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An overwhelmed young mother, her hard-working boyfriend and her lonely sister are trapped in their daily routine and social conventions, until one of them breaks out of her role and turns everything upside down

Entertainer Ricky Sokatoni is already a star in Schrofhausen. But his sister and manager Tanja Freitag has even bigger plans for him. Together they will conquer the world of showbiz. Ricky's beloved mother, herself a TV starlet in the 1990s, already knew: He is something very special. You can't say no to the dead, Ricky knows that. So, despite the worst stage fright, he lets himself be persuaded to go on a big, supposedly dazzling tour. But are the stages of the Bavarian village landscape really the right place for him? Between the Ballermann queen Hanna Salami, ever-growing egos and Tanja's shaky web of lies, Ricky and his sister fall flat on their faces. And their deceased mother turns in her grave.

What does the respective age mean for the individual, which topics are currently playing an important role and what are the expectations for the future? The two filmmakers Nancy Camaldo and Veronika Hafner show over 100 people between the ages of 0 and 100 in their everyday lives and also let some of them have their say. From the differences between the protagonists and their living situation, the impression of a complete life is formed, a closed circle of life from birth to death.

HEAVY METAL DANCERS is a documentary about Finnish pole sports - it is about accepting own imperfections and striving for perfection on stage. The dancers are Finnish but their stories universal. Their passion for an unusual sport let them come to terms with their bodies, lifes and their sometimes difficult past.

Lia leads a normal life. She goes to work and takes care of her daughter. While visiting her parents she is reminded that her life is not that normal after all. Several years ago she had a severe car accident leaving half her face scarred. Especially her anxious mother makes Lia feel insecure again and her despair leads to an emotional outburst.

Let's not put it this way, let's put it the way it is. Actually Nina should have never left Karl, because she simply cannot get rid of him. A part of him is a part of her, as much as she is trying to deny it.

Christmas in a Munich suburb. Fips - cranky, stubborn and addicted to gambling - spends Christmas Eve in his local pub, a rustic tavern where time seems to have stopped thirty years ago. That's where he learns many new things about red wine, women, stumbling horses in Ukraine and that reindeer do not roar, but grunt.