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Documentary follows trees that are transported, at great expense and inconvenience, from the coast of the Republic of Georgia to the private garden of that country's former prime minister.

A revelatory, thrilling and emotional journey behind the scenes of Blue Note Records, the pioneering label that gave voice to some of the finest jazz artists of the 20th and 21st centuries.

First her father ends up in one of Stalin's prison camps, then young Svetlana herself experiences the German invasion. In order to survive she learns German at home in Kiev. She is good and gets work as a translator before ending up in a German camp in 1943. Now, 65 years later, she is a renowned translator who in her twilight years has translated the great works of Dostoevsky. For the first time in all these years, she returns to Kiev together with her granddaughter.

New research from epigenetics indicates that enormous stress experiences change the genetic make-up. German filmmaker Sebastian Heinzel explores the effects of WWII on his family and follows his grandfather's path from Germany to Belarus. He discovers unexpected connections to his own past and his war dreams, which have been haunting him for years.

CALABRIA is a road movie in a hearse. After the death of a Calabrian emigrant who came to Switzerland to find work, two undertakers, Jovan and José, emigrants themselves, travel from the north to the south of Italy to repatriate the deceased to his home village.

My sister Nasreen, a housewife with two children, is married to a traditional and often unavailable husband. Despite the restrictions on women in Iran, she decides to pursue her lifelong dream of singing.

Two twin sisters, a master and his dog, lovers who look like each other...all doubles are possible in the simultaneously poetic and hyper-realistic universe of Claudia Varejão. Here, love comes in all shapes and sizes, building a choreography of visual resemblances, while also questioning what makes a couple in the contemporary world.

A documentary about the revolutions in 1979 and 1980 in Iran and Poland.

Natural disasters, accidents, terrorist threats - today you can simulate just about any disaster scenario. The question of how different institutions, crisis centers, research institutes and insurance companies play it through is factually drilled down in MASTER OF DISASTER. In staged firefighting operations, in smoking train interiors, and a bomb attack in a residential area, it is ultimately only about the question: Can the potential disaster with so much planning be prevented?

A dive, the midday sunlight filtering down through the water. The air in her lungs has to last until she can dislodge the abalone. Dives like these have been carried out in Japan for over 2000 years by the Ama-San.

What is Europe? Vadim Jendreyko weaves his way across the continent, retracing its tormented history. As the journey unfolds, the legitimate fear of seeing history repeat itself gradually gives way to hope.

A documentary about modern and creative forms of non-violent protest and civil disobedience.

Over 350,000 tons of highly radioactive waste and spent fuel rods are in temporary storage on site at nuclear power complexes and at intermediate storage sites all over the world. More than 10,000 additional tons join them every year. It is the most dangerous waste man has ever produced. Waste that requires storage in a safe final repository for hundreds of thousands of years. Out of reach of humanity and other living creatures. The question is, where? Together with Swiss-British nuclear physicist Charles McCombie, who has been searching for a safe final storage site for highly radioactive nuclear waste for thirty-five years, director Edgar Hagen investigates the limitations and contradictions involved in this project of global significance. Supporters and opponents of nuclear energy struggle for solutions whilst dogmatic worldviews are assailed by doubt.

Since 1977, more than 36,000 African Jews were evacuated from Ethiopia to the promised land of Isreal - to finally arrive "at home". But in Israel they are considered second-class citizens. NO PROMISED LAND addresses the identity crisis of the Israeli-Ethiopian community using the example of four young Ethiopian Israelis. Teacher Benny and fashion designer Lemlem immigrated to Israel with their parents. The activist Inbar and the stand-up comedian Shlomo were born in Israel. Despite the fact that they speak Hebrew fluently and, like all Israelis, completed compulsory military service, their dream of belonging has not come true. They are still waiting for social recognition. Now, after growing demonstrations against the brutality of the police, they are finally hoping for a new life without discrimination.

The research team led by Consuelo De Moraes is on the verge of discovering florigen - a substance that could make plants bloom instantly. While Florianne Koechlin uncovers that plants "speak" through scents, the artist duo Gerda Steiner and Jörg Lenzlinger question the boundaries between nature and artificiality. United by their passion for the plant world, the protagonists illuminate the complex interactions between plants, insects and humans.

A Swiss couple takes a Syrian refugee family with five children into their home. People of different cultures and religions meet in Switzerland, which is characterized by prosperity and peace.

A small, shabby bar in the deep south of Italy. A group of men play Padrone e sotto, an archaic drinking game. The film looks into a closed society of residents of a structurally weak region and becomes a sociogram that is exploring universal power mechanisms.

The Chilean director Carlos Klein accompanies the emergence of acclaimed Russian director Victor Kossakovsky's new film 'Long Live the Antipodes', in which he explores the relationship between humans and places that are situated on opposite sides of the earth. Therefore he travels together with Kossakovsky around the world to outlying spots of breathtaking beauty. During the shooting Carlos Klein takes a careful look on the protagonist's form of artistic creation and unfolds his ambivalent attitude to film making. The longer the antipodal journey goes on, the more tension determines the working process as well as the relationship between the two directors.

In the village of Megendi in Ethiopia, maternity care is changing. Caught in the midst of the shift, a community of women explore how best to provide for expectant mothers. At the center, a 25-year-old woman weighs what is expected of her against what she needs, bringing past pain to the surface. Working through her discomfort, she finds solace in her fellow women and the godfather of her child. As the story unfolds, she uncovers her true wishes and with them, an unshakeable desire to remain loyal to her heart.

The Chimpanzee Complex is a documentary about a rescue institution for traumatized chimpanzees. In particular the story of 1 chimp (Mojo) is followed starting at his rescue.

Ich habe nur wenige Erinnerungen an meine Kindheit in Bern. Dazu gehören die traurigen Bären in der Bärengrube und die orangefarbenen geflochtenen Zuckerbonbons beim "Zwibelifest". Dann gibt es diese Bilder in Schwarzweiß mit fremden Menschen, die ich nicht verorten kann. Vor allem ein Foto, auf dem ich als Kleinkind neben zwei blonden, älteren Kindern vor einem schwarzen Hintergrund posiere, beschäftigt mich seit Jahrzehnten. Wer waren diese beiden Kinder? Sie gehören in eine Zeit, über die meine Mutter nur sehr wenig zu sagen hat: ihrer Zeit als Gastarbeiterin in der Schweiz.