Dysfunctional family

In monsoon-soaked Singapore, a teacher's struggle for identity and connection unfolds through an unlikely and transformative bond.

Chanelle, a 38-year-old French teacher, enters into a relationship with her 17-year-old student Sandrick.

The Sutter family can no longer earn a living from their Swiss mountain farm in the 1970s. A family catastrophe is brewing.

New York rich kid James is forced to choose between his drug fuled lifestyle and the last chance to redeem his relationship with his mother.

A multi-layered drama that skillfully explores how both feelings and memories stay locked away in post-reunification East Germany.

Under the crushing emotional burden of his terminally ill father and violent brother, 14-year-old Daniel seeks refuge with two outcasts.

A touching portrayal of seventeen-year-old Ieva and her ex-alcoholic father’s attempt at rebuilding their tenuous relationship.

Under the eerie penumbra of ash an spewing volcano Cotopaxi, a young woman confronts dormant familial conflicts.

In this very compelling comedy, a father reaches the boundaries of his good will and is in danger of falling prey to insanity.

This documentary-narrative film hybrid tells the story of two Sicilian underdogs in strong, neorealistic Cinemascope images.

This erotic comedy is both a critique of the Japanese family image and a sexually playful homage to Japanese director Ozu Yasujirô.

Authentic, honest drama about a family threatened by the downward spiral of depression, alcoholism and jealousy.

A moving drama that explores the emotional turmoil of addiction, fatherhood, and marginalization.

Anna Jadowska's fifth feature film illustrates the inner struggle of a woman who comes into conflict with patriarchal power structures.

Noah (12) arrives in Berlin to visit his father and gets caught up in adventures at the Carnival of Cultures.

When their cousin comes to live at their remote beekeeping farm, sisters Juana and Mara become trapped in a vortex of seduction and jealousy.

In a dystopian Mexico, a drug-addicted father tries to survive, as a groundskeeper at a baseball field, with his young daughter Huck.

When two estranged half-sisters are forced to move in together, they must confront their shared past and decades of pent-up resentment.

Madeline is teenager who loves to act on stage. She fights with her mother and suffers from a illness which makes her believe she's a cat.

The crazy road trip of an even crazier Japanese family.

"MADONNAS paints the astonishingly differentiated picture of a young woman who neglects her children." (taz)

Growing up in a rural idyll on his father's farm, teenager Johannes searches for his place in life.

This impressive debut from Dutch filmmaker Rosanne Pel examines manipulative sexual abuse among teenagers from the perpetrator’s point of view.

After her drug addicted step-father passes away, teenager Jo gets the chance to take her life into her own hands.

Jimmy is trapped in a spiral of street drug addiction and withdrawal. He’s a wounded creature, chasing after his delusions with a vengeance.

Three siblings, Stefan (Lars Eidinger), Julia (Nele Mueller-Stöfen) and Tobias (Hans Löw) are part of a dysfunctional family.

The radical-minded urban planner Angèle neglects her friends and family for her political struggle.

A father with a gambling addiction must prevent his son from repeating his fate.

Li Jiumei's world falls apart when she discovers her husband with another man.

On the outskirts of Birmingham and the margins of society the Billingham family perform extreme rituals and break social taboos as they muddle through ...

The director is drawn into the conflict-ridden marriage of her parents by an inheritance issue.

Icelandic film legend Ásgrímur Sverrissons has created a laconic homage to the film nerd in all of us with his Drama Reykjavik.

Vain and snobbish writer Axel and 10-year-old Noah meet at the Grand Hotel - one has a drinking problem, the other has Tourette's syndrome.

Eva can finally see her daughter Jasmin again after a prison sentence. After a cautious approach, the two of them have a quarrel.