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Dakota Johnson

Actor
Born in 1989 in Austin, Texas, actor Dakota Johnson comes from a family of filmmakers and gained international recognition for her leading role in the *Fifty Shades* trilogy (2015–2018). She subsequently showcased her acting range in critically acclaimed productions such as the independent film *The Peanut Butter Falcon* (2019) and the drama *The Lost Daughter* (2021). For her work, she received a nomination for the 2016 BAFTA Rising Star Award. In addition to her on-screen work, Johnson is also active as a producer and was involved with her company in films like *Cha Cha Real Smooth* (2022).

Films

The Nowhere Inn

The Nowhere Inn

By Bill Benz

2021 | 91 min | Comedy

When musician St. Vincent hires her friend Carrie Brownstein to film a backstage documentary, the project leads them both into a fever dream.

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Ostravaganza

Ostravaganza

2022 | 103 min | Independent

Director Martin Miotk accompanies cultural journalist Marion Christen on her search for the true origins of avant-garde music. Her discovery: six East German artists (Dagmar Gelbke, Giso Weissbach, Barbara Lauritzen, Gabriele Thöns, Sabine Deskouw and Desireé Mansky Kalauke) not only produced the most important innovations of New Music, but still indulge in a subversive cultural underground. The sprightly pensioners have always officially posed as pop and entertainment stars. However, they disguise ...

Der tote Winkel der Wahrnehmung

Der tote Winkel der Wahrnehmung

2025 | 79 min | Comedy

Vienna, 1996: two MiniDV tapes resurface, containing footage from a student film project. The students Alina and Flora investigate paranormal phenomena, interviewing people who claim to have witnessed unusual encounters. What begins as a playful inquiry gradually develops a momentum of its own. Through encounters with conspiracy believers, self-proclaimed experts and unreliable witnesses, a theory takes shape: reptilian extraterrestrials live among humans and are secretly advancing their hybridization. As ...

Der Konzertdealer

Der Konzertdealer

2017 | 86 min | Documentary

In a series of essays, he recounts an amazing biography in which passion for music, business acumen and the structural change of the industry have found a balance. Scumeck Sabottka is a man behind the curtains. He brought a certain band called Red Hot Chili Peppers to Europe at a time when hardly anyone knew the band. The same applies to his collaboration with Violent Femmes, Radiohead or the Ramones. Since then, the ex-punk from the Ruhr area, who was stranded on the wild "Insel Welt-Berlin" in ...

Somehow

Somehow

2022 | 102 min | Drama

Embarking on an evocative journey of self-discovery, a young man is haunted by the shadows of a childhood trauma he's strived to bury. This pursuit propels him far beyond the familiarity of home, directed by the visionary Aki T. Weisshaus, whose narrative genius captures a soul's desperate flight from becoming the mirror image of a father he scarcely remembers. As his path unwinds across the vast, uncharted landscapes of Europe, an unexpected encounter at a gas station alters the course of his voyage. ...

We Are Me

We Are Me

2012 | 19 min | Drama

When Nina falls in love with Jasper, Jana fears losing the perfidious game that has started between the filmmaker and his subjects. "Alexandra Brodski dared to do something unusual stylistically with WE ARE ME by telling fictional stories in the form of the documentary in the "faction" style. (choices.de) In this "faction" style drama/fake documentary, Alexandra Brodski from the Cologne International Film School tells the story of Jasper (24), who makes a documentary about the identical twins Jana ...

A Dog You Are

A Dog You Are

2021 | 12 min | Shorts

Set against the backdrop of a village swimming pool that becomes a focal point of daily peculiarities, Benjamin Laabmayr's first film delves into the unique blend of the mundane with the extraordinary. Through his lens, the everyday activities of the pool's visitors transform into a series of whimsical vignettes, weaving a narrative rich in humor and surreal observation. Laabmayr's work is a study in contrasts, blending documentary-style realism with elements of staged absurdity, challenging viewers ...

Piggy Bank

Piggy Bank

2024 | 97 min | Independent

A financial bottleneck and an unusual offer: A television station offers Christoph Schwarz the opportunity to document his “climate strike” for a year in a self-experiment. But instead of just focusing on sustainable lifestyles, Schwarz goes even further – he goes on a “money strike”. However, his critical approach to capitalism is overshadowed by a questionable decision: he secretly uses the film budget to buy himself and his wife a long-awaited weekend house in the Waldviertel, Austria. PIGGY ...