Un adolescent new-yorkais fortuné se rend au Texas pour empêcher une fusillade annoncée – espérant ainsi conquérir le cœur de la jeune militante dont il est épris.
Ce qui commence comme un acte de bravoure se transforme en voyage moral vertigineux, entre mise en scène de soi, idéalisme juvénile et quête de sens dans un monde où chaque geste est jugé en temps réel.

OUR HERO, BALTHAZAR est un film intense, observé avec précision, sur la responsabilité, la perception et le dangereux désir d’être vu.

Bien plus qu’un film de mafia : Le Parrain est une fresque politique sur le pouvoir, la corruption et le rêve américain.
Une œuvre majestueuse sur la loyauté, la violence et le prix du succès – portée par des acteurs mythiques.

A journey to the end of the world – and deep into human perception. Beyond the White accompanies researchers and artists into the endless expanses of the Arctic, where snow, ice and light merge into a hypnotic space of experience. Kalachikhin observes with a calm, poetic gaze how people try to find meaning in this white void – between beauty, isolation and climate reality.

A documentary essay about seeing, silence and the fragile balance between humans and nature.

En coopération avec le festival SHORTS de la Hochschule Offenburg.
Une vitrine consacrée aux jeunes cinéastes de la région du Rhin supérieur – fraîcheur, curiosité et énergie créative.
Projection suivie d’une discussion avec les réalisateurs et réalisatrices.

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Documentaire suivi d’un débat avec le réalisateur.

Le film suit Erich Finsches – une figure viennoise et survivant de la Shoah.
Pendant six ans, Matthias Jaklitsch l’a accompagné dans ses voyages, ses rencontres et ses témoignages.
Un portrait bouleversant d’humour, de courage et d’humanité.
Un film sur la mémoire, le dialogue entre générations et la force de la transmission.

Un drame saisissant autour de Vilma, adolescente rebelle, confrontée à l’autorité et à un système incapable de la comprendre.

Une après-midi d’histoires mystérieuses et poétiques issues de notre région.
L’acteur Robert Herzl lit et interprète des récits classiques et oubliés, entre nature et surnaturel, où le merveilleux révèle les profondeurs de l’âme humaine.

From fairy-tale films to fantasy series, the fantastic remains timeless.
This panel asks why, in a world defined by facts and crises, stories of magic, transformation and the supernatural are flourishing again.
Where does escapism end and insight begin?
And how does artificial intelligence now play a role in shaping imagination, interpreting myths, and creating new worlds?

Torsten Dewi, author and former TV editor; Johannes Grenzfurthner, director, host, and so much more; Michèle M Salmony Di Stefano, fairy-tale storyteller, performer, psychosocial counselor.

A wealthy teenager from New York travels to Texas to stop a suspected shooter – hoping to win the heart of his politically active crush.
What begins as an act of heroism becomes an unflinching journey through a moral maze: between digital self-display, youthful idealism, and the search for meaning in a world where every act is judged instantly.
An intense, precisely observed film about responsibility, perception and the seductive power of being seen.

Artificial intelligence writes loglines, creates images and simulates voices. Fascinating and unsettling.
This panel looks boldly ahead but keeps its feet on the ground, showing what is already reliable today and where the line runs between technical assistance and artistic deception.

The more algorithms decide which stories “work”, the more authorship and responsibility shift.
AI can support and inspire, but also deceive and manipulate, blurring our sense of originality.
When a voice moves us but no one knows who it belongs to, or when data imperceptibly changes a genre’s emotional tone, it becomes clear:
the power of technology lies not only in what it creates but in what it makes us believe.

With Kay Meseberg (Head of Mission Innovation at ARTE Strasbourg) and Emil Winkler (media and copyright lawyer, Crown Entertainment Law).
Moderation: Johannes Grenzfurthner.
Panel discussion.

Anja Jonuleit (bestselling author) and Bianca Dombrowa (editor) reading and talk about writing between research, intuition and digital transformation.

Reading and discussion.

Avec Adrian Wootton, directeur de Film London, l’une des grandes voix du cinéma britannique.
Une célébration du film culte et de la musique inoubliable de The Who.

Projection :

Four young women in supported housing try to build their own utopia in a world without rules.
One wants to die, another remains silent, a third faces deportation, the fourth is numbed by privilege.
Together they live in a space between protection and isolation, guidance and loneliness.
An intense debut about coming of age on the margins of society – honest, fragile and tenderly told.

