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Extinction Story
Claudia Larcher
International Competition Animated Film
Consisting of 4500 fragile natural artworks, the grandfather’s bird egg collection is an inheritance that reveals its collector’s 20th century biography: Josef Schreiber from Vorarlberg.
Nonna Lucia
Marcel Barelli
International Competition Animated Film
A house full of possessions. What do they tell us about the person who left them behind? Marcel Barelli combines stop motion and video material to grasp the life of his beloved Nonna.
Contains mentions of
death
Der Kern
Rebecca Zehr
German Competition Documentary Film
A woman falls ill. Normality ends. Standstill. Suddenly everything is too much: everyday life, filmmaking, responsibility. What is the essence of life? A story of searching and returning.
Contains mentions of
mental health conditions
Patronymic
Mariia Ponomarova
International Competition Documentary Film
Her patronymic is missing in her international documents. More than a bureaucratic detail for Mariia: the name connects her to her father and Ukraine. An identity quest by night train.
Contains mentions of
war scenes
Nachtcafé
Titouan Abraham, María José Celis, Arvin Saeedpour
German Competition Documentary Film
Soup for warming up, finding calm in church light, knowledge of the streets of Cologne, spoken into the dark. An alternative city tour from the perspective of those who live on the street.
Contains mentions of
drug-use, mental health conditions
Hallo Debus
Rosa Gocht
German Competition Documentary Film
A father makes requests on the answering machine of his son, who’s so paralysed he’s become a veritable still life. Overwhelmed, helpless; an absurd transformation begins.
Contains mentions of
mental health conditions
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Silicon Saxony + Die Klasse von 1990
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Silicon Saxony
Leon Meschede
Europe’s largest chip factory is rising in Dresden – precisely where the heart of the GDR’s microelectronics industry once beat. Tracing the past and the afterglow of a utopia.
Die Klasse von 1990
RP Kahl, Sonja Hilberger
An East German student protest of the early 1990s, revisited by former acting students of Rostock’s “Ernst Busch” Academy. A portrait of an era and a lesson in self-empowerment.
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Übergang
Peter Badel, Chris Wright
German Competition Documentary Film
MDR Special Screening
Fokus Ost
Thomas Heise died in May 2024, leaving behind an unfinished project. He himself was to be a character in the film. His team carries on. Fragments of a life as lived history.
Contains mentions of
death
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Las Noches
Ana Bovino
International Competition Documentary Film
In a velvety nocturnal Buenos Aires, the irrepressible La Pichi tells stories of relationships, family, body issues and class. What’s more empowering than narrating life on your own terms?
Contains depictions of
nudity, explicit sex scenes
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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.
The Evidence of the Termites
La evidencia del comején
Roberto Jaén
International Competition Documentary Film
Utilising a thrillingly polyphonic split screen perspective, this wry, shifting, self-reflexive essay film is a playful attempt to pin down that most slippery of terms: class.
Lato gładkiego asfaltu
Maria Dakszewicz
International Competition Animated Film
Shrieks, laughter, ear-splitting music from the carnival rides – the cacophony of a fairground stops when a discarded transistor radio begins to speak of quieter dreams.
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
They’re Here
Laura Poitras, Rachel Lauren Mueller
International Competition Documentary Film
A dystopian winter in Minneapolis: local inhabitants fight back against the paramilitary attacks being carried out by ICE, whose violence Poitras and Mueller make visible as a horror film.
Contains mentions of
racism, murder
Contains depictions of
physical violence
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DOK Neuland Presents: What if Hildegard von Bingen Was a Wellness Influencer
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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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The “Children of God” are notorious for the systematic abuse of thousands of followers – artist Alba Zari confronts painful questions about her family’s past in the sect.
Contains depictions of
mental health conditions
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O Filho da Puta
Erica Maradona, Tania Anaya, Otto Guerra, Sávio Leite
International Competition Animated Film
A road movie by foot which coasts on a vibe equal parts crude and tender. Together with Ismael, we set off on a journey whose destination is not where he expected it to be.
Contains depictions of
murder, physical violence, nudity
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The heat in the Gulf region is hard to bear – and how people deal with it depends on their wallet. An immersive dive into a horror scenario, narrated in feverish images.
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