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Nine young actors leave behind their daily lives in Berlin and travel to the country to audition for a summer theatre production to be performed in the ruins of an old church. A once-renowned Swiss director is using this week of rehearsals to find the lead for this production of “Hamlet”. The director is staying privately at the home of an old woman, but the actors are being put up at a run-down hotel with very thin walls.

Documentary about the current hustler scene in Berlin. Based on interviews with former and active prostitutes, the realities of male prostitutes in Berlin are treated. The film is objective, and records the hustler scene as a social Submilieu, which is characterized by both tragic fates, as well as everyday things and routines. Not only the direct sale of sexual services is discussed, but also other aspects associated with male prostitution: poverty, drug addiction, AIDS, crime, migration, love and partnership.

In the midst of a freezing winter on the island of Sylt, Cem comes across Jesús, who is on the verge of committing suicide. The two young men become fast friends, with their friendship unexpectedly threatening to develop into something more. Cem and Jesús - laconic, alienated loners - find their previously uneventful lives starting to spin out of control now that each has someone who means something to him.

A film about the search for your own truth, by and with Andy Brings (Ex-Sodom, Double Crush Syndrome).

Beate Zschäpe has broken her silence, but her statements raise doubts. The docudrama shows how interrogators tried to find out the truth from her in 2012.

The film Mandala by Christoph Hübner and Gabriele Voss shows in great calm and forcefulness the formation and destruction of the hitherto largest sand mandala in the "Bochumer Jahrhunderthalle zur Ruhrtriennale", created in 2011. Traditionally, sand mandalas scattered on certain ritual occasions in monasteries and the general public are hardly accessible

A story of a filmmaking crew traveling in Italy.

Sebastian (Mark Waschke) is a physics professor at the University of Jena and dealing for years with parallel universes. Meticulously, he tries to prove its existence scientifically. His college friend Oskar (Stipe Erceg), professor of theoretical physics at CERN in Geneva, smiles at Sebastian's firm belief in parallel universes and the many-worlds theory. In order to devote himself to the evidence in peace, Sebastian brings his son Nick to a summer camp, while his wife Maike (Bernadette Heerwagen) is on vacation in the mountains. At a rest stop Nick disappears out of the car and so for Sebastian a nightmare begins. Increasingly he is loosing more and more control. What really happened? It is fatal to his own theory? And who is this mysterious Schilf, which occurs abruptly in Sebastian's life?

In the supermarket young Lena happens to meet an old friend from school. For a little while, meeting him allows her to dream of another life - a life without her children.

Kevin lives in a time and place where everything is permitted and accepted. He wants to rebel – but against what? A tragicomedy about youth gasping for air in a cotton-candy world. A generation seeking a reason for its malaise and a way to shed the boredom – only to discover, at most, its own emptiness. That’s no way to start a revolution. Or perhaps?

Portraits of three single fathers.

HF496 - Super 8 (Black & White) film by Helga Fanderl

The story of a group of young American Christian fundamentalists on a mission to Berlin to try to bring the Germans back to Jesus.

When an investigative journalist returns home from the Congo to write an explosive book on uranium exports to Iraq, people around him begin to act suspiciously and alarming information about the disappearance of his girlfriend is revealed.

2023 and Karl The Butcher Jr Returns from hell after 25 years, and is on a mission to kill a new butcher, Axe. But the world he returns to is in devastation, civilization is split between gangs, including the Gang loco, The Others, the tyrant Queen Scara, The Black Monks, and of course, the nomads Axe and his sister Vendetta whose family history is unknown. An ultra-violent journey in a wasteland awaits...

Bertha Kinsky works as a governess in the Suttner household and has an affair with Arthur Suttner, the son of the house, who is a few years younger than her. When the affair is discovered, she is forced to leave the house and gets a job with Alfred Nobel. Nobel has become very rich thanks to the invention of dynamite. The somewhat reclusive Nobel and the prudent Bertha quickly take a liking to each other. But one day, Arthur Suttner appears on the doorstep, having broken with his family in order to marry Bertha. Bertha marries him and life drives the penniless couple to Russia, where they are confronted with the horrors of war. This experience turned Bertha von Suttner into a successful author on pacifism. She continued to cultivate a close friendship with Alfred Nobel. Nobel detested the war, but gradually realized that he could go down in the history books as a "warmonger" thanks to the invention of dynamite.

A tragic comedy about an 18-year old girl growing up near the new Berlin airport's construction site.

Last month, Gzuz released his second solo album, "Wolke 7" (Cloud 7). Just two or three months prior, he was on tour with his entire crew, traveling throughout Germany, Austria, and Switzerland for the entire month of March. The sheer scale of their success becomes even more apparent when you consider the venues where the five Hamburg natives now perform. They couldn't find a single venue that didn't hold at least 1,000 people. In their hometown, even the local sports arena was too small to accommodate all their fans, so the concert was moved to the Barclaycard Arena. But it's not just the size of the venues that has changed: they're also now wowing audiences with an amazing stage design, which recreates a section of their neighborhood (including a tattoo parlor). We followed the guys to their concerts in Berlin, Bremen, Hamburg, and Hanover and found out where the best hiding places are on the tour bus.

