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Browse 403 movies from Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin (DFFB)
In the 15th century, a young goatherd living alone in a mountain hut feels a dark presence in the woods.
May 2018
Stories from the lesbian subculture in West Berlin, about being in love, clichés, desire, and conflict – "shot as a narrative, with real lesbians at real locations about real feelings."
May 1985
A staging of a young man's liberation from his bourgeois confinement using only music and sounds.
Mar 1969
Out of shame, pity and a longing for purpose, a young soldier feigns feelings for a disabled woman, even fueling her hope of walking again. But her growing distrust and his obsession with curing her create a frenetic spiral that drags everyone into misfortune.
Feb 2026
This utterly surprising debut gets cinematically richer with every twist and turn – allowing for moments of fabulously deranged buddy comedy, touching a sense of Western, always staying true to being a descent into the abyss of the human mind and desire.
Dec 2021
A satire of the cult of genius worship surrounding famous film directors. Bettina Flitner plays the young genius as she’s interviewed and at work. Hella von Sinnen is captivating in multiple roles, including mother, aunt, school principal, and actor.
Mar 1988
A slingshot is loaded, the stone flies and crashes - the neighbor's window breaks. Ramona and Nico are friends, lazy bums and fresh out of school. But instead of thinking about their future, they prefer to let the hot Berlin summer get the better of them. When they release a beloved neighbor's bird, they have to flee - into the politically charged world that they really don't want to be in. A road trip through Berlin begins - but on foot.
Jun 2026
A day in a life of a Berlin slacker.
Apr 1994
Real estate agent Christian travels the countryside scouting for investment prospects. In a forgotten, seemingly abandoned village far off the main roads, he finds more than he is looking for. Getting entangled in an encounter with a taciturn teenage farmhand, he confronts his sexual frustrations and, in the process, gets drawn into the undergrowth of a bloodthirsty rustic community.
Oct 2008
Martin leaves his protective parents’ home and comes to Berlin as a law student with high hopes. He finds a tiny, run-down flat in a strange, dark apartment block, from which the previous tenant has disappeared without a trace. Having no luck with social contacts at the university, Martin quickly falls for his mysterious landlady Simone, who lives just next door behind a thin wall. Hoping to find trust and intimacy, Martin loses himself in the house’s disturbing world of sex and violence. Deep in the walls, Martin discovers the true horror of his first love.
Sep 2013
In the midst of chaos caused by the visit of the Prime Minister to an ordinary school in Hungary, one of the schoolgirls, Márti, hesitantly prepares her little rebellion
Jan 2020
A son visits his father at his farm. While slaughtering a lamb, shortly before the son’s departure, the long-term alienation between the two comes to light. An accident occurs which briefly opens the possibility of a new beginning.
Dec 2018
The mysteriously familiar face of a deceased young woman shakes young surgeon Fabian out of his lethargy. On a whim, he leaves Berlin for Portugal, determined to win back his former girlfriend Doro, who works at an architectural company in Lisbon.
Sep 2016
“zwischen Gebäuden” is a feature film based on passages from Robert Walser’s draft "The Robbers". It depicts encounters between a man who doesn’t know what he wants and those who do. He lives his bewilderment with determination. Always there for everyone, he eludes any sign of being tied down. Without a plan, he has everything ahead of him. Unbound by anything, he robs those who are bound of their steadfastness. Without fixed ideas, he is radically human. Unattached, he loves all those who are rooted. They find it hard to let him go, useless and unworkable as he is.
Feb 1989
In the aftermath of a mysterious disaster, the few humans left find themselves unable to reproduce the species. All hope lies in the hands of five women who have developed the technology to create human life outside the body.
Aug 2025
In the Georgian riverside town of Kutaisi, summertime romance and World Cup fever are in the air. After a pair of chance encounters, pharmacist Lisa and soccer player Giorgi find their plans for a date undone when they both awaken magically transformed with no way to recognize each other.
Nov 2021
Following an accident, Meral returns to live with her traditional parents where she is confined to her bed while recuperating. Nobody confronts her condition except herself. Her little sister Asiye is her biggest supporter.
Feb 2016
Haunted by someone else's memories a construction worker in Germany, searches for a way to send them back to Kosovo.
Aug 2026
Short thriller about an older woman and an escaped convict.
Jan 1966
Short film about slackers in Berlin.
Nov 1969