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An East-German teenager is growing up with her bipolar mother during the 2000s. When the opportunity arises to spend a year abroad, the already turbulent universe of mother and daughter threatens to collapse.

The three investigators want to go on a road trip during their vacation, but just as they are about to set off, the phone rings and an unknown caller hands the trio of detectives their latest case: the archaeologists belonging to the secret society Sphinx are carrying out illegal excavations and selling the stolen art treasures. Their next target is the supposedly cursed island of Makatao.

A plot of land, a house by the lake, its changing inhabitants. This one plot of land reflects 70 years of German history from Weimar, the Nazis, the war, the Soviet occupation and reconstruction to the fall of the GDR.

On the set of a turbulent shoot of a Medea adaptation in Senegal, Maja seeks solace in a love affair with her co-star Nourou. Months later, they meet again at the film’s premiere in Berlin. Old feelings resurface, but a racist incident unsettles their reunion. Tensions rise as everyone tries to do the right thing. While the ancient tragedy plays out on screen, a contemporary drama unfolds.

Luisa recently moved out of her parent's home into a residential group at a facility for people with disabilities on the outskirts of a small German town. There she receives support in her often turbulent everyday life. Unnoticed, Luisa becomes increasingly quiet, everyday life in the residential group continues until it is unexpectedly discovered that Luisa is pregnant. She does not say how this happened and everyone knows that her boyfriend Anton is infertile. Suspicion of sexual abuse is obvious. Luisa decides to terminate the pregnancy. The police are called in and try to find out whether a crime has been committed. The investigation becomes a test of endurance for Luisa, her relationship with Anton and for all the staff at the residential facility.

AKIN examines the tension between collective synchronicity and the hidden inner reality of the individual. One protagonist describes her overwhelming feelings, while three other figures appear as aesthetic mirrors of her inner states. In a world that demands perfection and smooth functioning, everyday life continues like a mechanical system even when the inside has long overflowed. The bodies increasingly come under pressure until the structure discharges in synchronous, yet faulty movements. The encounter with an antagonist opens a moment of silent perception and raises the question of whose emotions are actually at work in the space. AKIN reveals a raw, deeply human choreography between adaptation and authentic expression.

During the course of a single night, various people cross paths in the pubs, bars, and hookah lounges of Cologne. The issues that all of Germany is talking about are put on the table: the patriarchy, the Middle East conflict, rising rents, and whether Jesus would still buy everyone drinks today. Political convictions are stiffened by alcohol, and old wounds are reopened.

Yasmin works as a paramedic while caring for her sick mother and nine-year-old sister Ayla. Financial pressure pushes her into an extra shift. During a 24-hour duty, mistakes pile up. When she takes Ayla along in the ambulance, the next call is a resuscitation - and Yasmin loses control. Suddenly, she is her own emergency.

Luca is an influencer. For as long as she can remember, she has been the star of her parents' family social media business and their only pride and joy. When her parents decide to have another child, things change. Luca feels betrayed and is afraid of no longer being needed by her parents, whose attention remains tied to her performance for the family account.

In search of freedom and the American Dream, 16-year-old German exchange student Franny sets out to the USA in 2001. But instead of New York or California, she ends up in the emptiness of a small town in New Mexico. In the wake of 9/11, Franny drifts through her exchange life in a city left behind and forgotten by America. In the endless desert, Franny, the 'alien', meets military host families, bored teens, strange characters of all kinds, and a soulmate – the melancholic Elliott, who despite his young age already represents the opposite of this dream and seems to have failed in life before he even crosses the threshold of adulthood. There is little time left for the two of them until June – until Franny will leave again. What can they do to stop the time from running out?

On the morning of his hundredth birthday, Fanny finds her grandfather dead in his bed. As she and her family are forced to deal with the death, a bitter dispute over the inheritance erupts, in which old power relations are reversed.

Aaron had a traumatic childhood. He was constantly beaten by his mother Susanne, who repeatedly used both physical and psychological violence against him. At the age of seven, he was sexually abused by a stranger. He then began having sex with other children of the same age. Today, as a young adult, he is still traumatized and deeply ashamed. When he visits his mother again after four years of silence, he is ready to break his silence.

Since childhood, five best friends have dreamed of making it big as a boy band. When a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity arises to take a step closer to realizing their musical dream, one band member suddenly wants to give it all up, putting the future of the entire group in jeopardy. The five guys have to rise to the occasion - and in doing so, they suddenly find themselves in a completely different decade.

