Die Affäre Borgward

A biopic about an outstanding North German personality who became a symbol for the glamour and hubris of the years of Germany's post-war economic …

All Creatures Welcome

DOCUMENTARY The Chaos Computer Club is the largest group of hackers in Europe and stands for net neutrality and freedom of information. In the …

American Chaos

DOCUMENTARY Surrounded by Trump voters: a journey to the dark heart of American politics. Six months before the US presidential election in 2016 …

Amin

This sensitive drama about migration illustrates not just loneliness in alien places but also the gap that is left back home. Nine years ago, …

Anote's Ark

DOCUMENTARY As a country disappears into the sea, its president fights for the future of his citizens. While the industrialized nations bicker …

Another Day of Life

ANIMATION The thrilling story of a three-month journey undertaken by the well-known Polish reporter Ryszard Kapuściński through war-torn Angola. …

Are you happy?

The precisely observed psychological study of a marriage, its failure and a possible future. After 13 years together, Sonja (Laura Tonke) and …

Aufbruch in die Freiheit

A woman decides on a new, self-determined life. The drama tells one of the stories behind Stern magazine's 1971 cover story "We had …

A Balkan Noir

Raging revenge in 20 chapters: a woman seeks vengeance for the loss of her daughter in this dynamic, brilliantly composed psycho-thriller.Five years …

The Beginning of Something

A woman between reality and insanity: a sensitively told psychological drama based on a story by Siegfried Lenz. Anne Hoppe (Ina Weisse), …

Belmonte

In the midst of a midlife crisis, a painter fights to retain his creativity and the love of his daughter. A moving character study from Uruguay about …

Bernd - Pictures of an Announced Death

DOCUMENTARY The diagnosis: a brain tumour. Bernd asks the director to accompany him and make a film about his illness. A moving story about not …

The Blessed

Why didn't we leave? A family is suffering with their home country Algeria. A sensitive drama on the subject of escape, as seen from the other side …

Blochin

The final episode in Matthias Glasner's thriller series – with idiosyncratic characters, an action-filled story and fascinating photography …

Blue Note Records: Beyond the Notes

OCUMENTARY An inspiring look behind the scenes at the pioneering jazz label Blue Note Records, which made artists like Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter …

Buenos Aires al Pacífico

ESSAY On the trail of a disused stretch of railway, a hypnotic documentary full of lyricism.In 1910, the railway line between Buenos Aires and …

Butterflies

Three siblings and a will: a drama full of black humour about a journey to a remote part of Turkey and the heart of a family.For the last 30 years, …

The Cake General

In this oddball comedy based on real events, the inhabitants of a small town in the Swedish provinces prove with record-breaking cakes that they are …

Cassandro the Exotico!

DOCUMENTARY A portrait of the Mexican drag queen/wrestler Cassandro and his retirement from the sport.„Exótico“ is the name given to wrestlers …

A Coach's Daughter

A sensitive road movie about an ambitious tennis coach and his teenage daughter who wants to make her own way in the world. It's a scorching hot …

Dany

Following in the footsteps of Borat, this Belgian cinema hit is an anarchic comedy about a whacky ex-con and his son which uses hidden cameras to …

Dead Souls

DOCUMENTARY Survivors tell of their time in the reeducation camps of Mao's China. Their words and faces form a monumental 8-hour memorial. In …

Divorce for Beginners

A »war of roses« as a recipe against a boring marriage? Andrea Sawatzki and Christian Berkel show us how in this screwball comedy. When the teasing …

Dogman

A man fights for his dignity in a thrilling urban Western which is at the same time a parable about life in contemporary Italy.A ramshackle Italian …

Domestique

A claustrophobic, darkly funny Czech psychothriller about the decline of a relationship After a long break due to injury, pro cyclist Roman has …

Dry Martina

A forgotten singer rediscovers her sexuality – and a branch of the family. A very funny, lusty comedy from Chile.In the 1990s, Martina was a star …

Echte Bauern singen besser

Rocking the provinces: a lookalike farce with Sebastian Bezzel in a double role. Shy farmer Sven and haggard rock star Alexander Gromberg have …

Ella and Nell

Where were you when I needed you? A hiking movie about two friends who have grown apart. The sun is high in the heavens, the landscape …

