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On a fuel-supplying oil tanker in rivers, Old Maqbool, a compassionate cook, wishes luck to all the crew. But the power-hungry helmsman suspects him of being a spy for the vessel owner and harasses him all the time. During port maintenance, Maqbool befriends Noora, a young stowaway seeking refuge. The helmsman exploits the downtime to smuggle oil, which attracts the owner's attention. During a sudden visit, impressed with Maqbool's cooking, the owner allows Noora to stay as his assistant. Desperate to hide his deeds, the helmsman falsely accuses Noora of theft, sparking a web of lies and friction among the crew.

After Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, Ukrainians abroad decide to confront the challenge and join the volunteer center "Blue-Yellow Cross" in Cologne to provide humanitarian aid. Vika, recently returned from Ukraine, and Anna, whose daughter is still in Ukraine, because she is waiting for her dad, he is currently serving in the military. The film reflects the dedication of Ukrainians who left their country and caring individuals actively participating in the volunteer movement to assist those affected by the war.

The death of a winemaker leaves Sifkovits unmoved – what with a fermentation gas accident, there's something going on, or in this case, something in the vine! Of course, the "Burgenland Columbo" isn't deterred by trivialities like his boss's order not to investigate under any circumstances.

The film tells the story of Jasmin and Demian; childhood friends who lost touch years ago and find each other again.

In the center of Hamburg, the discovery of an unexploded bomb from the Second World War not only leads to a far-reaching evacuation, but also to an interpersonal state of emergency.

Roland Emmerich himself and many of his companions provide insights into his life. With films such as Independence Day, 2012, and The Day After Tomorrow, he probably became the most successful director of disaster movies. But there were also failures.

The Berliner Philharmoniker dedicate their New Year's Eve concert to famous lovers from the repertoire, embodied with intensity by French tenor Benjamin Bernheim. On the program: Don José (Carmen by Georges Bizet), Lenski (Eugene Onegin by Tchaikovsky), Werther (in the opera of the same name by Jules Massenet) and Romeo (Charles Gounod's Roméo et Juliette). Conducted by Kirill Petrenko, works by Gabriel Fauré, Emmanuel Chabrier, and George Gershwin round out this festive program.

Noah, 35, retreats to a beloved lakeside cabin to quietly end it all. But when his ex-wife Lizzy arrives unannounced, his carefully laid exit unravels — in ways neither of them saw coming.

Nate is trying to relax, his date with Kayla is coming up. But when his original plan is thwarted, panic sets in and a jar of chewing gum falls to the floor - absolute chaos. But instead of giving up, he has an idea.

The actor and musician turns 65 on March 26, 2025. Time for a portrait. Axel Prahl is known to a wide audience for his role as Chief Inspector Frank Thiel in the popular “Tatort” series from Münster, a character he has embodied with gruff charm since 2002.

Marie races along the highway at 240 km/h. On this August night, she doesn't want to be anywhere else. She stops at a gas station for one last cigarette and one last Capri Sun. A quiet but final farewell. But suddenly Gerlinde is standing in front of her car, and two lost souls find each other. Together they make their way south to Albania, to the childhood home of Gerlinde's deceased partner Marieta. At rest stops, in hostels and at sunsets, they meet people who want to break free - and the dissimilar women begin to question their decisions and quietly dare to hope for a new beginning.

At the Rheingau Festival, violinist Renaud Capuçon, cellist Julia Hagen and the Bamberg Symphony conducted by Jakub Hrusa perform Brahms's 'Double Concerto for Violin and Cello'.

An industrial slaughterhouse somewhere in Germany. Jakob is a security guard, while Boris from Bosnia does the slaughtering. Amid the cold and the violence, a silent bond develops between the two, as does an unspoken longing for freedom.

Three disguised Nazi women attack Liza at a train station and flee the scene, causing a serious car accident. Liza ends up in the same hospital as Vanessa, the only survivor of the crash. Liza wants to uncover the truth about the attack, but deeply rooted prejudices and racist structures—both within the police force and the families of the young women—shake Liza’s reality and call societal values into question. Vanessa struggles with her guilt and tries to find a way to face Liza. But Liza already has plans of her own…

In search of her friends, an old lady enters the 'Amazing Kitsuverse' – a virtual paradise where anything is possible with a simple clap of the hands. There she meets the guardian of the realm: a clever little fox.

