Gender

  • Kick It Like a Girl

    Kick It Like a Girl

    Documentary, Independent

    2023

    16+

    "Girls can't play soccer" - Pauline, Chayenne, Eriona and Liv prove that this is obviously nonsense in this documentary series.


  • She Is a Good Boy

    She Is a Good Boy

    Drama

    2022

    26min

    16+

    When Ava's father Gunter, a classic macho dude, shows up at her door, worlds collide.


  • Motorcity

    Motorcity

    Documentary, Independent

    2021

    1h.27min

    16+

    A compelling exploration of the complexities of American life, history, and society through the lens of the unique and fascinating sport drag racing.


  • Soldier Ahmet

    Soldier Ahmet

    Documentary, Independent

    2021

    1h.16min

    16+

    Ahmet, a champion boxer and professional soldier, starts taking acting lessons. On stage he comes face to face with his own internal battles.


  • Alice Schwarzer

    Alice Schwarzer

    Biography

    2022

    2h.16min

    16+

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


  • Johanna Dohnal - Visionary of Feminism

    Johanna Dohnal - Visionary of Feminism

    Biography, Documentary

    2021

    1h.47min

    16+

    Johanna Dohnal, icon of the Austrian women's movement and first Minister for Women's Affairs, shaped the Alpine Republic like hardly any other.


  • Room Without a View

    Room Without a View

    Documentary, Independent

    2021

    1h.13min

    16+

    Slavery has never ended. It has just assumed other names and ways to conceal itself.


  • I Am the Tigress

    I Am the Tigress

    Documentary

    2021

    1h.20min

    16+

    Tischa Thomas is a 47-year-old bodybuilder who has undergone a remarkable transformation. She challenges conventional notions of femininity.


  • Stories from the Sea

    Stories from the Sea

    Documentary

    2021

    1h.26min

    16+

    This documentary portrays women who embark on a sea voyage thus challenging traditional gender roles just by being there.


  • My Body, My Rules

    My Body, My Rules

    Documentary, Love & Sex

    2017

    1h.11min

    16+

    A transgressive and political film about female nudity and how it is depicted.


  • The Gulls

    The Gulls

    Drama

    2015

    1h.27min

    16+

    Elza lives in a small town on the Caspian Sea. While her husband catches fish illegally, she dreams of breaking out of her small world.


  • Wild Roses

    Wild Roses

    Drama

    2017

    1h.29min

    16+

    Anna Jadowska's fifth feature film illustrates the inner struggle of a woman who comes into conflict with patriarchal power structures.


  • Eye Candy

    Eye Candy

    Biography, Documentary

    2019

    1h.0min

    16+

    In the formerly male-dominated world of wrestling, a courageous woman struggles to be taken seriously as an athlete and performer.


  • Where to, Miss?

    Where to, Miss?

    Documentary, Independent

    2016

    1h.23min

    16+

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


  • The Lady Anatomist

    The Lady Anatomist

    Documentary

    2019

    55min

    16+

    Wax portraits of an unknown woman are the focus of this medical-historical thriller which turns rigid 18th century role models on its head.


  • Do Not Fear

    Do Not Fear

    Documentary, Queer

    2019

    1h.6min

    16+

    Germany's only trans* pastor.


  • We will survive

    We will survive

    Documentary, Queer

    2018

    29min

    16+

    At the Julie-Roger-Haus in Frankfurt am Main, a care facility for seniors of all sexual orientations, "grandpa is finally allowed to be gay" (FAZ).


  • Young, Fragile

    Young, Fragile

    Drama

    2020

    25min

    16+

    A Tinder date encourages young Leonid to live out his own definition of "masculinity" in a world of changing gender roles.


  • Amorous, Antiquated, Audacious

    Amorous, Antiquated, Audacious

    Documentary, Queer

    2009

    1h.4min

    16+

    This ambitious directorial debut chronicles lesbian lifestyles and social networking in Vienna in the 1950s and 60s.


  • Bacha Posh

    Bacha Posh

    Icons & Media Art

    2015

    29min

    16+

    In restrictive Afghanistan, there are girls who are raised as boys and this is culturally established.


  • With God's Grace

    With God's Grace

    Documentary, Independent

    2016

    1h.30min

    16+

    At the age of 17, the Gambian woman Sadi fled from the genital mutilation. Through the Sahara, Libya and across the Mediterranean to Sicily.


  • Absurdistan

    Absurdistan

    Comedy, Love & Sex

    2008

    1h.27min

    16+

    In the distant country of ABSURDISTAN, the men are lazy, whereupon the women go on a sex strike.


  • Be There

    Be There

    Queer, Drama

    2017

    1h.21min

    16+

    A reclusive man must break out of his self-imposed prison. But neither he nor the outside world is ready for it.


  • If You Die, I'll Kill You

    If You Die, I'll Kill You

    Drama

    2011

    1h.31min

    16+

    Philippe, who has just been released from prison, meets Avdal, a Kurd who is looking for an Iraqi war criminal.


  • The Peacekeepers and the Women

    The Peacekeepers and the Women

    Documentary, Independent

    2003

    1h.20min

    16+

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


  • Pashke and Sofia

    Pashke and Sofia

    Documentary, Queer

    2003

    30min

    16+

    Documentary about an age-old Albanian custom that lets women change their social gender by taking the oath of a “sworn virgin”.


  • Anna Piaggi: A Dreamer In The Fashion World

    Anna Piaggi: A Dreamer In The Fashion World

    Biography

    2016

    53min

    16+

    Celebrated in the world of fashion for her eccentric outfits, Anna Piaggi was living testimony to the fusion of art, society and culture.


  • The Discarded Father

    The Discarded Father

    Documentary, Independent

    2008

    1h.22min

    16+

    Douglas Wolfsperger meets fathers who share his fate: They can't see their own children, because the ex-partners prohibit any contact.


  • Ipanema lip-synch

    Ipanema lip-synch

    Icons & Media Art

    2003

    3min

    16+

    IPANEMA LIP SYNC is a queer karaoke video short from Berlin filmmaking icon Michael Brynntrup.


  • Homo Erectus

    Homo Erectus

    Icons & Media Art

    1989

    1h.16min

    16+

    An amusing journey through the Berlin Drag-Queen scene of the 80s in five short films by Michael Brynntrup.