Frederick Lau

Como la mayoría de los solteros de su generación, Tim tiene un "problema": aparentemente no puede tener una relación. Pero cuando se enamora de su reflejo femenino, Ghost, de repente se encuentra al otro lado del infierno de las citas.

After 14 years of prism Nabil is released and thrown back into his live.

Fiebre del ladrillo cuenta la historia del auge y caída de dos estafadores inmobiliarios. Viktor Stein, Gerry Falkland y la banquera Nicole Kleber se hacen increíblemente ricos en muy poco tiempo. Pero enseguida se ven arrastrados a una vorágine de mentiras, fraude y engaño hasta que, en un momento dado, pierden el sentido de la realidad y deben decidir qué es lo que de verdad les importa.

Milo es un barman que vive una vida de fiestas y noches interminables. Cierto día, una serie de coincidencias lo llevan a conocer a Sunny, la mujer de sus sueños, y ambos acuerdan una cita. Pero la noche que tenía todo para ser romántica se convierte en un caos cuando el amigo de Milo, Renzo, aparece de la nada con todo el submundo de Berlín a sus espaldas.

Out of the dark - this is true for this film both on the story level and in terms of production. A hard-boiled thriller with a high-concept twist set in Berlin, Man from Beirut follows a blind hitman, Momo, as he tries to survive after his emotions have compromised the outcome of his latest „cleaning job“: He encounters a young girl in the wrong place at the wrong moment, but can’t pull the trigger this time - and finds himself on the run alongside fellow hitman Kadir. To make it out of the Berlin night alive, the killer has to turn against an army of former friends and new foes.

Siete amigos -tres mujeres y cuatro hombres- quedan para cenar. Todos deben poner sus teléfonos móviles en la cena. Da igual el mensaje que llegue, todos deben leerlo y atender a sus llamadas a la vista de los demás. Entonces, llega el caos.

Jessica es joven, disfruta de una vida sin complicaciones y tiene por delante un futuro prometedor. Una noche conoce a Danny, un chico que tiene todo con lo que ella sueña: es atractivo, tiene independencia y éxito. Fascinada por él, poco a poco irá descubriendo quién es en realidad tras esa fachada construida con tanto cuidado. En un mundo superficial que solo se fija en las apariencias, ambos tendrán que enfrentarse a los prejuicios, la exclusión y a emprender una carrera contra el tiempo.

Es un problema doble cuando el destino y un robo de diamantes mal ejecutado unen a Mel y Lise en una carrera y una persecución contra el tiempo.

Agim is homeless in Berlin. When he hears that Yon is also in the city, he panics. His past from his childhood in Albania catches up with him. Yon who lives a well-integrated life in Berlin isn't happy to see Agim again either. Suddenly an old debt comes up again which, according to Kanun, needs to be settled. Can Agim and Yon resist the Kanun? The film deals with questions stemming from tradition and assimilation.

Romantic comedy about the love confusion of four girlfriends, whose lives are properly turned upside down by their four-legged friends. After being abandoned by her boyfriend, Ella adopts a half-breed called Bozer, who jumbled up her everyday life, but also makes her happy again. Cecile, on the other hand, is about to divorce, but the meek four-legged Simpson averts the worst and is also there for the children. Silke works as a dog trainer and knows very well about the animals, but she has her problems with her fellow human beings. She meets former footballer Olli. And also Lulu has met someone, but her acquaintance is a dog lover, while she has a preference for cats.

'Gutland' comienza con la llegada de un forastero a la comunidad agrícola de Schandelsmillen. La temporada de cosecha está ya avanzada, pero Jens, un vagabundo alemán, está buscando trabajo. Allí es tomado por granjero y pronto seducido por Lucy, una madre soltera que le recoge en la cervecería del pueblo para llevarlo hasta su cama. Taciturno y solitario por naturaleza, Jens no se mezcla con los lugareños, y aún así ellos le toman por amigo al instante, llevándole a fiestas, regalándole una trompeta e invitándole a unirse a la banda del pueblo. Los primeros días de Jens en su nuevo hogar fluyen con una tranquilidad bucólica, pero con el tiempo comenzará a descubrir pistas sobre el lado oscuro de Schandelsmillen, justo cuando los aldeanos se van acercando poco a poco al también sombrío pasado de Jens.

