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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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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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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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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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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10 bis 20 Halden + Onkel Thuận
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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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>1,5°C Pyropolitics and the New World
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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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