Lifestyle

  • In Between Fridays

    In Between Fridays

    2023

    1h.37min

    16+

    Somewhere in the Monchique mountains of Portugal, the Fridayhappiness Associação balances sustainable living with their economic lifeline.


  • Talk Straight – The World of Rural Queers

    Talk Straight – The World of Rural Queers

    2003

    1h.39min

    16+

    How is life as a gay in the Swabian province? An intimate insight into a hitherto unknown terrain between church and Stammtisch.


  • Motorcity

    Motorcity

    2021

    1h.27min

    16+

    A compelling exploration of the complexities of American life, history, and society through the lens of the unique and fascinating sport drag racing.


  • I Am the Tigress

    I Am the Tigress

    2021

    1h.20min

    16+

    Tischa Thomas is a 47-year-old bodybuilder who has undergone a remarkable transformation. She challenges conventional notions of femininity.


  • Parov Stelar - Backstage 2022

    Parov Stelar - Backstage 2022

    2021

    58min

    16+

    Parov Stelar, is regarded as the founder of electro swing. His unique sound has been conquering concert halls around the world for more than 15 years.


  • Where to, Miss?

    Where to, Miss?

    2016

    1h.23min

    16+

    A Delhi woman's rocky road to her own cab license.


  • Berlin 4 Lovers

    Berlin 4 Lovers

    2019

    1h.12min

    16+

    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


  • After the Future

    After the Future

    2017

    47min

    16+

    Gay left-wing activist and disaster relief volunteer Ortwin Passon navigates between a military-like bourgeois world and wild sex parties.


  • Fair Wind: Notes of a Traveller

    Fair Wind: Notes of a Traveller

    2013

    1h.22min

    16+

    Shot on Super 8mm, Bernadette Weigel's homage to traveling celebrates the uniqueness of each moment.


  • Falter

    Falter

    2019

    44min

    16+

    To give his monotonous life new meaning beyond work, sports, and sex, Falter resolves to live with an android from now on.


  • Propensity for Silence

    Propensity for Silence

    2012

    15min

    16+

    Bruno Bieri is a Swiss musical multi-talent who finds inspiration in the world of everyday things for his extraordinary sound concepts.


  • Amorous, Antiquated, Audacious

    Amorous, Antiquated, Audacious

    2009

    1h.4min

    16+

    This ambitious directorial debut chronicles lesbian lifestyles and social networking in Vienna in the 1950s and 60s.


  • Another Life

    Another Life

    2019

    1h.12min

    16+

    Alex, a hermit and philosopher, lives on the imposing cliffs of Ireland's Atlantic coast and dedicates his life to animals in need.


  • So bright the night

    So bright the night

    2019

    14min

    16+

    When night falls and the last rays of sunlight fade, the people in this film start their workday.


  • Le Ciel, la Terre et L'Homme

    Le Ciel, la Terre et L'Homme

    2018

    1h.10min

    16+

    The Aït Seghrouchen, a nomadic people from the windswept Moroccan desert, brave sandstorms, watch livestock and the cell phone towers.


  • the_other_images

    the_other_images

    2018

    17min

    16+

    We are accumulating more and more data, images and sound snippets. But how can we remember when digital materials marked by decay fail?


  • Here I am... Here you are

    Here I am... Here you are

    2017

    1h.9min

    16+

    A director and his partner are forced into a long distance relationship thanks to strict European visa laws between Italy and Lebanon.


  • Berlin Excelsior

    Berlin Excelsior

    2018

    1h.27min

    16+

    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.


  • Unplugged Leben: Guaia Guaia

    Unplugged Leben: Guaia Guaia

    2013

    1h.32min

    16+

    Two street musicians tour through Germany for a year going from gig to gig and looking for somewhere to live.


  • Day Is Done

    Day Is Done

    2011

    1h.51min

    16+

    A 35mm camera films from a window, with messages from the answering machine in the background. Slowly an imaginary biography unfolds.


  • Lebe schon lange hier

    Lebe schon lange hier

    2019

    1h.38min

    16+

    A year in the life of an ordinary street in Berlin. With narration by Clemens Schick and music by Till Merten.


