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Amir, a young Iranian, signs on with a fisherman on the rugged Caspian Sea coast in order to earn the money he needs to marry his sweetheart, Narges. But in so doing, he becomes entangled in the criminal machinations of caviar poaching. Piece by piece, a complex hierarchy is revealed in a parallel realm that becomes ever more constricting and oppressive, endangering Amir’s relationship with Narges as well.
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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”.
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몽골 초원 지대 중심부의 한 지방에서 11살 소년 아므라는 어머니와 아버지, 그리고 동생과 함께 전통 유목 생활을 하고 있다. 가족의 평화로운 생활은 금을 채굴하고 자연 서식지를 파괴하는 국제 기업들의 침략에 의해 위협받게 된다. 아므라의 아버지는 동료 주민들에게 회사의 보상금 제안을 받아들이지 말자고 설득하지만 갑작스러운 교통사고로 목숨을 잃는다. 아므라는 명석한 두뇌와 11살 소년다운 도구를 사용하여 다윗과 골리앗 같았던 아버지의 투쟁을 이어가려 한다.
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Nick Mayers, a music icon, comes to believe that he is the only real person around whom the world revolves. When Nick announces this belief and refuses to perform on the night of a big concert, he sees how quickly his world turns against him. His theory is put to a test as he tries to escape his world.
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Thirteen German directors present short films exploring the state of their country.
