GERMAN
SHORTS
BREAKING THROUGH
Director: Florian Dietrich
Germany, 2012
Visiting room in a Berlin correctional facility for women. The convict Vicky is breaking up the relationship with her longtime boyfriend Wolf. When Wolf refuses to accept that and stirs trouble with the officers he is kicked out on the street. Out there he sees only one chance to save his relationship...
WHAT HAPPENS IN YOUR BRAIN WHEN YOU SEE A GERMAN WORD LIKE...?
Director: Zora Rux
Germany, 2015
Compared to other language, German has very long words. This is because you can simply put two words together to make a new one... without limits!
MPA - MEDICAL PSYCHOLOGICAL
ASSESSMENT
Director: Robert Bohrer
Germany, 2011
Two years of MPA preparation, preparation for the Medical Psychological Assessment to get back the driver’s license – and two years of being sober. Well…not really, but today is the final test and the most important conversation with the psychologist.
COUPLING
Director: Hardi Sturm
Germany, 2011
Adele and Tim, Sabrina and Sven.
Two couples. One evening. It begins harmlessly and ends in debates. Consequences guaranteed.
FIVE MINUTE
LOVE STORY
Director: Robert Jenne
Germany, 2011
A five-minute relationship going through the emotions of a lifetime-relationship. All you ever wanted, feared and lost in five minutes. But to get it, you must do the unusual. This is what main characters Emma and Tom experience.
THE RUN
Director: Stefan Najib
Germany, 2014
Martin is a teacher at a local high school. He thinks of himself as a good educator, but his own son begins to rebel against him.
MAYBE LATER
Director: Philipp Döring
Germany, 2013
All that is missing is one last signature and everyone wants to get this meeting over as quickly as possible - the mother, the new parents, the woman from the adoption office. But there is one unknown factor, and that's Mirko, the father of the baby who has never seen his child.
MORITZ AND
THE WOODWOSE
Director: Bryn Chainey
Germany, 2013
Moritz finds it hard to accept his brother's grave illness. In an attempt to solve the problem he enters into an arrangement with a mystical creature.
12 SEA MILES
Directors: Anne Clara Köhler, Jakob Werner and Theresa Schlipf
Germany, 2017
What is it like for rescuers to pick up fleeing refugees in open waters? Clemens Nagel talks about his personal experiences.