Karoline Schuch

Attractive, contented Yvonne Schumacher (the excellent Barbara Auer) has built a comfortable life with hubby Stefan (Stefan Kurt) since the fall of the Berlin Wall. Her world is shaken to the roots when she receives a letter from a woman in prison telling her Stefan was cheating for six years. Yvonne makes the long journey to jail to meet with the writer, Vera Glaubitz (Barbara Sukowa, in her fourth film for von Trotta). (variety.com)

Emma knows Max for nearly all her life ... but something misses. Her 'career' as an actress is not worth calling it a career and at her 25th birthday she realizes, that something has to change in her life. (imdb Comments)

Based on a true event, this powerful new voice in German cinema superbly examines German society with a critical and questioning eye in this excellent drama with utterly convincing performances. Weltstadt brings us two teenage boys living in a small village who battle with unemployment and despair at living the same frustrating life every day, over and over again. Their growing angst leads them to start taking risks and seriously pushing social limits - until there's no going back. (leedsfilm.com)

The life story of German gangsta rapper, Bushido. (imdb)

A troubled former soldier works to protect an orphan who witnessed a murder from the assassins out to get her. (imdb)

Hanna goes to Israel to work with disabled people and meets Itay, a social worker. She rejects his flirting at first, but as her interest in her family history grows, so does her attraction to Itay.

Based on the book "Ich bin dann mal weg" by Hape Kerkeling where the author describes his journey on the Way of St. James, a pilgrimage route, and the people he encounters there. (imdb)

Balloon is a German thriller that deals with the crossing of the inner German border of the families Strelzyk and Wetzel from the GDR to West Germany with a homemade hot-air balloon.

A case, that remained a mystery for nearly thirty years. The desperate search of one brother for his sister. And the agony of those who are left behind by a chillingly brutal crime.

A discovery of numerous murder victims in the eponymous region in Germany takes ex-cop Maggie Kring and detective Roland Voit together after more than 20 years of separation to examine the case, which becomes a personal one for Maggie. (imdb)