La Palma

La Palma 2020

4.00

Sanne's and Markus' relationship is in crisis. They go on holiday together, but accidentally fly to the wrong island. There, in desperation, they break into an empty holiday home and embark on a role-play using new identities. At first, the game is an exciting rediscovery of their relationship, but it becomes increasingly destructive as they force themselves into archaic roles.

2020

Life Is Not a Competition, But I’m Winning

Life Is Not a Competition, But I’m Winning 2023

5.50

If history is written by the victors, where does that leave those who were never allowed to be part of the game? A collective of queer athletes enters the Olympic Stadium in Athens and sets out to honour those who were excluded from standing on the winners’ podium. They meet Amanda Reiter, a trans* marathon runner who has to struggle with the prejudices of sports organisers, and Annet Negesa, an 800m runner who was urged by the international sports federations to undergo hormone-altering surgery. Together they create a radical poetic utopia far from the rigid gender rules found in competitive sports.

2023

The Story of the Weeping Camel

The Story of the Weeping Camel 2003

7.10

When a Mongolian nomadic family's newest camel colt is rejected by its mother, a musician is needed for a ritual to change her mind.

2003

A Trick of the Light

A Trick of the Light 1995

5.83

A rare gem of cinematic storytelling that weaves docudrama, fictional reenactment, and experimental photography into a powerful, reflective work on the early days of German cinema. The film tells the story of the Skladanowsky Brothers, the German-born duo responsible for inventing the "bioskop", an early version of the film projector.

1995

The Cave of the Yellow Dog

The Cave of the Yellow Dog 2005

7.43

The little nomad girl, Nansal, finds a baby dog in the Mongolian veld, who becomes her best friend - against all rejections of her parents. A story about a Mongolian family of nomads - their traditional way of life and the rising call of the City.

2005

Solastalgia

Solastalgia 2022

1

Edda has been overcome by solastalgia: anguish over the destruction of our planet. Seeking refuge on the North Frisian island of Pellworm, she meets Sophie, a young farmer who is suing the German government for her right to a future, in this artistic, veracious immersion in the lives of the Fridays for Future generation.

2022

Next Door

Next Door 2024

1

The door to the right stands open. Finally, Tom and his partner Marcel have moved into their first apartment together. They could be happy at last. But at night, Tom hears strange noises from next door - and discovers there is a connecting door to the neighboring apartment. The key is missing. All attempts to lock the door fail. While Tom's fear of what lurks behind it grows, Marcel worries about their happiness and tries everything to talk down the situation. Even when they realize their neighbor is Adolf Hitler. And he makes no effort to leave them in peace. Tom's trust in Marcel and in a new home together is shattered. And Tom has to face the door to the right alone.

2024

Don't Let Go

Don't Let Go 2024

6.00

Amir and Anouk return home after their first vacation together. In the throes of love, they believe that nothing can destroy their happiness. But then they are stopped by the police - and nothing is as it was before.

2024

Dead Girls Dancing

Dead Girls Dancing 2023

2.67

On a road trip across Italy, recent high school graduates Ira, Malin and Ka pick up the intriguing backpacker Zoe. As the four girls stumble across an abandoned village, they start to experiment with the limits of their newly found freedom, away from the expectations of their parents and teachers.

2023

Untitled

Untitled 2017

7.50

More than two years after the sudden death of Michael Glawogger in April 2014, film editor Monika Willi realizes a film out of the film footage produced during 4 months and 19 days of shooting in the Balkans, Italy, Northwest and West Africa. A journey into the world to observe, listen and experience, the eye attentive, courageous and raw. Serendipity is the concept - in shooting as well as in editing the film.

2017

Limbo

Limbo 2020

5.10

When Ana, a young compliance manager, discovers unusually high bills among her company's records, she can't imagine what an avalanche her research will set off. Not only does she cross paths with an aging small-time crook and a Viennese Mafia lord at an illegal bare-knuckle fight, she also runs into Carsten, an undercover investigator. He has long been on the trail of a network of money launderers and now faces a difficult decision — since he knows Ana all too well.

2020

Franky

Franky 2023

1

Christie has an unusual dog at home – her husband. Will their marriage stand up to this extraordinary circumstances?

2023

Josefine

Josefine 1989

1

A young literature student Andreas Alt (Mark Bellinghaus), works as a ghostwriter on the memoirs of a former, now elderly courtesan (Trude Breitschopf). Her granddaughter Josefine (Mia Martin) also lives in the dilapidated house with her. By reading the diary, reality and imagination mix in the imagination of the student, the roles of the two women. Attracted by the phantom of his desire, he finally succumbs to a false seduction.

1989

The Noah's Ark Principle

The Noah's Ark Principle 1984

5.00

The year is 1997, and World Peace seems to have come, with most classic weapons of mass destruction having been abandoned. However, orbiting the Earth there is the European/American space station FLORIDA ARKLAB, capable of controlling the weather at any location on the planet underneath. A civil project by nature, it might be abused as an offensive weapon, since it could deliver devastation to any potential adversary simply by creating natural disasters such as storms and floods. No wonder the space station soon becomes the central point in rising political tensions between East and West, next stop World War 3 (as indicated by the tagline "The end of our future has already begun"). We follow the main protagonist Billy Hayes, an astronaut aboard the station, as he wades through a plot of secrecy and sabotage trying to tell friend from foe in the process.

1984

Cowboy

Cowboy 2023

1

When Felix steals a leather jacket in a hotel, he bumps into Bianca. She confuses him for a callboy she booked and Felix decides to play along.

2023

Making Up!

Making Up! 1993

5.00

An original satire about women of the 90s in search of the men of their dreams. Franzy believes she's through with men, but desperately needs new amorous story lines for the comic strip she writes for a newspaper. So she observes her friend Maischa struggling to satisfy her need for love -- and someone who knows how to install her new shelf. Since joiner Klaus demands too much attention, she sets her eyes on the good-looking footballer Rene.

1993

Punk in London

Punk in London 1977

6.60

A visual record of London punk life in the late '70s, filled with never-before-seen live concert footage and commentary from the Clash, the Jam, X-Ray Spex and the Electric Chairs.

1977

Shoot Me

Shoot Me 2013

6.20

The Iranian filmmaker Narges Kalhor, daughter of a former advisor of Ahmadinejad's, has been living in exile in Germany for four years. When she hears that the fellow Iranian rapper Shahin Najafi, who is also living in exile in Germany, faces death threats and has to hide because of one of his songs, she doesn't hesitate and has to find him. On her search she encounters fear everywhere. Narges Kalhor has to face her inconvenient memories of suppression, hatred and anger for her past in Iran.

2013

Why Chickens Don‘t Fly

Why Chickens Don‘t Fly 2022

3.50

An unexpected encounter with an unfamiliar woman rouses Marlene, a young single mother, from her unsatisfying routine. Inspired by the provocative verve shown by her new friend, Marlene takes a plunge into the unknown. Is this what a life without children and obligations could look like? But during Marlene’s quest for freedom, piecemeal images from her childhood begin to intrude more and more, reawakening a repressed childhood trauma.

2022