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- Reliable sources claim 10-year-old Lucy - actually a quiet and lovable primary school student - is about to rob a bank in the pedestrian zone of Bietigheim-Bissingen. Her motive is easy to understand: The ice-cream machine from GLAETERIA FELICITÀ, Lucy's parents' shop, has broken down. Lucy needs money to buy a new one, in order to save the families ice cream parlor. A few weeks ago, Lucy wouldn't even have jaywalked. She was recently coached by the school's bad boy, Tristan, in how to be ruthless and bad. The operation, code-named "Lucyfer," covered various bad-guy disciplines such as stealing, lying, cheating, and bribing. Witnesses say the training was a total success: even Lucy's best friend Rima no longer recognizes her and is very worried, although there's absolutely no cause for concern.
- The early films of Wim Wenders are now regarded as landmarks of European film. Alice in the Cities, Wrong Move and Kings of the Road became foundations of the German New Wave and cemented the reputation of their director. In One Who Set Forth: Wim Wenders' Early Years Marcel Wehn explores the background to these films. Through personal recollection and rare home movie footage, it documents the director's early life, from experiments with his first camera, via his deviation from a career in medicine in favour of art and film, through to international recognition for the Road Trilogy. Central to these were themes that became cornerstones of all his work: national identity, the importance of personal relationships and the allure of the road. With contributions from the director and the many collaborators who helped define his vision, One Who Set Forth is a compelling account of Wim Wenders' life and work.
- The 3 siblings Hassan, Lial and Maradona are successful dancers and musicians. But their family is in danger of being deported out of Germany. The teenagers plan to use their artistic talents to save the family. However the pressure has put a strain on their relationships, and the way to success is long and uncertain.
- Jews who want to live kosher not only have to learn the religious rules of every day life. They also have to face up to questions about just what constitutes proper thinking, speaking and acting. A whopping 613 commandments are laid out to regulate Jewish life. But sometimes an 'appropriate interpretation' is allowed. BEING KOSHER is a sensual film about the curious contradictions and concepts of everyday Jewish life, followed at times freely and at times stringently by liberal and orthodox Jews in Germany - familiar neighbors with an unfamiliar way of life. Over the course of a year we capture our main protagonists as they shuttle between the highs of the holidays and the necessities of everyday life. The director is on the lookout for authentic Jewish life - whether it concerns love, food or money - she is there to get the answer.
- The "Enfant terrible", the scandalous person, the hope of the German cinema, the new Fassbinder. The director, author and autodidact Oskar Roehler separates the opinions. The actrice Hannelore Elsner even describes him as genius and monster. Roehler got his breakthrough with the film "No place to go", who was celebrated enthusiastically by its audience and critics. In contrast the film "Jew Suess - Rise and Fall" evoked powerful dispute, catcalls and scorcher because Roehler was accused of falsifying the history. What kind of man and history are behind all these contradictorily images? The documentary "The Touchable" tells the exceptional life of Oskar Roehler and looks for various autobiographical references in his films. In his childhood Roehler was confronted with desperate experiences, loneliness, disregard and loss due to his parents' self-realization as writer. These experiences are the motor for his artistic power and cross his entire film work - an oeuvre with lots of extremes.
