Lars Rudolph

Young nurse Sissi lives a secluded life, seemingly entirely devoted to her patients at Birkenhof asylum. Her first encounter with ex-soldier and drifter Bodo has a lasting impact. He causes an accident that results in her lying under a truck, unable to breathe. While he provides life-saving first aid, mesmerized Sissi begins to wonder whether he may be the man of her dreams. But when she tracks him down weeks later her affection is rejected, as Bodo is stuck somewhere between a traumatic past and a criminal future. (imdb)

Lola receives a phone call from her boyfriend Manny. He lost 100,000 DM in a subway train that belongs to a very bad guy. Lola has 20 min to raise this amount and meet Manny. Otherwise, he will rob a store to get the money. Three different alternatives may happen depending on some minor event along Lola's run. (imdb)

Based on László Krasznahorkai's novel "The Melancholy of Resistance," this is an uncanny fable about powerlessness and tyranny. Set in a small Hungarian village at a moment of great crisis, a mysterious circus comes to town with a giant whale and news of an appearance by a Prince known for his strange powers. Soon the locals' emotions are stirred to a fever pitch of anticipation. (Anthology Film Archives)

Austria, a little farming valley. Beginning of the century. When one of the farmers is found murdered one day, his labourers know of nothing, but are relieved, as the tyranny has ended. Then, something new happens for the first time in history: The farm workers inherit the whole farm together, as the farmer himself was childless. Now, conflicts come up, as nobody is the boss and nobody has to obey. (imdb)

Flanders, a famous female author, travels 1989 after the fall of the Berlin wall into the German capitol. She is deeply depressed of the events because she saw the communistic states as a very good thing that has now ended. In the joy of these days she finds no person to understand her, so she has to travel back to Munich. After meeting several people, known and unknown, it seems as if there will be no way to go. (imdb)

The daunting task of adapting Danilo Kis' loose trilogy of autobiographical writings about a train inspector navigating a war-torn, Kafkaesque Central Europe -and the son who retraces his steps 30 years later-. (variety.com)

Summer 1898. Canada during the Klondike Gold Rush. Emily Meyer joins a group of seven German American immigrants. Together they embark on the long journey to the newly discovered gold fields in Dawson. (mubi.com)

Adolf Hitler wakes up to find himself in the 21st century. From there he pursues a career as a standup comedian. (imdb)

A wedding photographer becomes overly intrigued by a young bride-to-be. (imdb)

The dress is too lavish and the toilet cubicle too small for the bride to fit in. The ballroom is jam-packed and the mood is alarmingly good. Something is about to burst: the groom's delusion of grandeur? The pregnant belly of deaf Betti? Her step-father's patience? Or the wine-filled bladder of his ex-wife? (imdb)

A grieving woman at the grave of her lover. A love tragedy that takes place at a fun fair. The miracle of a newborn. Anna Faroqhi creates timeless, silent film miniatures based on three songs from the cycle Dichterliebe by Robert Schumann - interpretations of poems by Heinrich Heine - sung by Faroqhi herself. All three songs and films are about love.

Forensic scientist Emma returns one day before her father's birthday from USA to her hometown Mittenwalde (Brandenburg/Germany). Because her father Peter, a coroner, has to deal with a series of odd cases, she decides to support him. (imdb)