Two Mountains Weighing Down My Chest
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Two Mountains Weighing Down My Chest
Two Mountains Weighing Down My Chest
Viv Li
Viv fluctuates between her life as an artist in Berlin’s queer subculture and her Maoist-influenced family in Beijing. A candid search for identity with a healthy dose of playfulness.
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Kids DOK: Films for All 3+
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The clumsy caterpillar would like to dance with the graceful butterflies, but they make fun of her. Just one of them offers her his hand. An episode from the KiKa series “Lenas Farm”.
A cheerful snow flurry tempts Anna to head outside. As she wanders through the cold, she meets an unexpected playmate. But is he actually real or just a wintry fata morgana?
Wir bauen eine neue Welt, Willi Wiberg
Wir bauen eine neue Welt, Willi Wiberg
Tomas Alfredson
A picture book film from the Alfie Atkins series. Dad goes shopping, but soon afterwards there is total chaos in the living room. Now it’s about tidying up in absolute record time!
Die stille Ecke
David Johnson
A badly-behaved penguin ends up in the naughty chair during dinner. Luckily, he soon has company, as fooling around happens everywhere. A mischievous puppet animation without dialogue.
The cloud fish swims through the loud, hectic underwater world. Is he too small to cope? A story about size not being the measure of everything, painted in blue-green watercolour images.
Piccolo Piccolo
Marta Gennari
When the smallest mouse is laughed at by her older siblings, she decides to set off on her travels. While the ascent is already laborious, going down proves almost harder ...
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Short Film Reel: Art of Life
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The Way We Look at Things
The Way We Look at Things
Aline Helmcke
International Competition Animated Film
Lines that turn into insects, an entire swarm, a landscape – before dissolving once again. Simple elements produce fleeting meaning in this film which celebrates drawing.
Broken Glass
Kateryna Voznytsia
International Competition Animated Film
The ingredients are sugar, silicon and plastic filaments. While making a zoetrope jelly, the director reflects on the birth of her daughter and her own excessive perfectionism.
Division
James Paul Dallas
International Competition Documentary Film
What may be kept, what can go? From a distance, the director is guided through a deserted flat and library. A parkour through the private, along paths of knowledge and guilty pleasures.
Strahlen
Juliane Ebner
German Competition Documentary Film
Fokus Ost
Summer 1995 in East Germany. Artists in the country, working, living, loving. A video treasure trove enables a portrait of painter Käthe Ebner to emerge from their midst.
Contains mentions of
death
How to Catch a Butterfly
Kiriko Mechanicus
International Competition Documentary Film
Racially motivated femicides. The director writes letters to the perpetrator in prison, blending projection with performance. A self-interrogation about the fetishisation of Asian women.
Contains mentions of
murder, racism
Contains depictions of
racism
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DOK Neuland Presents: Nothing to see here
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Nothing to see here
Celine Daemen, Aron Fels
There is a secret world in the central train station, one eerily like our own and ever so slightly off. An excursion into the unexpected that calls reality into question.
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DOK Neuland: Landslide Exhibition
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Becoming River
Adrian Schwartz, Daniel Fetzner, Ephraim Wegner
Three years of extensively documented research on the Murg river, northern Black Forest. The project expresses the results across screens, projections, sound, and live data interpretations.
Permanence of Decay
Pranav Chaparala
Everything in this world must come to an end and objects, digital included, are not exempt from demise. But is it not in their mortality that images become all the more precious?
Living in Water
Ana P. Santos
Cooking, reading, sleeping, all thigh deep in water. An immersive reportage on daily life in Isla Tibaguin, Philippines, where flooding has become routine in the last years.
Contains depictions of
mental health conditions
The Room of a Thousand Voices
La Habitación de las Mil Voces
Pavel Méndez
A room that unfolds as a Cuban household – and as a portal across time and generations. In the darkness, between virtual and physical reality, memories awaken and imagination runs wild.
The World Came Flooding In
The World Came Flooding In
Isobel Knowles, Van Sowerwine
A miniature world filled with lost objects, recreating spaces of people affected by the 2022 floods in eastern Australia. A beautiful and deeply moving piece crafted with care.
Raj'in
Keren Manor, Faiz Abu Rmeleh
A disturbing documentation of forced displacement in the West Bank, centered on first-person accounts of Palestinians under constant pressure by Israeli forces and settlers.
