Weekly overview
3 Dec – 9 Dec
Insects – Hidden Heroes
Natourale - Natur & Reise Festival 2026
How did our world come into being? Beneath our feet lies a class of animals far more numerous than any other. Let us embark on a journey through time dating back 400 million years, and witness how scattered pieces fit together to form a complete whole. Insects – Hidden Heroes takes us into the microcosm with stunning visuals. Narrated by screen icon Katharina Thalbach, the film poses a question: Must it be humanity or nature?
- Documentary
Hessische Filmperlen
Natourale - Natur & Reise Festival 2026
Kulinarisches Kino - Natur. Mensch. Film
Natourale - Natur & Reise Festival 2026
Expedition zum Südpol
Natourale - Natur & Reise Festival 2026
Like a plaything of the forces of nature, the research icebreaker Polarstern braves the roaring waves of the Southern Ocean. Here, where the Antarctic Circumpolar Current races ceaselessly around the continent, the stability of East Antarctica’s massive ice sheet hangs in the balance. Once considered unyielding, the warming ocean now threatens to undermine its very foundation—with consequences of global significance: sea levels, ocean currents, and the climate system. To find answers, an international research team set out aboard the Polarstern in November 2023. Amid the world’s stormiest waters, they are setting up camps, collecting ice and rock samples, and venturing into unknown territories by helicopter. It is science at the very limits of human endurance—and of crucial importance for our future.
EUROPE ONE CONTINENT - FIVE WORLDS
Natourale - Natur & Reise Festival 2026
Kurzfilmperlen „Natur“
Natourale - Natur & Reise Festival 2026
SAURY SEAWEED: WHISPER OF THE SEA
Natourale - Natur & Reise Festival 2026
Double Feature – "Lauf des Lebens"
Natourale - Natur & Reise Festival 2026
A Walking Tour of the East Village 1985
Natourale - Natur & Reise Festival 2026
A film by Alan Steinfeld depicting the experience of living in the East Village in the 1980s. Featured and exhibited at the New York Museum of Modern Art's Club 57 retrospective.
The Ancient Forest
Natourale - Natur & Reise Festival 2026
For thousands of years, ancient forests have sustained life on Earth. Hidden deep within remote nature reserves in Russia, some of the last untouched old-growth forests have remained virtually unchanged since prehistoric times and are rarely seen by human eyes. This breathtaking documentary takes you into these remarkable ecosystems, where towering trees support an extraordinary web of life. From fungi and insects to birds and mammals, every species plays a vital role in a delicate natural balance. Revealing the hidden connections between trees and the countless organisms that depend on them, the film is a powerful tribute to the resilience, beauty and importance of the world’s last primeval forests.
- Documentary
WASSERPARADIESE IN EUROPA – LAKE OHRID
Natourale - Natur & Reise Festival 2026
Double Feature "Tales from the North"
Natourale - Natur & Reise Festival 2026
TASMANIA'S WILD TREASURES – IN A WOMBAT'S WORLD
Natourale - Natur & Reise Festival 2026
SEAGNAL: The Ocean's Last Call
Natourale - Natur & Reise Festival 2026
The ocean is the beginning and end of all life. Yet now, this vast cradle of life is collapsing. SEAGNAL follows the final signals from the ocean, leading us on a journey to confront the truths we’ve long ignored. From marine debris and ghost fishing caused by abandoned fishing gear to overfishing that pushes marine species to the brink of extinction, and coastal villages sinking due to rising sea levels... Our oceans are dying due to humanity’s unchecked greed, ignorance, and indifference. SEAGNAL follows seven individuals who have sensed the ocean’s warning, asking not just to heed the alarm but to reconsider how we coexist with the sea. The ocean’s final signal, SEAGNAL. Are you ready to listen?
- Documentary
TMDB 59RT 16IMDb 4.4 Out of the Blue
Natourale - Natur & Reise Festival 2026
After spending time in prison following an assault charge, Connor Bates now works in a library and spends his free time running, swimming, and trying to piece his world back together. When he meets Marilyn Chambers, the wife of a wealthy businessman, they collide into an intense physical and emotional relationship that quickly escalates into idle talk about her husband’s murder.
