The Ladder

Break Free

May 2021 •English

Myra Chang comes of age in a dysfunctional family business. When her abusive mother tries to claim her life, Myra comes face to face with a decision that will change the course of her life. She has to decide to leave everything she has ever known behind in search of her dreams.

Vilddyr

November 2010 •Danish

After a violent episode in biology class, the outsider Lykke begins to change. There is something very wrong and soon a big showdown with the outside world awaits. The beast in her has been awakened.

Kepler X-47

April 2014 •English

A woman struggles to adjust to her new life in a human zoo exhibit on an alien planet.

Becoming Al Pacino

February 2022 •French

A journey through the meteoric rise and tempestuous story of the legendary American actor Al Pacino, from the Bronx of New York to worldwide stardom.

Auf der anderen Seite die Freiheit

May 2022 •German

Simón

October 2018 •English

A young Venezuelan freedom fighter seeks asylum in the United States, but his heart remains in the fight back home.

Ganga Zumba

April 1963 •Portuguese

The life of a runaway slave who founded the Quilombo dos Palmares, an outlaw community of Brazilian slaves.

Layla

February 2016 •English

Trapped and mistreated by her oppressive captor, Layla longs to escape and enjoy the freedom of the outside world. Will the mysterious woman in red offer Layla everything she wants?

Sër Bi

June 2021 •Wolof

A young woman preparing for her marriage desperately and courageously journeys to erase her past.

TINA

April 2024 •English

A 23-year-old revisits the family car he grew up with to experience the thrill of childhood again...

The Shawshank Redemption

September 1994 •English

Imprisoned in the 1940s for the double murder of his wife and her lover, upstanding banker Andy Dufresne begins a new life at the Shawshank prison, where he puts his accounting skills to work for an amoral warden. During his long stretch in prison, Dufresne comes to be admired by the other inmates -- including an older prisoner named Red -- for his integrity and unquenchable sense of hope.

Pump Up the Volume

August 1990 •English

Mark Hunter, a lonely high school student, uses his shortwave radio to moonlight as the popular pirate DJ "Hard Harry." When his show gets blamed for a teen committing suicide, the students clash with high school faculty and the authorities.

The Defiant Ones

August 1958 •English

Two convicts—a white racist and an angry black man—escape while chained to each other.

The Idiots

April 1998 •Danish

A mix of home-video and documentary styles about a group of young people who have decided to get to know their “inner-idiots” and thus not only facing and breaking their outer appearance but also their inner.

Requiem

March 2006 •German

Michaela, an epileptic, enrolls in college to study education. She goes off her medication and soon begins hearing voices and seeing apparitions that tell her to avoid religious objects, although she is devoutly Roman Catholic. One priest scoffs at the idea that Michaela could be possessed by demons, but a younger pastor arranges an exorcism for the young woman.

The Sea Inside

September 2004 •Spanish

Ramón Sampedro is a ship mechanic and part-time poet left a quadriplegic following a diving accident. Ramón fought for 30 years for the legal right to end his own life. He develops close relationships with his long-term lawyer Julia and his friend Rosa, who tries to convince him that his life is worth living. Despite his situation, Ramón manages to inspire those around him to live life to the fullest.

Bicentennial Man

December 1999 •English

Richard Martin buys a gift, a new NDR-114 robot. The product is named Andrew by the youngest of the family's children. "Bicentennial Man" follows the life and times of Andrew, a robot purchased as a household appliance programmed to perform menial tasks. As Andrew begins to experience emotions and creative thought, the Martin family soon discovers they don't have an ordinary robot.

Dances with Wolves

March 1990 •English

Wounded Civil War soldier John Dunbar tries to commit suicide—and becomes a hero instead. As a reward, he's assigned to his dream post, a remote junction on the Western frontier, and soon makes unlikely friends with the local Sioux tribe.

In the Blood

September 2016 •Danish

It’s summer in Copenhagen, it’s a time of endless days and careless nights. Simon is a 23-year-old medical student. He and his friends party and drink and chase girls and wake up the next day to do the whole thing all over again. But it’s also a time of unrest and change among the boys. Dreams shatter, love hurts, and friendships dissolve.

Gandhi

December 1982 •English

In the early years of the 20th century, Mohandas K. Gandhi, a British-trained lawyer, forsakes all worldly possessions to take up the cause of Indian independence. Faced with armed resistance from the British government, Gandhi adopts a policy of 'passive resistance', endeavouring to win freedom for his people without resorting to bloodshed.