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Barbara Morgenstern und die Liebe zur Sache
Sabine Herpich
Germany
German Competition Documentary Film
The pioneer of electronic living-room pop works on her new album. Step by step, the intimate experiment goes public. Music becomes a shared safe space.
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10:30
Dominique CabreraCineStar 6
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CineStar 6
Dominique CabreraFree entry Free entry |
11:00
FluxusopolisMultiple Venues
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Multiple Venues
FluxusopolisFree entry Free entry AR Character RunAR Character Run
BARBAR
Germany
DOK Neuland
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.
MinitourismMinituryzm
Jan Grabowski
Poland
DOK Neuland
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.
Finally MeFinalmente eu
Marcio Sal
Brazil
DOK Neuland
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 MurmurationMurmuration
Patricia Bergeron
Canada
DOK Neuland
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 HomeReconstruction Home
Antonia Nestler
Germany
DOK Neuland
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 GlitchbodiesGlitchbodies
Rebecca Merlic
Austria
DOK Neuland
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 CityTales of a Nomadic City
Med Lemine Rajel, Christian Vium
Denmark,
Mauritania
DOK Neuland
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 SameNothing Can Ever Be the Same
Brendan Dawes, Gary Hustwit
USA,
UK
DOK Neuland
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.
Nut UniverseJiè zǐ
Yihan Mei, Jiahong Wu
China
DOK Neuland
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 PlanetOto’s Planet
Gwenael François
Luxembourg,
Canada,
France
DOK Neuland
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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11:00
Im Prinzip Familie#461
Passage Kinos Astoria
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Passage Kinos Astoria
#461
Im Prinzip FamilieThe show is sold out The show is sold out Im Prinzip FamilieIm Prinzip Familie
Daniel Abma
Germany
German Competition Documentary Film
DOK im Knast
School Screening
Touching insights into the daily workings of the youth welfare system. Five boys in a rural residential group who long for a home. And the people who try to give it to them.
Contains mentions of child abuse, mental health conditions, racism |
11:30
Spielerinnen#451
CineStar 7
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CineStar 7
#451
SpielerinnenSpielerinnenSpielerinnen
Aysun Bademsoy
Germany
German Competition Documentary Film
After thirty years, Bademsoy returns to the former players of the first Turkish girls’ football team in Berlin. Many questions are still open, including the old ones about being German.
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12:00
The Other One#431
CineStar 5
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CineStar 5
#431
The Other OneThe Other OneTa druhá
Marie-Magdalena Kochová
Czech Republic,
Slovakia
Panorama: Central and Eastern Europe
Family obligations, her autistic sister’s needs and her own dream of studying psychology – 18-year-old Johanna must find the courage to take a life-changing decision
Contains depictions of mental health conditions |
12:00
Once upon a Time in a Forest#411
Cinestar 2
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Cinestar 2
#411
Once upon a Time in a ForestOnce upon a Time in a ForestHavumetsän lapset
Virpi Suutari
Finland
Audience Competition
Forest activist Ida takes on the giants of the Finnish forest industry and her own family’s prejudices. A modern fairytale with a harsh awakening in reality.
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12:00
The Meeting of Creative Minds 2#471
Passage Kinos Wintergarten
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Passage Kinos Wintergarten
#471
The Meeting of Creative Minds 2The BalloonThe Balloon
Satinder Singh
USA,
Spain
Hommage: Isabel Herguera
A girl, a passion: everything that flies high. The swing, the balloon. But then she falls into the clutches of a bird dealer. The only way out is through the window.
BerbaocBerbaoc
Irati Fernández, José Belmonte, Izibene Oñederra Aramendi, Mercedes Sánchez-Agustino, Gustavo Díez
Spain
Hommage: Isabel Herguera
We encounter strange figures in the verse-like segments of this animated experiment. Text fragments from an interview distorted by static noise get tangled up in Xabier Erkizia’s music.
Sailor’s GraveLa tumba del marinero
Vuk Jevremović, Juan Camilo González, Cecilia Traslaviña, Isabel Herguera, José Belmonte, Carlos Santa, Richard Reeves, Kemei Cheng, Liming Wang, Koldo Almandoz
Spain,
Colombia,
China,
Oman,
USA,
Singapore
Hommage: Isabel Herguera
A shipwreck, the fog bells of a lighthouse, the changing tides. A film as the result of an inter-oceanic workshop: an intuitive narrative, generated by a collective act of creation.
