
21 May 2003

Dogville
A woman on the run from the mob is reluctantly accepted in a small Colorado community in exchange for labor, but when a search visits the town, she learns that their support has a price.
In the center of Hamburg, the discovery of an unexploded bomb from the Second World War not only leads to a far-reaching evacuation, but also to an interpersonal state of emergency.
Lane Petersen
Ava Shabani
Otto Bismarck
Hanne Bismarck
Ben Glaser
Viktor Knigge
William Herbst
Margit Petersen
Daniela Reiter
Nika Shabani
Christine
Philipp
Sara
Nina
Conny Zhang
Karen
Tim
Tina
21 May 2003
A woman on the run from the mob is reluctantly accepted in a small Colorado community in exchange for labor, but when a search visits the town, she learns that their support has a price.
15 Oct 1998
Gabriel, Bobby and Costa are old friends from Altona, a multicultural hood in Hamburg. Just out of prison, Gabriel wants to turn his back on crime, but the others continue to operate as petty criminals. Friendships are tested as the trio navigate a dark world of mafia bosses and deals gone wrong.
11 Mar 2004
With the intention to break free from the strict familial restrictions, a suicidal young woman sets up a marriage of convenience with a forty-year-old addict, an act that will lead to an outburst of envious love.
22 Dec 2004
Inspired by true events, this film takes place in Rwanda in the 1990s when more than a million Tutsis were killed in a genocide that went mostly unnoticed by the rest of the world. Hotel owner Paul Rusesabagina houses over a thousand refuges in his hotel in attempt to save their lives.
18 Jul 2003
In order not to end up as a lock keeper in the country like his father, 18-year-old Abel wants to go to the USA to become a stuntman. Girlfriend Merle is supposed to come along, but then finds out that she is pregnant.
09 Feb 2008
This is the story of Isa, who grows up in a Hamburg suburb. It might be one of the world's richest cities but every beast has its belly and here, in the very underbelly, Chiko lives in a world where violence, staking and keeping a claim, and drug taking are the norm. Where down is not an option, Chiko is determined to rise to the top, whatever and whomever it costs.
20 Nov 1983
In the mid-1980s, the U.S. is poised on the brink of nuclear war. This shadow looms over the residents of a small town in Kansas as they continue their daily lives. Dr. Russell Oakes maintains his busy schedule at the hospital, Denise Dahlberg prepares for her upcoming wedding, and Stephen Klein is deep in his graduate studies. When the unthinkable happens and the bombs come down, the town's residents are thrust into the horrors of nuclear winter.
21 Jun 2021
A father and his daughter came to India as refugees post-war in their country. Few good hands help them to rebuild their lifestyle.
07 Mar 2003
Navy SEAL Lieutenant A.K. Waters and his elite squadron of tactical specialists are forced to choose between their duty and their humanity, between following orders by ignoring the conflict that surrounds them, or finding the courage to follow their conscience and protect a group of innocent refugees. When the democratic government of Nigeria collapses and the country is taken over by a ruthless military dictator, Waters, a fiercely loyal and hardened veteran is dispatched on a routine mission to retrieve a Doctors Without Borders physician.
07 Jan 2005
Turtles Can Fly tells the story of a group of young children near the Turkey-Iraq border. They clean up mines and wait for the Saddam regime to fall.
03 May 2019
Young-shin is locked up in a fat camp against her own will. After kissing her roommate, the boring days at the camp turns into a small turmoil.
29 Nov 1940
A successful German overseas merchant with a plantation in Haiti is looking for a suitable wife in Hamburg and comes across a barmaid from the Reeperbahn with an illegitimate child. He wants to marry her, but she does not follow him out of nobility. In search of her, he finds her in Mexico as the secretary of his former lover, a writer.
Things are not going as Michael had imagined. Not only do his friends let him down, but his family also continue to turn against him. They don't want to believe that he is actually gay. When Michael loses his last shred of hope, there is only one drastic way for him to escape this hell.
14 May 2022
Lennie is starting her first novel, finally striking out and taking her first step to her ambitions while keeping her relationship and social life afloat. Rosie and Lennie have been dating a while and now their relationship is becoming strained and imbalanced. The more Lennie writes the more she learns about herself and her relationship.
30 Apr 2025
Sophia struggles with overthinking her life as a poor, nihilistic drifter. Exiled to a life of solitude, she has the chance to change it all upon meeting Liza one night... Did she let her in or was she destined to burn it all? The aftermath of their breakup is explored through three different angles.
31 Dec 2025
Set against the backdrop of the Syrian Civil War, the lives of pediatric surgeon Amira and her daughter intertwine with five families across four continents in a chain reaction of tragedy, resilience, and hope.
01 Jan 1970
A former U-boat commander becomes a pastor to ease the suffering of young Hamburg women in trouble.
09 Oct 1974
A stranger enters into and forever alters the life of a couple. He claims to be pursued by certain authorities who intend to prevent him from disclosing a secret that only he holds, whence the title. Is he lying, or insane - or is he telling the truth? Who, if anyone, is after him? And what *is* - the secret?
21 Oct 2023
A queer poet navigates heartbreak through writing, techno, and self-destruction.
01 Jan 2000
The talented young lawyer Corinna Jakobs is given a great opportunity to make her professional breakthrough: she is to represent the well-known Hamburg fishing fleet owner Petersen in court, who is repeatedly denounced in the press as an environmental sinner by an eco-activist. But when the lawyer falls in love with the rough-and-tumble environmentalist, she finds herself in a difficult conflict of conscience.