Sabine Timoteo

Elsa, 23, has always been very close to her older brother Franck, an astronaut who mysteriously disappeared 3 years earlier during a space mission. Elsa cannot grieve and her life is on hold. One day, she is contacted from space by an unknown life form who claims to be able to bring her brother back to Earth. But there is a price to pay…

A story about two sisters - Małgorzata, who is single by choice, and her younger sister, Łucja, a mother of two and an assistant in Małgorzata's law firm. The women embark on their first first trip in many years. It quickly turns out that one of them is terminally ill and her destination is Switzerland, where euthanasia is possible.

After running away to try to find her father, Manon manages to free herself from this family bond and to rebuild herself in an unexpected way in order to reconnect with her dream: becoming a professional field hockey player.

Spring 1945, Heinrich Zwygart, Swiss ambassador to Germany flees bombed-out Berlin after eight years of service in the capital of the Reich. This is the end of a terrible mandate, during which he had to make fatal compromises to preserve the neutrality and security of his country. He went through the war, but will he survive the peace?

A Swiss village, Elisabeth, 17, returns home from the convent after learning of her sister's mysterious death. Reunited with her three childhood friends she discovers that faith and desire can sometimes be intertwined.

The Patagonian steppe is battered by a grey wind... Mora is 13 years old and intends to become a "gaucho". She questions the school and asserts her individuality towards her parents, two environmentalists from Italian-speaking Switzerland whose dream of autonomy turns into a nightmare. Mora goes deep into the steppe to help the only friend she has, Nazareno, an old Mapuche who has lost his horse, Zahorí.

After his wife dies, a 75 year old retiree has to put up with the intrusion into his idle life of other family members.

To escape mounting tensions at the advertising agency they co-own, French-German couple Nina and Jan whisk their kids, Max and Emma, away to their seaside vacation home. The couple has signed a new politically charged client, forcing them to confront their clashing priorities. But what’s meant to be an idyllic off-season retreat turns sinister when burglars tear through the house, unseen by anyone except Nina. Though at first the aftermath brings the family closer, it’s short-lived once Max reveals he glimpsed his father hiding during the break-in. As the police investigate and the evidence doesn’t add up, the account of what took place begins to unravel alongside the couple’s faith in each other.

Lisa está saindo do apartamento onde vive com Mara e Markus, e sua mudança significa o fim de uma era. À medida que caixas são deslocadas, paredes pintadas e armários construídos, os abismos começam a se abrir. Enquanto Lisa está ansiosa pela mudança, Mara enfrenta uma montanha-russa de emoções.

Claire (13) está de férias com sua irmã Zoe e sua mãe Sophie em um hotel resort no sul da Espanha. Na praia, Claire faz amizade com Amram, um jovem vendedor de praia senegalês. Conforme seu relacionamento se aprofunda, Claire tenta ajudá-lo, mas sem querer acaba tornando sua situação desoladora ainda pior.

Florença é uma atriz. Os preparativos para o novo papel irão desafiá-la de uma maneira que ela nunca poderia ter visto acontecer.

In the spring of 1970 a small village in Valais experienced unusual turbulence. Is it because of the federal vote on women's suffrage? Or in the upcoming foreign infiltration initiative? No, it's worse: the brass band is falling apart! Half of the village blames Aloys, the other half blames Pierre. What begins as a musical conflict soon leads to a political conflict and even extends to love.

O jovem advogado Caspar Leinen é contratado para fazer a defesa de um caso incomum: Fabrizio Collini, um trabalhador sem precedentes criminais desde 1970 que, supostamente, assassinou o rico industrial Hans Meyer em uma suíte de hotel em Berlim. Enfrentando um rival que nunca perde casos, Caspar se envolve em um dos maiores escândalos judiciais da história alemã e oculta uma verdade que pode mudar tudo.

Robert e Elena são gemeos emaranhados em um conto de puberdade e incesto.

A mysterious lonely man and a young rebel woman, confront each other in a psychological drama about suspended identity.

Paul Silberstein, youngest son of an urbane but deeply strange old Austrian dynasty of confectionery millionaires, discovers the power of love and humor - and also his own extraordinary ability to shape his realities. Based on the motives of the short story with the same name by André Heller.

