premiering a total number of 19 German productions and co-productions documentary form, as well as THREE STONES FOR JEAN GENET with Patti Smith by Frieder Schlaich ©2014, produced by Filmgalerie 451 as Berlinale Shorts Special.
The 75th edition of the Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin is showcasing German productions and co-productions documentary form such as:
- 2024 [2023] by Stefan Hayn, P: Stefan Hayn, 64min, [Forum]
- ANCESTRAL VISIONS OF THE FUTURE by Lemohang Jeremiah Mosese, 90min, P: Agat Films, Mokoari Street Media, SEERA Films, [Berlinale Special]
- CEASEFIRE | PREKID VATRE by Jakob Krese, 30min, P: Majmun Films, Zero Stress, Potem Production, [Berlinale Shorts]
- CIRCUSBOY | ZIRKUSKIND by Julia Lemke, Anna Koch, 86min or 4x23min, P: Flare Film, WS: Pluto Film, [Generation Kplus]
- DAS DEUTSCHE VOLK by Marcin Wierzchowski, 132min, P: milk&water, strandfilm, [Berlinale Special]
- FRUIT FARM | GUOCHANG by Nana Xu, 30min, P: Nana Xu, [Forum Special]
- IN RETROSPECT | RÜCKBLICKEND BETRACHTET by Daniel Asadi Faezi, Mila Zhluktenko, 15min, WS: Square Eyes, [Berlinale Shorts]
- I WANT IT ALL | ICH WILL ALLES. HILDEGARD KNEF by Luzia Schmid, 98min, P: zero one film, D: Piffl Medien, [Panorama Dokumente]
- KHARTOUM by Anas Saeed, Rawia Alhag, Ibrahim Snoopy, Timeea M Ahmed, Phil Cox, 80min, P: Native Voice Films, [Panorama Dokumente]
- LETTERS FROM WOLF STREET | LISTY Z WILCZEJ by Arjun Talwar, 90min, P: UNI-SOLO Studio, inselfim produktion, [Panorama Dokumente]
- THE LIE | DAS FALSCHE WORT by Katrin Seybold, 85min, ©1987, world premiere of the digital restoration, P: Karin Seybold Film, [Forum Special]
- THE MOELLN LETTERS | DIE MÖLLNER BRIEFE by Martina Priessner, 96min 48sec, P: inselfilm produktion, [Panorama Dokumente]
- MONK IN PIECES by Billy Shebar, 95min, P: 110th Street Films, St. Marks Productions, WS: Cinephil, [Panorama Dokumente]
- PALLIATIV CARE UNIT | PALLIATIVSTATION by, 245min, P: Philipp Döring, [Forum]
- PRIDE & ATTITUDE | STOLZ & EIGENSINN by Gerd Kroske, 113min, P: realistfilm, [Forum]
- SATANIC SOW | SATANISCHE SAU by Rosa von Praunheim, 85min, P: Rosa von Praunheim, [Panorama Dokumente]
- SIRENS CALL by y Miri Ian Gossing, Lina Sieckmann, 121min, P: filmfaust, Schalten und Walten, Elbe Stevens Films, WS: Syndicado Film Sales, [Forum]
- THREE STONES FOR JEAN GENET with Patti Smith by Frieder Schlaich, 7min, ©2014, P: Filmgalerie 451, [Berlinale Shorts Special]
- UNDER THE FLAGS, THE SUN | BAJO LAS BANDERAS, EL SOL by Juanjo Pereira, P: Cine Mío, Juanjo Pereira, MaravillaCine, Lardux Films, Bird Street Productions, weltfilm, [Panorama Dokumente]
- WHEN LIGHTNING FLASHES OVER THE SEA by Eva Neymann, 124min, P: Blue Monticola Film GmbH, [Forum]
The 55th Forum main program comprises 30 films from five continents – including seven feature debuts – and encounters a world and its people that are not in good shape. “Sounding out a diverse range of cinematic forms, the Forum shows contemporary cinema that moves beyond the cult and the commercial – giving off sparks of humanity, interrogating the status quo and functioning as a seismograph of our time”, said section head Barbara Wurm.
Film titles become indicators of time here, among them Stefan Hayn’s 2024 (2023) places the political Berlin and the private Bavaria within the two respective frames he makes for himself as a painter of his surroundings: that of the film shot and that of the painting shown in it.
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In the international documentaries, Panorama catches a glimpse of the faded but still present ghosts of a fallen dictatorship via archive footage in UNDER THE FLAGS, THE SUN | BAJO LAS BANDERAS, EL SOL while Bedrock looks at ten Holocaust memorials and reflects on the power of remembering and the threat posed by forgetting.
Likewise set in Poland, LETTERS FROM WOLF STREET | LISTY Z WILCZEJ observes personal and political developments on the titular Wilcza Street in Warsaw through the lens of director Arjun Talwar. In her documentary collaboration Yalla Parkour with the young freerunner Ahmed and his friends in Gaza, director Areeb Zuaiter deals with memory, homesickness, living conditions and everyday life before the start of the current war.
In 2025, queer cinema bares its claws and reveals a sense of adventure. From the classic artist portrait of MONK IN PIECES .... browse more information here.
The Berlinale’s queer film prize is on the verge of celebrating a big anniversary: on February 21, a three-person jury will be presenting the coveted TEDDY AWARD for the 39th time. As is tradition, queer cinema will be celebrated with a lavish party at Berlin’s Volksbühne. And none other than this year’s Jury President of the Berlinale, Todd Haynes, will be honoured with the 2025 SPECIAL TEDDY for his lifetime achievement.
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