A documentary about new trends in reproductive technology. Language: mainly in Swiss German and German.

After a car accident, Pastor Peter Aebi (60) is in a persistent vegetative state. His dependent and unhappy wife Katharina (56) and his three adult children Eddi, Silvia, and Johannes must decide whether to let their husband and father live or—as he himself requested in his living will—let him die. Just then, Katharina rediscovers her zest for life thanks to the influence of a burglar who has been caught. And the neighbors suddenly believe that the coma patient is performing minor and major miracles.

Monika, 20, nearsighted and dependent on her family, fails a risky eye laser operation and loses her sight. Her mother, Birgit, overwhelmed, places her in a municipal home for the blind, where Monika receives proper care and overcomes depression. With newfound strength, she seeks independence, which displeases Birgit. Monika enrols in a physical therapy apprenticeship, finding a new connection to the world and balancing disability with autonomy.

Mongolia is known for its original Nomad culture as well as the spectacular natural landscape. Since gold deposits have been discovered however, both are threatened. Mongolians are breaking with their traditions and have started to plunder their land digging for gold. They are using mercury in their extraction of gold and thereby poisoning their environment. Gold rush rules Mongolia. The film tells the story of a couple of men who set forth on the search for the precious metal.

At the age of 12, Janny, Lisa, Debby and Michelle leave their home for a sports school in the East German province to become wrestlers. A documentary about coming-of-age between boarding school corridors, wrestling gyms and boy band posters.

The movie takes us on a journey through the periphery, which, despite being right on our doorstep, is entirely unfamiliar territory for most of us. Think of the late afternoon drive to IKEA. A trip through a characterless landscape that appears to express nothing whatsoever. It is as if we had parked the car on the hard shoulder, climbed over the barrier and fought our way through the brambles to the white areas on our mental map. The alleged no-man's land between dual carriageways and wastelands is inhabited by people who have claimed this territory for themselves, in order to create their own dominion-archipelagos in an almost incomprehensible void on the borders of the city, liberated spaces full of passion and extraordinary plans.

A new open-air spectacle under the stars brings Schlager queen Andrea Berg home to Aspach, where 35,000 fans transform her village into a music metropolis. Host Florian Silbereisen goes behind the scenes, at rehearsals, in wardrobe, and at Berg’s family home, to capture her pre-show jitters, wardrobe changes, and rituals (“Uncle Piti” on hand, her lucky charm, and mother by her side). On “Sternennacht,” Andrea and guests like DJ Ötzi and Xavier Naidoo perform her biggest hits in an intimate celebration of life, love, and music.

30 years after their last major title, Eintracht win the DFB Cup on 19 May 2018. It's a momentous occasion for both the club and the fans. The yearning of an entire region is satisfied and about 100,000 people rock Frankfurt's bank towers the next day. A film team accompanied the team from their arrival in Berlin for the match to the celebrations at the Römer in Frankfurt. The documentary provides exclusive insights into the inner workings of the team, recounting all of the emotions around the historic 3:1 victory over Bayern and the passion with which everyone involved worked to succeed in the final.

Anna, who is blind, dreams of becoming a pianist. Twice a week she plays in a bar for a small audience. Her work colleague Max is taken with her. When she embarks on a trip with him, feelings quickly arise that neither of them can hide. Anna is offered a place at Europe's best music academy, but Max can't come with her. Max unintentionally breaks up with Anna, but she realizes that Max is sacrificing himself for her.

This film portrait shows Ulrich Tukur on the stage of the Deutsches Schauspielhaus, where his career began, on the stage of the Elbphilharmonie concert hall and on his Tuscan farm. This is where he retreats when he needs peace and quiet. This private approach provides a very personal view of the actor, musician and writer Ulrich Tukur.

A relationship, two women standing in front of an abyss. Only one of them will succeed to free herself from dependence.

A student couple on the verge of separation attend the birthday party of a mutual friend. While dancing, a new woman enters the couple's lives. Neither of them finds happiness that night. - A story about the insurmountability of the attraction of feelings and their unpredictability.

Although Sebastián feels let down by his father Manuél, he wants to prove to him that he is not a failure. This puts him in a conflict between his own self-acceptance and yet another paternal rejection.

Who was this Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov, who became so famous and infamous under the name Lenin? Dreamer, theorist, founder of the state, predecessor of Stalin. His name is inextricably linked with the Russian October Revolution of 1917. He created Soviet power. When he died in 1924, he bequeathed the 20th century a new kind of despotism: the dictatorship of his cadre party. Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov, who became famous and infamous under the name Lenin, wanted to overthrow the monarchy, modernize Russia and spread socialism across the globe. Under Lenin's leadership, the Russian Social Democratic Workers' Party seized power in the Russian October Revolution of 1917. He wanted to liberate the peoples and yet he only fell for the age-old idol of uncontrollable power - and he unapologetically sacrificed millions of lives to this power.

