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The ingenious and uncompromising scientist Pouya and her friend Joro are trying everything they can to create the perfect simulation - a new world.

Two couples visit a home from their past, and sexual tension brings out the worst in each other. Long-buried grudges resurface.

In an oppressive film universe, divided into Outtake, Extra, and Lead persons, an Extra girl who wants to be a Lead, searches data about her dead father, and in her adventure she discovers many truths about freedom, identity and love.

Two years after their breakup, Hannah and Jimmy fall in love with each other again but their 7-year-old daughter schemes to keep them from reuniting.

When young skateboarder Kesse (they/them) accidentally pushes Pepe, the little brother of their girlfriend May (she/her), off a wall to his death, Kesse finds themselves caught between feelings of guilt and the fear of no longer belonging.

A tower block on the edge of a forest, people hoping to join the building's community as it is one of the last bastions of civilization in a world that has fallen apart.

Maryam lives an independent life as a divorced mother of three girls. An accidental encounter with Jibril, who is serving time in prison and whom she barely knows, makes her aware of what is missing in her life. She and he elope in an ardent love affair. In the meantime, she masters the struggles of everyday life at work and at home with her children. The two of them, in search of happiness, grapple with the idealizations and projections of each other. In their yearning for one another, they attempt to fill an inner void. The attention they draw from each other ultimately becomes the measure of their self-esteem.

While Hollywood is filming a series about the Second World War in the small village of Wiesenwalde, the villagers are chasing their personal dreams.

How long is an eternity? A few years or just a breaking of the waves at the rugged Baltic coast? Andreas and Martin share all the ups and downs of life, and their son is maturing. A cautious approach to the traces of a long relationship.

Three women end up in a psychiatric clinic in search of safety and security.

Schmitke is an old German wind turbine engineer. One day, he is dispatched to the Czech side of the Ore Mountains to fix an old squeaking wind turbine. His colleague disappears and mysterious things begin to happen in the forest.

A man sets out in search of his lost love: a journey that draws him into the turbulent heart of present-day India and transforms inevitably into a confrontation with the past.

A 27-year-old Indonesian, Tim, is having a family vacation with both of his parents on a remote island far from the city, where they learn about the myth of a reincarnated deer that exists somewhere along the beach. Island locals believe that seeing the deer is a sign of meeting one's soulmate. Tim is the only one who secretly hoping to discover the deer, hiding his desire from his very devout Christian parents.

A border region village between the Czech Republic and Germany tells the love story of Tommy (19) from a socially disadvantaged background and Julia (18) from a wealthy family.

In Havana, transsexuals Odette, Juani and Malú wait for genital surgery - performed by European top surgeons and organized by the president's daughter, Mariela Castro. Castro is leading a sexual revolution combined with classic state socialism. New possibilities face old problems: will Cuban trans people find happiness despite intolerance, poverty and prostitution?

Vivi (Britta Hammelstein) is exhausted. Actually, she is about to become an attorney and to move in together with her boyfriend Adam (Golo Euler), but somehow, she is stuck. She tries to flee back to her Moms (Victoria Trauttmansdorff) couch, only to find that there is no more space for her. Vivi's father (Detlev Buck) assumes that she needs some rest and sends her to an island. He equips her with all kinds of pieces of advise about positive-thinking and self-improvement. But its all too much for Vivi. Slowly, Vivi explores the island and gets to know the peculiar locals. She takes a job in Ottos (Ferdinand von Schirach) small store and moves in with single-mom Biene (Inga Busch) and her 13-year-old son Eric (Jerome Hirthammer). Vivi enjoys the imperfectness for a while, and she frees herself from the compulsion to constantly prove something.

Ein Casting. Viele Übergriffe. Fünf Schauspielerinnen, die sich dagegen wehren. Regisseurin Alison Kuhn gibt diesen Frauen und sich selbst eine Stimme. Was bedeutet solch ein Vorfall für die Betroffenen? Fünf junge Frauen erzählen ihre Geschichte. Sie alle haben vor mehreren Jahren an demselben Casting teilgenommen und wurden mit systematischen Übergriffen, zum Teil sexueller und gewaltsamer Natur, konfrontiert. Gemeinsam erarbeiten sie, was damals geschah und teilen mutig ihre Gedanken und Emotionen. Durch die aktuelle "MeToo-Bewegung", die 2017 ins Rollen gebracht wurde, ist der sexuelle Missbrauch in der Filmbranche - aber auch außerhalb - ein brandaktuelles Thema. THE CASE YOU - EIN FALL VON VIELEN gibt Einblicke über den Ablauf solcher Taten und was es für das Leben und die Arbeit der Betroffenen bedeutet. Entstanden ist ein hochaktueller Film über #MeToo und die Missbrauchskultur in der Film- und darstellenden Kunstbranche, ein Film für alle, die sich für Themen rund um den Machtmissbrauch in institutionellen Strukturen sowie für die Fragestellung nach den Grenzen der Kunst interessieren. Wie weit darf Kunst gehen? Wie kann verhindert werden, dass diese Grenzen überschritten werden?

On the hunt for an emotion long lost Fynn loses himself in the encounters of the night. As day is dawning and he stumbles across young Tom he's got to ask himself if he still owns his body.

Autumn in Northern Sweden. Linn is 16 years old and finally allowed to join her father on the elk hunt. She wants to prove herself in the group of hunters, but the wilderness itself turns out to be her actual test.

Tina and Marlene. A friendship between two girls in the middle of nowhere in Brandenburg, East Germany. Alcohol filled weekends between suburban disco and football fields, Berlin far away. Relentless they head for the night, to fulfill their longing for intimacy and recognition.

The shy Hugo is a caretaker in a prefabricated building. He feels at home here, is appreciated by the residents and sings his songs in the corridors. Dramatic changes make Hugo uncomfortable in his home. Similarly dissatisfied is Johanna, who lives in a bus in front of the house and faces racism and sexism on a daily basis. The two grow closer - sharing a sense of not quite belonging and, above all, a love of music. For Hugo, the world is visibly coming apart at the seams: birds that reject freedom, a dollhouse that develops a life of its own - At the same time, a catastrophe is brewing in very real life that puts Hugo and Johanna's friendship to the test.

Gabriela (75) is terminally ill, and can barely breathe. She then embarks on a journey that takes her to a brutal, dystopian world. In a small village, she faces the consequences of her attempt to stay alive.

After Elke, a young police officer, shoots an innocent man during a routine stop and search operation, her life begins to fall apart.

Berlin, Wannsee. Unternehmer Arnold Lammertz hat zu einem pompösen Fest auf einen Ausflugsdampfer geladen. Über den Anlass schweigt er sich allerdings zunächst aus. Während Malou Kreuzer (5) dringend auf die Toilette möchte, verfolgen ihre Eltern und alle anderen Erwachsenen auf der MS Europa ihre ganz eigene Agenda. Ein Kurzfilm über kindliche Unschuld und den kindischen Umgang mit Mitschuld.