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Literary adaptation: a handsome youth of humble origins rises in society through his connections made as an elevator attendant in a luxury hotel.

How do German couples communicate in private? What are they arguing about? Is the way to a man’s heart really through his stomach? This docu-fictional hybrid production discusses such questions with the help of authentic interview snippets that were edited under the staged plot. We get an insight into the life of an animal couple, who experience typical everyday situations on behalf of us humans. At first, our fox is emotionally contained, while the penguin lady may get wild as hell. With a wink, the filmmakers hold up a mirror to the audience in the cinema.

Alma is a scientist coerced into participating in an extraordinary study in order to obtain research funds for her work. For three weeks, she has to live with a humanoid robot tailored to her character and needs, whose artificial intelligence is designed to be the perfect life partner for her. Enter Tom, a machine in human form in a class of its own, created solely to make her happy.

Matured through two years in prison, Babtou is looking forward to a new beginning with his buddy Dennis. A free man in a free world! But of all things, his welcome party where all the boys from the block are gathered ends in a police operation. Babtou has his hands cuffed again and is confronted with dramatic news. He will soon be deported to his “home country” of Senegal. To prevent a deportation, Babtou and Dennis are willing to do anything, including marriage.

A day in the life of a comic book artist and his family in 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.

VINCENT, a struggling art-thief and failed artist, stole Malewitsch’s legendary abstract painting the „Black Square”. The sale and handover to a Russian Oligarch and his designated art expert MARTHA is set to take place on a cruise ship. When Vincent and his younger partner NILS realise that their principal accomplice will not show-up to provide the boarding tickets and fake ID’s, they desperately overbear two men in order to sneak their way onto the ship. To their horror they quickly learn that their victims are part of the cruise ship’s entertainment act. Desperate not to blow their cover, Vincent and Nils take on their roles as David Bowie and Elvis Presley doubles with varying degrees of success. Despite his best efforts, Vincent’s talents hardly convince the passengers and it does not take long until various crew members discover their true identities and the value of their loot. A wild goose chase for the “Black Square” breaks loose in the belly of the cruise ship…

A lifeguard tries by all means to keep his home, an open-air swimming pool, from being closed.

Milan's first real relationship is followed by his first real break-up. All he and Laurie have left is a plastic bag full of memories… and their "adoptive child", which neither of them wants to keep.

Like ghosts, the temporarily shut down cruise ships lie in the port of Hamburg. A young man comes into town and is stranded on the riverbank, waiting for a message. He watches couples strolling along in the sunset and gets himself some sweets. In a moment of collective pause, ISLANDS IN THE CITY captures a fragile romance. There is a departure in the air, the destination of which no one seems to know.

Kreuzeder was once a successful commissioner, but now he rarely solves a case. After more than 20 years in the service, he just wants to retire as quickly as possible and leave everyday life in the homicide squad in Lower Bavaria behind. Kreuzeder is of the opinion that humanity is coming to an end anyway, so he prefers to get drunk in the tavern and flirt with the waitress Gerda Bichler there instead of going about his work.

Frank Farrelli takes on the job as a middle man in the God-forsaken town of Karmack, USA, a community in a depression so deep that they need a middle man to professionally communicate more of the bad news.

The successful writer Paul and the sought-after voice actress Emilia were always considered to be the absolute dream couple by friends: Harmonious, happy, successful, with three charming children named Bo, Marie and Fe. But now, in their late 40s, their relationship is threatened by a crisis.

Cookie manufacturer Bertram Dinkler with his old-fashioned know-it-all attitude triggers an unexpected fighting spirit not in the teenagers, but in single mother Stefanie Eckhoff. Stefanie challenges Bertram. She wants him to do a sports badge and try to do better than her. Right from the first training session, the rivals realize that they may have gone a little too far. Fortunately, their stubbornness helps both of them to unleash unexpected energy.

Although he already has searched Iraq unsuccessfully for weapons of mass destruction as a member of a UN mission, German bio-weapons expert Arndt Wolf is still obsessed with the idea that Saddam Hussein is hiding something. Nobody around him is interested in this topic any more. This changes abruptly when an Iraqi asylum seeker claims to have been involved in the manufacture of chemical weapons. The German Federal Intelligence Service summons Dr. Wolf to ascertain the legitimacy of the claims made by the informant, who has been given the code name “Curveball”.

