Something Else

Something Else | USA 2019 | Horror, Romance Films | Jeremy Gardner, Christian Stella

Abby has left him and lonely Hank gets close to going mad during the nights in his forest cabin. A monster is roving about.

After Midnight (aka Something Else)

After Midnight (aka Something Else) | USA 2019 | , Horror | Jeremy Gardner, Christian Stella | 16

All I Never Wanted

Deutschland 2019 | Comedy, Drama | Leonie Stade, Annika Blendl | 12

A film within a film, a mockumentary, a mixture of documentary methods and acting. ALL I NEVER WANTED follows several women on the path paved with compromises on their way to success in the media industry.

Alles was man braucht

Alles was man braucht | Deutschland 2021 | Documentary | Antje Hubert | oA

Antje Hubert went to northern Germany with her cameraman Henning Brümmer and visited people in the countryside who maintain the village shop tradition or are reviving it.

Die Amitie

Die Amitie | Deutschland 2023 | Drama | Kollektiv Amitié

In the cyber utopia DIE AMITIÉ , an aging German citizen meets an organized subculture.

One Fine Morning

Un beau matin | Frankreich/Deutschland 2022 | Drama | Mia Hansen-Løve

Translator Sandra (Léa Seydoux) is widowed, a single parent and is taking care of her sick father. Between breadwinning and carework, there‘s little space for her.

Anhell69

Kolumbien/ Rumänien/ Frankreich/ Deutschland 2022 | Essay Film, Film about film-making | Theo Montoya | 16

ANHELL69 is a film that was never made about young, beautiful, queer people from Medellín, about a country and a generation that doesn‘t know peace. The recipient of the Golden Dove at the documentary festival DOK Leipzig in 2022.

Animalia

Frankreich/Marokko/Katar 2023 | Drama, Science Fiction | Sofia Alaoui

A mysterious epidemic rages in France and transforms its victims into human-animal hybrids who are banished from society.

About Dry Grasses

Kuru Otlar Üstüne | Türkei/Frankreich/Deutschland 2023 | Drama | Nuri Bilge Ceylan

In snowy western Anatolia, teacher Samet does his mandatory service in a village school until he finally gets moved to Istanbul.

The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blache

Be Natural: The Untold Story Of Alice Guy-Blanché | USA 2018 | Documentary, Biography | Pamela B. Green | oA

Parisian filmmaker Alice Guy-Blaché filmed her debut film LA FEÉ AUX CHOUX one year after the first film premiere of the Lumière Brothers in 1895. Later on she founded her own studio, “Solax,“ in the US.

Beyto

Schweiz 2020 | Drama, Love Stories | Gitta Gsell | 12

Beyto is a high achiever at his IT apprenticeship, a budding swimming star, a good friend, and a caring son. He‘s also romantically involved with swim coach Mike. When his parents pressure him to marry his cousin Seher, Seher, Beyto, and Mike are ...

The Blue Caftan

Le bleu du caftan | Frankreich/Marokko/Belgien 2022 | Drama | Maryam Touzani | 12

Mina and Halim run a traditional tailor shop specializing in traditional caftans. When young tailor Youssef starts his training with Halim, Mina notices the attraction between Halim and Youssef.

Borga

Ghana/Deutschland 2021 | Drama | York-Fabian Raabe | 12

Brothers Kofi and Kojo are growing up on the electronic scrap landsfill by the gates of Accra, but they dream of a good life like the ones the “Borga“ have, the Ghanaians who have made money abroad.

Bulldog

Spanien/Deutschland 2022 | Drama | André Szardenings | 12

The symbiotic-harmonious relationship between son Bruno and mother Toni comes to an abrupt end when Toni‘s new partner Hannah moves in.

La chimera

La chimera | Italien/Frankreich/Schweiz 2023 | Drama | Alice Rohrwacher | 12

Rohrwacher's characters chase after a pipe dream, a chimera. Quick money, lost love, the reunification with the deceased, and social interactions that occur outside of the capital.

Close

Belgien/Niederlande/Frankreich 2022 | Drama | Lukas Dhont | 12

Léo and Rémi are best friends as children. But after switching schools and the start of puberty, their friendship is suddenly put into question.

Dogs Don't Wear Pants

Koirat eivät käytä housuja | Finnland 2019 | Drama | J-P Valkeapää

Years after his wife‘s death, surgeon Juha is still trapped in his grief. When a dominatrix mistakes him for a client, getting choked by her triggers comforting hallucinations in Juha.

