Afshin is in charge of the house and has been taking care of his little brother Benjamin since his father had to leave the country for security reasons. Meanwhile, Abas, the bus driver, struggles with his debts and seeks refuge in drugs.
War
We Weren’t Given Anything for Free
Annita Malavasi was an Italian partisan during the Second World War and one of the few female commanders in the resistance. She spent over a year in the Apennines, fighting against the German occupation. At the same time, she had to assert herself in the male-dominated Italian society.
Transit Line
A film about what we weren’t told and what happened afterwards: the Balkans 1995 genocide in Europe 25 years ago. The drawn film depicts a journey to spatial and emotional roots and borders. It asks about repetition and change. And it asks about our future.
Long Echo
Long Echo tells the story of residents in the coal-mining town of Dobropillja, eastern Ukraine. And a war that at first glance seems only peripheral.
Learning to Milk a Cow
To Bavaria and back in search of heritage lost.
The Bomb Hunters
A bomb victim, a small-town mayor and an intrepid bomb squad race against time to liberate their city from over 300 undetonated World War II bombs before they go off.
Cloud Making Machine
Firas, Jallow and Batoul just arrived in Berlin. They meet one another in a theater group. Through video letters, they reveal their deepest emotions to their families and friends back in their war-torn or poverty-stricken home countries.
Frozen Conflict
Three soldiers are standing guard at the riverbank. Not a particularly dramatic situation – more a sort of Waiting for Godot. Starting from the trilateral post, the film sets out in search of the „conflict“ between Moldova and Transnistria.