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Travelers have wandered the Irish countryside for centuries. They were tinsmiths, harvesters and migrant laborers, fortune- and story-tellers, horse-traders and peddlers, knife grinders and scrap dealers, always performing a welcome chore for the settled society. As the centuries went by the so called tinkers adjusted their lifestyle to the changing conditions. Today, however, their traditional life on the road is coming to an end. "Rules of the Road" is a contemporary road movie forgoing the familiar cliché of romantic escape. Instead it focuses on Irish travelers who not only herald a sweeping economic migration, but also are the living exponents of an odyssey. An odyssey reflecting the state of mind in an absolute industrial society. The Irish travelers have no place to go. And they never had a place there they could stay. —Oliver Herbrich

Documentary film.

“17 June 1990, East Berlin. The GDR will exist for another three months. No more time to commemorate all those who stood up in ’53, showed civil courage and were vanquished. This film is dedicated to them.” This is what we hear from offscreen as the film opens, to images of a rally for the victims of 17 June.

The film describes the process of silk production on my parents' rice farm in South Korea during my childhood. From the tiny egg of the silkworm butterfly to the silk-tailored burial gown of my 80-year-old mother. This journey is described less from the perspective of a rational human approach to nature and more from the perspective of the "magical world" of my childhood.

"This film was shot from a parked car. One observes and is observed…" —Milena Gierke

The death of a young woman in a remote village in the Eifel region changes the previously tranquil life overnight. Prophecies come true, believers make pilgrimages to the grave of the dead, and the Vatican itself investigates an alleged "miracle." A priest who has secretly long since lost his faith is sent to Hamburg to follow the trail of the dead woman and is confronted with his own history as he traces her life.

Portrait of the former mining town of Butte, Montana, which has fallen into oblivion since the closure of the coal mines and mourns its former prosperity.

"Another investigation in camera destruction. This one is more meditative, as it was shot at 64 frames per second." –T.F.

Interview with Peter Nestler about his filmmaking practice conducted and directed by Christoph Hübner

One of the two documentaries portray theater director Einar Schleef in Vienna and New York, alternating between observations of his work and interview segments in which Schleef reflects on theater and culture in general. Other individuals also have their say, notably Elfriede Jelinek.

"Housekeeping" is about hotel rooms, how they are used fleetingly by guests, and about those who have been cleaning the same rooms for years. The way in which each room is occupied individually stands in contrast to the chamber maids' daily experience of cleaning countless rooms, all of them identical in design and appearance. In a field of tension between the chamber maids' work and their knowledge of the short-term inhabitants of the rooms the film visualizes an aspect of daily life which is often experienced but rarely reflected.

In order to justify interpreting the Oresteia as a representation of the "birth of democracy" (P. Stein), one has to repress a lot, for example the sacrifice of Iphigenia or Elektra's feminist rebellion. The Oresteia represents an "Egyptian" material, situated between Europe and Asia, incomprehensible to both. That makes it interesting for a possible, currently necessary rapprochement between the two parts of the world. One would need, Müller says, to undertake a completely new translation, because in the existing ones the irrational elements have already been smoothed over.

It was the most spectacular hostage situation and at the same time one of the most sensational crimes in German criminal history: the Gladbeck hostage drama kept Germany in suspense from August 16-18, 1988. 54 hours of fear. On August 16, shortly before 8 a.m., Gladbeck, northern Ruhr area. Hooded and armed with MPs, Hans-Jürgen Rösner and Dieter Degowski penetrate a bank. They take two bank employees hostage, want an escape car and a ransom of 300,000 marks. What then followed with an odyssey through the Ruhr area, northern Germany and the Netherlands was a scenario in which all those involved - perpetrators and victims, police and journalists - lost control over their actions. In the end there were three deaths, many injured, grief and anger, mutual blame and the attempt to draw consequences for the future from the inconceivable event.

An older man walks slowly down the pavement. He doesn‘t notice that he’s being filmed. He appears to be from another world, completely in his own thoughts. Suddenly, without any apparent reason, he stops in his tracks. Other pedestrians continue, in their accustomed, hurried manner, past him.

A short film by Alexander Kluge.

Documentary short by Romuald Karmakar.

After the collision of two asteroids, the Apparatspott from Lower German city of Sulingen meets the damaged second-generation Enterprise of Captain Picard. From this the Apparatspott receives the order to get needed spare parts and to set up warning rockfall traffic signs around the collision area. But during the mission, the Apparatspott accidentally destroys an alien beer freighter, resulting in a galactic beer shortage.

