Haus. Frauen. – Eine Collage

Paul Celan’s poem echoes. A drive reveals a long-abandoned Gründerzeit villa in ruin. Inside, a woman in elegant WWI attire dances, then slumps in mourning. After the war she cleans, reappears in 1930s riding clothes ami

Recordings of a Weather Camera

Places of longing loaded with expectations are usually only of a snowball throw away from the next disappointment. And on Austrian slopes the disappointments occur in the interpersonal realm. Bernhard Wenger stages his l

Eine bärenstarke Liebe

Alarm in the Swiss mountain village of Valbensa: brown bear Bennie strays into the hiking area. Some sense a tourist attraction, others fear for their goats. Meanwhile, big game hunter Beat is looking forward to some big

Romy Schneider: A Woman in Three Notes

Documentary portrait of the actress Romy Schneider, in which director Frederick Baker tries to form an overall picture from the facets of image, myth, real life and screen persona.

Never Trust a Woman

A sailor falls for a music hall performer with marital problems, after having been at sea a long 12 years, only to learn the distressing news that she is his own sister.

How Do You Feed A Donkey?

Due to his profession, Fred, an easy-going and charming long-haul truck-driver, sees a lot of the world. Along his routes he enjoys the company of a lot of girlfriends who sweeten his spare time. One day, he suffers an a

Der fremde Fotograf und die Einsamkeit

Thierry is a photographer on a visit in a foreign city. He is looking for the museum. Isabelle is lonesome and helps him out. Together they go for a drink in a nearby pub. There, Thierry soon discovers that his prearrang

The Beast

Helgi is a young man that dreams about becoming a writer and returns to his childhood home with his girlfriend Lára. While he's there he becomes obsessed with shooting a reindeer for unclear reasons. Iceland's submission

Rosamunde Pilcher: Wie von einem anderen Stern

Since the death of her parents, Natalie has been taking care of her younger brother John, who has gone wrong due to this tragic loss.

Der Einbruch

Die Geschichte eines Spitzentuches

Kaddish for the Living

The film tells the story of Peri, a concentration camp survivor who lives in Tel Aviv and sets out in search of his former fellow sufferer Bach.

Karaoke

Bénédicte, a famous opera singer, leads the life of a diva between Parisian palaces and social gatherings. After an evening of excess, she sees her career crumble. Fatou, also a palace regular but as a cleaning lady, is

Ponyherz - Der Beginn einer tierischen Freundschaft

Anni spends her vacation with Uncle Gustav in Hottendorf and befriends Ponyherz—a shy wild horse with a heart-shaped white patch. When the forest is slated for clearing, she stands between the machines and the animals al

A German Party

A focus on the inner workings of a political party making headlines at district, state and national level as an “alternative for Germany”. Thanks to the film’s striking objectivity, it becomes clear where argument ends a

Eine Liebe für den Frieden – Bertha von Suttner und Alfred Nobel

Bertha Kinsky works as a governess in the Suttner household and has an affair with Arthur Suttner, the son of the house, who is a few years younger than her. When the affair is discovered, she is forced to leave the hous

Sag einfach ja!

Vera and Hans have been happy for 15 years - only the marriage certificate is still missing. Vera's mother wants to help the couple on the jumps and proposes them to the local radio station as "the perfect couple of the

Hamburg - Bilder aus einer großen Stadt

The Hanseatic City of Hamburg is documented without narration.

Eine Klasse für sich

Suddenly going back to school, who hasn't woken up from this nightmare? For the teacher Fabian Sorge it becomes reality. Shortly before he became a civil servant, it came out that he forged his high school diploma as a y

Acting Out

Edna Lupita investigates her life with the help of two professional actors who strive to connect her past to her present, her mental illness, and her suicidal thoughts.