Filme

Thùy Trang Nguyễn // Deutschland // 2021 // 34:09 min

JACKFRUIT tells the story of Mít, a gender-fluid person who is part of the Vietnamese diaspora and queer Berlin. Before Mít has the courage to move out, Grandma Roan is diagnosed with Alzheimer's. When Roan starts to forget things, memories of her distant homeland Vietnam fade as well... Mít sets out to find the connection between their two identities they thought were incompatible.

Patience Nitumwesiga // Uganda // 2022 // 15:00 min

Ever just wanted to go home from the bar but gotten robbed and thrown into a parallel world instead? What happens to these two sisters… well, you'll just have to see for yourself.

Sex Relish (A Solo Orgasm)

Ananda Safo // Frankreich // 2021 // 11:50 min

Mockumentary

Masturbation as self-empowerment: In "Jouir (en solitaire)" different women give an intimate testimony about how much power can lie in playing with one's own desire and one's own body.

Balkan, Baby

Boris Gavrilović // Deutschland // 2023 // 18:35 min

Comedy, Identity, Migration

Vacationing Martina just wants to join German tourists and be inconspicuous. She’s annoyed when confident, non-conformist Dunja reminds her of her Yugoslav roots. At first painful, this turns out to be quite liberating.

Collage

Gülce Besen Dilek // Deutschland // 2023 // 08:35 min

Coming of Age

The way in which we learn to perceive and interpret people and their facial features is also part of our adolescence. Which experiences leave traces on the face and soul? Which experiences are behind our own expressions?

Misaligned

Marta Magnuska // Lettland, Polen // 2022 // 07:00 min

A couple, drawn in charcoal, hangs in the living room, as a gecko looks on. She does yoga, he plays with his phone. Things get even tinier in the tiny room, then really big and vaguely cosmic, before one of them leaves.

The Stopover

Collectif Faire-part // Belgien, Demokratische Republik Kongo, Deutschland // 2022 // 14:30 min

Human Rights, Identity, Migration, Politics

Filmmakers Paul Shemisi and Nizar Saleh recall a trip to Germany, where they were meant to present their new film, before a layover in Angola devolved into a truly hellish ordeal.
[CW: unjust incarceration]

The Sketch

Tomas Cali // Frankreich // 2023 // 09:20 min

Gay / Lesbians / Trans, Identity, Migration, Mix-Medias

Life as a transgender immigrant in Paris. A new language. And drawing lessons – featuring Linda, a transgender nude model. The realisation hits: When I draw you, I'm also drawing myself.

Cupid's Bow

Manon Tacconi // Frankreich // 2023 // 04:40 min

At a party, Jess witnesses one of her friends getting sexually harassed. The next day at the beach, she carefully tries to talk to Alana about the incident.
[CW: sexualised violence]

The Neverending Story

David Valero // Spanien // 2023 // 13:50 min

How exciting can everyday life actually be? Amid family relations and generational conflict, "La historia interminable" depicts a congenial working-class family from Spain.

Woman as Image, Man as Bearer of the Look

Carlos Velandia // Kolumbien // 2022 // 07:20 min

Mix-Medias, Video Art

Women in cinema history: in bed, in the shower or at the vanity, staged and montaged by male directors. A collage of the male gaze.
[CW: for epilepsy]

The Red Suitcase

Cyrus Neshvad // Luxemburg // 2022 // 17:38 min

Identity, Migration

A 16-year-old arrives in Luxemburg – alone – for an arranged marriage. She shows great bravery, refusing to exit the airport's security zone. For, beyond its boundaries, her forced "fiancée" awaits.
[CW: psychological violence]

Aria Azizi // Deutschland, Afghanistan // 2018 // 14:55 min

On the run. The contractions of pregnant Darya are getting stronger and stronger. The only one who could help her is the doctor Rahman. But Darya's husband won't allow a man to touch his wife.
[CW: birth, migration trauma]

Stenzin Tankong // Frankreich, Indien // 2022 // 14:00 min

Environmental, Fantasy

A shepherd wearing unmistakably chic glasses hears a mysterious sound coming from the Himalayan peaks. The villagers aren't convinced the spooky hum is worth investigating, but that doesn't dampen his curiosity.

Ardent Other

Alice Brygo // Frankreich // 2022 // 16:13 min

Politics

A digitized crowd of stunned onlookers stands frozen: Paris is being burned to the ground, before their very eyes. A nebulous fear spreads, more significant than one's own self.
[CW: Rascism]

Lewie Kloster, Noah Kloster // Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika // 2019 // 03:26 min

A little bike-shop wisdom: cycling pants alone won't make you an Olympic champion. And: the best bike is one that's ridden.

The Void

Mandana Ferdos // Frankreich // 2023 // 16:06 min

Human Rights, Identity, Migration, Politics

In memories, we stroll through Paris, through Iran, over beaches, through the night. A highly personal journey treating female servitude in one's homeland, isolation during the pandemic, and the disappearance of cinema.
[CW: suicide, self harm, femicide and misogyny]

Orchids

Florian Dilloo, Sacha Calame, Sacha Calame // Frankreich, Réunion // 2021 // 07:06 min

The orchids in a young woman's garden trigger memories of a traumatic experience she suffered when a barkeeper slipped roofies into her drink in order to rape her.
[CW: knockout drops, sexual violence]

Rodger Werkhoven, Arno Coenen // Niederlande // 2023 // 05:26 min

Mix-Medias, Video Art

Creepy clown-like AI figures address the viewer directly – painting a grim portrait of the future. Could actors soon be replaced by artificial intelligence?

ATSUHIKO KOMEDA // Japan // 2022 // 06:16 min

Maki, Yari and El don't just plant cabbage on their farm. They sing about it too – in the local heavy-metal band. Here, one profession inspires the other.

Ann Afrie Nassanga // Uganda // 2021 // 20:00 min

Human Rights

Dr. Faith Nangiro disrupted the tradition of child marriage at the age of five – today she practices medicine and is a role model for young women in Uganda. Who is this heroine?

Ellinor Hallin, Ellen Fiske // Schweden // 2022 // 19:59 min

Childhood, Human Rights

When children in Sweden call BRIS, it means they're experiencing an emergency – whether it is a dead pet or violent parents. Sara, Niclas and Louisa help them the best they can.
[CW: Physical and sexual violence toward children]

Wolves

Andrés Mossos // Kolumbien // 2022 // 15:09 min

Childhood, Coming of Age

How do you go about fulfilling your dreams when the future seems hopeless? Pollo gets a gun and wants to pose with it – who can blame him? Should he have known that it's supposed to bring bad luck?
[CW: physical violence, death]

Eugenia Bakurin // Deutschland // 2022 // 03:34 min

Childhood, Choreography, Comedy, Music video, Politics, Video Art

The footage here is drawn from the archive of Odesa Film Studio: today, like many other cultural monuments in Ukraine, it is in danger of being destroyed by the Russian army.

Loop-Hole

JI-SIAN WANG // Taiwan // 2022 // 06:10 min

Animals, insects, Environmental, Video Art

This film is about life and death, pain and suffering cows from being stunned by electric shock before slaughter. Mass eating Of meat of these animals is breaking the law of the universe and becoming a weird black hole-like of reincarnation.