With Docdays Productions (Sorted by Popularity Ascending)
1. Long Distance Swimmer: Sara Mardini (2023)
89 min | Documentary
When former pro swimmer Sara and her sister Yusra arrived in Germany from war-torn Syria they were Europe's most celebrated refugees. Now Sara is facing a 20-year prison sentence for volunteering with a Greek NGO, helping other refugees.
Director: Charly Wai Feldman | Stars: Yusra Mardini, Sara Mardini, Zacharias Kesses, Shahed Mardini
Votes: 11
2. Jonny Island (2023)
94 min | Documentary
Jonny, a young teacher from Berlin, starts working remotely during the Covid pandemic as he suffers from a chronic lung disease. When his school does not want to support his arrangement, he begins a passionate struggle against exclusion.
Director: Petra Mäußnest
3. Sepideh (2013)
90 min | Documentary, Drama
Sepideh wants to become an astronaut. She spends her nights exploring the secrets of the universe, while her family will do anything to keep her on the ground. The expectations for a young ... See full summary »
Director: Berit Madsen | Stars: Sepideh Hooshyar, Sedigheh Hooshyar, Asghar Kabiri, Hadi Hooshyar
Votes: 230
4. Mirror, Mirror on the Wall (2020)
85 min | Documentary
"Mirror, Mirror On The Wall" is a film about the lofty ambition and lonely inner life of a cosmetic surgeon and self-proclaimed performance artist from China, as well as the women who shape... See full summary »
Director: Sascha Schoeberl
5. Mission Kabul-Luftbrücke (2022)
Documentary
Kabul-Luftbrücke is an NGO from Berlin that evacuates people from Afghanistan on its own initiative because their lives are in danger as local forces, media workers or human rights ... See full summary »
Stars: Matthias Klages, Romanus Fuhrmann, Marie Hinze, Felix Würgler
6. Wira's War (2023 TV Movie)
90 min | Documentary
Director: Carl Gierstorfer | Star: Wira Primakova
8. Projections of America (2014)
PG | 52 min | Documentary, Biography, History
Academy Award-winning screenwriter Robert Riskin headed up a secret film unit that sought to redefine America in the eyes of the world during the darkest days of World War II. The ... See full summary »
Director: Peter Miller | Stars: John Lithgow, Victoria Riskin, Ian Scott, Kenneth Turan
Votes: 22
9. The River Between Us (2021)
89 min | Documentary
A century ago, the people of the Mashco Piro fled deep into the Peruvian Amazon to escape the cruelty of colonialist rubber companies. They cut all contact with the outside world, entering ... See full summary »
Director: Carl Gierstorfer
10. No Country for the Poor (2017)
52 min | Documentary
In Hungary, the poor and weak are increasingly stigmatized to obscure the failure of the state. While authorities continue monopolizing power and turning citizens into subjects, extensive ... See full summary »
Director: Bryan Bihari | Star: Matthias Klages
11. Eu sunt Hercule (2016)
51 min | Documentary
Baile Herculane is one of the oldest resorts in Europe and the place where only a few centuries ago kings and queens were swimming in the healing waters. Relu, Mitica and Gelu are three ... See full summary »
Director: Marius Iacob | Stars: Petre Baleanu, Petre Dorin Balteanu, Catalin Bondrea, Adrian Coman
Votes: 33
12. The Bloody Truth (2014)
52 min | Documentary
This film tells the story of the unknown pre-history of the AIDS virus, long before people started to die in the US and Europe. Following a team of scientists we uncover a forgotten medical... See full summary »
Director: Carl Gierstorfer
Votes: 10
13. We Want You to Live: Liberia's Fight Against Ebola (2015)
75 min | Documentary
This striking documentary tells the compelling story of one Liberian community's fight for survival against Ebola. The film is told from the perspective of those who personally faced the ... See full summary »
Director: Carl Gierstorfer
14. Empire of Mirrors (2018)
52 min | Documentary
Even now, 150 years since the country opened itself up to the world in 1868, there is something uniquely special and particular about Japan, something which seems to survive its hectic pace... See full summary »
Director: Bianca Charamsa | Stars: Tadao Ando, Tadao Andô, Keichiro Hirano, Takahiro Iwasaki
15. Refugee 11 (2017)
90 min | Documentary
"Refugee 11" are 27 players from 15 countries. Five Syrians, four Afghans and three Ghanaians - other players are from Eritrea, Nigeria, Sudan and Ethiopia, Iraq and Iran, Pakistan and ... See full summary »
Director: Jean Boué
16. Charité intensiv (2021)
30 min | Documentary
Over the course of one winter, this four-part documentary series by director Carl Gierstorfer and co-author Mareike Müller observes an intensive care unit at Berlin's Charité hospital, at ... See full summary »
Votes: 14
17. Im Fadenkreuz der Machthaber: Angriff auf die Zivilgesellschaft (2021 TV Movie)
52 min | Documentary
From India to Russia via Poland, we meet activists and NGOs who are trying, despite the repression, to ensure that their rights and those of their fellow citizens are respected.
