Stefan Sick

Never before in Russian history has the Russian domestic intelligence services been more powerful than today. The FSB is a murky organisation that can ruin people’s lives who are deemed enemies of the Russian state and even commit murder on behalf of the Kremlin. Four people in exile open up about their experiences with the FSB.

Mr. Kuo and his wife Mrs. Lin cook for the city's sleepless. They work all night and sleep during the day, like many others in buzzing Taipei. Until one morning, riding back from the market, Mr. Kuo takes a different exit on the highway.

The film observes the everyday lives of four girls in a residential group run by child and youth welfare services. Separated from their parents, they struggle for recognition, self-love, self-determination, and security. Always with the fervent desire to return home someday.

A finely-woven tapestry, unifying things that are incommensurate. What is it about? Something that we all know, but which resonates differently with each of us, that cannot be put into words. You could call it our inner hum.

A documentary about the life of a German citizen abducted by the CIA in 2003.

The two war-photographers Chris and Samuel are stuck in the transit area of an international airport. Long time they have worked as a team, not only as professional photographers who risk their life for journalism. They are also close friends, depending on each other. All that is about to break apart, when Samuel confesses that he won't go back to war anymore. Chris not only loses his partner, he is about to loose his friend.

Dementia, a diagnosis that changes everything for those who are affected and for their relatives. Accepting the disease can seem just as difficult as finding an appropriate approach. But perhaps it is much more about compassion than about understanding? In an observational way, The Inner Light explores the everyday lives of people with dementia and focuses mainly on positive situations and encounters. The film tries to offer a poetic interpretation of this special state of being and aims at reducing fears in dealing with people with dementia and at accepting each person's humanity.

The seemingly idyllic region of Ravnice, at the north-western tip of Bosnia and on the EU's external border with Croatia, hides a dangerous past with uncleared war mines. Migrants seeking a better life, are often pushed back across the border from the EU into the surrounding woods, finding themselves lost in the village. Local villagers open the old school building to offer them unofficial, temporary shelter and safety. Despite this ongoing crisis, everyday life continues in Ravnice, marked by daily routines.