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Kwiaty Ukrainy
Adelina Borets
International Competition Documentary Film
Opening Film
Surrounded by Kyiv’s high-rises, Natalia farms a small plot, even in war. A warm, life-affirming portrait of a woman who will not be intimidated.
Contains mentions of
death, war scenes
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When the spring in the forest dries up, the child sets off on an adventurous journey on the back of the otter. They cross deserts, mountains and valleys to find the water again.
Kanopos ir pačiūžos
Ignas Meilūnas
A sunny day in the winter forest. The friends Pig and Cow are having fun ice skating on a lake. Startled at first, they discover that there is more life under the ice.
Two friendly cells explore the organism they live in. They grow up together, meet other creatures, until they are separated by an accident. From now on, they will each go their own way.
Pompon Little Bear: The Dream of the Totem Tree
Pompon Ours: L’arbre totem
Matthieu Gaillard
Pompon is very excited: He has finally dreamt of his totem tree, which every bear must find to become a big bear. A magical journey lies ahead.
Unser Sandmännchen: Die Reise zur Traumsandmühle
Unser Sandmännchen: Die Reise zur Traumsandmühle
Stefan Schomerus
A brand-new anniversary episode: When the Sandman’s bag gets torn, all the dream sand trickles out – except for one grain, which helps him find his way to the dream sand mill.
Achtung Pfütze!
Sebastian Stoer, Alice von Gwinner
Despite the rain, the friends from the shoe rack go to the playground. But Torf, the rubber boot, would rather go to the garden, because the big puddle just looks too scary.
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Motion is the art that binds the changing characters of this AR-project, which are drawn by exhibition visitors. An artwork created by all, always fluctuating.
See the Sphinx, Ancient Rome and the Eiffel Tower all in one day. This 360° film plays with scaling and engages with our ideas of world-building and virtual reality as a medium.
Animated in unique style, this VR-experience introduces Mr. Saul, an aging man who works in a brothel and is hiding a big secret. Follow his musically illustrated journey to self acceptance.
Contains mentions of
discrimination against LGBTQIA2S+ persons
Murmuration
Patricia Bergeron
The animated film dives into a poetic underwater world as it follows a teenager on his journey to Europe. He is accompanied by the stories of those who could not finish their journey.
Contains mentions of
death
Reconstruction Home
Antonia Nestler
A broken Syrian home, torn down by war, put back together through AR and the recollections of its former inhabitants. A reflection on the sense of home and the loss of it.
Contains mentions of
war scenes
Glitchbodies
Rebecca Merlic
What is inclusive representation in the virtual world? This game presents 59 protagonists from across the globe and gender spectrum in dreamy and surreal landscapes.
Contains depictions of
nudity
Tales of a Nomadic City
Med Lemine Rajel, Christian Vium
A multimedia dive into Nouakchott, Mauritania: an ever-changing city. This collaborative project is made of a 360° film as well as archival and vernacular media, bringing the city to life.
Nothing Can Ever Be the Same
Nothing Can Ever Be the Same
Brendan Dawes, Gary Hustwit
A collaboration between artists and machine, this continuously-running generative film is based on the visual archive and music of Brian Eno, as well as new interviews.
Jiè zǐ
Yihan Mei, Jiahong Wu
An abstract world, drawn in digital ink, inspired by Taoist philosophy. This interactive experience allows the visitor to fly, swim and soar as something other – and maybe more – than human.
Oto’s Planet
Gwenael François
Luxembourg,
Canada,
France
Oto’s life in solitary peace is upended by the arrival of a territorial spaceman. A cheerful story about our own planet, laced with black humor.
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Objects Are Closer Than They Appear
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What We Ask of a Statue Is That It Doesn’t Move
Afto pou zitame apo ena agalma ine na min kinite
Daphné Hérétakis
International Competition Documentary Film
An Athens filmmaker wants to understand the paradox of contemporary Greece: Fossilised monuments to past glory here – the stagnation of the present day there.
