In the midst of the eastern German province, a well-preserved skeleton is pulled from the bog. Tine and the village speculate: Who could it have been? A deserted Wehrmacht soldier? A desperate LPG farmer? The ominous third man from the BND? A historical mystery unfolds, reflecting the last German century in the present of a region. Tine wonders: What does it matter to me? Until she experiences firsthand how history intertwines with her life.

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A woman sits on the roof and is silent. A composer searches for stillness. A pianist gives away her piano. And a city plunges into chaos.

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Riley grew up in a strictly Mormon family with six siblings; today he is raising two children together with his husband and his ex-wife and has left the church behind. How do both families cope with this immense change?

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Karle (26) makes one last stop at a gas station before she wants to drive out of life, when suddenly Gerlinde (70) stands in front of her. She wants to go to Albania, to the childhood home of her deceased partner. And the journey begins. The unlikely pair overcomes not only borders but also personal ones, ultimately finding themselves and each other in a small hostel on the Ionian coast. A tale about heavy mouth corners, Capri Sun, and the unconditional life.

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Can Beirut heal after the explosion in the port while new crises continue to create more wounds? Who will leave the country and at what cost?

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SKIN ON SKIN
29 min | German, English, Bosnian, with German subtitles

An industrial slaughterhouse somewhere in Germany. Jakob works as a guard, and the Bosnian worker Boris is involved in the slaughtering. Amidst violence and cold, a silent connection develops between them, along with an unspoken longing for freedom. When Jakob helps to retrieve Boris' confiscated passport, the two become caught in a vortex of power and powerlessness, leading them to make momentous decisions.

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DIE LETZTEN MENSCHEN
25 min | Austrian

Lenz is a content character. But in his village, things seem to be changing. Fabian beats someone to near death, and Carina wants to move to New York. When a great love does not come to fruition, Lenz must come to terms with the fact that his small world is slowly dissolving.

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SALTY TOUNGES
30 min | Arabic with German subtitles

In an overcrowded refugee camp, the young Syrian poet Hadi cannot express his thoughts, while his neighbor Nadim is afraid to articulate his feelings. However, a hidden cassette forever changes the fate of both.

Rupert awakens in a room without windows or doors, with no memory of how he got there. Only his mobile phone is with him. While he searches for a way out, he is haunted by his past and slowly discovers the horror he has fallen into...

Matthias is a master of his craft! Are you looking for a 'cultured partner' to impress your friend circle? Or a 'perfect son' to influence the opinions of business partners? Or just a counterpart to rehearse an argument? No matter the situation: Rent a friend - Matthias! He is brilliant at playing someone else every day. Being himself is really hard for him.

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A Vietnamese girl in the German forest. An adult child star who rediscovers his song on a lost phone. A forest singer who performs a concert for the trees. And a ghost who poses a riddle.

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Matthias is a master of his craft! Are you looking for a 'cultured partner' to impress your friend circle? Or a 'perfect son' to influence the opinions of business partners? Or just a counterpart to rehearse an argument? No matter the situation: Rent a friend - Matthias! He is brilliant at playing someone else every day. Being himself is really hard for him.

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HOUSING TEMPORARILY
8 min | German

Director Jasmin Phan embarks on a journey with her father Thao back to the time of his arrival in Germany 40 years ago. A search for traces in her family history that reveals new facets of her father and sheds light on the time of German reunification from the perspective of a former contract worker.

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DARK BLUE, HOW I FEEL
20 min | German, Vietnamese. with German subtitles

Alone among high-rise buildings, Gerda Müller (15) confronts her loneliness with the help of director Lan Mi Lê. In the process, she encounters a chaos of feelings that she does not understand and explores questions about her identity, family, and friendship. Through artistic means like singing, acting, and TikTok videos, Gerda confronts the dark blue in her life.

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EVERYTHING BELONGS TO YOU
13 min | German, Vietnamese. with German subtitles

Being different or feeling unconnected is a familiar feeling for many Vietnamese Germans, particularly for Yen Nguyen. Instinctively, she is overwhelmed by the urge to conform to the crowd in the German small town. To be more "white," to have more German friends. From her new life in Oslo - 900 km away from her family, she embarks on a journey back to her roots: Yen's journey and confrontation with self-acceptance, identity, and family.

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ONLY AT NIGHT COULD WE BE SAD
8 min | Vietnamese. with German subtitles

1987 – numerous Vietnamese come to Germany as contract workers to build a new life. One of them is Nguyen Thi Le. Now, on her 60th birthday, she reflects on her beginnings in Germany, marked by loneliness, homesickness, but also hope.

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HOME IS WHERE THE STARFRUITS ARE SOUR
24 min | German, Vietnamese. with German subtitles

Director Huy Nguyen documents the transcontinental relationship with his grandparents, oscillating between closeness and distance. For the first time, he speaks with them about a topic that is surrounded by cultural silence: What does love and connection mean, and how is it expressed? In the process, Huy embarks on a personal journey to the origin of emotional conflict material between the generations within his family.

