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Origins draw circles, language shapes memory – and sometimes the feeling of being different remains. Some lose their origins, others carry a heavy family legacy, still others feel foreign in their own land. Director Hao Hohl guides us through a mosaic of moments about belonging and what connects us.

Birgitta Martensson has been living with Alzheimer’s for eleven years – and she insists that her life is still a good one. With humour, openness and sheer willpower, Birgitta fights to retain her independence, even though control over her own life is increasingly slipping from her grasp. One thing is certain for her: a care home is out of the question. Over the course of almost three years, the filmmakers follow Birgitta and her best friend Christiane on their journey.

To escape oppression and a haunted past, Shewit flees Eritrea, risking her life, setting out alone on the road towards Europe. At fifteen, after a three-year journey, she arrives in Switzerland, the country in which she places her hopes and dreams. Seven years later, without a residence permit and under constant threat of deportation, Shewit persists and fights to become a free woman.

The film SAME SUN tells the story of Wiebke Lühmann's journey from Freiburg to the Cape of Good Hope. Honest, raw, and close to the inner and outer challenges of a 430-day bicycle trip. Her journey takes her through 22 countries, Sahara storms, the rain season, the Congo Basin, and the deserts of Namibia.

At an elite fundraising gala, celebrities and socialites find themselves in danger when armed activists storm the venue in pursuit of a legendary relic that could unlock supernatural powers.

Prishtina, Kosova, late 1990s. As war looms and ethnic tensions escalate, 13-year-old Dua struggles to find her place among her peers and within her changing body. After an incident shakes her community, she becomes a target herself and bonds with a fearless girl, Maki, who draws her toward an unexpected form of resistance. Between the daily violence and the growing threat of exile, there is little room for quiet awakenings.

In 1993, estranged Street Fighters Ryu and Ken Masters are thrown back into combat when the mysterious Chun-Li recruits them for the next World Warrior Tournament: a brutal clash of fists, fate, and fury. But behind this battle royale lies a deadly conspiracy that forces them to face off against each other and the demons of their past. And if they don't, it's GAME OVER!

Since the age of 15, Matthias has been living with paranoid schizophrenia, which manifests itself in recurrent psychotic episodes. Long-term hospital stays shaped many years of his life. It was in this context that he met Christoph Rahm, then a psychiatric nurse and now a filmmaker. Rahm’s film offers an insight into Matthias Noser’s life: his passion for music and art, his chronic mental illness and the various relationships that have shaped him.

England, around 1800: Following the death of their father, the two sisters, Elinor and Marianne Dashwood, face an uncertain future. The level-headed Elinor conceals her feelings for Edward Ferrars, as a future together seems hopeless due to social and family obstacles. The younger Marianne, on the other hand, falls head over heels in love with the charismatic John Willoughby. Caught between hope, disappointment and the constraints of their time, both sisters must find their own way.

Ever since he retired, Harry has done nothing but grumble, drink wheat beer and tend to his delphiniums. So says Lore. She clings to her job as a librarian, organises cringe-worthy readings and reveres her poets as if they were prophets. So says Harry. For an elderly married couple, the two of them talk an astonishing amount – yet they usually mean something else entirely. When their daughter Julia wants to get married for the third time, a row is inevitable – and yet it’s only the tip of the iceberg. Unspoken questions, old jealousies and differences come to the surface.

Years after outsmarting the police, Vijay Salgaonkar's past resurfaces when a new evidence threatens to expose his secret. As the investigation reopens, he must outwit the system once again to save his family.

Frank, serving a life sentence, takes a prison job caring for ageing incarcerated men with Alzheimer's and dementia. What begins as a self-interested bid for parole becomes a profound, transformative bond with fellow prisoner Louis, offering Frank a glimpse of redemption in an unforgiving place.

Following the death of his father, Jay Gardiner goes diving off the central Coast of California in search of his remains, but is swallowed by a massive sperm whale. While trapped inside its belly with only one hour of oxygen left, Jay comes to realize that the hard-earned lessons his father imparted may be the key to his escape.

Through exclusive archival footage and never before seen home video, this documentary aims to explore the real face of Andriy Viktorovych Kuzmenko (Kuzma Skryabin), the father of the contemporary Ukrainian rock and roll scene.