Babylon Alexanderplatz

The underworld of African migrant society in Cairo and the tension between the different groups as witnessed by Aisha, a Somali caregiver.

In 1945 Amrum Island, 12-year-old Nanning hunts seals, fishes at night, and farms to help feed his family. Life feels idyllic on this windswept isle until peace reveals an unexpected danger closer to home.

In the midst of the Russian Revolution of 1905, the crew of the battleship Potemkin mutiny against the brutal, tyrannical regime of the vessel's officers. The resulting street demonstration in Odessa brings on a police massacre.

An ailing vampire count travels to Italy with his servant to find a bride.

Oilman Jan is paralyzed in an accident. His wife, who prayed for his return, feels guilty; even more, when Jan urges her to have sex with another.

A scholarship swimmer reconciles her turbulent upbringing and resurfacing trauma by finding solace in the art of literature.

Based on the book by Domenico Starnone

A weak-willed Italian man becomes a fascist flunky who goes abroad to arrange the assassination of his old teacher, now a political dissident.

Two angels watch over Berlin. Damiel (Bruno Ganz) and Cassiel (Otto Sander) are silent observers, accompanying people through the city's rooftops and streets. They hear their thoughts and feelings, without being able to feel them themselves. Ever since Damiel fell in love with the trapeze artist Marion (Solveig Dommartin), he struggles with his fate. He would love to become human. To do this, he would have to become mortal, with all the consequences. A former angel (Peter Falk) advises him to take the plunge into life.

​This screening session presents 6 short films (approximately 100 minutes in total).

A woman on the run from the mob is reluctantly accepted in a small Colorado community in exchange for labor, but when a search visits the town she finds out that their support has a price.

After receiving an exotic small animal as a Christmas gift, a young man inadvertently breaks three important rules concerning his new pet, which unleashes a horde of malevolently mischievous creatures on a small town.

After a deadly rodeo and a stolen kiss, Rosa and her cowboy lover flee across the Italian wilderness, pursued by Buffalo Bill and the story he refuses to rewrite.

Two friends from a North Indian village pursue police jobs seeking dignity, but their friendship strains as desperation grows in their quest.

An environmental engineer accepts a position in West Africa, where he develops complex relationships with two locals while uncovering details about his predecessor's unexplained disappearance.

Paolo and Lucia have loved each other for years, but now their relationship is in crisis. Could participation in a television program be the solution to their problems?

Parvin and Rasoul, a young couple, left their small town for the big city to find work and a better life. Parvin's younger brother, Amir Ali, is also living with them as a guest. This family, all three struggling with addiction and forced into scavenging, recounts their story. We witness their daily struggle for survival and their attempts to escape the swamp in which they've become trapped.

In 1922, an Irish rebel informs on his friend, then feels doom closing in.

The story of Otto von Spreckelsen, a real-life architecture teacher from Copenhagen, who surprised the world when he won an open-call competition launched by French president François Mitterrand.

1982. As an unknown disease begins to spread in a small mining town in the Chilean desert, gay men are accused of transmitting it through their eyes. Twelve-year-old Lidia, the only girl in the community, sets out in search of the truth.

A rickshaw driver trapped in a farmhouse confronts his past demons while experiencing visions of Lord Krishna, who guides him through a transformative journey of self-discovery and healing.

Two blustery 50-somethings, have an obsession: going for their last drink. One night, they run into Giulio, a shy architecture student, whose way of seeing the world and love will be transformed as the trio wander from bar to bar of Veneto

Prior to a city council election, the collapse of a building leaves a land developer and his political backers defending themselves against a scandal.

Clémence, a lawyer, leaves her marriage to embrace her true self. Her ex-husband fights for custody of their son Paul, manipulating him. As their relationship deteriorates, Clémence struggles to maintain her maternal bond.

Two sisters find their already strained relationship challenged as a mysterious new planet threatens to collide with Earth.

In rural France, Mika and Dan's dreams keep hitting dead ends. After Dan's latest mistake, they're forced to work in construction for their friend Tony, desperately seeking escape from their situation.

Two young brothers explore Lagos with their estranged father during the 1993 Nigerian election crisis, witnessing both the city's magnitude and their father's daily struggles as political unrest threatens their journey home.

The Griswold family's plans for a big family Christmas predictably turn into a big disaster.

As Hamas tightens control over Gaza, Yahia seeks vengeance for his friend Ossama's brutal murder. His encounter with the killer alters everything.

The death of Padaiyappa's father destroys his family. But his luck changes, and he is able to lead a prosperous life, until his nemesis plots to ruin his happiness once more.

Dual timelines explore a Japanese widow's memories spanning post-war Nagasaki in 1950s and England during 1980s Cold War era, unraveling secrets that intertwine her past and present experiences across borders.

Marie, Naney, and Jolie live together in Tunis, sheltering Kenza, a shipwreck survivor. As this unorthodox family forms, crises make each woman reconsider her place.

Through Robert Wyatt's music, the animated musical Rock Bottom plunges into the passionate self-destructive love story of Bob and Alif, two young artists immersed in the creative whirlwind of the early 70s' hippie culture.

A respected black cavalry sergeant stands court-martial after being accused of raping and killing a white woman as well as murdering her father, his superior officer.

Seven men escape from a Nazi prison camp. One makes it to freedom.

Albrecht Schuch plays the leading role of James Larkin White, an American who, on a train journey through Switzerland, is mistaken for Anatol Stiller, a sculptor who disappeared seven years earlier and is wanted for his involvement in a dubious political affair. "I am not Stiller", White declares at the beginning of Frisch's novel - and again and again from then on. In order to convict him, the public prosecutor played by Max Simonischek asks Stiller's wife Julika (Paula Beer) to identify her husband, but she is unable to do so conclusively. Memories reveal more and more about the couple's relationship - and it turns out that the prosecutor has a surprising connection to the missing man.

An American newcomer to a prestigious German ballet academy comes to realize that the school is a front for something sinister amid a series of grisly murders.

An aging poet finds purpose mentoring Yurlady, a talented teen, though exposing her to the poetry scene might be unwise. His own poetic pursuits led nowhere, leaving him a stereotypical obscure writer.

When paroled trustee Steve and former inmate Judy who try to put their criminal lives behind them are blackmailed, two career criminals come to their rescue.

A young addict living on the streets of London is given a shot at redemption, but his road to recovery soon curdles into a strange odyssey from which he may never escape.

Sailors working on the trawlers of the German shipowner Bredel go on a strike. A revolutionary trade union sends the sailor-communist of Hull in a fishing settlement, to heave up fishermen on a pathetic strike. Trying to prevent to the association of sailors and fishermen, Bredel promises to the fishermen to increase paying for a catch. But it turns out soon, that the promised raise is deception.

Angie (34) takes her father Mansour (74) on a road trip from Brussels to Beirut by car in an attempt to retrace the same path he took 42 years ago. However, the route is no longer the same, and neither is their relationship.