Von Anfang Anders Filmproduktion

An in-depth look at how fascism hides behind facades of a tolerant, intellectual and open-minded society.

Escape from everyday life in freedom and community and live utopias - for many organizers and artists, the secret of the music festivals that make culturally weak Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania a place of pilgrimage for tens of thousands of people every summer. But instead of freedom, community and utopia, there was one thing above all in the festival summers of 2020 and 2021: silence.

Latvian artist Ulla's grant in Rostock leads to a solo show in her sister Darta's city. Amid rising family tensions and an unreachable mother, Ulla and pregnant Darta embark on a transformative journey home, facing unresolved emotions and fractured relationships.

Eric finds it difficult to deal with his grief. However, faits accomplis between him and his girlfriend Lydi force him to get to the bottom of himself.

Martin and Eric grew up in a small village in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. They have been friends since they were little boys and met when they were fishing, and from then on went to the lake together every Sunday. But their friendship is also marked by rivalry, because on one of their trips together they also met Frenni, who both fell in love with. The three of them roamed the woods and fields as children and remained friends when they grew up and Frenni got together with Eric. The couple is inseparable and very much in love, and this great love and the friendship of the threesome is only repeatedly tested by the drunken attacks by Eric’s unpredictable, aggressive twin brother Basti.

Loitz is one of those former GDR towns that still suffer from the effects of German reunification. For a year "Infinite Place" looks behind the gray facade of the seemingly dying town and questions concepts of home and identity through the perspective of its old and new inhabitants. The town’s vacancy and people’s urge for self-realization create a fruitful look into the future.

In a small, but respectable burger restaurant, a new helper Amelie, who is actually, meets two befriended chefs, Alex and Robert. Within this trio however the differences between the two chefs become more and more apparent and a conflict ensues, forcing Alex to make a decision.

Bahri and his brother Malek live in Rostock and are caught between hope for a better future and a pending extradition. But as soon as he witnesses a murder and Malek becomes the prime suspect, his search for answers leads him down a spiral of far-right conspiracy theories.

Richard visits his father for the first time in nine years. Richard's girlfriend Lina feels the tension between father and son.

In this four part episodic film, young people from Rostock live through a day of setbacks, secrets and revelations.

Right after a bank robbery, a desperate couple gets stuck in traffic jam.

We follow Nick G. and Lars K. through a fateful night. They are going to kill their friend Miriam K. Beyond their wish to see someone die, there is no motive. 39 knife stabs. That's all.

Vincent and Maya must question their friendship while breaking into a video store one night.

He is not weak-willed tied to an unnatural law. He seeks the woman that absolutely loves him. It longs him for the only thing that frees him from his loneliness - for love. Is this a story of a virgin and her hero?

The idyllic togetherness between Frieda and her boyfriend Karl is disrupted by a sudden visit from Frieda's little sister Lola. The flat is small, and the couple already have enough on their hands with their studies and work. But Lola wants to stay, which not only challenges the couple's relationship, but also reveals wounds from their shared past.