Films 2021
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- 107 MothersCenzorkaread moreOnlineshort info
Director: Péter KerekesCountry: Slovakia, Czech Republic, Ukraine
2021 | 90 min. | Russian, UkrainianSubtitles: English, German
The award-winning documentary filmmaker Péter Kerekes excels in his narrative debut, crafting a prison film of a special kind.
- A Child in the CrowdUn enfant dans la fouleread moreshort info
Director: Gérard BlainCountry: France
1976 | 85 min. | FrenchSubtitles: German
Drawing from his own experiences, Gérard Blain tells of growing up in occupied France. A forgotten masterpiece of French cinema.
- A Man and a WomanUn homme et une femmeread moreshort info
Director: Claude LelouchCountry: France
1966 | 107 min. | FrenchSubtitles: English, German
One of the most timeless love stories ever told: Anouk Aimée and Jean-Louis Trintignant on a cautious quest for new love.
- A Night of Knowing NothingA Night of Knowing Nothingread moreshort info
Director: Payal KapadiaCountry: India, France
2021 | 96 min. | Hindi, BengaliSubtitles: English, German
A hypnotic dream in black and white: This essayistic documentary interweaves intimate love letters with the chronology of student protests in India.
- A School in Cerro HuesoUna escuela en Cerro Huesoread moreOnlineshort info
Director: Betania CappatoCountry: Argentina
2021 | 70 min. | SpanishSubtitles: English, German SDH
Little gestures as opposed to big words: Betania Cappato gently guides us through the world of her autistic protagonist and demonstrates the value of quiet impartiality.
- Adolf Winkelmann, Kassel, 09.12.67Adolf Winkelmann, Kassel, 09.12.67read moreOnlineshort info
Director: Adolf WinkelmannCountry: Germany
1968 | 8 min. | no dialogueSubtitles: No Subtitles
This Film is part of our short film programme ›Five German short films made between 1967 and 1970‹.
- Ahed's KneeHa'berechread moreOnlineshort info
Director: Nadav LapidCountry: France, Israel, Germany
German Premiere
2021 | 109 min. | HebrewSubtitles: English, GermanNadav Lapid won the Golden Bear with ›Synonymes‹. He returns to Israel in ›Ahed's Knee‹, delivering a furious autofiction and a political warning.
- Another WorldUn autre monderead moreshort info
Director: Stéphane BrizéCountry: France
German Premiere
2021 | 97 min. | FrenchSubtitles: English, GermanSenior managers in moral conflict: painfully accurate and penetrating observation of an inhumane system.
- AntichristAntichristread moreshort info
Director: Lars von TrierCountry: Denmark, Germany
2009 | 108 min. | EnglishSubtitles: GermanFSK 18
A hallucination between depression, death and violence: Lars von Trier's 'Antichrist' is an associative journey into the darkness of the unconscious.
- Any Day NowEnsilumiread moreOnlineshort info
Director: Hamy RamezanCountry: Finland
2020 | 82 min. | Farsi, Finnish, EnglishSynchronization in German
Light-hearted, empathetic story about a family of refugees who try to lead a regular family life in spite of their extreme situation.
- Award CeremonyAward Ceremonyread moreshort info
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2021 | 80 min. |
Four juries will award five IFFMH prizes. We look forward to a welcoming address from the State Minister for Science, Research and the Arts, Theresia Bauer. The AWARD CEREMONY will be moderated by Romy Straßenburg. Admission free! Reservations are possible below.
- Blue MoonCrai Nouread moreOnlineshort info
Director: Alina GrigoreCountry: Romania
German Premiere
2021 | 84 min. | RomanianSubtitles: English, GermanA young woman breaks away from her patriarchal family. Told in a manner as dense and suspenseful as it is true to life, this is a debut that builds up tremendous power.
- Brighton 4thBrighton 4thread moreOnlineshort info
Director: Levan KoguashviliCountry: Georgia, Russia, Bulgaria, Monaco, USA
2021 | 95 min. | Georgian, English, RussianSubtitles: English, German
A father tries to give his son a second chance in this award-winning motion picture from Georgia.
- CalamityCalamity, une enfance de Martha Jane Cannaryread moreOnlineshort info
Director: Rémi ChayéCountry: France, Denmark
2020 | 85 min. | FrenchSynchronization in German
Calamity Jane is considered the first heroine of the American West. Hand-drawn images bring her childhood and her early adventures to life.