- Thriller
- Romance
A Call from the Wild
Natourale - Natur & Reise Festival 2026
Filmmaker Asgeir Helgestad documents the state of nature at his home country Norway, where he has photographed all his life. From the lives of bees at his farm, to wild reindeer on the high mountains, and puffins at the ocean's edge, he shows the beauty of threatened nature and tracks down human actions responsible for its decline. This is a personal story on our connection with the non-human world, the relations between the small and the big, and a reminder of nature's strength and vulnerability.
- Documentary
IMDb 7.7 Ausgsting
Natourale - Natur & Reise Festival 2026
Who hasn't dreamed of escaping the hustle and bustle of everyday life and the constraints of society? Simply leaving everything behind - or even better: getting out completely, discovering the world and experiencing true freedom! But what exactly is true freedom? Filmmaker Julian Wittmann sets off on a journey to find the answer. And if anyone should know, it's Wolfgang "Gangerl" Clemens: a Bavarian original, over 80 years old, who has been sailing the world's oceans for almost 40 years. For three months, Julian accompanies the fascinating free spirit and passionate explorer on an adventurous journey, delves deep into the world of a dropout and realizes that paradise isn't just given to you... AUSGSTING. - From August 28, 2025 only in cinemas.
- Documentary
The Kingdom: How Fungi Made Our World
Natourale - Natur & Reise Festival 2026
You find fungi in Antarctica and in nuclear reactors. They live inside your lungs and your skin is covered with them. Fungi are the most under appreciated and unexplained organisms, yet they could cure you from smallpox and turn cardboard boxes into forests. They could even transform Mars into Eden. There are vastly more fungi species than plants and each and every one of them play a crucial role in life’s support systems. Join us on a journey into the mysterious world of Fungi to witness their beauty, unravel their mysteries and discover how this secret kingdom is essential to life on Earth, and may in fact hold the key to our future.
- Documentary
KABOUK
Natourale - Natur & Reise Festival 2026
Kurzfilmperlen „Reise“
Natourale - Natur & Reise Festival 2026
Kurzfilmperlen „Umwelt“
Natourale - Natur & Reise Festival 2026
My Otter Diary
Natourale - Natur & Reise Festival 2026
On the banks of the Cauvery River in southern India, wildlife filmmaker Sugandhi Gadadhar studies the behavior of Asian otters. On one of the subcontinent's most dynamic waterways, a conflict has arisen between these small carnivorous mammals and fishermen, whose livelihoods also depend on the river's resources.
- Documentary
- TV Movie
MAGISCHES FRANKREICH – VON DER PROVENCE ZU DEN PYRENÄEN
Natourale - Natur & Reise Festival 2026
Raindrop
Natourale - Natur & Reise Festival 2026
A journey by water from the highest peaks of the Alps to the vastness of the ocean. Hardly any element on our planet is more important than water. Where there is water, life thrives. But only very few people know what wonderful creatures master their lives every day in their native habitats by the water. Far from our eyes, true dramas and glories happen every day. Stories that hardly anyone gets to see. Stories full of adventure, tragedy, comedy and even love.
- Documentary
TMDB 65IMDb 6.1 Dead of Winter
Natourale - Natur & Reise Festival 2026
A widowed fisherwoman, travelling alone through snowbound northern Minnesota, interrupts the kidnapping of a teenage girl. Hours from the nearest town and with no phone service, she realizes that she is the young girl's only hope.
- Thriller
- Action
Das Drogen-Double-Feature
Natourale - Natur & Reise Festival 2026
TMDB 70RT 87IMDb 5.9 The Other Zoey
Stummfilmerbe – neu aufgelegt / Pionierinnen des Kinos
Highly intelligent computer major Zoey Miller is uninterested in romantic love, but her life is turned upside down when Zack, the school's soccer star, gets amnesia and mistakes Zoey for his girlfriend.
- Romance
- Drama
- Comedy
All In Sneak Preview
Cheng Jialang and Wei Yifu are the contemporary poker twin stars, and they are about to have their first face-to-face confrontation. However, at this moment, Cheng Jialang accidentally transferred his poker talent to a small-time crook named Huang Xiaoqi, who had no previous experience. The two of them went through a wonderful journey and decided to join forces to challenge Wei Yifu.
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