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Tafiti – Ab durch die Wüste

Tafiti - Across the Desert

2025 · 81 mins · Animation, Family, Adventure
languages German & English directed by Nina Wels
starring Kathleen Renish

Tafiti, a young meerkat, initially rejects friendship with Bristles, a bush pig. When his grandpa is bitten by a snake, Tafiti sets off to find the flower for the cure. Bristles wants to prove that adventures are always better with friends.

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Der Helsinki Effekt

2025 · 88 mins · Documentary, History
languages English, Finnish, French & German directed by Arthur Franck
starring Arthur Franck, Urho Kekkonen, Leonid Brezhnev, Gerald Ford & Henry Kissinger

The Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe (CSCE) was the starting point for the slow but sure collapse of communist authoritarian rule in Eastern Europe. The Helsinki Effect offers new perspectives on the events of the Cold War. The film tells the story of the CSCE process, which had a major impact on the end of the Cold War, and sheds light on secret top-level discussions behind closed doors, through voice simulations using artificial intelligence.

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Amrum

2025 · 93 mins · Drama
language German directed by Fatih Akin
starring Jasper Billerbeck, Diane Kruger, Kian Köppke, Laura Tonke, Hark Bohm, Matthias Schweighöfer, Lisa Hagmeister, Detlev Buck, Lars Jessen, Florentine Panizza, Steffen Wink, Dirk Böhling, Jola Richter, Jorid Lukaczik, Tjard Nissen, Tony Can, Max Hopp, Jan Georg Schütte, Thomas Perkins, Rita Feldmeier, Bernd Moss, Siemen Rühaak, Marek Harloff & Morten Bo Heine

Amrum Island, Spring 1945. In the final days of the war, 12-year-old Nanning braves the treacherous sea to hunt seals, goes fishing at night, and works the nearby farm to help his mother feed the family. Despite the hardship, life on the beautiful, windswept island almost feels like paradise. But when peace finally comes, it reveals a deeper threat: the enemy is far closer than he imagined.

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Miroirs No. 3

2025 · 86 mins · Drama
language German directed by Christian Petzold
starring Paula Beer, Barbara Auer, Matthias Brandt, Enno Trebs, Philip Froissant, Victoire Laly, Marcel Heupermann, Christian Koerner, Hendrik Heutmann, Christoph Glaubacker, Sascha Eichenauer, Yee Him Wong & Mehmet Kucak

On a weekend trip to the countryside, Laura miraculously survives a car crash. Physically unhurt but deeply shaken, she is taken in by a local woman who witnessed the accident and now cares for Laura with motherly devotion. When her husband and adult son also give up their initial resistance to Laura's presence, the four of them slowly build up some family-like routine. But soon they can no longer ignore their past...

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22 Bahnen

2025 · 103 mins · Drama
language German directed by Mia Maariel Meyer
starring Luna Wedler, Zoë Baier, Laura Tonke, Jannis Niewöhner, Zoe Fürmann, Eleanor Reissa, Ercan Karaçaylı & Kosmas Schmidt

Tilda's days are strictly structured: she studies, works at the supermarket checkout and looks after her little sister Ida - on some days she also has to look after her alcoholic mother. But this summer brings a change: Tilda receives a promising job offer for a doctorate in Berlin. Viktor also turns up, who, like her, always swims 22 laps in the swimming pool. When Tilda begins to believe that everything could be better, the situation at home spirals out of control.

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