MAGNETFILM GmbH

Germany 2024, 102 min
by Philipp Fussenegger, Judy Landkammer

Capturing Peaches' transformative journey on 'The Teaches of Peaches Anniversary Tour' in 2022, this documentary blends exclusive archival gems with dynamic tour footage. From stage show inception to riveting performances, it offers an intimate look at the inner workings of feminist icon Peaches, a fearless force challenging gender norms for over two decades. Her biting wit advocates for LGBTQIA+ rights and confronts societal stereotypes, leaving an indelible mark on popular culture.With: Peache

Germany 2024, 90 min
by Andreas Pichler

Steel giant Thyssen Krupp in Germany and cargo ship operator Maersk in Denmark are investing huge sums of money with public support to convert their huge and dirty energy consumption to ‘green’. Hydrogen plays a central role in this. At the same time, countries in Africa such as Morocco and Namibia are gearing up to become giga-suppliers of the new energy source. But does it all make sense? Why not just produce green steel in Africa? And what's the story behind the blue hydrogen that is supposed

2023, 90 min
by Jan Schmidt-Garré

Balkrishna Doshi is one of India's most influential 20th century architects and recipient of the Pritzker Architecture Prize. Doshi and his practice Vastu-Shilpa has a portfolio spanning over 70 years, including collaborations with both Le Corbusier and Louis Kahn. The film introduces viewers to his famous buildings and offers an exclusive look into his work process. Doshi shares his sources of inspiration and motivation and is also a brilliant storyteller. His presence of mind, his humor and hi

2023, 90 min
by Kirsten Esch

In 2016, 4 million people worldwide died as a result of lack of "motion": We are becoming "couch potatoes" and Corona has dramatically amplified this effect. The health of the poorest is particularly affected. What needs to change in the health care system and in politics in order to counteract the lack of exercise globally? Because we prove in our film that "movement" can even heal.

2023, 85 min
by Marcel Mettelsiefen

In the early 2000s, 19-year-old Tanja from the Netherlands decides to go to Colombia as an au pair and is immediately confronted with the country's political turmoil. Horrified by the injustice she observes, she joins the largest guerrilla army in the world, FARC, and takes up arms to fight. After years in the dangerous jungle, Tanja becomes a key member of the organization and is eventually assigned as part of the FARC delegation to peace negotiations that lead to the end of the longest civil w

Germany 2022, 98 min
by Sabine Lamby, Cornelia Partmann, Isabel Gathof

Probably for the last time former SS-guards recently faced trial for their role in German concentration camps, as for a long time Germany's justice system had difficulty dealing with its countless unpunished Nazi crimes. However, already in 1963 General State Prosecutor and Fritz Bauer (1903-1968) aptly indicated that one should also prosecute small cogs in the machines of industrialized mass murder. Interspersed with stirring and moving first hand witness accounts of concentration camp survivor

Germany 2022, 93 min
by Marc Wiese

THIS STOLEN COUNTRY OF MINE takes us to Latin America, to a country with immense natural resources, pristine nature and a corrupt leadership: Ecuador.The film follows Paul Jarrin, leader of the indigenous resistance against their homeland's exploitation. Meanwhile, China uses the Ecuadorian government to turn the country into one of its new colonies. When journalist Fernando Villavicencio exposes these plots and gets access to the contracts between China and Ecuador, the government wants him sil

2022, 112 min
by Cordula Kablitz-Post

A 150bpm success story: a documentary about Hans Peter Geerdes alias H.P. Baxxter, the mastermind of Scooter. Once upon a time, no German band polarized opinion like these techno pioneers. What was once funfair music is today cultish, Dadaist madness. With simple, concise slogans like »Hyper! Hyper!« or »How much is the fish?«, Scooter became internationally famous and have sold more than 30 million recording media. The film interweaves private, exclusive archive material from the 29-year band h

Germany, Austria 2022, 105 min
by Gereon Wetzel, Melanie Liebheit

SHE CHEF portrays the young chef and recent culinary world cup winner Agnes on her journey to mastery through some of the most outstanding restaurants in the world. The self-confident twentysomething has finished her apprenticeship at Austria’s top-restaurant Steirereck and joined the Austrian national team of cooking as the first and only woman amongst all men to win the 2018 culinary world cup with her team. We will follow Agnes ambitious journey and track her way to become a top-chef from the

Germany 2021, 96 min
by Corinna Belz, Enrique Sánchez Lansch

Hidden doors open in this film about the iconic Uffizi Gallery, home to the world's most prominent collection of Renaissance art. Guided by passion, German Director Eike Schmidt and his Italian team master the sensitive balancing act between conservation and renewal. We dive into famous masterpieces that captivate visitors of all ages and nationalities.

Austria, Germany 2020, 94 min
by Harald Friedl

The simple staple bread has become a branded product with a countless number of varieties and providers. But do we actually know what we eat every day? The film BREAD gives an authentic and unique insight in today's world of bread. We meet small craft bakers who stand up for their quality with sustainable ingredients but we also meet corporate CEOs who professionally work on the daily bread as an industrial mass product which becomes increasingly artificial. How can traditional bakery skills sur

Germany 2020, 94 min
by Carsten Rau

Germany is turning away from nuclear power in 2022. Yet the country's nuclear nightmare goes on: with umpteen thousands of tonnes of radioactive waste and the hazardous dismantling of power plants which will take decades. NUCLEAR FOREVER by Carsten Rau takes an equally profound and alarming look at mankind's dream of atomic energy, in grand scenes that have yet to be portrayed like this, and in six interwoven episodes.In the end, the viewer can and must form their own impression of the mania cal

Germany 2019, 89 min
by Andreas Pichler

Alcohol: No substance seems so familiar to us and is so incredibly diverse in its effect. It's available everywhere and this particular molecule has the power to affect all 200 billion neurons of our brain in completely different ways. But hardly anyone calls it a drug despite its psychoactive and cell-destroying effect. Why do we tolerate the death of 3 million people every year? What role does the alcohol industry play with an annual turnover of 1.2 trillion EUR in this on-going concealment? T

Germany 2019, 106 min
by Cordula Kablitz-Post

The German (punk)rock band DIE TOTEN HOSEN is a phenomenon of superlatives. In this music & concert documentary we accompany Germany's legendary and most successful rock band with 19 millions records sold with unparalleled access on their biggest tour in band history – both in the limelight and backstage with 'access all areas'.

Germany 2019, 52 min
by David Bernet

The inauguration of the Barenboim-Said academy in Berlin marked a new phase within the political and educational engagement of musician and pedagogue Daniel Barenboim. BEYOND THE MUSIC portrays this innovative academy whose mission it is to unite humanistic ideals, music and philosophy. Almost 20 years after the founding of the West-Eastern-Divan orchestra, another project of intercultural understanding is derived from the friendship between Barenboim and the Palestinian humanist Edward Said.

Germany, Switzerland 2019, 97 min
by Noël Dernesch, Olli Waldhauer

Agit, Ahmad, Parham, Kianush and Sinan - five men with different backgrounds and different lives. They do, however, have one thing in common: they are, or were, to a greater or lesser extent nestled in the structures of gangs and large families that operate under the radar in the grey zones or completely outside the law. In social discussions, their everyday realities are quickly waved away with catchphrases like "parallel societies" and "criminal clans." ANOTHER REALITY doesn't just show the ex