Creativity of Constructive Minds
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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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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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Matinee Saxon State Archive: So Comrades, Come Rally! The GDR in Solidarity
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Moskauer Mosaik [Ausschnitt]
Moskauer Mosaik [Ausschnitt]
Alfred Dorn
Matinee Saxon State Archive
In the summer of 1957, the talented amateur filmmaker Alfred Dorn travelled to Moscow for the 6thWorld Youth Games and wandered the Soviet metropolis with his camera in amazement.
Por la Vida
collective
Matinee Saxon State Archive
A contemporary documentary from Chile about the 1970 presidential election campaign, in support of the candidate Salvador Allende, who was to become world-famous.
Tania in Berlin [Ausschnitt]
Tania in Berlin [Ausschnitt]
Heinz Thomas
Matinee Saxon State Archive
After the military coup against Salvador Allende’s socialist government in September 1973, around 2,000 selected Chileans fled to the GDR where they were granted political asylum.
Solidarität in Aktion
collective
Matinee Saxon State Archive
In the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the GDR explicitly supported the UN Partition Plan at first, only to adopt an increasingly one-sided position from 1965 onwards.
Der Schoß ist fruchtbar noch, aus dem das kroch
Der Schoß ist fruchtbar noch, aus dem das kroch
Josef Hovorka
Matinee Saxon State Archive
Even after 1945, the Jewish resistance against the persecution and murder of the Jews in Europe by the Germans during the Second World War is not present in the collective memory.
Der neue Präsident
collective
Matinee Saxon State Archive
In 1945, US President Harry S. Truman authorised the dropping of two nuclear bombs on Japan. In 1969, this amateur movie recalls this decision in a drastic montage of contrasts.
Vietnam ist nicht allein
collective
Matinee Saxon State Archive
Four GDR citizens, among them the artist Willi Sitte, explain their reasons for supporting Vietnam by a variety of means.
[Sierra Leone]
unknown
Matinee Saxon State Archive
Young people from the GDR and Sierra Leone meet away from well-rehearsed gestures and diplomatic protocols. The guests preserve their independence in both senses of the word.
Festival war überall
collective
Matinee Saxon State Archive
With the participation of several company and amateur film associations, the film accompanies a trip to Leipzig by delegations from 40 countries on the occasion of the 10thWorld Youth Games in Berlin.
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The Car That Came Back from the Sea + Pelikan Blue
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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.
Kék Pelikan
László Csáki
International Competition Animated Film
Home-made freedom of travel. The Iron Curtain has fallen. Three friends in Hungary forge train tickets to see Western Europe at last. A private pleasure soon turns into business.
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Sonnenstadt
Kristina Shtubert
German Competition Documentary Film
A religious community have created their model town in the Siberian wasteland. A long-term study and post-Soviet narrative, while the
militarisation of the country draws closer.
Contains mentions of
child abuse, addiction, drug-use, suicide
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Taking Off the Rose-tinted Spectacles
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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
In den Wohnungen meiner Mutter sind viele Türen
In den Wohnungen meiner Mutter sind viele Türen
David Kind
German Competition Documentary Film
Family photos. A woman’s face is scratched out or overpainted. Fragmentary descriptions of the mother’s sudden outbursts are added. Approaching the trauma of an experience of violence.
Contains mentions of
physical violence, mental health conditions, suicide, child abuse
Der König von Spanien
Leonard Volkmer
German Competition Documentary Film
A young man seems to get lost between his family home, Berlin darkrooms and a shared flat in Madrid. The clinical psychiatry reports are juxtaposed with heart-wrenching diary entries.
Contains mentions of
mental health conditions, drug-use
Nine Easy Dances
Nora Rosenthal
International Competition Documentary Film
The director stages her parents, dancing, in the family home. A playful approach to family, transience and to illness. Associative, loose and intelligent.
The Role
Paolo Chianta
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.
Pain That Comes in Waves
Irem Schwarz
German Competition Documentary Film
Pregnancy – loaded with media clichés and optimisation measures. Each deviation from the “normal course” is suppressed. And what happens when things turn out differently?
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Simply Divine + Flowers of Ukraine
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Pur și simplu divin
Mélody Boulissière, Bogdan Stamatin
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
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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Award Ceremony Leipziger Ring
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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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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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Freeride in C
Edmunds Jansons
Winter sports are going on in the white silence of the mountains – in blue and red. Slalom, chairlift and the whole fun of skiing can be cheerfully discovered in experimental and abstract style.
