In a small sleepy town like Moi, Norway, it's not particularly hard to spot the fifteen new non-blonde residents. The newcomers are migrants who have recently been resettled in the town. The city council has decided to house the asylum seekers in single-family homes in common neighborhoods, thus giving them...
1989, fall of the Berlin Wall: East German runner Ida Nowak (17) touches West German soil (literally) for the first time in her life and accidentally finds out that she is not a woman, but also not a man - but both. In the midst of German reunification, Ida's world...
How many existences fit into one life? VATAN tells the driven (true) life story of Musa X. But who is Musa? Is he a leftist or a rightist? A good or a bad person? Fearless, violent, and obsessed with his obsessive quest for respect, status, and belonging, he threatens to...
The father of Mariam and Noura dies leaving a large sum of money in the bank. The sisters want to put their hands on this money before their brother finds out about the father's death. According to the law, the brother can claim half of the inheritance because he's the...
Frankfurt, 1946. David Bermann (Moritz Bleibtreu) and his Jewish friends have escaped the Nazi regime and are now dreaming of leaving for America. But how will they get the money in these tough post-war times? The smooth-talking businessman focuses on what the Germans now need most: fine bed linens nicely...
The world of lonely, middle-age policewoman Beauty Cuba changes forever when she receives a call for help from Billy, the lost love of her life who has recently been re-arrested for murder. Beauty returns to her home town of Beaufort West, deep in the heart of the surreal landscape of...
ULJA (12), the youngest of a family, in a village in Germany, is a smart (and slightly odd) girl, and very much into science. She has discovered an asteroid on it’s way to earth and determined its point of impact: Belarus.Her Grandma OLGA is religious and cannot stand Ulja's thirst...