Marthe is a girl with a special gift: she can cure illnesses. But the time she lives in is marked by superstition and godliness. When Marthe can not help the burgrave's wife from her village, the girl has to flee. Your path crosses that of Ritter Christian, who moves eastward into the Mark Meissen...
Retired coffee house owner Franz is a real hypochondriac. When he overhears the doctor's prognosis during a visit to the doctor, everything is clear to Franz: the terminally ill patient can only mean himself. He has three weeks left to sort out the affairs of his life. So the old man sets out to...
The sun blazes down from the sky with destructive power; exposing oneself to its light means death. People have transposed everyday existence to the night. In the metropolis of HALF WORLD a culture based on various languages and lifeforms has grown rampant. Everyone is looking for a way to survive.
On the 3rd of October a twenty-four-year-old student from Vienna kills his lover and chops up her corpse. Her torso is found in a dumpster, other body parts and the head are missing. There is no clue about the motive of the murder. A silent chronology of the events.
Docudrama examining the life of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, who founded the Republic of Turkey from the ruins of the Ottoman Empire. Monuments to him can be found in every city; the anniversary of his death is commemorated every year; derogatory words about him are punishable by law. Rarely has a...
The fall is so rapid that it seems like a bad dream. Just a moment ago, 16-year-old Nadja was a carefree, cheerful young girl, but shortly afterwards the horror follows: the older boy she falls in love with is a junkie who also drags Nadja into misery. Her wealthy parents learn in an extremely...
10 people, 10 relationships, 10 realities. Within 24 hours unexpected, almost impossible facts come into light and change the lives of the protagonists forever. An episodic film about the polarity between freedom and responsibility.
25-year-old former model Steffi has everything that she considers necessary for a perfect future: a man who can support him financially, a beautiful home, and a pregnancy--albeit via sperm donation. Nobody's perfect, after all. But when she discovers that her husband is cheating on her, she is...
Ten episodes tell the stories of ten encounters involving a male hooker, an actor, a cleaning lady, a female theater director, a male kindergarten teacher, a poetess, a publisher, a woman, who is a lawyer, a male puppeteer and a female make-up artist. The whole circle is triggered by the off-chance...
The time of great festivities, of noble health-resort idyll are long gone. A place torn by modern functional buildings and decaying, once fashionable hotel palaces. In this scenery, Lenz, a masseur, is struggling for his survival, barely keeping a day-to-day routine. He has become estranged from...
The octopus is a close cousin of the oyster and snail. And yet, even by human standards the multi-limbed creature is considered highly intelligent. From Spain to Vancouver Island to Capri, Italy, scientists are testing the brain-power of the mysterious and mythic octopus.
Back in Utrecht and burdened by feelings of guilt, expat Lisa reflects on the past Easter weekend at her mother Rike's country house, and the unsettling visit from her childhood friend Marie following a tragic event.
Vexation game - a thriller about our feelings and the affairs of others. Two are happy. Four are confused. The audience still think they know what is going on. Reality is but a question of perspective.
The film chronicles the story of how the Nazis and the IOC turned, to their mutual benefit, a small sports event into the modern Olympics. The grand themes and controversial issues from the 1936 Games have continued to this day: Monumentality, budget overruns, collusion with authoritarian regimes,...
