Hussein Eliraqui

Xatar’s way from the ghetto to the top of the charts is as dramatic as it is daring: Fatih Akin’s new film is based on the autobiographical novel »Alles oder Nix« (»All or Nothing«) of the probably most authentic exponent of German gangsta rap. From the hell of an Iraqi jail, Giwar Hajabi (Emilio Sakraya) emigrated to Germany as a young boy with his family in the mid-1980s and has to start right at the bottom. There are opportunities, but far more obstacles. Giwar’s rise from petty criminal to major dealer is swift. Until one shipment goes missing. In order to clear his debts with the cartel, he plans a legendary gold heist. But just as everything goes wrong, another door opens for Giwar thanks to his passion for music …

Mona, her man Theo and daughter Hanna live in an idyllic villa on the outskirts. When the attractive daughter of a friend comes to visit, the problems and fragility of the small family are revealed and a tragic downward spiral continues.

법학과에 진학중인 루이자는 어느 날, 친구를 따라 반 나치, 반 파시스트 운동권 단체인 P-31에 가담한다. 파시즘 성향 정치인 연설에 반대하기 위해 집회에 참석한 루이자는 자신을 촬영한 채증 사진이 담긴 핸드폰을 훔쳐 달아나다 경찰에게 잡히고 마는데, 위기에 처한 그녀를 단체 내 강경파인 알파(Alfa)가 구해주고 둘은 이내 가까워진다. 폭력으로부터 거리를 두고 자신들의 정치적 이상을 실현하려는 온건파와 무기사용을 서슴지 않고, 테러리즘을 감행하려 하는 강경파 사이를 오가며 루이자는 혐오세력에 맞서기 위해 무력 투쟁을 하는 것이 과연 정당한 것인지 혼란스러워 한다.

14살 노라는 언니 율레, 언니 친구 아일린과 함께 어울리며, 유난히 뜨거운 여름을 보내면서 생전 처음 느껴보는 야릇한 감정들을 경험하게 된다. 그러다 첫 생리가 있던 날, 웃음거리가 된 노라를 도와준 유일한 소녀 로미에게 사랑을 느끼게 되고, 둘은 각별한 관계로 발전하지만, 어느 날 파티에서 다비드와 진하게 키스를 나누는 로미를 보면서 질투를 느끼게 되는데…

17-year-old Cyril is funny, smart and an all-round good guy. Just his somewhat overlarge nose spoils the picture. On a school trip to Berlin with Roxy, a stunning new classmate, Cyril is not the only one taken with her. Benno, the class Casanova has his eye on the girl too and makes a nasty wager. Roxy is more interested in the introverted Rick, who is not only shy but also slow. Cyril hastens with his spoken word skills to Rick's aid, and falls head over heels in love with Roxy himself. So whose brave heart will win the fair lady?

Documentary about the Berlin-based organization ACT and its unusual educational program. Founded by former schoolteacher Maike Plath and two other women, ACT’s aim is to motivate students with troubled backgrounds and to help them learning by engaging them in a drama class.

A shoe theft in the ICE is the prelude to a wild kaleidoscope of relationships and dependencies between different urban people who relish as in a cobweb fidget.

Police chief Horst Krause is retired. Together with his sister Elsa, he takes care of the inn in Schönhorst. But none of that makes him happy.

Mohammed, an 18-year old refugee, lives with his chaotic older brother Lakhdar in a rundown apartment in Berlin. Several years after his family fled the war in Lebanon and moved to Berlin, the sensitive young man still needs to set foot in the harsh male environment, trying to find his place between his brother and his german motorcycle workshop colleagues.