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Free Zone
Jasmine Alakari
German Competition Documentary Film
Exarchia, Athens. A place of left utopias and a fiercely contested site of gentrification. For the Iranian activist Abtin, the political struggle becomes a threat to his own freedom.
Contains depictions of
physical violence
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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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Masterclass: Helena Třeštíková
Zeitgeschichtliches Forum (ZFL)
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Masterclass: Helena Třeštíková
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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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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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Short Film Reel: German Competition Documentary Film 1
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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
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.
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.
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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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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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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Passage Kinos Wintergarten
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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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The Autoharp Crushing on Hot Guys + Nicole Nicole
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The Autoharp Crushing on Hot Guys
Zamilovaná autoharfa na sexy kluky
Antonie Zavadilová, Lucie Krejčí
International Competition Animated Film
What if there were a magical string instrument that could help people find a partner? At once similar and very different, two friends fantasise about a new conception of the family.
Contains mentions of
mental health conditions
Nicole Nicole
Lauren Dällenbach
Nicole is 55 and still lives with her mother by Lake Geneva. Within this symbiotic family, the need for greater independence rears its head. A tender tale of connection and emancipation.
Contains depictions of
mental health conditions
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Short Film Reel: German Competition Documentary Film 2
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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
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?
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
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.
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An essay film in two parts: When decoding an IS propaganda film reaches its limits, the director, together with experts, looks for alternatives to the digital traces of ideological violence.
Contains mentions of
torture
Contains depictions of
war scenes, torture
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Short Film Reel: The Fading of Shooting Stars
#542
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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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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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Kids DOK: Films for All 8+
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Passage Kinos Wintergarten
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Zwei Flüsse
Felix Maria Bühler
Szymon and Frank live near the Oder, the border river that separates Poland and Germany. They spend every spare moment at the skate park, where everyone meets – wherever they come from.
Einfach Jools
Ezra Verbist
Jools wants to dance on stage – notwithstanding her physical handicap. Together with the choreographer Yorrith, she learns to dance in her own way and not pay any heed to the judgement of others.
Émile and his sister enjoy magic summer days, until a nasty prank by the neighbourhood boys disturbs the peaceful atmosphere. Will Émile find a way to overcome his powerlessness?
Zellenkumpel
Melle Windig, Hidde Alberts, Arjen van der Plas, Miquel Reyes, Jurgen de Smit
What happens when a grumpy raccoon and a credulous manatee break out together? A cute plasticine animation about what matters more: freedom or solidarity?
Ich würd dich gern sehen
Zaïde Bil, Sébastien Segers, Petronella van der Hallen
Although prisons are definitely not meant for them, there are many children who regularly go there. Four of them talk about what it is like to visit Mum or Dad behind bars.
Der Hund auf dem Papier
Thibault Chollet
Mourning for his dead dog, Paul has stopped drawing comics. When he takes up a story again for his sister, the animal in the pictures comes to life again.
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DOK Talk: Ostdeutsche Perspektiven im Dokumentarfilm
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Short Film Reel: German Competition Documentary Film 3
#563
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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
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
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
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
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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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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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Retrospective: Kino und Kampf 5
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Nuestra voz de tierra, memoria y futuro
Nuestra voz de tierra, memoria y futuro
Marta Rodríguez, Jorge Silva
An indigenous community’s struggle for land and cultural self-determination in southwestern Colombia in the 1970s: Magic and myths strengthen the process of political organisation.
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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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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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Magic Atlas
Xun Sun
International Competition Animated Film
Working for 10 years, hundreds of animators have created a whole vast empire of history, philosophy and satire. A fictional dictatorship of camera mosquitos and imprisoned sorcerers.
Contains depictions of
physical violence, drug-use, child abuse
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Passage Kinos Wintergarten
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Strnadovi
Helena Třeštíková
Hommage: Helena Třeštíková
Over three decades, Helena Třestíková observes the seemingly ordinary marriage of Ivana and Vaclav. Until we realize that “ordinary” can only exist for the casual observer.
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DOK Neuland: Artist Conversation
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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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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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When the Sea Was Calm + Letters from the Silenced Country
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When the Sea Was Calm
Mamuka Tkeshelashvili
International Competition Animated Film
Summer, football, a first infatuation: it’s 1993 in Sukhumi, Georgia, just before everything will change. Touching, poetic memories of carefree days, narrated from exile.
Contains depictions of
war scenes
Letters from the Silenced Country
Listy
Andrei Kutsila
Poland,
Lithuania,
Germany
International Competition Documentary Film
A country in which any type of opposition is persecuted and violently put down. Accounts from Belarus tell of sacrifice, solidarity and the human cost of resistance.
Contains mentions of
death
Contains depictions of
physical violence
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Animation Night: Outta Space
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Holdmese
Sándor Reisenbüchler
What if our moon is an abandoned spaceship? Hypnotic collages of organic shapes explore the “hollow moon” hypothesis, evoking the liquid light shows of the 1960s.
Far removed from carefully staged glossy images: A raw, glitch-like view of space, generated from unprocessed still and moving image data from a NASA solar mission.
Nebulous gaseous spheres melt into membranes, while the spark of life condenses into a super-mind. The birth of a world as a bio-astronomical event.
Galaxies
Lillian F. Schwartz
A pioneer of computer animation transforms NASA’s galaxy simulations into hypnotic images. Using colour, distortion and superimposition, Lillian Schwartz distils data into visionary art.
La planète verte
Piotr Kamler
A sandy desert planet, 28 trillion kilometres from earth. Its inhabitants live without sunlight, produce time and love music. A masterful sand animation.
White Hole
Toshio Matsumoto
Video synthesizers and intensive image processing create a hypnotical and abstract journey through the vast expanse of the universe where the boundaries between space, time and consciousness become blurred.
Swarm
Kamil Czapiga / Cosmodernism
All points of reference are lost in this miniature cosmos of oil, dyed water and magnetic liquids. Infinite space is mirrored on the smallest scale. Microchemical retrofuturism.
Three lonely people gradually come to terms with their needs on board a pink rocket on its way towards tenderness. A sexy journey full of touching encounters and warm-hearted humour.
Contains depictions of
nudity
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