He Who Cheats Doesn’t WinQuien engaña no gana
Partha Pratim Das, Rajiv Eipe, Kapil Pandit, Kaustub Ray, Prashant Sartape, Nidhi Sundaram, Lucky Vakharia, Monisha Kaul
Spain
Hommage: Isabel Herguera
A music video, realised as a sand animation: a twitching vortex of light breaks through the shimmering darkness. Two hands catch it and turn into a figure whose path we follow.
Letters from the JungleCartas de la selva
collective
Germany,
Colombia,
China,
India,
Mexico
Hommage: Isabel Herguera
The letters of former FARC guerrilleros from Colombia supply the basis of these personal memories. – A touching film with an impressive joy of visual experimentation.
Diaries of Confinement – Part OneDiaries of Confinement – Part One
Katrin Hauser, Lenia Friedrich, Arjun Patel, Milan Haupt, Dexin Yin, Quingqi Ren, Tianyi Zhang, Diego Herguera, Raquel Gálvez Soto, Toni Planas Portas, César García Villafaina, Inés Gonzáles, Candela Carroceda, Agata Tracevič, Justinas Erminas, Eva Rodz, Žilvinas Baranauskas, Margarita Valionytė
Germany,
Switzerland,
China,
India,
Mexico,
Colombia
Hommage: Isabel Herguera
Students of seven international universities discuss their forced isolation during lockdown online – and grow closer through this joint film project.
Sultana’s MehendiSultana’s Mehendi
Isabel Herguera
India
Hommage: Isabel Herguera
Sadhya wants to become a teacher and is willing to study hard for this. But the money that her parents earn to feed their family of seven is too tight.
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13:30
Peaches and Oranges#462
Passage Kinos Astoria
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Passage Kinos Astoria
#462
Peaches and OrangesBirthday Cakes from ChinaShēng rì dàn gāo gōng zhù nǐ fú shòu yǔ tiān qí
Shengjia Zhang
China
International Competition Documentary Film
Why do we love to celebrate birthdays with cakes? A witty exploration of a specific culinary cultural history, with surprising parallels to fast food and propaganda.
Extremely ShortTotemo mijikai
Koji Yamamura
Japan,
USA
International Competition Animated Film
The last syllable on the lips of a dying man is “da”. Koji Yamamura translates a short story by author Hideo Furukawa into a thrilling and highly dynamic film.
What Goes UpWhat Goes Up
Samar Al Summary
Saudi Arabia,
USA
International Competition Documentary Film
A Saudi artist is trampolining at a military airfield in Arizona. She would have to lift off to get home. A struggle not just with gravity, but with the patriarchy.
Photosensitivity warning My Therapist Said, I Am Full of SadnessMy Therapist Said, I Am Full of Sadness
Monica Tedja
Indonesia
International Competition Documentary Film
Monica scours archive material for answers to the question of how queer life in Berlin and the wish to be accepted by their Christian-Indonesian parents can be reconciled.
Himmel wie Seide. Voller OrangenHimmel wie Seide. Voller Orangen
Betina Kuntzsch
Germany
German Competition Documentary Film
This cheerful animated collage recalls the first Interflug flight to Majorca in spring 1990. The sea may shine ever so blue, the GDR travellers remain mere onlookers in this holiday paradise.
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14:00
Truth or Dare#441
CineStar 6
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CineStar 6
#441
Truth or DareTruth or DareTruth or Dare
Maja Classen
Germany
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 |
14:30
International Competition Animated Film 3#452
CineStar 7
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CineStar 7
#452
International Competition Animated Film 3Hun TunHun Tun
Magdalena Hejzlarová
Czech Republic,
France
International Competition Animated Film
An encounter with the King of Chaos: Hun Tun drives you on, Hun Tun gives you the strength for countless hours of overtime and all-nighters – and in return robs you of your sleep and changes you.
Photosensitivity warning You Are the Truck and I Am the DeerYou Are the Truck and I Am the Deer
Max Ferguson
Belgium
International Competition Animated Film
Rough poetry in images, words and sounds. Full of emotional power, this film uses photography, painting, collage and video to negotiate the tipping point between physical desire and emotional injury.
Photosensitivity warning LinesLines
Martin Schmidt
Germany
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.
Photosensitivity warning On Weary Wings Go ByLinnud läinud
Anu-Laura Tuttelberg
Estonia,
Lithuania
International Competition Animated Film
A tiny girl made of delicate porcelain observes the onset of winter, which freezes the natural paradise where she lives and everything in it. Nobody escapes its frosty grip.
Simply DivinePur și simplu divin
Mélody Boulissière, Bogdan Stamatin
France,
Romania
International Competition Animated Film
Opening Film
A tragic, decades-long love story between a soldier and a young woman – told through historical photos from the estate of a Romanian photographer.