Hauspausen
Biko Erki, Stefan Koutzev, Nathalie Bailoukova
German Competition Documentary Film
As Johannes Kloosterhuis meticulously paints his miniature houses with a paintbrush and stencil, the reclusive artist muses on different forms of dwelling and being.
Gut Ding will Weile haben
Gut Ding will Weile haben
Jens Franke
German Competition Documentary Film
Do you think of what a memorial is meant to remind you of? An enlightening tour of Leipzig, “City of Heroes” of the Peaceful Revolution, and the grey areas of a contemporary culture of remembrance.
Haunted House
Ayden Lamb
International Competition Animated Film
The dark confines of a flat, light still burning in the kitchen. Ghostlike apparitions mingle with old video recordings. This was the home of a loved one who lived in two worlds.
Contains mentions of
death
Where the Jasmine Always Blooms
Where the Jasmine Always Blooms
Husein Bastouni
International Competition Animated Film
A Palestinian neighbourhood in southern Damascus. The memory of a lost home is patched together from pictures of a life between the debris of war, constant threats, youth and jasmine.
Contains depictions of
war scenes
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A Year of Endless Days
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Godina prođe, dan nikako
Renata Lučić
Panorama: Central and Eastern Europe
An sensitive study of family, loneliness, friendship and love, set against the background of the mass exodus of women from the rural area along the Croatian-Bosnian border.
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Tracing Light
Thomas Riedelsheimer
German Competition Documentary Film
Opening Film
Without light, there would be no cinema – and no life. Searching for the origin of images, this film delves into two worlds that explore the magic of light: physics and art.
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Chronicle of an Ordinary Suburb
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Passage Kinos Wintergarten
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Chronicle of an Ordinary Suburb
Chronique d’une banlieue ordinaire
Dominique Cabrera
Homage: Dominique Cabrera
A story about the demolition of tower blocks in a Parisian suburb, about the fond memories of former residents and the inexorable decline of a flawed utopia.
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The Landscape and the Fury
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The Landscape and the Fury
Landschaft und Wahn
Nicole Vögele
On the Bosnian-Croatian border, many mines from the war have not been cleared yet, traumas are still virulent. This is where the paths of migrants and locals cross.
Contains mentions of
racism, war scenes
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Marching in the Dark
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Andhārātlyā mashālī
Kinshuk Surjan
Belgium,
Netherlands,
India
The suicide rate among farmers in India is staggering. The women left behind, now solely responsible for the children and mountains of debt, show solidarity. Powerful cinema!
Contains mentions of
suicide
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International Competition Animated Film 1
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Ibuka, Justice
Justice Rutikara
International Competition Animated Film
Rwanda, 1994: Like hundreds of thousands of Tutsis, the Rutikara family is persecuted by Huti militias. They are rescued by chance – because a soldier was moved by their baby as they fled.
Contains depictions of
war scenes, death
Contradiction of Emptiness
Contradiction of Emptiness
Irina Rubina
International Competition Animated Film
Dark spots eat their way into graphically idealised images of home. With unsparing objectivity, Rubina describes why Russian can no longer be the language of security for her.
Contains mentions of
sexual violence, war scenes, murder
Rosół z kaczki
Maria Dakszewicz
International Competition Animated Film
Tunnel vision, dark circles under the eyes and breathlessness – a hangover in the bathtub. The conversation with the small rubber duck turns into a darkly poetic lament about last night’s filth.
Bunnyhood
Mansi Maheshwari
International Competition Animated Film
In the middle of the night, Bobby is lured to the hospital by her mother, where terrifying horror bunnies anaesthetize her without her consent. A cryptic nightmare in sombre drawings.
Contains depictions of
physical violence
The Brown Dog
Nadia Hallgren, Jamie-James Medina
International Competition Animated Film
A cold winter’s night. Armoured in coolness, Nobody makes his lonely security guard rounds in the square, engrossed in his meandering reflections of life – melancholy of the streets.