Erased,___ Ascent of the Invisible

ESSAY A film that resembles an archaeological excavation, a city as transient memory store and a crime of which no trace remains. 35 years ago, …

A Family Tour

Family reunion on neutral ground: in a furious melodrama, Yang Lian reworks his own experience of forced placelessness in exile as a politically …

The Favourite

In his new film, Yorgos Lanthimos weaves a complex web of intrigue, envy and treachery about lady-in-waiting Abigail (Emma Stone). The early …

Firecrackers

Out of the provinces, into the big city! A wild, impulsive drama about two girlfriends who make a break for freedom. Lou and Chantal are best …

First Man

After the international success of La La Land, director Damien Chazelle and Darsteller Ryan Gosling set out for the moon –  in a thrilling …

Fischer sucht Frau

A city-dweller rediscovers his unloved birthplace. After a long absence, Alex (Sebastian Fräsdorf) visits his old home town of Stresund. He …

Flammable Children (Swinging Safari)

Three families, the sexual revolution and a rotting whale – this wild and wacky comedy starring Guy Pearce and Kylie Minogue takes us back to 1970s …

A Fortunate Man

The rise and fall of a Danish visionary: veteran director Bille August films an epic of turn-of-the-century Denmark.Denmark, around 1900. Young Per …

Fourteen-and-a-half Collisions 

DOCUMENTARY Sensitive insights into an unusual wheelchair basketball team in Hamburg – and an unusual friendship.After a terrorist attack, 24-year …

Fugue

A woman with amnesia returns against her will to her former life. This Polish psychodrama is a fascinating and disturbing journey into a dark past …

Genesis

A sensitive coming-of-age film from Quebec about first love and the desire to break out of society's conformity of feelings. Three young people …

Gordon & Paddy

Frog Gordon, chief of the forest police, is due to retire shortly and is faced with his last big case: all the squirrel's painstakingly collected …

Graves Without a Name

DOCUMENTARY A documentary meditation which in poetic pictures translates the pain of the survivors of the Khmer Rouge terror regime. For 30 …

Guy

A tragicomic mockumentary about the tentative attempts of a father and son to get close. Among his deceased mother's possessions budding …

Halloween

40 years ago, John Carpenter rewrote the rulebook for horror films with Halloween. Now serial killer Michael Myers is back. Carpenter was executive …

Happy Lamento

ESSAY After more than 20 years, Alexander Kluge returns to the cinema screen with a happy lament that links the slums of Manila with Elvis …

The Harvesters

A raw, atmospheric drama about masculinity in South Africa's "Bible Belt".South Africa. The central province of Free State is a bulwark of the white …

Hayflower, Quiltshoe and The Rubens Brothers

The Kattilakoski family are going on holiday and it's not only the kids Hayflower and Quiltshoe who can't wait. The two whimsical village policemen …

Heaven Without People

A family get-together ends in chaos, reflecting the rifts running through Lebanon.Easter in Beirut. Josephine is overjoyed that for the first time in …

Hotel by the River

A small ensemble, a feast of witty dialogue – and a lot of alcohol: Hong Sang Soo makes a shout-out for filmic minimalism. In a hotel …

The House That Jack Built

Enfant terrible Lars von Trier explores the sadistic depths of a serial killer. Loner Jack (Matt Dillon) is highly intelligent, but also highly …

House of My Fathers

Dealing with trauma in the primeval forests of Sri Lanka: a political parable about war and remembrance with superb, lyrical cinematography. The …

I Do Not Care If We Go Down In History As Barbarians

Romania took an active part in the Holocaust – today the country is in complete denial. An absurd morality tale about selective memory in today's …

I Remember the Crows

DOCUMENTARY In the darkness of the night, the transsexual actor Julia Katharine reflects on her search for love and identity. A sleepless night. …

The Image Book

In his latest work, legendary director Jean-Luc Godard contemplates the status quo in the world. A stream of thoughts like a rush. An …

The Image You Missed

ESSAY The civil war in Northern Ireland as the backdrop for a father-son story – and for a reflection on political cinema. For more than 30 …

In Love and War

A tense German-Danish melodrama based on actual events about the fate of a soldier back from the war. The First World War, South Jutland is part …