After her father had an accident and fell into a coma, young Paula searches for a feeling of security. Desperately, she fights to save not only her father's farm - which has always been her beloved home - but also for his life.

A portrait of a modern family between collapse and new beginnings dealing with the big issues of our times, in a world that is reeling. Tim, Milena, their almost grown-up twins Frieda and Jon and their illegitimate son Dio - this is the Engels family, who seemingly have nothing left to hold them together when housekeeper Farrah enters their lives. The mysterious Syrian woman puts the Engels' emotional world to an unexpectedly wild test.

Scenes from the seminar "Lange Sprechen." Angela Schanelec, HFBK Summer Semester 2024.

The story of a friendship between two dissimilar women: On the one hand, single mother Anja, who tries to keep herself and her daughter afloat with various jobs. On the other, Isabell, who looks after her parents in need of care and whose relationship with her husband Philipp is put to the test.

For a hundred years, the former fishing village of Campione d'Italia, an Italian enclave in Switzerland, has drawn enormous wealth from a monumental casino. There is hardly a resident who has not benefited economically or socially from it. But the bankruptcy of this colossus destroys all prospects and autonomy. The reopening gives the village one last chance.

Milagros stretches a carefree youth in her last years of fertility while Jonathan seeks solace in Grindr to overcome abandonment issues. A delirious road movie, full of music, where a mysterious mermaid will set the course of the journey....

Amidst a devastated landscape, two survivors discover a mysterious, moss-covered sanctuary where hope and fear collide.

Between 1979 and 2016, trans people in Norway were forced to undergo sterilisation, depriving them of their right to bear children. Kris has dreamed of becoming a father since kindergarten. Anticipating a euphoric pregnancy, he exudes a sage positivity despite past and present injustices. Together with Sindre and David, and their devoted families, Kris becomes a part of the resistance forging change

Latvian mezzo-soprano Elīna Garanča is one of the greatest voices of our time. Accompanied by the CHAARTS ensemble, she performs the most beautiful arias from Bizet's Carmen, including the famous Habanera, in a unique arrangement for chamber ensemble.

The ingenious and uncompromising scientist Pouya and her friend Joro are trying to create the perfect simulation - a new world. In the process, they enter into a battle with the mega-corporation, RenJi. It is a battle Pouya can only win if she merges with the machine, the AI EXIT, and becomes the impulse for the emergence of the new world herself.

A downpour, a taxi, a ride through forgotten pasts and lost futures and a decision: which of these do we want to keep?

Forced to leave Sudan for East Africa following the outbreak of war, five citizens of Khartoum — a civil servant, a tea lady, a resistance committee volunteer, and two young bottle collectors — reenact their stories of survival and freedom through dreams, revolution, and civil war.

Last bastion of freedom of expression or playground for extremists and criminals? Opinions are divided on the messaging service Telegram. Just like on its mysterious founder, tech billionaire Pavel Durov. Is this man an uncompromising advocate of radical freedom or an accomplice of criminals of all kinds? Author Aleksandr Urzhanov searches for answers.

A recently laid-off accountant desperate to strike it rich uses a backdoor prompt to unlock his AI assistant’s full power—only to discover that his wish for wealth and fame comes with deadly consequences.

Palestinian-Syrian teenager Nasser and his older brother Yassin have been living in a Greek refugee camp, awaiting a decision on their asylum application. They pass the time recording comedy sketches, fantasizing of making zombie films and moving to Sweden. Nasser, however, feels increasingly trapped in this no-man’s-land. With nowhere to escape, Boiling tensions in the camp push Nasser to another world.

A young couple get married with high ideals and hidden pasts. An intimate exploration of traumas and how to negotiate shame, anger and love.