Frank, a man of action who worked his way up all by himself, dedicates his life to work. No matter the place or the circumstances, be it day or night, he’s on the phone, handling the cargo ships he charters for major companies. But when he has to deal with a crisis situation, Frank makes a brutal decision and gets fired. Profoundly shaken, betrayed by a system to which he gave his all, he has to progressively question himself to save the one connection that still matters to him: the bond he’s managed to maintain with his youngest daughter, Mathilde.

An experimental conclusion to Klopfensteins trilogy of walk-and-talk philosophical films, presented mostly in negative black-and-white pictures

On an impulse, 60 year old Charlotte leaves her husband stranded at a gas station in the middle of nowhere. A deep and driven instinct has her setting off, away from her old mundane life as a grandmother, a mother, a wife, and towards a new and different life. Little does she know that her granddaughter, Jo, a wonderfully whimsical child, is hiding in the back of the car. Charlotte’s spontaneous escape triggers off a journey, not only for her and her granddaughter, but also for her husband Paul and daughter Alex. As Paul and Alex pursue Charlotte and Jo across the countryside, they stumble into their own mishaps, self discoveries and emotional confrontations.

Matti is 11 years old and dreams of a family vacation in his father’s native country, Finland. He manages to get what he wants by telling a whopping lie. But once they get there, Matti, his younger brother Sami and his parents find themselves without a place to stay, no money and no car in the middle of Finnish wilderness. Only a miracle can save them – or Uncle Jussi, who has been struggling to compete with Matti’s father his whole life. This movie based on Salah Naoura’s award-winning children book offers entertainment for people of all ages.

One day, Claire has to overcome her fears. She leaves her everyday life behind, to find Carla her second half, who desperatly needs her help. It’s the story of a death and of a rebirth.

One day, Claire has to overcome her fears. She leaves her everyday life behind, to find Carla her second half, who desperatly needs her help. It’s the story of a death and of a rebirth.

Giuseppe é um corajoso garoto de 13 anos de idade, que desapareceu nas mediações de uma misteriosa floresta localizada na pequena aldeia em que vivia. A única pessoa que parece não se conformar com o sumiço dele é a pequena Luna, que está disposta a enfrentar todos os perigos para resgatar seu amigo.

17-year old Sarah, filled with adolescent angst, is an extreme person who in her rehearsals with a theatre group is transformed until she is almost in a trance, and her performances at home or elsewhere verge on excess. A cold, intellectual father, a timid mother, a younger sister and an older brother who has left home complete the picture: a silent time bomb.

Orphan, Oskar lives with Elvis and Fanny Egger, his guardians. Oskar is waiting for one thing, the majority, to finally be able to go to Zimbabwe and start a new life. While Oskar strives to raise money to get there, Elvis takes Oskar's success and makes it cost him to graduate. The balance of power is becoming more and more tense, swinging into a violence that will push Oskar to definitively abandon childhood, and Elvis, to fall the mask of his ambition and his madness.

Com 17 anos de idade, Phil não gosta de falar sobre sua mãe e sua irmã gêmea. Mas, em vez de enfrentar as duas, ele se refugia numa nova paixão misteriosa da sua classe. Phil tem de perceber que às vezes é melhor enfrentar a verdade que viver com a incerteza, mesmo que isso lhe cause dor.

Women in a failing silk factory, fight to find a way to keep their jobs.

The 14th of June 1941, Soviet-occupied Latvia: Without warning, the authorities break into the house of Melanie and her husband Aleksandr and force them to leave everything behind. Together with more than 15 000 Latvians, Melanie and her son get deported to Siberia. In her fight against cold, famine and cruelty, she only gains new strength through the letters she writes to Aleksandr, full of hope for a free Latvia and a better tomorrow.

A man’s head is bursting with thoughts and decisions. A gardener is about to explode – somebody has trampled on her flowerbeds. The man is looking for somebody who is better at playing chess than his dachshund. The gardener is looking for a mysterious vandal who is missing a yellow boot. In the end, they might just be looking for the same thing.

