Programme - ATELIER GARDENS

Dokumentale '25: The Sharp Edge of Peace (english subs)

European Premiere with Q&A
In one of Afghanistan’s darkest hours, four courageous women stand firm in the fight for their rights.

Dokumentale '25 : Creativo Paradiso: A Creative Renaissance

D.: Hermann Vaske
DE 2025, 95 Min.

A captivating journey into the heart of creativity: actress Lilith Stangenberg and musician Blixa Bargeld take us into the world of artistic freedom - in search of a creative renaissance.

Dokumentale '25: Oceania: Journey to the Center

D.: Natlalie Zimmerman
USA, Kiribati 2025, 75 Min.

GERMAN PREMIERE
A quiet, haunting observation of everyday life on a Pacific atoll threatened by rising sea levels. Amid the unstoppable rise of the sea, the poignant story of a mother and her son unfolds.

Dokumentale '25: The BLUE LIGHT (Premiere) mit Q&A

D.: Sophie Sonntag
DE 2025, 90 Min.

Director Cut: A journey into the underground where reality, theater, and subculture blur. When filmmaker Sophie Sonntag is hired to shoot an image film for Berlin’s public transport company, she doesn’t suspect it’s all fake—and part of a large-scale art hoax. After the shoot, all footage mysteriously disappears, only to reappear anonymously in her mailbox days later. She investigates and decides to turn the experience into a film. The result: a 90-minute docu-fiction that takes the audience deep into the underground—both literally and metaphorically.

Wes Anderson: Der phönizische Meisterstreich (OmU´)

D.: Wes Anderson, C.: Benicio del Toro, Mia Threapleton, Michael Cera
US / DE 2025, 101 Min.

Betrayal and secrets: Will blood ties withstand the family drama?

No Other Land (OmU)

D.: Basel Adra, Hamdan Ballal, Yuval Abraham
NOR 2024, 95 Min.

Two unlikely friends fight together against displacement - an alliance in the midst of conflict.

Anora (OmU)

D.: Sean Baker, C.: Karren Karagulian, Mikey Madison, Yuriy Borisov
UK 2024, 139 Min.

A young sex worker meets the son of an oligarch: will her fairy tale end before it begins?

ISLANDS (OmdtU) with Jan Ole Gernster

D.: Jan Ole Gerster, C.: Sam Riley, Stacy Martin, Jack Farthing
DE 2025, 120 Min.

A mysterious disappearance disturbs Tom´s endless summer dream...