- CentauressCentauressread moreOnlineshort info
Director: Deniz ŞimşekCountry: Germany
2020 | 8 min. | no dialogueSubtitles: English, German
How can maximal meaning be derived from a minimal use of forms? This clever film about the interplay of norms, media and memory shows how.
- CowCowread moreshort info
Director: Andrea ArnoldCountry: United Kingdom
2021 | 94 min. | EnglishSubtitles: German
Empathy and no-frills poetry: in her first documentary, Andrea Arnold follows the life of a dairy cow.
- Das höchste Gut einer Frau ist ihr SchweigenIl valore della donna è il suo silenzioread moreOnlineshort info
Director: Gertrud PinkusCountry: Switzerland, Germany
1980 | 95 min. | Italian, GermanSubtitles: German
Work and life in a foreign country – a masterful study of immigration.
- Der Bräutigam, die Komödiantin und der ZuhälterDer Bräutigam, die Komödiantin und der Zuhälterread moreOnlineshort info
Director: Jean-Marie Straub, Danièle HuilletCountry: Germany
1969 | 23 min. | GermanSubtitles: German
This Film is part of our short film programme ›Five German short films made between 1967 and 1970‹.
- Destello BravíoDestello Bravíoread moreOnlineshort info
Director: Ainhoa RodríguezCountry: Spain
German Premiere
2021 | 98 min. | SpanishSubtitles: English, GermanThe Spanish province depicted as a bizarrely beautiful nightmare. Atmospherically dense and fascinating, this debut paints a portrait of a patriarchal world in decay.
- Diamonds of the NightDémanty nociread moreOnlineshort info
Director: Jan NěmecCountry: Czechoslovakia
1964 | 68 min. | Czech, GermanSubtitles: English, German
The struggle for survival and the preservation of human dignity: Jan Němec's award-winning debut.
- DustinDustinread moreOnlineshort info
Director: Naïla GuiguetCountry: France
2020 | 20 min. | FrenchSubtitles: English, German
The end of a romance – ›Dustin‹ reveals a new talent in French queer cinema.
- EarwigEarwigread moreshort info
Director: Lucile HadžihalilovićCountry: United Kingdom, France, Belgium
German Premiere
2021 | 114 min. | EnglishSubtitles: GermanIce teeth and piercing gazes: ›Earwig‹ is a surreal horror tale set within the misty gloom of the last century.
- El FulgorEl Fulgorread moreOnlineshort info
Director: Martín FarinaCountry: Argentina
World Premiere
2021 | 65 min. | no dialogueSubtitles: No SubtitlesA symphony of reality and delusion: transcending all genres, 'El Fulgor' entangles local traditions and human desires in Argentinian carnival.
- El Gran MovimientoEl Gran Movimientoread moreOnlineshort info
Director: Kiro RussoCountry: Bolivia, France, Qatar, Switzerland
2021 | 85 min. | SpanishSubtitles: English, German
Workers who dance like Michael Jackson: In Kiro Russo’s La Paz, the devil must be at work.
- Escape Route to MarseilleFluchtweg nach Marseilleread moreOnlineshort info
Director: Ingemo Engström, Gerhard TheuringCountry: Germany
1977 | 217 min. | GermanSubtitles: English
›Escape Route to Marseille‹ follows the traces of German emigrants with great formal freedom. A restoration of a rarely seen film.
- FeathersFeathersread moreOnlineshort info
Director: Omar El ZohairyCountry: France, Egypt, Netherlands, Greece
2021 | 112 min. | ArabicSubtitles: English, German
Fairy-tale emancipation: when a father is accidentally turned into a chicken, an Egyptian family is forced to regroup.
- FIRST TIME [The Time for All but Sunset - VIOLET]FIRST TIME [The Time for All but Sunset - VIOLET]read moreOnlineshort info
Director: Nicolaas SchmidtCountry: Germany
2021 | 50 min. | no dialogueSubtitles: No Subtitles
No words, hardly more than a single composition, and yet what is at stake is one of the big questions of the contemporary human condition. Is it a flirtation? Or are we just imagining it?
