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- Aida is a translator for the UN in the small town of Srebrenica. When the Serbian army takes over the town, her family is among the thousands of citizens looking for shelter in the UN camp.
- A day in the life of a comic book artist and his family in post-Soviet Russia. While suffering from the flu, Petrov is carried by his friend Igor on a long walk, drifting in and out of fantasy and reality.
- Aleksandra is a student from Krsko, a small town in Slovenia, who is studying the English language in Ljubljana, the capital of Slovenia. She has a plan to conquer the world. She is working as a prostitute and her life is heading to where she wants it to be, until an accidental death has her wrestling with new feelings of fear, loneliness, confusion, and responsibility.
- "Ende der Schonzeit," set in 1942, tells the story of Fritz and Emma, who are hiding Jewish refugee Albert at their remote farm in the Black Forest. Since his marriage with Emma has remained childless, Fritz uses this opportunity to suggest an unorthodox deal: He asks Albert to sleep with his wife and conceive a child on his behalf. Against the background of war and escape an unpredictable drama of jealousy and sexuality unfolds that turns offenders into victims and vice versa.
- When Dr. Kaveh Nariman, a forensic pathologist, comes to work he encounters a corpse that looks familiar.
- This documentary-style film shows how government agencies try to cope with human mankind's first contact with alien life.
- Hendrik is sixteen, a big city kid, and vexed to learn that his mother is moving with him and his little brother Eddi to a village in the south of Austria. To make matters worse, the locals shun the new rustic family home. They say it has been haunted ever since a mother poisoned her two sons in there many decades ago. When a sleep- walking Eddi starts carving strange symbols into the walls, Hendrik and his friends set off on a quest to lift the secret of the spooky house.
- Director Rubén Abruña explores the journey of our food after it has been digested and excreted by us. He follows the trail of human feces from the sewers of Paris to one of the largest sewage treatment plants in Chicago.
- 12-year-old Sue gets some NT26D on herself at her mom's genetic research lab and turns invisible. Sue and two talented friends try to rescue her abducted mom.
- On a family vacation at the beach, Sam meets Tess, who carries her own secrets around with her and shows him how the present moment can win out over memories and anxiety about what's yet to come.
- A look at the shadowy underworld of the Internet where questionable content is removed.
- Shy law student Martin falls for his mysterious landlady, who lives next door behind a thin wall. While trying to find out if she's responsible for the disappearance of the previous tenant, Martin experiences the horror of his first love.
- In a dystopian 2054, three friends go on a road trip into the past. On their journey, they rediscover lost biodiversity. How could it all disappear? When the friends find the key to a decisive moment in time everything will change.
- It has been two years since a zombie virus epidemic infected all but two German cities. Vivi and Eva flee the struggling community in Weimar for the one other safe-haven: Jena.
- Hans calls his girlfriend Heinz, which tells you everything you need to know about their relationship. They're a typical couple who're stuck in a rut after eight years. Hans works at a copy shop and Heinz is an actress relegated to voicing a cartoon stoplight. On their anniversary, they go to the movies. It's a romance. But the spark on screen just doesn't strike them. When Hans gives Heinz's ex, Max her phone number instead of putting up a fight over her, her alarm bells go off. Max awakens her old feelings, but this does not even spark a trace of jealousy with Hans. The thing is clear: the two have to do something. How can this be love? They decide to make a list of everything that makes up a real love: Romance, desire, passion, jealousy, drama - deep feelings, in other words. Hans and Heinz methodically start checking off their list and realize: Real life is nothing like the movies.
- 12 year old astronomy geek Uja, armed with a stolen hearse and a classmate as driver, journeys across Eastern Europe to monitor the impact of an asteroid.
- Romy has to stay with her grandma Stine after school. It's so boring. Her hairdresser Grandma is strict and in love with her salon. But grandma's memory is not the best, and charming Romy can be at some help with customers and economy.
- A father leaves his unhappy job at a bank to pursue an acting career.
- Ama, the daughter of Senegalese asylum seekers, feels completely Dutch. When Ama's mother and brother are arrested, Ama sets off in search of her father through Rotterdam in the middle of winter, hoping to avoid deportation. During this frightening and exciting journey, she discovers her roots, thanks in part to her extraordinary totem animal: a gigantic porcupine.