Contains mentions of
physical violence, violence against animals
Contains depictions of
physical violence, violence against animals
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Garten der Hoffnung
Dieter Schumann
In a pre-fab estate in Schwerin, people from five countries come together through gardening. Fighting loneliness, prejudice, poverty, and displacement. A small miracle of a film.
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16-year-old Krzysztof was last seen on a bridge over Poland‘s Vistula River. After he goes missing, his father plunges into a relentless search in the water. A study of unresolved grief.
Contains mentions of
violence against animals, mental health conditions, suicide
Contains depictions of
death, mental health conditions, violence against animals
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Short Film Reel: Dare to Care!
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Passage Kinos Wintergarten
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Growing Wild
Rob Crosse
German Competition Documentary Film
A place of diversity, a safe space for several generations of queer people. Experiences are shared from one flat to the next. Whoever lives here has gone through a lot.
Contains mentions of
discrimination against LGBTQIA2S+ persons
Ein Typ aus Kleinmachnow
Leonard Volkmer
German Competition Documentary Film
A queer auto-narrative between desire, ecstasy and regret. In the club, by the lake or going home at night – one's own judgement is often faster than the question of how one really feels.
Contains mentions of
addiction, drug-use, mental health conditions, explicit sex scenes
Kitzel
Mona Keil
International Competition Animated Film
Two fluffy creatures play together affectionately, but their frolics soon turn uncomfortable, as cuddling becomes a free-for-all and boundaries are crossed. A film to get under the skin.
Lice n’ Shine
Maria Byoma
International Competition Animated Film
An amusing, affectionate portrait of the everyday life of teenage girls in the sensitive ecosystem of a boarding school, where an entirely normal morning can quickly give way to chaos.
foˋ fong
Wan Chen Lin
International Competition Documentary Film
A Hakka village in southern Taiwan: eighty-year-old Alan spends her calm daily life gardening and with her friend A-Mei. Younger generations are leaving. Who will preserve the traditions?
Omsorg
Em Johrden
German Competition Documentary Film
A carefree summer’s day is overlayed by a tale of painful sexual experiences. From offscreen, a woman speaks more and more freely, describing her new approach to her own desires.
Contains mentions of
sexual violence
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Short Film Reel: Perfect Trips and Twists
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Awaken, My Children
Christopher Galinos
International Competition Animated Film
From through the thick smoke, the creation monster speaks to us, more animal than god. It regrets its biggest mistake of all: creating civilisation. Just what have we done?
Ovu sobu ostavite zakopanu
Iva Kraljević
International Competition Documentary Film
What is the dominant mood of our era? Shifting seamlessly between pristine 16mm, archive footage and home movies, this essay seeks to tap into the zeitgeist: fearful, nostalgic, untamed.
Hi Mom :O
Peer Langenheim
German Competition Documentary Film
The director’s footage and that of his mother flow together. Full of doll faces and flowers, her film archive throws up questions. She says, “Film your own reality!” Sounds great, but how?
Melk
Filip Anthonissen
International Competition Animated Film
Charel is the odd man out in the village community. In an attempt to gain recognition, he naively prowls through biblical history – and fails. Masterfully animated, absurd folk horror.
Contains depictions of
violence against animals, murder, physical violence
Tutaro
Anne Isensee
International Competition Animated Film
Hungry for life, an egg yolk dives headlong into the world and gets lost in restless ecstasy. A captivating and uncompromising choreography in turbulent colours and shapes.
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Tricontinental, Letter to Open in Case Of + Discussion
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Tricontinental, Letter to Open in Case Of
Tricontinentale, lettre à ouvrir au cas où
Laura Cazador
In the 1960s, film critic and activist Michèle Firk fought for the anti-imperialist revolution in Africa, Asia and Latin America. A tribute to her short, radical life.
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Short Film Reel: Stroke of Wings
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Passage Kinos Wintergarten
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Short Film Reel: Stroke of Wings
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Mungarina Ette
Meera Krishnamurthy
International Competition Animated Film
Who has the elephant on their conscience? A Matti tree and a butterfly conduct an investigation together. An ecological whodunit, with climate change as the key suspect.
Sowing, harvesting, watering, stroking, and all of it with devotion. A sensual and poetic love letter to the earth – and a plea for fairer and more sustainable agriculture.
Maros Foto
Alexandros Murböck
German Competition Documentary Film
Children playing on the Panzerweise in Munich, a woman with angels’ wings. Mother and son return to the location of the black-and-white footage to reconstruct history and story alike.
