Lost Lines, Last Traces

Written and directed by: Martin Gressmann

More than seven decades later, director Martin Gressmann ("Das Gelände- The Grounds 2014“) follows the main routes of the death marches through Brandenburg and Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, where some 200 memorial plaques now stand.

The Komediant

Documentary classic by Arnon Goldfinger

The glory days of the Yiddish stage are brought to life in this funny-sad saga of a legendary theatrical family, The Bursteins. RESTORED COPY – RE-RELEASE

Truus Children

Powerfully moving story of Dutch Oskar Schindler by Pamela Sturhoofd and Jessica van Tijn.

In Protest

Directed by: Paula Kweskin, Carli Fogel

A documentary chronicling a women’s rights activist whose movement evolves—and opens new eyes—amid the upheaval of war, becoming an international fight against violence and global indifference.

Decryption

Written & Directed by: Maya Zack

When memories of her mother begin to fade, artist Maya Zack returns to the morbid poem her mother used to recite to her as a child to lull her to sleep. In the mesmerizing cinematic poem "Decryption," Zack deconstructs, weaves, and reassembles the poem

Counterlight

Experimental short by Maya Zack

A hypnotic journey into the depths of consciousness that follows the traces of poet Paul Celan.

Tacheles - The Heart of the Matter

Written & Directed by: Jana Matthes & Andrea Schramm

Reconciliation with a Computer Game? Yaar is a young Israeli living in Berlin, refusing being a Jew. Feature documentary that shows how the trauma of the survivors affects the third generation.

Francesca

Written and Directed by: Lina Chaplin

In 1945 Auschwitz, a Jewish ballerina from Warsaw allegedly wrestled a gun from an SS officer and shot him, and this gripping documentary unravels the legend and truth of Francesca Mann’s daring act and mysterious life.

Accidental Happiness

Written and Directed by: Lina Chaplin

After October 7, a group of retirees joins an unprecedented volunteer “year of service” on Israel’s Gaza border, where acts of care and community spark unexpected joy, renewal, and a rediscovery of purpose at a stage of life where few expect it.

Red Scarf

Feature documentary by Peter Mostovoy

The story of a film director in Communist Soviet Union, an author of many documentaries, who became part of World Cinema history.