A poignant tale of lost innocence, young Dib navigates the tumultuous landscape of 1950s Damascus following his father's death.
Reihe 6
Documentary, Independent
2023
25min
16+
This documentary shows the consequences of the 2008 war for displaced Georgians in a refugee settlement and their struggle to find a new home.
Fortuna Valentyn
Documentary, Independent
2022
1h.5min
16+
After the 2014 revolution in Ukraine, Valentyn decided to become politically active and run for city council in his home town.
My Wonderful West Berlin
Documentary, Queer
2017
1h.38min
16+
Romy Haag, Rosa von Praunheim, Ades Zabel and Udo Walz talk about their fascination with the dream destination West Berlin.
Barricade
Documentary, Independent
2021
1h.23min
16+
A striking documentary by renowned photojournalist David Klammer about protesters fighting to stop the clear-cutting at the Dannenröder Forest.
Alice Schwarzer
Biography
2022
2h.16min
16+
Cinematic memorial to the highly controversial icon of the German women's movement who helped shape feminist discourse for over 50 years.
Johanna Dohnal - Visionary of Feminism
Biography, Documentary
2021
1h.47min
16+
Johanna Dohnal, icon of the Austrian women's movement and first Minister for Women's Affairs, shaped the Alpine Republic like hardly any other.
Mystik und Widerstand
Biography, Documentary
2013
1h.10min
16+
The theologian, feminist, and mystic Dorothee Sölle argued that theology is necessarily political.
The Tree of Life
Biography, Documentary
2005
1h.10min
16+
This film illuminates the poetic-mystical side of Nobel Peace Prize winner and founder of the UN Blue Helmet missions Dag Hammarskjöld.
Black Sun - Mythological Background of National Socialism
Documentary
1998
1h.35min
16+
The film BLACK SUN illuminates the importance of myths and occult beliefs in the ideology of the "Third Reich".
Face the Wall
Documentary, Independent
2009
1h.25min
16+
Victims of the repressive system in the former East German state give powerful testimony about the cruetly of the dehumanizing regime.
Justice 2.0
Documentary
2015
49min
16+
Contemporary witnesses from several European countries provide impressive insights into how the Iron Curtain shaped life across the continent.
Nunca Más - No More War In Colombia?
Documentary
2018
36min
16+
After more than 50 years of bloody civil war, the peace process in Colombia began in 2016, with an uncertain outcome.
No News
Documentary, Independent
2021
1h.21min
16+
The shocking story of the sea rescue ship Lifeline, which was denied entry to a safe port for months.
Moments of Resistance
Documentary, Independent
2019
1h.39min
16+
This film places acts of resistance against National Socialism and current struggles in a historical continuity.
The Mouth - Our Ultimate Prison
Independent
2017
1h.27min
16+
Jakob Fisch confesses to a murder he did not commit. Police psychologist Dr. Alea Anzu then tries to convict him of lying.
After the Future
Documentary, Queer
2017
47min
16+
Gay left-wing activist and disaster relief volunteer Ortwin Passon navigates between a military-like bourgeois world and wild sex parties.
Disciples of Hate
Documentary
2018
1h.0min
16+
An ex-Salafist and an ex-Neo-Nazi confront their past. Dominic Schmitz and Felix Benneckenstein were trapped in an ideology for years.
The Waldheim Waltz
Documentary
2018
1h.34min
16+
This documentary tells the incredibly shocking story of how a Nazi officer became a top politician and UN Secretary General.
Of Neo-Nazis and Superheroes – How the Far Right is Changing a Small German Town
Documentary
2018
56min
16+
In the summer of 2017, 6,000 neo-Nazis from all over Europe gathered in Themar for the largest right-wing rock concert of the German post war era.
Yugoslavia – How Ideology Moved Our Collective Body
Documentary, Independent
2013
1h.2min
16+
The film looks at how ideology performed itself in public space through mass performances in socialist Yugoslavia.
Mass Ornaments
Icons & Media Art, Independent
2013
1h.19min
16+
This work investigates a controversial mass performance from the late Yugoslav era – the Youth Day celebration (“slet”) in 1987.
