SQUAT THE WORLD

Schade, daß Beton nicht brennt

A documentary about the clashes between squatters and the police in Berlin in early 1981. Despite the absence of commentary, this is an openly partisa

1981

Squatters: The Other Philadelphia Story

Discusses the squatters movement, made up of people who live in abandoned houses through necessity and in order to force change in housing policy. Foc

1984

The Sand Island Story

This short documentary chronicles a four-month period between 1979 and 1980 when residents of Hawaii's Sand Island "squatter" community attempted to r

1981

Amandastraße 73

Short-documentary about the squat at Amandastraße 73 in Hamburg.

1981

Kreuzberg gehört uns

With a critical eye, the film wanders through the streets of Kreuzberg and captures the voices of workers who report on their difficult working condit

1972

Fever Dream Jan10

The Netherlands, a bastion of capitalism, has struggled with unprecedented housing crises since 2018. This brings a rise of different ideologies that

2024

Hotel Mokum

Pak Mokum Terug is the name of a group of Amsterdam activists that refuse to accept that the basic right to housing no longer appears to apply. The gr

2024

Farewell AKAB Okretnica

As one of Belgrade’s last DIY anti-nationalist spaces faces closure, its community gathers for a final night — a farewell that becomes a quiet act of

2025

Wild Lilly

Lilly is nine years old and lives with her mother and brothers Robbin and Melvin in a squatter community deep in the woods.

2011

Berlin Utopiekadaver

A taxi drives through the city of Berlin. Its driver is a punk, left and a well-known figure in the autonomous scene. The stations of his trip are the

2024

How to Squash a Squat

1989, New York City's Alphabet City and East Village. A year after the Tompkins Square Park Riot, squatters and their community allies try to stop the

1989

In the Name of the Law

Partially staged documentary by Barbara den Uyl investigates the case of Hans Kok, the squatter who was found dead in an Amsterdam police cell in Octo

1991

In een tank kun je niet wonen

A documentary about “1980” in Amsterdam, by Jan Groen and Hanneke Willemse Documentary originally recorded on super 8 about the squatters' movement i

De Lente is Gratis

1999

To wait or provoke

2018

Two If by Sea

Frank O'Brien, a petty thief, and his 7-year-long girlfriend Roz want to put an end to their unsteady lifestyle and just do that last job, which invol

1996

In the Middle of the Night

Benny and Arnold are homeless and along with others living on Nørrebro in Copenhagen. The police is set to clear the building they squat in, but on th

1984

Scarfies

This dark comedy is set in Dunedin, New Zealand. A university student finds an old "abandoned" house and proceeds to invite other students to share. I

1999

Los bárbaros

In the year of the crisis, four young people attempt to make a home by squatting in an unfinished building – a paradoxical limbo amid the real-estate

2025

Cosmopolis

Riding across Manhattan in a stretch limo during a riot in order to get a haircut, a 28-year-old billionaire asset manager's life begins to crumble.

2012