Ivo is a former pro footballer and jailbird with nothing to lose. He is a betting natural and his talent and background attract the interest of Dejan, the leader of a dangerous underworld family.

Desesperado, hambriento, aterido de hipotermia y huido de su pelotón, el soldado raso Willi Herold encuentra un uniforme de capitán y decide cambiar su identidad. A partir de entonces actúa como un alto rango en una misión secreta encomendada por el mismísimo Führer. Su suplantación le conducirá a los placeres y los infiernos de su nueva personalidad proactiva, hasta formar un grupo de soldados perdidos que actuarán a sus órdenes sembrando el horror entre la población inocente, actuando con impunidad en su viaje a la degradación moral, el mesianismo nazi y la perversión de la barbarie.

Ben and Barnabas are unseparatable since they are small. The two of them, however, are no ordinary pair of brothers, for Barnabas, with his twenty-two years, remained mentally at the age of three.

Peter y Lisbeth son dos jóvenes pero desafortunados enamorados que viven en una comunidad rural rígida en el Bosque Negro. Ella viene de una familia rica de sopladores de vidrio; él es un pobre trabajador del carbón en el extremo inferior de la sociedad. Para hacerse rico y respetado, Peter hace un pacto con un diablo llamado Dutch Michael, que rasga su corazón y lo reemplaza con una piedra. Robado de todo calor y sentimiento, Peter se convierte en un emprendedor de corazón frío que rápidamente logra sus objetivos. Sin piedad se esfuerza por el dinero y el poder. Pero Lisbeth ya no reconoce a Peter como el hombre que una vez amó y se vuelve contra él.

El escritor deportivo Mark se desconcierta cuando recibe mensajes de texto románticos en su teléfono celular. Lo que él no sabe: su nuevo número una vez perteneció al novio fallecido de Clara, quien continúa enviando mensajes de texto para hacer frente a la pérdida. Cuando la novia de Mark descubre los textos, es comprensible que esté disgustada. Junto con su mejor amigo David, Mark se dispone a encontrar al misterioso escritor.

The relationship of Alex and Teresa has hit hard times. After 15 years of marriage, the passionate football coach and the sensitive psychoanalyst do not respect each other's needs anymore, and thus they are arguing constantly. Even a divorce seems possible, but then something unbelievable happens: After another ugly fight during a big thunderstorm, they switch bodies. Trapped, they have to play each other's roles, and chaos is bound to follow.

Tine wants to find her dream boyfriend, but can't find him that easily. Her male best friend enjoys his single life, until they feel attracted to each other.

Mirko Talhammer is beyond himself when two strange guys show up in his noble insurance office and remind him where he really comes from: from a scrapyard in the provinces, where careers are not what counts, other things are more important: scrapping things, the family, and every once in a while, a nice fist fight. Mirko left all that behind, but his father messes things up big time when he dies and leaves his son the run down scrapyard - together with his brother Letscho. And Letscho is still ticked off that Mirko deserted the clan. But soon the brothers realize that the Talhammers only have a future if they can pull themselves together and fulfill their father's last wish: to rob a train like real professionals! The coup itself is like a suicide mission, but then Kercher, the Talhammer's biggest nemesis, gets wind of things...

Viewers of the short film as a real film always in new excerpts. Oskar just doesn't understand why nobody wants to film it. For his friend Benny, however, who works in a video store, the situation is crystal clear: there are simply no highlights. So Benny gradually adds more and more elements that he hopes will be a great success. After all, he wants to help Oskar achieve an international breakthrough: In addition to baby animals and sex, racism and homosexuality must of course not be missing. While Benny lets his imagination run free, Oskar gets drunk. And so Oskar's fine story gradually becomes a cliche monster that doesn't leave much of his original idea.

A crime movie directed by Marvin Kren.

