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- DirectorLena KnaussStarsMeret BeckerMark WaschkeStefan KurtThe Berlin building contractor Klaus Keller is found shot on his 90th birthday. A sign hangs around his neck with the words: I was too cowardly to fight for Germany. Keller was the senior boss of a large Berlin construction company, his current largest project was the construction of a documentation center on the Shoah in Israel. A right-wing assassination attempt? Much seems to speak for it. But there is another lead. A youth photo of the crime victim Klaus and his brother Gert has disappeared from the dead man's apartment. Does the murder have anything to do with the two brothers? Economic miracle child and winner of the turnaround is one - Stasimajor, SED functionary and loser is the other. Two post-war routes that diverged with the division of Germany and could not reunite even after '89. Nina Rubin and Robert Karow ask why and delve into a complex family history in which the generation of sons also plays an important role. Michael Keller runs his father's construction company and Gert's son Fredo is the owner of a printing company in Pankow. Moritz, Klaus' grandson, recorded a video of his beloved grandfather on the occasion of the birthday party - the last document from Klaus Keller - his last words. Moritz 'attractive friend Ruth, politically committed student and waitress in Klaus Keller's regular restaurant, knows the family well. Can their internals help Karow advance the investigation? Rubin and Karow encounter the German past and its consequences and in the end are faced with a crime of which they had no idea.
- DirectorCarolina HellsgårdStarsGro Swantje KohlhofMaja LehrerTrine DyrholmIt has been two years since a zombie virus epidemic infected all but two German cities. Vivi and Eva flee the struggling community in Weimar for the one other safe-haven: Jena.
- DirectorAndreas PichlerStarsDavid NuttRaphael GaßmannHarvey MilkmanAlcohol: No substance in the world seems so familiar to us and is so incredibly diverse in its effect. Alcohol is available everywhere and this particular molecule has the power to affect all 200 billion neurons of our human brain in completely different ways. But hardly anyone calls alcohol a drug despite its psychoactive and cell-destroying effect. Why do we tolerate the death of three million people every year? Have we turned a blind eye to the dangers and risks for thousands of years? What role does the powerful alcohol industry play with an annual turnover of 1.2 trillion euros in this on-going concealment? The author, who himself enjoys having a drink, looks into the question why we drink at all, what alcohol does to us and to what extent the alcohol industry influences society and politics. He travels around the world from Germany via England to Nigeria to detect aggressive trading practices of the global alcohol industry seeking growth in new markets at all costs. He also visits Iceland, which successfully made the turnaround: Where 20 years ago hordes of drunks roamed the streets, young people today master their need for relaxation and life stimulants without alcohol. The film has no intention to point a moral finger but nevertheless will significantly change the drinking habits of the viewer.
- DirectorJesse James MillerStarsPenelope SpheerisKeith MorrisJohn LydonThe proto-punks of the Detroit scene, including the Stooges and MC5, put the 60s to bed in 1968 and reinvigorate the New York art music scene of the early 70s.
- DirectorJesse James MillerStarsViv AlbertinePauline BlackTerry ChimesThe Ramones visit London in 1976 to discover a vibrant UK punk scene who reciprocate with a second British invasion of America, culminating in the Sex Pistols' disastrous US tour and flameout in 1978.
- StarsIggy PopHenry RollinsJohn LydonOriginal interviews with America's punk pioneers and the U.K.'s most notorious bands.
- DirectorJesse James MillerStarsAlice BagJello BiafraDon BollesThe Germs, Bad Brains, Black Flag, DOA and others dump gas on smouldering rage and alienation in America's suburbs, igniting a blazing form of punk so extreme they call it hardcore.
- DirectorJesse James MillerStarsViv AlbertineBillie Joe ArmstrongAlice BagDespite itself, punk breaks big, highlighting the talents of Nirvana, Bad Religion and Green Day while women roar onto the scene in defining bands such as Bikini Kill and L7, establishing punk as an enduring force, its spirit living on in the broader culture as we know it today.
- DirectorJobst KniggeStarsMoritz BoernerRalf SchmerbergThe film tells the fascinating story of the rise and fall of Indian guru Bhagwan for the first time from the perspective of his German followers. What was it about the man they called and worshiped Osho that fascinated them? And why did they give up everything in order to be able to follow their idol to India and the USA? The documentary filmmaker Jobst Knigge managed to win the trust of some sannyasin. They tell their very personal story and give a deep insight into their life with the charismatic guru in the 70s and 80s.
- DirectorPaul SchraderStarsKen OgataMasayuki ShionoyaHiroshi MikamiA fictionalized account in four chapters of the life of celebrated Japanese writer Yukio Mishima.
- DirectorRaphaël MeyssanStarsYolande MoreauSimon AbkarianMathieu AmalricAnimated movie, exclusively created with period engravings, about the Franco-Prussian War of 1870 and the ensuing Paris Commune revolution in 1871.
- DirectorAlexander NanauStarsDan Alexandru CondreaLiviu IoluRazvan LutacDirector Alexander Nanau follows a crack team of investigators at the Romanian newspaper Gazeta Sporturilor as they try to uncover a vast health-care fraud that enriched moguls and politicians and led to the deaths of innocent citizens.
- DirectorBenoît JacquotStarsLéa SeydouxDiane KrugerVirginie LedoyenA look at the platonic relationship between Marie Antoinette and one of her female readers during the first days of the French Revolution.
- DirectorJohn MaggioStarsMadeleine AlbrightClement AttleeCharles BonesteelDocumentary that offers fresh insights into the Korean War, a conflict that, despite the 1953 armistice, has never officially ended.
