Prelude and Fugues - The Wood Thrush
Prelude and Fugues - The Wood Thrush
Prelude and Fugues – The Wood Thrush
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Prelude and Fugues - The Wood Thrush#7C1
Cinémathèque in der naTo
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Cinémathèque in der naTo
#7C1
Prelude and Fugues - The Wood ThrushPrelude and Fugues – The Wood Thrush
Prélude et fugues – La grive des bois
Pierre Hébert
Canada
International Competition Animated Film
Five animated fugues dedicated to a sound designer friend. Transformed natural sounds and fluttering bundles of scratched lines form this choreography that entices you to listen closely.
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Auber 89#781
UT Connewitz
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UT Connewitz
Auber 89
Auber 89
Giuseppe Schillaci
France,
Italy
International Competition Documentary Film
Aubervilliers, a Parisian working-class suburb, in the 1980s: Fatsah Bouyahmed, then in his teens, recalls the past and revives solidarity-filled life stories from the archive footage.
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DOK Neuland Presents: What if Hildegard von Bingen Was a Wellness Influencer#7W1
Heilandskirche Westkreuz
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Heilandskirche Westkreuz
#7W1
DOK Neuland Presents: What if Hildegard von Bingen Was a Wellness InfluencerWhat if Hildegard von Bingen was a Wellness Influencer
What if Hildegard von Bingen was a Wellness Influencer
Hauptmeier | Recker
Germany
DOK Neuland
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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DOK Neuland Presents: What if Hildegard von Bingen Was a Wellness Influencer#7W2
Heilandskirche Westkreuz
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Heilandskirche Westkreuz
#7W2
DOK Neuland Presents: What if Hildegard von Bingen Was a Wellness InfluencerWhat if Hildegard von Bingen was a Wellness Influencer
What if Hildegard von Bingen was a Wellness Influencer
Hauptmeier | Recker
Germany
DOK Neuland
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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Short Film Reel: Dare to Care!#7A3
Schaubühne Lindenfels
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Schaubühne Lindenfels
#7A3
Short Film Reel: Dare to Care!Growing Wild
Growing Wild
Rob Crosse
Germany,
UK
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
Ein Typ aus Kleinmachnow
Leonard Volkmer
Germany
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
Kitzel
Mona Keil
Germany
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
Lice n’ Shine
Maria Byoma
Uganda
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.
Through the Dust of Time
foˋ fong
Wan Chen Lin
Taiwan
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
Omsorg
Em Johrden
Germany
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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Übergang#764
Passage Kinos Astoria
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Passage Kinos Astoria
Übergang
Übergang
Peter Badel, Chris Wright
Germany
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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We Are Aliens#734
CineStar 5
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CineStar 5
#734
We Are AliensWe Are Aliens
We Are Aliens
Kohei Kadowaki
Japan,
France
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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Heat#714
CineStar 2
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CineStar 2
Heat
Heat
Jacqueline Zünd
Switzerland
Audience Competition
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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The Maternity Ward#7D1
Kinobar Prager Frühling
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Kinobar Prager Frühling
#7D1
The Maternity WardThe Maternity Ward
Elégie pour Les Lilas
Alain Kassanda
France
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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Short Film Reel: International Competition Documentary Film 3#774
Passage Kinos Wintergarten
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Passage Kinos Wintergarten
#774
Short Film Reel: International Competition Documentary Film 3I’m Painting a Self-Portrait, but All I See Is My Sister’s Face
Maluję swój autoportret, a wychodzi mi moja siostra
Helena Stańczyk
Poland
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!
in memory of
in memory of
Florinda Ciucio
Belgium
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.
Through the Dust of Time
foˋ fong
Wan Chen Lin
Taiwan
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?
How to Catch a Butterfly
How to Catch a Butterfly
Kiriko Mechanicus
Netherlands
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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Hotel Utopia#7B3
Schauburg
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Schauburg
#7B3
Hotel UtopiaHotel Utopia
Hotel Utopia
Julia Groteclaes
Germany
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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Sumo: Spirit Weighs Nothing#724
CineStar 4
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CineStar 4
#724
Sumo: Spirit Weighs NothingSumo: Spirit Weighs Nothing
Sumo: Spirit Weighs Nothing
Erik Shirai
Japan,
USA,
UK
Audience Competition
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: What if Hildegard von Bingen Was a Wellness Influencer#7W3
Heilandskirche Westkreuz
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Heilandskirche Westkreuz
#7W3
DOK Neuland Presents: What if Hildegard von Bingen Was a Wellness InfluencerWhat if Hildegard von Bingen was a Wellness Influencer
What if Hildegard von Bingen was a Wellness Influencer
Hauptmeier | Recker
Germany
DOK Neuland
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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Guten Abend, du Schöne#7C2
Cinémathèque in der naTo
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Cinémathèque in der naTo
#7C2
Guten Abend, du SchöneGuten Abend, du Schöne
Guten Abend, du Schöne
Ina Borrmann
Germany
Opening Film
Fokus Ost
“A little flame that lit up and inspired people to tell different stories about the GDR.” Almost fifty years later, the female protagonists look back once more at the iconic book from 1977.
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Baby Jackfruit Baby Guava#782
UT Connewitz
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UT Connewitz
#782
Baby Jackfruit Baby GuavaBaby Jackfruit Baby Guava
Em bé đồng bóng, em bé ngạo nghễ và em bé đau lòng
Nhat Quang Nong
Vietnam,
South Korea
Audience Competition
A gay son, a neurodivergent daughter and their conservative mother. When Quang’s sister gets pregnant out of the blue, the three of them must now attempt to mend broken bonds.
Contains mentions of mental health conditions |