Kai Michael Müller

A chief commissioner investigates the murder of a young woman and a fatal car accident. Apparently there is a connection between the two cases.

In the artist colony Rocket Perelman ten people strive to live their version of freedom and independence - everybody for themselves and all together. But that's hard work, since the joined theatre production puts the groups' idealism to a hard test.

빈민가의 뚱보 소년 모리스는 자신을 제2의 노토리어스 B.I.G 로 여긴다. 가난하지만 음악에 대한 열정은 누구 못지 않은 모리스는 아픈 사춘기 통해 자신의 알을 깨고 나오려 한다. (2016년 제17회 전주국제영화제) 13살 뚱보 소년 모리스 젠트리는 노토리어스 비아이지(Notorious B.I.G)와 같은 유명 힙합가수가 되는 것이 꿈이다. 낯선 도시 독일 하이델부르크에 이사 온 모리스는 사춘기가 되면서 차츰 자의식이 커져간다. 하지만 이 도시엔 자신과 생김도, 행동 방식도 다른 사람들뿐이다. 엄마 없이 홀로 모리스를 키우는 아빠 커티스는 모리스와 함께 음악에 대한 열정을 나누는 친구 같은 존재이다. 낯선 도시에서 모리스의 친구는 아빠를 빼고는 순진한 구석이 닮은 독일어 가정교사 잉카밖에 없다. 어느 날, 청소년 센터의 여름학교에 억지로 참가하게 된 모리스는 15살 소녀 카트린과 사랑에 빠지게 된다. 반항적이고 냉정한 카트린은 모리스뿐만 아니라 다른 아이들에게도 관심이 없다. 카트린을 좋아하지만 그 마음을 숨긴 채 모리스는 카트린과 우정을 쌓아간다. 한편 커티스는 사춘기에 접어들어 자신과 점점 멀어지는 아들의 변화에 적응하느라 힘든 시간을 보낸다. 주변 사람들과의 변화하는 관계 속에서 모리스는 좁고 편안한 세계에서 벗어나 새롭고 낯선 세상으로 나아가 자신감과 소속감을 찾기 위한 모험의 여정을 시작한다. (2017년 제12회 부산국제어린이청소년영화제)

Inspired by the Japanese phenomenon of the so-called Hikokomori, (literally: pulling inward), whereby young people choose to flee from the pressure of a society brought into line into the total isolation of their own room. They have lost the ability to distinguish public face and true self. In this way Akio (Japanese: Light) withdraws albeit with a specific goal. He wants to free himself from the pressures of the globalized society, from his own fears, and ultimately from the limitations of his own body as well as concepts like space and time.

Right out of jail, Dima tries to make a new beginning in Berlin, Germany. But his past holds him back. His criminal associates continue to rely on Dima and his father wants to take his family back to their native Russia. Only the relationship with art student Nadja gives Dima hope. If only there wasn't his ciminal past.

“Congratulations, you’re pregnant!” Lara can hardly believe what the doctor has just told her. The 25-year-old spends her nights hanging around Berlin with best friend Nora, having lost interest in her architectural studies long ago. She has no idea what to do with her life – she does a lot, but nothing properly. She now finds herself pregnant after a night of passion with a charming barman she met at a party. Nora is thrilled by the news though, proclaiming: “we’re having a baby!” After some initial doubts, Lara too begins to see her pregnancy as a chance. Together with Nora, she sets about painting the nursery and goes in search of the baby’s father. Then the gynaecologist gives Lara some bad news…

„Friedrich - Ein deutscher König” beschreibt in markanten Schlüsselszenen die wesentlichen Lebensstationen des Preußenherrschers. Katharina Thalbach verkörpert den „Alten Fritz”, ihre Tochter Anna den Kronprinzen und jungen König. Der Film rekonstruiert Aufstieg und Leben des Preußenkönigs und schildert dessen zentrale Stationen - von der durch den Despotismus des Vaters gezeichneten Jugend bis zum Aufstieg zum bewunderten Feldherrn und als „Friedrich der Große” verehrten König.

Breathtaking in its subtle beauty, Harvest is an achingly romantic tale of an innocent but ever increasingly passionate affair that develops between two simple farmhands. Life on a farm is all that sullen teen Marco knows- leading a perfunctory and quiet life of working, going to school and avoiding the advances of girls. However, his self-imposed solitude ends when curly-haired Jakob, rejecting the banking world for farming, arrives to train on the farm. Although initially cautious and tentative with each other, it is soon obvious that the unspoken sexual tension is becoming increasingly hard to resist - something a spontaneous trip to Berlin. Proving that true love can blossom in even the most unlikely of places, Harvest is as rich and rewarding as it is heart-warming.

This is the story of 17-year-old Flo and his gang, the Rox. A story of great romance and hard choices. When his brother, the leader of the Rox, gets into trouble, Flo has to decide between the love of his life or his flesh and blood. It's a matter of life and death.

From the youth directed novel of the same name by Greogor Tressnow comes a film by Detlev Buck that is a realistic portrait of life in the section of Berlin called Neukölln. It’s about power and weakness, delinquents and victims, and the difficulties a 15-year-old faces in a poor and criminal environment.

Max and Moritz are two young brothers living an adventurous life of petty crime in Hamburg, Germany. After the two boys steal a car and get into an accident, with the adolescent daughter of a Hamburg Senator sitting in the passenger seat, the two scoundrels are packed up and sent to a boot camp. This military-style camp is run by Axel and Henry, two former East German soldiers who still strongly believe in Communism but are secretly gay lovers. Max and Moritz steal another car...a red Ferrari owned by small-town pimp Murder-Hanne. The nationalistic sadist teaches the boys a painful lesson, but Max and Moritz wouldn’t be Max and Moritz if they let this weekend-fascist get them down... and when they acquire the key to their military school’s ordinance depot, things start to change.

Lukas is Sugar, Clemens is Orange. Together, they are two ten-year-old boys who are inseparable. More than just playmates, they share a unique bond which seems predestined to last a lifetime. Until, that is, powerful emotions come to the fore and a misunderstanding leads to a rift which tears both them and their world apart. Twenty years later, Lukas is still terrified of being abandoned. He survives by forming loose relationships which don't threaten him. Then one day he meets Lena who turns his feelings upside down and awakens his inner child, the one still searching for unconditional friendship. While there is never a guarantee of security, there is a bond of trust, and through Lena, Lukas again makes contact with Clemens. After years of silence, they are finally able to exorcise their ghosts in an explosion of emotion.