2025

Milisuthando Bongela was born in 1985 in Transkei, the first »homeland« set up for Black South Africans, which was declared […]

MOSAIK captures a city’s cultural diversity in poetic images. Behind windows and walls, people live their lives, pursue their interests […]

In mothercity, Dortmund’s ageing urban space becomes an analogy for the ageing female body. Through a poetic stream of consciousness, […]

A message from a friend leaves Pati in shock. After her laptop is stolen, a hacker sends nude photos of […]

Some still remember how the cicadas in Nagasaki fell silent in the first few minutes after the atomic bomb was […]

Catalan filmmaker Mar Coll delivers a daring psychological thriller on one of society’s great taboos: the notion that not all […]

Set in Angola in 1961, quarry worker Domingos Xavier is a devoted husband and father who likes to play football […]

Samia is growing up in a modern Muslim large family in Mogadishu. At home, the atmosphere is warm and humorous, […]

Lalo (Lamin Leroy Gibba) and Karla (Melodie Simina) are best friends: they’re Black, queer and live in Hamburg. After the […]

The programme for children aged 12+ approaches the theme of solidarity from different perspectives – societal, social, familial. With minimalist […]

The films for kids aged 10+ focus on themes of growth, change and resilience. The atmospheric and poetic Children of […]

Rachid (14+ programme) also struggles with family expectations. Fun-loving and naïve, he stumbles from one white lie to the next, […]