New Beginning
Chile, 1973: The democratically elected, socialist president Salvador Allende is overthrown by General Pinochet. A military dictatorship begins, in which Allende’s supporters are persecuted, tortured or murdered. In the GDR (East Germany), some of them receive asylum.One of them is Luis. In the GDR Luis finds a new home. He leads a happy life with […]
Swimming Lessons for Beginners
In an Olympic pool where children’s swimming class seems to be the least important thing, two friends compete to see who gets the only red kickboard. Their rivalry increases, the challenges escalate, the class comes to an end and what seemed like an innocent game becomes a lesson for both.
The Paradox Project
Dr. Splits, a brilliant scientist, creates a time machine, to save his family from World War III but a critical error results in the fragmentation of his personality into distinct and competing parts. As these divided aspects clash with one another, an internal conflict unfolds. The ultimate question remains: which personality will emerge victorious in […]
Triangle
Triangle, the graduation film of Peter Engelmann from the Arts University Bournemouth, is a sci-fi pseudo-docu drama exploring the dark realms of the human mind. The story follows three strangers who – based on a 1997’s psychological experiment on the bonds of friendship – are about to become friends for life, separated only by 36 […]
Triade
An icy couple, Elias and Milou, go on a ski trip to the picturesque village of Elm in search of solace and escape from their cold, distant lives. Here they meet the local Beat. A volatile relationship blossoms between the three, revealing their hidden desires. Will this new warm breath be enough to revive their […]
The Rooms We Share
Hannah expected it would feel different to welcome a refugee into her home. Gratitude, connection, friendship… not so much. She makes a great effort to offer Yulia a warm, open-hearted retreat, but for weeks the two women remain strangers to each other. Hannah wants to change that. But for this to be possible, she has […]
I was busy dreaming about boys
Powerless. Alma is sexually harassed by a friend in a club. At first, she wants to forget all about it quickly and dismisses it as a drunken mistake. But the experience sends her into a downward spiral that she can’t seem to get out of – until she has to.
Hardflip
The decision has been made: A popular skate park is to be demolished and the site is to make way for a modern housing complex. The 16-year-old skater Lucy does not let this get her down and tries to prevent the construction project. But even the foreman Ralf, does not let the rebellion of the […]
Echoes of Juno
Juno is dead. She hasn’t been around for two years now, but her mother Hanna still spends every day with her. There is an AI-controlled device, the “Echoehub”, in Juno’s nursery. This is able to calculate possible scenarios that the deceased could have experienced in the future from information fed into it about the dead. […]
SYNCOPE
Whim and the ensemble have to dance for their lives in the piece SYNCOPE.