Three attempts at reconnecting with often traumatic pasts, all leading to flights from home and the need for personal reinvention. A documentary triptych of many layers and emotions, whose parts connect with each other in unexpected ways.

In the hope of reuniting with their scattered family, four-year-old Shafi and his nine-year-old sister Somira leave a Rohingya refugee camp in Bangladesh on a perilous journey to reach Malaysia.

North Friesland today: After the death of his father-in-law, Hauke Haien takes on two important roles in coastal protection - dyke count and director of coastal protection. Professionally, Hauke is the best man for the job; he is a visionary who lives and thinks in harmony with nature. Only people are not his cup of tea. As a loner, Hauke hardly knows how to inspire an audience and win over fellow campaigners. His warnings about the effects of climate change are dismissed as hysteria in the village, even though the coastal inhabitants know that a drastic change of course in climate policy is unavoidable. Fortunately for Hauke, his wife Elke supports him. She manages to make him heard. But Hauke does not enjoy his success for long, because when it becomes known that his plans are much more radical, he is met with incomprehension and anger. Resistance and pressure wear on him. Disaster can no longer be averted.

What happens when an experienced climate scientist becomes an activist? In Greenland, scientist Jason Box and his local colleagues are launching a radical project to raise global awareness.

Set in 1948 China during the Civil War, two men play a dangerous game in hopes of saving their teahouse.

A short film about Oskar, who has to let go of his old friend in order to find new people and more joy in life.

After a sexual trauma, Noah is affected by post-traumatic stress disorder. Yet he does not give up hope of reclaiming his connection to his sexuality.

It's summer. Seven-year-old Suzie hates her new haircut. As tensions between her separated parents slowly rise, she decides to take matters into her own hands.

A year in the life of a family in a typical backyard in the center of the Moldovan capital Chisinau in the 1990s: Zina lives here with her husband Victor and daughter Eva and, like the other inhabitants of the house, struggles for the family's financial survival. Through the eyes of the family, we experience a country in transition after the fall of the Iron Curtain.

In Febuary 2026 the world's best ice hockey players will descend on Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo for the most eagerly awaited XXV Olympic Winter Games in living memory. For German national coach Harry Kreis the twelve months leading up to the final nominations of his olympic squad are equally exciting and stressful - a period plagued with difficult decisions and sleepless nights. A young team falters at the world championships, struggling under the pressure of the big stage, while older statesmen wait in the wings ready to replace them. The start of the domestic season offers a chance to impress the head coach, but the intense schedule heightens the risk of injury. Ultimately it's up to coach Kreis to make the final cut: who will play and who will be left at home?

After a botched robbery, a young gangster couple takes a mother and her daughter hostage and ends up in a forgotten forest cemetery on the edge of a disused industrial estate.

A remote teen camp, a dark legend, and a masked killer who strikes at night. What begins as a summer idyll ends in a nightmare of fear, terror, and pure panic. An uncompromising slasher film - brutal, thrilling, merciless.

Late 18th century: In the midst of the picturesque but unforgiving Swiss mountains, 12-year-old Georg finds himself stranded with the monks on the Great St. Bernard Pass. His new life consists of cold, loneliness, and work—until he rescues a puppy from starvation.

Mia, 12, is spending her vacation at a lake in the Black Forest with her parents, who have been separated for years, and their new partners. While the adults try to keep things light, Mia escapes more and more often into the forest, where she meets a mysterious boy. On the morning of her birthday, Mia disappears. The fragile family structure is turned upside down and Mia's new freedom becomes increasingly dangerous.

A dying merman asks a friend to give his remains to his daughter, hiding amongst the humans. Tasked with this dangerous journey, the merman secretly heads to the land of humans. He is chased by a new civil servant recruit fueled by curiosity and hatred.

To mark Music Day, ten European orchestras will perform some of the finest piano concertos alongside prestigious soloists and under the baton of renowned conductors from various cities across the continent. The programme for this exceptional concert features works by Brahms, Grieg, Chopin, Beethoven, Ravel and Mozart.

Inspector Dupin finds himself entangled in several mysteries at once: the discovery of a corpse on a remote Atlantic island, the mystery surrounding a Celtic musical instrument, and the search for the true cause of a tragedy.

Over a decade on Svalbard, the fastest warming place on earth, Norwegian filmmaker Asgeir Helgestad witnesses the extraordinary life of a polar bear named Frost – a mother struggling to raise her cubs in a rapidly changing Arctic. This intimate journey transforms him from observer to storyteller, driven by his passion to connect with nature and to expose the devastating impacts of climate change on this fragile ecosystem.

