Former punk rock musician and party-goer Dima “Spike” reunites with friends to visit the graves of key figures from Pskov’s informal music scene of the 1980s and 1990s. However, locating these burial sites proves challenging. As they wander in search of a deceased lover, they drink and reminisce about their youth at the site of Dima’s own symbolic grave.
For many, crossing the Mediterranean is their last hope of escaping war, persecution, and hunger. As more and more women are forced to take this deadly route, a midwife is now a permanent member of the crew of a sea rescue ship. While midwife Anne-Katrin takes part in her first mission, survivors recount the horrors of their journey. Their worlds briefly collide before the rescued women step into another uncertain future.
The adventurous story of the legendary photographer Mirella Ricciardi, who captured the vanishing beauty of life with her camera and now wishes to remain hidden behind the lens. Born in Kenya to European parents, she grew up amid the optimism and contradictions of a fading empire. Her photography from East Africa, later published under the title Vanishing Africa, brought her fame, but her work was also controversially received, as it was shaped by a colonial perspective. Now over 90 years old, she does not wish to show her face and accompanies the film with her voice and her memories.
Rainer Langhans – the old hippie with the long, white hair – is preparing for his death. The self-proclaimed last of the ‘68ers, co-founder of Commune 1, self-promoter, and contradictory outsider lives with his companions and rehearses dying. Through interviews with companions, siblings, and confidants, previously unpublished archive material, and offbeat, fictional scenes, a multi-layered portrait emerges – sometimes serious, sometimes ironic, always contradictory. How can this flamboyant media figure be captured? And what remains when the pose fades? A final look at an eccentric dreamer who always only wanted one thing: to be human.
A critical look at German missionary work in Namibia, which played a major role in the colonization of the country in the 19th century. Two young filmmakers from Namibia and Germany embark on a personal and historical search for traces of the missionaries in present-day Namibia. Both were raised as Christians but now have many critical questions and reservations, particularly regarding the spread of Christianity. Their countries are connected by a dark past—German missionaries are now considered pioneers of the colony of German South West Africa, present-day Namibia. On their journey, there are many encounters, archival discoveries, and, in the end, even more questions.
In conservative southwestern Germany, four people face a fundamental challenge in their quest to find a path to a happier life. In doing so, everything changes for them. At one point in their lives, they knew with every fiber of their being that things could not continue as they were and that a major change in their lives was necessary. Otherwise, there would be no escape from their emotional chaos and no hope for a happier future. Their names are Gabriel, Elisabeth, Melina, and Dunja. Before, they had different names, different lives, and different genders.
The first week of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022: a sudden rupture when modern history begins anew. Observing three rear areas at different distances from the frontlines, three filmmakers capture fractured moments of daily life — a collective testimony of tragedy and awakening.
An inspiring documentary that follows a six-a-side football team dedicated to raising awareness for men’s mental health. Through their partnership with the charity Mind in Salford, FC Pique Blinders use sport to spark important conversations, challenge stigmas, and encourage men to seek help.
Bruce Springsteen performs the songs from his 1982 album “Nebraska” for the first time ever in its entirety in an intimate soundstage setting. Shot in moody black-and-white, the film is directed by Springsteen’s longtime filmic collaborator Thom Zimny.
This film is a searing yet hopeful documentary chronicling the devastation and resilience surrounding the August 8, 2023 wildfire that tore through the historic town of Lāhainā, Maui—the deadliest U.S. wildfire in over a century. With over 13,000 residents displaced and an entire town reduced to ashes, the film captures both the staggering loss and the community's unbreakable spirit.
A group of animators pitch The Unlucky Rabbit, a documentary exploring Walt Disney’s earliest creation, Oswald the Lucky Rabbit. Through storyboards, they retrace the 1920s from Disney’s arrival in California, to his collaboration with Ub Iwerks for the character Oswald at Universal Pictures.
In December 2012, Muzafar Ali and his wife Nagina escaped the Taliban in Afghanistan. They found themselves living in Indonesia as refugees when Australia ‘stopped the boats’. Determined to do something, they started a small two room school, which soon became the hub of a community and the most successful refugee-led initiative in the world.
In the beginning there was the forest. Then came the live performance, and then the film. The yellow wagtail, Eurasian skylark, white-backed woodpecker, corncrake and hazel grouse have not only gotten their voices back, but have taken on human form — clad in elegant tailcoats and bearing names — to recount ancient tales. Through the interplay of theatrical metamorphoses and the creative team’s reflections on nature and relationships, a field of meaning unfolds, vaster than any single spectator. Where ends the self, and where begin the wings of birds and the branches of trees? Can culture, standing on the shoulders of nature, also nurture it? Or will it merely glisten in the light like a sawblade?
Filmed over three nights at Atlanta’s Fox Theatre in 2024, Mitski: The Land captures the artist at the height of her musical powers, showcasing music from “The Land Is Inhospitable and So Are We” alongside re-workings and re-imaginings of songs from her expansive career.
This documentary portrait film reflects the work of photographer Juris Kalniņš during the Soviet era and in the present day, and looks for the points of connection between these two different regimes, providing a biographical, factual and artistic insight into the life and worldview of Juris Kalnins.
In the broadest sense, as a sequel to his 2011 film “Bottom X,” Todd Verow accompanies a “cum dump” on a night when he lets himself be fucked and filled with cum by more than 20 men in a hotel room. The camera consistently observes the events, while Corey, whose videos are also available online, reports from off-screen on how he prepares for his sessions in various cities. He gives tips on what to look out for and philosophizes about his life and his desires. Direct, blunt, and thoroughly informative, the film provides insights into an ever-growing “cum dump” community.