In late 1990 times are changing in Zehdenick, Brandenburg: Russian troops are leaving, the German Reunification brings euphoria and new hope, but unemployment rises steadily.

Müller describes Ovid's Metamorphoses, Golding's translation of which (1603) was one of Shakespeare's sources, as an encyclopedia of the Greek myths, its dramatic central theme being the transformation of human beings into animals, plants, stones---either as a punishment or out of a need to escape.

Documentary film with dramatized scenes about trombonist Abbie Conant, who faced discrimination as a woman in the Munich Symphony Orchestra...

Impressions of a journey on the Transrapid maglev train.

Short film directed by Anja Czioska.

This is the same type of film as the one made in Rotterdam in 1991. I tried to film myself while I was taking a shower, but the steam and fog are the main elements.

Captain Buchholz has been studying soil hardness, earth's gravitational pull, and the consistency of tree trunks and root systems for years. Since 1962, he has been weighing the earth and collecting samples. And he has noticed that the weight changes from year to year. The earth is becoming lighter and the soil looser. Stones that Buchholz throws to the ground take longer to land than they used to. Flying insects are no longer able to be held on the ground by the gravitational pull of the earth. He sets off and secures trees.

A misguided young man who spends his days fighting, picking on other people, and taking drugs is to be reformed. To this end, two reluctant angels appear to show him the right path. But the angels aren't exactly angels either. The undertaking proves more difficult than one might think. Because when love and a little jealousy come into play, there are no longer any rules to obey.

Documentary about the McDonnell Douglas DC-10. The film accompanies the DC-10 and its crew, consisting of Captain Stefan Hess, First Officer Michael Beretz and Flight Engineer Joachim Siehndel, on their flight on July 11, 1994 from Frankfurt to Beijing. In addition, interesting insights into the history of the DC-10 are shown.

Documentary about the Roma theater of the same name in Kosice, Slovakia, which is organized and run exclusively by Roma and is unique in Europe. After more than 40 years of silence and social and artistic exclusion of the Roma, ROMATHAN is a first cautious step toward carving out a "space of normality" in an otherwise hostile environment. The ensemble has given us an insight into its everyday theater life, and we encounter its members as artistic and creative people who are learning to regain their dignity and self-confidence.

This film traces the story of the German-Jewish Auerbach family of oppingen, Germany from 1933 through 1945. The film begins with home movies in the 1930s and follows Inge Auerbach from her hometown to her deportation to Theresienstadt, where she suffered for 3 1/2 years and was among the 100 children who survived. Rare footage is accompanied by on-camera interviews of Inge and her mother on a return visit to their town, and to Theresienstadt, where an amazing amount of photographs and documents were saved. Interviews with former Nazi Party members, townspeople and the switchboard operator from Theresienstadt are conducted by German high school students and exposes German citizens who attempt to deny and conceal their involvement in the Holocaust.

Film by Telscher.

Ion Garnica, sweating after dancing, goes to take a shower.

Using the example of a couple in love, this industry film demonstrates the industry's visions for car sharing, electromobility, smartphone use and in-car navigation.

An unconventional relationship, erotically revealing skin next to fur under strobe lighting. The dog's coat and eyes are sensually invit-ing. A husky female voice sings "You are such a wild girl and I want to get close to you and I want to feel you."

The discussion begins with the parable of a frog in boiling water. It comes from the book "Post-heroic Management: A Manual" by Dirk Baecker, which is what Heiner Müller is currently reading at the time of the discussion.

An examination of gender roles in the Philippines and the lives of macho dancers, bar boys, and their customers.

A zombie brings a jack-o-lantern to life to collect enough blood for him to come to life.

"Toying with string" is painting transformed into film. Color, threads, stones, various natural elements give birth to images constantly changing in form. This metamorphosis is made visible – we see one thing arising from another and giving birth to something new. “Toying with string is by two sisters, one is a painter, the other a filmmaker. A new quality develops from the knowledge each one brings. The film is lively and leaves a free and happy feeling”

Heinrich George was a German actor who began his career in silent film. Although he was an active member of the German Communist Party before the Nazis came to power, he could be seen in many fascist propaganda films in the 1930s and during World War II. After the war, George, his wife and children were imprisoned by the Red Army in Sachsenhausen. George died during an appendectomy in 1946.

The subject of his own experiment, Höller consumes fly agaric mushrooms and is ostensibly affected. He describes his experience before he starts to sing a German Christmas carol for children, “Ihr Kinderlein Kommet” (O, Come, Little Children) more or less comprehensibly in overtones.