Meuthen's Party
Documentary, Independent
2017
1h.32min
16+
Follow Jörg Meuthen, candidate for Germany's right-wing party AFD, on his election tour 2016.
The Rojava Experiment - A Society On The Move
Documentary, Independent
2019
58min
16+
In northern Syria, an anti-hierarchical, multi-ethnic model of democracy was launched in the Rojava region under the leadership of the Kurds.
Im inneren Kreis
Documentary, Independent
2017
1h.23min
16+
Iris P. was an undercover investigator who maintained close friendships and had intimate relationships with the people she spied on.
Panoptic
Documentary, Independent
2017
1h.10min
16+
Panoptic is a letter from a daughter to her deceased father in an attempt to reconcile with Lebanon’s turbulent past.
Setting the Course
Documentary
2018
31min
16+
During the cold war, West Germany hid its institutionalized human rights abuse in residential care facilities.
This Land Is My Land
Documentary, Independent
2020
1h.45min
16+
“What the hell is happening to my country?” After Trump was elected, filmmaker Susanne Brandstaetter investigates the growing divide in the USA.
Bruno & Bettina
Documentary
2018
1h.41min
16+
Masao Adachi, born in 1939, is a well-known Japanese scriptwriter and director who in 1974 joined the ‘Japanese Red Army’.
The Net_A Visit to 'Hakim Bey'
Icons & Media Art
2004
35min
16+
Lutz Dammbeck talks with Peter Lamborn Wilson (Hakim Bey) about T.A.Z., Ted Kaczynski, Islam, Marvin Minsky, Cusanus and natural philosophy.
The Net_GO TO TRIAL
Icons & Media Art
2004
35min
16+
A montage of TV images of the trial of Ted Kaczynski, better known as the "Unabomber."
The Net
Documentary, Independent
2003
2h.1min
16+
What is the connection between computer technology, hippie culture, mathematics, terrorism, the research of consciousness in the 1950s and paranoia?
Duerer’s Heirs
Documentary, Independent
1996
58min
16+
A portrait of a ‘German socialist art’ in the GDR up to the building of the wall in 1961.
Age of the Gods
Documentary, Independent
1993
1h.32min
16+
How does a highly talented artist end up in the vicinity of a totalitarian regime? What responsibility does art bear in political systems?
GDR Experimental: First Leipzig Autumn Salon
Icons & Media Art
1984
22min
16+
In 1984, a group of artists occupied an exhibition center in Leipzig.
Foreigners Out! Schlingensief's Container
Documentary, Music, Dance, Theater
2002
1h.30min
16+
Christoph Schlingensief's provocative works are still highly topical even after 20 years.
Ink of Yam
Documentary, Independent
2017
1h.15min
16+
In one of Jerusalems oldest tattoo studio Jews, Christians, Muslims and atheists get their tattoos done.
And There We Are, In The Middle
Documentary, Independent
2014
1h.25min
16+
A trenchant image of the complications self-discovery and personality formation can be for adolescents.
Namrud: Troublemaker
Documentary
2017
1h.35min
16+
Jowan Safadi, an Israeli Palestinian and musician from the Middle East, is under investigation by Israeli police for "inciting terrorism".
American Passages
Documentary, Independent
2011
2h.0min
16+
An epic documentary panorama about a journey through the United States.
Near and Elsewhere
Documentary, Independent
2019
1h.24min
16+
How can our society develop in the face of current social, economic and cultural challenges?
It's All Good
Documentary
2018
1h.10min
16+
For years, Venezuela has been fighting the collapse of its public health system. How do you survive in a country that is in chaos?
Offshore - Elmer and the Swiss Bank Secrecy
Documentary, Independent
2016
1h.42min
16+
Rudolf Elmer has had a remarkable career at a Swiss private bank until he became a whistleblower of the offshore banking business.
Dil Leyla
Documentary, Independent
2016
1h.11min
16+
Leyla, a young woman from Germany, campaigns to become the youngest mayor of Turkey - in the town of Cizre, marked by civil war.
She is the Other Gaze
Documentary
2018
1h.30min
16+
Portrait of five female Viennese artists, who in their pioneering role have left their mark on contemporary art.
