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By Chris Brügge
2018 | 89 min | Drama
Marc is a surfer and lives his life one day at a time. But after many strokes of fate, he dreams of turning back time, and starting all over again.


By Chris Brügge
2018 | 89 min | Drama
Marc is a surfer and lives his life one day at a time. But after many strokes of fate, he dreams of turning back time, and starting all over again.

2023 | 91 min | Documentary
Three women in Jordan live in isolation – not by choice, but out of fear of further violence. Their home is their refuge, but it is also a prison that separates them from the outside world. What does it mean to live a life in the shadows? How do you find strength in the midst of pain? Helin Çelik's documentary addresses a reality that often remains hidden. ANQA is an intimate exploration of the survival strategies of these women, whose stories are told not in words but in images. The camera focuses ...

2019 | 19 min | Documentary
In December 2018, the last German coal mine in Bottrop closed it shafts. At the Prosper-Haniel II mine site, the miners are clearing out the last production facilities. Meanwhile, undead miners haunt the old cleaning trac as part of a newly opened horror theme park. The advertised "goosebumps guarantee" of the "NRW creepy maze" is bringing jobs back. The miners children are earning a living now not as coal miners, but as miner zombies in "Shaft 13". ZWISCHENTAGE observes structural change using ...

2015 | 82 min | Independent
Love and career prospects open up, but things turn out differently than expected... With an imagination that pours 90 million visual ideas into 90 minutes, and a young, likeable cast, Malte Wirtz succeeds in putting a new spin on the urban romcom. The film follows Paula, Louise, Max, Randolf and Donnie over the course of four days as they struggle to master the chaos in their love and professional lives. The comedy 5 STORIES IN 4 DAYS is Malte Wirtz's the feature debut, an exciting new voice in ...

2018 | 76 min | Drama
Is growing up and becoming an adult easy? Charlie finds it damn hard to figure out how to separate the expectations of those around her from her own needs. Charlie is not at all sure: Is it so wonderful to have a baby, or will her own needs disappear in the process? Charlie's job as a teacher is very demanding, and things aren't really going well with Marco at the moment. At the beginning everything was so wonderfully easy and spontaneous... Philipp Eichholtz drama AWAY YOU GO, which premiered ...

2015 | 82 min | Documentary
This environmental documentary by young, Berlin based filmmaker Philipp von Becker looks at the various issues surrounding the so-called 'energy shift' to green power in Germany. Wind power is a preferred energy source. As a result, ever-increasing numbers of wind turbines are built across the country, casting an expanding mark on previously unspoilt landscapes. In the countryside, the construction of wind parks faces huge opposition - especially if the plants are built in forests. By examining ...

2019 | 86 min | Documentary
Meet eight courageous people who renounce agricultural conventions and farm without poisons and without destroying the environment. Listen to their stories of having to wear protective suits in the fields, of the importance of earthworms and cow horns, of silence, of wallowing pigs and of reverence for life... Experience the outstanding courage of these farmers to trust their own instincts and create a new form of agricultural. The resistance they bump up against just makes them stronger.

2014 | 81 min | Drama
LITTLE GIRL BLUE is an unusual coming of age tale, cast with non-professional actors, about a young girl torn between new love, family loyalty and the everyday trials of just trying to fit in a new school. Cineman.ch described writer-director Anna Luif as a “filmmaker to watch.” Sandra is new to the neighborhood and she's shy. The girls in her class don't make it easy for her, either. She doesn't fit into the cool clique around Nadja and Isa at all. But when she meets 14-year-old Mike who lives ...

2023 | 30 min | Documentary
HOME GAME tells the story of the game an energy company in Germany plays with three villages. For lignite mining, villages are getting demolished, replacement villages are built from the scratch and the villagers are getting resettled. For some the demolition of their homes means great pain. Others are happy about the generous financial compensation. But all of a sudden one of the villages will be preserved. Everyone in the village becomes an ally or an enemy. It‘s a film about the „home sweet ...

2015 | 16 min | Shorts
Berlin-based, Italian multi-talent Daniela Lucato was inspired by a love poem written by Christina Rossetti for her internationally recognized short film THE BIRTHDAY. The story: Ron is a young Taiwanese girl who lives in Berlin. On her birthday her best friend May comes to visit. Ron is secretely in love with May but she keeps May in the dark about her feelings. May though has a feeling that something is up and both of their lives are about to change. Filmmaker Daniela Lucato met the actress Vivian ...

2025 | 80 min | Independent
The earth lies fallow in the future, forests have turned to ash, and oxygen is in short supply. In this ecological dystopia, a 78-year-old botanist looks back on the last days of the Caldén Forest in La Pampa. Her memories intertwine with the story of a farmer who once tried to protect the last remnants of untamed nature. Between scientific melancholy and existential threat, a panorama of loss unfolds – personal, ecological, and cultural. In quiet, contemplative images, the film observes how humans ...