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Browse 15 movies from Hochschule Offenburg
Mar 2025
Samuel and Theo are two Germans stranded in Vietnam. Lethargic and sweaty, they spend their time in a bar called Jolly Rogers, a place where all sense of time is lost. In loose snippets, the two converse about their failed life plans and how they finally want to land the big coup. But who are Samuel and Theo actually waiting for?
Sep 2021
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Feb 2016
A dystopian sci-fi future, an exploited planet, and a failed rescue mission. As the sole survivor, far away from her home planet, Hope must face the greatest challenge of her life: saving humanity. All hope seems lost. Will a divine matriarch save humanity?
Jun 2025
Dec 2024
Dec 2022
The two friends Bo and Quinn spend a few sunny weeks in their van in the countryside. The days flow into each other and the two talk about "what distinguishes humans from animals, boredom as a source of peace and creativity and what they like to do best when time stands still".
Dec 2023
As „wings of men“ they became the faithful companion of a great nomadic nation thousands of years ago. Today, 28 years after the Soviet occupation, the little horse is an essential part of the cultural heritage and the search for identity of the modern Kyrgyz people. Based on its own story, a so called „good brown horse“ leads through the film and offers an insight of what it could mean to be „todays wings of men“. Told by a horse’s voice and through its eyes, this short film still is a documentary, but also a poetic journey to a nomadic culture.
Jan 2019
A creepy meeting in the woods with an uncanny creature snatches a lonely man away from his monotonous life. A journey begins, pushing him beyond the limits of his mental and physical resilience.
Oct 2024
A man kills a monster and a woman becomes a goddess.
Sep 2025
Jul 2024
A young girl wants to go to a party, but three enormous stalks are growing out of her forehead.
May 2025
Apr 2024