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Florian Cossen

Director
Florian Cossen is a German director known for his work in film and television. He gained recognition for his feature film "The Day I Was Not Born" (2010), which received critical acclaim. Cossen has also directed TV series such as "Tatort" and "Polizeiruf 110." While there is limited information on awards specifically attributed to him, his work has been well-received by audiences and critics alike for its poignant storytelling and compelling visuals.

Films

The Day I Was Not Born

The Day I Was Not Born

By Florian Cossen

2010 | 94 min | Drama

Father and daughter grapple with a secret that goes back to the Argentinian dictatorship of the 1970s. In fact she was adopted - and they begin a search Maria's biological parents. During a stopover in Buenos Aires on her way to Chile, 31-year-old Maria (Jessica Schwarz) recognizes a lullaby. Maria doesn't speak a word of Spanish, but without understanding what she is singing, she remembers the Spanish lyrics. Disturbed and confused, she breaks off her journey and wanders through the unfamiliar ...

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Poem of the Day

Poem of the Day

2015 | 30 min | Documentary

He doesn’t feel comfortable at home and that is why he often escapes to visit a friend, Amelia, an old woman who wears a cap and lives in a small house on the hillside. There she talks about her life, her family and her dreams. He reads her her letters. But life is not always so simple: Amelia has money troubles. Youdid Kahveci's short film POEM OF THE DAY debuted at Achtung Berlin. Growing up in East Berlin in the 1980s, Kahveci found her way to film after detours doing gardening and diving and ...

Naomi's Journey

Naomi's Journey

2017 | 92 min | Crime

After her sister is murdered, Naomi travels to Germany from Peru for the trial. Naomi, 20, lives a simple life with her younger siblings in Peru. Her older sister got married in Germany and was apparently happy. But now she is dead, murdered by her German husband, and Naomi is in a state of shock. Travelling with her mother to the country of the crime is the last thing Naomi wants to do. But then she decides to accompany her mom and ends up testifying at the trial in Berlin as a joint plaintiff. The ...

Hypnosis To Be Happy

Hypnosis To Be Happy

2018 | 75 min | Love & Sex

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Tlatelolco

Tlatelolco

2011 | 75 min | Documentary

Lotte Schreiber's documentary illuminates the history of Mexico City by looking at a housing complex in the capital – an epicenter of Mexican cultural history. The Nonoalco Tlatelolco housing complex at the Plaza de las tres Culturas in Mexico City is a vertical city built by modernist architect Mario Pani in the early 1960s as a modern utopia for 72,000 inhabitants. As early as 1521, the Aztecs faced off against the Spanish conquerors at this site. Bloody student protests followed in 1968 and ...

The Five Cardinal Points

The Five Cardinal Points

2009 | 94 min | Documentary

Despite shared experiences of migration, each person has his individual story. “With a deeply human attitude, which is evidence of his love for the protagonists, the director deals with one of the topics of today: migration. The great respect he has for his fantastic protagonists – real masters of their lives – makes it possible for him to get very close to them without exposing them.” (Jury Decision Innsbruck International Film Festival)

Guillo

Guillo

2016 | 40 min | Documentary

GUILLO left his comfortable city life and went to Capurgana, a remote Colombian city in the Darien jungle, near the border to Panama. Now he lives in Aguacate Bay. Lonely, without electricity and far away from society, he's not terribly happy. The simplicity of his lifestyle, however, makes him question his previous way of life and gives us an idea of what happiness can be. GUILLO, a documentary by Carlos Andres Lopez, debuted at the Achtung Berlin New Berlin Film Award and was produced in cooperation ...

Polar Bear

Polar Bear

2017 | 70 min | Drama

On a Saturday morning, 39-year-old Heriberto takes his former elementary school friends, Flor and Trujillo, on a ride across Mexico City to attend a class reunion. On the road, the three of them recall good old times until gradually Flor and Trujillo start becoming the bullies they once were with Heriberto as kids. Yet today, 25 years later, Heriberto will strike back, or won’t he? "By any measure, one of the year’s most ambitious Mexican films." (Variety) "OSO POLAR is an emotional roller-coaster!" ...