Director: Sebastian Weis | Stars: Adam Bodnar, Ali Feruz, Anke Giesen, Daria Gomelskaia
Votes: 7
19. Loveparade: The Trial (2020 TV Movie)
89 min | Documentary
On 24 July 2010, the Loveparade in Duisburg ends in a catastrophe: 21 people lose their lives and 652 are injured as mass panic breaks out at the festival. More than 7 years later, in ... See full summary »
Director: Dominik Wessely
Votes: 35
23. Poor Europe (2017)
52 min | Documentary
In Europe, 119 million people live in or with the risk of poverty and social exclusion. The reality of poor children, unemployed young adults, and working poor spread around the Union. In ... See full summary »
Director: Mirella Pappalardo | Star: Matthias Klages
Votes: 12
25. Sie nannten sie die Kinder der Schande (2020 TV Movie)
52 min | Documentary
Director: Dominik Wessely | Star: Matthias Klages
Votes: 8
26. Das Impfdrama - Deutschlands Weg aus der Pandemie (2021 TV Special)
89 min | Documentary
The vaccination campaign against the corona virus is a national stress test, a challenge for society as a whole of unprecedented proportions, in which everyone is asked. Politicians, ... See full summary »
Directors: Antje Boehmert, Dominik Wessely
27. Liberia: In Year 5 After Ebola (2019)
24 min | Documentary, Short
What has the world learned from the Ebola outbreak in Liberia five years ago? A visit to Liberia on the trail of "We Want You to Live: Liberia's Fight Against Ebola" Five years ago, the ... See full summary »
Directors: Carl Gierstorfer, Laura Salm-Reifferscheidt | Star: Matthias Klages
28. Verhängnisvolle Versprechen: Das nigerianische Netzwerk (2022 TV Movie)
89 min | Documentary
It's a billion-dollar business: Criminal networks from Nigeria make money from drug and human trafficking. In their home country, they lure young women with the prospect of a secure future ... See full summary »
Director: Chiara Sambucchi | Stars: Mai Horlemann, Matthias Klages, Katja Schmitz, Daniela Schneider
30. The Deal (VII) (2022)
89 min | Documentary
Investigative crime-documentary about how the arms of the Nigerian mafia reach far into Europe and use religious pressure to keep trafficked women in prostitution.
