Janina Lutter

Swim and Float

When Mila learns from her best friend that she will have sex for the first time tonight, she panics. To keep up with the experience, she organizes an overnight date with her former school friend Jonas. In the course of the afternoon, the two get closer and when Mila realizes that she is not ready for this kind of intimacy after all, it is too late.

F*ck the Cistem

In Noa’s queer bubble, they feel happy and safe. But a walk home at night rekindles the fear of discrimination and violence. Suppressed during the day, these feelings return as nightmares. In a slice-of-life style, we experience the everyday life of a non-binary person navigating microaggressions, legal mazes, and birthday parties.

Menschen in Räumen

People Under Water

The sisters Melek and Lila, joined by Pia—on the run from her ex—set sail to retrieve a time capsule from the bottom of the lake: inside is one of Melek’s secrets, but Lila hasn’t told her sister everything either.

Milde Jugend

Since birth, daydreamer Maxi and party queen Valeska celebrate their joint birthday together in an aquarium store. But when Valeska prefers to go to a real party with Maxi this year, not only the perfect birthday but also their seventeen-year-old friendship is at stake.

Die Schule brennt und wir wissen warum

Shy photographer Rita and her rebellious classmate Raquel team up in a late-night attempt to make visible the power games at their school.

Büchsen

While exploring a lost place in the forest, best friends Millie and Svea stumble across an abandoned hunting rifle.

Nettle Bath

Kim has had enough: of school, of her girlfriend, and even more so of her mother. Because of her, Kim's father is now gone. Just gone. So Kim decides to leave. She can't go back, only forward. Until she finally arrives at the one place where she can still be.