The Man Who Went Beyond Manga: Fujio Akatsuka(2016)

Walking with Dinosaurs(en)

In a time when dinosaurs rule the Earth, the smallest dinosaur of the herd, a playful Pachyrhinosaurus named Patchi, embarks on the biggest adventure of his life. As he tries to find his place in a spectacular world filled with fun-loving friends and a few dangerous foes, Patchi will discover the courage he needs to become the leader of the herd and a hero for the ages.

THE CONTROVERSIAL STATIC LAYER OF TIME(pt)

Trail traces.

Losing Touch(en)

Searching for life in daily rituals, Losing Touch undertakes a shift in perception and presents the city as an ugly yet ecologically rich landscape. The film depicts the internal dialogue on coping with the grief and fear of ecological degradation, using the local streets of Berlin as a means to materialise and confront these emotions. As both the body and mind begin to wander, encounters with the landscape over a 24 hour period are transformed into an overstimulating and emotionally charged journey. Camcorder footage, film developed in beer and cyanotype create sensational and playful depictions of the surroundings, joining the rats scurrying on the ground and fleeing the night lights with the moths. Creatures of metal and flesh interact within and between the frames, coming together as an ugly yet vibrant community. Subverting the nature-culture dichotomy, a new image of nature is formed, not only as a romantic, distant place, but rather a dirty, omnipresent force.

Al-Nasr Al Tair(es)

Urute vv(pt)

An intimate glimpse into 3 years of serene moments, compiling video, polaroids and other things that were lying around when editing.

Requiem for the American Dream(en)

Through interviews filmed over four years, Noam Chomsky unpacks the principles that have brought us to the crossroads of historically unprecedented inequality – tracing a half-century of policies designed to favor the most wealthy at the expense of the majority – while also looking back on his own life of activism and political participation. He provides penetrating insight into what may well be the lasting legacy of our time – the death of the middle class, and swan song of functioning democracy.

Magic(en)

The journey of two girls trying to escape from a spell in a mythical world.

Apollo 11: The Untold Story(en)

Nearly forty years after the moon landing the men on the mission reveal what really happened. On how close the mission came to disaster.

Takayuki Yamada in 3D(ja)

Interview with Yamada Takayuki about his life, career and interests.

Absentia: A Retrospective(en)

Documentary film on the making of Mike Flanagan's Absentia. Interviews with cast and crew and behind-the-scenes.

Katokino(en)

A Comedy in Front of the Station: Manga(ja)

15th entry in the Ekimae series, surrounding the then-insanely popular Weekly Shounen Sunday series Osomatsu-kun and Obake no Q-Taro.

Walking(en)

Tommy sets out to document walking. He meets a colorful cast of characters, attaches microphones to his feet, and contends with what it means to capture movement on film.

Me, Myself & Martin Laursen(da)

Terence Hill: Pazifist und Cowboy(de)

He was known as Trinita, but his name was Mario Girotti. The spaghetti western genre was born with the duo formed by the Italian-German actor and Carlo Pedersoli, alias Bud Spencer. Haunted by the bombing of Dresden, which he experienced at the age of 4, he refused to glorify violence or take himself seriously. An encounter with Terence Hill, who overcame his shyness and torment through cinema.

Bitter Lake(en)

An experimental documentary that explores Saudi Arabia's relationship with the U.S. and the role this has played in the war in Afghanistan.

Stan Lee's Mutants, Monsters & Marvels(en)

Filmmaker and comic writer Kevin Smith interviews comic book legend Stan Lee about his life and work in comics across the decades.

Queenie and the All or Nothing Thin King(en)

A mixed media animated piece which utilizes acrylic paint on cels, a camera obscura, stop motion puppetry, shadows, after effects, a scanner, and an exuberant amount of glitter dubbed “random disco flakes”. Originally a zine, Queenie and the All or Nothing Thin King is a short film that follows the internal and unhealthy thought processes of a little felted blobby person named Queenie.

61 Suns(en)

A filmmaker’s meditation on loss and grief. A digital eulogy and swan song to his creative partner and best friend. Mixed media woven into the fading daydream of their time together.

Queen: Days of Our Lives(en)

In 1971, four college students got together to form a rock band. Since then, that certain band called Queen have released 26 albums and sold over 300 million records worldwide. The popularity of Freddie Mercury, Brian May, Roger Taylor and John Deacon is stronger than ever 40 years on. But it was no bed of roses. No pleasure cruise. Queen had their share of kicks in the face, but they came through and this is how they did it, set against the backdrop of brilliant music and stunning live performances from every corner of the globe. In this film, for the first time, it is the band that tells their story. Featuring brand new interviews with the band and unseen archive footage (including their recently unearthed, first ever TV performance), it is a compelling story told with intelligence, wit, plenty of humor and painful honesty.