- Fish TankFish Tankread moreOnlineshort info
Director: Andrea ArnoldCountry: United Kingdom
2009 | 123 min. | EnglishSubtitles: German
A teenager torn between her dreams and a lack of perspective – Andrea Arnold’s second feature chronicles an attempt at escape from the stigma of social housing. Wild, raw and authentic.
- FracturedÇatlakread moreOnlineshort info
Director: Fikret ReyhanCountry: Turkey
International Premiere
2020 | 82 min. | TurkishSubtitles: English, GermanAn extended family struggles for cohesion in this stirring multilayered portrait of Turkey.
- FREIZEIT or: the opposite of doing nothingFREIZEIT oder: das gegenteil von nichtstunread moreOnlineshort info
Director: Caroline PitzenCountry: Germany
2021 | 71 min. | GermanSubtitles: English
A Berlin neighbourhood and its young people, who are totally committed to political activism. A film made not about them, but with them.
- Future Is a Lonely PlaceDie Zukunft ist ein einsamer Ortread moreOnlineshort info
Director: Martin Hawie, Laura HarwarthCountry: Germany
2021 | 101 min. | GermanSubtitles: English
Dark, gripping and uncompromising: a melancholic study in the guise of a thriller about revenge.
- Girls Go Movie SpecialGirls Go Movie Specialread moreOnlineshort info
Director: VariousCountry: Germany
2021 | 90 min. | VariousSubtitles: German
- Great FreedomGroße Freiheitread moreshort info
Director: Sebastian MeiseCountry: Austria, Germany
2021 | 117 min. | GermanSubtitles: EnglishFSK 16
Franz Rogowski and Georg Friedrich in a yearning drama about a forbidden love between men that survives three decades in prison.
- Hannah ArendtHannah Arendtread moreOnlineshort info
Director: Margarethe von TrottaCountry: Germany, Luxembourg, France, Israel
2012 | 113 min. | German, English, French, HebrewSubtitles: English, GermanFSK 6
"All arrogance and no feeling" – Margarethe von Trotta portrays a thinker who, in the midst of entrenched opinion, remained committed to the exercise of critical judgment.
- Haruhara-san's RecorderHaruharasan no utaread moreOnlineshort info
Director: Kyoshi SugitaCountry: Japan
German Premiere
2021 | 120 min. | JapaneseSubtitles: English, GermanFormally uncompromising and emotionally sensitive: a cinematic meditation on loss and bereavement in suburban Tokyo.
- Hold Me TightSerre-moi fortread moreOnlineshort info
Director: Mathieu AmalricCountry: France, Germany
2021 | 98 min. | FrenchSubtitles: German
Ghostly: Vicky Krieps shines in an artfully staged meditation on the act of saying goodbye.
- Home Sweet HomeMon doux chez moiread moreOnlineshort info
Director: Franck MokaCountry: Congo-Kinshasa
2020 | 15 min. | French, Swahili, LingalaSubtitles: English, German
How does one dream of the future when the present is shaky? Franck Moka examines the uncertainty of the pandemic experience from a Congolese perspective
- I Am GuiltyFalscher Bekennerread moreOnlineshort info
Director: Christoph HochhäuslerCountry: Germany
2005 | 94 min. | GermanSubtitles: EnglishFSK 12
Life as a façade: in ›I Am Guilty‹, Christoph Hochhäusler delves deep into the psyche of the teenage Armin.
- I Want to Talk About DurasVous ne désirez que moiread moreOnlineshort info
Director: Claire SimonCountry: France
German Premiere
2021 | 95 min. | FrenchSubtitles: English, GermanHow fascinating modern love is! This dramatized interview with Marguerite Duras’ final companion is as profound as it is entirely credible.
- Il bucoIl bucoread moreOnlineshort info
Director: Michelangelo FrammartinoCountry: Italy, France, Germany
German Premiere
2021 | 93 min. | ItalianSubtitles: English, GermanEndless depths, majestic mountains and a curious donkey: Michelangelo Frammartino returns with a cinematic tour de force.
- Jimmy OrpheusJimmy Orpheusread moreOnlineshort info
Director: Roland KlickCountry: Germany
1966 | 52 min. | GermanSubtitles: English
St. Pauli at night and the decline of a brick factory in small-town GDR: two early films by Roland Klick and Volker Koepp.
