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Hiddensee, a mere 17-kilometer-long strip of land in the Baltic Sea, beloved as a place of longing for freedom. Sun worshippers, naturists, artists, punks, and celebrities have always flocked to the island in droves. The documentary travels back through an entire century to the golden 1920s, when the intellectual avant-garde called it home – like silent film star Asta Nielsen or Nobel laureate in literature Gerhart Hauptmann. Then as now, Hiddensee is marked by political upheavals that play out across the entire country. Germany in miniature. Several narrative threads, intertwined across times and generations, ultimately lead to the ceaselessly escalating tensions of the present.In hypnotically beautiful black-and-white images, award-winning director Annekatrin Hendel weaves together landscape, history, and destinies into a fascinating portrait, looking like through a magnifying glass at movements that extend far beyond the legendary Baltic Sea island. HIDDENSEE is a cinematic experience that is as poetic as it is unsettling, full of visual and narrative power.

The sun over Berlin was the last photo Ella's daughter Jessie took before her death. But for Ella and Jessie's younger sister, life in Everytime goes on. Meanwhile, the mother grows closer to the boy who is said to be responsible for Jessie's loss. Can an unlikely family vacation for the three in sunny Tenerife dissolve the spectral boundary between now and then?

In the heat of the Berlin summer, Maria is dying. Her 16-year-old son Ilay drifts with his friends through the city's periphery, while at home, the Mexican palliative nurse Ana cares for the gravely ill woman. Ilay increasingly falls into a state of sleeplessness and daydreaming, fleeing from his mother's approaching death and threatening to lose his connection to reality. Ana simultaneously struggles with her demanding professional life and with a burden from her troubled past...In quiet, intense images, Saša Vajda's first feature film depicts the everyday lives of Ilay and Ana. The bonds between the characters are tender, and the everyday gently intertwines with the dreamlike. The film premiered in the Generation section at the 76th Berlinale 2026.

In the turmoil of the Thirty Years' War, a mysterious soldier appears in a secluded Protestant village. Silent, slender, his face disfigured by a scar. The stranger claims to be the heir of a long-abandoned estate and can present a document that confirms his claim. To the great displeasure of the village community. However, the stranger spares no effort to find his fortune here. His pursuit of recognition and acceptance is however complicated by his secret: Under a false identity, under a false name, and by pretending to be of the opposite sex, the soldier has made his way into the village. But to achieve his goals, he will not shy away from the impossibility of an arranged marriage with the daughter of a wealthy farmer. For whoever has come this far, soon considers anything possible.ROSE – the true description of a deceiver of the land and its people, who, though born a woman, nevertheless under a false name acted as a man and committed many wicked deeds.

Jen lebt in Bangkok – zwischen der Rezeption eines Apartmenthauses und den Hotelzimmern fremder Männer. Was sie verkauft, ist Zeit, Nähe, manchmal nur einen Moment. Als ein Treffen eskaliert, greift Wason ein – ein Barkeeper, der mehr verloren hat, als er zeigt. Für eine kurze Weile treiben sie gemeinsam durch die schwülen Nächte. Dann ist Jen fort. Keine Spur. Kein Abschied. Pim, ihre Mitbewohnerin, beginnt zu suchen. Wason folgt ihr. Ihre Spur führt durch leere Gassen, fremde Zimmer, offene Schulden und Erinnerungen, die sich entziehen. Bis an die kambodschanische Grenze – oder vielleicht nur zurück dorthin, wo Jen längst verschwunden war. Als Jen verschwindet – ohne Nachricht, ohne Abschied – folgen ihre Mitbewohnerin Pim und der stille Barkeeper Wason ihrer Spur. Eine leise Suche beginnt, durch Nächte, Erinnerungen – und eine Stadt, die niemanden vermisst. ​ FUNERAL CASINO BLUES ist eine Elegie über das Verschwinden, die Sehnsucht – und Städte, die dich vergessen, noch bevor du gehst.