Parnia (4) and Zeynab (5), two young heroines of Afghan origin, fled Iran with their families to Germany in 2015. This documentary follows the girls as they lay down their fragile roots in a new environment. Over the course of seven years, the girls show how they master their everyday lives amidst a network of tensions oscillating between family and society.

The Girls Who Ride Dragons is a film about the universal story of growing up. Their story likewise tells about the process of adaptation and self-empowerment in a society that Parnia and Zeynab have adopted as their home. The film tackles the large questions of life: What does it mean to belong? How is the gap bridged between the ambitions and expectations of their parents and their own desires? What does it mean to be autonomous?

This time-lapse documentary follows the last years of former President Václav Havel's life, creating a multi-layered portrait of a world-famous political icon and important playwright, but also of an ordinary man plagued by health problems. Havel allows the filmmakers a glimpse behind the scenes of his life, revealing purely personal moments that present him in previously unrecognised contours. With a sense of humour, he reflects on his political legacy and universal human issues.

In April 2009, Václav Havel proposed to director Petr Jančárek to film the rest of his life. Their almost three-year-long collaboration, which ended with Havel's death, was characterised by complete openness, the ex-president's trust in the director and the creator's responsibility towards his protagonist. The feature documentary Havel Speaking, Can You Hear Me? is crafted from unique footage and treads the non-existent line between this global figure's private and public personas.

In the spring of 1990 – between the fall of the Berlin Wall and the German Reunification – the first former GDR citizens fly to Mallorca. Mallorca is a place of longing for many East Germans, known from the colourful postcards of their West German relatives.

An animated documentary film, a collage of postcards, holiday photos, and documents.

Valentine and Jean-Claude form a new couple at the beginning of the civil war and the massacres which swept through Rwanda in 1994. Living in Kigali, these young parents multiply the attempts to flee the killings with their newborn.

This animated short film takes a tender yet lucid look at the short odyssey of a young family confronted with the worst and the best of humanity. Following the family's exodus, in the early days of the genocide and the Rwandan civil war, we will contemplate the couple's thoughts and their son's vision. Ibuka, Justice is the story of two young adults who learn to live and then survive together in a historical disaster filled with violence and uncertainty, but also courage and kindness. A poetic documentary on a historical drama experienced through the intimacy and formation of a young family forever united. This tale of memories and fortunate misadventures, told by survivors and directed by their son, offers a new and authentic cinematic perspective on the Rwandan tragedy.

Back in the swinging 60s young Linda from the streets of South London skipped school for the ice disco and was discovered on the spot. Soon to be the three-time British pairs champion, in 1968 she flew into the Olympics as the “Pocket Rocket”. Half a lifetime and two cruel twists of fate later, Linda returns onto the ice at 70 – when nothing less than her life is at stake.

Alexandra Sell’s touching documentary Ice Aged follows six men and women from all over the world for the best part of three years, tracing their dedication to training at local ice rinks up to the big performance at the World Hobby Figure Skating Championships at Oberstdorf in Bavaria.

Ice Aged shows that the dream of skating is a battle-cry against the march of old age and the glorification of youth. Our well-aged heroes go beyond their limits for that all-important moment. On our way through their years and their tears, we witness deep pain, intense joy and unbreakable courage which takes our breath away.