Matthias Brenner

At once a political thriller and human drama, The Lives of Others begins in East Berlin in 1984, five years before Glasnost and the fall of the Berlin Wall and ultimately takes us to 1991, in what is now the reunited Germany. The film traces the gradual disillusionment of Captain Gerd Wiesler, a highly skilled officer who works for the Stasi, East Germany's all-powerful secret police. (Sony Pictures Classics)

18 year-old Ben is mentally retarded and enjoys hiding himself all day and night in a corn field. The villagers consider him harmless - until one girl after another vanishes without a trace. (dieterwunderlich.de)

Three monks are making their way from Germany to a monastry in Italy, because they cannot afford the rent for their facility any longer. (imdb)

On her wild quest for love, 9-year-old Benni's untamed energy drives everyone around her to despair.