Nikolai von Graevenitz

Erik, recently retired, is looking forward to some post-work adventure and to enjoy his family. These plans are thrown into doubt as the harsh reality of his wife Juditha’s accelerating illness causes his own health to deteriorate. Juditha refuses to accept any outside help as Erik buckles under the pressure.

Prussia, summer 1790: Two young men, August and Karl, escape from the rules and laws of their noble households. For one day, they live out their personal freedom. They find out what taking responsibility and staying true to oneself really means to them. Until the point where their utopia becomes real: when they know that it comes to an end….

En 1981 se produjo la última ejecución en la historia de la antigua Alemania del Este. Basada en la historia real de un economista que había sido reclutado por la Stasi como informante encubierto y es acusado de espionaje.

For Alyssia and Ilaria, every farewell is also a reunion. Just a while ago they were at the Italian Mediterranean coast, now here they are standing at a parking lot in front of an Esso gas station, waiting for their father’s car to appear around the corner. Affectionately, they bid their mother good-bye for now. The two sisters’ parents are separated. Just like Carleton, Sherazade and Thomas, the two girls have found their own way of dealing with the situation.

In the Siberian countryside, marriage is traditionally seen as the greatest happiness for a woman. But the 80-year-old Dorotchka has always remained alone. At the kitchen table, she contemplates life, love, regret and loneliness – has she may be brought this fate upon herself? Olga Delane was born in Siberia. At the age of 16, she moved to Germany with her family. The director explores the views of Siberian people on life, love and marriage.

"Kruso" tells of the last summer before the Wall came down on the small island of Hiddensee in the Baltic Sea. Beyond state-organized tourism, the isolated island became a kind of artist colony every year and a place of longing for dropouts and alternatives. Due to its proximity to Denmark, Hiddensee was also the starting point for the flight across the Baltic Sea.

After 20 years of living in Berlin, the director Olga Delane goes back to her roots in a small Siberian village, where she is confronted with traditional views of relationships, life and love. The man is the master in the home; the woman’s task is to beget children and take care of the household (and everything else, too). Siberian Love provides unrivaled insights into the (love) life of a Siberian village and seeks the truth around the universal value of traditional relationships.

Three men embark on a journey in search of meaning and happiness in the autumn of their lives: Bob swaps his safe home for a camper van and tries to find himself in the barren Californian desert; Steve, drag queen and stand-up comedian, is fed up of England and makes amends with his past in Benidorm; Yamada rediscovers his smile by reading stories to children in Tokyo.

A model family's happy life unexpectedly goes off the rails when the carefree Hedi, played by Laura Tonke, suddenly starts having panic attacks. First mental illness and then drug dependency – the happiness that these happy-go-lucky thirty-somethings once took for granted suddenly seems unattainable, and their world fragile and uncertain.

A partir del momento en que una pareja decide adoptar a un gato, su perspectiva de la vida cambia tan radicalmente que altera su percepción del tiempo y del espacio, y llega a poner a prueba su amor y su confianza.

Five young Europeans (German, English, and Irish) try to find answers to life's questions in India and Thailand.

Five young Europeans (German, English, and Irish) try to find answers to life's questions in India and Thailand.

Llena de idealismo, Melanie Pröschle, joven profesora procedente del mundo rural, estrena su primer puesto de trabajo en un instituto de la ciudad. Pronto descubre que las cosas no son como había imaginado. Quitando a uno de sus colegas, Thorsten, que se esfuerza en acogerla, tiene poco contacto con el resto del claustro, compuesto por profesores mucho mayores que ella. Al conocer a su vecina Tina, Melanie parece empezar a relacionarse con su nuevo entorno. Pero sus expectativas no se cumplirán tan fácilmente. El bosque que rodea a Melanie se va haciendo más denso, y ella, en su desesperación, empieza a correr en la dirección equivocada.

In search of a person named Jerry Davis, a faceless narrator visits various people across the United States who are connected to him in different ways. The film is described as a documentary with a fictional trace.