Berlin International Film Festival

Students occupied more than a thousand public buildings in São Paulo during protests against the closure of over 90 schools in 2015.

Your Turn

Concerning Violence

Frantz Fanon's essay serves as the framework for a documentary that examines archival footage of African nationalist movements fighting against colonial rule in the 1960s and 1970s.

Concerning Violence

2004 • Official selection

Paper Clips

2004•Official selection

Students at Whitwell Middle School collected over 25 million paper clips to represent the six million Jews killed during the Holocaust.

Paper Clips

The Waldheim Waltz

2018•Official selection

Kurt Waldheim's 1986 presidential campaign in Austria was marked by allegations from the World Jewish Congress regarding his World War II service, igniting nationalist sentiments.

The Waldheim Waltz

2018 • Official selection

Small Talk

A 20-year silence between a daughter and her mother unfolds through interviews and home videos in this Taiwanese documentary about family and identity.

Small Talk

Swimming Out Till the Sea Turns Blue

Swimming Out Till the Sea Turns Blue

2021•Official selection

Eighteen chapters feature three prominent Chinese authors discussing their lives and the evolution of China at a literary festival in Shanxi.

2021 • Official selection

Swimming Out Till the Sea Turns Blue

2020•Official selection

Eighteen chapters feature three prominent Chinese authors discussing their lives and the evolution of China at a literary festival in Shanxi.

Swimming Out Till the Sea Turns Blue

2020 • Official selection

Call Me Kuchu

2012•Official selection

One man is murdered in 2011 amid escalating violence against the LGBT community in Uganda, sparking international outrage and calls for justice.

Call Me Kuchu

2012 • Official selection

The Ballad of Genesis and Lady Jaye

2011•Official selection

Genesis P-Orridge and Lady Jaye Breyer P-Orridge explore their artistic vision and the concept of Pandrogyny through body modification in this intimate documentary.

The Ballad of Genesis and Lady Jaye

2011 • Official selection

Call Me Kuchu

2013•Official selection

One man is murdered in 2011 amid escalating violence against the LGBT community in Uganda, sparking international outrage and calls for justice.

Call Me Kuchu

2013 • Official selection

Talking About Trees

Four filmmakers reunite in Khartoum to restore the Halfaia Cinema, a theater founded in 1989 that has fallen into neglect.

Talking About Trees

In the Intense Now

May 1968 protests in Paris are interwoven with Brazil's 1964 military coup, China's Cultural Revolution, and the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia, exploring revolutionary moments.

In the Intense Now

Food Chains

A hunger strike by migrant farmworkers in Immokalee, Florida, demands an additional penny per pound for tomatoes from Publix, a major supermarket chain.

Food Chains

2018 • Official selection

System Error

2018•Official selection

Thick smog blankets cities as glaciers melt and sea levels rise, illustrating the environmental crisis linked to capitalism's impact on the planet.

System Error

Beuys

Joseph Beuys, a key figure in contemporary art, is portrayed through interviews and archival footage that connect his art to social activism.

Beuys

2016 • Official selection

The Bomb

2016•Official selection

Thousands of nuclear weapons exist today, a legacy of their first use on August 6, 1945, that continues to shape global politics.

The Bomb

A Family

2024•Official selection

Christine Angot confronts her father's family in Strasbourg, where she first met him at age 13, to address the legacy of his sexual abuse.

A Family

2024 • Official selection

Rookies

2022•Official selection

Five young dancers from the Studio Harmonic dance academy in Paris strive to turn their passion for HipHop into professional careers.

Rookies

2022 • Official selection

The Echo

2023•Official selection

Children in the village of El Echo tend to sheep and care for their elders while facing frost and drought throughout the changing seasons.

The Echo

2023 • Official selection

The Mexican Suitcase

2011•Official selection

Over 4,000 film negatives from the Spanish Civil War were rediscovered in a suitcase in Mexico City, revealing untold stories from that era.

The Mexican Suitcase

2011 • Official selection

Chef's Table: France

Chefs in France are pushing the boundaries of fine dining while reinventing a rich culinary tradition with bold new flavors.

Chef's Table: France

2016 • Official selection

Mariupolis

2016•Official selection

Half a million residents in Mariupolis depend on the local steel factory for employment while balancing work with fishing for leisure and food.

Mariupolis

108

2010•Official selection

Over 600 queer individuals were detained and tortured by the Paraguayan government in 1982 following the kidnapping of a teenager in Asunción.

108

2010 • Official selection

System K

In 2017, street artists in Kinshasa transform the city into a vibrant canvas amid ongoing social and political turmoil.

System K

Midnight Traveler

The family spends 475 days in Serbia waiting for asylum after fleeing Afghanistan to escape threats from the Taliban.

Midnight Traveler

2007 • Official selection

Prinzessinnenbad

2007•Official selection

Three 15-year-old friends spend their summer days at a large open-air swimming pool in Berlin's Kreuzberg district, reflecting on their changing lives.

Prinzessinnenbad

Theatre of War

2018•Official selection

Six veterans of the Falklands/Malvinas War reenact their experiences through performance and conversation, reflecting on the conflict 35 years later.

Theatre of War

2018 • Official selection

Death in Gaza

2004•Official selection

Three children, Ahmed and Mohammed (both 12) and Najla (16), navigate life in Rafah during the Israeli-Palestinian conflict while filmmaker James Miller is killed.

Death in Gaza

2004 • Official selection

Fifi Howls from Happiness

Fifi Howls from Happiness

After the Iranian Revolution in 1979, Bahman Mohassess reportedly destroyed many of his works, marking a significant loss for contemporary Iranian art.

One Day in the Life of Andrei Arsenevich

One Day in the Life of Andrei Arsenevich

2000•Official selection

Andrei Tarkovsky, facing terminal lung cancer, reflects on his life and work in Chris Marker’s documentary, featuring insights from his family and clips from his films.

2000 • Official selection

Trapped

More than 20 states have enacted TRAP laws that impose strict regulations on abortion providers, impacting access to reproductive healthcare across the U.S.

Trapped

2011 • Official selection

Rent Boys

2011•Official selection

Over 25 screenings of the film took place on German television, presenting the lives of male sex workers in Berlin through candid interviews.

Rent Boys

The Second Game

A 1988 football match between Dinamo and Steaua is recounted by director Corneliu Porumboiu and his father, who was the referee for the game.

The Second Game

1991 • Official selection

Resident Alien

1991•Official selection

At age 72, Quentin Crisp moves to New York City, where he shares his sharp observations and reflects on his life as an openly gay man.

Resident Alien

Who's Gonna Love Me Now?

2016•Official selection

Twenty years after being expelled from his family for being gay, Saar Maoz returns to Israel to seek acceptance while living with HIV in London.

Who's Gonna Love Me Now?

2016 • Official selection

Lemebel

Pedro Lemebel battled cancer until his death in 2015, while his artistic work challenged the conservative norms of Chile during Pinochet's dictatorship.

Lemebel

I'm Not Everything I Want to Be

I'm Not Everything I Want to Be

2024•Official selection

Thousands of photographs captured by Libuše Jarcovjáková reflect her personal experiences during the political turmoil in Czechoslovakia after the 1968 Soviet invasion.

2024 • Official selection

Heimat Is a Space in Time

Heimat Is a Space in Time

Thomas Heise reflects on his family's four-generation history in Germany, intertwining personal narratives with the broader historical context of the 20th century.