- Mia, who lends her voice to a Japanese Anime super heroine, finds reality and fiction to be interlacing more and more. Suddenly, Mia can see electricity, leap off rooftops and save people's lives.
- This dystopian vision of the near future is about police officer Volt who kills the refugee Hesham during an operation. The deed goes unpunished, but Volt's feeling of guilt drives him into his victim's world. During the day a police officer, at night on the other side, he witnesses how the riots caused by his deed escalate. The pressure is rising, both from inside and out, and Volt realizes that his deed is unforgivable.
- Rüdiger Suchsland examines German cinema from 1933, when the Nazis came into power, until 1945 when the Third Reich collapsed.
- Meeri Ehrlich, 13 years old has three problems. First: She is in love - with the wrong person - and has butterflies in her tummy. Second: Her mother passed away and she misses her a lot. Third: her father - owner of a funeral home - is looking for a new partner. But Meeri has something that is only hers, something very special - she can fly.
- Seaside Special follows the town of Cromer on the north Norfolk coast as it prepares for its annual end of pier variety show, a burlesque mix of song and dance, standup comedy and slapstick performed twice a day for three months, in the summer of 2019, set against the tumultuous backdrop of clashing views within the community over Brexit.
- The bride finds a baby on the toilet floor of a hotel. 16 years later the girl turns upon her doorstep needing to find her biological family. A funny, touching story about how sex, lies, and biology created the beautiful flower Rosemari.
- Digitalization has changed society. While data is becoming the "new oil", data protection is becoming the new "pollution control". This creative documentary opens an astonishing inside view into the lawmaking milieu on EU level. A compelling story of how a group of politicians try to protect todays society against the impact of Big Data and mass surveillance.
- Pre-teen, shy Bavarian village boy Felix hears his father died on the front in World War II, so he's left with his mother. Luckily he becomes buddies with Karri, the cocky son of local Nazi boss Ortsgruppenleiter Feik 's son Karri and thus the petty tyrant's protege as well as a "war hero's heir". Karri drags Felix along in attempts to prove their bravery, terrorize rustic and even hunt down a deserter and a crashed US pilot. Felix already 'lacked toughness', but the deserter's true identity shakes his world, just in time as the war is lost and the Allies approach.
- A bullied 12-year-old boy bonds over soccer with a 11-year-old Syrian refugee.
- In a city ruled by the diabolical Mayor, it appears that only one thing can save the old botanical garden from being demolished for the construction of an entertainment center: the Blue Tiger. Now it is up to Johanka and Matyas to protect the tiger from the evil clutches of the Mayor and his henchmen and save the garden.
- Where are you, João Gilberto? sets out in the footsteps of German writer Marc Fischer who obsessively searched for the legendary founding father of Bossa Nova, Brazilian musician João Gilberto, who has not been seen in public for decades. Fischer described his journey in a book, Hobalala, but committed suicide one week before it was published. By taking up Marc Fischer's quest, following his steps one by one, thanks to all the clues he left us, we pursue João Gilberto to understand the history, the very soul and essence of Bossa Nova. But who can tell whether we will meet him or not?
- Filmmaker David Sieveking portays the home care of his mother who, like 2 million other people in Germany, suffers from Alzheimer's Disease. David's parents had been a part of the student movement in the sixties and led an open relationship, which is now put to the test dramatically by the disease. The whole family has to deal with the smoldering conflicts to find a new solidarity.
- ELFRIEDE JELINEK: "Language Unleashed" Child prodigy, scandal writer, traitor of the fatherland, theatre fury, feminist, model lover, communist, pessimist, language terrorist, rebel, enfant terrible, defiler of the nest, brilliant, vulnerable artist, Nobel Prize winner.
- A teenager is accidentally abducted by a family of bandits.
- Nelly is with her parents on vacation in Romania. The 13-year-old girl will find new friends and experience the adventure of her life.