- DirectorRadu JudeStarsIoana IacobAlexandru DabijaAlex BogdanAn artist commissioned to stage a re-enactment of a Romanian war battle receives pushback from producers for including a realistic portrayal of her country's treatment of Jews during WWII.
- DirectorMaite AlberdiStarsSergio ChamyRomulo AitkenMarta OlivaresA private investigator in Chile hires someone to work as a mole at a retirement home where a client of his suspects the caretakers of elder abuse.
- DirectorDavid FranceStarsOlga BaranovaDavid IsteevRamzan KadyrovA group of activists risk their lives fighting for LGBTQ+ rights in Chechnya.
- DirectorBernard NicolasStarsGünter BaumBenoit Berthe SiwardVeronique BertheIn 2019, we are still trying to cure LGBT people. Leaning on networks from the US, inspired by religion and psychology to justify conversion therapies, this film reveals devastating practices that stay under public EU authorities' radar.
- DirectorMárta MészárosStarsMari TörőcsikIldikó TóthFranciska TöröcsikOlga is a successful, workaholic lawyer from Vienna. She discovers a dark family secret that makes her question her whole life. She begins to search for answers, but her mother, Maria has done everything she could to avoid the truth being revealed. While Olga is travelling through her Family's past, she has to face her own life as well.
- DirectorAndrzej WajdaStarsTeresa IzewskaTadeusz JanczarWienczyslaw GlinskiIn 1944, during the Warsaw uprising against the Nazis, Polish Lieutenant Zadra and his resistance fighters use Warsaw's sewer system to escape the German encirclement.
- DirectorManuel DaubenbergerFelix MeschedeStarsMichel AbdollahiThe film exposes the cruel business of the illegal ape trade. From poachers in the tropical rainforest to criminal traffickers and corrupt politicians, these apes end up in private zoos and as pets on social media.
- DirectorBogdan George ApetriStarsAna UlaruAndi VasluianuIoana FloraA drama about a woman who seems able to overcome everything for freedom, except for her past mistakes.
- DirectorRoger VadimJean AurelStarsBrigitte BardotJoséphine JamesMireille DarcSophie's boyfriend plans to leave her for another woman. Sophie considers winning him back or eliminating her rival. A doctor interested in Sophie helps her pursue reconciliation to avoid violence.
- DirectorVitaliy ManskiyStarsMikhail GorbachevChulpan KhamatovaEvgeniy MironovAn interview with former USSR president Mikhail Gorbachev, one of the most influential figures of the last century, whose rule heralded the end of the Soviet Union. In an intimate setting, he gives his view of Russia then and now.
- DirectorBruce McDonaldStarsRyan Rajendra BlackAdam BeachJennifer PodemskiA story of life on a First Nations reserve in Ontario: Silas and Frank are trying to get into college to train to be mechanics but they find themselves having to deal with girls, family - and murder.
- DirectorLuis BuñuelStarsSilvia PinalJacqueline AndereEnrique RambalThe guests at an upper-class dinner party find themselves unable to leave.
- DirectorStepan AltrichterStarsHynek CermákKaterina JaneckováJan CinaIn 1989 Vandam was used to be called a national hero. Today, he is almost unknown, a loser like many others. His fight for the woman he loves is a fight for his dignity, and it will be his downfall.
- DirectorKrzysztof KieslowskiStarsBoguslaw LindaTadeusz LomnickiZbigniew ZapasiewiczWitek runs after a train. Three variations follow on how such a seemingly banal incident could influence the rest of Witek's life.
- DirectorJános ZsombolyaiStarsQueenJohn DeaconBrian MayOn 27th July 1986, British stadium rock band Queen broke new ground by playing for the first time in Hungary, a country which was still under a communist dictatorship behind the Iron Curtain.
- DirectorRosa von PraunheimStarsBozidar KocevskiHeiner BomhardKaty KarrenbauerLars, a male nurse from Saarbrücken, moves with his lover Roland to Berlin. They renovate an apartment with the intention of finally living together. Their happiness seems almost complete. What Roland doesn't know: while secretly checking out Berlin's night life, Lars is experimenting with a deadly poison.
- DirectorBarbet SchroederStarsGermán JaramilloAnderson BallesterosJuan David RestrepoThe writer F. Vallejo returns to Medellin after an absence of over 30 years. He meets 16-year-old Alexis. Alexis is the kind of killer who knocks people off on command. The two are immediately attracted to each other.
- DirectorKristina LindströmKristian PetriStarsKristina LindströmLuchino ViscontiMario TursiIn 1971, due to the world premiere of Death in Venice, Italian director Luchino Visconti proclaimed his Tadzio as the world's most beautiful boy. 50 years later, that shadow still weighs upon Björn Andresen's life.
- DirectorWilli KubicaStarsMatthias LierPeter MeinhardtMina SadicWhen the so-called final age of majority - forced euthanasia upon reaching the age of 80 - is introduced in Germany, a father and son are forced to put their shattered relationship to a final test.
- DirectorRadu CiorniciucStarsGica EnacheVali EnacheRica EnacheIn the wilderness of the Bucharest Delta, nine children and their parents lived in perfect harmony with nature for 20 years until they are chased out and forced to adapt to life in the big city.
- DirectorJohn HustonStarsAnjelica HustonDonal McCannHelena CarrollGabriel Conroy and wife Gretta attend an early January dinner with friends at the home of his spinster aunts, an evening which results in an epiphany for both of them.