- La JetéeLa Jetéeread moreshort info
Director: Chris MarkerCountry: France
1962 | 28 min. | EnglishSubtitles: German
- Les uns et les autresLes uns et les autresread moreshort info
Director: Claude LelouchCountry: France
1981 | 190 min. | French, English, German, RussianSubtitles: English, GermanFSK 12
Claude Lelouch's star-studded masterpiece follows three generations of artists through the 20th century.
- Lesung mit Ingo Siegner - Reading with Ingo SiegnerDer kleine Drache Kokosnuss und die Drachenprüfung: Lesung mit Ingo Siegnerread moreshort info
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2021 | 60 min. | GermanAge recommendation: 6
Who doesn‘t know him, the curious Little Dragon Coconut? The creator of this popular children‘s book character is coming to Mannheim – to read aloud and draw.
- LoulouteLoulouteread moreOnlineshort info
Director: Hubert VielCountry: France
German Premiere
2020 | 87 min. | FrenchSubtitles: English, GermanIn search of lost innocence: ›Louloute‹ transports us to the realm of childhood and sensitively chronicles the loss of carefreeness.
- Love Is a Funny ThingUn homme qui me plaîtread moreshort info
Director: Claude LelouchCountry: France, Italy
1969 | 112 min. | French, EnglishSubtitles: German
Romance, affair, or actually true love? Belmondo and Girardot have to make a fateful decision.
- Love Is Better Than LifeL'amour c'est mieux que la vieread moreshort info
Director: Claude LelouchCountry: France
International Premiere
2021 | 115 min. | FrenchSubtitles: English, GermanThe best way to live is in the present: in his 50th film, Claude Lelouch focuses on serene moments of old age and divine intervention.
- MahlzeitenMahlzeitenread moreOnlineshort info
Director: Edgar ReitzCountry: Germany
1967 | 95 min. | GermanSubtitles: EnglishFSK 12
›Mahlzeiten‹ tells the story of a failing marriage and, in doing so, considers its own medium. A key film of the New German Cinema.
- MassMassread moreshort info
Director: Fran KranzCountry: USA
German Premiere
2021 | 110 min. | EnglishSubtitles: GermanHow to speak about the unspeakable? How to forgive the unforgivable? In this nuanced chamber play, the bereaved negotiate over guilt and atonement.
- Masterclass: A Conversation with Andrea ArnoldMasterclass: Im Gespräch mit Andrea Arnoldread moreshort info
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2021 | 60 min. | English
- Masterclass: A Conversation with Bettina BrokemperMasterclass: Im Gespräch mit Bettina Brokemperread moreshort info
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2021 | 60 min. | German
- Masterclass: A Conversation with Claude LelouchMasterclass: Im Gespräch mit Claude Lelouchread moreshort info
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2021 | 60 min. | French, German
- Masterclass: A Conversation with Guillaume NiclouxMasterclass: Im Gespräch mit Guillaume Niclouxread moreshort info
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2021 | 60 min. | French, English
- Medium CoolMedium Coolread moreshort info
Director: Haskell WexlerCountry: USA
1969 | 111 min. | EnglishSubtitles: German
The year 1968 – numerous riots shake the USA. Haskell Wexler's feature is a unique contemporary document and a key work of New Hollywood.
- MemoriaMemoriaread moreshort info
Director: Apichatpong WeerasethakulCountry: Colombia, Thailand, United Kingdom, Mexico, France, Germany
2021 | 136 min. | English, SpanishSubtitles: English, German
A woman in Colombia is haunted by mysterious hallucinations. Palme d’Or winner Weerasethakul takes us on an intense contemplation and exploration of the world.
- My NightMa nuitread moreOnlineshort info
Director: Antoinette BoulatCountry: France, Belgium
German Premiere
2021 | 87 min. | FrenchSubtitles: German, EnglishA romantic drama, somnambulistic, immediate and whimsical like the French New Wave: Marion stays out late and knows what she doesn’t want.
- Märkische ZiegelMärkische Ziegelread moreOnlineshort info
Director: Volker KoeppCountry: DDR
1989 | 33 min. | GermanSubtitles: EnglishFSK 0
St. Pauli at night and the decline of a brick factory in small-town GDR: two early films by Roland Klick and Volker Koepp.
