Bauhaus-Universität Weimar

When Jonas loses his job at a Hamburg startup company, he doesn’t have the heart to tell his girlfriend Katharina, as her nerves are already on the edge with her final law exams coming up. Every morning he leaves their flat and drift aimless through the metropole on endless underground rides. After a chance meeting with his former boss Marc, Jonas starts to observe the young manager. His curiosity gradually turns into obsession, small and bigger everyday lies become a kind of survival strategy for Jonas. While Katharina notices his increasingly odd behavior, Jonas is losing control over events more and more. Flood deals with feelings of powerlessness of the individual facing a growing competitive and performance pressure. The fear of failing in a perceived competition of life kicks off a spiral of wrong decisions, with no apparent way out. Georg Pelzer’s debut was shot basing on a 20-page plot description, dialogues and actions where improvised with the actors on location.

The young Russian Leonid Zaharov tries to flee to the West via the GDR at the end of the 1980s. When he is bounced and there is no way forward, he looks back. Does he give up everything for freedom or does his happiness lie at his back?

With her reckless behavior art student Kalina (21) provokes her fellow students, her teachers and sometimes even her only friend Ruth (24). Kalina convinces Ruth take a spontaneous trip to Portugal the next day and they euphorically head out to celebrate their plan. After a half-hearted attempt to steal a car they end up on a big student party. When Ruth voices doubts about the planned trip, the night takes an unexpected turn.

In an old house in the middle of nowhere, the two elderly ladies Ottilia and Milva lead a cozy life. Suddenly, a circus director appears on their doorstep and gives them an intimidated ox, which they kindly take into their home. They have no idea what his hidden intentions are.

Orphan August can hardly believe his eyes. In the dead of winter, a small bird suddenly lands at his window. But the strange creature is a tree elf - the last of its kind, who entrusts August with an almost impossible mission that could change his own and the world of tree alves forever.

The film is based on a science fiction story by painter and designer Walter Dexel from the 1920s.

Young Friedrich is a loner. He doesn't want to work in his father's company later on, he wants to travel the world, become a writer and find the meaning of life. One day, by chance, he meets an old man who is traveling through the country with a strange suitcase. This suitcase is said to contain a kind of machine with which the old man can show people their own truth. Friedrich's life is about to change forever.

Prof. Adam Rosenberg is a renowned plant researcher. When his favorite flower begins to wither one day, Adam tries everything he can to prevent it. But like all living things, plants cannot live forever. The secret behind the purple flower leads Adam to make a decision that will change his life.

After a long time, young Franz returns to the village of his childhood, Klein-Reibach. The big anniversary celebration is coming up. But he is shocked to discover that his hometown is threatened by a crack in the old, dilapidated dam. In order to save the village, Franz has to stand up to the inhabitants, who don't want to know about the impending danger. A drama in three acts.

In the glamourous Late Night Talk Show "Sweet Talking", three women fight against the stereotypes and limitations they have to face in the entertainment industry

Isabelle spends her ninth birthday alone at home as her mother has to work. While painting at the window, she suddenly receives an unexpected visit from a clown who sends her labeled balloons to the window. But how does the stranger know it's Isabelle's birthday?

At the end of the horizon a singing cicada is born. Its flying is short, yet its chanting is eternal.

Frank has to join the army as a reservist in the GDR. Every day he writes home to his wife in the Erzgebirge. The young couple, who already have a daughter, look for ways to deal with the separation. But their time in the barracks remains lost time, and the description of the weather becomes a cipher for their mental state. Decades later, grandson Elia finds the letters and old photos of his grandparents and turns them into a film.

Pictures of a elaborately designed miniature setting of a forest, were filmed solitary and combined with 3D animations of firebugs and gardenspiders in post-production. Accompanied with sound effects and appropriate electronic music the bugs are taking action.