How to deal with others? And how to deal with ourselves? And – quite generally – how to deal with the world? From the usual madness of Zoom meetings and the stress a delivery driver must cope with when faced with deadlines, to the underhanded tactics of a real estate owner – the pressure and the hurdles which modern society throws in our way are manifold. How does a train driver manage to get back into the driver’s booth after someone has thrown themselves in front of the train? Coping strategies are needed. But what if the own body, or even the mind, begins to resist our plans? Films about the pursuit of autonomy and self-determination. (Lili Hartwig)
The usual madness of an online meeting. Someone is messing with some filters, some are still having breakfast, others struggle with technical problems. The tile becomes a small window into the lives of the participants.… >>>
Would you like a free and easy upgrade of your derelict real estate? Then Autohaus Autohaus e.V. is just right for you, because they will help you to get the most out of gentrification. A self-ironic image film about how property owners deal with creative people. Loosely based on true events.… >>>
A delivery driver under time pressure loses a package. The boy who observed everything decides to deliver the parcel himself. When his mother can't find him, her search for him begins. Their paths are doomed to collide. Fateful trajectories against a backdrop of a not-so-distant future that is actually here already.… >>>
He always wanted to be a train driver. That kept him going when others in the same situation changed careers. Because how do you cope with having killed another human being? Even if they threw themselves in front of the train for their own reasons, something remains. Animated documentary about the train driver Bernd Ziegler and his handling of the tragedies.… >>>
Is a beard the ultimate expression of one’s masculinity? In times of the Toxic Masculinity debate, the beard has also experienced further politicization. But who says that personal self-discovery through wearing a beard is reserved exclusively for men?… >>>
What awaits you? An eternal search for the invisible. Days, months, years. A tugging, a twinge, a pull into the dark nothingness. Loud, warm, cold. Relaxation, stress, a coming and going of renunciation. A finding of the hidden perseverance. Leaving it to time. Flowing… >>>
An old man walks around his flat. Memories pass by. Memories fade. Memories become a new reality. Cinematic drama that makes the challenges of advancing dementia and the accompanying loss of temporal and spatial orientation tangible.… >>>
In the darkness, in the seemingly airless space, a woman dances. An inner struggle erupts. Her movements are driven by memories that echo in her body. She fights to free herself and her body from ancient imposed judgements. She dances to be herself. Performer: Christa Stöffelbauer… >>>
After 25 years in Germany, the filmmaker decides to move to another foreign country. As a young girl in the 1990s, she came from the former Soviet Union to Germany with her family as so-called "Jewish contingent refugees". This new departure reminds her of that time. From her perspective today, not only her story but also that of her parents seems new. How did they experience the events back then, after giving up everything - their careers, status and friendships? The film allows the filmmaker to have a dialogue with her parents about their expectations of one-another and the question of belonging. A special story of family and immigration.… >>>