In The Desert – A Documentary Diptych

DOCUMENTARY In direct proximity and yet without contact: in West Jordan, Israeli settlers and Palestinian farmers live side by side – in separate …

In the mighty jungle

DOCUMENTARY La Pépinière, an institution for handicapped young people in Northern France, has lots of space -- for music, art and sport. The young …

The Innocent

A disturbing drama about a woman shaken to the core by an encounter with the past.The active Christian and neuro-scientific assistant Ruth leads a …

Kaisersturz

Docudrama about one of the most important periods in German history: the end of the monarchy and the proclamation of the First Republic. 1918, …

A Land Imagined

An elegant neo-film noir that slinks through Singapore by night and explores the shadowy existence of itinerant workers on the fringes of society …

Land of my children

DOCUMENTARY Unexpectedly, the German authorities offer the Ecuadorian director Dario Aguirre German citizenship. In this tenderly ironic …

Las hijas del fuego

An explicit road movie, in which director Albertina Carri explores female sexuality poetically, pornographically and sensually. In Ushuaia, the …

Little Tickles

In this autobiographically inspired drama, co-director and leading actor Andréa Bescond deals unsparingly yet humorously with the consequences of …

Loro

Oscar-winner Paolo Sorrentino tells the opulent story of the life of Silvio Berlusconi, who still polarizes Italian society today. Italy. Everyone …

M

DOCUMENTARY Fearlessly, the film uncovers a web of child abuse in an ultra-orthodox community near Tel Aviv. M won the special jury prize at Locarno …

Malila: The Farewell Flower

Two loves take their leave and confront their demons. A breath-taking meditation on life, death and memory. Once upon a time, Pich was Shane's …

Mario

Two professional footballers fall in love – the start of a tightrope walk between secrecy and gossip. The drama tackles a taboo subject with subtle …

McQueen

DOCUMENTARY A many-layered portrait of the star designer Alexander McQueen, who, thanks to his ambition and instinct, went from being a unremarkable …

Mirai

ANIMATION A four-year old escapes into a world of fantasy. Playful, visually impressive anime. Kun is a happy four-year old – up until the …

Monrovia, Indiana

DOCUMENTARY During his research of contemporary American life, master documentarist Frederick Wiseman spent time in the Mid-West – and illuminated …

The Most Beautiful Couple

A man takes the law into his own hands: Sven Taddicken's new film is a sensitive, yet tense  revenge drama. Malte (Maximilian Brückner) …

Nancy

In this US indie production, a woman takes on a new identity and weaves herself -- and the audience -- into a web of illusion and reality. Nancy …

Nervous Translation

The world between globalized clan and doll's house, a playful portrait of a shy girl. Yael is often alone: her father works abroad, her mother …

Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast

DOCUMENTARY Bad boy – and aesthete: a fascinating portrait of Robert Mitchum which reveals little-known aspects of the actor. In the 1990s, …

Nightshift - Long live Death

The new episode of Nachschicht is a film noir of the finest kind and at the same time an ironic refraction. Johnny de Groot is head of a …

Oh Gloria

Tragicomedy with Dagmar Manzel as the ordinary hero from an East German village, a very special cow and a disputed inheritance that could ruin …

On Her Shoulders

DOCUMENTARY The portrait of a genocide survivor who became the symbol of a whole ethnic group. Nadia Murad is 23, an Iraki Yazidi and a survivor …

One Step Behind the Seraphim

Based on real events, this Romanian box office hit tells of a teenager who gets caught up in the corrupt system in a seminary. 15-year old …

Our Struggles

Household chores and industrial disputes: a single dad and employee representative has to deal with a twofold challenge. From one day to the …

Outdoors

A sensitively drawn Israeli portrait of a couple who build a house together in Galilee and in doing so lose sight of what brought them together …

Outer Edge

A feverish drama in which two shadowy figures meet in a city in decline.The night Robert and Teresa meet seems never-ending. What follows is an …

The Peppercorns – the wonder kid and  the drop-out

THE PRODIGY Levin and the musical Wunderkind Kim Soo-Ri are kidnapped outside the Elbphilharmonie concert hall. Kira and Nele search for them in …

Peter's Odyssey

As every summer, 12-year old Peter is spending the holidays at his grandmother's outside Moscow. But the happy days with the country house, the trees …

