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A portrait of Antje Kosemund from Hamburg and the history of resistance against the Nazi regime. Her father was arrested by the Gestapo in May 1933, her mother died young and her sister Irma fell victim to the Nazis' "euthanasia" murder program. People, places, streets and buildings appear in the conversation with Antje Kosemund, born in 1928. They all tell their story of communist resistance against National Socialism in Hamburg, of a trail in the Aktion T4 extermination program that leads all the way to Vienna. Kosemund's memories are testimony to a life of resistance. A document against forgetting.

Step On No Pets focuses on the relationship between human and machine.

Something's happening in the deep sea, baby!

This story is about activism and loss. The short movie portrays two courageous women, Susanne and Sabine, fighting against the overwhelming dominance of car culture in Berlin, advocating for the rights of cyclists. Their lives are intertwined by the ghost bicycles — white-painted memorials placed at the sites of fatal accidents, marking where cyclists have lost their lives.

The dark rooms of a film factory become a film set for lesbian eroticism and the socialist factory becomes a safe space and hotspot for queer-lesbian love.

The Russian invasion of Ukraine has been ongoing for over a year. The 21-year-old Ira, along with her mother, finds herself in a foreign Germany, cut off from her home, family, and friends, seeking solace. After many doubts, she resolves to breathe new life into her neglected passion for swimming. That leads to an encounter with an old friend with whom she openly discusses her struggles and thoughts for the first time.

In the Cold War, two hostile political systems face each other. But despite the wall, people from East and West fall in love and want to live together. Some leads this into a future together, but others to death. Contemporary witnesses report on their struggle for self -determination and life -threatening escape attempts so as not to lose the love of their lives.

Unearthed in the 19th century in what is now Turkey, the Altar of Pergamon has been on display in Berlin since 1901. This documentary traces the eventful history of this masterpiece of antiquity.

The women follows a woman's journey to redefine herself after her husband's death, navigating newfound freedom and self-recognition. Inspired by Marta Feuchtwanger, this essay film challenges perceptions of women's roles and relationships.

A new type of cinema you can perceive with your butt hole.

It has been a year since Hamas's October 7th attack on Israeli citizens. The merciless Israeli counter-offensive in the Gaza Strip has been going on since, and has already claimed tens of thousands of victims. The extent of the damage in the Gaza Strip is documented based on satellite images and eyewitness reports from a Palestinian journalist.

Chimeric protagonists performing useless, pointless, inscrutable sisyphean tasks.

A classic on rails: 100 years ago, on August 8, 1924, the first electrified S-Bahn train traveled through Berlin. Since then, the red and yellow cars have become an integral part of the city. The film recounts the highs and lows of the S-Bahn's eventful history, takes a look behind the scenes of operations between the workshop and the control center, and tells the stories of the people who keep the trains running.

In a mesmerising world of cardboard, computer-generated images and real-life footage, migrant people wander around and the echoes of their memories collide.

An idea comes to them while preparing breakfast. A trans body is like an egg, just before it develops into organs. An egg is a substance that has the potential to develop in all directions and take any shape. This turns them on. A lot. A magical Berlin porno-epic begins. Between cruising spots, dark rooms, and Tempelhofer Feld, bodies form, deform, and transform.

Two singers want to enlighten a king’s cold heart... but end up in a curse.

Lucía follows her daily routines. She reflects on her life and why she decided to have an abortion. She's not ready to be a mother.

A confused, two-dimensional misfit, unloved in their 2D home, ventures into the 3D world. Desperate to feel loved and find a safe space, they start losing touch with reality.

Miss Jö investigates a mysterious cardboard box.

Portugal, April 25, 1974. The Carnation Revolution puts an end to the dictatorship established in 1933 by António de Oliveira Salazar (1889-1970) and to five centuries of colonial history. Fifty years later, several witnesses recount how they lived this decisive day.

Seven year old Eve runs away with the bejeweled key to the King’s castle, only to get lost – but with the help of a strange guiding force, she finds that she can build a castle of her own.

Experimental video.

A film that deals with the loss of memory and the accompanying cinematic manipulation of it. The protagonist, plagued by pangs of conscience, painfully tries to get closer to the truth.

In a society where freedom is considered the highest good, the question arises as to how the deprivation of liberty is perceived as a punishment. Despite rehabilitative approaches, imprisonment remains the maximum sanction. The principle of liberty becomes significant when the deprivation of freedom is imposed as a penalty—existence remains secured, but any freedom beyond that is taken away. What does the deprivation of liberty feel like? What significance does freedom hold when it is withdrawn? How does the public perceive the deprivation of liberty as a punishment, and what does the need for retribution look like? Is there an understanding of why freedom is being taken? What does freedom mean when one is deprived of it?

Every day NATO and Russia meet in the Baltic Sea. The German frigate „Mecklenburg-Vorpommern“ was in service here for six months. For the crew, this means: living at sea, working at sea - and, in an emergency, fighting at sea. Between maneuvers, exercises and encounters with Russia.

A girl is plagued by recurring nightmares in which she is pursued by an unknown person. In the dreams, she returns to her childhood home, but it is now dilapidated. The once familiar home no longer has doors, only white curtains that flutter gently in the breeze. The girl, returning home, searches for her family and for herself.

Reluctantly, Frida attends her sister's birthday party. Unexpectedly, her secret abortion becomes the focus of attention, triggering a wave of revelations.

It has to be loud and fast! Young people sample and dance against the backdrop of East Germany's past. Their social media feeds are popular, widely shared, and often liked. They symbolize rebellion and youthful revolt, but what system exactly are they trying to challenge with the speed and volume of their music?

Animals try to adapt to their environment. This also applies to Apis Dorsata, the Asian giant honey bee. When forests and therefore nesting places disappear, they move into the city, for example onto the balconies of high-rise buildings in Bangalore, southern India. But many people are afraid of them and usually fight them radically. But there are also specialists who want to drive them away and save them.

The story of the artist's father, who fled to Hong Kong in the 1970s. The film consists of a series of overlays and montages, initially taken from a documentary photograph of her father and then combined with Google Maps to trace his escape route from China. The artist also used old negatives that she found at home, including overexposed, torn, faded, translucent, etc. The film is an attempt to capture the unseen and unnoticed. It is an attempt to find and restore the unrecorded family history in her father's fading memories and to reflect on the larger historical narrative through the life experience of the individual.

Demolition workers are tearing down Urania 4-10, an office building designed by Werner Düttmann in the 1960s. Meanwhile, experiments in urban coexistence take shape in a tiny but dense jungle in the middle of the city. 'Interferences' is an urban portrait of Berlin at the transition between winter and spring 2024. Revealing the tension between development and spontaneous rewilding, this observational documentary depicts Berlin as a city of ambiguous form, overlapping narratives, and endless material cycles. 'Interferences' implies a disturbance, but also hints at new possible alliances.

A cashier’s monotonous day is transformed when the women in the queue form an impromptu choir to soothe an unhappy baby.

Archived letters and a dialog bridge the decades from 1959 to 2023 and connect Munich, London, Usingen and Paris. The viewer experiences how the homophobia of post-war West German society shaped families and still has an impact on the life of the 92-year-old protagonist Georg Peter Bermbach.

A short documentary about the estrangement between mother and son caused by a tragic loss 20 years ago.