thank you, for existing...(2024)

Waiting for the Storms(fr)

Across various timelines and locations, the fates of four characters intertwine as they struggle to find connections and meaning in a world transformed by climate change.

Dernière Œuvre(fr)

A young artist learns one winter's evening that the paintings she has submitted have been rejected from an open exhibition. Disappointed, the artist decided on the way home to put an end to her suffering by creating one last work.

Grantham Overgrown (Infinite Regression)(en)

A near-dead town, an encroaching overgrowth, a mysterious tower, a camera, a voice. Across 299 photographs a man who may be the filmmaker, and yet might not be real, relays a story that may not have happened, about a place that almost definitely exists.

Etude d'une marche(fr)

1 More Round(en)

Jackie Despain is in the for the fight of her life. In order to get custody of her young niece, the aspiring mixed martial artist, does the one things she knows she is good at - fight. If she can win enough fights within the brutal, high stakes world of mixed martial arts and sign a professional contract, she can win back her niece. As Jackie blazes a violent path towards her goal, she must rely on the guidance of her hardened trainer, Hank.

Blue Devils(en)

Joi and friends turn to stripping after job loss. When a friend is assaulted by the club owner, they plan a heist for justice. As they target a bigger club, a police raid leads to a gripping hostage crisis, testing their bond and strength.

The Dungeon(en)

A newly married couple moves into a house. But the bride disappears.

Decameron Nights(xx)

A Saracen sultan's disguised son loves an amnesiac Moslem princess.

Ein toter Bruder(de)

Jakob and Annette are on their way to Arved. An "alumni party" is being held there with fellow students. Host Arved is now a successful politician who has offered the previously unsuccessful journalist Jakob an attractive job. But when Annette sees Arved's wheelchair-bound wife Diana, she just wants to get away.

Defence Counsel Sedov(ru)

Late one evening in Moscow in 1937, Defence Counsel Sedov hears a knock at the door. Three women whose agronomist husbands have been sentenced to death for alleged sabotage beg him to take on the seemingly hopeless task of saving them. Sedov embarks upon a succession of encounters with increasingly powerful officials, gradually persuading them to look at the case anew. But the highest authorities are not so easily outmanoeuvered, and Sedov becomes canonised as a Stalinist zealot, with the film building inexorably to its chilling triple climax.

My Country, My Parents(zh)

This anthology drama presents four short films honoring Chinese families, spotlighting the struggles of key groups across four pivotal eras: the revolution, construction, reform and opening up, and the new era, while highlighting their perseverance, dedication to ideals, and commitment to passing on the national spirit through generations.

About Miss Azami(ja)

Plurabelle(es)

Ana Livia Plurabelle (30) has different sexual encounters that will make her realize something she hasn't thought about before: the possibility of making money with her body.

Eifersucht(de)

Claudia Hanke and David Martinez have been a couple for some time. But Claudia's pathological jealousy stands between them.

Verrückt nach Paris(de)

A road movie comedy about the longing for freedom and the realization of dreams: Hilde, Karl and Philip live in a Bremen residential home for people with disabilities. While the two boys work in a workshop where they make toy "waddling ducks", Hilde peels buckets of potatoes as a kitchen assistant. Bored with the daily routine, the trio decide one day to escape from the home and go on vacation to Cologne. After a few adventures, Philip loses his wheelchair and has to "hop" around Cologne from then on. Eventually, the friends miss their train back to Bremen - and head to Paris instead. Enno, their cynical caretaker, is tasked with bringing the runaways back. A wild chase begins.