Orlando Süss

Angela Merkel's decision in autumn 2015 to open the borders for refugees split the country - some praised the moral stance, others criticized the surrender of sovereignty. Yet what would appear to be well-planned activity is in reality a policy of muddling along, chance, trial and error. The Driven Ones is a chronicle of the refugee crisis which shows that the political actors are being driven along, crushed between self-imposed constraints and events that have spun out of control.

Hartmut has been with Erika for over 40 years, but his wife has Alzheimer's and their memories together are fading. When they both visit their granddaughter's dance club, they hear songs from the seventies. Suddenly Erika is moving to the beat of the music as if she had never forgotten a dance step. And although she then falls back into her own world, Hartmut finds new hope. If he could manage to turn back time, he could bring back Erika, the love of his life.

Hermann, a clumsy but kind-hearted young man who selflessly cares for his eccentric grandmother, receives a box brimming with strange chestnuts from his globetrotting grandfather one fateful winter morning. Hermann promptly builds a rickety chestnut stand in front of the house, where he soon meets the beautiful Hannah, whose charming nature immediately captivates him. The romantic moment lasts only briefly, as Hermann is sentenced by his grandmother to shovel snow.

The story of a young man who goes on a treacherous journey to save his tribe from extinction as a never-ending drought has changed the world forever! It has become a deadly desert, sucking the life out of everything. With his hope set on a mysterious little box, can he overcome to save his tribe?

The full-CG-animated graduation film tells the story of a crazy french scientist who wants to fly. So he builds different flying machines to realize his dream.