- Nelly Rapp - Monster AgentNelly Rapp - Monsteragentread moreOnlineshort info
Director: Amanda AdolfssonCountry: Sweden
2020 | 93 min. | SwedishSynchronization in GermanFSK 12
Vegan vampires are a thing. Based on a popular series of Swedish children’s books, this film offers a spirited mixture of spookiness and refreshing humour.
- Neun Leben hat die KatzeNeun Leben hat die Katzeread moreOnlineshort info
Director: Ula StöcklCountry: Germany
1968 | 91 min. | GermanSubtitles: English, German
The first feminist film of the FRG – in ›Neun Leben hat die Katze‹, five women share their everyday experiences, sexual fantasies and longings.
- No One's With the CalvesNiemand ist bei den Kälbernread moreshort info
Director: Sabrina SarabiCountry: Germany
2021 | 116 min. | GermanSubtitles: EnglishFSK 16
With the visual grandeur of a western, this film gives an eye-opening look at a farm in provincial north-eastern Germany.
- On the Job: The Missing 8On the Job: The Missing 8read moreshort info
Director: Erik MattiCountry: Philippines
2021 | 208 min. | Filipino, Tagalog, EnglishSubtitles: English
Corruption. Violence. Betrayal. An epic reckoning with the Duterte government in the Philippines.
- Opening NightOpening Nightread moreshort info
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Festival opening ceremony and screening of You Resemble Me on Thursday, 11 November at 8pm at Cinemaxx, Cinema 10 (Mannheim).
- Pather PanchaliPather Panchaliread moreshort info
Director: Satyajit RayCountry: India
1955 | 125 min. | BengaliSubtitles: English, German
One of the most influential filmmakers with one of the most beautiful feature debuts in film history: Satyajit Ray's trilogy opener ›Pather Panchali‹.
- Petite MamanPetite Mamanread moreshort info
Director: Céline SciammaCountry: France
2021 | 72 min. | FrenchSubtitles: English, GermanFSK 0
A tree house becomes the setting of a fantastical encounter in this comforting, fairy-tale-like story of bereavement and mourning by Céline Sciamma.
- RehanaRehana Maryam Noorread moreOnlineshort info
Director: Abdullah Mohammad SaadCountry: Bangladesh, Singapore, Qatar
German Premiere
2021 | 97 min. | BengaliSubtitles: English, GermanA woman refuses to follow the rules of patriarchal society in Bangladesh.
- RhinoNosorihread moreOnlineshort info
Director: Oleg SentsovCountry: Ukraine, Poland, Germany
German Premiere
2021 | 101 min. | Ukrainian, Russian, GermanSubtitles: English, GermanAfter the collapse of the Soviet Union, only the strongest survive. ›Rhino‹ portrays an anti-hero of organised crime who pays the price of a violent life.
- RohfilmRohfilmread moreOnlineshort info
Director: Birgit Hein, Wilhelm HeinCountry: Germany
1968 | 20 min. | no dialogueSubtitles: No Subtitles
This film is part of our short film programme ›Five German short films made between 1967 and 1970‹.
- SalesmanSalesmanread moreshort info
Director: Albert Maysles, David Maysles, Charlotte ZwerinCountry: USA
1969 | 91 min. | EnglishSubtitles: German
Who sells the most Bibles? A masterful close-up of the USA at the end of the 1960s.
- Same Player Shoots AgainSame Player Shoots Againread moreOnlineshort info
Director: Wim WendersCountry: Germany
1968 | 12 min. | no dialogueSubtitles: No Subtitles
This Film is part of our short film programme ›Five German short films made between 1967 and 1970‹.
- Shen KongShen Kongread moreshort info
Director: Chen GuanCountry: Macau
German Premiere
2021 | 103 min. | Mandarin, Hunan DialectSubtitles: English, GermanSomewhere between euphoria, insecurity and ecstasy: a film about the lockdown and young people’s outlook on life.
- Short VacationJong chak yeokread moreOnlineshort info
Director: Han-Sol Seo, Kwon Min-pyoCountry: South Korea
2020 | 79 min. | KoreanSubtitles: English, German
Their assignment for the holidays: take a picture of the end of the world! In this road movie, four friends look beyond the extent of what’s familiar.
