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Longing for motherhood, a Palestinian woman sets out to smuggle her imprisoned husband’s sperm. Will she achieve her maternal hopes as time and checkpoints close in on her?
Contains mentions of
death, physical violence
Contains depictions of
physical violence, death
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Short Film Reel: International Competition Animated Film 3
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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?
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
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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>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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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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Retrospective: Kino und Kampf 2
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A daring endeavour for a few coins. Barefoot children run along the moving train to Buenos Aires, stretching out their hands to the passengers. “Tire dié, tire dié!”
Líber Arce, liberarse
Mario Handler, Mario Jacob, Marcos Banchero
Líber Arce, the name of a student shot dead by the police at a protest, becomes a call for action: Liberarse, to liberate oneself. A silent cry against violence and oppression.
Contains depictions of
physical violence
Lavra Dor
Paulo Rufino, Ana Carolina
Lavrador = peasant, lavra = work, dor = pain. This experimental collage about the situation of Brazilian farmworkers is testament to the equally poetic and political power of cinema.
Un día yo pregunté
Julia de Álvarez
Inside, priests preach, the faithful intercede; outside, misery reigns. A polemic collage about the double standards of the Catholic Church in 1970s Colombia.
La infancia de Marisol
Bernabé Hernández
A 14-year-old Nicaraguan girl recounts an incredible story: from her involvement in the fight against the dictatorship via imprisonment and torture to her departure into a new life.
Contains mentions of
physical violence, torture
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Kindesmutter
Konrad Schlaich
German Competition Documentary Film
Fokus Ost
Anne (36) lives a life of chaos. Her daughter Leonie (14) is also at risk of sliding into drug addiction. Can Anne support her and be a better role model? An involving portrait.
Contains mentions of
addiction, death, drug-use
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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: The Fading of Shooting Stars
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Passage Kinos Wintergarten
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Short Film Reel: The Fading of Shooting Stars
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The Divided City of Mitrovica
The Divided City of Mitrovica
Marko Grba Singh
Mitrovica bears the consequences of the Kosovo war as a lingering echo: The north is inhabited by Serbs, the south by Albanians. How does this division manifest itself in people’s minds?
Contains mentions of
death
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
Nothing Happens After Your Absence
Nothing Happens After Your Absence
Ibrahim Omar
International Competition Documentary Film
“Cinema is banned here – people prefer football.” Ibrahim has to overcome bureaucracy and resistance in order to show films in his home village in Sudan. Then the war breaks out.
in memory of
Florinda Ciucio
International Competition Documentary Film
A pencil and a few sheets of paper. A hand drawing a version of Gaza that only now exists on the memory of the person drawing it. And as he draws, he says: I remember everything.
Du solltest träumen, dass du fliegst
Du solltest träumen, dass du fliegst
Laura Elisabeth Staab
German Competition Documentary Film
Children’s games, school essays and driving lessons: summery snapshots that circle around each other from the everyday lives of refugees, held together by the hope of returning to normality.
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Fracture + Discussion
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Bracingly topical and beautifully fluid, Israeli activist Keren Kraizer’s video diary documents her ambivalence at returning to her home country, where everything is about to explode.
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Elégie pour Les Lilas
Alain Kassanda
International Competition Documentary Film
The fate of the storied Parisian maternity clinic Les Lilas already seems sealed: it is not profitable enough. An unsentimental elegy about the staff, the patients and their fight.
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Sumo: Spirit Weighs Nothing
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Sumo: Spirit Weighs Nothing
Sumo: Spirit Weighs Nothing
Erik Shirai
What does it mean to become a professional sumo wrestler in Japan? As several wrestlers are followed at different points in their career, unique, sometimes harrowing insights are obtained.
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Tricontinental, Letter to Open in Case Of
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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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We Are Aliens
Kohei Kadowaki
International Competition Animated Film
Adults forever hurting: an anti-coming-of-age film about a friendship between boys, a misunderstanding and quarrel. Which images of masculinity prevent childhood wounds from healing?
Contains depictions of
mental health conditions, physical violence
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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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