Camellia

When the revolution in Nicaragua won its victory nearly 40 years ago, the world began to dream. A young generation was taking the reins in a country of grand utopias. From West Germany alone, 15,000 “brigadists” travelled to help rebuild the war-torn country: liberals, greens, unionists, social democrats, leftists and church representatives harvested coffee and cotton, built schools, kindergartens and hospital wards. No movement has mobilised so many people. What became of the hopes and dreams of the revolutionaries and their supporters?

As a result of a breakup, a woman tries to break out of her everyday life by embarking on the search for her old self that she was before the relationship. With her former best friend from her youth, she heads to her hometown by the sea to find a time capsule that the two of them buried many years ago and must face the reality that they are no longer the people they used to be.

A family moves from hip Berlin to a semi-detached house in the idyll and gets to know their neighbors...

The Turguts are a modern, tech-savvy family: Emma, her husband Amir and their son Malik live in a state-of-the-art smart home. Emma relies on smart technologies not only in the house, but also in her work as a psychotherapist. In order to be able to help more and more people, she is helping to develop an AI-based therapy app. However, as the first practical phase begins, initially minor but soon serious incidents occur with the networked and omnipresent technology.

Hannah and Leo want to attend the party of the year but don't know where it is. When they finally meet a classmate, they soon have to find out the real reason for their exclusion and are faced with the decision of whether they still want to carry out their plan.

When Max is caught by his father in a private moment, it has unexpected consequences for the family outing that follows. On the last summer day by the river, the fourteen-year-old is forced to rethink his understanding of masculinity.

Fidgeting fish, dancing on the train, big stages – we scroll through a phone gallery. How do you find your own identity between ever-changing trends? When do the borders between real and virtual life blur? A documentary about a self-made musician who wants to stand her ground in a digital world.

Where do we go when everyone wants their country back? A film about collective guilt and what remains between two people when an entire nation looks away.

The portrait of two young women – a loving team that complements each other with all their habits and rituals like two puzzle pieces. This is a declaration of love of a couple – a snapshot of their present and a speculation about our future, because what could happen if a piece of the puzzle is suddenly taken away?

Anna, who was born in Germany, has a distant relationship with her father Hung and his country of birth, Vietnam. When she finds out through a documentary that he was affected by racist attacks in Rostock in 1992, she is suddenly confronted with her father's culture and history.

Kai lives and works on the family farm in the countryside. His childhood love, Emma, is about to go abroad. Their last day together becomes an ambivalent journey of longing through the rural landscape.