Sooner Europe Docs: New Perspectives

  • Beckerbillett

    Beckerbillett

    Documentary, Icons & Media Art

    1992

    18min

    16+

    This documentary draws viewers' attention to an equally neglected and essential process in the cultural economy: the ticket.


  • Breakthrough Stage

    Breakthrough Stage

    Documentary, Independent

    2023

    1h.20min

    16+

    An inspiring film about courage, talent and the vision of a theater world that recognizes and promotes all talents equally.


  • The Investigator

    The Investigator

    Documentary, Independent

    2023

    1h.13min

    16+

    An ex-investigator of the Hague Tribunal searches for justice in the Balkans. He shows his mission and its influence on the collective memory.


  • Star Chasers

    Star Chasers

    Documentary, Shorts

    2007

    14min

    16+

    What does the night do to people? A documentary with a poetic look at three Berlin night workers and their very own rhythm.


  • The World Is Blue at Its Edges

    The World Is Blue at Its Edges

    Icons & Media Art

    2021

    14min

    16+

    A mother shares her thoughts with her unborn child. It is a glimpse into an uncertain future and yet full of hope.


  • Kick It Like a Girl

    Kick It Like a Girl

    Documentary, Independent

    2023

    16+

    "Girls can't play soccer" - Pauline, Chayenne, Eriona and Liv prove that this is obviously nonsense in this documentary series.


  • Good Life Deal

    Good Life Deal

    Documentary, Independent

    2022

    1h.13min

    16+

    Gerhard goes all in: He leaves his previous life behind for the Thai girl Amy. Romance and thriller begin to intertwine.


  • Make Up the World

    Make Up the World

    Documentary, Independent

    2024

    1h.39min

    16+

    Props play a crucial role in every movie, yet they are rarely consciously noticed - the big and small things on the set.


  • Narcissism: The Auto-Erotic Images

    Narcissism: The Auto-Erotic Images

    Love & Sex, Queer

    2023

    1h.30min

    16+

    "Challenging Identities" - A lesbian non-binary artist's documentary on gender, self-love, and narcissism, honored at Berlin Pornfilmfestival.


  • 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.


  • Our Fathers

    Our Fathers

    Documentary, Independent

    2021

    1h.15min

    16+

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


  • Allesandersplatz

    Allesandersplatz

    Documentary, Independent

    2021

    53min

    16+

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


  • Re-Destruction

    Re-Destruction

    Documentary, Independent

    2021

    45min

    16+

    Acclaimed Lebanese director Simon El Habre paints a vivid portrait of Beirut post-Civil War, highlighting the impact of the 2020 port explosion.


  • Show Your Wound - Art and Spirituality in the Work of Joseph Beuys

    Show Your Wound - Art and Spirituality in the Work of Joseph Beuys

    Biography, Documentary

    2015

    1h.24min

    16+

    The portrait of an artist who in all his art and with his whole being questioned the existing social system.


  • Face the Wall

    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.


  • Metamorphoses

    Metamorphoses

    Documentary, Icons & Media Art

    2013

    1h.24min

    16+

    On the river Tetscha in the southern Urals, in the middle of nowhere between Europe and Asia, is the most radioactively contaminated area in the world


  • Masala Chai

    Masala Chai

    Documentary, Independent

    2018

    1h.2min

    16+

    Whether in Delhi, Pune, Mumbai or Kolkata, street vendors from very different backgrounds sell the country's most popular drink, masala chai.


  • After the Future

    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

    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.


  • Of Neo-Nazis and Superheroes – How the Far Right is Changing a Small German Town

    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.


  • Amorous, Antiquated, Audacious

    Amorous, Antiquated, Audacious

    Documentary, Queer

    2009

    1h.4min

    16+

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


  • Natasha

    Natasha

    Documentary, Independent

    2008

    1h.24min

    16+

    Who are the (presumably) Eastern European panhandlers working the streets? Filmmaker Ulli Gladik finds out.


  • Counting Tiles

    Counting Tiles

    Documentary, Independent

    2018

    1h.26min

    16+

    "Clowns without Borders" bring a bit of joy to the refugee camp in Moria, Lesbos.


  • Panoptic

    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.


  • Overgames

    Overgames

    Documentary

    2015

    2h.44min

    16+

    A film about funny and serious games, therapies of re- and self-re-education as well as the history of ideas of the permanent revolution.


  • The GDR Complex

    The GDR Complex

    Documentary, Queer

    2016

    1h.30min

    16+

    The moving life story of Mario Röllig, who fell in love with a gay West German politician in the mid-80s and was imprisoned for it.