Drama, Independent
2020
43min
16+
In the mountain village of Kumru, a whistled language is a central part of communication. However, Berat cannot whistle.
2023
1h.57min
Bond villain Detlef Bothe tells the story of two people who would have been better off never meeting.
Animation, Drama
QUITT = art, comic, trash, from the Alps and the Wild West, with plastic mannequins as actors, real landscapes and in-between songs.
Drama
20min
Five women, each endowed with magical powers, break out of their prescribed roles to (re)write their own history.
2010
25min
A young woman's search for her family roots leads her to Mexico and on the trail of a revolutionary.
Drama, Shorts
2008
22min
In this perceptive coming-of-age drama, 16-year-old Suse feels like a fifth wheel since her mom started dating.
2024
1h.27min
Rosa and David, two lost souls, try to escape purgatory. But only one of them can be saved in the end.
2022
1h.47min
On a lonely Black Forest farm, the shattered dreams of life, painful love and hidden longings of a Berlin clique collide.
Crime, Drama
2018
1h.39min
A simple worker gets caught up in the maelstrom of real estate sharks, evictions and clan crime, where humanity often gives way to greed.
2009
1h.45min
The war crimes tribunal in The Hague is fighting with itself and war criminals from the former Yugoslavia.
1h.19min
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.
Drama, Romance
48min
A teenager grapples with masculinity amid family splits and first loves, reflecting the rawness of youth in a German town.
18min
In her harsh milieu study, Gina Wenzel tells the story of youth violence from the perpetrator's perspective.
28min
With destabilising gentleness, Mo Harawe recounts the last hours of the terrorist Farah before his execution.
2021
26min
Caught between German stuffiness and Argentinian religiosity, Madi discovers her own sexuality.
A family visit and a broken tooth raises universal questions about identity, origins and life choices.
A creeping, almost invisible toxic waste catastrophe is taking place on Somalia's coast.
Drama, Queer
1h.16min
Lee and Jasmin's lesbian idyll on the outskirts of Salzburg starts to crack when they give documentary filmmaker Amira a glimpse into their lives.
1h.42min
"Don’t become like my father" - a credo that will drive Alex, a man on the run from himself, to the edge of reason.
1h.31min
In the heart of Berlin, a film noir billiard thriller unfolds with deceit, ambition, and suspense.
In the vast emptiness of the Patagonian steppe, 13-year-old Mora embarks on a journey with an old, indigenous Mapuche gaucho.
Drama, Horror
1h.22min
The dark, dystopian horror cabinet with BDSM vibes about the man in the monkey mask enters its second round.
Drama, Action & Adventure
1h.40min
While Wissam fights for his love, political tensions rise and the Israeli army invades Lebanon.
1984
2h.3min
A poignant tale of lost innocence, young Dib navigates the tumultuous landscape of 1950s Damascus following his father's death.
Drama, Thriller
1h.12min
A 24-hour odyssey through Berlin, full of subtle tension and existential questions.
1h.50min
Is it fact or is it fiction? A documentary-fiction hybrid about the Red Mountain near Trier and the people who dwell there.
1992
1h.32min
After a wedding party, three friends from Hamburg are stranded Berlin. A fast-paced odyssey through the urban wasteland of this once divided city.
Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
1h.25min
In a world driven by algorithms, a group of "forever teenagers" rebel against the dictates of self-optimization.
When Germany surrenders in 1945, two reckless teenagers put their families' escape on the line to save their friendship.
2h.28min
Under the crushing emotional burden of his terminally ill father and violent brother, 14-year-old Daniel seeks refuge with two outcasts.
Comedy, Drama
1h.43min
A film in episodes based on the trend blog "Notes of Berlin" that sheds light on the urban madness of everyday life.
When Ava's father Gunter, a classic macho dude, shows up at her door, worlds collide.
2017
After a vacation romance, Kenneth and Theres lose sight of each other. But fate brings them together again 30 years later.
1991
1h.23min
Shortly after the fall of the Berlin Wall, a 15-year-old girl tries to find a home in the Berlin of wastelands and ruins.
An omnipresent giant who sees everything, but can’t be seen himself ... An “City Symphony” entirelly composed from material generated by CCTV.
Drama, Love & Sex
2005
1h.30min
Authentic, haphazard and unromantic, three residents of a high-rise housing estate search for love, friendship and sexuality.
1989
1h.18min
Either the grass is greener, or the houses are bigger, or the sun is warmer ... anywhere else is better.
1h.20min
Samson and Delilah: The Old Testament story of a man with irrepressible strength - as a silent film, told in a modern way.
A powerful film about the struggle of a naive boy with good intentions in the harsh environment of Irans drug stronghold on the Island of Hormuz.
Drama, Comedy
In poetic tableaux, filmmaker Zora Rux tells a surrealistic-comic story about the search for the true self.
Documentary, Drama
1h.35min
Milena Czernovsky and Lilith Kraxner's debut blurs the line between documentary and fiction filmmaking, joining a recent trend in the film industry.
2019
1h.54min
A senistive drama that authentically and lovingly captures the lifestyle of a group of young urbanites on the brink of a quarter-life crisis.
2002
1h.24min
The Bundeswehr is looking for him, his girlfriend Kerstin breaks up with him, and unexpectedly his older brother Max shows up.
Authentic, honest drama about a family threatened by the downward spiral of depression, alcoholism and jealousy.
1h.52min
Despite its disarmingly strange erotic scenes, The Skin of Others is a deeply romantic love story.
