Documentary Films
Short Films
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NEOZOON
The female art duo turns YouTube into a sociological archive of human behaviour. Drawing on found footage, they assemble incisive, often unexpected collages that explore speciesism and humanity’s conflicted relationship with other forms of life in the Anthropocene.
Experimental films
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Moretones
Animal spirits wander through the night
Over the course of eight years, Ginan Seidl and Daniel Ulacia worked closely with the Afro-Mexican communities of the Costa Chica region in Mexico, exploring a world of animal spirits, concepts of the body, and the lasting impact of displacement and slavery.
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Vietnamese-German Perspectives
The program features intimate documentary portraits produced through Dreh’s Um, a one-year film development and funding initiative for emerging Vietnamese-German filmmakers. Several of the acclaimed short films reflect on family, friendship, and personal realities, offering self-determined perspectives that move beyond stereotypical outside representations.
Filmmakers in Focus
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Federico Neri
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Anne Baumann
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Daniel Ulacia Balmaseda
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Dirk Hornschuch
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Ayla Güney
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Assaf Gruber
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Florian Fischer
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Mark Michel
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Stefanie Schroeder
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Emerson Culurgioni
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Valentina Primavera
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NEOZOON
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Çağla Gillis
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Jonas Matauschek
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Robert Dobe
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Ole Jacobs
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Lan Mi Lê
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Johannes Krell
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Juliane Jaschnow
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Yalda Afsah
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Arne Büttner
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Ginan Seidl
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Anna Friedrich
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Alejandro Weyler
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Omar Shalash
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Lado Vladimer Khartishvili
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Mani Pham Bui
Autobahn
One Motorway, a Country in Gridlock
Over eight years, Daniel Abma follows the people of Bad Oeynhausen as a new bypass reshapes their town and their routines. Between the vast construction site, layers of bureaucracy and hopes of finally moving freely, the film offers a quietly funny, finely observed portrait of how major infrastructure reaches into individual lives.
Festival Movies
Awarded, celebrated, discovered: Films that found their audience at festivals – and that you can now stream on SONAR.
Hamburger Gitter
What Remains of the State of Exception
After the 2017 G20 summit in Hamburg, the state sought to reassert control. Hamburger Gitter reconstructs the protests and their aftermath, bringing together voices from the police, judiciary, media and activist movements to ask what happens when emergency rule becomes a template for state action.