En coopération avec le festival SHORTS de la Hochschule Offenburg.
Une vitrine consacrée aux jeunes cinéastes de la région du Rhin supérieur – fraîcheur, curiosité et énergie créative.
Projection suivie d’une discussion avec les réalisateurs et réalisatrices.

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Documentary film with brief introduction. Fonds municipal du film, Fribourg

In 1897, Swedish engineer Salomon August Andrée and his companions Nils Strindberg and Knut Fraenkel set out in a hydrogen balloon to reach the North Pole – a daring attempt to conquer the Arctic from the air.
After just a few days, contact was lost. Thirty-three years later, a Norwegian ship discovered their remains, along with diaries, medical supplies and 93 preserved photographs documenting their final days.
This film reconstructs the expedition between delusion and vision, between scientific ambition and human fragility.
Through the voices of historians, writers and researchers emerges a haunting mosaic – an archaeological thriller about the price of discovery, the beauty of the unknown and memory melting away in the ice of time.

The legendary producer looks back on five decades in music – from the Olympic Studios in London to The Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin and beyond.
In conversation with Adrian Wootton.

Masterclass & Q&A (in English).

A portrait of Germany’s most unconventional undertaker, following him through a life between farewell, grief and an irrepressible joy of living.

In the 1970s, young Jeanne escapes into an abandoned film studio – a place full of shadows, memories and unplayed roles.
There she encounters the mysterious actress Cristina, who draws her into a world of illusion and desire.
A hypnotic interplay between reality and fiction, longing and the loss of identity.
Lucile Hadžihalilović tells of female self-discovery, artistic obsession and the dangerous beauty of cinema itself.

With Schwarzwaldmädel, the post-war Heimatfilm began its triumphant rise in 1950.
In glowing colour and idealised images, Hans Deppe created a world of order, innocence and romantic harmony – a cinematic counter-image to the hardships of the time.
Today, the film stands as a cultural document: a mirror of collective longing for healing and new beginnings, and an early example of how cinema shapes dreams to hide wounds.

A sparkling romantic comedy about the adventure of everyday life: Paul and Corie, newly married and opposites in every way, move into a tiny New York apartment – and discover that love needs more than romance.
A light-footed, witty time capsule of 1960s optimism, carried by the irresistible energy of Jane Fonda and Robert Redford.

Based on Wilhelm Hauff’s classic fairy tale, The Cold Heart tells the story of Peter Munk, a charcoal burner who trades his heart for a stone – and only too late realises what he has lost.
A parable against greed and alienation, told in striking imagery between expressionism and folklore.
A classic of East German post-war cinema showing how fairy tales reflect the search for humanity.

Poster: © DEFA-Stiftung / Kurt Geffers

The film follows renowned photographer Martin Schoeller on a deeply personal journey through portraits, encounters and questions of identity.
A powerful, humanist plea for empathy in a divided world.

From London schoolgirl to icon of a generation: Twiggy traces the life of a girl who became the face of the 1960s – a symbol of change, youth and self-determination.
Sadie Frost’s documentary reveals the woman behind the image: resilient, creative and constantly reinventing herself.
An energetic, precise portrait of fame, femininity and the right to self-definition.

Two contemporary literary voices discuss writing between intuition and structure.
A conversation about creativity, storytelling and what it means to write today.

A sensitive portrait of Felix Rottberger, who survived the Holocaust as a child and now shares his story as a member of Freiburg’s Jewish community.
A deeply human film about loss, faith and the miracle of survival – and a gentle plea for remembrance and reconciliation.

While searching for Nazi documents in a remote Austrian farmhouse, a team uncovers a hidden evil.

Documentaire / Biopic

Célèbre dans le monde entier pour ses personnages de littérature jeunesse, Astrid Lindgren apparaît ici sous un jour nouveau : celui de chroniqueuse de la Seconde Guerre mondiale. À partir de ses journaux tenus entre 1939 et 1945, le film révèle une facette méconnue de l’autrice – une femme qui observe son époque avec empathie, lucidité et une profonde exigence morale.

Longtemps cachés dans une armoire et publiés seulement en 2015, ces écrits témoignent de la guerre, de la terreur et des privations du point de vue d’une mère et d’une féministe précoce. Le documentaire sensible de Wilfried Hauke mêle ces textes exceptionnels à des images d’archives et à des voix contemporaines pour composer un portrait émouvant d’humanité, de responsabilité et de la force durable des mots.

En présence du réalisateur Dr Wilfried Hauke et de l'acteur Tom Sommerlatte

A hypnotic film about desire, illusion and identity.
Lucile Hadžihalilović tells, in dreamlike images, of female self-discovery, artistic obsession and the dangerous beauty of cinema itself.