2016
1h.21min
An authentic and quietly directed personal love letter to all those whose greatest struggle is to just get out of bed every day.
Compassionate mumblecore-style drama about a young woman's struggles with the expectations placed on her by her partner and friends.
52min
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.
1h.29min
Marc is a surfer and lives his life one day at a time. But after many strokes of fate, he dreams of turning back time, and starting all over again.
29min
Isolated from the outside world a mother lives with her daughter in a remote house. The mother is training her daughter to be a survival specialist.
Joscha is on high alert. He wants to take a pill, but chance encounters with old friends keep him from swallowing it. Shot in a single t ake!
1h.33min
A grieving teenage girl is drawn to the young man blamed for her brother's death.
1h.41min
Teens Elisa and Anthea devise a sinister and destructive game as a way to sustain their mismatched friendship.
2011
In this self-reflective improv film, an acting class prepares for a crucial final audition that will decide the rest of their careers.
2014
A political and sociological look at the transformation and gentrification of Berlin through teenage eyes.
1999
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
2004
"German cinema can be this exciting: Angela Schanelec's fourth film MARSEILLE" (taz)
1h.11min
Growing up in a rural idyll on his father's farm, teenager Johannes searches for his place in life.
2007
On 3 summer afternoons, a family meets up a beautiful house in an upscale Berlin neighborhood. They come together but ultimately drift further apart.
Jealousy and biting jokes about old wounds start slowly, but build until bald-face confessions and hand-to-hand scuffles take over.
2001
1h.14min
Deniz, 21 works as a dubbing artist and has just ended her relationship with Jan. In one short day, she goes through a separation and a new beginning.
1997
The first part of Thomas Arslan's "Berlin Trilogy", which shows young people with a Turkish migration history from their own perspective.
Based on a true story: The film examines the German justice system and its structural bias.
Driven by their obsessions and fears, three Berliners lose themselves in the urban jungle.
1h.17min
A young woman ventures into the deadly beauty of the Chernobyl exclusion zone to save her father from prison.
When Jonas loses his job at a Hamburg startup he doesn’t have the heart to tell his girlfriend Katharina.
58min
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.
1h.10min
1956: 13-year-old Johanna, a polio sufferer, uses her camera to document family life, her coming of age and what really happens behind closed doors.
A Tinder date encourages young Leonid to live out his own definition of "masculinity" in a world of changing gender roles.
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.
2015
16min
In the face of an unfathomable tragedy, a young couple manages to focus on love and the good in life.
1h.34min
Sophie and Wolfram meet in the hospital and set off together on their final journey. Both are terminally ill with cancer.
From an early age, Sebastian had to be self-reliant. This film follows him through three stages of his life on the path to discovering his true self.
Omar, a photographer, lost his male lover in an explosion. He turns his experience of loss into an art project.
A young Irish musician immerses himself into Berlin nightlife after a concert and loses more than just his friends in the process.
Drama, Music, Dance, Theater
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.
The merciless analysis of their failed relationship brings a newly separated couple closer together than ever before.
After playing a sexually charged game with her best friend, below the cliffs of Dubrovnik, a teenage girl doesn't return home.
What would kids do if they didn't have to go to school? Five young people follow their interests in a world without compulsory education.
2006
1h.36min
An unconventional portrait of a man whose life motto reminds us of the poets of romanticism: The genius writes its own rules.
Mara jumps from a bridge to her death - and wakes up in the hospital. But something's wrong. No one recognizes her.
Lena (16) is in love with her brother and would rather indulge in this fantasy than face reality.
In dystopian Germany - just a breath away from our current reality - the return of the wolf triggers a mysterious fascination among the citizens.
30min
WANNABE tells the story of a young YouTuber, who builds herself a fictitious world on the Internet.
A fairytale-like story with tableaux vivants of three macabre, mystical and humorous nymphs.
An intimate look at three headstrong women who come from different parts of a country that no longer exists.
A sales rep find himself stranded in an abstract space and time loop. Trapped in a non-place, between urban misunderstandings and Google Street View.
After an assault, Maya tries to find her way back into life.
Stuck in her everyday life, Antonia oversleeps, procrastinates, and surfs the internet. Until she decides to asks her fling for a steady relationship.
23min
Winner of the Bronze Student Oscar.
Love & Sex, Drama
1h.15min
On a trip Felipe shares his most intimate mantra with Pilar, which kept him afloat in existential crisis: a '70s cassette with hypnosis inducing talk.
A woman dies in a tragic accident, but her soul remains in the here and now. But how? A quick-witted Berlin repairman has a hand in this...
Teenaged sex worker Paul finds refuge with a stranger.
2013
1h.6min
Only armed with a phone number and a blurry profile picture, Lene searches the streets of Berlin an online acquaintance.
2003
In Wehrmacht-occupied Poland, two intellectuals flee to a country estate and play a perverse game with its inhabitants.
In Veit Helm's fairy-tale feature debut, shy Anton struggles to prevent the closure of his family's dilapidated indoor swimming pool.
Berlin, summer 2016: Nola, Katja and Martina live near Hauptbahnhof. Time is running out - they are going to lose their flat. "What now?" they ask.
When the elderly and lonely Hanna causes an accident in Germany in which a young man from Kosovo dies, she tries to track down his family.
2012
A struggling actor faced with constant rejection is pushed to his limit. Meet Paul Kaplan, an unremarkable actor going nowhere.