  • Der Papst ist kein Jeansboy

    Der Papst ist kein Jeansboy

    2011

    1h.13min

    16+

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


  • Backstage Vienna State Opera

    Backstage Vienna State Opera

    2019

    1h.36min

    16+

    A look behind the scenes at the wonderful energy and daily routine of the people who bring us the world renowned Vienna State Opera.


  • Eisenberger – Art Must be Beautiful, as the Frog Says to the Fly

    Eisenberger – Art Must be Beautiful, as the Frog Says to the Fly

    2018

    1h.34min

    16+

    Where does artistic freedom begin and where does it end? And, does art actually still need artists?


  • Ink of Yam

    Ink of Yam

    2017

    1h.15min

    16+

    In one of Jerusalems oldest tattoo studio Jews, Christians, Muslims and atheists get their tattoos done.


  • American Passages

    American Passages

    2011

    2h.0min

    16+

    An epic documentary panorama about a journey through the United States.


  • Near and Elsewhere

    Near and Elsewhere

    2019

    1h.24min

    16+

    How can our society develop in the face of current social, economic and cultural challenges?


  • Zu ebener Erde

    Zu ebener Erde

    2018

    1h.31min

    16+

    They are everywhere and yet often invisible: homeless people are often ignored. Visibility is also a social indicator.


  • She is the Other Gaze

    She is the Other Gaze

    2018

    1h.30min

    16+

    Portrait of five female Viennese artists, who in their pioneering role have left their mark on contemporary art.


  • All Creatures Welcome

    All Creatures Welcome

    2018

    1h.27min

    16+

    All Creatures Welcome explores the world of hackers and nerds and sketches a utopian image of society in the digital era.


  • Mauerpark

    Mauerpark

    2011

    1h.18min

    16+

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


  • Time Out

    Time Out

    2011

    49min

    16+

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


  • Electricity

    Electricity

    2015

    1h.19min

    16+

    Berlin-based independent filmmaker Eva Heldmann interviews five people who cannot pay their electricity bills.


  • Berlin: Hasenheide

    Berlin: Hasenheide

    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.


  • Welcome To The Machine

    Welcome To The Machine

    2013

    1h.40min

    16+

    The 12 Commandments of music business brought together in one film.


  • Zoe - Long Version

    Zoe - Long Version

    1999

    1h.19min

    16+

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


  • Live Your Changes - Klunkerkranich

    Live Your Changes - Klunkerkranich

    2015

    1h.30min

    16+

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


  • Temptations of happiness: Arcadia - the film

    Temptations of happiness: Arcadia - the film

    2019

    1h.33min

    16+

    The ambassador of the state of Arcadia, occupies land and declares this occupied area to be Arcadian territory. Is this even legal?


  • Every Miracle

    Every Miracle

    2009

    27min

    16+

    The filmmaker portrays an elderly woman who has not given up the fight for living independently. A film about everyday life and aging.


  • The Lone Fighter

    The Lone Fighter

    2017

    10min

    16+

    Jürgen Blin, who ran away from home at the age of 14 to go to sea, talks openly about his life and his years at a boxing school in Hamburg.


  • Guillo

    Guillo

    2016

    40min

    16+

    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.


  • Kurt and the Chairlift

    Kurt and the Chairlift

    2012

    20min

    16+

    Ten years ago, Kurt saved an outdated chairlift from demolition. Since then, he has been operating it himself - stubbornly and in any weather.


  • Full Contact - A Way of Living

    Full Contact - A Way of Living

    2012

    1h.23min

    16+

    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.


  • The Folk Singer

    The Folk Singer

    2008

    1h.44min

    16+

    THE FOLK SINGER leads the viewer into a world full of raw human emotion, slapstick humor and wild American Roots Music.


  • Unpublished! - A Bonus Track

    Unpublished! - A Bonus Track

    2006

    3min

    16+

    UNPUBLISHED!- A BONUS TRACK is a bonus interview from the Michael Brynntrup film THE OVO, which appeared on the special edition DVD 'Berlinale Rolle 2', ...