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MOTHERLAND
4 min | English

"Motherland" deals with the recurring questions of belonging between two cultures. ANOTHER NGUYEN searches for reconciliation with herself and her roots.

The Life of Sean DeLear is a vibrantly diverse, dynamic documentary portrait of this irresistibly charismatic unique individual – conceived by author and director Markus Zizenbacher in a celebratory yet commendably clear style. An eclectic collage, generously sprinkled with exuberant excerpts from DeLear's own sprawling video diaries. (Excerpt from text by Neil Young, no longer in original sequence)

The tense everyday life of CONSTANZE and JENS falls apart when their son LUIS is bullied at school. Torn between societal norms and the attempt to protect their son, they risk breaking under a conflict of values, while Luis is left to fend for himself.

SHORT NOTICE
36 min | German, English, French, with German subtitles

Twelve hours lie between the greeting and farewell of Janna and Lucy at the Leipzig train station. They have one night to explore the city and come closer to each other before Lucy takes the train back to France.

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MEERESRAUSCH (ODER WIE EIN STERN ZU SEIN)
40 min | German with German subtitles

The godlike pop star Hansy Vordermeer captivates his fans – especially the passionate drinker Ferdi. To get closer to his great idol, who advocates a healthy and "eternal" life, Ferdi decides to radically change his lifestyle. However, the transformation from a boozing chain smoker to a vitamin junkie causes great misunderstanding in his family.

ABSTECHEN
15 min | German

The writer and filmmaker Angelika Reitzer visits a farm in Styria and recalls her father's life as a farmer and his enduring joy in "butchering the pig" and a time when "nose-to-tail" was not a gourmet trend but an economic necessity. An analog essay filmed in black and white and color about memory, work, tradition, modernization, and small utopias.

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2MM
8 min | Serbian with German subtitles

As the ambitions of the EU regarding green energy increase and the desire for independence grows, a rural Serbian community becomes a political battleground for Europe's electrical future. Plans for a giant lithium mine (which is set to become one of the largest on the continent) provoke strong national resistance.

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TAKO TSUBO
6 min | German

Mr. Ham opts for a heart removal to relieve himself of his complicated feelings. The doctor assures him that this is not a problem at all in today's time. However, contemplative by nature, Ham keeps his heart for a while after the removal, perhaps to understand it better after all. Tako Tsubo* is an animated, surreal reflection on dealing with emotions in a performance-driven society.

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NUESTRA SOMBRA
19 min | Spanish with German subtitles

The sky holds bad omens. Where nature is despised, people disappear, trees fall, and the sun is devoured. As a solar eclipse approaches and the surrounding forest is increasingly destroyed by deforestation, the film NUESTRA SOMBRA delves into the disturbing changes among the people living amid the exploitation of the forest in Argentina.

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SCHAUHAUS
30 min | German

A look back at the colonial history of the Botanical Garden in Berlin-Dahlem connects with images of contemporary visions of the future: While the colonial plant collections of the late 19th century tell of the categorization and domination of the "Other," visions of gardens expanding into space soothe fears of the boundaries of late capitalist civilizations and the impending catastrophe in times of climate disaster.

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TREIBSAND
20 min | German

The golden ticket out of the village: MARCO (18) has made it to a renowned football club and can finally leave the small Lindorf behind to play with the big names. Between wild festivities and emerging fears, he must decide whether he wants to stay the great hero in the small village or take the leap into the unknown. But an escape route opens up - not without sacrifice.

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DOG
14 min | German, English with German subtitles

A taxi driver observes his dog during a night shift via a pet camera installed at home. When his wife appears on the screen, he uses the dog as an excuse to make contact with her.

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ROCK, PAPER, SCISSORS
20 min | Ukrainian, Russian, with German subtitles

Based on a true story. Bohdan and his son Ivan, who run a small hospital at the front, are put to the test when a unit of Russian soldiers approaches their building. To protect their patients and their own lives, they must make difficult decisions.

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GOLD RUSH
16 min | German, English with German subtitles

Colorado 1860: Three women, a mule, and a map drawn by an illiterate, to find the gold on the high mountain. The hardness of their venture bonds the lonely widow Sinead with the dubious German emigrants Olga and Dora, but the longer they endure in the harsh wilderness, the more morals decay and the last shred of humanity gives way to ruthless greed.

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LA PASSERELLA DI AMELIE
13 min | German, Italian with German subtitles

An outing to the countryside turns out to be a stage for the societal rifts of our time. Gentrification, along with the urge to retreat into nature, culminates around a bridge, also conjuring an East-West conflict - meanwhile, Amelie had no desire for guests that weekend. A social study for escapists.