Liebe ist kein Rummel(2025)

Pastor's Kid(en)

In this raw true story of faith and redemption, college student, Riley, runs from her painful past of abuse and religious hypocrisy. However, God has other plans for Riley when an unforeseen circumstance compels her to confront the very source of her anguish – her estranged mother. As she unravels the layers of her painful childhood, Riley discovers the transformative power of forgiveness and the strength to break free from the chains of her past.

Green is Neutral in a Purple World(en)

A queer poet navigates heartbreak through writing, techno, and self-destruction.

Eher fliegen hier UFOs(de)

Teach Me How to Cry(en)

Unable to tap into his emotions on stage, a middle-aged struggling actor is given one last chance to prove himself, and in turn, takes a class with an acting coach who promises to transform his performance.

Here Be Dragons(en)

A war crimes investigator goes to Belgrade to hunt a man whom everybody thought was dead.

Edifice 129(en)

In a strange place where daily broadcasts require everyone to “keep the silence”, the long-isolated residents of Edifice 129, trapped in their apartments and by distant memories, creep forwards, day by day. / Edifice 129 is a particular collaborative project, created by filmmakers across three countries. In the midst of the COVID-19 lock-downs, Linda Gasser — director of the Arc Film Festival in Mainz, Germany — invited filmmakers to join her Creatives Across Borders initiative. The aim was to meet via Zoom, support each other, and talk film, but talking film soon turned into developing a film. Meeting regularly, sometimes weekly, four writer/directors and a digital 3D artist created short films designed to work both as standalone projects and, when inter-cut, as one cohesive story, despite being filmed in Germany, the UK and Malta, and with the filmmakers never having met in person until after the films were finished.

Puenting (Leap of Faith)(es)

A first feature based on sexual events. An actress undertakes her desire of directing her first movie, without a budget or any production company funding her project. She gathers a group of professional actors and actresses, and proposes a project based on a very particular experience: stepping on their fears through a metaphorical 'leap of faith'. As the project advances, individual conflicts will arise affecting the shoot, making the movie crew wonder whether or not they should go on. Will they take the leap of faith with all its consequences?

End of History(en)

A man obsessed with motivational and right wing culture war videos goes on a hollow road trip of discovery.

By Fire(en)

Anya is a wide-eyed uncorrupted understudy who has to replace the actress she idealises in the role of Medea, as she navigates within a morally distorted theatre company.

Kiri and the Girl(en)

After the death of her mother, a young girl finds her strength and reconnects to her world.

Sobre o Amor(pt)

The Superbloom(en)

A deceased couple finds themselves trapped in limbo, faced with the dilemma of staying there forever or facing the crux of their relationship head-on.

Floating Away(nl)

A Missing Part(fr)

Every day, Jay travels the length and breadth of Tokyo in his taxi, looking for his daughter Lily. In the 9 years since he has separated from his wife, he has never been able to get custody of his daughter. Having given up hope of ever seeing her again, he is about to move back to France when Lily hops in his cab. But she doesn't recognize him.

So Nice to Love You(en)

So Nice To Love You is a short film of six stories from six individuals with interlocking lives, capturing one significant moment remembered from each of their relationships.

Name of the Rose(en)

A Master Criminal needs to test the depths of his immorality by choosing the woman he loves as his next victim.

Anne(en)

Two actresses have made it to the final callbacks for the role of a lifetime: to play Anne Frank in an upcoming staged production. But as the topic of color-blind casting makes its way into the audition room, the controversial question emerges: who is best suited to portray Anne Frank?

Four.(en)

A small-town couple with big dreams of making their family complete must persevere through infertility and tragedy.

Allal Al Kalda(ar)

Allal, a street vendor who sells vegetables to cover the expenses of treating his seriously ill daughter, decides to travel to another city due to bad conditions. He works as a truck driver and lives in the hope of working for a large company owned by the son of one of his friends who comes from abroad.

Mori(en)

A man on the brink of death, has a conversation with a stranger. The pair philosophize about the meaning of a life well lived.