Label: Darling Berlin

No rules. No compromise. Deeply funny, genuinely moving and refreshingly different. Often underfunded but with a lot of heart and a story to tell, a whole new generation of filmmakers and actors is producing movies that are down to earth yet skillfully defy expectations. With the Berlin audience already convinced, Darling Berlin has been dedicated to making these movies accessible to the rest of the world.
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  • Talk to Me

    Talk to Me

    Drama

    2023

    1h.19min

    16+

    When a mother and her daughter take a vacation at the Baltic Sea, it quickly turns into a journey into the past that opens up old wounds.


  • Monolith

    Monolith

    Drama, Thriller

    2023

    1h.12min

    16+

    A 24-hour odyssey through Berlin, full of subtle tension and existential questions.


  • Youth Topia

    Youth Topia

    Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy

    2023

    1h.25min

    16+

    In a world driven by algorithms, a group of "forever teenagers" rebel against the dictates of self-optimization.


  • Junk Space Berlin

    Junk Space Berlin

    Thriller, Sci-Fi & Fantasy

    2023

    1h.45min

    16+

    Welcome to the marginal deviation of reality. An inexplicable rift runs through the dystopian Berlin and four outsiders venture to find their friend.


  • Notes of Berlin

    Notes of Berlin

    Comedy, Drama

    2021

    1h.43min

    16+

    A film in episodes based on the trend blog "Notes of Berlin" that sheds light on the urban madness of everyday life.


  • Second Thoughts

    Second Thoughts

    Drama, Comedy

    2021

    1h.25min

    16+

    In poetic tableaux, filmmaker Zora Rux tells a surrealistic-comic story about the search for the true self.


  • Dancing Quietly

    Dancing Quietly

    Comedy, Drama

    2016

    1h.21min

    16+

    An authentic and quietly directed personal love letter to all those whose greatest struggle is to just get out of bed every day.


  • Away You Go

    Away You Go

    Drama, Independent

    2018

    1h.16min

    16+

    Compassionate mumblecore-style drama about a young woman's struggles with the expectations placed on her by her partner and friends.


  • Swimming

    Swimming

    Drama

    2018

    1h.41min

    16+

    Teens Elisa and Anthea devise a sinister and destructive game as a way to sustain their mismatched friendship.


  • Mann im Spagat: Pace, Cowboy, Pace

    Mann im Spagat: Pace, Cowboy, Pace

    Comedy

    2017

    1h.29min

    16+

    A delightfully absurd Berlin comedy about bicycle messengers, new age esoterica, and saving the world.


  • Datsche

    Datsche

    Independent, Comedy

    2018

    1h.34min

    16+

    A naïve New Yorker retreats to his dead grandfather's summer cottage (datsche in German) but instead of peace he finds Adam, a refugee in hiding.


  • Character One: Susan

    Character One: Susan

    Biography, Independent

    2020

    1h.24min

    16+

    Susan is a glamorous train wreck: a delusional drug-addict and psychotic who compares herself to the likes of Maria Callas and Romy Schneider.


  • Lost in the Living

    Lost in the Living

    Drama

    2018

    1h.17min

    16+

    A young Irish musician immerses himself into Berlin nightlife after a concert and loses more than just his friends in the process.


  • Peropero: Breakdown in Tokyo

    Peropero: Breakdown in Tokyo

    Drama, Music, Dance, Theater

    2017

    1h.25min

    16+

    Lászlo, an aging film director, is in a creative crisis. His latest project has been cancelled so he joins his son's band on their tour to Japan.


  • Everything Always All the Time

    Everything Always All the Time

    Independent, Comedy

    2019

    1h.26min

    16+

    What happens when your girlfriend suddenly has a penis?


  • Family Fever

    Family Fever

    Independent, Comedy

    2014

    1h.18min

    16+

    A German Mumblecore tragicomedy set in a Brandenburg mansion. Three couples, six people, love, deceit, and the question: what's next?


  • Love Me!

    Love Me!

    Independent, Love & Sex

    2014

    1h.23min

    16+

    A German Mumblecore movie, an ode to the city of Berlin, a romantic comedy, father-daughter drama, and a portrait of a woman all rolled into one.


  • Bright Night

    Bright Night

    Horror, Independent

    2014

    1h.23min

    16+

    A German Mumblecore mystery and pyschodrama about two couples, a polyamorous relationship, and nightmarish reality shifts.


  • Love Steaks

    Love Steaks

    Independent, Comedy

    2013

    1h.30min

    16+

    LOVE STEAKS is the poster child of the German mumblecore genre, showcasing Franz Rogowski.


