The Hidden Life of Trees (2021)
A documentary
When Peter Wohlleben published his book “The Hidden Life of Trees” in 2015, he stormed all the bestseller charts overnight: no-one had ever written about the German woods like the forester from the parish of Wershofen before ... (more)
Werner Herzog - Radical Dreamer
A documentary
His is a career against all the odds. To this day, Herzog speaks English with a Bavarian accent. His films are held in high esteem amongst connoisseurs but aren’t exactly box office hits with mass audiences. And while he has risen to stardom in his adopted country, the US, in Germany, the country of his birth, of all places, he has had it harder, and still does ... (more)
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Fierce: A Porn Revolution
A documentary starring Mélanie Boss, Nora Smith and Mahalia Taje Giotto
In Lausanne, Switzerland, a group of young women in their twenties embark, while working or studying, on making ethical and dissident pornographic films.
Love, Deutschmarks and Death
A documentary
Cem Kaya’s dense documentary essay celebrates 60 years of Turkish music in Germany. An alternative post-war history that is at the same time a musical Who’s Who – from Yüksel Özkasap to Derdiyoklar and Muhabbet.
Jazzfieber: The Story of German Jazz
A documentary
Starting from the present and the living environment of young jazz musicians, this energetic documentary explores the question of why jazz was able to conquer the Republic so quickly, survive the times of fascism despite all reprisals and carry off its final triumph after the war.
I Am Greta
A documentary starring Greta Thunberg
Greta Thunberg, a 15-year-old student in Sweden, started a school strike for the climate as her question for adults was, if you don’t care about my future on earth, why should I care about my future in school? Within months, her strike evolved into a global movement as the quiet teenage girl on the autism spectrum becomes a world-famous activist.