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Frontalwatte is like running against a wall and falling softly. Teenagers, Franz, Adrian and Anastasia stumble through a world without consequences. They pass the time with home visits, jaw surgeries, triangle lessons, incest and poetry slams. Their search for identity degenerates to the search for the right role. It is like standing on stage with bandages in the mouth. Franz is left by his girlfriend, Claire and is going around visiting luxury apartments as a potential buyer who is obviously not rich but lives in a city where this can still be pulled of: Berlin. He meets an older woman, Ursula who wants to seduce her teenage son, Adrian, but he refuses so she uses Franz to replace him for her sexual inappropriateness. One day they are caught by Adrian.

A rare gem of cinematic storytelling that weaves docudrama, fictional reenactment, and experimental photography into a powerful, reflective work on the early days of German cinema. The film tells the story of the Skladanowsky Brothers, the German-born duo responsible for inventing the "bioskop", an early version of the film projector.

Franz and Julia love each other, and he tries to keep everything bad away from her. But one night, the couple get harassed by some guys on the street, and Franz loses control.

Marie loves Bubi. - Irene conquers Bubi. - Bubi drops Marie. - Daisy and Freder have an affair. - Daisy tries to win Marie. - Freder seduces Lucy. - Marie loves Daisy. - Daisy breaks up with Marie and commits suicide. Seven young adults are in search of intense experience. They play at life, have fun, and realize only when it is too late just how caught up they have become in a web of dependence.

Butterland is an allegory, an enchanting tale of our times. It tells of a strange and remote world, of yearning and of ones quest for happiness. It is with the eyes of a stranded young man that we enter this mystic island populated by bizarre inhabitants. Soon the young man begins to prepare his getaway and starts building a boat. However when we come to conclude that the stranger is in fact one of the islanders, we have to watch his shipwreck as he is washed ashore again.

A left-wing activist named Sydelia organizes the first Germany-wide general strike for interns.

TV City is a large metropolis devoted to television. At the helm of the media empire sits the very powerful and successful "Media Czar" - director of the hi-tech studios, which are the most advanced and expensive in the world... When several minor unanticipated problems arise, the operators and technicians are baffled. The search for their cause proves a difficult undertaking made all the more dangerous by intruders, who provoke unusual reactions from the studio crew, and who threaten to disrupt the harmonious life of the city.

A man gets a new job. An acquaintance speaks of a terrible breakup. Another one gets rid of his belongings and loses his language. A woman returns to where she came from. Something is missing. But what is it? A table is a good place to think about it, however, the table has suddenly vanished. "No more adventure (said the captain, while the ship was sinking)" tells of somnambulistic characters, who are burdened by the decisions they have to make. With a handshake first a new beginning and finally something like an end are sealed.

A young Czech boy, his favorite TV series Knight Rider, and a BMX bike. The true story of the Czech Revolution of 1989.

Revolution in East-Berlin, October 1989

Shortly before Christmas, a mismatched German couple is driving not-completely-voluntarily through Poland in a ratty old car. Square lawyer-to-be Max Lowenberg investigates a formerly-German property; constantly-gabbling Anna just wants her car to be stolen. Both are surprised by Polish hosts and Santa Clauses. They become closer to their Polish neighbors--and each other--with help from hearty hospitality and lots of vodka.

About a girl named Franka living on the streets and squats in Berlin.

A wild boy (Anton Vogt) living in a forest of giant rhubarb plants keeps an old comic-collage in his forest shack and tries to make sense of the colorful and figurative images that form this icon.