Contains mentions of war scenes The RoleThe Role
Paolo Chianta
UK
International Competition Animated Film
Two filmmakers – brother and sister – hire a chef to play their father. The boundaries between the film and the reality of the single father’s life become increasingly blurred.
DoloresDolores
Cecilia Andalón Delgadillo
Mexico
International Competition Animated Film
When Dolores falls into a deep hole while playing in a cornfield, the boundaries between this world and the next blur. A magical and dark puppet animation oscillating between reality and dream.
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14:30
Hurikán + Olivia & the Clouds#491
Regina Palast 4
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Regina Palast 4
#491
Hurikán + Olivia & the CloudsHurikánHurikán
Jan Saska
Czech Republic,
Slovakia,
France,
Bosnia & Herzegovina
International Competition Animated Film
A Prague food stall has run out of beer. Regular Hurikán takes matters into his own hands. An epic parkour in the drowsy but steep side streets of the city begins.
Contains depictions of physical violence, drug-use Olivia & the CloudsOlivia & las nubes
Tomás Pichardo Espaillat
Dominican Republic
International Competition Animated Film
A film about the complexity of human relationships and overlapping love stories – narrated in a variety of ways: stop motion technique, cartoon animation and experimental film.
Photosensitivity warning |
15:00
La Jetée, the Fifth Shot#432
CineStar 5
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CineStar 5
#432
La Jetée, the Fifth ShotLa Jetée, the Fifth ShotLe cinquième plan de La Jetée
Dominique Cabrera
France
International Competition Documentary Film
Cabrera’s cousin discovers himself in Chris Marker’s “La Jetée”: a photo of him and his parents on the observation deck of Orly airport. They had arrived there from Algeria in 1962.
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15:00
The Void We Create#472
Passage Kinos Wintergarten
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Passage Kinos Wintergarten
#472
The Void We CreateOn Weary Wings Go ByLinnud läinud
Anu-Laura Tuttelberg
Estonia,
Lithuania
International Competition Animated Film
A tiny girl made of delicate porcelain observes the onset of winter, which freezes the natural paradise where she lives and everything in it. Nobody escapes its frosty grip.
We Had Fun YesterdayWe Had Fun Yesterday
Marion Guillard
Belgium
International Competition Documentary Film
In this autobiographical essay, Guillard interweaves her experiences as a wildlife filmmaker and her relationship to her own body and her femininity. A surprising and plausible link.
Photosensitivity warning Tales from the SourceTales from the Source
Léonard Pongo
Belgium
International Competition Documentary Film
Artist Léonard Pongo has been exploring the landscapes of the Democratic Republic of Congo for ten years. For him, the country with its art, traditions and philosophy is not a resource, but a source.
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15:00
Wishing on a Star#412
Cinestar 2
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Cinestar 2
#412
Wishing on a StarWishing on a StarWishing on a Star
Peter Kerekes
Italy,
Slovakia,
Czech Republic,
Austria,
Croatia
Audience Competition
Those who confide their secret desires to astrologer Luciana and seek advice are unerringly sent to a place for a new beginning. Entertaining dramas and the big questions in life.
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16:00
animation@DOK Leipzig – Spotting, sampling, reconnectingZeitgeschichtliches Forum
Zeitgeschichtliches Forum
animation@DOK Leipzig – Spotting, sampling, reconnectingFree entry Free entry |
16:00
Heimat ist ein Raum aus Zeit#463
Passage Kinos Astoria
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Passage Kinos Astoria
#463
Heimat ist ein Raum aus ZeitHeimat ist ein Raum aus ZeitHeimat ist ein Raum aus Zeit
Thomas Heise
Germany,
Austria
Thomas Heise (1955–2024)
Heise’s last film deals with his family’s archive and brings contradictions from more than 100 years of German history into focus. A monumental arrangement of fragments.
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17:00
Elementary#442
CineStar 6
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CineStar 6
#442
ElementaryElementaryApprendre
Claire Simon
France
Audience Competition
A primary school on the outskirts of Paris. With persistence and dedication, the children are encouraged to be responsible and empathetic. Successful pedagogy at eye level.
