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Baruch Mayer, son of an orthodox rabbi from a poor shtetl in Galizia, decides to break with the family tradition and leave the shtetl to become an actor.

Two Polish women live and work in tense mutual disregard on a dairy farm in Brandenburg - until Tava vanishes. One night she suddenly reappears in Maryna's trailer, anxious and distraught.

An actor and his wife have a tumultuous relationship. It ends in separation and a child custody battle.

That winter, no snow fell on Saint-Florent-le-Vieil. But it was very cold. According to custom, Aélia, the young bride, is pursued by the entire wedding party. She takes refuge in the church she has just left. Suddenly, she discovers the cold presence of a stone effigy. Months passed. Aélia seemed wary of her husband. The village gossiped. One day, she saw two white peacocks mating. The next day, she gave herself to the effigy. She was overcome with a sense of immense wonder.

Two young crooks steal fabric, which is of course sorely missed. In addition to the former owners, an investigative journalist and a bad cop who smells a windfall are also on their trail. Meanwhile, a newly released con is forced by his ex's pimp to go back to the deepest depths. There he meets a former doctor who smuggles drugs for the mafia in order to send money to his daughter, whom he thinks is at home in Grozny, but who is actually working for the mafia just a few houses away.

King Frederick II (aka "Frederick the Great") of Prussia is engaged in a major battle against the Austrian army at Kunersdorf, and things aren't going well. The Austrians are inflicting major casualties, and his army is beginning to crumble. Defeat seems inevitable when a combination of events gives him hope that he may pull victory from the jaws of defeat after all.

Lotte and Louise meet at a summer camp. Everyone who sees the two falls open in surprise, the girls look so much alike. It doesn't take long before they find out that they are actually twins.

Truth, Dare or Lemon is a game played by stupid boarding school kids who don't know what to do with themselves. Before Tim died he was the number one of a close-knit boarding school gang. When the friends engage in a ritual one year after his death a familiar game turns into a sadistic night...

Variety star Kaja falls in love with fisherman Peter. But he in a unfortunate situation kills a man and is sentenced to ten years imprisonment. Kaja promises to wait for him, but things go badly for her.

Stefan Lindman is a police officer in Boros, Sweden. When his mentor and retired former partner Herbert Molin is brutally murdered in the remote town of Sveg, Lindman travels north to investigate. The more Lindman digs into the mysterious killing, the less he is sure to have known the man he feels so much indebted to...

Sara is a pianist and her husband Giacomo is a lawyer. They have two sons, Matteo and Luca. This ordinary, wealthy family is rocked by the murder accusation against Matteo. The parents can't believe it, and the other son works to find out what really happened.

A German man fells in love with a Turkish woman and changes his lifestyle for her family.

Luisa, a 20-year-old law student, joins a cell of the Antifa group when she and her friends Alfa and Lenor get to know about an upcoming attack planned by a local neo-Nazi gang. As they try to find out more, the three youngsters delve deeper into the scene linked to right-wing movements and their political connections, to the point where they will understand how much they are willing to go further, in order to defend their own beliefs.

To protect his books, Albert, the young librarian, must put his prejudice aside and make friends with a bat.

The Ballade of Tubbie, Tim, Jojo, Birdie and Marie, tells in seven chapters the story of five teenagers, who have found a substitute family in each other.

In modern parables, we follow employees and employers within a capitalist system that is in the process of overtaking itself. Sometimes realistic, sometimes absurd – yet what ties it all together is the human element, which acts as a spanner in the works of a profit-driven world.

Johanna believes to find happiness and security in her family live with husband and daughter. But facing her unfulfilled desire disturbs Johanna's serenity.

Detti leaves the Harz to help build East Berlin but faces a cold welcome. He bonds with roommate Matthias and meets Silke. Assigned to Marzahn’s construction brigade, he works through challenges, determined to stay. His resolve pays off when he falls for Jasmin.

