IFS Internationale Filmschule Köln gGmbH

A man in his early 70s recalls the time when his young lover got caught in a firestorm and her hallucinations grew stronger and stronger. The loss of his girlfriend, the trauma of a forbidden and impossible love, the feelings of guilt and the attempt to use language, literature and theatre to find a way out.

In a world where technology threatens to replace human contact, Cam places his hope of finding true closeness in the android ASAMI.

On his first day as an apprentice, Erik is assigned to a strange journeyman called Ludger. Together they drive to a mysterious power box in the middle of nowhere, but the tasks that Ludger keeps giving Erik seem to be a waste of time. In his ongoing fight for acceptance, the apprentice makes a far-reaching mistake.

A young man’s obsession with the half-naked figure of Jesus Christ leads him down a dangerous path of self-harm and masochistic tendencies

Unspeakably powerful beings travel through space and time to fulfill wishes of randomly selected inhabitants of planets. When their attention turns to Earth, their selection process malfunctions and selects Greg, who is having a lousy day at the office. Teleported to the space embassy by an overly enthusiastic ambassador, Greg has a unique opportunity to save humanity. Will he take the chance?

Again and again, Elisha finds himself confronted by Alex, Timo, Sascha, and Mika – all 14-year-olds living in the boys’ orphanage with him. Their worlds ought to be similar and yet they are completely different.

Amidst a devastated landscape, two survivors discover a mysterious, moss-covered sanctuary where hope and fear collide.

Marco gets his golden ticket out of the village and into a big football club. Between wild partying and doubts, he must decide if he dares to flee into the unknown.

Niko drifts aimlessly through everyday life without paying attention to social rules.

Ada is looking for her biological father, who lives in seclusion on a remote island - and accidentally runs over his favourite sheep Steve on the way. At first, the father wants nothing to do with Ada. Only when she pretends to help him find Steve again do the two slowly become closer. Only the unpleasant smell from the trunk of the car spoils the mood.

A woman is locked in a room, taking orders from a beam of light. Over time, however, she begins her emancipation.

Joe, a lonely employee at the lost and found office projects his desperate longing for a relationship onto a found mannequin. Fueled by the online incel community (involuntary celibate), he spirals into a tragic escalation of his fears that ultimately drives him to despair.

Two employees of the immigration office pay Mona an unannounced visit to check on the marital relationship between her and her husband Parviz - who is not to be found.

A group of Slovakian squatters break up in a snow-covered ruin on the Danube.

High school teacher Andreas Vossen (39) is an avid soccer fan who goes to his team's games every Saturday. At least that's what everyone thinks. In reality, however, he spends his weekends enjoying fights with hooligans. His double life is jeopardized by the appearance of a new pupil. Benny (18) is a hooligan by conviction. A confrontation begins that drives the teacher more and more into a corner.

Two people, strangers to each other, in a confined space: Karl, a loner by choice, suddenly is faced with having to accommodate young and outgoing Mo in his job as street cleaner. Normally it would just be a case of the young trainee working under the supervision of the experienced senior, however Karl is not yet prepared to hand over any of his responsibility.

Two women living alone are visited by a young strange man whose identity and intentions they begin to question as the evening progresses.

Sex is power, and Waseem, a Syrian gay-for-pay hustler seeking asylum in Cologne, wields it like a shield. Keeping his johns at an emotional arm’s length while satisfying their most carnal desires in order to eke out a living, he meets his match in Lars: a kind, affluent professional with a growing personal interest in Waseem. This gripping tale of transactional identity explores the tactical exchange of trust and intimacy in a partnership, and the divisions between immigrants and their host countries in contemporary Europe.