Alexandre Leser

리사와 조르지가 처음 만나, 사랑이 싹트고, 사랑이 시험에 드는 과정을 마치 동화 속 이야기처럼 속삭이듯 들려준다. 그들은 하루 아침에 얼굴이 바뀌고, 직업을 잃고, 온 마을이 월드컵에 열광하고, 그렇게 삶은 계속된다. 떠돌이 개가 지나가는 것 외에는 아무 일도 일어나지 않는 빛 바랜 일상의 거리를 비추고, 느린 호흡으로 스토리가 전개되면서 감독이 해피엔딩에는 관심이 없는 것이 아닐까 싶을 무렵, 다시 운명이 개입하여 주인공들이 서로를 찾아가는 여정이 섬세하고 기발하게 그려진다. (제26회 부산국제영화제)

Early morning in the Bavarian woods. Christoph, suffering from a severe hang-over, sits next to his mother on a high seat. While she is aiming at a deer, Christoph tries to make up his mind. He’s had the plan to come out to her, but this really doesn’t seem like the best time. He checks his breath, screws up his courage and tries to tell her – simultaneously she fires a shot. Everything goes wrong and if that wasn’t enough, his boyfriend is about to arrive.

Full of self-confidence, three-year-old Zhana explores her neighbourhood in Plovdiv, Bulgaria. A fresh look at the world, at places and people who fascinate, who make one laugh, who challenge or are challenged by the little explorer.

베를린의 간소한 아파트에 살며 끊임없이 밤 문화의 유혹 속에서 살아가는 다채로운 친구들의 일상을 다룬다. 이들은 매일매일 펼쳐지는 시련과 자신 앞에 놓인 거대한 질문들 사이에서 삶의 본질적인 의미를 찾아 나선다.

Two teenagers' lives are brought together through internet webcams. Anton's desire is awakened after discovering Lenny's personal video blog on YouTube. Away from the screen, Anton wanders through the big city, wondering whether his virtual meeting with Lenny has a place in the real world.

A handful of disparate people in Berlin are drawn to the same residential hotel in the drama Downhill City. Finnish musician Artsi heads to Berlin in hopes of hitting the big time; needing a place to stay, he takes a room at the Downhill City Hotel and ties to find a market for his music. Meanwhile, another Downhill Hotel resident, aspiring author Fabien, meets a former convict named Sascha who has nowhere to stay and offers to take him in. Peggy, who works at a fast-food restaurant, is unhappy with her boyfriend Hans and finally kicks him out. Peggy meets Artsi when he stops by the burger stand one day, while Hans (who ends up crashing with Sascha and Fabien) starts a new relationship of his own with Doris.