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The backup_festival Weimar wants to create a new film award ‒ the backup.collaboration.award. Only with your help can we further support young international filmmakers.

Armament and public war rhetoric are increasing, peace activists are unwelcome? What times are we living in? Our documentary follows the trail of a US soldier who resisted.

Bei «Flaschenpost» handelt es sich um ein Kurzfilmprojekt, in dem es um einen Pharmakonzern geht, welcher einen «Jungbrunnen» auf den Markt bringt, aber die verheerenden Nebenwirkungen verschweigt.

Der Kurzfilm HOW TO FLY ist ein pulsierendes, kaleidoskopisches Drama und erzählt die Geschichte von Martha die auf der Suche nach einem Therapieplatz in eine absurde Selbsthilfegruppe gerät.

A documentary about the love of spicy food. Become part of our adventure trip to South India, to Asia’s biggest chili plantation!

Per Anhalter, mit dem Auto, Bus, Bahn, Flugzeug oder lieber mit dem Segelboot? Eine Dokumentation über's Reisen, Hedonismus und die Spuren, die wir in der Welt damit hinterlassen.

Seit zehn Jahren tüftelt Bauer Ueli Maurer an seinem Lebenswerk: Dem perfekten Pommes-Frites-Auto-Automaten.

In every crisis there have been those who waited until it was over, and those who were already one step ahead and had the courage to act to keep doing art and express ourselves through filmmaking.

Moving into the Infinite - a poetic dance film. A declaration of love to that which is truly alive and inherent in all cultures, religions and human hearts.

Somewhere, Maybe Here is a silent film/performance piece in development: a call to connection from a stranger. Follow a fallen angel who arrives to the city and goes out to meet people on the street. 

A film by Sara Summa. Produced by the German Film and Television Academy Berlin. (dffb)
Shooting in September 2017 on location in South Italy.

In 1933 K. U. Schnabel, the famed pianist, produced & filmed a fairytale with the assistance of theater & music professionals in Berlin. With your help we’ll finally bring his film to the big screen!