I Grew a Statue

A medical student enters a top German university on a secret mission to uncover a conspiracy linking a family tragedy to a visionary biology professor.

In the new film adaptation of Johanna Spyri's popular children's book, Heidi is sent to live for a short time with her eccentric grandfather, the "Alpöhi", who lives alone above the village and initially wants nothing to do with his granddaughter. Heidi's friend Peter, the baseball-playing son of an engineer from Boston, helps her out and shows her how to write e-mails. A little later, Heidi has to go to her aunt Dete in Berlin. Her grumpy daughter Clara, a lonely city girl, dyes Heidi's hair blue and not only causes the bath to overflow, but also Heidi's patience. Heidi wants to go back to her grandfather. Doris, a girl from a Berlin internet café, and 327.80 marks bring this dream within reach.

A 19-year-old drifter named Pascal, who has dropped out of his apprenticeship and drifts aimlessly, is sent to Swiss basic military training, where he finally discovers recognition, responsibility, and camaraderie for the first time. However, after his discharge, repeated rejection from employers and the absence of his girlfriend lead to mounting frustration…and eventually a violent outburst with tragic consequences.

Four women are fighting for a place in modern media society.

A show about two Bavarian police officers, Franz Hubert and Johannes Staller, who sometimes work a bit differently. Where Franz wants to follow regulations, Johannes likes to do things his own way.

Tatort is a long-running German/Austrian/Swiss crime television series set in various parts of these countries. The show is broadcast on the channels of ARD in Germany, ORF in Austria and SF1 in Switzerland.

The young Orthodox Jew, Motti Wolkenbruch, finds himself at a turning point. His beloved mother wants him to get married and presents one marriage candidate after the other. Unfortunately none of the woman pleases him, because they all look just like her. The situation gets even more complicated, when Motti secretly falls in love with the non-Jewish girl Laura, a so-called Shiksa.

Samuela despairs of her lack of breakthrough as an author. When she is abandoned by her boyfriend, she secretly travels with her brother to the family holiday home in Lanzarote, where she wants to work on her novel. But instead of the peace she hoped for, she finds her father there, who occupies the house after the divorce. When her mother also shows up, the chaos is perfect.

When Fiete spends a weekend with his girlfriend Amiri at his family’s seaside cottage, he runs into his former best buddy Luca, whom he hasn’t seen for 10 years. Amiri soon realizes that Fiete is torn between his past and present life. She is not yet aware that Luca and Fiete, who were once like brothers, are haunted by a tragic event that shattered their friendship. In Luca’s presence, Amiri sees her boyfriend in a new light as they fall into old toxic patterns. When Amiri discovers Luca’s involvement with a right-wing political party, tensions rise. Not even Luca’s girlfriend Katja who arrives unexpectedly, can prevent the situation from escalating. BUBBLES explores how a polarized and divided society mixes personal and political conflicts, so even lifelong relationships can tare apart.

A film about kids with little else to offer apart from a well honed body, an overabundance of hormones and a high from their last line. Teenagers Nia and Pulpo hang out at the disco where Nia has sex with a girl he meets there, Foxy. On the way home, Nia and Pulpo are attacked by Spirit, Foxy’s ex. Pulpo is badly beaten up but the police intervene, and Nia ends up in a youth detention centre. He makes plans to escape in order to wreck revenge on Spirit, an eye for an eye, and part of his plan includes meeting Nicole, an attractive young lawyer.

Hanna doesn’t believe in relationships anymore. The young woman lives wildly and without restraint. She stubbornly avoids any intimacy. But when she meets Tim at a party one night, everything changes. The young man challenges Hanna.

While out for a walk in the forest one day, Helena, who is in love with her twin sister’s boyfriend, stum-bles upon a group of scientists setting hormone traps. Anyone who is to come in contact with the hormones, falls in love with the first person they see. Well, what if everyone falls in love with the wrong person?