Jonas Schmieta

Through items left behind, After the Game explores traces of structural violence at Europe’s borders.

A young woman. Young skin, old stare, messy hair and an outsized parka. She has been living in a psychiatry for the last two years. After being released, she tries a restart as a journalist alongside her best friend Jonathan.

She is defined; from birth on. The role she has to play, who she is and what she is made of is not determined by her. If one’s own body and gender are a political issue, it is about time that one’s own voice is heard.

Daydreamer Ben is hopelessly in love with his colleague Sophia from the ice cream parlor, yet unsure if she returns his feelings. In a moment of humiliation he rises above himself and finally overcomes his fear of making the first step. Between sundaes and cups of coffee: The beginning of true love.

A student couple on the verge of separation attend the birthday party of a mutual friend. While dancing, a new woman enters the couple's lives. Neither of them finds happiness that night. - A story about the insurmountability of the attraction of feelings and their unpredictability.

A malfunctioned pregnant robot escaped to a state where robots are banned. She now tries to untangle her fragmented mind before being terminated.

Special needs pupil Justin has had another fight and his principal wants to get rid of him: Inclusion in the comprehensive school. Justin panics: To school with the normal kids? Without him! His friend Hendrik has a plan: kidnap the principal's dog and swap it for Justin's freedom.