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Oona's parents are expectant and a little nervous before the first meeting with the daughter's new partner. But when the couple finally shows up, they are very surprised, and the dinner develops into something completely different than what they expected.
Sep 2020
The well-known activist couple Max and Lou made an extreme statement and had themselves sterilized under full media coverage: they do not want to bring children into this dying world. Following their sterilization they are now invited to their first TV show. The problem: shortly before they enter the studio, Max confesses to Lou that he couldn't bring himself to undergo the vasectomy.
Jun 2022
Belgrade, 2022: A photojournalist is threatened by right-wing extremist groups in her Serbian home and flees to Germany with her daughter. But then she also experiences increasing strong threats and attacks in her new home.
Jan 2023
To finally gain her father's acceptance, transsexual Leonie decides to return masqueraded as a man to the world of her childhood: the funfair. Though even the old owner of the ghost train has something to hide.
Jan 2013
Alcoholic Isabell wants to celebrate her niece's baptism. But her father can't forgive past mistakes. He wants to keep up the perfect family picture. Isabell must find the courage to choose her own path.
Dec 2017
Janosch, an interpreter, is called to help during a police deployment at the Port of Hamburg. A young African woman has barricaded herself in a container ship and threatens to commit suicide. In order to get her out, Janosch promises to help her, an offer which bears unexpected consequences.
Jan 2016
Derek loves the blues, even outside his on stage perfomances. When the singer wakes up in a mental institution after a suicide attempt, he meets Adam, his devoted fan and a true pain in the ass. A story about two guitars, three chords and the beginning of a friendship.
Jan 2017
On a bridge: a boy tries to stop his friends from performing a dangerous dare. In a cellar: a single man confronts his most painful memories. In a car: a family sets off to seek a long overdue encounter with this man. The day their fates are forever intertwined.
Jan 2009
Max is on the road with his pregnant girlfriend Lina. He suddenly gets a call from his grandfather who wants to meet him shortly before he will be taken away.
Mikail had to flee Chechnya for being homosexual. Unexpectedly meeting his old childhood-friend Daud in Germany, Mikal is not only faced with a renewed friendship, but a recurring fear of persecution.
Nov 2018
When Mia runs into her former schoolmate Steffen and his son at the grocery store, she is pleasantly surprised by the unexpected encounter. But the joy quickly turns into unease as Mia and her daughter slowly realize that Steffen's supposed son might be in danger.
Sep 2021
Sep 2018
Young neo-Nazi Jan's world is somewhat limited, but stable. At least until he ends up in an Asian strip club while on the run from the police and experiences a moment there that rocks his world.
Oct 2011
Anna has been suffering from violent nightmares for some time, which are obviously being experienced in real life by Aylin, a woman she doesn't know. Anna is magically drawn into Aylin's mysterious world, where dream and reality finally meet to rekindle the connection between these women.
Jan 2007
In the late 19th century young radiologist Georg starts to experiment with the recently discovered X-Ray technology. At first his methods seem promising and his patients get better. Soon however, he plunges himself more and more into his work and must learn the true devastating nature of his treatments.
May 2009
Her part-time job as a pizza delivery girl leads Suri to the house of Thomas, a man in his mid-fifties. There she is confronted with her biggest nightmare: Her parents' sexuality and the realization of her own double standards.
Apr 2022
Yasin and Mauro live everywhere and nowhere. The streets are their home, the night is their life. Why conform when you can do what you want? When love can be bought, only friendship counts - until it is put to the test.
Oct 2021
Marie hates the strawberry stall next to the field where she has to sell fruit after school. Stefan loves sleeping with her in the strawberry. Only he does not love Marie. And Philipp hates that Marie does not love him.
Jan 2012
Following the path of a deceased stranger, the young night watchwoman Zahra ends up finding a way to cope with her trauma.
Mar 2023
A German couple adopts in Kolkata an Indian orphan. Their child suddenly disappears and they realize that they are part of the problem.
Jun 2011