AEIOU – Das schnelle Alphabet der Liebe

AEIOU – Das schnelle Alphabet der Liebe | Deutschland 2022 | Drama | Nicolette Krebitz

60 year old actress Anna takes a job as a language trainer. Her first client is 17 year old Adrian who stole her wallet shortly before. The two quickly develop a playful, flirty dynamic.

The Exorcist: Believer

The Exorcist: Believer | USA 2023 | Horror | David Gordon Green

Sequel/reboot to THE EXORCIST with Ellen Burstyn

Feminism WTF

Österreich 2023 | Documentary | Katharina Mückstein

In Katharina Mückstein‘s film, scientists and activists explain what feminism is: a movement that keeps developing and is also questioning itself.

France

Frankreich 2021 | Drama, Comedy | Bruno Dumont | 12

Director and writer Bruno Dumont criticizes the media scene in this cutting tragicomedy with Léa Seydoux playing star journalist France, a dazzling and incorrigable anti-heroine.

Der Fuchs

Österreich 2023 | Drama | Adrian Goiginger

Austrian director and writer Adrian Goiginger sensitively portrays the story of his great-grandfather as a young, socially isolated man in the war who blossoms through his friendship with a fox.

Bliss (2021)

Glück – Bliss | Deutschland 2021 | Drama | Henrika Kull | 16

Sascha and Maria meet each other while working in a Berlin brothel and fall in love. Director Henrika Kull films in a semi-documentary form which incorporates real locations and actual sex workers.

Jules

Jules | USA 2023 | Drama, Comedy, Science Fiction | Marc Turtletaub | 6

When 80 year old Milton (Ben Kingsley) claims that a UFO landed in his flower bed in the supermarket, his friends Joyce and Sandy initially don’t believe him...

Hatching

Pahanhautoja | Finnland/Schweden 2022 | Horror, Drama, Fantasy | Hanna Bergholm

12-year-old gymnast Tinja is under the control of her mother, once a professional ice skater and now an engaged family blogger. HATCHING is a feminist horror film about body image, anorexia and the helplessness of dealing with narcissistic parents.

Why Not You

Why Not You | Österreich/Belgien 2020 | Drama | Evi Romen | 16

Mario‘s friend Lenz dies in an islamist terrorist attack in Rome. In Mario‘s South Tyrol home village, Nadim, a former classmate and Muslim, is Mario‘s ally. The film explores sexual identity, religious terrorism, survivor guilt, addiction, ...

How to Have Sex

How to Have Sex | Großbritannien/Griechenland 2023 | Drama | Molly Manning Walker

Teenagers Tara, Skye, and Em throw themselves into party life during a Mediterranean vacation and have borderline experiences.

Human Flowers of Flesh

Human Flowers of Flesh | Deutschland/Frankreich 2022 | Drama | Helena Wittmann

After departing from the harbor, the sea takes over the rhythm more and more. Waves determine the camera movements. The cabins are filled with the creaking of the ship day and night.

I Am The Tigress

I Am The Tigress | Deutschland/USA/Österreich 2021 | Documentary | Philipp Fussenegger, Dino Osmanoviç

Tischa “The Tigress“ Thomas is a mother and grandmother, African-American and a body builder. She is preparing for her last big competition in Romania.

Il mio corpo

il mio corpo | Italien/Schweiz 2020 | Documentary | Michele Pennetta

IL MIO CORPO by director Michele Pennetta shows precarious life in rural Sicily. Oscar and his older brother Roberto collect scrap metal. Refugee Stanley tends sheep and sleeps in abandoned houses.

The Innocents

De uskyldige | Norwegen/ Schweden/ Dänemark/ Finnland/ Frankreich 2021 | Drama, Thriller, Horror | Eskil Vogt

Jallikattu

Jallikattu | Indien 2019 | Thriller, Drama | Lijo Jose Pellissery | 16

The hunt for an escaped water buffalo turns into a catalyst for violence in a north Indian village. Action scenes, wild hunts across the rainy, dark jungle, epic final images of senseless violence. But the horror is also present in the quiet images.

Jump Darling

Jump Darling | Kanada 2021 | Drama, Tragicomedy | Phil Connell | 12

After an embarrassing performance, Russel flees to his grandmother‘s who lives in a small town and finds success with his drag performances there. However, the real star is grandmother Margret, one of Cloris Leachman‘s last roles.