Hidden in the wooded mountains on the west coast of Japan lies the small Zen monastery Antaiji. A young woman sets off to immerse herself through autumn, winter and spring in the adventures of monastic life. The young woman is Sabine Timoteo from Switzerland. The abbot of the monastery is Muho Noelke, born in Berlin. An interplay between the philosophy of the Japanese Zen master Kodo Sawaki and the surprises brought forth by everyday life.

Hidden in the wooded mountains on the west coast of Japan lies the small Zen monastery Antaiji. A young woman sets off to immerse herself through autumn, winter and spring in the adventures of monastic life. The young woman is Sabine Timoteo from Switzerland. The abbot of the monastery is Muho Noelke, born in Berlin. An interplay between the philosophy of the Japanese Zen master Kodo Sawaki and the surprises brought forth by everyday life.

Robert, a former driver in illegal races, returns to his hometown Dietikon after a long period of absence. He is determined to put his past behind him and starts an apprenticeship in a repair shop. When he meets teacher Alice, his life starts to unravel.

When Hans looks back, he must say: That was a good life! He saw the world, loved his wife Martha and yes, two, three things went wrong. But that doesn't need to be talked about. And now? Two years ago Martha died, Hans can barely manage his daily routine anymore, and after a visit to the vet his beloved dog Miller doesn't return home. Hans is tired. Basically he can't be bothered anymore. He wants to die. But one doesn't talk about this. At best maybe with Willi, his friend. He trusts in him, he considers him as his ally, who should help him implement his plan...

Gelsomina vive com os pais e as três irmãs em uma região da Itália onde produzem mel. Afastadas do mundo pelo pai e tendo uma próxima relação com a natureza, vivem os problemas e os sonhos quando um jogo televisivo invade a região.

Donato trabalha como salva-vidas, e seu irmão caçula tem grande admiração por ele, devido à coragem demonstrada ao se atirar no mar para resgatar desconhecidos. Um deles é Konrad, um alemão de olhos azuis que muda por completo a vida de Donato após ser salvo por ele. É quando Ayrton, querendo reencontrar o irmão, parte para Berlim

No século XIX, o pequeno Giorgio é vendido para limpar chaminés em Milão. Assim, vai subir nos cantos mais obscuros para limpar a fuligem de suas mãos nuas. Com os companheiros de sofrimento, funda a "Confederação dos Irmãos Negros".

Thirteen years old Achille is waiting for his father to return from prison. Will everything go as planned and could the family survive?

After years working as a border patrolman, José has developed a salty crust of cynicism about his work, which places him in a position to decide the fates of many. José's weary attitude is put to the test when he encounters Nathalie, a German tourist assisting a boatload of refugees she discovered landing on the Canary shores. One of those people, a Congolese man named Zola, is placed in an internment camp. Much to the objections of her husband Paul, Nathalie tries to help him escape. Yet Zola and his son Mamadou eventually find themselves in yet another precarious situation, in which they are dependent on nefarious smugglers.

Nina and Ben go on a vacation without their daughter to the Mediterranean. Their vacation is going well until Ben goes swimming with a young woman during a wild beach party and she does not come back.

Shy, sensitive high school outsider Jakob Moormann is miserably lacking immaterial support at home, where his strict father, uniformed cop Claas, and selfish mother are too busy breaking up to be there for him. Jakob focuses on class dream-girl Hannah, without much luck. His secret recording of himself masturbating gets into class bullies Henry and Erik's hands through the mother's thoughtlessness. The rascals blackmail Jakob and post the video on the Internet. After a raging lecture phase, dad stands up for Jakob, but his life is already wrecked more than anyone realizes.

É de manhã em uma grande cidade. Dois adolescentes paqueram com vergonha; uma dona de casa vê a sua novela favorita; enfermeiros em um hospital falam antes de trocar de turno; um casal rico vai para casa na hora do rush; e um homem armado entra em um prédio em busca de vingança. Em um piscar de olhos, aquilo que parecia uma serie de eventos independentes, muda para sempre a vida dessas pessoas. A ideia original para o roteiro foi inspirada por uma atrocidade acontecida em 1986, quando Günther Tschanun matou quatro de seus colegas de trabalho.

