Social drama

A fraudulent fortune teller, a genuine miracle: Ramses struggles with chaos, kids, and his own role in a neighborhood full of faith and violence.

When Victor returns to his Bulgarian home village, a summer romance blossoms between two young men from different worlds.

Between Berlin realism and emotional depth, Robert Siodmaks 1930 film FAREWELL paints a sensitive portrait of a society in uncertainty and change.

Eight young artists in Linz, Austria, are struggling with their muses, the pursuit of infinity, and the end of their twenties.

Paris, early 70s: torn between radical political commitment and personal ambitions, a young student is engulfed by the turmoil of the times.

In this blend of French social drama, light-hearted comedy and fantasy, an unpopular physics teacher acquires supernatural powers.

An unembellished look at the depths of human desires – intense, uncomfortable and deeply impressive.

Trapped on a film set between fiction and supposed reality, five people have to discard their old survival strategies.

A harrowing drama about patriarchal justice in Iran – awarded the German Film Prize in Gold.

One misstep costs him his life's work. Workaholic Frank is faced with the choice of preserving his image or his convictions.

Baghdad 2006: In the midst of the bloody conflicts, people try to live their day-to-day life.

Faced with a prison sentence for a crime he didn't commit, Sharaf decides to try to rise in the egyptian prison hierarchy.

A multi-faceted portrait of a Kurdish childhood under the shadow of the Assad dictatorship, spiced with a dash of humor and satire.

Katharina and Steffen have everything but still want to escape the comforting predictability of their lives. Will they dare to take that one step?

Jack, Lisa and Mathis are suddenedly orphaned. All three react to the catastrophe in their own way. Jack, who has just come of age, gets custody.

Olga, who is grieving for her mother and also anorexic, is sent to a psychiatrist who is dealing with her own losses in an unusual way.

A lawyer faces infanticide charges for a child she didn't know she was carrying, igniting a trial that questions motherhood's essence.

Karine becomes the leader in the fight for her job, but the young woman is tetanized by an invisible handicap.

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

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

The modernization of post-war style apartment blocks in central Germany becomes a journey into his own GDR past for architect Alexander.

A haunting psychogram of an entire generation of ex-GDR citizens who have not yet fully accepted that they now live in the Federal Republic of Germany

On 3 summer afternoons, a family meets up a beautiful house in an upscale Berlin neighborhood. They come together but ultimately drift further apart.

Jealousy and biting jokes about old wounds start slowly, but build until bald-face confessions and hand-to-hand scuffles take over.

The first part of Thomas Arslan's "Berlin Trilogy", which shows young people with a Turkish migration history from their own perspective.

Driven by their obsessions and fears, three Berliners lose themselves in the urban jungle.

This delicate ensemble film tells the story of the Leblancs and their well-kept family secret.

A bittersweet drama about bird-loving Yusuf facing the loss of his little paradise on the rooftops of Adana.

A gritty thriller inspired by a true story. After suffering a brutal attack, a teenager seeks revenge.

Rumen, a 13-year-old boy, is bullied by his classmates who taunt him and call him 'Pig'. Full of pent-up rage, he strikes back.

Paul Aivanaa Manaté makes film history as the first Franco-Polynesian director ever and was able to enlist Sebastian Urzendowsky for the role.

They skate, smoke, rap and compare their bullet scars. A surreal portrait of Brazil's fallen youth.

With his at once contemporary and timeless drama, Affonso Uchôa confirms his reputation as one of the most promising talents in Brazilian cinema.

An illegal immigrant from China is desperate for work in Japan. He pretends to be someone else to get a job at a traditional soba restaurant.

Awaiting his prison sentence, Ilkka spends his last night of freedom with his younger brother Simo.

French drama about love, economic dependence and gender roles.

In the Czech capital, the chav Vandam rises up against capitalism, gentrification and the closure of his local pub.

Four characters will meet, love and separate in Gare du Nord, one of the busiest train stations in Europe.

After years in a juvenile detention center, Spira returns to his neighborhood, but gentrification and demolition excavators are taking hold.

A brutal sex crime reveals the monstrous nature of humans, while a police officer must preserve his humanity.

Törless is a pupil in a secluded boarding school. He is a loner who resents the cruelty of his fellow pupils.

Dominick has a superpower and suffers from it. He longs for normality - a refreshingly pessimistic take on the superhero genre.

In this harrowing drama, the father of a gay Chilean man tries to deal with the violent death of his son.

On their flight from the Gulf of Guinea to the Moroccan coast, two people, despite or because of the omnipresent danger, find each other.

A family turns a blind eye to an injustice in this Turkish drama, provoking an even worse disaster.

A comet hits earth and wipes out almost all of humanity. A single girl appears to be the only survivor.

Andres gives up his ordinary life in the city. He moves to the quiet farm of his deceased parents and spends his days in the forest, aimlessly cutting ...

England, 1959. A woman decides to open a bookshop, despite protests from the local population.

Norwegian-Pakistani teen Nisha is torn between two worlds until the worlds colide.

Cobain (15) tries to get his pregnant mother Mia to quit her self-destructive lifestyle. When she refuses to clean up her act, Cobain takes over.

Set during the rise of the Nazi regime, Elisabeth Maurer and Hans Wieland enjoy successful careers as actors in Berlin.

