Dirty Family Affairs[2023]

Play Dead!(fr)

If there is one person Matthew Lancit can’t get out of his mind, it is his uncle Harvey. Dark rings around his eyes, pale, blind, his legs amputated. Like Harvey, the filmmaker also suffers from diabetes. He has the disease under control, but one question is always nagging at him: How much longer? His long-term (self-)observation reliably revolves around fears of infirmity and mutilation. He translates the feared body horror into film, stages himself as a zombie, vampire, a desolate figure. Lancit playfully anticipates his potential decline, serving up a whole arsenal of effects which – as video recordings prove – go back to his youth. It is not for nothing that the “dead” in the title is also reminiscent of “dad.” Because “Play Dead!” also negotiates his own role as a father.

The Wind Blows Twice(ja)

Kanae, who broke up with her husband and moved to her uncle's house, met two men when her father, a university professor, collapsed. Michihara, a wealthy man and Miyashita, a youth scholar. Kanae is attracted to Miyashita, but ...

Dear Affy(en)

An engaged couple hit a number of speed bumps on their road to matrimony including major career complications and questions of fidelity.

Burning Patience(es)

Mario is a young fisherman who dreams of becoming a poet. He gets a job as the postman to Pablo Neruda when the legendary writer moves there after being exiled from Chile.

I Love You(zh)

Hubertusjagd(de)

The young Monika Dahlhoff returns from the USA after two years. As soon as she arrives, she learns that her father wants to sell his traditional stud farm, because he has quarreled with the members of the equestrian club. Accordingly annoyed is the old Dahlhoff, when his daughter just fell in love with the son of his greatest enemy. In the annual "Hubertusjagd" there is a dramatic encounter between the men.

Do Not Marry, Girls(ru)

A chairman of a Kolkhoz tries to organize a musical band in order to prevent kolkhoz girls to escape into a big city.

The Return(tr)

Gülcan and her husband İbrahim dream of a happy future together in their village. However, they are subjected to the cruelty of the Agha, the local landowner who lords over the entire village. İbrahim is fed up and moves to Germany to find work. On the other hand, Gülcan has to deal with Agha's evils alone.

Ich leih’ mir eine Familie(de)

Ben's attractive girlfriend Juliane dreams of a family and children, but the workaholic advertising expert is completely focused on his career. When a well-known baby food manufacturer tempts him with a contract worth millions, Ben has to pretend to be a caring family man. The conservative company boss is thrilled and takes a keen interest in how Ben treats his children. Ben doesn't want to lose the job for God's sake and quickly hires his childhood sweetheart Hanna and her two sons to play an ideal family with her for a few hours. A clever idea, but not without consequences...

Illusion(de)

Melodrama about an actress falling in love with a man who wants her to give up her job.

Twilight(fr)

At the beginning of the 20th century, the destiny of Félicie Nanteuil, a young girl from the provinces who became a big star on the stage thanks to a comedian who committed suicide out of love for her.

Twa-Tiu-Tiann(zh)

Through a famous painting "South Street Festival", a Taiwanese college boy unexpectedly travels 100 years back in time, back to the 1920's, when Taiwan was under Japanese rule. He is stuck, he panics, he wants to return to 2014 but soon changes his mind, not just because of the prettiest geisha girl in town...

How Romeo and Juliet Loved Each Other(sh)

The story of unfortunate lovers from contemporary Belgrade, a young woman married for money, and a student whom she loved before marriage. Juvenile love romance gets extinguished by social intolerance, calculated and upstarted.

Strange Girl(sh)

Minja, a 19-year-old girl leaves her provincial town after her affair with the professor of drawing in order to avoid the scandal. In the big city, she meets Nenad and changes under the influence of love.

Flashdance(en)

Alex Owens, a young woman juggling between two odd jobs, aspires to become a successful ballet dancer. Nick, who is her boss and lover, supports and encourages her to fulfil her dream.

Not Here to Be Loved(fr)

Jean-Claude Delsart, a 50 years-old bailiff, with his worn-out smile and heart, abandoned a long time ago the idea that life could give him pleasures. Until the day, he dares to push the doors of a tango lesson...

D.E.B.S.(en)

The star of a team of teenage crime fighters falls for the alluring villainess she must bring to justice.

The Crime of Padre Amaro(es)

Sent to Mexico to help take care of aging Father Benito, young Father Amaro faces a moral challenge when he meets a 16-year-old girl who he starts an affair with. Likewise, the girl's mother had been having an affair with Father Benito. Father Amaro must choose between a holy or sinful life.

There's Something About Mary(en)

For Ted, prom night went about as bad as it’s possible for any night to go. Thirteen years later, he finally gets another chance with his old prom date, only to run up against other suitors including the sleazy detective he hired to find her.