Place Publique

With bitingly witty dialogues and precise situation comedy, leading actor and director Agnès Jaoui reveals the depths of Paris society. What a …

The Pluto Moment

Instead of achieving enlightenment and universal truth, a bunch of townies mainly manage to discover how overburdened they are with the world. An …

The Purity of Vengeance

The fourth case for Inspector Carl Mørck: Verachtung is the nerve-jangling film version of Jussi Adler-Olsen's best-selling thriller. It's a …

Put Grandma in the Freezer

Is it OK to cheat the state if you find out it's cheated you? The main character in this crazy Italian comedy would give a loud Yes! Art …

The Raven and The Seagull

HYBRID Colonial meditation in the permafrost: Greenland's landscape offers space for reflection on the complex relationship with the "mother country" …

Redemption

When the life of a child is more important than religious dogma: a moving, powerful Israeli drama about the unconditional love of a father.Orthodox …

Reihe für Minis 2018

NIGHT MOVES In the night, when everything's asleep, the toys in the nursery come to life. No building block remains unturned until the …

The Reports on Sarah and Saleem

An affair of the heart becomes an affair of state: a Palestinian drama that takes the upheavals between Arabs and Jews to another, unusual level …

The Return

HYBRID A woman caught between two worlds, looking for roots in a foreign land that somehow feels like home. Karoline was born in South Korea and …

Rojo

A hypnotic thriller about a lawyer whose orderly life slowly goes off the rails.A boring little town in Argentina in the mid-1970s: while an …

Roma

An intimate portrait of the ways, small and large, one family maintains its balance in a time of personal, social and political strife. In the …

Rosie & Moussa

Her father's sudden disappearance and moving to a new neighbourhood have all been a bit much for Rosie -- if it wasn't for Moussa, the boy next door. …

Sankt Pauli's Strong Ladies

DOCUMENTARY A homage to some ladies of the Reeperbahn: Rasmus Gerlach's portrait of women who have left their mark on the Hamburg district of St …

The School on Magic Mountain

DOCUMENTARY A rare look inside the most expensive boarding school in the world, where pupils are educated to be world leaders.They are the offspring …

Shéhérazade

A melodrama set in the slums of Marseille, a tough, gripping story. All the actors were amateurs, cast on the streets. Zachary is released from …

Sibel

In the seclusion of a small Turkish village, an unusual young woman fights for her female identity. Sibel lives with her father and sister in a …

Silence is a Falling Body

DOCUMENTARY After the death of her father, director Agustina Comedi sets out to find out who he really was – and discovers unknown sexual and …

A Simple Favor

A naive housewife become a resolute detective: Paul Feig's new film is fast-paced and blackly funny. Is it really friendship that links the …

Sol Alegria

Brazil in a different present: a subversive, psychedelic and freaky road movie through a dystopian tropical dictatorship.While Brazil is being …

Solsidan

After five successful seasons, the Swedish cult series makes the jump to the big screen. It's over. Anna and Alex' marriage has finally hit rock …

Something is Happening

Two women travel through a part of France as yet untouched by tourism and rediscover themselves. A meditative, Mediterranean road movie full of …

Suleiman Mountain

With the spectacular panorama of the holy mountain Suleiman-Too, the first Kirghiz UNESCO world heritage site, as a backdrop, director Elizaveta …

Summer

Kirill Serebrennikov's new film is a light-footed, yet energetic trip through Leningrad's underground music scene, shortly before the advent of …

Supa Modo

9-year old Jo's most fervent wish is to be a superheroine. She lives in a village in Kenya with her mother Kathryn and her sister Mwix and because …

The Tabacconist

The film version of Robert Seethaler's eponymous best-seller is a moving, disturbing coming-of-age story. Austria 1937: 17-year old Franz Huchel …

Tatort Kiel: Borowski and the fortune of others

Envy as a motive for murder? Kiel Inspectors Klaus Borowski (Axel Milberg) and Mila Sahin (Almila Bagriacik) investigate the death of a lottery …

Der Tatortreiniger

Schotty's back, cleaning crime scenes and ending up in weird situations: three new episodes of the NDR cult series with Bjarne Mädel …

Technically Single

An innovative web series with laconic humour and an unusual format.  Just as 19-year old, brainy Juli registers to study Engineering at uni, her …

