AUTUMN 2025

  • THE WONDERS OF HIGH MOUNTAINS

    THE WONDERS OF HIGH MOUNTAINS

    High mountain ranges are ecosystems that are vital for human survival, yet they are particularly threatened by climate change. This four-part series explores the crucial role these fragile environments play and follows climate researchers, biologists, farmers and shepherds as they share their world and firsthand experience of a changing climate.

  • THE POWER OF THE RUSSIAN SECRET SERVICE

    THE POWER OF THE RUSSIAN SECRET SERVICE

    Never in Russia’s history has the domestic intelligence service, the FSB, wielded such power. Through fraud, corruption and murder, it crushes dissent. Four exiles reveal how their resistance to state oppression turned them into targets. How far does the FSB’s grip on Russian society reach today?

  • GIRLS DON’T CRY

    GIRLS DON’T CRY

    The six teenage girls – Nancy, Sheelan, Sinai, Paige, Selenna and Nina – live thousands of kilometres apart, in countries with vastly different life circumstances. Girls Don’t Cry tells their stories – stories of courage, female resistance, the longing to fall in love and the determination to break free and shape their own futures.

  • MEMORY WARS

    MEMORY WARS

    American psychologist Elisabeth Loftus is world-renowned for her research on the unreliability of human memory. Based on a series of high-profile US court cases in which she regularly serves as an expert for the defence, Memory Wars highlights the tension between truth and justice. In the age of “fake news”, her scientific expertise is more in demand than ever – and no less controversial.

  • LEFT BEHIND

    LEFT BEHIND

    Fourteen-year-old Qui Che grows up with his grandparents in a remote village in rural China, while his mother works in the city to support her family. Struggling with loneliness, he pours his emotions into his diaries, writing songs and poems. Left Behind is a heartwarming coming-of age drama, that offers a rare insight into Chinese society.

  • TORO

    TORO

    The tragicomic odyssey of Rocco and Angelo, two friends navigating the challenges of adulthood in their late thirties. Torn between personal desires and societal expectations, their journey reveals the deep-rooted impact of patriarchy on their lives and the struggles faced by a new generation of young men.

  • ENDANGERED AMAZON – WHY THE EARTH’S LUNGS ARE DYING

    ENDANGERED AMAZON – WHY THE EARTH’S LUNGS ARE DYING

    Every year, at the end of the dry season, the Amazon burns. In 2024, the number of fires reached a 20-year high, and scientific evidence shows the rainforest is on the brink of collapse. This investigative documentary explores the political structures driving the crisis – and the role we, as consumers, play in it.

  • BRAZIL’S CARBON CREDIT SCHEMES

    BRAZIL’S CARBON CREDIT SCHEMES

    In Brazil, vast tree plantations are being developed to generate carbon credits, which are then sold to CO₂-intensive companies. But behind this seemingly well-intentioned climate offset lies a darker reality: land grabs, monocultures, rainforest destruction and widespread greenwashing.

  • Mexico; Guerrero; Ayahualtempa; 2020

Children training. After being attacked several times in 2019 by the cartel of Los Ardillos, the village community police has decided to involve also children into armed defense training.

    #CONFLICTZONE

    From Yemen to Ukraine, from Mexico to Taiwan: conflicts around the world are widely documented and discussed. Yet the facts are often complex and hard to navigate amid a flood of fake news. The series #ConflictZone examines global conflicts – big and small – and helps make them understandable for a broad audience.

  • IGI THE FISH

    IGI THE FISH

    Little Igi the porcupinefish dreams of dancing with a girlfriend. In search of a female porcupinefish, he explores the ocean and embarks on some thrilling adventures. With authentic underwater footage and lively narration, this series introduces the rich, diverse world of tropical seas in a child-appropriate and engaging way.

  • AI – DEATH OF THE INTERNET?

    AI – DEATH OF THE INTERNET?

    Every second, automated bots are flooding the internet with fake books, music, images and videos. Is the worldwide web about to suffocate in AI-generated junk? We speak to researchers and journalists and embark on a filmic journey through this flood of digital waste in search of a new, future-proof internet.

  • ITALO SVEVO – SECRET WRITING IN TRIESTE

    ITALO SVEVO – SECRET WRITING IN TRIESTE

    Italo Svevo was a writer who was largely ignored for most of his life, only finding success with Zeno’s Conscience, thanks in part to the support of James Joyce. The documentary explores the modernity of his works and the complexity of his personality, as well as that of his evocative hometown: Trieste.