Transplant surgeon Dr. Hellweg has two seriously ill teenagers at the top of her surgery list: 17-year-old Frank has been waiting for a donor liver for two years. A suitable organ has finally been found. But for his fellow patient and friend Dafina, this liver would also be the only chance of survival...

Christa is unperturbed by her son's game: The boy is a fan of "Starship Enterprise". The two of them cheerfully communicate as Kirk and Spock. It is therefore hardly noticeable that Christa develops the first signs of paranoia, especially as deep mistrust is spreading throughout the country: the story is set in the spring of 1986, when a nuclear disaster has just occurred in Chernobyl. Christa's husband has to watch helplessly as his wife drifts into madness.

In the second part of the "Katie Fforde" trilogy, Ursula Karven surprisingly finds an election family as Alicia Charles in Christmas New York. Alicia wants to start her skiing vacation when Will Hillinger, the guardian of the parentless Linus, ends up in prison: Will broke in with the singer Peggy Bloom. Alicia tries everything to save Linus Will from losing custody.

Chronicles the odyssey of a gay musician in Nazi Germany. Director Klaus Stanjek's cheerful Uncle Willi lived with his family, except when he was touring as a musician across Germany. Only when Willi turned 90 did his nephew Klaus Stanjek detect what his whole family had hidden: that Uncle Willi has spent eight years in Nazi camps and that he was gay. In a radical personal approach, veteran filmmaker Stanjek follows the complex turns that his family takes when they confront his Uncle Willi's secret. The result is a personal and political portrait of his beloved uncle, a talented singer and accordion player, that is one part historical inquiry and one part fascinating detective story.

Documentary about Italian cinema.

Prelude to Senses of Time [a solo exhibition by Wenhua Shi at RCM: the Museum of Classic Art, Nanjing]: depicts the lyrical and poetic passage of time. The work reflects on time and focuses on defining subjective and perceptual time with close attention to stillness, decay, disappearance and ruins. Dedicated to Phil Solomon.

The ruthless gangsters of New York and the rough cowboys of the dusty prairie; the magic of cinema and the rich sound of a symphony orchestra. The Danish National Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Sarah Hicks, performs masterful pieces by legendary film composer Ennio Morricone, accompanied by Sonny Bono, Bernard Herrmann and Nino Rota.

The first days of a true love affair between 2 boys in the city of Berlin... Two twenty-something boys have anonymous sex... The day after, they decide to date... They get to know each other, have fun, party and fall in love... Alex and Alexander have sex, then decide to date, explore the city and get to know each other... They party, they kite, they share their secrets... As they become more and more intimate, we wonder: are they falling in love? An urban, contemporary and unscripted real love story between two boys in the city of Berlin.

Home improvement queen Mona Nagel can't believe her eyes: her boss Timmermann's newly acquired finca on Mallorca, which she was supposed to "renovate" with just a few simple steps for the media, is a construction site. There is more to do here than Mona had expected. Under the watchful eye of photographer Max, the successful guidebook author and advertising figure of appliance manufacturer Timmermann is to open up the Spanish market for the family business with her campaign, which will culminate in a major press conference. What neither Mr. Timmermann nor Mona's publisher know: The "do it yourself" woman can't even screw in a light bulb properly. Wallpapering, painting or sanding wooden floorboards are bohemian villages for Mona. Now the misery is great, and Mona tries to hide her little to non-existent manual skills - and not just from the team of craftsmen hired by her boss and led by Lars.

There sits a human being on a rock, watching the clouds drift by. And it needs nothing for that. Not even a name, and no 'I' either. Thousands upon thousands of years later, the clouds are still drifting across the sky, and the stone is still the same. But it is empty, because the human being no longer has time to watch clouds drifting by. It has a name and its 'I'; it is currently searching for its destiny. And, as we all know, you don't find that by sitting around stupidly on stones. After much effort and deprivation, and with a little luck, one day it will have found its destiny. It will then sit on a rock and watch the clouds drift by. And 'I' will forget that it has a name. But there is still a long way to go until then. Sometimes it takes a LIFETIME.

Fanny Burkhard is a woman in her prime: attractive, fit and successful at work. Together with Roland Beck, she runs a management consultancy whose specialty is threading hostile company takeovers: large corporations that want to swallow small companies find cunning helpers in the duo. But the collaboration with her ex-boyfriend Roland, who once left her for a younger woman, is noticeably troubling Fanny - she has been suffering from insomnia for three years. She urgently needs distance and a change of scenery.

Erik(a) Schinegger – the ski star who became a media sensation. Erika was hailed as a champion skier, until a sex test determined that she was a he – and Erik was rejected and accused of fraud. A story based on real life, a tale about nature and the taboo subjects of 1970s society.

David's and Jessy's love is put to the test when Jessy unintentionally gets pregnant. The thought of becoming a father causes David to panic. Later, when they are attacked in the train and David is unable to protect his girlfriend, David's fear of not being man enough is confirmed. In desperation, he starts to inject steroids. David develops aggressive traits and becomes a threat to his girlfriend and the unborn child.