Berlin, the Prenzlauer Berg district. Daniel is a movie star accustomed to success. His loft apartment is stylish and so is his wife, and the nanny has the children under control. Everything is tip-top, bilingual and ready for him to jet off to an audition in London where a role in an American superhero film awaits the celebrated German-Spanish actor. Popping into the local bar on the corner, he finds Bruno sitting there. As transpires by the minute, Bruno has been waiting for this moment for a long time. And so this eternally overlooked man – one of reunification's losers and a victim of the gentrification of what was once East Berlin – takes his revenge. With Daniel as his target...

Croatia is calling! The 12th grade of a Berlin high school is going on a graduation trip. Together with the stressed teacher Mrs. Gruber and the over-committed teacher Georg, the trip doesn't start as planned: In the so-called Eco-Hostel the dream of an Insta-worthy beach vacation with endless parties seems to burst before it has even begun. Yet McLarry in particular had high hopes of distraction: he's the only one who didn't pass his A-levels and who can't actually afford the class trip. He is also not yet over his breakup with Bella. But then the ray of hope - his favorite rapper and idol Zeno is also in Croatia! The perfect opportunity for McLarry to present him his own songs. Together with his best buddy Cornelius and Best Friends Bella and Alena, they break away from the class field trip and head to Zeno's villa. With the hopelessly overtaxed chaperone Georg in tow, they embark on the gnarliest adventure of their lives...

Eifel landlady Toni Janssen has the blues. The unexpected single life is just as depressing as the decline of the "Kupferkanne" without the cooking skills of her "ex". The otherwise tough restaurant owner would prefer to crawl under the comforter all day! But giving up is out of the question for her mother Heidi. The fact that the Janssen women have been making it on their own for generations is their motto in life anyway. The best example: Heidi's newly opened guesthouse, which is often fully booked! It's not just business success that has a rejuvenating effect on the optimistic woman in her mid-fifties. Ron, the gardener hired by the investment-happy business founder, surprises her with his charming advances. What Heidi initially finds hard to believe soon sends her into a frenzy of love.

"Kainer dies here today" tells an exciting and bizarre way about the last days of a man who seeks the loneliness to die, but first has to face the absurdity of life.

After their partner swap experiment takes a turn, four friends arrive at a remote beach hut to face the fallout and purge themselves of deeper truths.

A film inspired by one of Germany's most visited blogs. The author of the site www.notesofberlin.com, Joab Nist, posts pictures of real announcements, notes, information that people leave in the streets of Berlin. The film follows 15 genuine notes and protagonists. The result is 15 funny, tragic, fascinating episodes about people and the city they live in. Twenty-four hours from the life of the city. The story begins with a note attached to a street lamp, with the message “For one minute please just stand here in silence, look at the sky and contemplate how amazing life is”. Is it possible that only a very drunk young man notices the text and looks upwards? An extraordinary mood picture of present-day Berlin and a declaration of love for the city.

Reduce the world's population by 50 percent to save the planet? That's a great idea, say politicians, experts and ordinary people from the street. But who should go? A fictional documentary about the abysses of our civil society.

A dicey murder investigation. A fuming best friend. A chaotic living situation. Village police officer Franz Eberhofer has a lot on his plate right now.

Speedy, merciless and with plenty of black humor Gasman shows the picture of a man searching for his inner soul.

Hum lives in a refugee camp near Hamburg. He loves films and finances his visits to the cinema by selling lost properties from cinema visits in the refugee camp. One day he meets Anna and her friend Ida. At a dinner together in the shared flat of the two, they find out that they all share a love of music. Anna and Ida can sing great together and Hum shares the contact with his friends who play in a band. A timid and touching love story develops between Hum and Anna. Both are looking forward to the first performance of the band, in which Anna now sings. But shortly before the performance, Hum is to be deported. Neither his love for Anna and music nor his imagination can save him from the everyday life of a refugee.

Hannah and Leo want to attend the party of the year but don't know where it is. When they finally meet a classmate, they soon have to find out the real reason for their exclusion and are faced with the decision of whether they still want to carry out their plan.