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17:00
Tracing Light#4A1
Schaubühne Lindenfels
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Schaubühne Lindenfels
#4A1
Tracing LightTracing LightTracing Light
Thomas Riedelsheimer
Germany,
UK
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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17:30
Ghost Cat Anzu#453
CineStar 7
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CineStar 7
#453
Ghost Cat AnzuGhost Cat AnzuBakeneko Anzu-chan
Yôko Kuno, Nobuhiro Yamashita
Japan,
France
International Competition Animated Film
Left alone by her father, eleven-year-old Karin makes friends with a talking monster cat. This launches a wild and fantastic tour de force through fabulous and hellish worlds.
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17:30
A Year of Endless Days#492
Regina Palast 4
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Regina Palast 4
#492
A Year of Endless DaysThe show is sold out The show is sold out A Year of Endless DaysGodina prođe, dan nikako
Renata Lučić
Croatia,
Qatar
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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18:00
Living Large#413
Cinestar 2
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Cinestar 2
#413
Living LargeLiving LargeŽivot k sežrání
Kristina Dufková
Czech Republic
Young Eyes
Ben has just entered puberty and suddenly his weight is a problem – for him and everybody else. Despite his love of eating and cooking he takes drastic measures.
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18:00
Lapilli#4C1
Cinémathèque in der Nato
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Cinémathèque in der Nato
LapilliLapilli
Paula Ďurinová
Slovakia,
Germany
Camera Lucida
After the death of her grandparents, the director finds an expression for her grief in surreal rock and landscape formations. An associative, free-floating tour of inspection.
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18:00
The Brown Dog + Luciano#433
CineStar 5
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CineStar 5
#433
The Brown Dog + LucianoThe Brown DogThe Brown Dog
Nadia Hallgren, Jamie-James Medina
UK,
USA
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.
LucianoLuciano
Manuel Besedovsky
Argentina
International Competition Documentary Film
Luciano lives in an impoverished neighbourhood in Argentina: everyday life with mother and sister, job hunting, hormone injections. A sensitive film about gender, origins and getting on with life.
Contains mentions of discrimination against LGBTQIA2S+ persons Photosensitivity warning |
18:00
Third Ways in a Divided World 3#473
Passage Kinos Wintergarten
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Passage Kinos Wintergarten
#473
Third Ways in a Divided World 3Black FilmCrni film
Želimir Žilnik
Yugoslavia
Retrospective
One night, the filmmaker roams through Novi Sad, picks up homeless people and takes them home. A self-experimentation with a camera, somewhere between social reportage and activism.
Eine Sache, die sich versteht (15x)Eine Sache, die sich versteht (15x)
Harun Farocki, Hartmut Bitomsky
FRG
Retrospective
An educational film about the Marxist vocabulary of commodity and labour, wages and labour power, exchange and use value - demonstrated with political stance and aesthetic actions.
RefrainRefren
Krzysztof Kieślowski
Poland
Retrospective
Even in death, you can’t get rid of bureaucracy! In the day-to-day business of a Warsaw funeral parlour, mourning is mired in paperwork, routine and triviality.
AssociationsAssociations
John Smith
UK
Retrospective
Nail polish, a general, a mule. John Smith recites from a text by the linguist Herbert H. Clark. The words evoke appropriate images, but mean something different.
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18:30
Siegfried Kracauer Award Ceremony: Top of the TopsKupfersaal
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Kupfersaal
Siegfried Kracauer Award Ceremony: Top of the TopsFree entry Free entry |
19:30
Lichter der StraßeHauptbahnhof Osthalle
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Hauptbahnhof Osthalle
Lichter der StraßeFree entry Free entry Lichter der StraßeLichter der Straße
Anna Friedrich
Germany
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 |
20:00
The Garden Cadences#4B1
Schauburg
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Schauburg
#4B1
The Garden CadencesThe Garden CadencesThe Garden Cadences
Dane Komljen
Germany
Camera Lucida
What will become of the Mollies’ trailer site? It is the last summer for the queer-feminist model of life at Berlin’s Ostkreuz before the site is due to be cleared.
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20:00
A Year in the Life of the CountryPolnisches Institut
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Polnisches Institut
A Year in the Life of the CountryFree entry Free entry A Year in the Life of the CountryRok z życia kraju
Tomasz Wolski
Poland
Panorama: Central and Eastern Europe
The exclusive found footage from the early eighties shows a Poland groaning under martial law. At the same time, it shows a Poland where Solidarność is about to emerge.
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20:00
Moria Six#443
CineStar 6
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CineStar 6
#443
Moria SixMoria SixMoria Six
Jennifer Mallmann
Germany
German Competition Documentary Film
Six youths were sentenced for the fire at Camp Moria on Lesbos in 2020. A look back exposes the questionable proceedings of the judiciary and the EU’s political stance on refugees.
Contains mentions of physical violence, racism |