Annegret, is a mentally handicapped woman in her mid-thirties who falls in love with Res, an oldish slightly peculiar rocker. Annegret's family however is not happy with the relationship and they want to stop her seeing her lover. Annegreth fights back.

A psychiatrist's adulterous past continues to haunt her and her husband after they move to India.

The story and fate of three families: A Jewish family destroyed by the massacres of the Nazis in Lithuania; the family of the culprit, who flew to America and keeps grotesque family cohesion; the family of Ratz, a social democratic family, dissolving itself miserably in today's Vienna. The condemnation of the last century bundled in these three families showing clearly that one could never escape from its own past. Written by themoth-1

Pepperminta is an anarchist of the imagination. She lives in a futuristic rainbow villa and according to her own rules. Colors are the young woman's best friends and strawberries are her pets. She knows the most amazing remedies to free people of their fears. Pepperminta's wish is for everyone to see the world in her favorite colors. Werwen, a young plump and shy man yet whose sex appeal Pepperminta finds highly attractive, and the beautiful Edna, who talks to tulips, join her on her passionate mission. These three musketeers of a different kind set out to fight for a more humane world. Wherever the gang appears, everything is turned upside down and people's lives are transformed in the most miraculous and wondrous of ways.

Emily is sent to work and live in the Sovereign's castle. She manages to escape into the woods, where she meets some lively hookers. Together they become «Robber Girls» taking a stand and fighting the patriarchy.

Berlin in the 3rd millenium. Rather by chance Kai Starel gets into the newly founded CC Institute "Carl Celler Culture", where hip creative minds buzz around in bleak spaces and think about company logos with animals. This brings up art, campaigns or something inbetween - and a liaison between the designer queen Rena Yazka (Sabine Timoteo) and Kai, who becomes her model.

An introverted insurance executive at a car rental service is annoyed by his hyperactive, garrulous coworker, but the two end up becoming friends.

After nine years in psychiatric detention Theo, who has brutally assaulted and raped three women, is released. Living in a supervised community, he connects well with his social worker Sascha, finds a job at a print shop and even a girlfriend, Nettie, his principal's brittle and estranged daughter. But even though superficially everything seems to work out Theo's seething rage remains ready to erupt.

Nina, uma jovem orfã problemática, se apaixona por Toni, quando a conhece desamparada em um parque, e começam um relacionamento conturbado. Paralelamente, Francoise receba alta do hospital psiquiátrico, e ao se deparar com Nina, acredita que ela seja Marie, sua filha sequestrada aos três anos de idade.

Leo é Sugar, Clemens é Orange. Juntos os dois foram meninos de 11 anos inseparáveis. Mais que apenas amigos de brincadeira, eles compartilharam um vínculo único que parecia predestinado para durar uma vida. Até que fortes emoções vieram à tona e um mal-entendido os separou. 16 anos depois, Leo ainda está com medo de ser abandonado. Ele vive de relações frágeis até conhecer Lena, eles parecem feitos um para o outro, mas Leo se fecha para ela, não consegue esquecer a velha história com Clemens.

Dominik Graf relocates the story of the same name by Henry James from the 19th century to the year 2001.

Thirteen-year-old Paula lives with her mother on a well-kept estate in a small town surrounded by nice neighbours. But Paula's view of normality has been sharpened by her extensive and consistent diet of horror movies.

Lynn (22) lives with her brother in Berlin. There she enjoys the advantages of family life, without really feeling involved in it. She does not have any precise aim in life, but manages to awaken the interest of many people with her direct and spontaneous character. Her boyfriend David is very different: he is entirely engrossed in his very disciplined swimming training for the world championships. David does not intend to allow himself to be distracted by the complicating factors of a relationship with Lynn. When Lynn, working behind the till of restaurant, meets the Japanese student Koji, everything gets more complicated. They can't exchange many words, but it is soon clear that their moments together mean a lot to both of them.

David, a recently fired scrapyard worker and Marie, a prostitute, both about 20 years old, meet on New Year's Eve in Berlin and decide to run away together. As David's arm is plastered from an accident Marie continues to prostitute herself to finance their restless journey through the Ruhr area. Their love and their will to survive guide them though all problems.