Mental health

  • Fragile Memory

    Fragile Memory

    Biography, Documentary

    2022

    1h.25min

    16+

    The Ukranian grandson of filmmaker Leonid Burlaka draws a rich picture of Soviet history with archive footage of his grandfather.


  • Para:dies

    Para:dies

    Drama, Queer

    2022

    1h.16min

    16+

    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.


  • Somehow

    Somehow

    Drama, Independent

    2022

    1h.42min

    16+

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


  • Janine F.

    Janine F.

    Documentary, Independent

    2004

    1h.20min

    16+

    The tragic story of an artist who was torn between passion and obsession and died under mysterious circumstances.


  • Rien ne va plus

    Rien ne va plus

    Shorts

    2017

    15min

    16+

    Bodo is standing on the top of a roof ready to jump when suddenly his phone rings...


  • Goosebumps

    Goosebumps

    Shorts

    2022

    8min

    16+

    A singer loses her voice and seeks healing in a shamanistic trance.


  • Bastard in Mind

    Bastard in Mind

    Documentary, Independent

    2022

    1h.26min

    16+

    A chance examination delivers the frightening diagnosis of brain aneurysm. The director himself documents the months leading up to the operation.


  • Prima Mallorca

    Prima Mallorca

    Documentary, Independent

    2019

    1h.30min

    16+

    A new start to a better life? Forty Germans on welfare fly to Mallorca to do internships.


  • Undersea

    Undersea

    Documentary

    2022

    52min

    16+

    To deal with the trauma she endured during her work as photojournalist, Nanna Kreutzmann turns to underwater photography.


  • Uncomfortably Comfortable

    Uncomfortably Comfortable

    Documentary

    2021

    1h.12min

    16+

    This experimental video portrait delves into questions of homelessness, the impact of incarceration, trauma, and living on the fringes of society.


  • The Ugly Truth

    The Ugly Truth

    Drama

    2021

    1h.50min

    16+

    Authentic, honest drama about a family threatened by the downward spiral of depression, alcoholism and jealousy.


  • 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.


  • The Family

    The Family

    Documentary, Independent

    2014

    1h.32min

    16+

    Survivors can also be victims in countries where injustice was the norm. Their compelling testimonies are featured in this insightful documentary.


  • Freakstars 3000

    Freakstars 3000

    Independent, Music, Dance, Theater

    2003

    1h.15min

    16+

    Christoph Schlingensief's answer to "Pop Idol" was "Freakstars 3000".


  • Seahorse

    Seahorse

    Documentary, Shorts

    2020

    16min

    16+

    Hanan fled with her family from northern Iraq across the Mediterranean Sea. At that time, she did not know how to swim. She now overcomes the trauma.


  • Dark Dreamer

    Dark Dreamer

    Drama, Thriller

    2020

    1h.33min

    16+

    A grieving teenage girl is drawn to the young man blamed for her brother's death.


  • Flood

    Flood

    Drama

    2019

    1h.40min

    16+

    When Jonas loses his job at a Hamburg startup he doesn’t have the heart to tell his girlfriend Katharina.


  • 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.


  • Swimmers

    Swimmers

    Icons & Media Art, Independent

    2015

    1h.17min

    16+

    The doc about the cult surrounding a Soviet physicist Boris Zolotov was awarded the ARTE documentary award.


  • Sebastian Jumping Fences

    Sebastian Jumping Fences

    Drama, Independent

    2020

    1h.10min

    16+

    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.


  • Chronic

    Chronic

    Drama, Queer

    2017

    1h.27min

    16+

    Omar, a photographer, lost his male lover in an explosion. He turns his experience of loss into an art project.


  • The Demon Disease

    The Demon Disease

    Documentary, Independent

    2018

    1h.22min

    16+

    In some of West Africa's traditional societies, mental illness and epilepsy are still seen as demonic possession.


  • The Fabric

    The Fabric

    Shorts

    2019

    21min

    16+

    In a strange, dark asylum, a brilliant physicist without memory is imprisoned. One thing occupies his mind: escape.


  • My Brother, My Love

    My Brother, My Love

    Drama, Love & Sex

    2018

    1h.54min

    16+

    Lena (16) is in love with her brother and would rather indulge in this fantasy than face reality.


  • Mär - A German Tale

    Mär - A German Tale

    Drama, Horror

    2019

    1h.10min

    16+

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


  • Are You Sleeping, Brother Jakob?

    Are You Sleeping, Brother Jakob?

    Documentary, Independent

    2018

    1h.20min

    16+

    Three brothers embark on a search for traces left by their deceased brother, Jakob, who committed suicide.


  • Stuttering – My Constant Companion

    Stuttering – My Constant Companion

    Documentary, Independent

    2017

    1h.29min

    16+

    Birgit Gohlke has stuttered since early childhood. She deals well with it, but after watching "The King's Speech", Birgit decides to take action.


  • Herbstflattern

    Herbstflattern

    Drama

    2013

    1h.6min

    16+

    Only armed with a phone number and a blurry profile picture, Lene searches the streets of Berlin an online acquaintance.


  • OK, Good

    OK, Good

    Drama, Independent

    2012

    1h.19min

    16+

    A struggling actor faced with constant rejection is pushed to his limit. Meet Paul Kaplan, an unremarkable actor going nowhere.


  • Analysis Paralysis

    Analysis Paralysis

    Shorts

    2016

    9min

    16+

    A man’s head is bursting with thoughts and decisions. A gardener is about to explode – somebody has trampled on her flowerbeds.


  • It Should Have Been Nice After That

    It Should Have Been Nice After That

    Documentary, Classics

    2000

    1h.13min

    16+

    Karin Jurschick examins the reasons for her late mother's suicide.


  • 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.


  • Therapie

    Therapie

    Thriller

    2016

    2h.0min

    16+

    Gripping psycho thriller based on real stories of people in a Berlin youth detention center.


  • Grimm’s Cuckoo

    Grimm’s Cuckoo

    Shorts

    2012

    15min

    16+

    This short film dares a slightly different view of life in a psychiatric clinic. Screened at Cannes Short Film Corner and Interfilm Berlin.


  • Release

    Release

    Drama, Independent

    2014

    21min

    16+

    The nameless protagonist in Jannik Tesch's drama RELEASE feels trapped in an endless spiral of work and consumption.


  • Someone Beside You

    Someone Beside You

    Documentary, Independent

    2006

    1h.38min

    16+

    Along with several courageous psychiatrists and their clients, the author sets out to film a doc road movie that takes him to Europe and the U.S.