Emma Holzapfel

Luca is an influencer. For as long as she can remember, she has been the star of her parents' family social media business and their only pride and joy. When her parents decide to have another child, things change. Luca feels betrayed and is afraid of no longer being needed by her parents, whose attention remains tied to her performance for the family account.

A year after her son’s act of violence, a mother comes to terms with his actions, caught between unconditional love and the weight of his terrible legacy.

An East-German teenager is growing up with her bipolar mother during the 2000s. When the opportunity arises to spend a year abroad, the already turbulent universe of mother and daughter threatens to collapse.

Mara is a law student incapable of feeling emotions. How will she react, then, when she discovers that her rapist is a redeemed and happy man? How will she compare the law with her idea of justice?

Marie and her best friend Tara (both 17) are apprentices at a rural German hotel, passing the time with TikTok videos and dreams of viral fame. When a film shoot comes to the hotel, Marie is fascinated, Tara suspicious. After the main actress drops out, Marie seizes the chance to step in—only to realize too late that the shoot is a social media campaign for a far-right party. As Marie pushes her limits for attention and success, Tara tries to stop her, escalating to drastic measures. In the end, friendship and morality collide amid the chaos.

During lockdown, five friends who have moved to different cities after graduating from their high school play guessing games via Zoom. An unexpected twist puts the clique's friendship to the test.

Autumn 2021. Oliwia's home in the forest between Poland and Belarus has become a highly militarized exclusion zone. Every night, she leaves food and water in her garden for the refugees who are trying to make it through the woods. She hasn't met anyone yet - until Hamid appears in front of her window. Her decision to help him entangles her in a tragic struggle with a system that outlaws humanity.

On a seemingly endless day of summer, Noa is playing in the garden with friends in swim shorts. The play comes to an abrupt end as Noa gets a swimsuit.

The unemployed dictator Udo Schmitt is looking for a new country to rule. He begins his journey like any other unemployed person: at the employment office.

Kevin Hines hears voices due to auditory hallucinations that one day order him to end his life. A hand-drawn documentary about one of the few people to survive a jump from the Golden Gate Bridge.

Prof. Kuchen studies why cake makes people happy. The mood-boosting effect has never been clinically studied - until now.

When the first snow falls, the fifth season begins in the village surrounded by mountains. Once a year, the ‘untamed and wild’ is allowed to burst out of the men under the protection of the masks. Somewhere between fairy tale and reality, this documentary paints a picture of a controversial tradition.

Driven by her desire to make a fresh start, a young student gets involved in a strange admission ritual of the older students.

Every Monday, Peter and a few friends meet in the Oberwelt club, a small storeroom in the middle of Stuttgart. There they painstakingly reenact well-known Hollywood movies. It quickly takes a few years to complete a film reenactment. In addition, the actors change constantly, so that sometimes more than 500 people are involved in a film.

Still Waters is a documentation of the destruction in the Ahr valley six months after the catastrophic flooding in the summer of 2021. In the bleak environment destroyed by masses of water, the population clings to small daily activities that promise hope and consolation.