- Investment bank manager FRANK BERNDSSEN (c. 40), based in Berlin, believes life to be just a matter of careful advance planning. Currently, he works for a Swiss investor group keen on taking over the French nation-wide meat production chain of Charcuteries Albert. If everything turns out well, Frank's bank will earn billions, and he'll be promoted to a director's post. He just needs the French side to agree to his plan, which is why he's on his way to Paris. While still at Airport Berlin-Tegel waiting to check in, Frank's progress is slowed to a standstill by chaotic author PATRIZIA MUNZ (beginning 30s), who wishes to board the plane under all circumstances, although the flight is overbooked in the economy class. Patrizia, an upcoming novelist, has forgotten her credit cards, when she received a phone call just an hour ago from a Paris clinic. Her lover, Parisian architect JEAN-JACQUES SECRETIN lies in a coma, heavily injured in a car crash. Frank, queuing nervously behind her, loans to Patrizia the cash she needs for the upgrade of her economy-class ticket. On the flight in business class, they make hesitant but ineffective efforts to do smalltalk and then leave each other alone.
- A wounded military veteran returns home to face the war within his own dysfunctional family, as he tries to piece together the reasons behind his sister's mysterious death.
- The children of Bollersville run away from kindergarten to free their grandparents from the old folks home.
- Ein Weg, tausend Schicksale. Lebens- und Leidensgeschichten, Familien und Aussteiger, Hoffnungsvolle und Verzweifelte: Der «Camino de Santiago» lockt jedes Jahr unzählige Menschen auf eine Reise zu sich selbst. Einige suchen die Entspannung, andere das Abenteuer oder eine spirituelle Erfahrung. An einem bestimmten Punkt kreuzen sich die Wege dieser Menschen. Der Dokumentarfilm «Camino de Santiago» zeigt, dass es auf dem Jakobsweg um weit mehr als um eine Pilgerreise geht. Zwischen schönen Landschaften, kulinarischen Erlebnissen und viel Musik prallen Welten aufeinander dabei bahnen sich neue Freundschaften an. Hier treffen glückliche und tragische Lebensgeschichten aufeinander und verschmelzen zu dem Weg, der längst selbst zur Legende geworden ist.
- Re-examining the story of the Red Orchestra: the most important resistance network in Nazi Germany, whose operations extended from Berlin and Brussels to Paris.
- Young Syrian Karim travels from Germany to Syria to save his brother. A surprising perspective and a very personal take on one of the largest conflicts of our time.
- Wanting to start a new life, 40-year-old Heli has found an institution in which she can put her younger, mentally disabled sister. Her three egocentric brothers have agreed to the plan and come to share their sister's final weekend at the house where they all grew up on the outskirts of Berlin.
- Teenage daughter Hanna decides to move to her dad. But he has just lost his apartment. In their distress, the two decide to move to a campsite and soon cause chaos there.
- There are those days, after which nothing is like it was before: four completely different men learn this the hard way. A sad, yet funny film about the luck of losing and a yearning for home that is greater than any country.
- In this powerful and moving film, we follow the NGO rescue ship 'Iuventa' in their mission to save the lives of migrants. From this year, NGO rescue ships find themselves unable to operate, accused of running a 'taxi service' for smugglers. It's a complex story, capturing both the drama of the rescues and the political awakening of the young protagonists.
- Talib Shah Hossaini, a 37-year-old Afghan filmmaker and asylum-seeker, lives in Moria on the Greek island of Lesbos - the biggest refugee camp in Europe until it burnt to the ground in autumn 2020. One year into his life in the camp, Talib Shah finds himself on the verge of losing hope. Instead of giving up, however, he decides to shoot a film called Picnic - an insider's look at the lives of thousands of refugees stuck in a place sometimes described as a humanitarian disaster. Exploring topics such as dreams versus reality, art as a means of survival, or the current immigration policies in Europe, the film invites us to become better acquainted with the people who will soon be our neighbors.
- A 10-year old boy has to deal with conflicting relationships within his family and the consequences of the economic decline of the region he lives in.
- 1905: Heinrich Vogeler is celebrated as the star of German Jugendstil. But self-doubt increasingly torments him. In search of new inspirations he moves to the First World War and returns as a changed man.