Ortsteil Autobahn
Richard Rothfeld, Luci Schwingen
German Competition Documentary Film
Fokus Ost
Who defines borders and determines which side you are allowed to be on? A cinematic observation along the former Marienborn border checkpoint in Saxony-Anhalt.
Contains mentions of
racism
Terminal
Alexandre Siqueira
International Competition Animated Film
A pirate’s son now coughing up blood returns to his mother after years of silence. A suitcase full of secrets, any number of tattoos. A film about unconditional love for an adult child.
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Hotel Utopia
Julia Groteclaes
German Competition Documentary Film
An abandoned luxury hotel at a Bulgarian ski resort is supposed to be converted into a co-living space for digital nomads: a business idea which doesn’t factor in the local population.
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I'm Painting a Self-Portrait, but All I See Is My Sister's Face + Blossoming
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I'm Painting a Self-Portrait, but All I See Is My Sister's Face + Blossoming
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I’m Painting a Self-Portrait, but All I See Is My Sister’s Face
Maluję swój autoportret, a wychodzi mi moja siostra
Helena Stańczyk
International Competition Documentary Film
Twins Alicja and Bożena Wahl left their mark on the Warsaw art scene. Populated by hybrid creatures, their drawings allowed them to explore their relationship to each other. A rediscovery!
A teraz wiosna
Kamila Serwicka
International Competition Documentary Film
The women of the family suffer from the father’s alcoholism for years. When he leaves, sensitive questions surface, whilst space is created for a reawakening and a breakthrough long overdue.
Contains mentions of
physical violence, suicide
Contains depictions of
mental health conditions, death, child abuse
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Short Film Reel: International Competition Animated Film 1
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Spray and Pray
Veneta Androva
International Competition Animated Film
Never before has it been so easy to spread disinformation in the world. The animated documentary visualises proliferating mushroom websites and the construction of authenticity.
no_mercy_in_Mexico
Oscar Asán
International Competition Animated Film
Pop-cultural set pieces from games and the internet fuel a delirious fascination with the brutal mentality of the drug cartels. But what if the game turns deadly serious?
Contains mentions of
drug-use, death, murder
Contains depictions of
physical violence, torture
The Way We Look at Things
The Way We Look at Things
Aline Helmcke
International Competition Animated Film
Lines that turn into insects, an entire swarm, a landscape – before dissolving once again. Simple elements produce fleeting meaning in this film which celebrates drawing.
Decaer
Juan Camilo González
International Competition Animated Film
Can the evil spirit of a person too close to you be banished by animation, just as one would use fireworks? A marvelously well-thought-out experiment to fight one’s own emotional decay.
Contains mentions of
mental health conditions, murder
Broken Glass
Kateryna Voznytsia
International Competition Animated Film
The ingredients are sugar, silicon and plastic filaments. While making a zoetrope jelly, the director reflects on the birth of her daughter and her own excessive perfectionism.
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À Votre Service
Julie Talon
Haute Cuisine meets fits of laughter: mixing cocktails, tying ties, first-class service – along the way, the adolescents at a hotel management school try to find their path to adulthood.
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DOK Neuland Musical Activation
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Hope Is a Word + Discussion
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Hope Is a Word
Maria Galliani Dyrvik
For decades, western oil corporations have been causing devastating environmental damages in Nigeria’s Niger Delta. The local population is fighting for justice – with protests and poetry!
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Retrospective: Kino und Kampf 1
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„Now!“ hits the screen like a burst of machine gun fire. A radical outcry against racism and police violence in the USA: loud, furious, uncompromising and urgent, even today.
Contains depictions of
racism, physical violence
La hora de los hornos. Neocolonialismo y violencia
La hora de los hornos. Neocolonialismo y violencia
Fernando E. Solanas
A film like an incendiary device, a radical pamphlet. Like few other films, this call for the liberation of Argentina from oppression and violence moved the 1968 generation across the world.
Contains depictions of
physical violence, racism
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Mein genialer Vater
Tete Hoffmann
German Competition Documentary Film
The writer-father suffers from dementia and is losing his words. The daughter’s camera follows him. He likes to direct himself, she likes to direct him, too. A portrait between hommage and confrontation.
Contains depictions of
mental health conditions
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>1,5°C Pyropolitics and the New World
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>1,5°C Pyropolitics and the New World
>1,5°C Pyropolitics and the New World
Lukas Marxt
International Competition Documentary Film
A diffuse orange glow in the dark. Something is burning. First in the distance, then everywhere. An uncommented observation of wildfires and firefighters in L.A. 2025 that speaks volumes.