Frederick Schopner, a young management consultant, has been invited to participate in a special kind of team-building event. He and his colleagues will be chased across an outdoor obstacle course while being assessed on leadership qualities and their capacity for teamwork via video surveillance. Special highlight: the company has hired two over-the-hill actors to kidnap the consultants with unloaded weapons, keep them hostage, and to demand a high ransom from the company. A realistic role play with fun factor! But things don't go according to plan: the actors find the make-believe scenario so convincing that they decide to put the plan into action for real, using real weapons. Meanwhile, Human Resources manager Vanessa is observing what's happening via video surveillance and has to find a way to keep the hostage situation from escalating…

Rodada en un único plano secuencia, el film tiene como escenario el famoso barrio berlinés de Kreuzberg. La cámara es testigo de todo lo que le pasa a la joven Victoria, una joven española de Berlín, durante dos horas de su vida: desde las cuatro de la mañana hasta las seis: desde que conoce a cuatro jóvenes para los que la noche acaba de empezar, y cómo en ese breve periodo de tiempo le suceden cosas que darán un giro total a su vida.

1980: 19 year old Robert, fed up with Hippy phoniness and bourgeoise narrow mindedness alike, flees the German provinces for West Berlin. A tour de force through the glorious dirt of West Berlin ensues. Full of sex, drugs, love and PUNK.

Parallel love stories of three young women in Berlin: Hannah - an unhappy attorney who sexually demeans herself in order to get at least some love and romance, Leni who runs a coffee shop and has just been ditched by her long term boyfriend, and Vivienne who ends up falling in love with a puppy-eyed pasta designer with 21 dogs.

Las vidas de tres hermanos que regentan una tienda para novias dan un vuelco inesperado cuando uno de ellos debe ocuparse del bebé de su exnovia.

Cem is mid 20's and is making its voluntary service in the retirement home. There he falls in love with Astrid, which helps as a dance therapist residents to renewed vigor. And Cem loves Berlin-Neukölln. There he grew up, and he wants his neighborhood defend: against Nazis, speculators and displacement. But how to do that anyway? Who are the real enemy here? And how does the fight? a compensation Cem looking at his other great passion, football. In one game he gets violently with Roman together. Roman threatens him. The next day the windows are smashed in the restaurant from Cems parents. An Accident? Cem swears revenge. But the battle is attracting larger circles. When Astrid gets suddenly targeted by novel, the conflict escalates dramatically. Suddenly a matter of life and death.

Se trata de la historia de un comando de operaciones especiales en la que se captura el momento en que los vínculos amistosos de sus miembros se resquebrajan bajo el peso de presiones externas e internas. Las fechorías de dos bandas de delincuentes juveniles mantiene a los policías en constante tensión; pero a eso se suman rencillas personales propiciadas por un ambiente estrictamente jerarquizado y propenso al tráfico de influencias.

A lighthearted look at the opening of the border crossing of Bornholmer Straße in Berlin from the point of view of the confused border guards.

El famoso peluquero berlinés Tom Herzner se enamora de la propietaria del salón de belleza Heidi, volcando sus dos mundos. Hasta ahora tan bueno. Solo un problema: Tom es gay.

When Banker Till (Axel Stein) is kidnapped during a bank robbery, he has the time of his life...

Paul consiguió en 1956 el oro olímpico como corredor de maratón. Él era una leyenda pero ahora ha envejecido y su hija insiste en internarlo en un hogar para ancianos. Para escapar de la deprimente existencia en la que se ha visto sumergido, decide participar de nuevo en la Maratón de Berlín. A pesar de algunos recelos, su esposa se convierte, como antes, en su entrenadora. Dentro del internado para ancianos, Paul entrena con más entusiasmo que nunca aunque los demás se rían de él, y hasta su compañero de habitación lo reconoce como el ex campeón de Melbourne en 1950. Se prepara para superar los 42.195 kilómetros y cruzar la meta entre aplausos. ¿Será Capaz Paul de volver a ganar como ya lo hizo en su juventud?

