Studio Ruba

Cousins Chatila and Reda are saving to pay for fake passports to get out of Athens. When Reda loses their hard-earned cash to his drug addiction, Chatila hatches an extreme plan to pose as smugglers in an attempt to get them out of their desperate situation before it is too late.

Lying on a bunk bed in a children's home, eleven-year-old Lu talks with dreamy eyes about her mother, Karina, who claims to be a famous Hollywood actress who smells of oranges, talks to the stars and does her own stunts.

Since the pregnancy of his now ex-girlfriend Asha, Dennis (21) is beset by feelings of guilt concerning his Nigerian father’s death sixteen years ago. Plagued by nightmares about the frozen lake his dad drowned himself in, he wants to move back in with his mother. His anxieties seem to be sparked by the imminent birth of his first child. In this drama, a voodoo curse seems to be the only way for Dennis to cast off this burden lying on himself and his loved ones.

Victor wonders if he’s too late to join dating games in his 40s. His sister Annika, an opera singer, wonders how different life could have been after receiving a surprising medical diagnosis. Their grandmother wonders if she should end her life right away. These are people who embark on a heartfelt quest for the perfect fulfillment of life, which proves to be a near impossible task.

Guilty of having allowed greedy businessmen to take over her city and wipe its residents' memories clean, mayor Teo conspires with a motley bunch of outsiders to set things right. Armed with homemade hallucinogens, the gang sets out to free citizens from their painless, amnesiac existence.

'What happened? Where am I?' The man who wakes up alone in the woods has many questions. Is he dead and in the hereafter? The voice of God soberly answers his questions: Yep, that’s right. Traffic accident. But it’s not that bad, because everyone eventually dies. All the man’s questions, also about the meaning of life, are answered. In an equally entertaining and stimulating dialogue in English, the film evokes a comprehensive image of the universe and man’s place in it.

When her neighbor disappears avid joint smoker Gizem starts an inquiry and gets mixed up in a search filled with burglars, mysterious clues and comfortable mattresses.

How much of your identity can you outsource? In an attempt to escape her workaholism, visual artist Karina Beumer hires multiple substitutes for herself. What do the substitutes gain from assuming someone else's identity? And what does it cost Karina? It's about losing control and finding yourself.