Ren wakes up from a hysterical fit, holding a prescription for something that is supposed to alleviate PMS. She sets off to pick up her medication. When she takes it, she realizes that she may have been prescribed something ineffective. Angry and disappointed, she loses her temper and collapses, whereupon the pill machine spits out another random prescription.
Maryam, an Iranian woman, is accompanied by a film crew for a documentary about her everyday life. However, during filming, it becomes increasingly clear that the biased image the director wants to portray of Maryam in his documentary may not correspond at all to how Maryam sees herself and her situation, or how she wants to be seen.
Frankfurt's railway station district is a place full of contrasts: visible, raw, loud. Right in the middle of it all is "YokYok," a late-night shop that is more than just a retail space. Here, Nazim and his boys have been selling drinks, cigarettes, and all kinds of small items for years. But if you stay a little longer, you quickly realize that it's not just goods stacked between the shelves, but also stories.
The film reflects things that go through our minds. Sometimes they are visible on the surface, often they are hidden beneath it. The rhythm of everyday life and fragmented perception. The action in the film floats through urban spaces and finds no destination.
An animated documentary that bridges the gap between research and neurodiverse everyday life. A curious, gentle hedgehog interviewer accompanies Gaura, an artist with ADHD traits. His voice opens a window to honest reflections on identity, creativity, and self-understanding. Warm and grounded, the film invites recognition beyond medical labels and diagnoses.
When his brother disappears in the night, the young child follows him into a dark forest—and embarks on a journey through pain and hope to find his way back into the light.
Rushing electronic sound accompanied by flickering, flickering black-and-white lines; abstract configurations that move to the rhythm of the sound, faster and faster, then slower again. Hypnotic and intoxicating, they create an ecstatic cinematic event in the style of Fruhauf.
Since the 1980s, twin sisters Yvonne and Susy Klos have been enriching the Munich punk scene with their electro-Dadaist performances. Their work is directed against right-wing ideologies, social brutalization, and the normalization of authoritarian thinking, and is satirical, radical, and anarchic. The film accompanies the twins for three days around the federal elections in February 2025—a moment when political alliances between the CDU and AfD provoke public outrage and protests across the country. A portrait of two artists whose view of the world is rebellious yet permeable to contradictions.
In 2022, the Statue of Peace "Nujin" was erected at the University of Kassel, honouring the countless female victims of the Asia-Pacific wars. However, shortly after International Women's Day in 2023, the university administration abruptly removed the statue - without public explanation. Outraged, citizens and students formed the "Save Nujin" initiative.
In Granizo, a small town in central Cuba, Dianelis' days are prolonged by long waits. She lives between her loneliness and preparations for visits to the prison where her husband lives. She shares this fate with her friend. However, the reality they create together is far greater than what their meager existence can offer them.
It has to be loud and fast! Young people sample and dance against the backdrop of East Germany's past. Their social media feeds are popular, widely shared, and often liked. They symbolize rebellion and youthful revolt, but what system exactly are they trying to challenge with the speed and volume of their music?
A system that is planned from start to finish is improved, scaled up, marketed, and made sustainable. We see production and reproduction and the mechanisms of modern high-rise animal husbandry.
Over 100 students venture into a large-scale scientific experiment. Since most people do not know exactly how a computer works, they recreate the data processing processes of a computer chip live in their auditorium. The process is observed with skepticism from the control room, because each processor particle has a very specific task.
While the eyes seek protection and comfort, agents of homogenization are silencing those who speak out. In this climate of radical silence and ignorance, the narrator describes the various muscles that people use to turn away from what they encounter. Meanwhile, the images intertwine. They resemble bodies whose muscles are capable of stretching beyond the edges of the image, resisting and challenging the authority of the seemingly factual and neutral narrative.
A story about Edith and Arthur Thistle – for fifty-three years, they have managed to get by—never rich, never extravagant, but always together. That all changes in an instant when they win fourteen million pounds in the lottery. Arthur dreams of spending big, finally tasting the high life. But before the celebrations can begin, Edith drops a bombshell: she wants a divorce. Big Winners is about opportunity, who gets to seize the day and who gets left behind. A thrilling, funny, deeply emotional exploration of lives lived, and lives missed.
Four men gather for cards and cognac after the death of a close friend. What begins as a fellowship becomes raw confessions of infidelity, betrayal, guilt, and loss, forcing each man to speak their truth while strengthening their brotherhood.
It begins with a married couple, Putra and Sandra, originally from Jakarta, who decide to move to Bali. They leave their busy lives in Jakarta so his wife can get pregnant. However, unfortunately, the Leak magic rises and terrorizes them. The Leak magic originates from a talisman the wife carries, and they receive spiritual help to end the Leak terror.
A nanny's hometown return over the Christmas holiday sparks a heartfelt journey of second chances and unexpected romance amidst the adrenaline-fueled world of skijoring.