Ceci Schmitz-Chuh

Stevie, a precocious 14-year-old girl, must cope with the instabilities of her immoderate parents.

Unannounced, Aziza is once again standing in her room – internship, Portugal, everything canceled. But her room is occupied. Her mother, Trixi, has rented it out. Zach lives there now, a twenty-something from New Zealand, who came to Germany on a one-way ticket. Starting from this situation, the film develops an almost documentary-style portrait of a Kreuzberg 'situation': everything is readily available, time, people, summer, streets. And in the end a crash, the film itself: 'for nothin

Of Girls and Horses follows Alex, 16-year-old misfit and school dropout, who has been using drugs and cutting herself. Her adoptive mother has signed her up for an internship at a farm to work with horses, as a last chance to find balance in her life. (vudu.com)