
Philipp
2010 | 41 min | Drama
He wants to be a cool father, but Bernd's overly compassionate parenting style deprives Philipp of the chance to grow and rebel.


2010 | 41 min | Drama
He wants to be a cool father, but Bernd's overly compassionate parenting style deprives Philipp of the chance to grow and rebel.

2012 | 98 min | Documentary
Biene Pilavci deals with the question to what extent the hostility between her parents and the frequent outbreaks of violence influenced her and her four siblings. Although she had already distanced herself from her family at the age of 12, she comes to the realization in the course of her film that you can't go anywhere without taking your past with you. In her moving and very personal DFFB graduation film, Biene Pilavci gives us an intimate insight into the world of a complex family structure ...

2021 | 95 min | Documentary
The film follows a young woman named Beatrix, played by Eva Sommer, as she spends time alone in a house whose previous tenant was older. With no context given, the film's plot revolves around the ordinariness of Beatrix's activities, from taking care of the house to feeding a stray cat. However, it is clear that Beatrix is going through something significant in her life, which is painful and transitional, although the viewer never knows what it is. The non-professional actress Sommer brings a sense ...

2011 | 52 min | Drama
Monika has had limited vision since birth and takes care of her alcoholic mother. An eye operation is supposed to provide relief. However, this failed and Monika is now almost completely blind. While her mother is completely desperate and cannot cope with the situation, Monika regains her courage after the initial shock at a school for the blind. But her new independence is not to everyone's taste, especially not her mother's.

2014 | 95 min | Drama
Aziza lost interest in her internship in Portugal so she returned to Germany. But her room in Berlin had already been sublet to Zach, who came from New Zealand on a one-way ticket. Now life in Berlin is now pretty cramped - especially since her new roommate doesn't know how long he'll be staying. And Aziza isn't enjoying Kreuzberg anymore. She feels alienated by all All the hipsters just looking to chill out. "A political as well as sociological -and at the same time highly sensitive - Berlin ...

2014 | 38 min | Drama
At work, Adam incarnates the persistent official, who checks substandard dwellings with an unruffled expression. He wants to do something different, something like music. His teenage daughter is ruthlessly direct in saying what she thinks of her father: he is a "victim" (and that's meant as an insult), because he still lives in his own debt-riddled home, which the rest of the family has long moved out from. And he is embarrassing because he never says or does anything that she can brag MUSIC is ...

2018 | 71 min | Drama
When he falls in love with his best friend Marike, he no longer knows what he wants. At school, Johannes is the bumpkin. Neglected by his father and brother, he seeks the company of his best friend Marike. As their friendship gradually turns into love, Johannes no longer knows where he belongs. This intense coming of age story was Henning Beckhoff's Master's Degree film at the Film University Babelsberg Konrad Wolf. "At the center of this coming of age story is the contrast between modernity and ...

2020 | 70 min | Drama
As the child of a single mother, Sebastian has to be very independent from an early age. Sebastian grew up in Hannover. As a teenager he fell in love with the a young woman, Betty, and was introduced to an alternative family life, which had a very strong attraction for him. Soon, however, tensions erupt. SEBASTIAN JUMPING FENCES premiered at IFF Rotterdam 2020 as part of the Bright Future Award Competition.

2020 | 25 min | Drama
Leonid (Jonathan Berlin) is still mourning an old relationship. His friends, the couple Max (Rafael Gareisen) and Toni (Svenja Jung) are supportive, but he longs for a different kind of closeness. On a date he meets Leyli (Larissa Sirah Herden), who is older and more self-confident and they end up spending the night together. Leonid begins to explore his own definition of masculinity ... A modern reflection on love, sexuality and role models.

2012 | 21 min | Shorts
Award winning short by Swiss-Turkish director Esen Isik, who graduated from the Zurich University of the Arts and has been winning prizes for her film work since. YOU & ME is a modern short about two girls navigating their teen years. Different cultural backgrounds and the sterile apartment building in the suburbs are not Linda and Sevilay’s problem. The problem for these two 15-year-old friends is their messed up parents. What the two teenagers really want to do is run away. Things come to a head ...

2015 | 89 min | Documentary
Tianlin Xu, Gold Remi winner at the WorldFest Houston, tells in her documentary film COMING AND GOING the story of four Chinese boys and their hopes, dreams and the challenges they face. The film tells the coming-of-age story of two siblings from two different families living as neighbors in the Chinese backcountry. Two orphaned teenage brothers, Long (18) and Cheng (16), leave their remote mountain village behind to seek their fortune in two separate major cities. Meanwhile, their young neighbors, ...