The two people in their late thirties, Constanze and Jens, have a very stressful daily life. Their situation intensifies when their ten-year-old son Luis begins having problems at school. The parents now find themselves in conflict between fulfilling societal conventions and trying to protect their son. The existing values of both are put to a severe test. They underestimate how much Luis is being bullied at school and that he urgently needs help.

Beatrice, a gynecologist seeking escape in Berlin’s club scene, and Alex, a defiant trans club manager juggling parenthood and protest, begin to fight for the right to their bodies and discover unexpected support in each other while facing difficulties of what is expected of them. Although they could not be more different, a close friendship develops between them, which soon ends up in a new understanding of what family means.

In recent years, Hollywood productions have turned away from sensuality. Is the sex scene on the verge of extinction or reinvention? Alongside film professionals and researchers, this documentary deciphers a trend that speaks volumes about the evolution of the industry and our societies.

A CGI short film rendered in a game engine, presenting a surreal vision of drone swarms scavenging for e-waste. Unfolding an expansive landfill, the work is a commentary on geopolitics of waste and theater of post-modern conflicts.

American Robben Ford started out playing jazz saxophone because he admired Paul Desmond. But he soon swapped this instrument for an electric guitar. A few years later, Musician magazine named him one of the 100 best guitarists of the 20th century. Big names in jazz, rock and pop, including Joni Mitchell, Jimmy Witherspoon, Miles Davis, Bill Evans and Bob Dylan, asked him to join their bands.

Alaska is a wordless experimental film with a simple, droning soundtrack that sounds as if it is a piece for violin and refrigerator hum.

In Lithuania, soprano Asmik Grigorian and tenor Dmytro Popov join forces with the Kaunas Symphony Orchestra for a high-profile opera concert at the city's St. Peter and St. Paul Cathedral. The programme features excerpts from works by Verdi, Bellini and César Franck.

In a hot summer during the Covid pandemic, the property management decides to renovate Karsten’s apartment and evicts him. Whether he’ll be able to quickly find something new in Cologne is uncertain. But Karsten remains relaxed. He packs his mattress into the borrowed moving van and turns it into an improvised home. Sophie and Miray also urgently need a place to live and join Karsten. For a while, their set-up seems perfect. However, a few days turn into months. Too much closeness and the impending autumn chill take a toll on the three of them.

While searching for the fountain of youth, the three best friends Romy, Karlheinz and Magda Gustav encounter a witch. She announces that the reincarnation of Empress Elisabeth is among them. They urgently need to find out who, otherwise the ghost will strike them down. A Sisi competition ensues - after all, who wouldn't want to be Empress and the once most beautiful woman in the world?

Discovering the world’s most prestigious orchestras. In this episode: founded in 1888, the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra continues to inspire its young conductor, Klaus Mäkelä. Before him, great composers worked closely with the orchestra, including Richard Strauss, Claude Debussy, Sergei Rachmaninoff, Igor Stravinsky and Gustav Mahler.

Rosa, alone in her house in southern Italy which she built herself. Her children and grandchildren still live in Germany. This is not the way she thought it would be. Must she let go of her legacy?

Luxembourgish presenter, director, producer, and actress Désirée Nosbusch, born in 1965, is a woman of many talents. After starting out in radio at the age of 12, she landed her first role on the big screen four years later, then presented the Eurovision Song Contest in five languages at the age of just 19. Over the years, she has hosted popular TV shows and starred in more than 30 films and TV dramas, establishing herself as a major figure in European cinema.

When Resi and her clique get into a fatal accident on their trip to the Alps, they find themselves in a Bavarian afterlife authority that will decide their fate. Elysium, purgatory, rebirth - anything seems possible. When it becomes clear that the group lacks all conviction, the question arises: what the hell happens to someone who didn't believe in anything when they were alive?

Over a dozen current and former pilots take us into the cockpits of legendary fighter planes and into the heart of legendary battles. They come from various nations, and their service ranges from the air battles of the First World War to the front lines in Ukraine. Some are well-known names. Others have had to keep their activities—and even their identities—secret. Some have broken down barriers and forged new paths. All have exciting stories to tell.