Filme

Strangers in the Dark

Jenni Pystynen, Perttu Inkilä // Finnland // 2023 // 12:00 min

Animals, insects, Environmental, Habitat

A firefly has a scant few weeks to mate during its lifetime. Better be quick then – if only it weren't for humans and their infernal light pollution! Insane close-up shots from the insect kingdom.

Kilian Feusi, Jessica Meier, Sujanth Ravichandran // Schweiz // 2022 // 04:03 min

Comedy, Gay / Lesbians / Trans

Bob is a plumber and is called out on a job. The surprise is big when he finds himself in a gay fetish club.

Daniel Soares // Portugal, Schweiz // 2022 // 14:00 min

Comedy, Environmental, Human Rights, Identity, Migration, Work

The idyllic Swiss setting contrasts sharply with the stressful routine of a Portuguese cleaning woman: her boss, a property renter, is a jerk, the guests too, and her daughter is moody. And she's just expected to deal…

Carolin Glomp // Deutschland // 2022 // 05:00 min

Comedy, Work

Nature calls the shy intern and the determined CEO. Simultaneously. "Big business", if you know what we mean. Who will dare to go first?

Laen Sanches // Frankreich // 2022 // 01:37 min

Animals, insects, Environmental

Compelling images of sea creatures, mutilated or entangled in plastic, edited dynamically and set to classical music. Anyone who still litters after watching this should stub their little toe every night before bed.

Samir Arabzadeh // Schweden, Philippinen // 2022 // 14:30 min

Who hasn't dreamt of taking a powernap at work? In the Philippines it's no problem at all. Whether sales people, fast food workers or seamsters and seamstresses – everyone dozes off here briefly.

Ewan Macbeth // Niederlande // 2022 // 13:00 min

An unseen narrator recounts his experience of wrongful imprisonment in an unnamed country, and his sudden release. Based on a nightmarish letter sent to Amnesty International, and a surreal interview with its writer on freedom and coincidence.
[CW: incarceration, torture]

Human Ressources

Isaac Wenzek, Trinidad Plass Caussade, Titouan Tillier // Frankreich // 2023 // 03:30 min

Seriously, who came up with the brilliant idea for "human resources"? At least it's smart to give 21st-century workers titles that reflect their real treatment under capitalism. This French film takes the term literally.

Anna Ilin // Deutschland // 2022 // 14:40 min

Gay / Lesbians / Trans

Freedom, fetish … love? Bea has a special relationship to her Golf Cabrio. When a couple teens spray-paint penises on her car, she has to get out of the city. The open road brings peace of mind and unexpected encounters.

Maxime MICHEL // Frankreich // 2021 // 03:17 min

Choreography, Video Art

Super 8 footage and expressive dance: nature vs. city, nature in the city. In the midst of everything: an encounter between two individuals. Magic happens. And even more dancing.

Benon Mugumbya, Julius Kwazze // Uganda // 2021 // 14:19 min

Thriller

Greed, friendship and a typical street-food dish in Uganda: "Rolex" is a bloody and brief stick-'em-up romp that features an almost fairly-tale-like message.
[CW: murder and blood]

David Fidalgo // Spanien // 2022 // 11:00 min

Comedy, Environmental, Fantasy, Habitat, Sci-Fi

David leads a happy life with his Sandwich Cat until an alien posesses its body and he is plummeted into a fast-paced, hilarious vortex involving the very existence of humanity.

Naseeba Bagalaaliwo // Uganda // 2021 // 06:41 min

How much identity does one's own hair harbour? What role does hair play in how we define ourselves? A young African woman's conflict regarding femininity and personal identity.

Maija Blåfield // Finnland // 2023 // 16:00 min

Environmental, Habitat

Staged scene or reality? Is a bear really just coincidentally sitting here in the primeval Finnish forest eating berries? "Scenic View" destroys the illusion of the wildlife film.

Cana Bilir-Meier // Deutschland // 2013 // 07:20 min

In her essayistic documentary, Cana Bilir-Meier assembles fragments of poems, television reports and sound recordings into a cinematic memory of her aunt Semra Ertan: She came to Germany in 1972 as a migrant worker, worked as a technical draftswoman and interpreter, and wrote over 350 poems. She died in Hamburg in 1982 at the age of 25, burning herself to death in protest against racism in Germany.
[CW: racism, suicide]

Lia Campbell // Kenia // 2023 // 09:59 min

Gay / Lesbians / Trans, Human Rights, Identity, Migration

A queer couple is faced with a choice, when Shee's girlfriend gets pregnant. Do they really want to have a family together? A discussion ensues.

Christian Zetterberg // Schweden // 2021 // 09:11 min

Childhood, Coming of Age

After a heated training match with the team, twelve-year-old Viggo and Noel go home to challenge each other's limits and masculinity. A sudden stop to an innocent game questions what a male friendship is allowed to be.

Aziz Zoromba // // 2022 // 24:00 min

Brothers Simo and Emad are rivals. When Simo secretly goes live on Emad's online-gaming channel and indulges in an ill-advised joke, the game becomes dead serious.

The Thirteenth Year

Samad Alizadeh // Iran // 2023 // 10:00 min

Coming of Age

Iranian protagonist Helia has turned 13 – for her parents, that means she is not allowed to ride a bike anymore. When her father plans to sell her cycle to the neighbour boy, the girl rebels against rigid gender roles.

Shitty Weather

Jessica Laurén // Schweden // 2023 // 09:00 min

Environmental

Storms that rage for days, flooded cellars, forest fires on holiday: Even in this darkly humorous animation, climate change has long been a reality, but the only one who seems to be paying any attention is a young girl.

George Stamos // Kanada // 2022 // 06:44 min

Archie Burnett, the "grandfather" of the New York ballroom "House of Ninja", speaks candidly about his career,with all its ups and downs.

Sarnt Utamachote // Deutschland // 2021 // 21:44 min

Animals, insects, Gay / Lesbians / Trans, Human Rights, Identity, Migration, Music video, Musical, Politics

What does it mean to listen while being vulnerable? Following the concept "music as a gift", four Berlin-based migrant queer musicians surprised their close friends or relatives with a special song, which then triggered a moment of deep appreciation between them. This film documents that process of them opening up and letting go.

Shooting Watermelons

Antonio Donato // Italien // 2023 // 19:56 min

Comedy, Coming of Age

Sardinia in pastels, rigid camera angles and the occasional zoom: a certain aesthetic influence on Antonio Donato's creative process is unmistakeable. But the idol could learn a thing or two about depth from the admirer.

Collectif Faire-part // Belgien, Demokratische Republik Kongo // 2022 // 10:00 min

Human Rights, Identity, Migration, Politics

Demolition of a monument. The poet Marie Paule Mugeni has prepared a speech, for the day on which a statue of the colonial ruler Leopold II is to be removed in Brussels.

Taste of Home

Âni Võ // Deutschland // 2022 // 29:33 min

Fiction

In her mother's nail salon, 11-year-old Linh begins a tender friendship with young Vietnamese employee Mai, who will soon need her help to hide from human traffickers that are exploiting her. Linh shows solidarity with Mai and rebels against her mother, who knows what’s going on but cannot revolt against it due to her own entanglement in the system.
[CW: Physical Violence]