Toro
By Martin Hawie
2015 | 84 min | Drama
Two friends, prostitution, drugs, dreams: when Victor's debts threaten his life, their fragile friendship is pushed to the brink of collapse.
Miguel Dagger
ActorThe filmmaker Miguel Dagger, born in 1993 in Caracas, Venezuela, studied commercial directing at the Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg. He achieved a significant success with his graduation short film "The Girl with the Red Ribbon" (2023), when it won the Audience Award at the Landshut Short Film Festival in 2024. Dagger also gained attention for his commercial "Appreciation," which was nominated for the FIRST STEPS Award in 2023. His portfolio includes other short films and commercial works created during his studies.
Films
Camille
By Martin Hawie
2013 | 72 min | Drama
Camille's well-ordered life changes when she starts secretly spying on her neighbor, a curiosity that awakens her and gives her the courage to change.
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Forces
2023 | 148 min | Drama
In a secluded village, beyond temporal and geographical location, lives 14-year-old Daniel. The life of this gentle and tolerant teen, who wants to please everyone, is marked by violence and emotional coldness. He sacrifices himself for his family, tries to please his violent big brother, and devotedly cares for his terminally ill father, who longs for his own end but does not dare to end his life himself. In the forest, Daniel meets Marcel, an outcast who has returned to the village after many years ...
When It Blinds, Open Your Eyes
2014 | 75 min | Documentary
Ivette Löcker accompanies two addicted St. Petersburgers in her documentary chamber play. They are the lost "generation Perestroika", which broke under the newly gained freedom. Ljoscha and his mother live with Schanna in a small apartment in St. Petersburg - but Ivette Löckler is not concerned with an inventory of the things that make up a wasted existence, but with the human achievement of gentleness in dealing with each another. Schannas and Ljoscha's attitude to life is not only bitter. In the ...
Addiction
2012 | 85 min | Documentary
A candid look into the lives of four drug addicts in Berlin’s urban jungle, shedding light on the lesser-known aspects of addiction. ADDICTION follows four people—three men and one womangoing about their daily lives, without sugarcoating and without passing judgment. “We are there when the body demands a fix; we see how the drugs are bought; we observe the preparation, consumption, high, and withdrawal. Four people, four severely addicted individuals, show us their world and let us directly share ...
Lucky Devils
2013 | 95 min | Music, Dance, Theater
In St. Petersburg, 8,500 children live on the streets, but the innovative circus Upsala and its director Larissa give some of those children a chance to forget their hardships. The heartwarming documentary LUCKY DEVILS by Verena Endtner portrays day to day life in the circus and takes us on a journey from the Russian slums to the big top’s lights and the joys of a tour to Switzerland. LUCKY DEVILS portrays the half-orphan Danja, who discovers the pleasure of playing and performing, the street ...
Looteyo
2022 | 83 min | Drama
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Eho - Echo
2016 | 93 min | Drama
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Asche
2024 | 87 min | Drama
A complex dynamic exists between muse and artist – one that is often characterized by dependency and exploitation. In a world where inspiration and ownership claims merge, power games, artistic craving for recognition and the longing for authenticity unfold. What happens when someone is no longer satisfied with the role they have been assigned? Elena Wolff's ASHES delves into these entanglements and uses black humor to expose the abysses of a self-centered art world. In the midst of this search ...
MPA - Medical Psychological Assessment
2011 | 6 min | Shorts
Robert Bohrer's short comedy looks at the bête noire of many a drunk driver in Germany, MPU - MEDICAL PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT. Two years of preparing for the MPU to get back a driver’s license and two years of being sober... well, not really... and today is the final test and the most important conversation with the psychologist. Hold on: today? TODAY??? On this Monday morning, as Frankie leaves a Berlin club with his girlfriend Lanka, he realizes that he has totally forgotten about his big MPU ...
Raju
2010 | 23 min | Drama
In this Oscar nominated short, a German couple, played by Wotan Wilke Möhring and Julia Richter, adopts an Indian orphan in Kolkata. On their way to the hotel, the boy disappears. The German officials have recommended a local Indian orphanage to them. There the four-year-old boy Raju, who comes from a slum, is introduced to them and handed over. When the boy suddenly disappears and the Indian police cannot get any further with their investigations, Jan himself starts an intensive search.
The Ugly Truth
2021 | 110 min | Drama
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