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10 bis 20 Halden + Onkel Thuận
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Passage Kinos Wintergarten
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10 bis 20 Halden + Onkel Thuận
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10 bis 20 Halden
Emerson Culurgioni
The land is gone, but the slag heaps remain. A reflective exploration of soil and resources, labour and destruction, home and loss in an East German mining landscape.
Onkel Thuận
Minh Anh Nguyễn
The parents came to the GDR as contract workers and now run a restaurant in North Rhine-Westphalia. Their daughters ask questions about self-determination, belonging, and happiness.
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Apocalypse Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow and the Day After Tomorrow + Petrolheads
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Apocalypse Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow, and the Day After Tomorrow
Apokalypsa včera, dnes, zítra a pozítří
Anastasiia Bonadyha
Can a state of emergency become the new normal? In the Ukrainian city of Nikopol, Bohdan finds strength and hope in his faith in the midst of the impositions of the ongoing war.
Contains mentions of
war scenes
Petrolheads
Emil Langballe
Martin dreams of a 1994 Honda Civic and a driving license. He sets off on his way with his buddy Casper, the two of them connected by Trabant jokes, special needs and a difficult childhood.
Contains depictions of
drug-use, mental health conditions
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Short Film Reel: Bloody Homesickness
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There’s No Place Like Rome
There’s No Place Like Rome
Todor Joe Musev
German Competition Documentary Film
The Bulgarian uncle, in love with antiquity, guards old treasures and ideals of masculinity. Despising the modern age is his #RomanEmpire. The nephew drops by for a visit.
Look, We’re in Europe
Riad Arfin, Manushaqe Ibrahimi
International Competition Documentary Film
Building houses far from home: through their own mobile phone images, Bangladeshi construction workers in Kosovo offer a raw glimpse of life between precarious work and dreams of a better future.
Suka
Jaroslava Jelchová
International Competition Documentary Film
Her womanhood was shaped by strict expectations: the filmmaker searches for belonging in the tension between her rural Slovakian roots, her sexuality and her creative callings.
Glaube Sitte Heimat
Fidel Sievering, Bennet Staack
International Competition Animated Film
Helpless rituals and the smell of time gone stale: an offbeat, honest portrait of a village that used to live from mining and where successful structural change seems unwilling to take hold.
Contains depictions of
drug-use, nudity, physical violence
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Kurtág töredékek
Dénes Nagy
An expansive, deeply intimate portrait of musical genius György Kurtág, who just turned 100. A man who lives and breathes music, creating entire worlds brimming with emotion.
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The Orbit of Minor Satellites
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The Orbit of Minor Satellites
The Orbit of Minor Satellites
Chris Sullivan
International Competition Animated Film
Rosemary is the patient and Dr. Richards is her psychiatrist – but who needs who here? A course of therapy that walks a fine line between imaginary worlds and session reality.
Contains mentions of
death
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DOK Neuland Presents: What if Hildegard von Bingen Was a Wellness Influencer
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What if Hildegard von Bingen was a Wellness Influencer
What if Hildegard von Bingen was a Wellness Influencer
Hauptmeier | Recker
A duet for two church organs, played by AI-driven robots, and a score composed live with the audience. A unique experience that collapses time and musical traditions.
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Zwei Sommer in der Badi
Romana Lanfranconi
Two summers at the public pool: six teenagers between chips, TikTok, friendship and the big questions. While the orange water-slide is being dismantled, their world changes a little, too.
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DOK Neuland Presents: What if Hildegard von Bingen Was a Wellness Influencer
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What if Hildegard von Bingen was a Wellness Influencer
What if Hildegard von Bingen was a Wellness Influencer
Hauptmeier | Recker
A duet for two church organs, played by AI-driven robots, and a score composed live with the audience. A unique experience that collapses time and musical traditions.
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Un feu au loin
Marlene Edoyan
Three friends from a village near the Georgian-Armenian border begin to go different paths in life. An airy and sensual coming-of-age meditation in a time of upheaval.
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Union Town + Discussion
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Union Town
Barbara Kopple
Every day, millions of parcels are delivered in New York, yet the people behind them remain invisible. Workers at Amazon, UPS and other companies unite to fight for better conditions.
Contains mentions of
death
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