Every night, Paulette observes the same shooting star in the sky. Wishing that she will find her mysteriously missing pet rat, she learns that the shooting star can actually help her.
Nelson het minivarken
Anneke de Lind van Wijngaarden
Brandon’s family has owned a pet miniature pig for seven years. But strangely enough, Nelson has grown into a huge chunk. Now the friendly neighbourhood rebels and Nelson must go – right?
L’ourse et l’oiseau
Marie Caudry
Up north winter is coming. The bear thinks of her friend, the bird, which has flown south. Instead of hibernating she decides to travel the world to follow it.
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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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International Competition Documentary Film 3
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Tunggang langgang
Timoteus Anggawan Kusno
International Competition Documentary Film
From ritual dance performances on the Indonesian island of Java, to colonialist film images, to an intervention at the Amsterdam Rijksmuseum: T.A. Kusno settles the score with colonialism.
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.
Birthday Cakes from China
Shēng rì dàn gāo gōng zhù nǐ fú shòu yǔ tiān qí
Shengjia Zhang
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.
Nine Easy Dances
Nora Rosenthal
International Competition Documentary Film
The director stages her parents, dancing, in the family home. A playful approach to family, transience and to illness. Associative, loose and intelligent.
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The Brown Dog + Luciano
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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.
Luciano
Manuel Besedovsky
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
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The Garden Cadences
Dane Komljen
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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Im Prinzip Familie
Daniel Abma
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
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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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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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Collective Monologue
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Monólogo colectivo
Jessica Sarah Rinland
By examining different zoological facilities across Argentina, this experimental documentary crafts an intricate portrait of all the many facets that make up a zoo.
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Spielerinnen
Aysun Bademsoy
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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La Jetée, the Fifth Shot
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Le cinquième plan de La Jetée
Dominique Cabrera
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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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.
Bedsores
Fritz Polzer
German Competition Documentary Film
Thinking about thwarted migration, exploitative systems, the threadbare glamour of mass tourism in lockdown. Cruise ships lie in the harbour, film footage fades.
Baħar biss
Franziska von Stenglin
German Competition Documentary Film
Punta, a moustachioed Maltese, weaves a traditional fish trap. As always, waves crash on the rocks, but the times when you could earn a living by fishing here are long gone.
Tunggang langgang
Timoteus Anggawan Kusno
International Competition Documentary Film
From ritual dance performances on the Indonesian island of Java, to colonialist film images, to an intervention at the Amsterdam Rijksmuseum: T.A. Kusno settles the score with colonialism.
The Wild-Tempered Clavier
The Wild-Tempered Clavier
Anna Samo
International Competition Animated Film
A story inspired by Bach’s timeless music, narrated on the editing table and painted on six rolls of toilet paper. A multicoloured and at the same time profound pleasure.
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
Fluid Lagos
Justine Chima Unanka, Kamnelechukwu Obasi, Kenneth “Laboomz” Donatus, Lateefah Mayaki, Morola Odufuwa, Nora Mandray, Peace Olatunji “Dopay”, Ramon Shitta, Uwana Anthony “Churchy”, Wami Aluko
International Competition Documentary Film
The Fluid Lagos Collective explores what water means to them and the city: through the eyes of a boatman, his passenger and through bodies made of water – sometimes sluggish, sometimes flowing.
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Third Ways in a Divided World 6
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Staßfurt – Windhoek
Lilly Grote, Julia Kunert
In August 1990, the still-GDR sends 425 Namibian refugee children back to their liberated “homeland”. Suddenly, after eleven years of hospitality, things had to move quickly. Beginnings and departures coincide.
Rostov – Luanda
Abderrahmane Sissako
Angola,
France,
Mauritania,
Germany
In 1980, Mauritanian-Malian film student Sissako meets an Angolan on the train to Rostov-on-Don. Years later, the USSR has passed, he searches for him in his homeland – and finds traces of colonial and world history.
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Once upon a Time in a Forest
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Once upon a Time in a Forest
Havumetsän lapset
Virpi Suutari
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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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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Bakeneko Anzu-chan
Yôko Kuno, Nobuhiro Yamashita
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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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
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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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