  • Kaptn Oskar

    Kaptn Oskar

    Independent, Comedy

    2013

    1h.21min

    16+

    Oskar and Masha made a deal: a relationship but no sex. While Oskar soon regrets it, Mascha sleeps indiscriminately with older men. Can this work out?


  • Klappe Cowboy!

    Klappe Cowboy!

    Independent, Comedy

    2011

    1h.24min

    16+

    A newbie filmmaker from Hamburg arrives in Berlin, convinced that he'll make it big. Instead, he ends up shooting an 'adult' art movie!


  • Floating!

    Floating!

    Independent, Comedy

    2015

    1h.26min

    16+

    A lesbian bachelorette’s night out with "the guys", including, alas, her future sperm donor. A mumblecore comedy on a raft.


  • Berlinized

    Berlinized

    Documentary, Independent

    2012

    1h.23min

    16+

    A tour of 1990s’ Berlin, capturing the unique vibe of the club culture and art scene at a very special time in history.


  • Papa Gold

    Papa Gold

    Independent, Comedy

    2011

    1h.17min

    16+

    Denny lives in in the city, boozes and dances through the night, and sleeps with one girl after another.


  • Silent Spring

    Silent Spring

    Comedy

    2008

    45min

    16+

    Nico Sommer brilliantly blurs boundaries between fiction and documentary in this story of a 21 year old man looking to lose his virginity.


  • Rocket Perelman

    Rocket Perelman

    Independent, Comedy

    2017

    1h.48min

    16+

    In a quest for self-directed living, ten artists near Berlin join forces to start the artist's colony 'Rakete Perelman'. But, they need money.


  • Back to Nothing

    Back to Nothing

    Drama, Independent

    2016

    1h.36min

    16+

    With a mixture of horror and comedy, this morality tale tells the story of a group of urban nomads fleeing from demolition excavators.


  • Berlin: Hasenheide

    Berlin: Hasenheide

    Documentary, Independent

    2010

    1h.12min

    16+

    The Hasenheide in Berlin is a inner-city park that plays home to a colorful mix of urban dwellers: from people walking their dogs to drug dealers.


  • Beat Beat Heart

    Beat Beat Heart

    Independent, Comedy

    2017

    1h.27min

    16+

    A playful romanticist has been waiting for the love of her life to return – when suddenly her newly separated mother moves in.


  • HomeSick

    HomeSick

    Independent, Thriller

    2015

    1h.38min

    16+

    The ambitious cello student Jessica and her boyfriend recently moved in together. But soon dark clouds are gathering above the young couple.


  • Lotte

    Lotte

    Drama, Independent

    2016

    1h.15min

    16+

    LOTTE, with her snappy, big city attitude, is impulsive and rough around the edges. No wonder she's constantly clashing with everybody.


  • We Are the Tide

    We Are the Tide

    Independent, Sci-Fi & Fantasy

    2016

    1h.24min

    16+

    15 years ago off the coast of Windholm the sea disappeared and with it, all the children. Since then, the losses hang like a curse over the region.


  • Schmitke

    Schmitke

    Independent, Comedy

    2014

    1h.38min

    16+

    What should have been a ordinary job in the Czech Ore Mountains, becomes a mysterious expedition for the aging engineer Julius Schmitke.


  • Party of Eight

    Party of Eight

    Drama, Independent

    2013

    1h.33min

    16+

    Years ago Anton disappeared. Out of the blue he invited his family and friends to a party. But everyone's joyful expectation soon fades.


  • Frontalwatte

    Frontalwatte

    Independent, Comedy

    2011

    1h.17min

    16+

    FRONTALWATTE is like running against a wall and falling softly. Franz, Adrian and Anastasia stumble through a world without consequences.


  • The Promotion

    The Promotion

    Drama, Independent

    2014

    1h.28min

    16+

    This sharply observed psychodrama follows an accountant plagued by panic attacks and self-pity who maneuvers himself into an existential impasse.


  • Queen of Niendorf

    Queen of Niendorf

    Kids & Family

    2017

    1h.7min

    16+

    In this celebration of childhood, a 10-year-old girl struggles to find her place in a 'boys' world.


  • Blind & Ugly

    Blind & Ugly

    Independent, Romance

    2017

    1h.38min

    16+

    Ferdi thinks he's ugly. And he really wants a girlfriend. But he can't, because he's ugly. But one day he meets Jonah and Jonah is blind.