Conflict

In her harsh milieu study, Gina Wenzel tells the story of youth violence from the perpetrator's perspective.

"Don’t become like my father" - a credo that will drive Alex, a man on the run from himself, to the edge of reason.

A poignant tale of lost innocence, young Dib navigates the tumultuous landscape of 1950s Damascus following his father's death.

A slap in the face as the ultimate answer to all your problems.

Under the crushing emotional burden of his terminally ill father and violent brother, 14-year-old Daniel seeks refuge with two outcasts.

During the final prayer of the German Catholic Bishops' Conference in 1991, one of the most spectacular protest actions takes place.

A striking documentary by renowned photojournalist David Klammer about protesters fighting to stop the clear-cutting at the Dannenröder Forest.

Cinematic memorial to the highly controversial icon of the German women's movement who helped shape feminist discourse for over 50 years.

When a refugee from Ghana requests to participate in a traditional Christian procession, differing opinions divide a small Italian town.

The merciless fighting between militias in the region around Mount Lebanon ended in reprisals against civilians.

This film sensitively shows how two war orphans, in the face of an inhumane policy of conquest and the loss of their home, support each other.

The loving portrait of a life on a lurching course, but one that never went off the rails.

DEADLOCK hints at what German film could have become without all the state subsidized funding of navel-gazing and art for art's sake.

A Delhi woman's rocky road to her own cab license.

A haunting psychogram of an entire generation of ex-GDR citizens who have not yet fully accepted that they now live in the Federal Republic of Germany

On 3 summer afternoons, a family meets up a beautiful house in an upscale Berlin neighborhood. They come together but ultimately drift further apart.

Romantic drama with Romy Schneider, Klaus Kinski and Jacques Dutronc, directed by Andrzej Żuławski.

Karen, a young math teacher, is involved in a traffic accident for which she is not to blame. The accident causes the death of a girl on a scooter.

This film immerses us directly into the daily lives of three women who are trapped in violent, abusive relationships.

An ex-Salafist and an ex-Neo-Nazi confront their past. Dominic Schmitz and Felix Benneckenstein were trapped in an ideology for years.

This documentary tells the incredibly shocking story of how a Nazi officer became a top politician and UN Secretary General.

In the summer of 2017, 6,000 neo-Nazis from all over Europe gathered in Themar for the largest right-wing rock concert of the German post war era.

A group of young city dwellers celebrate New Year's Eve in a Tyrolean mountain hut, engaging in a alcohol fueled conflict with the locals.

In the face of an unfathomable tragedy, a young couple manages to focus on love and the good in life.

Sophie and Wolfram meet in the hospital and set off together on their final journey. Both are terminally ill with cancer.

A sequence of everyday-scenarios develops in synchronisation across what seems like a regular night in the city.

During the cold war, West Germany hid its institutionalized human rights abuse in residential care facilities.

“What the hell is happening to my country?” After Trump was elected, filmmaker Susanne Brandstaetter investigates the growing divide in the USA.

What is the connection between computer technology, hippie culture, mathematics, terrorism, the research of consciousness in the 1950s and paranoia?

In dystopian Germany - just a breath away from our current reality - the return of the wolf triggers a mysterious fascination among the citizens.

Meeting his old school "friends" reveals old wounds. But Heriberto has changed...

The documentary SHALOM SALAM tells about the conflict in the Middle East through the eyes of Israeli and Palestinian children.

An experimental account of the protest culture at the G8 summit in Heiligendamm, Germany.

Germany in the near future: a group flees from violent demonstrations, night curfews and bomb attacks out of Berlin.

Militarization and prostitution: When peacekeeping troops moved into Kosovo and Bosnia-Herzegovina, trafficking in women quickly followed suit.

Black-comedy short SOLOMON'S STONE, directed by Ramzi Maqdisi, is adapted from the novel Blue Light by Hussein Barghouty.

Over a hundred years ago, "Togoland", now the Republic of Togo and part of present-day Ghana, was a colonial possession of the German Empire.

BEHIND FORTUNE by Malte Wirtz (FULL PAULA) is a story about a father attempts to get in touch with his estranged son at any cost.

A man and woman fall in love and are expecting a child. A few months before the birth, the pregnant woman leaves her partner and breaks off contact.

A little lie can have big consequences... huge, monstrous, unimaginable consequences. Inspired by a true story.

One of Europe's strangest borders lies between the Republic of Moldova and the de facto autonomous region of Transnistria.

Beckermann's subjects offer a dramatic range of candid opinions about Arab-Jewish relations, immigration, the intifada, religion, and the economy.

Three young actors are rehearsing a play called 'Youth is Shit' at the Vienna Theater Experiment. The situation quickly becomes explosive.

Berlinale Short Film winner JULIAN by Matthew Moore tells of a fourth grader who feels the strong urge to tell the truth and who runs into trouble for ...

Two men, who loved the same woman, meet in the mountains and then starts a inscrutable game.