Roland Gräf's film P.S. paints a critical counter-image to the workers' and peasants' state of the GDR, which earned him massive criticism.

1964 DEFA, East German Film by Konrad Wolf based on the novel by Christa Wolf. Tale of star-crossed lovers divided by worldviews in a divided Berlin.

Will is released from prison early to look after his rebellious niece Stacey. For both of them, it's a chance to make a fresh start.

An unconventional portrait of a man whose motto in life is reminiscent of Romantic poets: a genius writes their own rules.

A touching documentary about the everyday life of Zurich's forgotten youth.

After meeting the woman on the train Erwin Retzmann kills her in the forest.

Ira translates to "wrath," but this feeling is barely voiced by the main characters, who live on the grim fringes of society.

Compelling exploration of indifferent and resentful teenagers and the conflicts with their parents.

In the usually grueling everyday life of Moscow, a city of millions, ambulance driver Oleg tries to preserve a remnant of humanity.

In his surreal drama, award-winning Kazakh director Emir Baigazin deals with youth in an eroding society.

In Helsinki, two destinies intersect in the midst of racism and loss: Cohesion and humanity can overcome everything.

Two lovers meet again after 50 years – caught in a web of grief, desire, and the question: What is there to lose but time?

Heartbreaking drama about the Armenian genocide at the beginning of the 20th century.

A heartbreaking drama about love and transience. Winner of four German Film Awards.

At the request of his mother Gitte, Marko (Lars Eidinger), travels from Berlin to his parents (Corinna Harfouch, Ernst Stötzner) in the countryside.

A family working for a luxury textile factory face lay offs but doesn't want to go down without a fight and enlists the help of documentary filmmaker.

Alice works in a call center on the outskirts of Zurich. Inspired by her job, she calls lonely grandmothers and pretends to be a granddaughter in need ...

A coming-of-age tale with a difference about the grumpy doctor Annebarbel Buschhaus donning her ice skates again at the age of 58 after an absence of 40 ...

A family reunion aboard a ship becomes a turning point in the life of 39-year-old engineer Markus.

Thierry, 51, a family man and skilled machinist, has been unemployed for 20 months. Can he keep his dignity while looking for a job?

17-year-old Mateo dreams of Los Angeles. He wants to work there and support his family in their small Zapotec village in southern Mexico. The only way ...

NORDSTRAND tells the story of two estranged brothers, Marten and Volker, who meet in their parents' now empty house on the coast.

Winner of the Bronze Student Oscar.

At age 42, Rafael Belvedere is having a crisis. He lives in the shadow of his father, he feels guilty about rarely visiting his aging mother.

When the elderly and lonely Hanna causes an accident in Germany in which a young man from Kosovo dies, she tries to track down his family.

Hamburg, mid 80s, Alex is a cabby. The sound is hard, pubs are dark and loud, people constantly argue about anything, people smoke all the time, and not ...

Three wacky slacker guys open a pizzeria in Slovenia's capital. To grow their business, they offer to make a wish come true for every ordered pizza.

Tempted by big promises, teenager Lilja follows a man to Sweden. But once there, everything is different than promised.

15 years ago off the coast of Windholm the sea disappeared and with it, all the children. Since then, the losses hang like a curse over the region.

A circus gives the street children of St. Petersburg hope and a chance for a better life.

The captivating story of three gifted street musicians in Jakarta over a tumultuous 5-year period in their own lives and that of Indonesia.

Luna and Amar are a happy couple, but then Amar loses his job. An old friend, who is devout follower of Islam, offers Amar a job. He begins to change... Amar ...

This sharply observed psychodrama follows an accountant plagued by panic attacks and self-pity who maneuvers himself into an existential impasse.

Winter 1968. Historian Dr. Dallow is released from prison. He is still trying to cope with and understand why he was put behind bars for 21 months.

In a small town, everyone has tried to forget what happened shortly after WWII.

A masterpiece of GDR cinema: The Legend of Paul and Paula combines romance and social criticism.

After returning from a concentration camp, Susanne finds an ex-soldier living in her apartment. Together the two try to move past their experiences.

Despite his dedication to the junior-high students who fill his classroom, idealistic teacher Dan leads a secret life of addiction that most of his students ...

Just like Lützerath, Erkelenz and Hambach, the village in this film has to make way for open-cast mining. But one man refuses to leave.

A gangster movie from Kenya: funny, sad, brutal. It was the first Kenyan film ever entered into the Best Foreign Film Oscar race. Produced by German Star ...

A gangster movie from Kenya: funny, sad, brutal. It was the first Kenyan film ever entered into the Best Foreign Film Oscar race. Produced by German Star ...

One evening two teenagers go out together. The next morning the’re gone. The story of two single parents who feel connected and yet are worlds apart. A ...

A love story about two troubled souls from a small town in northern Nevada. CHANCES won the Golden Reel Award.

A crime drama set in the multicultural, expat district of the same name in Seoul, South Korea.

The Partyqueen Nico is a luxury girl from a wealthy home. At a party she falls in love with Paco, who is her complete opposite.

Will Tremper's view on daily life in East Germany is not free of cliches, but he doesn't' portray the West in a particularly positive light, either.