Director: Chiara Sambucchi
31. Auf der Covid-Intensivstation der Charité (2021 TV Movie)
45 min | Documentary
Director: Carl Gierstorfer
Votes: 28
32. Myanmar: Defining Freedom (2012)
26 min | Documentary, Short
Burma's youth experiences have changed. Suddenly everything seems possible: free elections, the release of political prisoners and a peace agreement with the rebels. The pace of the changes... See full summary »
Director: Carl Gierstorfer
35. Westwards to Work (2015)
60 min | Documentary
Uwe and René, two of thousands of workers, who decided to go for more work and less family life. They are only home on the weekends. It's then they can be loving fathers, husbands and ... See full summary »
Director: Jean Boué
37. Refugee Eleven (2017)
33 min | Documentary
REFUGEE ELEVEN is a project commissioned by Germany's Federal Agency for Civic Education. At the core of the project is a web-series of 11 short films. 11 players from an amateur refugee ... See full summary »
38. Mawah Als Ebola in unser Dorf kam (2015)
Animation, Short
Mawah is a village - or town, as its inhabitants proudly insist on calling it - like many others in rural Liberia. The people eke out a living from fishing and farming. The 800 or so ... See full summary »
Director: Carl Gierstorfer
39. AGFA 1939. Journey Into War (2015)
52 min | Documentary
Young Polish filmmaker Michal Wnuk finds an Agfa box of 120 photographs and 2 reels of 16mm film. For the first time, he gets to see World War II through the eyes of his grandfather, who ... See full summary »
Director: Michal Wnuk
Votes: 12
40. Adamshope 911 (2013)
70 min | Documentary
One in six villagers is involved in the local fire brigade - voluntarily. There are ten women and fifteen men. Most of them spend only their weekends at home. Work is only available in the ... See full summary »
Director: Jean Boué
41. Unterwegs auf Europas Pilgerwegen (2021–2022)
Documentary
Stars: Matthias Klages, Cornelia Waibel, Mai Horlemann, Daniela Thuar
42. Beyond Punishment (2015)
98 min | Documentary, Crime, Drama
Three men who killed, and three families who lost a loved one. No way to imagine the two sides will ever get closer.
Director: Hubertus Siegert
Votes: 37
43. The Wollersheimer (2014)
29 min | Documentary
The villagers of Wollersheim dream of a grocery store, of a small one, one of those you no longer find today because they don't make much money: a village shop. The Wollersheimer take on ... See full summary »
44.
Unterwegs auf Europas Pilgerwegen (2021–2022)
Episode:
Durch Englands Süden nach Canterbury
(2021)
43 min | Documentary
Directors: Mareike Müller, Mareike Müller | Stars: Francis Campsley, Simon Ffennell, Marina Gibson, Guy Hayworth
45.
Unterwegs auf Europas Pilgerwegen (2021–2022)
Episode:
Zum Klosterberg Mont-Saint-Michel
(2021)
43 min | Documentary
Directors: Mareike Müller, Mareike Müller | Stars: Jerome Brutt, Annick Crampon, Michele Gag, Perrine Hervé-Gruyer
46.
ARTE Re: (2017– )
Episode:
Freiwillig in die Ukraine: Ein Deutscher zieht in den Krieg
(2022)
33 min | Documentary
Directors: Sebastian Weis, Sebastian Weis | Stars: Daniel, John, Matthias Klages, Stefan
47.
Mission Kabul-Luftbrücke (2022)
Episode:
Kabul
(2022)
30 min | Documentary
September 2021: Kabul-Luftbrücke prepares the initial convoy for those in danger - local staff, German Armed Forces translators and human rights defenders. The airport is closed. The ... See full summary »
Director: Vanessa Schlesier | Stars: Celina Boko, Romanus Fuhrmann, Emily Hinze, Marie Hinze
48.
Mission Kabul-Luftbrücke (2022)
Episode:
Torkham
(2022)
30 min | Documentary
November 2021: Kabul-Luftbrücke charters an aircraft. It's set on proving something to the public, and also to the German government - air evacuations to Islamabad CAN work. Other modes of ... See full summary »
Director: Vanessa Schlesier | Stars: Celina Boko, Romanus Fuhrmann, Emily Hinze, Marie Hinze
49.
Mission Kabul-Luftbrücke (2022)
Episode:
Islamabad
(2022)
30 min | Documentary
February 2022: The goal - a federal admission program for Afghanistan. An initial meeting is scheduled between civil society representatives and the foreign and interior ministries. ... See full summary »
Director: Vanessa Schlesier | Stars: Celina Boko, Romanus Fuhrmann, Emily Hinze, Marie Hinze
50.
Mission Kabul-Luftbrücke (2022)
Episode:
Berlin
(2022)
30 min | Documentary
Wrangling continues over the federal admissions program. In the midst of this back and forth arrives the news: Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock will travel to Islamabad. Will she find ... See full summary »
Director: Vanessa Schlesier | Stars: Celina Boko, Romanus Fuhrmann, Emily Hinze, Marie Hinze