- Short Vacation: WorkshopShort Vacation: Workshopread moreshort info
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2021 | 60 min. | German
How are films made and what would I bring in front of the lens as a filmmaker? Let’s find out in a workshop together with GIRLS GO MOVIE.
- Sisters: The Summer We Found Our SuperpowersTottori! Sommeren vi var aleneread moreshort info
Director: Arild Østin Ommundsen, Silje SalomonsenCountry: Norway
2020 | 78 min. | NorwegianSynchronization in German
To save their father, two sisters embark on an adventure across the Norwegian wilderness. In the process, they overcome their fears and discover their superpowers.
- Something DifferentO něčem jinémread moreOnlineshort info
Director: Věra ChytilováCountry: Czechoslovakia
1963 | 82 min. | CzechSubtitles: German, English
One of the main works of the Czechoslovak New Wave, ›Something Different‹ was awarded the Grand Prize of the City of Mannheim in 1963.
- SpaceboySpaceboyread moreOnlineshort info
Director: Olivier PairouxCountry: Belgium
2021 | 100 min. | FrenchSynchronization in German
A film like a countdown, with a little boy as a cosmic explorer and a call for children to never give up on their dreams.
- Story Time with Mehrdad ZaeriErzählstunde mit Mehrdad Zaeriread moreshort info
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2021 | 60 min. | German
Every story is unique: the stories of Mannheim-based storyteller and illustrator Mehrdad Zaeri will be created interactively with the audience.
- The Black StallionThe Black Stallionread moreshort info
Director: Carroll BallardCountry: USA
1979 | 118 min. | EnglishSynchronization in GermanFSK 6Age recommendation: 8
Boy meets horse. An ode to the friendship between man and animal, whose lyrical images of nature and landscapes rank among the most beautiful in US cinema.
- The Employer and the EmployeeEl empleado y el patrónread moreOnlineshort info
Director: Manuel Nieto ZasCountry: Argentina, Uruguay, Brazil, France
German Premiere
2021 | 106 min. | Spanish, Portuguese, FrenchSubtitles: English, GermanTwo fathers in an asymmetrical relationship of dependence. Free of pathos and emotionally nuanced, this drama from Uruguay turns into a menacing thriller.
- The ExperienceTadjrebehread moreshort info
Director: Abbas KiarostamiCountry: Iran
1973 | 59 min. | PersianSubtitles: English, German
The dream of a different life: Abbas Kiarostami and Chris Marker tell of escape and falling in love.
- The First FallenOs Primeiros Soldadosread moreOnlineshort info
Director: Rodrigo de OliveiraCountry: Brazil
World Premiere
2021 | 107 min. | PortugueseSubtitles: English, GermanA film about nameless heroes in a war the world has wanted to ignore for too long. ›The First Fallen‹ celebrates life in the face of a deadly disease.
- The InnocentsDe uskyldigeread moreshort info
Director: Eskil VogtCountry: Norway, Denmark, Sweden, Finland, USA
2021 | 117 min. | NorwegianSubtitles: English, German
When children discover they have supernatural powers, anger and curiosity become deadly weapons – a riveting mystery thriller that ventures into eerie territory.
- The Movement of ThingsO Movimento das Coisasread moreOnlineshort info
Director: Manuela SerraCountry: Portugal
1985 | 89 min. | PortugueseSubtitles: English, German
Manuela Serra's poetic documentary ›O Movimento Das Coisas‹ is one of the great discoveries of this year's retrospective.
- The Noise of EnginesLe bruit des moteursread moreOnlineshort info
Director: Philippe GrégoireCountry: Canada
German Premiere
2021 | 79 min. | FrenchSubtitles: English, GermanOne man takes on the whole world. Philippe Grégoire's subversive offbeat grotesque dissects notions of morality.
- The ReplacementEl sustitutoread moreOnlineshort info
Director: Óscar AibarCountry: Spain
International Premiere
2021 | 115 min. | SpanishSubtitles: English, GermanCops, Nazis, murder and conspiracy – Oscar Aibar mixes motifs from pulp and genre with a classical mise-en-scène and political-historical analysis.
- The Sleeping NegroThe Sleeping Negroread moreOnlineshort info
Director: Skinner MyersCountry: USA
German Premiere
2021 | 73 min. | EnglishSubtitles: English, GermanAnger, alienation and everyday racism: a young African-American man falls into an existential crisis in the space of 24 hours – and meets his other self.
