In the Texan “Hands on a Hardbody” competition, contestants stand around a new pickup truck for days, touching it with one hand. Whoever holds out the longest wins the truck.

What is money? What are debts? What are the consequences of both? And how can images be found for them? In Oeconomia, Carmen Losmann undertakes a journey in the strategic…

Five young people in provincial Germany. They run into each other and away from each other. They kiss and they fight. It’s their last winter together before they leave school,…

In the shimmering midsummer days, there are many first times for young Nora from Kreuzberg: menstruating, smoking marijuana, discovering sexual desires. And then there’s Romy as well. The two young…

Parvis, the son of exiled Iranians, copes with life in his small hometown by indulging himself with pop culture, Grindr dates, and raves. After being caught shoplifting, he is sentenced…

An archaeologist and a weapons designer, who knew each other in a previous life as a filmmaker and a psychoanalyst, meet at an excavation site in the Negev desert and…

A group of pensioners want to escape the boredom of their everyday life.

An adaptation of Doblin’s text to 2015 Berlin to tell the story of 30-year-old refugee Francis, the sole survivor of a boat which crossed the Mediterranean illegally. Without citizenship papers,…

Remake of 1943 movie based on Eric Knight’s book, “Lassie Come Home”

Lars, a male nurse from Saarbrücken, moves to Berlin with his lover, Roland. They begin to renovate an apartment and their happiness seems almost complete. What Roland doesn’t know is…

An unlikely trio of heroes – a dragon, a boy and a forest brownie – embark on an epic adventure to find the “Rim of Heaven” – the mythological safe…

Axel lives in a poor village where people work days at the chicken farm and gamble their last pennies at night. It’s made Manne, the farm and casino owner, a…

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…

Late-night talk show host Max Baumbacher turns world-famous after waking up with an unusually deep, almost magical voice.

A nightly encounter between two lovers, turns into something unexpected…

Strange blossoms, sunken pathways, déjà vus: A hike through H.P Lovecraft’s most personal garden.

In the Brandenburg province Markus Hawemann is torn between his love for his grandmothers in need of care – one of them suffering from dementia – and his longing for…

Three friends from school, Thomas, Nils and Andreas, are still searching for love in their adult lives.

Vlad has just moved and joined one of the most famous magical schools in the world, where he meets fairies, witches, trolls and dwarfs. Him and his father are the…

For the first time in history, a white man has been invited to become a Massai Warrior. The Massai of East Africa are one of the last tribes on earth…

What a curious plan of Lya. Putting sleeping pills in the morning tea of her father. Pulling the sleeping wheelchair user to the vegetable store of her brother and attending…

The full attention of everyone – just for a moment in time. Maya is sixteen and tries to find online-fame and understanding through a selfie-live-vlog of suicide notes. She streams…

In the last days of World War II, Gauleiter Eigruber ordered the blasting of the salt mine. Stolen art treasures are stored there. The villagers oppose it.

Two cops investigate the disappearance of two teen sisters in a remote town, where it seems like everyone has something to hide – including the bodies.

The young Goldmund is to study in the monastery Mariabronn. There he meets the Narcissus, who has dedicated himself with heart and soul to the ascetic and austere life in…

Two best friends from Berlin win a trip to Greece. On their excursion, they get lost on an island. They wander in the woods until they find an abandoned village…