Lidija-Rukiye Kumpas

Lost in thought in the midsummer heat, Georg suddenly has only one goal. To make his huge, overgrown garden beautiful again at the weekend. But as he spends his days alone in the house he once shared with his ex-wife Sieglinde, who comes to visit at the end of the weekend, he has to deal not only with the garden, but also with absurd visits, memories, nosy neighbours and himself.

Three friends from Tehran are dropped off by their smuggler near the Austrian border. They have to spend the night in the Slovakian forests until the next truck picks them up. The prospect of a new future drives the three of them on despite the harrowing journey. Over the course of the night, the group is confronted with a drastic twist of fate.

The reserved Julia has traveled to Vienna, especially to surprise her sister Johanna at her art performance. Johanna has rented a room for her feminist performance, hired two musicians and invited everyone she knows. However, the vernissage apparently turns into a miserably unsuccessful evening, which might bring the two siblings closer together again.

A summer day amidst languages, meals, and misunderstandings. Gül, far away from home, works in a Turkish village with a patchwork family. As young Filiz idles, Gül faces an unexpected early departure, her thoughts torn between her distant homeland and the life she's living.

While those around him react to his decision to join the military with comments and war stories, A. is looking for another reality. He shaves his head, drops out of university, neglects his friends and hobbies. What remains real and what is fiction?