8 Essen III

In a working-class suburb of Cologne, two unemployed friends, Mike and Alfred, spend their days drifting between beer stalls and failed job hunts. When their old pal Rasto resurfaces with a plan to revive a derelict kiosk, it looks like a chance to turn things around. But as Rasto’s shady ambitions come to light, Mike throws himself into the work while Alfred gets sidetracked by a supermarket cashier named Kati — and the kiosk dream begins to unravel.

Two drifters try to steal a car.

A short by Rainer Knepperges & Christian Mrasek.

Lukas, a young schizophrenic man, has to deal with a new town, a new relationship, and the paranoia in his head.

A 50 Euro note changes its owners and pays all debts – a parable on actual financial dept-crisis and the theory of money circulation, realized as a hommage to early silent movies and filmed with a hand-cranked camera.

Two men accept a mysterious job offer.

In a daring pastiche of Kenneth Anger, Cologne Group helmers Markus Mischkowski and Christos Dassios pay tribute to the iconic Eastern Bloc car New Knight Tourist.