Cocoon

Kokon | Deutschland 2020 | Drama | Leonie Krippendorff | 12

14-year-old Nola has body issues and shuts herself off more and more while her older sister goes out on the town. This changes when Nola falls for the new girl in class.

Little Fugitive

USA 1953 | Drama | Ray Ashley, Morris Engel, Ruth Orkin | 6

Wes Anderson’s selection for the “coming-of-age“ retrospective at the Berlinale. In LITTLE FUGITIVE, seven year old Joey escapes his band’s gang and drifts through the crowds of Coney Island.

Mami Wata

Nigeria 2023 | Drama, Fantasy, Thriller | C.J. 'Fiery' Obasi

In Iyi, Mami Wata, a water spirit, and Mama Efe, her human intermediary, hold the health, wealth, life and death of the villagers in their hands. But when a young boy dies, doubt arise in the village.

Twarz - Mug

Twarz | Polen 2018 | Comedy, Drama | Malgorzata Szumowska | 12

Małgorzata Szumowska casts a satirical look at faith and the media craze in Poland in her 2018 Silver Bear-winning film MUG.

Mona Lisa and the Blood Moon

USA 2022 | Fantasy, Drama | Ana Lily Amirpour | 16 | Interview

The feminist horror comedy gleefully deconstructs gender stereotypes and the shrill but warm characters, cool 90s neon look and the propelling techno sound merge into a fantastic trip.

Money Boys

Money Boys | Österreich/ Frankreich/ Belgien/ Taiwan 2021 | Drama | C.B. YI | 12

Fei moves away from his home village to the city in order to make money and find a bit of freedom. Fei is gay, and even though that isn‘t illegal in China, queer desire is a social taboo.

Keyke mahboobe man

Keyke mahboobe man | Iran/ Frankreich/ Schweden/ Deutschland 2024 | Drama | Maryam Moghaddam, Behtash Sanaeeha

At Night All Cats Are Brown

De Noche Los Gatos Son Pardos | Schweiz 2022 | Drama, Mystery | Valentin Merz

While shooting a queer-erotic period film on an estate in France, the director, who is also the director of the real film, goes missing. The next day, his corpse is found.

Neubau

Neubau | Deutschland 2020 | Drama, Heimatfilm | Johannes Maria Schmit | 16

Gay trans man Markus lives in Uckermark, takes care of his grandmother, and dreams of a queer dream family in Berlin among the bathing lakes, the guesthouse, and the tree-lined avenues. But Markus stays.

Nevrland

Österreich 2019 | Drama | Gregor Schmidinger | 16

17-year-old Jacob works in a slaughterhouse. An anxiety disorder make the shifts hellish for him. Only he sex cam chats with art student Kristjan offer a short-term relief.

Omen

Augure | Belgien/ Kongo/ Frankreich/ Niederlande/ Südafrika 2023 | Drama | Baloji | 12

Due to a birthmark on his face, Koffi’s Congolese family think he’s possessed.

Piaffe

Deutschland 2022 | Phantastischer Film, Erotic Film | Ann Oren | 16

Foley artist Eva is meant to add sound to a horse and increasingly loses herself in the research and creation of the horse sounds. Eventually, she grows a tail. With this new body part, Eva discovers a new sensuality within.

The Possession of Hannah Grace

USA 2018 | Horror, Thriller | Diederik Van Rooijen | 16

A shocking exorcism spirals out of control, claiming the life of a young woman. Months later, police officer Megan Reed is working the graveyard shift in the morgue...

RBG

USA 2018 | Semi-documentary Film, Porträt | Julie Cohen, Betsy West | oA

The documentary reconstructs Ruth Bader Ginsberg‘s aka “The Notorious RBG‘s“ path to the Supreme Court and becoming a role model with medial flashbacks and interviews.

Le regne animal: Animal Kingdom

Le regne animal: Animal Kingdom | F 2023 | Drama, Science Fiction | Thomas Cailley

In a world where a pandemic has started turning people into animals, a man enters the forest that has become home to some of them to look for his wife, together with a policewoman he met on the way.

Rimini

Österreich/Deutschland/Frankreich 2022 | Drama | Ulrich Seidl | 12

Michael Thomas sings and plays pop singer Richie Bravo moves around wintery Rimini. While the Adriatic coast is packed with tourists in the summer, there are now wisps of fog. Snow is falling on the palm trees and refugees are crouching under beach ...

