Filme

The Burden

Niki Lindroth von Bahr // Schweden // 2017 // 13:00 min

Comedy, Musical

A gritty musical, set at a market square next to an expressway. The shop employees drive away their doldrums and fears by putting on song-and-dance performances. Here, the apocalypse represents a tempting sort of liberation.

Natassa Xydi // Griechenland // 2016 // 16:00 min

Summer in Athens, and Elsa’s family isn’t the only one renting their apartment to tourists. At their “spare apartment” there’s little space for the young lady’s dreams.

Sandstorm

Seemab Gul // Pakistan // 2021 // 19:55 min

Coming of Age

Zara, a schoolgirl in Karachi (Pakistan), shares a sensual dance video with her virtual boyfriend, who uses it to blackmail her. Caught between his manipulative behaviour and the desire to experience love on her own terms, Zara searches for the strength to reject the confines of a patriarchal society.

Ali Sohail Jaura // Pakistan // 2022 // 17:38 min

Historical, Human Rights, Identity, Migration

Abdul Aziz Ansari sets out to look for his son, only to find that it's not just his son who is missing – the entire city is missing its long-lost peace.

Michael Brynntrup // Deutschland // 1985 // 08:00 min

My apartment has a nice lay-out.
There are a lot of paintings on the walls.
I have a big carpet, too.

Antoine Chapon // Frankreich // 2020 // 18:40 min

Mix-Medias, Mockumentary

A developer of digital training tools for the military once designed video game scenarios intended to prepare soldiers for culture shock and heal trauma, until he himself went to war, radically altering his relationship to games and life in general.

Bless you!

Paulina Ziolkowska // Polen // 2018 // 04:45 min

Everyone gets sick of everyone. But things become really bad when you get sick of yourself.

Nothing To See Here

Nicolas Bouchez // Belgien, Ungarn, Portugal // 2022 // 16:20 min

Childhood, Comedy, Environmental, Habitat

An invisible lunar eclipse is approaching in a Portuguese student dormitory town. An observational comedy about the joy of watching, set in a place where there is seemingly nothing to see.

My uncle Tudor

Olga Lucovnicova // Belgien // 2021 // 20:00 min

Ripe cherries, black-and-white photos and a summer house filled with memories of the seemingly care-free childhoods of multiple generations. Intimate images tell of an idyllic world from another era, until the story turns to Uncle Tudor.

It Blooms at Night

Jasmijn Kooijman // Schweden // 2021 // 13:39 min

Childhood

Lente revisits her grandmother Siri, who lives alone on the Swedish island of Öland, after a long time away and immerses herself in a weightless, nostalgic world of caring and shared memories.

Florence Kosky // // 2021 // 07:34 min

Comedy, Human Rights

In an absurd therapy session, Alice is confronted with her painful memory of a sexual assault and society's disrespectful treatment of it.

Sonja Rohleder // Deutschland // 2019 // 04:20 min

At night, a brightly colored bird sets out to find a companion. Alas, the objects of his desire have other plans.

Gideon van der Stelt // Niederlande // 2021 // 21:00 min

Habitat, Mix-Medias

In cyberpunk style, the city of New Babylon, an assemblage of rotating rings, mirrors the individualistic lifestyle of its lonely inhabitants.

Not the 80s

Marleen Valien // Deutschland // 2022 // 16:30 min

Comedy, Human Rights

Lucy likes Anton and Anton likes Lucy. On their first date, Anton tells Lucy about his HIV, forcing her to realise that she is pretty ill-informed about the illness.

Nizkiz - Principles

Georgi Biziuk // Weißrussland // 2020 // 04:50 min

Hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets to protest unlawfulness and violence. The film team was among them – their documentation enables us to take part in the events.

Steph Hope // Norwegen, Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika // 2021 // 04:54 min

Comedy, Work

There's a lot going on in Amy's life at the moment. Sleeping is not at all easy under such circumstances. Her thoughts revolve alternately around sheep, embarrassing kitchen conversations and muscular dancers.

Blond Night

Gabrielle Demers // Kanada // 2022 // 15:59 min

Disability, Gay / Lesbians / Trans

Victor goes for a walk around the neighbourhood to get away from the Friday evening disco session in a home for autistic adults. In the process, he gets to know Jessy, a young prostitute, who whisks him away to another world for a single wild night.

Michael Brynntrup // Deutschland // 1999 // 04:00 min

WALK / DON’T WALK / WALK. The rhythm of the nineties.
A music stroll along Christopher Street.

Filipe Melo // Portugal // 2021 // 22:00 min

As so many nights before, Vítor Lobo, the "lone wolf", starts his late-night radio talk-show right on time, and proceeds to take calls from his listeners. Only, there's a special call in store for him this night.

Otalia Caussé, Antoine Marchand, Geoffroy Collin, Robin Merle, Louise Grardel, Fabien Meyran // Frankreich // 2019 // 05:20 min

Comedy

In Lisbon, a german married couple is about to get aboard the legendary n°28 tramway, but how should you ract when the brakes let go and embark you on a vertiginous race... with a baby on board.

Michael Brynntrup // Deutschland // 1987 // 07:00 min

Photo, film, and TV images from September 22nd, 1981.
Corner of Potsdamer Strasse and Bülowstrasse.
(This film is dedicated to Klaus-Jürgen Rattay).

Red Gold

Carme Gomila // Spanien // 2021 // 12:00 min

Human Rights, Identity, Migration, Work

Abuse at the hands of crooked local politics, racist capitalism and global extractivism of the South by the North – based on local alliances and migration policy. Women speak about the protest against seasonal labour.

Lina Kalcheva // // 2021 // 13:20 min

Coming of Age, Fantasy, Identity, Migration

An individual creature in a world that otherwise consists exclusively of couples fused into a single entity, Ren sets off on a journey to find his other half. But what does it mean to be whole?

Deniz Tortum, Kathryn Hamilton // Niederlande, Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika // 2021 // 12:00 min

Animals, insects, Environmental, Video Art

We archive everything, as if ecological collapse could be averted by some sort of digital Noah's ark. But can we upload ourselves and our planet and really save everything with the aid of digitally archived 3D models?

Tomer Eshed // Deutschland // 2008 // 05:00 min

Everything we always wanted to know about the mating habits of the water shrew.