A DJ redefines European identity by blending music with migrant musicians on a quest for a new sound.
A visionary CEO battles the German healthcare system to create a revolutionary patient hotel, offering luxury and equal…
A revealing journey behind the scenes of the Vienna Symphony Orchestra, where the fine line between triumph and disaste…
As North Korea edges the world toward nuclear war, a global web of players and spectators, from the USA to Iran and Hez…
Ten years on, director Gerd Kroske revisits the Leipzig street sweepers, now grappling with deeper social decline, alco…
Five punk artists from East Germany attempted to paint a white line around the Berlin Wall as a political statement. Th…
Nearly a decade later, director Gerd Kroske revisits the Leipzig street sweepers from his 1990 film. Now disconnected a…
Amid Leipzig's historic Monday Demonstrations and the 1990 electoral frenzy, nightly talks with street sweepers Gabi, H…
18-year-old Alexander Schulz, son of a pastor, engages in the citizens' movement with high hopes. After the GDR's first…
A moving documentary exploring the life and legacy of Paul Robeson, an artist and civil rights activist who faced relen…
Photographer Gundula Schulze discusses her evocative nude portraits, which defy superficial eroticism and reveal the de…
An experimental portrait of Karl Marx’s family’s hardships in London, blending original texts and historical photos wit…
In East Berlin, a coal delivery company run by a spirited woman reveals the hidden vulnerabilities of her tough-seeming…
A woman reflects on her life choices while exploring her family album, questioning satisfaction and potential regrets.
A woman dreams of tango and distant lands, seeking escape from her confined life behind the Berlin Wall.
A vibrant journey through the history and artistic evolution of tango in 19th-century Argentina and Europe.
A young punk musician in East Berlin clings to his cultural identity as the Berlin Wall falls and his family moves west.
Director Vera Lacková uncovers the forgotten stories of Roma partisans, exploring identity, racism, and memory in a pow…
A filmmaker documents Zurich’s train station demolition and its replacement by a prison, reflecting on history’s erasur…
As the Slovene-speaking minority in Carinthia fades, filmmaker Andrina Mračnikar delves into her family’s past to unear…
As technology crafts virtual doubles indistinguishable from their human originals, this impressive documentary explores…
Dive deep into the heart of Vienna's underexplored cultural scene, where a vibrant community of artists challenges the …
An intrepid couple and a crew of young Swiss adventurers sails to the Arctic's melting frontiers on a mission to witnes…
Spanning fifty-four countries through stunning aerial footage, this documentary unveils the interconnectedness of Earth…
This powerful film serves as a parable on the devastating impact of industrialization, focusing on the dismantling of M…
Though set in Quito, Ecuador, this languid documentary is more preoccupied with the ghosts of European history and with…
Fabiano faces the trials of his family's agricultural business in Southern Switzerland, juggling debt, dilapidation, an…
This animated short film depicts the harsh reality for the prisioners inside Honeheck, a jail for women in former East …
With the texture of videotapes from the early 1990s, a Turkish filmmaker in exile makes a personal essay on the consequ…
Vertiginous, unpredictable, withering. These are the ways in which multi-award-winning filmmaker Thomas Imbach films th…
This insightful documentary is a heartfelt journey from childhood memories to the depths of grief, exploring the bond b…
A daughter's directorial lens captures her family's journey through the silent passage of trauma across three generatio…
This Documentary is an intimate exploration of the life and influence of Mary Bauermeister, the pioneering force behind…
This is an intimate film, that explores the Italian maestro Riccardo Chailly's life, revealing his unique approach to m…
Due to an autoimmune disease, Julika has lived without hair since the age of 9. Now, at 25, we experience with her what…
In this hybrid short film, visual artist Michael Poetschko films a group of young people who turn an abandoned office i…
Experimental filmmaker Khaled Abdulwaheds cinematically deconstructs a photograph of a cactus field in 1998 Syria. Now …
When his piano is destroyed in the Syrian war, pianist and composer Ayham Ahmad continues to make music of resistance n…
Through equidistant materials, from dance competitions in Brittany, France, to nuclear tests in Polynesia, experimental…
Shot on three continents, this unique documentary follows the pioneer of avant-garde composer John Cage through miscell…
In this documentary, the fog is the element that unites worlds and characters very different from each other. A film es…
A traveling cameraman and father of three observes what happens when human skills no longer command a "market value".
After becoming pregnant, a filmmaker confronts a ghost from the past: having another abortion. Suddenly, her mother and…
Respected in both North and South Korea, renowned composer Isang Yun dreams that music can one day reconcile the two co…
Born a woman, Marion decides to become Marian, a man. This documentary follows Marian over 10 years documenting her gen…
Through technology and various present-day experiences, this fascinating educational documentary revisits the relevance…
Maya has grown accustomed to being a hairless teenager. After being diagnosed with Alopecia areata, Maya tries to find …
The final installment of the Accentus Music trilogy focuses on the political edges that traversed the world of academic…
Best Documentary Films
