Christian Sengewald

Karussell

Gerda Leopold

Mercedes Echerer, Christian Sengewald

Ten episodes tell the stories of ten encounters involving a male hooker, an actor, a cleaning lady, a female theater director, a male kindergarten teacher, a poetess, a publisher, a woman, who is a lawyer, a male puppeteer and a female make-up artist. The whole circle is triggered by the off-chance meeting of the poetess and the puppeteer on an overnight bus to Vienna, where the puppeteer succeeds in persuading the poetess to stay for a day in Vienna. All the encounters take place in one day and after 24 hours they meet again, but their lives have changed.

Time to Leave

François Ozon

Melvil Poupaud, Jeanne Moreau

Romain, 31, a fashion photographer with terminal cancer, elects to die alone, preparing others to live past him rather than prolong the inevitable with chemotherapy or be smothered in sympathy by those who know him.

The Tower

Christian Schwochow

Jan Josef Liefers, Claudia Michelsen

Adapted from an award-winning best-selling book by Uwe Tellkamp, 'The Tower' depicts a higher class family’s struggles during crumbling communist rule in 1980’s East Germany. It illustrates the weaknesses and pending downfall of the German communist state through an intimate portrayal of one family's struggles, dreams and decisions. Run-ins with East Germany’s Secret Police reveal the cracks in both the police state and family loyalties.

Anonymous

Roland Emmerich

Jamie Campbell Bower, Rhys Ifans

Set against the backdrop of the succession of Queen Elizabeth I, and the Essex Rebellion against her, the story advances the theory that it was in fact Edward De Vere, Earl of Oxford who penned Shakespeare's plays.

Robert Zimmermann wundert sich über die Liebe

Leander Haußmann

Tom Schilling, Maruschka Detmers

26-летний Роберт Циммерманн, дизайнер компьютерных игр, должен присутствовать на презентации своего проекта. Но вот неудача! Во время ланча приятель случайно испачкал его элегантный пиджак, и теперь вместо презентации Роберту приходится отправиться в химчистку. Там он и знакомится с приемщицей Моникой, женщиной старше его лет на 20. Роберт сразу забывает и о важном мероприятии, и о прежней подружке. С этого момента он думает только о Монике, тщетно пытаясь добиться ее внимания и размышляя о вечной загадке любви…

Jesus Cries

Brigitte Maria Mayer

Ulrich Brandhoff, Emily Cox

JESUS CRIES is a modern adaptation of the New Testament. The story is set in a fictitious metropolis in the near future. The First and Third Worlds are reflected in one city. The divide between poor and wealthy continually grows. As insurrection begins, Jesus of Nazareth becomes the political and spiritual force behind change. He is arrested, tortured, and executed. After his death, his disciples are thrown into confusion with feelings of doubt and guilt. They fight over the interpretation of his teachings and their responsibility to his vision. Will they themselves move to action?

Military Academy

Granz Henman

Franz Dinda, Florian Lukas

The movie deals with a guy who gets to join the German Bundeswehr involuntarily because a colleague loses his denial papers in order to get the chance to get down on his girlfriend. When entering the Bundeswehr he acts like a giant idiot and of course gets in one room with some of the biggest losers around. The loser turns out to be a hero and leads his loser-colleagues to win a contest with the local US army squad.

Das Dorf der Mörder

Niki Stein

Anna Loos, Alina Levshin