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For a generation of south-eastern Nigerians, photos of their childhoods, though absent from family albums, are omnipresent in humanitarian archives.

Neuschwanstein Castle – a place full of dreams, miracles and myths, but also full of secrets. Year after year, the medieval castle in the Allgäu, one of the most famous sights in Germany, attracts over 1.5 million visitors from all over the world. The castle above the Pöllat Gorge near Füssen was built by the Bavarian King Ludwig II (1845 – 1886). However, the “fairy tale king” did not live to see the completion, he died in June 1886 under circumstances that are still unclear today. The German National Geographic in-house production “The Secrets of Neuschwanstein” looks behind the scenes of the most extensive restoration in the history of Neuschwanstein and provides exclusive insights into and behind the limestone facades and the mysterious personality of Bavaria’s fairytale king Ludwig II. The documentation accompanies restorers and experts and craftsmen in the complex restoration work and shows amazing discoveries by scientists in areas that are otherwise hidden from visitors

"Memory makes the most beautiful movies..." A voice is heard in the dark while a flashlight traces the wooden skeletons of half-erected buildings and frames. Using architecture, sound distortion and a nocturnal floating camera, the construction of memory feels like a dream remembered and instantly forgotten; a memory not something to be preserved but destroyed outside the mind.

A series of drawings are used as a score for ating. These images portrait different representations of the devil in hell. Among these devils, there are feminized characteres suggesting sexual perversions typified in the Catholic imagination. Performer Paeatau interprets and reacts to these drawings using her body and her facial expressions in a ritualistic performance in which the body, fetichized and colonized by morale, laments.

13 years after his civil service in a hospital in Thiès, Senegal, Paul challenges his memories and traumas. With old video footage, interviews and animations he questions his role as a volunteer within the German system of development aid.

During water therapy for his chronic cramps, Leon experiences an incident that gradually shakes all areas of his life.

Nightwish performing live at Deichbrand Festival 2022 at Seeflughafen, Cuxhaven, Germany on July 23, 2022. Setlist: 01. Noise 02. Planet Hell 03. Tribal 04. Élan 05. Storytime 06. How's The Heart? 07. Dark Chest Of Wonders 08. I Want My Tears Back 09. Nemo 10. Sleeping Sun 11. Shoemaker 12. Last Ride Of The Day 13. Ghost Love Score 14. The Greatest Show On Earth

The animation is based on Joseph Brodsky’s poem “Don’t Leave the Room” and shows a surrealistic reality in which the main character is faced with the choice of a room. At first glance, the choice of rooms is quite large, but in fact, all the rooms turn out to be pieces of one large cake.

Men are felling trees in the rain forest, barefoot, using chainsaws to cut through the huge trunks. They live in nature, off nature and against nature. Illegal wood selling seems to be their only chance to feed their families. At the same time, they are destroying – tree by tree – their own livelihood. This quiet observation ends with the arduous transport of the wood out of the forest. Anyone who thinks ahead knows that it will end up in our apartments, too, as a mahogany table or Bangkirai floor.

Maya Steinberg is a secular Israeli. Her father, however, had a late religious awakening. He will not appear in her film. Instead, the young director approaches his faith and her lack of understanding for it through a visit to the gravesite of rabbi Shimon bar Yochai in Galilee, where she spends a few weeks, observing believers, Orthodox and ultra-Orthodox, and wondering: Is there a place here for women? And can there be a place for queer women?

The world of Frank Kribber, a catholic priest, is turned upside down when his best friend of many years dies and a letter from the deceased suddenly appears.

Leaving my hometown to pursue freedom created a lot of different emotions within me. This film is to explore these emotions in the frame of nature, nostalgia and frustration.

With the loss of their music sheet, the protagonist is trying to find a way of winning back what is theirs.

This surreal short depicts various absurd images, including a cardboard standup of a faceless man, two men in suits aiming guns at each other, and a banana in front of a blazing fire.

Immaculate Virtual is a film essay contemplating the nature of reality, the body, and intimacy in the complicated space where technology and humanity blend.

‘Civil Dusk’ is a film about a post-migrant notion of belonging. In a semi-autobiographical narrative, Europe-born artist David Uzochukwu re-assesses his own gaze upon his Nigerian father.

A personal video diary documenting physical and emotional stages of the ascent to the highest point of the former Soviet Union. Through the conquest of the Peak of Communism in the Pamirs one can trace the ideological development of the relationship between humans and nature - from spiritual to militaristic.

Yves Ndagano began to process his traumatic time as a child soldier in an eponymous play. This film now takes him back to eastern Congo, where he follows the traces of his past and explains the deadly connection between militia conflicts and coltan extraction. Along for the ride, wooden puppet Leopold helps Yves gain the upper hand over his violent past. Since Gockel was not allowed to enter the region, TD Jack Mahamba Muhindo directed the film at Nyiragongo volcano, a site of destruction and coveted raw materials. While time periods are blurred, the messages are clear.

A mouse is enjoying his good life when one day his peaceful reality is disturbed by strange events.

Voluminous wig, black mustache and Yorkshire terrier dog Daisy on his arm - that's how many people remember Rudolph Moshammer. His gruesome death in 2005 brought to light a double life: the fashion czar was strangled in his Munich villa by a young man he had recruited for sexual services. But who was Rudolph Moshammer really? The documentary delves into a boulevard-esque illusionary world and looks at the life of the dazzling bird of paradise, who is now considered a pioneer for the LGBTQ+ community. Drag queen Bambi Mercury goes looking for clues and close friends like pop star Roberto Blanco have their say.

Humorously takes up the topic of speeding. It is about a man who, despite several warnings, on the part of the speed signs, drives too fast and runs over one animal after another. Eventually he races off a cliff and dies.

The Distant Feeler was a contraption created by the artist duo Goliatus & Carábida.

When you spend a lot of time at home in isolation, the walls start to move. The sense of time fades, the days pass, everything seems to repeat itself endlessly. Rooms, conversations, visual impressions and sounds merge.

Yasin El Harrouk is Yonii is actor, rapper, singer, Swabian, Moroccan. This portrait presents him as a lively shifter between life and creative cultures, between the roles he plays in the studio and in front of the camera, and the expectations that family and community have of him. Yonii has two languages and even more worlds – and enjoys this wealth. But on the sofa in his mother’s Stuttgart living room, it becomes clear that this range of different worlds also means a constant balancing act.

The capital Helsinki - the gateway to the north - welcomes visitors with impressive modernist buildings. The architects Alvar Aalto and Steven Holl worked in the trendy metropolis. Finnish design at the top of the world and characterized by elegance and simple functionality. In the southwest lies the archipelago paradise. The huge lake district, which stretches across central and eastern Finland, is a popular holiday destination. Ideal for a family holiday in the summer house; Boat and sauna included. Detours go to Tampere, Lahti, and Savonlinna with its medieval castle.

Could a son of a disappeared person face the protagonists of the internal armed conflict in Peru (1980-2000), who administered death? After almost 40 years of disappearance. Who could answer you about the fate of your family member? Is there any chance of finding the murderer of your family member? In those years: who was the enemy? What was it like, how much of an enemy was it? Was it possible to eliminate them? Finally, have we heard all the protagonists? To those, can we listen to them, should we, is it time or is it not time yet?

How does a woman deal with the hair that grows other than on her head? A young woman talks about her journey between first depilation attempts, recurring frustration and slowly, but steadily growing pride in her own body. With verve, humour and honesty, this short, animated documentary visualizes a subject that’s all too often hushed up or shaved off. Strong performance, great cinema!