Marianne Sägebrecht

Against a background of holocaust memories, a liberal Jewish girl becomes the nanny to a retarded strict Jewish young boy, and grows fond of him.

The Roses, Barbara and Oliver, live happily as a married couple. Then she starts to wonder what life would be like without Oliver, and likes what she sees. Both want to stay in the house, and so they begin a campaign to force each other to leave. In the middle of the fighting is D'Amato, the divorce lawyer. He gets to see how far both will go to get rid of the other, and boy do they go far.. (imdb)

Out of Rosenheim (Bagdad Café) is a look into the minds and lives of some people most of us have met but few of us know much about... (imdb)

The well-known little village from the Asterix and Obelix-comic books is in trouble: It is the last place not controlled by Rome... (imdb)

Little known actor, Jack Noah, is working on location in the dictatorship of Parador at the time the dictator dies. The dictator's right hand man, Roberto, makes Jack an offer he cannot refuse.. to play the dictator. Jack's acting skills fool the masses but not close friends and employees of the dictator. (imdb)

Rosalie loves to shop too much to let a little thing like no money stop her. When the local shopkeepers no longer take her bad checks or bad credit cards, she's reduced to stealing from one family member to buy presents for others. It's looking pretty bleak until her daughter pushes her into buying a 'guilt gift' of a PC, complete with modem. Master shopper becomes master hacker, and Rosalie is back on top. (imdb)

Frenchman Abel Tiffauges likes children, and wants to protect them against the grown-ups. Falsely suspected as child molester, he's recruited as a soldier in the 2nd World War, but very soon he is taken prisoner of war. After shortly serving in Goerings hunting lodge, he becomes the dogsbody in Kaltenborn Castle, an elite training camp for German boys. Completely happy to take care of these children, he becomes a servant of Nazism, catching boys from the area as supplies for the camp. (imdb)

Four women filmmakers examine sexuality in this anthology. Segment 1 is entitled "Let's Talk About Sex" and is the story of an aspiring actress whose day job is as a phone-sex operator. Segment 2 is called "Taboo Palor" and tells the story of two lesbians. Segment 3 is "Wonton Soup." Here an Australian-Chinese man tries to rekindle his affair with a Chinese woman by returning to their roots. (IMDB)

Melodrama about a man cursed with immortality, who tries to declare his undying love for a depressed actress. (imdb)

In a large city lives a lonesome, 38-year old woman. Without friends, she has indulged in food and candy too much and has become a bit overweight. In short, she is disappointed in her life. One day she sees a young and handsome subway driver and instantly falls in love with him. In a very short time, she finds out all about him and eventually contacts him. (imdb)

The adventures of a grumpy old farmer and his cat. (imdb)

A child meets his uncle, a Czech Jew living in the south of Germany in the days before the 2nd world war. Without taking care of social prejudices, the uncle marries Martha, his servant. When the Nazis come to the power the young and the couple move to Prague. Then is Martha who defends her marriage to a Jew against society. Finally, the man manages to force the separation to save Martha from finishing in a concentration camp with him. (Miguel A. Andrade)

The old man Petterson is trying to sleep but his cat Findus is keeping him awake, so they both agree that Findus shall have his own house. Based on the beloved books by Sven Nordqvist.

Young orphan Rémi lives with his impoverished adoptive parents on a farm. When money runs out, his father sells Rémi to homeless street performer Vitalis, once a famous opera singer who ended up destitute after a tragic love story. (imdb)

A cardiologist, victim of a heart attack in the evening of his life, revisits the life of the Jewish child he was in Algiers in 1942, with all the deprivations and humiliations that entails (the dismissal of Jewish children from Bugeaud high school...), but also joys, discoveries of adolescence and the love of an admirable mother... (wikipedia)

Once upon a time, the Mucklas could be found everywhere. But in an increasingly tidy world, the cheerful goblins have a hard time, since they love disorder more than anything. Soon the last tribe will have to leave their home. (imdb)