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.
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.
Drama, Independent
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.
Documentary, Independent
2004
1h.20min
The tragic story of an artist who was torn between passion and obsession and died under mysterious circumstances.
Shorts
2017
15min
Bodo is standing on the top of a roof ready to jump when suddenly his phone rings...
8min
A singer loses her voice and seeks healing in a shamanistic trance.
1h.26min
A chance examination delivers the frightening diagnosis of brain aneurysm. The director himself documents the months leading up to the operation.
2019
1h.30min
A new start to a better life? Forty Germans on welfare fly to Mallorca to do internships.
Documentary
52min
To deal with the trauma she endured during her work as photojournalist, Nanna Kreutzmann turns to underwater photography.
2021
1h.12min
This experimental video portrait delves into questions of homelessness, the impact of incarceration, trauma, and living on the fringes of society.
Drama
1h.50min
Authentic, honest drama about a family threatened by the downward spiral of depression, alcoholism and jealousy.
Comedy, Drama
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.
2014
1h.32min
Survivors can also be victims in countries where injustice was the norm. Their compelling testimonies are featured in this insightful documentary.
Independent, Music, Dance, Theater
2003
1h.15min
Christoph Schlingensief's answer to "Pop Idol" was "Freakstars 3000".
Documentary, Shorts
2020
16min
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.
Drama, Thriller
1h.33min
A grieving teenage girl is drawn to the young man blamed for her brother's death.
1h.40min
When Jonas loses his job at a Hamburg startup he doesn’t have the heart to tell his girlfriend Katharina.
25min
A Tinder date encourages young Leonid to live out his own definition of "masculinity" in a world of changing gender roles.
Icons & Media Art, Independent
2015
1h.17min
The doc about the cult surrounding a Soviet physicist Boris Zolotov was awarded the ARTE documentary award.
1h.10min
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.
1h.27min
Omar, a photographer, lost his male lover in an explosion. He turns his experience of loss into an art project.
2018
1h.22min
In some of West Africa's traditional societies, mental illness and epilepsy are still seen as demonic possession.
21min
In a strange, dark asylum, a brilliant physicist without memory is imprisoned. One thing occupies his mind: escape.
Drama, Love & Sex
1h.54min
Lena (16) is in love with her brother and would rather indulge in this fantasy than face reality.
Drama, Horror
In dystopian Germany - just a breath away from our current reality - the return of the wolf triggers a mysterious fascination among the citizens.
Three brothers embark on a search for traces left by their deceased brother, Jakob, who committed suicide.
1h.29min
Birgit Gohlke has stuttered since early childhood. She deals well with it, but after watching "The King's Speech", Birgit decides to take action.
2013
1h.6min
Only armed with a phone number and a blurry profile picture, Lene searches the streets of Berlin an online acquaintance.
2012
1h.19min
A struggling actor faced with constant rejection is pushed to his limit. Meet Paul Kaplan, an unremarkable actor going nowhere.
9min
A man’s head is bursting with thoughts and decisions. A gardener is about to explode – somebody has trampled on her flowerbeds.
Documentary, Classics
2000
1h.13min
Karin Jurschick examins the reasons for her late mother's suicide.
1h.28min
This sharply observed psychodrama follows an accountant plagued by panic attacks and self-pity who maneuvers himself into an existential impasse.
Thriller
2h.0min
Gripping psycho thriller based on real stories of people in a Berlin youth detention center.
This short film dares a slightly different view of life in a psychiatric clinic. Screened at Cannes Short Film Corner and Interfilm Berlin.
The nameless protagonist in Jannik Tesch's drama RELEASE feels trapped in an endless spiral of work and consumption.
2006
1h.38min
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.