Alter Egon

A poetic time travel fantasy through the imagined history of the United States as a modern fairyland, along the traces of our desire for illusion and escapism – fatally bound between fact and fiction, anticipating the current reality shifts in the US.

Carl’s life runs like clockwork: every day, he goes door-to-door delivering books to a handful of loyal customers. He knows their preferences and takes pride in selecting the perfect story for each of them. But his well-ordered life is turned upside down by a cheerful nine-year-old girl, Schascha, who decides to join him on his daily book round. Schascha’s unique outlook on life helps Carl to come out of his shell and realise that his customers are so much more than just that to him. But when Carl unexpectedly loses his job, this vibrant community starts to fall apart - and it will take the power of books and all Schascha’s determination to bring them back together again.

Les (Mala Emde) lives life fast, spontaneously, and carefree. By day, she races through the city as a bike courier; after work, she's off partying with her friends. Stopping, pausing, or thinking about the future? Not for Les. At least not until her father, Bert (Christoph Maria Herbst) – with whom she has virtually no contact – unexpectedly shows up at her door and, after an accident, even hops on his bike for his daughter without being asked. When Les then learns of her unplanned pregnancy, she's completely thrown into a new reality. The expectant father, Tyler (Aaron Hilmer), would love a child, but unfortunately, he's still a child himself. Les's world is turned upside down – and Bert hasn't even told her yet that he's going to die soon...

When a crown rolled in front of his hooves, Louis, a sheep among other sheep, grabs it, puts it on and becomes king. From then on, he plays through everything that kings do to banish boredom and to demonstrate power. With a lot of humour, historical borrowings and a profound sense, the detailed stop-motion animation drives abuse of power to extremes in order to expose it.

For many, crossing the Mediterranean is their last hope of escaping war, persecution, and hunger. As more and more women are forced to take this deadly route, a midwife is now a permanent member of the crew of a sea rescue ship. While midwife Anne-Katrin takes part in her first mission, survivors recount the horrors of their journey. Their worlds briefly collide before the rescued women step into another uncertain future.

Bosteri is a village in the Kyrgyz steppe. Here on the banks of one of the world's largest mountain lakes stands a big wheel that only turns for two months of every year. Under its shadow live the people that summer has left behind.