A film by Maria Binder. In Kurdish and Turkish with German sub­tit­les. [Credits] [Tickets & Termine] [Trailer] Lawyer and acti­vist Eren Keskin has advo­ca­ted for the rights of women, mino­ri­ties and LGBTIQ in Turkey for over 30 years – not allo­wing hers­elf to be deter­red by the con­stant risk of being jai­led. The direc­tor has […]

A film by Aki Kaurismäki. In Finnish with German sub­tit­les. [Credits] [Tickets & Termine] [Trailer] FALLEN LEAVES tells the sto­ry of two lonely peo­p­le (Alma Pöysti and Jussi Vatanen) who meet each other by chan­ce in the Helsinki night and try to find the first, only, and ulti­ma­te love of their lives. Their path towards […]

A film by Emin Alper. In Turkish with German sub­tit­les. [Credits] [Tickets & Termine] [Trailer] Emre, a young and dedi­ca­ted pro­se­cu­tor, is new­ly appoin­ted to a small town hit by a water cri­sis and poli­ti­cal scan­dals. After an initi­al wel­co­me, he expe­ri­en­ces an incre­asing num­ber of ten­se inter­ac­tions and is reluc­tant­ly drag­ged into local politics. […]

A film by Jialing Zhang.In Mandarin with German sub­tit­les. A deep­ly dis­tur­bing sto­ry about tech­no­lo­gy, the misu­se of power and (self-)censorship which makes tan­gi­ble the thre­at to indi­vi­du­al free­dom and human rights. In China, indi­vi­du­al free­dom is rest­ric­ted by an all-encom­­pas­­sing sur­veil­lan­ce sys­tem, big data and intel­li­gent tech­no­lo­gies. Be it at work, on the street […]