- The Tsugua DiariesDiários de Otsogaread moreOnlineshort info
Director: Miguel Gomes, Maureen FazendeiroCountry: Portugal
German Premiere
2021 | 102 min. | Portuguese, RomanianSubtitles: English, GermanWho gets to kiss whom in the summer of 2020? In search of mindfulness, community and joie de vivre, this cinematic diary follows a trio of characters backwards through time.
- To Kill the BeastMatar a la bestiaread moreOnlineshort info
Director: Agustina San MartínCountry: Argentina
German Premiere
2021 | 79 min. | Spanish, PortugueseSubtitles: German, EnglishTropical Gothic: A village is terrified of a monster in the jungle and a young woman confronts her budding sexuality.
- To the Ends of the WorldLes confins du monderead moreOnlineshort info
Director: Guillaume NiclouxCountry: France
2018 | 103 min. | French, VietnameseSubtitles: English, German
Gaspard Ulliel and Gérard Depardieu search for humanity in the tropical humidity of a war zone. An exclamation mark in the radical oeuvre of director Guillaume Nicloux.
- Vera Dreams of the SeaVera andrron detinread moreOnlineshort info
Director: Kaltrina KrasniqiCountry: Kosovo, North Macedonia , Albania
German Premiere
2021 | 87 min. | AlbanianSubtitles: English, GermanWomen do not inherit houses. In this extraordinary thriller, the threat springs directly from the corrupt heart of male-dominated Kosovar tradition.
- VortexVortexread moreshort info
Director: Gaspar NoéCountry: France, Belgium
2021 | 142 min. | FrenchSubtitles: English, German
What is dignity and what is autonomy in a day-to-day life that is fully medicated? In ›Vortex‹, a clever split screen presents two lives that are no longer completely in sync.
- What Do We See When We Look At The Sky?Ras vkhedavt, rodesac cas vukurebt?read moreOnlineshort info
Director: Alexandre KoberidzeCountry: Germany, Georgia
2021 | 150 min. | GeorgianSubtitles: English, German
A love letter to cinema and football: Alexandre Koberidze draws from film history’s bag of tricks in this romantic fairy tale.
- WintermärchenGermany. A Winter's Taleread moreshort info
Director: Jan BonnyCountry: Germany
2018 | 125 min. | GermanSubtitles: English
Jan Bonny's Neo-Nazi fantasy stages a more painful confrontation with the failures of state and society than any other recent film.
- Women Do CryWomen Do Cryread moreOnlineshort info
Director: Mina Mileva, Vesela KazakovaCountry: Bulgaria, France
German Premiere
2021 | 106 min. | BulgarianSubtitles: English, GermanThey love each other, and they love to challenge each other: in ›Women Do Cry‹, five women fight each other before taking on the Bulgarian patriarchy.
- You Resemble MeTu me ressemblesread moreOnlineshort info
Director: Dina AmerCountry: France, Egypt, USA
German Premiere
2021 | 90 min. | French, ArabicSubtitles: English, German SDHThe dream of an independent life: a girl flees from home, grows up, threatens to lose herself. A rousing plea against prejudices.
- Zero Fucks GivenRien à foutreread moreOnlineshort info
Director: julie lecoustre, Emmanuel MarreCountry: France, Belgium
German Premiere
2021 | 110 min. | French, EnglishSubtitles: English, GermanAdèle Exarchopoulos, winner of the Palme d’Or for ›La vie d’Adèle‹, shines in this tragicomic character study of a flight attendant in free fall.
- Zum Begriff des 'kritischen Kommunismus' bei Antonio Labriola (1843-1904)Zum Begriff des 'kritischen Kommunismus' bei Antonio Labriola (1843-1904)read moreOnlineshort info
Director: Günter Peter StraschekCountry: Germany
1970 | 18 min. | GermanSubtitles: English
This film is part of our short film programme ›Five German short films made between 1967 and 1970‹.
- ÎntregaldeÎntregalderead moreOnlineshort info
Director: Radu MunteanCountry: Romania
2021 | 104 min. | RomanianSubtitles: English, German
A charity expedition turns into a nightmare. IFFMH alumnus Radu Muntean once again proves himself to be one of the most interesting storytellers of the Romanian New Wave.