The Car That Came Back from the Sea
Samochód, który wrócił z morza
Jadwiga Kowalska
International Competition Animated Film
Poland, 1981. There is hardly any food, no fuel, only limited freedom. Six friends squeeze into an old car and set out for the Baltic Coast – and perhaps beyond.
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Maydegol
Sarvnaz Alambeigi
Generation Z in the Middle East: An Afghan teenage girl fights for her dream of becoming a professional boxer. Outside the ring, she confidently stands up to social injustice.
Contains mentions of
physical violence
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Tomorrow and Again Tomorrow
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Passage Kinos Wintergarten
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Tomorrow and Again Tomorrow
Demain et encore demain
Dominique Cabrera
Homage: Dominique Cabrera
A radically personal video diary that deals with Cabrera’s fears and joys but always remains universally valid: autobiography, not self-centred but society-centred.
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Tarantism Revisited
Anja Dreschke, Michaela Schäuble
German Competition Documentary Film
Apulia, 1959: ecstatic dancing in a chapel. These women are said to have been bitten by a spider. Today, “tarantism” has been tamed as folklore and become a tourist attraction.
Contains mentions of
mental health conditions
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Morichales
Chris Gude
International Competition Documentary Film
A fictitious explorer reports on gold-mining and its commercialization in Venezuela. Paradoxically, the gold diggers live off nature – and destroy it at the same time.
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The university job – ordeal or jackpot?
Zeitgeschichtliches Forum
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I Shall Not Hate
Tal Barda
Izzeldin Abuelaish, a Palestinian doctor in Israel, loses three of his daughters in an attack. With unbelievable strength he remains convinced that only mutual understanding can bring peace.
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Physical Injuries, death, war scenes
Contains depictions of
war scenes
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There Was Nothing Here Before
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There Was Nothing Here Before
Avant il n’y avait rien
Yvann Yagchi
Yvann is the descendant of Palestinian migrants. His Jewish childhood friend moves away to a settlement in the West Bank. Thus begins the story of a failed reunion.
Contains mentions of
war scenes, death
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Ein Oktopus hat den Mond zerstört
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Ein Oktopus hat den Mond zerstört
Ein Oktopus hat den Mond zerstört
Heidrun Holzfeind
A school in Berlin that offers subjects like horticulture and animal care. The film portrays a group of young people between lessons, childhood and adulthood.
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Truth or Dare
Maja Classen
German Competition Documentary Film
Sex-positive encounters, post-lockdown. A group of people explore their non-binary lust, find out where their boundaries are, with no erotic zone taken for granted. Care & curiosity, right now.
Contains depictions of
nudity, explicit sex scenes
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Animalia Paradoxa
Niles Atallah
International Competition Animated Film
A human-amphibian hybrid creature wriggles through a post-apocalyptic world. A masterful avant-garde balancing act between dance, performance and puppet theatre.
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Third Ways in a Divided World 1
#273
Passage Kinos Wintergarten
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[Eröffnungsrede zur Retrospektive „Kubanischer Dokumentarfilm“] [Ausschnitt]
[Eröffnungsrede zur Retrospektive „Kubanischer Dokumentarfilm“] [Ausschnitt]
Santiago Álvarez
Cuban documentarist Santiago Álvarez speaks to GDR cultural officials and the “fighting” youth of Leipzig: about documentary film as a weapon against imperialism and colonialism.
The Truth About Fidel Castro Revolution
The Truth About Fidel Castro Revolution
Victor Pahlen
Hollywood star Errol Flynn loves Havana, its casinos and its cocktails. As an eyewitness to the Cuban Revolution, he also learns to love Fidel Castro, the “Cuban Robin Hood.”
Gente en la playa
Néstor Almendros
A poetic evocation of the beaches of Havana: people in the sun, in the water, in cafés, in embraces. Unofficial images and sounds of post-revolutionary Cuban relaxation.
