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Another German Tank Story 2024
A crew from the U.S. intends to film a war drama at an abandoned sugar factory on the remote outskirts of a German city, making the nearby town, which had been a pool of stagnant water, seem to come to life. The residents are excited, each making their own little plans, until a tank pulls up in front of the mayor's house and a sudden power outage disrupts all plans.
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Not You 2024
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Color of Attachment 2024
A young filmmaker must come to terms with her identity when she is invited to show her short film in her hometown.
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Bitte.Danke.Genau 2024
Shortly after Russia’s full-scale invasion, 4 Ukrainian girls were forced to leave home and proceed their paths abroad, now living two lives at a time. The attempts to settle down in a foreign country are constantly interrupted by internal doubts, fear for the family back home, chats with friends who joined the army, and feelings of constant uncertainty about the future.
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Geister 2024
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Carrotica 2024
16-year-old Nadav is writing an explicit gay erotica and his mother Shari, a Fertility Botanist, is busy working and falling in love with a sexy carrot.
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Kruste 2023
12-year-old Fabi has to finally prove himself as one of the family - by getting his first scar.
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East German Schlager is dead. Long live the East German Schlager! 2023
Siegfried "Siggi" Trzoß, a radio moderator from East Berlin, is working tirelessly leading up to his anniversary and 900th show. The music his heart burns for is East German Schlager, a genre politically ignored at first and widely forgotten now. But Siggi keeps the dream alive to this day, making the hearts of seniors jump higher in nostalgia all over east Germany.
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Tamara 2023    star_border 5
Mother and daughter, both from the GDR: one experienced it, the other did not. Tamara was born in 1990. Like many of the post-reunification generation, she left her homeland and only comes to visit for her milestone birthday. But everything that seemed secure crumbles within a few days: Tamara (Linda Pöppel) and her mother Barbara (Lina Wendel) are left. The two struggle to maintain their relationship, which cannot be detached from the social developments in which the family was born, grew and disintegrated. Now Tamara must face what she has been running away from: her own history.
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Free Nights 2023
Two estranged brothers overcome the deep-seated and prejudiced rift in their relationship during a late-night car ride.
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Sick Girls 2023
In recent years, the number of diagnoses of attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder has skyrocketed. What are the reasons? Does a society geared towards efficiency use the label ADHS to weed out anyone who does not fit its frames? What are the consequences of the fact that medication treatment has become almost ubiquitous? Could Ritalin and the like have become the doping of the performance society?
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Eisspin, the Oh So Terrible 2023
The Alchemaster Eisspin offers the starving cat Echo to feed him the most delicious food for a month if he is allowed to slaughter him at the end of the month.
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Exit Pangea 2023    star_border 6
The ingenious and uncompromising scientist Pouya and her friend Joro are trying to create the perfect simulation - a new world. In the process, they enter into a battle with the mega-corporation, RenJi. It is a battle Pouya can only win if she merges with the machine, the AI EXIT, and becomes the impulse for the emergence of the new world herself.
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A Bed for Three or The Extraordinary and Surprising Complexity of Bedroom Furniture 2023
It’s after hours in a furniture store, and three young protagonists call for the help of a vaping fairy godmother. But will a supersized bed save the throuple or break them apart?
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Songs of a Caretaker 2023
The shy Hugo is a caretaker in a prefabricated building. He feels at home here, is appreciated by the residents and sings his songs in the corridors. Dramatic changes make Hugo uncomfortable in his home. Similarly dissatisfied is Johanna, who lives in a bus in front of the house and faces racism and sexism on a daily basis. The two grow closer - sharing a sense of not quite belonging and, above all, a love of music. For Hugo, the world is visibly coming apart at the seams: birds that reject freedom, a dollhouse that develops a life of its own - At the same time, a catastrophe is brewing in very real life that puts Hugo and Johanna's friendship to the test.
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All Roads Lead to More 2023
Rahaf, Sara, Rawa and Afraa take a road trip through Europe. What unites them is that they had to leave Syria eight years ago because of the war. This journey is a coping with memories and traumas, but is also full of happiness and positive moments.
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I Knew You Were My Kind 2023
Low season on the Italian coast. Two Romanian caregivers meet at a bus stop and decide to break into a beach house. A moment of solidarity and tenderness that challenges the structural norms that govern their daily lives.
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The Ordinaries 2023    star_border 6.1
Paula, a young supporting character, studies at the Main Character School and dreams on graduating to become a lead.
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Ash Wednesday 2023
In a favela in Rio de Janeiro, Demétria waits for her daughter on the last day of Carnival. But a brutal police raid seals the fate of the two women. Set to Brazilian rhythms, this short musical addresses racism and other social conflicts.
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Nothing to do, nowhere to go, no one to be 2023
'How are you' asks the voice in his ear. 'Okay' Lars answers to avoid the question. The artificial intelligence seems to understand him and tries to help. A group of men. They have identical tents and the same voice in their ear. A post-humanist gaze into the forest.
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