Achtung berlin – new berlin film award

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.

A teenager grapples with masculinity amid family splits and first loves, reflecting the rawness of youth in a German town.

Caught between German stuffiness and Argentinian religiosity, Madi discovers her own sexuality.

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

About the missing and the found. About the silent and the roaring. About cuddling and sneezing. Six stories about fathers.

An entertaining and ambiguous film that illuminates the connection between cinematic art and human experience.

In the heart of Berlin, a GDR ruin is given a new lease on life and becomes a center for art, culture and community.

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

Is it fact or is it fiction? A documentary-fiction hybrid about the Red Mountain near Trier and the people who dwell there.

After a wedding party, three friends from Hamburg are stranded Berlin. A fast-paced odyssey through the urban wasteland of this once divided city.

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

Baby photos, Christmas snapshots, school enrollment photos, wedding photos - our lives are an endless succession of photogenic moments.

The German Angst of the unknown - a reluctant dialogue.

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

Either the grass is greener, or the houses are bigger, or the sun is warmer ... anywhere else is better.

To honor the archaic lifestyles of his ancestors and to preserve tradition, Liêm spends several days each year in the Vietnamese jungle.

A senistive drama that authentically and lovingly captures the lifestyle of a group of young urbanites on the brink of a quarter-life crisis.

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

Noah (12) arrives in Berlin to visit his father and gets caught up in adventures at the Carnival of Cultures.

This German indie film is a satirical declaration of love for the German small-town crime thriller.

One of the biggest taboos in society is the rehabilitation of sex offenders. This film takes the offender perspective.

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

9 LIVES portrays the fate of young people who decided at the age of 11, 12 or 13 to leave home and to live on the streets.

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

Growing up in a rural idyll on his father's farm, teenager Johannes searches for his place in life.

Driven by their obsessions and fears, three Berliners lose themselves in the urban jungle.

A young woman ventures into the deadly beauty of the Chernobyl exclusion zone to save her father from prison.

Tinder users in Berlin talk openly and honestly and about real-life encounters, both the good and the bad, with dates made using the famous dating app

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

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.

Against the backdrop of open air festivals, a passionate amour fou develops between Georg, Vera and the bon vivant Dave.

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.

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

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

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.

What happens when your girlfriend suddenly has a penis?

The anonymous Berlin concrete building "Excelsior" is only a temporary stop for its residents, yet some have been living there for more than 50 years.

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

A film about the absurdities of being a mom today.

An Austrian actor, author, TV personality, failed clergy assistant, gay BDSM enthusiast, a kind of renaissance man. A portrait of Hermes Phettberg.

Mia and Linda meet again after years in Berlin. Mia is in debt and plans to blackmail the man she has been having an affair with.

Ridiculously funny analysis of metropolitan hipsterism in Berlin, the German capital.

Leyla, a young woman from Germany, campaigns to become the youngest mayor of Turkey - in the town of Cizre, marked by civil war.

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.

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

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?

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

Portrait of action artist, environmental activist, natural philosopher, gallery owner and "anarchist" Ben Wagin.

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

Carried by poetry and tension, this documentary portrays the three-year voyage of a young sailing beginner from Europe to Australia.

For generations, the Nguyen family has lived on and off the water amid breathtaking natural scenery. Now they are threatened with forced resettlement.

Award-winning investigative documentary combines live action and animation to show the struggle against unscrupulous realtors.

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

In this documentary we follow four people in Berlin - three men and a woman – who live their daily lives under the sign of drug addiction.

A bunch of men go on a short vacation and set their inhibitions aside.

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

This documentary captures a summer in Berlin and opens a window to the unique and complex park cosmos and its feeling of freedom.

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.

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

A slice of the live of the undocumented migrant Mikel, working odd jobs in Berlin to survive.

Currently, Berlin is experiencing the highest growth rate of tourism in the world, a situation not everyone is happy about.

Lucy and Derek roam the streets of Berlin. The city is their stage and playground, and life is a never ending post punk hedonism party.

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

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

Siblings Emilie and Jacob cannot help feeling a deep love for each other. After being apart for many years, they meet in the mountains.

Mana lives in her own world, smokes weed and all her energy flows into her films. But when she meets Asten at a party, everything changes.

ZOE perfectly encapsulated the lives of drifters in Berlin at the turn of the millennium.

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

A documentary set in Berlin about people who do things nighttime.

An urban garden and trendy club on the rooftop parking lot of a Neukölln shopping center: Klunkerkranich.

What's reality and what's art? What happens when the tables are turned, and art no longer imitates nature but things go the other way round?

The stories of two women, who could only through acts of violence, claim visibility.

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

Guillo left his comfortable city life and went to live in the jungle, near the border to Panama. Lonely, without electricity and far from society.

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

It's not easy for Tom (Mario Mentrup) to find a partner in the big city. With millions of people around, it's easy to feel like an anonymous nobody.

Why do people fight, if they don't have to? Why do ordinary citizens operate the toughest martial arts ring in the world in a Berlin backyard.