The story and fate of three families: A Jewish family destroyed by the massacres of the Nazis in Lithuania; the family of the culprit, who flew to America and keeps grotesque family cohesion; the family of Ratz, a social democratic family, dissolving itself miserably in today's Vienna. The condemnation of the last century bundled in these three families showing clearly that one could never escape from its own past. Written by themoth-1

Moritz had a nervous breakdown. His friend Paul persuades him to travel to the countryside. Paul wants to do some cosmetic repairs to the cottage of his girlfriend Hanna. He is convinced that physical work is the best treatment for Moritz.

When Martin, a former GDR citizen, is released from jail, he lately becomes confronted with the consequences of the German re-unification.

Rose is very close to her older brother Sam. When a woman accuses him of rape, Rose is asked to testify in the investigation against him. This tests both their relationship and her moral integrity.

Italy on Christmas Eve - a train driver is confronted with a young woman and her baby who want to flee by train to Germany. Reluctantly, he takes the two of them in his cab.

Conrad Veidt plays a famous musician who is blackmailed for being gay. Eventually he stands trial and is convicted. At the end the film pleads for the abolition of §175 (the law that punishes homosexuality).

Introverted Noah reluctantly spends his summer vacation with his family in the French countryside. One day, he meets siblings Julie and Léo at the lake. Despite the language barrier, a relationship develops between him and Julie that oscillates between attraction and repulsion, causing Noah to grapple with his sexual orientation.

Two single parents decide to move in together and their two teenage children fall in love.

A support program brings the two convicts Gerd and Steinbock into the care of women. There they are supposed to prove that they are capable of integrating into society. Now Gerd stupidly kills a bar owner. This puts an end to their excursion into freedom for the time being.

A woman who is mourning the love of her life falls into a relationship with a mysterious stranger.

Stories about tenants of a house.

Film director Jeff and his lead actor are taking their time getting to set. In their absence, the crew lack a purposeful way to spend their time waiting, so they drink heavily. However, as booze is downed and frustration sets in, morale hits rock bottom.

Bruno is making his way through the city searching for its soul. Driven by his curiosity, a challenging imagination and his wild reflection on reality he is lifting the old dusty curtain on the city's crusted perception.

19-year-old NVA soldier, Alex Karow, is sent to the West German-East German border in May 1974, shortly after Willy Brandt's resignation and during the World Cup. The army is dominated by brutal rituals, tolerated or used by the officers. Alex understands that the ideals of balance, democracy and human dignity are propaganda. The question of what happens when the other appears in the sights of the Kalashnikov occupies the soldiers day and night, interrupted almost exclusively by the games of the World Cup with the historic encounter between the GDR and the FRG. Alex draws strength from his love for Christine, a confident tractor driver who lives in the neighbouring village. Christine encourages him not to do what his father expects, but to follow his dream of becoming a photographer. But when her brother sends Alex's photo from the border fortifications to the West, everything gets out of control...

Horror anthology consisting of three episodes directed by Jörg Buttgereit, Andreas Marschall and Michal Kosakowski.

There is really only one thing that has been pushing Ina all her life and for which she would do anything: to be on stage and to enthrall the audience. But cancer turns her life upside-down and suddenly nothing seems the same as it was before. Actually, there is only one thing that Ina already drives their lives and for which she would do anything: to stand on stage. But a not insignificant fact is Ina way. Her breast cancer has thrown her whole life upside down and now nothing seems to be as it once was. Now that Ina has survived all therapies she puts everything to fulfill her dream of acting. In a rush she runs through her "new-found" life, forgetting her own past. She must learn to accept the course of life and thereby, not to displace the disease, which is a part of it.

"Willkommen im Club" shows the influences of unemployment (actually the number one theme in Germany) on daily life. What happens within the families, what happens with the self-esteem of people who unexpectedly lose their work? By choosing different points of view, we wanted to find out what happens beyond the daily news.

Philanthropist attempts to awaken the good side in criminals.

First short film by Till Kleinert.

Relationship between two women – mother and daughter in the second half of the 20th century. The story takes place in a old family house. The mother is confined to bed unable to move in her daughter's custody. The daughter comes in her mother's room to take care of her with a confession to tell. Something happened with her son and her mother's grandson three years ago.

A mill situated on the border between two unnamed countries and the residents therein become pawns in a future war.