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La kora de mon père / My Father’s Kora

Feature Documentary I by Ayeman Aymar Esse I 2026 I 89min

Souleymane, an Afro-German trans man, travels from Berlin to Dakar to repair his father's kora and, in doing so, himself. A fragile search for harmony between body, sewing, ocean, heritage, and faith.

Landscapes of Memory

Feature Documentary I by Leah Galant I 2026 I 75min

When director Leah Galant left the United States for Berlin in 2021, she thought she was going on a traditional “third-generation return” to uncover her family’s Holocaust history. After she was detained while filming a pro-Palestine demonstration, however, and subsequently charged with antisemitism, she quickly realised that confronting inherited trauma meant grappling with the present, not just the past.

The One Who Runs Away Is The Ghost (九樓日記)

Feature Documentary I by Qinyuan Lei I 2021 I 72min Watch On Demand

Synopsis
Sisters Haohao and Zhouzhou (five and eight) spend most of their time outside of school in the electronics market of Huaqiangbei, a market in Shenzhen once known for its counterfeit electronics products, now the center of electronics production in China. As new migrants to the city, their parents started a 10-square-meter shop on the 9th floor of the market a year ago. In the eyes of the two sisters, the world of electronics gradually opened up to them, and transformed into an imaginary world of dangerous creatures and ghost stories. The other children in the market are also spreading the word that a violent storm is coming.

Bruderkrieg (War of Brothers)

Short Documentary I 2017 I 32min Watch on Vimeo

Synopsis

The documentary is a view on identity, tradition and commemoration in Germany in the summer 2016. It was shot throughout the commemoration ceremony "150 years of Austro-Prussian War" in Bavaria. Beside snapshots of remembrance it shows the local politicians thoughts about recent developments like growing populism, nationalism and terrorism in Europe.