RUSHLAKE MEDIA GmbH

Germany 2019, 91 min
by Ines Johnson-Spain

Imagine that your parents are white but your skin colour is dark and they tell you that 's pure coincidence. This is what happened to a girl in East Berlin in the 1960s. Years before, a group of African men came to study in a village nearby. Here the East German woman Sigrid falls in love with Lucien from Togo and gets pregnant. But she is already married to Armin. The child is filmmaker Ines Johnson-Spain. Meeting her stepfather Armin and others from her childhood years, she tracks the astonish

2014, 89 min
by Matthias Bittner

War of Lies is the story of an Iraqi refugee, whose information about portable weapons of mass destruction passed through the hands of the BND, MI6 and CIA. This information was ultimately used by the US government to legitimize the invasion of Iraq in 2003. Today we know the war was based on a lie. The press blamed Rafed Aljanabi, he, though, proudly presents himself as the man who helped remove Saddam Hussein. Was Aljanabi really able to walk all over the world´s intelligence services and how 

2014, 84 min
by Silke Schranz, Christian Wüstenberg

In the tradition of Yann-Arthus Bertrand’s Home, THE BALTIC COAST FROM ABOVE brings the Cineflex camera technology to Germany’s Baltic Sea shores: The audience is taken on a surprising discovery trip following the old Hanseatic trading routes, overviewing the tragic destinies of once great mansions as well as looking at summerly tourist invasions at white sandy beaches.All of nature, wildlife and human activity are presented in this perspective that makes us marvel at the world anew – all the mo

Germany 2014, 100 min
by Eric Asch

The film's story unfolds in West Berlin in the late 1950's, where my father was part of an undercover intelligence mission in the former US Military Secret Service, the Army Security Agency or the ASA. After moving to West Germany in the early 1970s, my father surprisingly seems to be drawing the attention of American government officials. Later in the 1980's, he makes many new friends in the other part of Germany behind the iron curtain – many of whom turn out to be not such good friends,

Germany 2012, 90 min
by Wilm Huygen

Tour du Faso is Africa’s biggest cycling race - running directly across the savannah. Amid the clash of European perfectionism and African realities we follow German hobby adventurers, French ex-pros and African local heroes in their passionate fight for making their dreams come true. Our film does not focus on the question of who will win - instead, the attention lies on the inner journey of the protagonists. We take the audience on a time travel back into pre-commercialized decades. For our un

2019, 80 min
by Michel K. Zongo

When the government of Burkina Faso starts to issue mining permits in 2000, gold fever strikes. In 2008, a British mining company starts the first open-pit mine in Kalsaka, digging away the soil that's vital to the villagers’ lives.It's not long before the first kilogram of gold has been mined, from a reserve of at least 18 metric tons. The people of Kalsaka are promised mountains of gold: jobs for the villagers, scholarships for their children, money for the government coffers, and development

Germany 2012, 90 min
by Arne Birkenstock

Germany 2022, 86 min
by Frank Marten Pfeiffer, Klaus Stern

The A 49 through the Dannenrod Forest has divided the local population for over 40 years. Through their protests, three generations have been able to delay its extension until now. But for how much longer? The verdict has been passed, the forest is now occupied by activists and the police are already preparing for their eviction, to make way for the machines. [37 DOK.fest Munich, Ludwig Sporrer]

Germany 2020, 65 min
by Johannes Preuss

"The second largest film industry in the world" (UNESCO) is called Nollywood and is based in Lagos, Nigeria. The industry is famous for fast produced low-budget films sold on street markets across Africa. In recent years, however, the industry is changing. The Internet offers easy access to worldwide distribution and multiplex cinemas sprout in Africa's mega cities. The bustling industry draws a unique mix of artists and businessmen to Lagos.  Director Abba Makama dreams of an intellectual cinem

2019, 93 min
by Murad Abu Eisheh

"One ball, one world." SPIRIT OF THE BALL stands for community and against every form of exclusion. With this motto a group of football enthusiasts travels across Europe to Russia for the World Cup. (DOK.fest Munich)One ball, one world – one bus. Their destination is the football World Cup in Russia, their plan is to bring people from different countries closer together. Andrew, Benni, Sven and a small group from their initiative “Spirit of Football” set off in a minibus. From London they make t

Switzerland, Germany 2024, 89 min
by Heidi Specogna

Claudia Andujar escaped the Holocaust as a child and became a multiple award-winning photographer. She travelled the Amazon since the 1960s, and developed a profound relationship with the Yanomami people. From Claudia, they learned to fight against the exploitation of the rainforest and their extermination. Former victims are now activists.

Germany 2018, 88 min
by Melanie Andernach, Andreas Köhler

The Shaash family is spread out all over the world. The civil war in Somalia forced them into exile. Suddenly, the oldest family member, Imra (88), must leave her exile in Ethiopia. The rest of the family has to find a fast solution. But where should she go? And where can she go? Some where where other family members have already found a new home and a new future? Based on these questions, a transnational family drama unfolds, one in which a family tries everything and fails to find a new home f

Germany 2017, 88 min
by Leonhard Hollmann

Every year the German parliament sends army soldiers on missions to areas of conflict. From every mission soldiers return home wounded. Those wounds are not necessarily observable. Often, they only become apparent years after the mission as a disorder of their mental health. One of those disorders is the so-called Post-Traumatic-Stress-Disorder (PTSD). It reveals a profound psychological trauma.The psychosocial therapies offered by the army medical centers cannot provide help for everyone. Where

Switzerland, Germany 2016, 119 min
by Heidi Specogna

It all started with a small school exercise book. But instead of being full of vocabulary, the pages were checkered with the courageous testimonies of 300 Central African women, girls and men. They reveal what Congolese mercenaries did to them between October 2002 and March 2003 in the wake of armed conflict. On their own initiative, they gathered together their testimonies in this book to record the crimes committed against them.As a result of rape, Amzine, a young Muslim woman, gave birth to a