Ikkô Masuda

Berlin Drifters

Kôichi is a Japanese man living alone in Berlin. He has no job and hardly any friends. One night Kôichi meets Ryota at a bar which is also a sex club. Ryota came to Berlin to visit a German guy whom he had "met" on a dating app. His high hopes for romance (and marriage?) were quickly crushed since the German was only interested in sex, not even letting Ryota stay for the night. That is why Ryota ended up spending the night in the dark room of the sex club. Kôichi for some reason lets Ryota stay at his apartment. They have sex. Ryota goes out almost everyday to get laid by various local men and comes home to Kôichi's. Increasingly caught up with a strange feeling that is akin to but not quite frustration or curiosity (needless to say, it is not even close to love), Kôichi gradually gives himself up to sex with Ryota.

Naughty Boys

Gacchan is marking his birthday and his partner Takayuki is waiting for him at home so they can celebrate. However, not only does Gacchan forget about his partner but he is also flirting with others in the hood. Takayuki leaves their apartment and embarks on a night journey that will lead him to cheat on his partner. Will they be able to rehabilitate their relationship?

Girl You Know It's True

The rise and fall of Milli Vanilli, a studio group assembled by German producer Frank Farian and fronted by nightclub dancers Robert Pilatus and Fabrice Morvan. After a string of worldwide hit singles, awards and performances, it was revealed that the duo never sang a note of their songs, leading to one of the biggest scandals in music history.

Widow Apartment

Misaki’s husband Ken’ichi dies in a car accident soon after their marriage. As the first anniversary of his death nears, Misaki is still in mourning for Ken’ichi. Ken’ichi had managed the Sunrise Villa apartments, which his parents have managed after his death. A psychic claims to have received word from Ken’ichi’s spirit that he wants the apartments to be kept running responsibly. Misaki, believing the psychic, takes charge of the apartments, working as the landlady, performing repairs, and responding to the demands of the tenants… However wierd they are…

The Frog and the Water

The cautious friendship between Stefan Busch, known to everyone as Buschi, and Mr. Hideo Kitamura begins on this special road trip. Buschi, who has refused to speak with his fellow human beings his entire life, blossoms on this journey to unknown places.

After Years of Silence

After years of silence, a mother returns to her dying father, only to fixate on his new partner, using her as a distraction from confronting the person she fears most.

What You Can See from Here

On a beautiful spring day, a small village full of eccentric characters wake up to hear Selma has had a premonition: she dreamt of a rare animal again – an okapi. All the village knows this means someone is about to die. Selma’s granddaughter, 11-year-old Luise, and her best friend Martin look on as fears of being the victim of the prophecy throw the village into a frenzy of confusion. But when the premonition comes true, it is young Luise’s world that is suddenly turned upside down. Ten years on from the event that changed her life, Luise lives a quiet life working in a bookstore, until the arrival of an unexpected guest enables her to rediscover how powerful and life-giving love can be.

Love Machine 2

Georgy Hillmaier, single again, returns to Vienna after a long stay in Thailand. Completely penniless, without a job or place to stay, he ends up on the street until he learns that he has meanwhile become a father. In order to pay off the overdue alimony, Georgy has to get back into the call boy business in a brothel exclusively for women, run by his sister Gitti.

Notes of Berlin

A film inspired by one of Germany's most visited blogs. The author of the site www.notesofberlin.com, Joab Nist, posts pictures of real announcements, notes, information that people leave in the streets of Berlin. The film follows 15 genuine notes and protagonists. The result is 15 funny, tragic, fascinating episodes about people and the city they live in. Twenty-four hours from the life of the city. The story begins with a note attached to a street lamp, with the message “For one minute please just stand here in silence, look at the sky and contemplate how amazing life is”. Is it possible that only a very drunk young man notices the text and looks upwards? An extraordinary mood picture of present-day Berlin and a declaration of love for the city.

Under the Canvas Sky

Hideaki is a straight college student. He also has a girlfriend named Juri, and she sometimes recalls a young man she met when she was a high school student who aspired to be a painter...

Silent Disco

A virtual reality project in which viewers become part of a performance by watching three stereoscopic VR short films. The tension between the virtual party scenes of the three VR films and the physically experienced performance situation among the viewers in a kind of club plays an important role. The first film takes the audience into a mixture of club and elevator on the way down. Together with the other strange party guests, the audience dances in an apocalyptic mood on the way to the underworld. The second film reverses the voyeuristic view typical of cinema: the participants find themselves on a small round stage in an atmospheric strip club. How do the viewers relate to the room and the guests present? In the third black-and-white VR film, the audience finds themselves in a dark, abstract space. A self-playing piano and a fiddling death provide the musical background for a folk dance of death.

Bloodlines and Bonds

Three eccentric brothers in the Murano family struggle with tradition, desire, and identity. When the youngest brings home his male partner and proposes marriage, family bonds are tested in unexpected ways.

Of Living Without Illusion

Suburban summer heat. Merit, Eva, Lion, Rose and David cautiously wind around their conflicted relationships. They talk, but their words don’t meet. They play theatre while rehearsing their lives. The garden needs watering. Fears of the future and traces of violence relentlessly press into the present. A narrative of the beauty and gravity that arise from discovering our individual truths.

Geheime Geschäfte - Ein neuer Krimi ohne Leiche

Village policeman Husmann bids farewell to his boss Eggers on his well-deserved retirement. Tough Inspector Posch is put in temporary charge of the small police station in Eggeborg. Shortly afterwards, the first case arises: an unknown person is smearing cows with aggressive slogans at night. Stefanie Posch and local policeman Thies Husmann take over the investigation, which quickly leads them from the cows to a completely different, much more dubious mystery.