2017 | 71 min | Drama
Alice works in a call center on the outskirts of Zurich. Inspired by her job, she calls lonely grandmothers and pretends to be a granddaughter in need of money. While she quickly earns a fortune with this 'long lost relative' con artistry, the film explores places and people in Zurich, all of which are strangely connected to Alice's crime.
2018 | 44 min | Drama
In Daniela Lucato's latest film, the protagonist Roman is plagued by addiction and money problems. An encounter, however, makes him question his the way he has lived his life. After a long and conflict-ridden marriage, Roman finds himself alone. To face his financial problems he decides to sublet one room in his house. Mel is the first person to answer Roman's ad. When Mel moves in, Roman is confronted with by Mel's challenging questions. Roman needs to understand what is happening inside himself, ...
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.
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, ...
1994 | 73 min | Timeless
In a high-tech company, over 1,200 people are busy checking the billions of Swiss francs that flow through the country every day in the form of endless data streams. From the mass of employees—absorbed by the labyrinthine building, overwhelmed by avalanches of language—individual figures emerge: the gold card clerk, the product manager, the department head, the PC support technician, the key account manager, the director. The camera follows their inconspicuous gestures, ways of speaking, and glances. ...
2007 | 75 min | Romance
A man known only as a banker moves along the river Limmat in Zurich, drifting through the city and encountering a series of women. Each meeting takes on a different tone — sometimes seductive, sometimes enigmatic — gradually dissolving any clear distinction between reality, memory and imagination. As the journey unfolds, the encounters begin to feel less like chance meetings and more like fragments of a larger, elusive narrative. The river becomes a space of transition, where identities shift and ...
2017 | 10 min | Shorts
Lucy (Rosalie Thomass) regularly shoplifts at the supermarket with her baby in the stroller. One day she is confronted by the store detective and reveals her secret to him. Lucy is tired of pretending to be the perfect mother. "She is torn between her own aspirations and the reality in which they find themselves after the birth of their child." (Director's comment - Pola Beck). A film about the absurdities of being a mom today. "KLEPTOMAMAMI is nothing more and nothing less than a wonderfully amusing ...
2018 | 74 min | Independent
After many years of not seeing each other, Mia and Linda meet up in Berlin. Mia has debts and plans to blackmail the man she's been having an affair with. Linda is planning to marry Thomas, but her doubts are mounting... Film and theater director Malte Wirtz is back: in less than 24 hours he shot the entire film without the restrictions of fixed dialogue and without a budget. The hard work was rewarded with the Best Feature Award at the Boddinale in Berlin and a prominent spot at the Achtung Berlin ...
2022 | 83 min | Drama
Mansour, an 11-year-old boy, witnesses the murder of his father by a stray bullet during a shootout between drug dealers and police. With his mother's dream of opening a café on their small island, Mansour takes on the responsibility of supporting her by becoming a tourist guide and getting involved in the dangerous drug trade. Mansour's naivety and his good intentions to save money for his mother's café are heart-wrenching. When he finally saves enough, his childhood impulses lead him to spend ...
2016 | 93 min | Drama
At the same time Ismet is waiting in Kosovo, destroyed by war and poverty, for a message from his son. In his feature film debut, director Dren Zherka builds a thematic bridge between his old homeland, Kosovo, and his adopted home Germany.
2012 | 10 min | Shorts
It’s an ordinary day at the bank. A somewhat stressed young man makes an entrance and sits down among the other waiting customers. When it’s his turn at the lady cashier’s he suddenly draws a pistol and declares it’s a bank robbery. It’s a situation that could have terrifying consequences if it weren’t for the the cashiers unusual take on the situation (Inspired by a true story). IN YOUR INTEREST was awarded the best international short film at the Riga International Short Film Festival.