6 Jahre, 7 Monate und 16 Tage - die Morde des NSU
Documentary, Independent
2017
1h.16min
16+
An attempt to come to terms with the NSU's incomparable series of murders from the perspective of the victims' relatives.
Jaffa - The Orange's Clockwork
Documentary, Independent
2009
1h.27min
16+
Jaffa, home of the world famous cakes, is a bustling metropolis and focus of this fascinating documentary.
Shalom Salam
Documentary, Independent
2006
53min
16+
The documentary SHALOM SALAM tells about the conflict in the Middle East through the eyes of Israeli and Palestinian children.
Yves' Promise
Documentary, Independent
2019
1h.19min
16+
Filmmaker Melanie Gärtner looks closely at the fate of one family to illuminate the social structures that lead to flight and migration.
GE8EN - The Camera Marches
Documentary
2013
48min
16+
An experimental account of the protest culture at the G8 summit in Heiligendamm, Germany.
Zertifikat Deutsch
Documentary, Independent
2009
1h.30min
16+
More and more immigrants have been the landing in Germany since the 1950's. But it wasn't until 2005 that a new immigration law went into effect.
The Peacekeepers and the Women
Documentary, Independent
2003
1h.20min
16+
Militarization and prostitution: When peacekeeping troops moved into Kosovo and Bosnia-Herzegovina, trafficking in women quickly followed suit.
Fukushima and the Bats
Documentary, Independent
2015
1h.22min
16+
After the catastrophic events in Fukushima, the transition to renewable energy was placed firmly on the political agenda in Germany.
The Fire, a Fowl And an (Un)Forgotten Past
Shorts
2017
12min
16+
Over a hundred years ago, "Togoland", now the Republic of Togo and part of present-day Ghana, was a colonial possession of the German Empire.
Fritz Bauer - Death By Installments
Biography, Documentary
2010
1h.38min
16+
Fritz Bauer was a public prosecutor, a leading investigator of Nazi history and a pioneer of German civil society.
The First Sea
Documentary
2013
1h.0min
16+
Two West Bank teen agers who, along with a group of other young Palestinians, are invited by an NGO to spend a day at the beach – in Israel.
How to Shoot a President?
Icons & Media Art
1991
34min
16+
A fascinating document about the last Polish president not elected democratically.
Temptations of happiness: Arcadia - the film
Documentary, Independent
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?
Frozen Conflict
Documentary, Independent
2018
1h.0min
16+
One of Europe's strangest borders lies between the Republic of Moldova and the de facto autonomous region of Transnistria.
Mit dem Wort Wende
Shorts
2009
3min
16+
Filmmaker Juliane Henrich explores the term "Wende" (course change) by means of a speech by Christa Wolf, which she gave shortly before the fall of the ...
Return to Vienna
Documentary, Classics
1983
1h.31min
16+
Franz West (1909-85) remembers his youth in Vienna: the diverse Jewish population the Red Vienna labor movement and the rise of Austrofascism.
What the Wind Took Away
Documentary, Independent
2017
1h.15min
16+
Although they have lost everything through their flight, the Jesidesses Hedil and Naam fight for a dignified life for their families.
Yasuní - Two Seconds of Life
Documentary, Independent
2010
1h.32min
16+
Instead of being exploited for its oil, the President of Ecuador suggests to leave the Yasuní national park untouched.
Little Alien
Documentary, Independent
2009
1h.34min
16+
Teenagers try to flee to Europe under life-threatening circumstances, hidden in trucks, where they become the hunted by the border authorities.
A German Loves His Fatherland
Comedy
2011
20min
16+
In Nico Sommer's mockumentary a nazi loves a woman of color.
Democracy Is On!
Documentary, Independent
2015
1h.22min
16+
On the right-wing fringes of the political landscape, ever-louder anti-European, anti-Islamic and nationalist voices can be heard.
Honey and Ashes
Classics
1996
1h.16min
16+
Naima, a doctor, Amina, a graduate, and Leila, a young student, are pursuing their individual routes to an independent life when their paths cross.
Evolution of Violence
Documentary, Independent
2011
1h.16min
16+
Guatemala. The war ended long ago. Though people want to forget it, the violence continues, and it has spread throughout the society like cancer.