In 2025, Chemnitz will be the European Capital of Culture. Katarina Witt embarks on a journey through her city, visiting places that are important to her and that will play a significant role in the Capital of Culture year.
Daria, once a nurse in the city, moved with her husband to a village to start a small dairy farm. After her husband volunteered for the army, Daria was left to manage the household and raise their two young children on her own. This resilient woman perseveres, tending the farm, caring for her children, and awaiting her husband’s return.
A pony named Dietrich is one of the rare cases of a volunteer therapist who visits patients in palliative care units and hospices. Dietrich is a guide who will help to present difficult topics for the viewer through bright emotions.
As a shooting star among the conductors, she was the youngest general music director in Europe, was elected "Conductor of the Year" and celebrated her acclaimed debut at the Salzburg Festival in 2020. The documentation accompanies Joana Mallwitz on her further career path until she took office in Berlin and at the same time gives a very personal insight into the life of the conductor.
In Chapter 3 of Biohack Yourself, the spotlight is on the transformative technologies of light therapy, frequency modulation, and hyperbaric innovation
As Connecticut’s last video store, Best Video Film & Cultural Center defies the streaming era by preserving film history and uniting the community. This documentary reveals how Best Video transformed from a rental shop into a beloved cultural hub, where movies and conversations keep creativity alive.
"Rock Garden", a hidden paradise, tells the inspiring tale of Nek Chand, a government official who secretly transformed a dense forest into a breathtaking sculpture garden. This intimate documentary explores his unwavering passion, artistic genius, and the profound impact of his unique vision on the world. The movie is streaming globally on Fawesome TV and Relay.
Ded Moroz embarks on a journey to wish children and adults a Happy New Year 2023 across five countries, striving to bring support and holiday cheer while figuring out where his own home is now. In everyday life, Vasya Sonykin is a film scholar by education and translator by trade, a husband and father of two. Having left his home country, he ends up in Istanbul, separated from his family without clear prospects. He transforms into Ded Moroz—Russia's Santa Claus equivalent, delivering New Year's gifts and joy—and travels through Turkey, Georgia, Armenia, Israel, and Kazakhstan to greet people, congratulate them on the holiday, and help accept the ending year. Following Ded Moroz's wanderings, it addresses key questions: What is home? How do we define it? What are we searching for? Where are we headed? How to describe our transitional state? And crucially—does space remain for dreams and miracles?
A follow up to his 2007 hit documentary Garbage! The Revolution Starts At Home, filmmaker and environmental activist Andrew Nisker tries to answer the question his last film posted: have we made the planet a greener place than it was almost 20 years ago?
Soccer is the number one, two and three national sport in Germany. But soccer is much more than just two teams, a ball and whoever scores the most goals wins. Children dream of a professional career and big money. Modern soccer is a powerful industry with investors, multi-club networks, consultants and salaries in the millions. This report shows the popular sport of soccer and its talents - between sporting competition and international economic factor.
In this unprecedented director's cut, the short films "Peixe Vivo" (fiction) and "Peixes Vivos" (documentary) merge into a single film, engaging with the theme of trans childhood.