Salut les Cubains
Agnès Varda
The grande dame of French Nouvelle Vague spent the turn of the year 1961/62 in Cuba. She came back to Europe with a photo film full of cha-cha-cha and cheerful socialism.
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Lichter der Straße
Anna Friedrich
German Competition Documentary Film
School Screening
What does it mean to lead a nomadic life in Germany today? This film explores the potentials of a vagabond existence in a world of settlement permits and garden fences.
Contains mentions of
racism
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Ibuka, Justice + Things of a Lifetime, Intimate Archeological Exercises
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Ibuka, Justice
Justice Rutikara
International Competition Animated Film
Rwanda, 1994: Like hundreds of thousands of Tutsis, the Rutikara family is persecuted by Huti militias. They are rescued by chance – because a soldier was moved by their baby as they fled.
Contains depictions of
war scenes, death
Things of a Lifetime, Intimate Archeological Exercises
Les choses d’une vie, exercices d’archéologie intime
Céline Ségalini
International Competition Documentary Film
Céline arranges objects in the house of her deceased grandmother. It is an attempt to understand her better – her relationship to her own identity and France’s colonial history.
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Balomania
Sissel Morell Dargis
An incredible story of the “Baloeiros”, an underground culture in the heart of Brazil’s favelas. Giant balloons, made in secret, leave you speechless.
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Sisterqueens
Clara Stella Hüneke
Jamila, Rachel and Faseeha – aged 9, 11 and 12 – belong to the Sisterqueens rap crew. In their rhymes, the friends raise poignant questions about self-determination and identity.
Contains mentions of
racism
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W zawieszeniu
Alina Maksimenko
Ukraine, February 2022. The filmmaker flees to her parents’ house on the outskirts of Kyiv, where they live in an unbearable and inherently self-destructive limbo.
Contains mentions of
war scenes
Contains depictions of
war scenes
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Lurji motsvi
Elene Mikaberidze
Georgia,
France,
Belgium,
Qatar
A family are struggling with their blueberry harvest in the mountains of Georgia. At the same time, current crisis spots bring back memories of the Russo-Georgian War – and worries about their own children’s future.
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The Battle for Laikipia
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The Battle for Laikipia
Daphne Matziaraki, Peter Murimi
In Laikipia, Kenya, indigenous shepherds and white ranch owners live in a fragile balance. But climate change and unresolved colonial tensions are increasingly calling this into question.
Contains mentions of
death, murder
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Creativity of Constructive Minds
#264
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The Diffusion Pilot
Aurelijus Čiupas
International Competition Animated Film
The machine compares, sorts, mixes millions of images, creating and dissolving. An intellectual game and research project on the contradictory nature of AI-based animation.
Accidental Animals
Leila Fatima Keita, Felix Klee
German Competition Documentary Film
Animals caught by chance by Google Maps car cameras disrupt the claim of capturing the world accurately. Their appearance in the image creates – involuntarily – funny situations.
Lines
Martin Schmidt
International Competition Animated Film
Two colour surfaces battle, taking up more and more space in their contest to outdo each other, causing breathlessness. An abstract and yet physically tangible cinematic event – large and loud.
Aferrado
Esteban Azuela
International Competition Animated Film
Joel repairs engines, but now his own is overheating because of his side job as a gangster’s henchman. He must take a decision. A breathless ride through Mexico City begins.
Contains depictions of
physical violence, murder, drug-use
Being John Smith
John Smith
International Competition Documentary Film
Saddled with one of the most generic names in the English language, British filmmaker John Smith takes a wry, deceptively straightforward look at how this has affected his life and career.
Die Stimme des Ingenieurs
Die Stimme des Ingenieurs
André Siegers
German Competition Documentary Film
A man records words to preserve his voice. He finds it increasingly difficult to articulate. A film about voice and identity – and about
what exists between the words.
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