The Bees and the Birds

DOCUMENTARY Is country life more fulfilling than life in the city? Armed with a camera and a warm sense of humour, director Lola Randl goes in search …

Those Who Work

Suddenly, the most important thing in the world is gone: a man loses his job and faces ruin. An intense drama about finding a new purpose. Frank …

Three Faces

A drama about three generations of Iranian actresses, who enjoy different degrees of freedom to pursue their careers. Jafar Panahi's latest film is …

Three Million Euros

Sudden riches: after winning the lottery, a couple go mad with money. This colourful comedy was the box-office smash of 2017 in Lithuania …

To the Ends of the World

This breathlessly paced French revenge drama makes the madness and brutality of war almost tangible. A grandiose performance from Gérard Depardieu …

Too Late to Die Young

This subtle, atmospheric coming-of-age drama about a group of young people in a Chilean commune won the prize for best direction at Locarno.Chile in …

Trautmann

David Kross is inspiring as legendary goalkeeper Bert Trautmann in this unique true story. At the end of World War II, the German soldier Bernd …

Tödliches Comeback

A new variation on the theme of generational conflict: a conformist son vs his rebellious father. Martin Brambach with a brilliant performance as a …

Unschuldig (Teil I und II)

A man fights for his innocence and his children – a tense thriller with psychological depth. Alex Schwarz (Felix Klare) is released from …

Vermisst in Berlin

Abuse of those needing protection: Sherry Horman's tense thriller takes on a controversial topic. One evening, a child runs out in front of …

Victory Of Women

100 years of female suffrage: docudrama about the battle for the right to vote waged by women across Europe which had its successful highlight after …

Ville Neuve

This impressive animated drama about a painful attempt at self-realization was realized entirely in ink on paper. Quebec in the summer of 1995. …

A Violent Desire for Joy

The French Revolution in the countryside: a monk has to choose between his holy vows and revolutionary cravings. France 1792: After a few years' …

The Way to Mandalay

John Mogensen was one of Denmark's most popular singers. This rousing, authentic biopic tells the story of a breathless life spent between success …

We are the Others

How much are we prepared to sacrifice to please others? This Canadian psychodrama is a gripping story about identity and self-abandonment. Star …

We the Animals

This dream-like coming-of-age drama based on Justin Torres‘ novel We The Animals won the Next Innovator Award at Sundance. Brothers Manny …

We, the Dead

A young woman is drawn in to the misery of refugees in South-East Asia and finds herself on the border between this world and the afterlife. If …

Westwood: punk, icon, activist

DOCUMENTARY Anti-establishment for more than 40 years: with subversive verve and hitherto unseen insights, the film portrays the past and present of …

What doesn't kill us

With a certain cheerfulness, Sandra Nettelbeck tells a story of crises of purpose and affairs of the heart. As a sought-after psychotherapist …

White Fang

ANIMATION White Fang is a courageous wolfdog growing up in the snowy Yukon. Native Americans take the dog in and train him to be a sled dog. But the …

Who Will Write Our History?

DOCUMENTARY You can liquidate us, but not the memory of our lives: the story of the secret archive of the Warsaw Ghetto.In 1941, the Jewish historian …

The Wild Pear Tree

The great Turkish storyteller Nuri Bilge Ceylan creates another fascinating mix of language and pictures. After finishing his studies, Sinan …

Wildlife

Paul Dano's much-acclaimed directorial debut is a happy-sad coming-of-age drama about a family that is falling apart. Montana in the later …

Wildwitch

12-year old Clara is a perfectly normal girl - until one day she is scratched by a black cat. She then discovers that she suddenly has a unique gift: …

The Witch Hunters

Jovan is 10 years old and suffers from a form of spasticity. He spends his afternoons daydreaming while undergoing physiotherapy. In his dreams, …

Woman At War

Benedikt Erlingsson has set his politically sharp-tongued comedy against the breath-taking backdrop of the Icelandic landscape.Halla is 50 and an …

Yomeddine

On a donkey cart through Egypt.  A warm-hearted road movie about an old man and a boy and an enchanting homage to life. Beshay has never …

Yuli

Featuring spectacular dance sequences, this is an inspiring biopic on ballet star Carlos Acosta, who danced his way from a poor quarter of Havana …