After the sudden death of his wife, the lives of Markus Färber and his daughter Kim fall into disarray. Markus’ attempt to bring back normality into their everyday lives fails - he can’t let go of the past. 15 year-old Kim feels left alone with her feelings of guilt. But then she falls in love with the cool school dropout Alex. The two of them run off to Denmark to the place of Kim’s carefree childhood. Together with his mother Gerlinde and her cheerful home care Paula, Markus sets off in search of his daughter. A trip full of surprises and a journey back to life.

Cinta alemana que narra la historia de un joven universitario que abandona la universidad para acabar rondando sin un rombo por las calles de la capital germana. Tras su renuncia a la carrera de derecho pasaremos un día entero junto a este veinteañero que vive del dinero que le pasa su padre, hasta que descubra que su cuenta corriente ha sido cancelada, punto de partida de una serie de situaciones singulares y/o desagradables. Sin medio de sustento y sin futuro a medio/largo plazo Niko comprenderá que ha de dar un giro a su vida para seguir adelante.

Después de un accidente de avión, Lena se encuentra en una isla abandonada con su hermanastro Cem. Los dos van a tener que sobrevivir solos mientras sus padres y hermanos hacen lo posible para encontrarlos.

Antonia , madre soltera, lleva a su niño de siete años a una parada de autobús en Berlín, desde donde el niño a solas con su padre viajará a París de vacaciones. Debido a su trabajo como camarera en un hotel requiere mucho tiempo, ella se mete en problemas con sus superiores.

Kevin is new in youth prison. Due to over-occupancy he has to share a cell with Tommy, Andy and Marc. A partnership of convenience in a system where only the strong prevail and which is dominated by violence and latent aggression. Oppression and beatings are a daily occurence. It is hard for Kevin to establish himself. Especially Marc and Andy are after him. He's afraid of not sticking it out. Only Tommy gives him an amicable advice: In this system, you're either a victim or a culprit. If he doesn't want to be a loser anymore, he has to start fighting... A piece of advice that will trigger most dire consequences

Alemania del Este, 1984: Frank Korbach está a la espera de asistir a la escuela de teatro, mientras que su mejor amigo, el rebelde Thomas, se niega a hacer el servicio militar. Junto con el aventurero pero ingenuo Alex, Thomas planea hacer un intento desesperado por escapar a Occidente. Sabiendo que él nunca podría verlos otra vez, Frank Thomas y Alex le acompañan a la frontera. De repente, se ven confrontados por una unidad especial de la Stasi, la policía secreta de Alemania Oriental. Aunque los chicos consiguen evitar la captura, la antigua vida de Frank se ha ido para siempre, convertido en un fugitivo. El padre de Frank (Kurt Korbach) es sorprendido por el escape. Convencido de que Frank es inocente, convence a sus superiores de que sólo él puede llevar a su hijo de vuelta.

Frank Lehmann, 20, still lives with his parents in the dreary high-rise housing project "Neue Vahr" in Bremen. It's the year 1980 and Frank gets drafted to the army even though his friends assure him that "he's not really the guy for it". When he gets back home, after his first week at the army, his Dad has turned his room into a TV repair shop, so Frank has to move out. Luckily his old friend Martin is starting a commune with two other Punks in Bremens leftist borough "Viertel". Frank, without further ado rents the unlivable walk-through room. From now on Frank is a traveler between the Worlds. Each week he goes from the Army, with all the unconditional rules and regulations to the commune where his friends are preaching the world revolution. Frank is trying to avoid to stick out, but fails miserably, in both worlds.

Two strangers have a strong impact on a young man who's spending some time with his family in this drama from Germany. Seventeen-year-old Anton has been struggling to make sense of his life since his father committed suicide when Anton was attending boarding school. Anton's mother, Luiza, wants to mend her strained relationship with her son and introduce him to her boyfriend, Paul, so she arranges for them to take a vacation together.

Reino de Hungría, siglo XVII. A medida que envejece, la poderosa condesa Erzsébet Báthory (1560-1614), cegada por la pasión que siente por un hombre más joven, sucumbe a la loca ilusión de que la sangre la mantendrá joven y hermosa para siempre.