During the day, 18-year-old Elaha argues with her mother about cleaning up, at night she works at the club to move in with her friend Ina. She also uses her quick wit to answer endless questions about her origins.

Otto Waalkes plays a magician who strayed into the present from the 11th century and who absolutely wants to return to his time.

Joko and Klaas remake a famous play that's traditionally watched in Germany.

When Death wants to bring the plague to Württemberg in 1349, he has not reckoned with the two guard soldiers Volckel and Utz, who engage him in a heated argument about plague ordinances and entry regulations.

A 24-year-old music enthusiast Noah looks after his baby overnight for the first time.

Samuel and Theo are two Germans stranded in Vietnam. Lethargic and sweaty, they spend their time in a bar called Jolly Rogers, a place where all sense of time is lost. In loose snippets, the two converse about their failed life plans and how they finally want to land the big coup. But who are Samuel and Theo actually waiting for?

Who is actually managing the internet? What's it like? A short film in search of answers in uncharted territory. A film about the chaotic everyday office life of "The Administration of the Internet". The employees are responsible for order and organization in the network. They still work with outdated technology, only communicate with the outside world via a pneumatic tube and are obviously completely overwhelmed with their work.

Follow a group of young people as they try to make a short film for a competition.

Isn’t the trajectory of a shared life determined in advance? Get married, have kids, be like everyone else… According to Dietrich Brüggemann, who competed in Vary six years ago, 30-somethings conceivably have it all, yet they fail in their attempts to achieve their set ideals. Nö delivers a critique of contemporary values, while also highlighting the struggle to find and nurture love.

With their two grown children gone, Anja and Michael Wagner move into their own apartment in the city center. Both are looking forward to their newfound freedom. But when Niklas, their youngest child, is kicked out of his roommate's apartment, he decides to move in with them and his girlfriend.

Screw It takes us into a world in which all living creatures have a screw in their back, that has to be winded up regularly. If not, the body freezes into a lifeless doll. In the domicile of the renowned art collector Viktoria, we get to know Helen and her brother Henri, who work as assistant and butler in Viktoria's service. When the siblings want to snatch the heart of Viktoria's collection - The Golden Tit - the renowned art collector is facing the end of her great career. Helen and Henri confront Viktoria with her dark past and teach her a ribald lesson.

For Connie, things have been going to plan for many years, both professionally and in her private life. That is, until the son of the CEO takes over the business, forcing new demands on the workforce. In future, English is to be the business language. English? Fluently? Not wanting to lose her job, Connie immediately signs up for an intensive English language course in Ireland. But the perfectionist is totally unprepared for her teacher Gillian, the warm-hearted, yet slightly chaotic and young-looking woman, who sees her main job as funeral director as a vocation. Connie also has her problems with her co-student, Max, a Tom Jones imitator, who is currently in Ireland to visit his 16-year-old daughter, Amy. Much to Connie's displeasure, the bon vivant is not interested in rules and regulations. Connie soon realizes that she is missing something more in her perfect life than speaking perfect English. But can she leave her life behind and risk taking the plunge into the great unknown?

Like most singles of his generation, Tim has a "problem": he is apparently unable to have a relationship. But when he falls in love with his female reflection, Ghost, he suddenly finds himself on the other side of dating-hell.

Born at the same place, on the same day, Hannes and Moritz grow up to be inseparable friends. But one day a tragic motorcycle accident will change their lives forever, leaving Hannes in a coma with a slim chance of recovery. Moritz refuses to give up on his friend and puts his own life aside to ensure Hannes is always loved and surrounded by life and laughter. Trying to stand his ground, Moritz will then embark on an inspiring and life-changing journey, realizing that every day is worth celebrating and proving their friendship is stronger than ever.

A routine check-up reveals that the Pilates trainer Kathrin is suffering from kidney disease and needs a transplant. Her husband Arnold is a successful architect in the middle of a large project and is afraid of donating one of his kidneys. Götz, a friend of the couple's, would undergo the operation immediately if it means saving Kathrin's life - even though this causes problems with his partner Diana. Confronted by issues of life and death, the fragility of the relationships within and between the couples is laid bare. Eventually, the question can no longer be avoided: what is true love?

