Germany 2024 — Directed by: Denis Pavlovic — 90 min — Spoken languages: German, English, Spanish — Subtitles: German, English — Producers: Denis Pavlovic & Julia Meyer-Pavlovic — Production Companies: Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg & Glass Frog Films — Photography: Michael 'Midge' Throne — Editing: Julia Meyer-Pavlovic — Sound: Max Hartstang, Marieke Czogalla — Music: Christian Bluthardt, Yvy Pop, Marvin Gerstmeier
In the fading paradise of the Canary Islands, a retired couple—now living apart but still bound by history—navigates loneliness, illness, and lost love in a tender, unvarnished search for meaning after the end of work.
MANHOOD — Germany 2024 — Directed by: Tobit Kochanek — 71 min — Spoken language: German — Subtitles: English — Producers: Tobit Kochanek, Britt Abrecht — Production Company: Filmakademie Baden Württemberg — Photography: Dennis Banemann — Editing: Tim Kraushaar — Sound: Rachel Oker — Music: Philipp Lust
Every Monday in Berlin’s Görlitzer Park, a group of men come together to play football—and reflect on masculinity, heartbreak, and midlife crisis, forming a brotherhood as raw and endearing as the game itself.
SIMPLY DIVINE — France 2024 — Directed by: Melody Boulissere, Bogdan Stamatin — 15 min — Spoken language: Romanian — Subtitles: English — Production Company: Novanima Productions — Producer: Marc Faye
91-year-old Nușa recalls a lost wartime love in this tenderly animated reflection on memory and longing.
I WOULD RATHER BE A STONE — Croatia 2024 — Directed by: Ana Hušman — 24 min — Spoken language: Croatian — Subtitles: English — Producer: Ana Hušman
In Croatia’s remote region of Lika, where war, poverty, and emigration have long shaped the land and its people, a massive reservoir project transforms the landscape once more—told through the voice of Little Jela, echoing a generation’s memories, struggles, and hopes.
LIFE IS LIKE THAT AND NOT OTHERWISE. — Germany 2024 — Directed by: Lenia Friedrich — 13 min — Production: Kunsthochschule für Medien Köln — Producer: Lenia Friedrich
An animated documentary for a very old neighbour – a cinematic declaration of love.
Germany 2024 — Directed by: Sophie Lahusen — 15 min — Spoken languages: German, English — Subtitles: English — Producer: Nora Kilroy & Jonas Windgassen — Co-Production: HFF Munich — Production Company: headroom film — Script: Sophie Lahusen & Beatrix Rinke — Photography: Sophie Lahusen — Editing: Leila Fatima Keita — Sound: Xavier Fleming — Music: Jiro Yoshioka
"The silence of 600 million results" follows a young woman as she clicks, scrolls and chats her way from a positive pregnancy test to a decision.
Germany, Tanzania, United Republic of 2024 — Directed by: Kokutekeleza Musebeni — 29 min — Production: University of Television and Film Munich (HFF) — Producer: Seren Şahin
In an Afrofuturistic future free from wars and discriminations, a young black woman receives memories from our present and must decide whether to inherit or erase the trauma of her ancestors. A hybrid film journey between an Afrofuturistic future and a documentary-style narrative of the director's life, as the child of a German and a Tanzanian.
Germany 2024 — Directed by: Matthäus Wörle — 82 min — Spoken language: Romanian — Subtitles: German, English — Producer: Fidelis Mager, Oliver Gernstl — Production Company: megaherz GmbH — Script: Matthäus Wörle — Photography: Moritz Dehler, Max Kölbl — Editing: Mätthäus Wörle, Felicitas Sonvilla — Sound: Matthäus Wörle — Music: Giuliano Loli — Co-production: University of Television and Film Munich
Long ago, Geamăna was a Romanian village in the Apuseni Mountains, home to about 1000 people. Today, only the church spire rises from the poisonous mud of a neighbouring copper mine. Almost all the houses have sunk and their inhabitants fled. On the edge of the past, Valeria Praţa strives for her present - and is threatened by the future.
Egypt, Fiji, Germany, Netherlands, United Kingdom, United States, Vanuatu 2024 — Directed by: Felix Golenko — 90 min — Subtitles: English — Production Company: MSZ Production & Consulting — Producer: Mark Szilagyi
The South Pacific faces rising sea levels. Three students and an ace up their sleeves.
THE GROUND WHERE WE STAND — Croatia 2024 — Directed by: Karla Crnčević — 64 min — Spoken language: Croatian — Subtitles: English — Production Company: Zagreb film — Producer: Vinko Brešan
On the Croatian island of Brač, a group of women from across former Yugoslavia build a self-sustaining, egalitarian community—dismissed by locals as “witches”—as they struggle with the challenges of coexistence, nature, and the fragile dream of a shared future.
Austria 2023 — Directed by: Matteo Sanders — 16 min — Spoken languages: German, Italian — Subtitles: English — Producer: Matteo Sanders — Production Company: Filmakademie Wien — Script: Matteo Sanders — Photography: Konrad Milan — Editing: Lisa Isabella Grabner — Sound: Andreas Moser — Music: Ornella Vanoni, Lucio Dalla, Niklas Paschburg
A 33-year-old filmmaker turns the lens on his 66-year-old father, uncovering generational divides—until a shared experience reshapes their bond.
WHO I COULD POSSIBLY BE — Hungary 2023 — Directed by: Lia Lőrinczy — 29 min — Subtitles: English — Production Company: University of Theatre and Film Arts — Producer: Attila Csáky — Script: Lia Lőrinczy — Photography: Lola Bedécs — Editing: Krisztián Fábián — Sound: Péter Terner — Music: Péter Fancsikai
Behind the laughter in a shelter for mothers, Viki’s story unfolds — a survivor of abuse and trafficking who fought for over a decade to rebuild her life and reunite with her children. A powerful portrait of resilience, love, and the courage to speak out.
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