En otoño de 1967 Ron Jones, un profesor de historia de un instituto de Palo Alto en California, no tuvo respuesta para la pregunta de uno de sus alumnos: ¿Cómo es posible que el pueblo alemán alegue ignorancia respecto a la masacre del pueblo judío? En ese momento Jones decidió hacer un experimento con sus alumnos: implantó un régimen de extrema disciplina militar en el aula, restringiéndoles las libertades. Ante el asombro del profesor, los alumnos se entusiamaron hasta tal punto que a los pocos días empezaron a espiarse unos a otros y a acosar a los que no querían unirse al grupo. Al quinto día Ron Jones se vio obligado a acabar con el experimento antes de que las cosas llegaran demasiado lejos. El director alemán Dennis Gansel (Napola) ha trasladado esta experiencia a nuestros días y a su tierra natal: Alemania. Esta vez es el profesor quien hace la pregunta a sus alumnos: ¿Creéis que es imposible que otra dictadura vuelva a implantarse en Alemania? Y comienza el experimento…

Something terrible is about to happen in a small town in Germany. Nobody knows the reason why, except one person: Rico Bartsch. The 15-year old grammar school pupil, an absolute outsider, is in love with the most beautiful girl at his school. What in the beginning is a longing that can never be fulfilled will come true at the end of the story. Beautiful Regine will beg for Rico’s love. Until then several inhabitants of the town will die an unnatural death...

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...

Hannah hero finds out that her husband Martin is cheating on her. Angered, she announces that she wants a divorce. But Hannah is waiting for the million-dollar legacy of her great-aunt Käthe and a divorced woman will never entrust her family heritage to the tradition-conscious old lady. So Hannah arranges the separation of table and bed with her future ex-husband. Then Hannah and Martin move into Aunt Käthe's villa and play a harmonious married life.

This drama is based on the childhood memories of Hans Jürgen Massaquoi, who was one of the few black native Germans in Nazi Germany. In 1935 at the age of nine, he lives with his German mother in a small flat in Hamburg's working class district Barmbek, while his father and grandfather had left the country. Although the boy is not persecuted by the Nazis and dreams of joining the Hitler Youth, his skin color makes him a target for racist abuse...

A Polish woman and a German man fall in love against the odds and decide to set up a cemetery for exiles. But can their daring venture survive the call of the toad? Adapted from Gunter Grass’ novel.

The towns of Gschaid and Millsdorf are in a constant state of feuding with each other. Nevertheless Gschaid's Sebastian and Millsdorf's Susanne are married. In her husband's town Susanne has to put up with daily harassment by the locals, which also extends to her two children. Finally she moves back to her parents, alone. When the children, who long to find a magical crystal they believe has the power to reunite the family, get lost in a howling blizzard on the exposed mountain after bringing their mother her Christmas presents, both towns set up rescue missions.

Tobias, aged 13, lives in an East German city and has learned to get by on his own. Then Max moves into the neighboring apartment, and he keeps it just like Tobias. He likes to determine how things should go by himself. Without further ado, Tobias decides to pass Max off as his father!

Bibí Blocksberg ha pasado demasiado tiempo pensando en la magia, y muy poco tiempo en sus estudios. Así que la obligan a pasar sus vacaciones de verano en el colegio de internos del castillo de Altenberg. Pronto, se hace amiga de Elea, una compañera que está en silla de ruedas. Cuando escucha la leyenda de los búhos azules y sus poderes milagrosos, decide ayudar a su amiga, aunque el código de las brujas prohíba expresamente intervenir en el destino humano. Pero Bibí no es la única que sabe de estos mágicos poderes, también lo sabe su archienemiga la bruja Rabia von Katzenstein.

Las paredes de un estricto internado en Leipzig no pueden contener el ánimo ni la creatividad del joven protagonista de esta historia. Su espíritu rebelde lo llevará a pretender montar una obra teatral poco convencional para las festividades navideñas, sin imaginarse que el director de la escuela esconde un secreto que dicha representación podría poner en evidencia.