Carla Michelsen has had enough. Each of her three children will get 250,000 euros if they sign a contract she’s drawn up to disown them. Will they go for it? Philipp, the youngest, desperately needs the money, as he’s lost a fortune through speculation. Rita takes a while to decide, but eventually also accepts this sudden break. The only one who vehemently resists it is Doro, the middle child; she values the family unit. While the siblings can’t handle staying with their mother and prefer to stay in a hotel, Doro’s daughter, Joe, stays with her grandmother. The two get along well. When Joe confesses to being pregnant, however, Carla straightforwardly advises the granddaughter to have an abortion. Joe is horrified. In a rash move, she takes off with some of the money — with unforeseen consequences.

An elite squad of highly trained soldiers has the task of reaching the center of a mysterious zone. Inside they are confronted with a frightening enemy immune to their massive muscles and guns.

A failed art forger keeps his head above water through contacts with rich women, and he is particularly close friends with an old widow. However, when he becomes acquainted with her children, the artist finds himself in a precarious situation: his son dies after falling into the Spree, while his sister proves to be an unpredictable and aggressive contemporary.

In the heyday of rock 'n' roll, Vernon Subutex was one of the most knowledgeable and renowned record store owners in Paris. But since the digital revolution finally forced him to close his doors, this soon-to-be fifty-something, penniless, single and unattached man has been scraping by on the charity of Alex Bleach, an old friend who became a pop star. When Alex is found dead in a hotel bathtub, Vernon finds himself out on the street. The shortened film version of a very rock 'n' roll show.

At first glance, Paul is just a normal eighteen-year-old. What no one knows is that Paul is bipolar. He is helplessly at the mercy of the radical mood swings in his brain. When a depressive episode ends in a suicide attempt, his single father Hardy has to commit him to a therapy center for mentally ill teenagers. At the clinic, Paul meets teenagers who are also struggling with mental problems. He has to make a decision: Does he continue to run away from his illness?

Together with his students, Ralph is faced with an unpleasant task: The evening school is moving to an innovative educational center. Ralph thinks this is a bad joke.

A perfectionist meets a chaos queen. When the doctor Konstanze receives a surprise visit from her lively rehab friend Jackie and her children, the house is soon turned upside down. A big challenge for the tidy doctor, but also a great opportunity to improve her poor social skills. But in contrast to the very different women, their children get along splendidly.

Nothing special happens in the quiet, peaceful, and sad German city of Anröchte. Until the day in which its residents’ daily lives are disrupted by strange events: Hun knights armed with sabers perpetrate an arbitrary massacre for no apparent reason, decapitating people at random. Inspector Konka arrives in town to solve the mistery, along with his faithful assistant Walter, a philosopher type who reflects on the human condition as he wanders the melancholic streets of Anröchte.

Leonard and Judith have little in common. To be more precise: almost nothing. He is a professor of mathematics who loves solitude and avoids other people. Judith, on the other hand, enjoys being around people at her job in the campus café and gets involved in unusual ideas.

Death (in Bavarian: Boandlkramer) is supposed to get little Maxl, but he falls in love with Maxl's mother. Confused by the previously unknown feelings, he confides in the devil. The incarnate persuades him to start a business where the Boandlkramer gets the chance to compete for Gefi as a mortal. Encouraged by the advice of the recently deceased womanizer Max Gumberger, the Boandl stumbles through earthly life in search of eternal love.

A son tries to save his mother's eyesight by drinking beer and playing darts.

Alice Cordes is to spend Christmas with her boyfriend Nicolas Huber's family in Upper Bavaria. Although the Hamburg chef no longer has parents herself, she initially reacts hesitantly to the invitation: a family celebration? But they haven't known each other that long. Unfortunately, their journey together comes to nothing: Nicolas is held up by work and has to join them. Alice only finds out about this at the train station in snowy Bavaria.

Pre-Christmas fun with surprises, music and sketch comedy for the whole family by and with Otto Waalkes.

Sorted out - and at almost 50! Both professionally and privately, window dresser Tanja feels like she's been left behind. But she bravely sticks her chin out. Of course she can still keep up, and after one order after another falls through, Tanja is eager to start canvassing. An online course is designed to make her digitally fit. She is so preoccupied with herself that she neglects the most important people around her.