For US agent Greg Squire and a dedicated network of specialist undercover investigators around the world, the mission is clear: track and catch serial paedophiles who operate across the dark web with the same sophistication and secrecy as international organised crime syndicates. Increasingly, these offenders are far younger than the stereotypical image of a paedophile - tech-savvy young adults who exploit digital anonymity with alarming ease.

Aboard a ship, back when terrible pirates roamed the seven seas, a child, Mo, grows up with a crew of ragtag seadogs and the ship’s pet… goat. Having grown up into a brave girl, Mo must wrestle with her father’s career of piracy and overcome trials as she seeks to understand the enigma of her origin. Captured by the evil pirate Peg-Leg Olle, Mo bumps into cabin boy Hannes. Together with him, Claas and his motley crew, brave Mo will have to defeat Olle and find the Blood Red Blood Ruby of Doom, to restore peace and harmony to the land. Pirate Mo is a swashbuckling adventure full of heart, guts, and hope for a better world, led by a young girl whose goodness is matched only by her derring-do.

Götz Kubitschek is right-wing conservative, he says. Right-wing extremist, say others. He is an author, publisher and thought leader of the New Right. And above all one thing: German.

Munich, 1938: After his traditional Jewish restaurant was destroyed by the Nazis during Kristallnacht, restaurateur Richard Schwarz and charismatic jack-of-all-trades Edgar Enders hatch a daring plan. They open a sophisticated Jewish cooking school.

After a major argument with her childhood friend, an emotionally guarded woman begins to question the power dynamics at play, risking not only her circle of friends but also the relationship with her new girlfriend.

Iris and Ariel are 17-year-old twins, who live with their mother and older sister in an old house in the middle of a rocky island covered with molluscs and birds. The teenagers have grown up isolated from the mainland, in a sibling relationship that surpasses the limits of normal intimacy. The abrupt absence of their mother deeply wounds the three siblings, and Iris, moved by a strong need of separating herself from her brother, decides to go alone to the city for the first time.

WWII veteran, Ray, is a self-help guru in the afterlife, guiding us though breathing exercises and spiritual release. A former Nazi air force headquarters turned 90s daytime talk-show studio becomes the unlikely setting for collective healing of deep personal trauma. Complicated symbols and histories mix into a singular filmic experience.

Across rivers, national borders and black markets, this documentary delves into the billion-dollar world of glass eel smuggling. With exclusive access to key players and rare footage, the film reveals how the global appetite for eels is fuelling an ecological catastrophe.

Emil is spending his summer vacation with his grandmother in Berlin. But on the train there, he is robbed by the ruthless con artist Max Grundeis and a wild adventure begins! Together with his friends Pony, Gustav, Dienstag, Anh, and Jason, Emil sets off in pursuit and embarks on a fast-paced detective hunt across Berlin.

In the departure from animal testing, visionary researchers are redefining medicine with AI and artificial organs, but their greatest obstacle isn't disease—it's the scientific establishment that created them.

Sori dropped out after his studies and lives aimlessly in Cologne as a gallery assistant. He hides his true self from his family in Seoul. As he drifts through the city's late summer, finds solace in drawing, and memories of his military service resurface, it all comes together in a silent question about where we belong and the place we call home.

Where do we go when everyone wants their country back? A film about collective guilt and what remains between two people when an entire nation looks away.

The deep sea has long fascinated humanity, inspiring both wonder and fear of the unknown. Covering most of our planet, it remains largely unexplored. This documentary reveals rare underwater footage and extraordinary marine life while exploring how human resource extraction threatens a vital ecosystem - inviting us to see the deep sea as an essential part of Earth's future.

A young couple in 1973. Iria is a migrant worker from Spain; Hajo is a student from Germany. When Iria’s mother becomes terminally ill, they decide to leave Köln and take her back to Galicia. Their road trip leads them through a variety of social and political systems that existed in the 1970s, while their relationship comes to reflect the zeitgeist.

In 2030, retired actress Mrs. Winkler lives bitterly and marked by pain. When her daughter Emi accepts a theater offer, a care robot named Pavlovich takes over the care of her mother. Unexpectedly, his knowledge of classical plays seems to reawaken Mrs. Winkler's will to live...

Does the mask of the Makonde really have magic powers and can it settle the terrible quarrel between Johanna and her best friend? Johanna desperately needs the mask, but before her eyes it is stolen from Leipzig's Grassi Museum and Grandpa Kito is considered the prime suspect! Kito has just appeared from Tanzania and wants the mask, brutally stolen in colonial times, to return to his village. For Johanna, there is more at stake than unmasking the real thief - she must find her own identity.