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A newcomer to a mental health unit wants to help his fellow patients. But instead of seeking healing through self-recognition, he builds castles in the air and thus becomes a great threat to his fellow sufferers and ultimately to himself.
Jul 2022
Robin is eight when his mother Sabine becomes pregnant again. Because Sabine is overwhelmed with her child, new boyfriend and pregnancy, Robin has to go into care. When he returns home three months later, the situation has by no means improved. His mother's new boyfriend drinks, his little sister screams and the adults are constantly arguing. Then the woman from the youth welfare office turns up at the door, Robin is alone at home and his sister starts to cry...
Feb 2008
During the First World War, the battle reaches the small village and changes the fate of an elderly woman and her 12-year-old friend.
Jan 2016
A nearly finished construction site. The wiring is completed, the walls are painted, the final inspections are being done. The construction manager Thomas Zetzsche is proud of his achievement. The prestigious building he created is a modern dream come true. But suddenly that dream begins to crumble as more and more defects appear. Cables run into dead ends, the fire protection malfunctions and entire rooms go missing. Desperately Thomas is trying to fix the building until he finally accepts that the opening date has to be postponed. Now he must confront his own responsibility in this faulty system and draw the necessary consequences
Jan 2022
25-year-old Ida lives in a symbiotic relationship with her unemployed and depressed mother Ildikó. Every day seems to be a weekend, as her mother has not worked for a long time and the apartment seems to be a vacation spot. After she finishes her studies, however, everything changes. Ida has to decide between her sense of responsibility for Ildikó and her own happiness when she receives an offer of her dream job. For this, she would have to move from the apartment they share to Fehmarn.
Jul 2021
A tough strip. Bärbel now seeks her fortune in the West and falls in love with Scotty the pilot.
Sep 2015
When the grieving student Patricia finally wanted to contact her deceased grandmother via the Ouija board at the scene of the accident, an uninvited guest asked to enter.
Sep 2020
Three friends, a cabin in the woods and an invisible bear. Erik is suicidal out of conviction. His friends Alex and Ben take him to a cabin in the woods to get him back on his feet. When an old hunting rifle turns up, events take an unexpected turn. A movie about friendship, trust and schnitzel rolls.
Dec 2014
In the form of a poetic-lyrical dialog, "Lost in Hope" tells the story of the Israeli Rachel and the Palestinian Jassir. Jassir wants to live in freedom, beyond the hopelessness and violence in his country. Rachel's dream is to study music. But first she has to complete her military service. Although they both reject the entrenched patterns and violence of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, their future is determined by the conflict in their country. The fate of one determines the fate of the other.
Nov 2016
Bruno's unreasonable-symbiotic relationship with his mother Ton is put to the test when her new partner Hannah moves into their shared bungalow in Spain. Until now Bruno alone has been the centre of his mother's attention, now he has to share it with Hannah by force.
Feb 2023
18-year-old Marco made it: he has been selected as a young talent for a well-known soccer club. It's the golden ticket out of the small village and a once-in-a-lifetime chance to play with the big boys. Between wild Schützenfest celebrations and emerging fears, he has to decide whether he wants to remain the big hero in the small village or take the plunge into the unknown.
Jan 2025
After Arthur tries to take his own life, a time of awkward conversations and quiet moments begins for the group of friends. But as if that wasn't enough, they also have to bring a giant rabbit down to earth.
Jan 2023
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.
Nov 2009
Oliver has had an unsuccessful career in West Germany and returns to his East German home village. He now wants to sell the house where his mother died alone. His childhood friend Ronny helps him clean up the mess. But he can't admit his personal and professional failure to him either.
Mar 2006
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.
A traffic light stops on red. More and more people gather in front of it and wait. As no one wants to take the first step, those waiting are forced to join forces.
Aug 2023
Niko drifts aimlessly through everyday life without paying attention to social rules.
Oct 2018
The regular life of chimney sweep Marvin is shaken up. A new woman, a forbidden love. The ghosts he calls haunt him, in dreams, in delusions, during the day. And even his deceased father will not give him peace. A sooty story above the rooftops of Cologne.
Sep 2012
The overworked and exhausted architect Leon longs for a shoulder to lean on. His confident girlfriend Jenni, however, is angry he's always working and doesn't have time for their relationship. Unexpectedly, Leon's 3D-architecture program produces a digital copy of Jenni. And the digital Jenni helps him get better without asking for anything... Stuck between his strong girlfriend and her always-friendly copy, Leon is looking for a possible relationship.
Jan 2017
How can you know something and still have forgotten it? How can you forget something and it's still there?
Apr 2012