Meral, My Girl

Hayat has come to Berlin with her husband Harun to provide a better life for their unborn child. All they have is a small suitcase and Hayat’s nightmares of her life in Syria.

Ayse likes to play soccer with boys, she is in love with another girl and she often calls herself Tarik instead of Ayse. She has managed to establish herself and achieve her goals, but now she has to lead a double life because she comes from conservative circles. When she gets her period, she realizes once again what a dilemma she is in.

Polizeiakademie follows three people from very different social and ethnic backgrounds in their training at Berlin's police academy. Over the course of a year they navigate their way through this challenging institution.

Peri, a Turkish housewife and mother living in Germany, is stunned when her husband brings home news that will uproot the family yet again. Peri has found a sliver of pleasure in this new life, and she is loath to let go of it.

Teenager Alva traverses friendship and love in a secluded village deep in a mystical forest as the line between reality and fantasy begins to fade.

Sean is taken to a motel and is given a prostitute for his 18th birthday by his father. He must sleep with her to "fix" his questionable homosexuality. "Pretty Boy" is a coming of age story of a young bullied teen, Sean, struggling with his sexuality and the hardships of high school. After his father finds some questionable magazines in his room, this devout Christian will go to any lengths to get his son to find the light and "perform" the way a man should. Sean is introduced to Katie, a prostitute that understands the stigmas of modern society and helps him see the true light that is within him.

Ken, a WWII GI, returns home after he's paralyzed in battle. Residing in the paraplegic ward of a veteran's hospital and embittered by his condition, he refuses to see his fiancée and sinks into a solitary world of hatred and hostility. Head physician, Dr. Brock cajoles the withdrawn Ken into the life of the ward, where fellow patients Norm, Leo and Angel begin to pull him out of his spiritual dilemma.