Saint Omer

Frankreich 2022 | Drama | Alice Diop | 12 | Interview

A trial against Senegalese student Laurence, who killed her child on the beach, is taking place in a French small town. Writer Rama wants to use the trial as material for a novel about the Medea topic.

La salamandre

La salamandre | Frankreich/Brasilien/Deutschland 2021 | Drama | Alex Carvalho

Based on a novel by Jean-Christophe Rufin, Alex Carvahlos‘ debut focuses on the story of a woman who only gets the opportunity to discover herself later in life and almost destroys herself in the process.

Schlaf - Sleep

Schlaf | Deutschland 2020 | Thriller, Drama | Michael Venus | 16

Marlene is plagued by nightmares. With her daughter Mona she visits the hotel that she has seen in her sleep.

The Black Square

Das Schwarze Quadrat | Deutschland 2020 | Comedy, Crime Comedy | Peter Meister | 12

Forger Vincent and the somewhat naive Nils steal Malewitsch‘s “The Black Square“ and flee on a cruise ship. A surreal ensemble crime film with a touch of Wes Anderson.

Servus Papa – See You in Hell

Servus Papa – See You in Hell | Deutschland 2022 | Drama | Christopher Roth

The screenplay of SERVUS PAPA is based on the memories of Jeanne Tremsal, who grew up in the AAO commune of Otto Mühl.

Shall I Compare You To A Summer's Day?

Bashtaalak sa'at | Ägypten/Libanon/Deutschland 2022 | Love-story, Musical | Mohammad Shawky Hassan

A fairy tale, a performance, a musical. Quotes from the author Rabih Alameddine are mixed in with Egyptian pop songs. Hassan‘s poetic feature-length debut is high on love, pondering about queer life and love – and like every good fairy tale it ...

Anais In Love

Les amours d'Anaïs | Frankreich 2021 | Drama, Romance Films | Charline Bourgeois-Tacquet

ANAÏS IN LOVE mixes the classical cheery French romantic comedy with a dash of “mumblecore“ a la FRANCES HA.

Teaches of Peaches

Deutschland 2024 | Documentary, Music Films | Philipp Fussenegger | 16 | Interview

It’s a lot of fun to follow the funny and energetic Peaches on stage and behind the scenes, and there’s quite a lot to discover about her.

Ishi ga aru

Ishi ga aru | Japan 2022 | Drama, Experimental film | Tatsunari Ota

Two people meet at a river and play stones and sticks until they part ways again. Their short encounter disrupts two lonely lives.

Unsere Herzen – Ein Klang: The Joy of Singing

Unsere Herzen – Ein Klang: The Joy of Singing | Deutschland 2022 | Documentary, Music Films | Torsten Striegnitz, Simone Dobmeier

Torsten Striegnitz and Simone Dobmeier accompany three choir directors: Simon Halsey, former director of the Rundfunkchor Berlin, vocal teacher Judith Kamphues and up-and-coming choir director Hyunju Kwon.

Valeria Mithatenet

Valeria Mithatenet | Israel/Ukraine 2022 | Drama | Michal Vinik

Ukrainian Christina has been living in Israel with her husband Michael for several years. The two met over a dating agency, and Christina has now found a husband for her little sister Valeria.

What Do We See When We Look At The Sky?

Ras vkhedavt, rodesac cas vukurebt? | Deutschland/Georgien 2021 | Drama | Alexandre Koberidze | Interview

WAS SEHEN WIR… is a poetic film about love and soccer. It‘s a love declaration to the Georgian city of Kutaissi, filmmaking, strolling and humanity.

Der wilde Wald

Der wilde Wald | Deutschland 2021 | Documentary | Lisa Eder | oA

In the 70s it was decided that there should be no regulative intervention in the eco system of the Bavarian forest natonal park. After hurricanes and bark beetle infestations, the result wasn‘t always pretty and there was talk of the ...

Windstill

Deutschland 2021 | Drama | Nancy Camaldo | 12

Two sisters, one in the city, the other in their late parent‘s isolated farm. Prior to Lara showing up drunk at her sister Ida‘s door, they were not speaking to each other for two years.

Wir könnten genauso gut tot sein: We Might As Well Be Dead

Wir könnten genauso gut tot sein: We Might As Well Be Dead | Deutschland/Rumänien 2021 | Drama | Natalia Sinelnikova | 12

In a hostile world, the residents of a building complex shield themselves from the outside and bully neighbours in the building who break the rules.