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- For decades the Legionaries of Christ appeared mainly as a globally acting and rapidly growing community that is very loyal to the Pope. Especially due to their success among the young, many conservative Catholic circles considered the movement a convincing answer to the crisis of faith in the West.
- A Man wakes up in the middle of a crossing. He has no memory how he got there. His only clue is a small note in his hand with an address on it. He is searching for explanations. Throughout his grueling search, he is loosing his only confidant. The search is more and more dragging him in. But the chase for memories ends with a realization, which makes him doubt himself more than ever before.
- Stadlfreunde (Friends of Volksmusik) accompanies five avid Volksmusik fans: Friedrich, Gusti and Helmut, Lydia and Harald. They belong to different generations and have different lifestyles but they share the passion for the "Musikantenstadl", one of the most successful Volksmusik TV shows in Germany, Switzerland and Austria. At the live broadcasts they forget their daily struggles and join the party. Each year's highlight is the "Silvesterstadl" on New Year's Eve. Stadlfreunde (Friends of Volksmusik) deals with the motives of dedicated fans and how this specific fandom influences their approach to life.
- When a guy tries to gain contact with a girl in the library, he can't control his movements. His arm goes up and down for apparently no reason. The girl looks at it with horror. Meanwhile the little sister of the guy is playing with a doll.
- Was wird bleiben... (What will remain...) when mankind has disappeared? What can be found? What will it tell about us? What will remain from modern technology, art, social order, and humanity? What will remain... is an essay about the fragility of our life, our civilization and the short period of time we've walked on this planet.
- Native Americans fight for the survival of their salmon and their culture - against an energy corporation. Their struggle may trigger the largest dam removal project in history.
- "A real good painting transmits energy all the time. And that is unstoppable - It's just there. That's a mystery to me too. I think that might be what we call art." - The film centers around the painter Peter Tomschiczek and his work. At night in his studio he reveals his ideas about life and art in what seems to be a monologue. His inspiration is an intense and archaic perception of nature. Wether in parts of of Western Africa or on a karst island in Croatia, Tomschiczek collects impressions and integrates them in his works. But he also recharges his batteries in nature to be able to deal with the problems of art: "Painting is my way of understanding and reflecting life. I do it only for myself." The close relationship between the protagonist and the filmmaker - father and son - can be sensed like a pulse throughout the film. A very personal film.
- The documentary "Die häusliche Seite des Krieges" (The Domestic Side of War) tells the stories of three military-families. It accompanies their daily lives, and takes us into their homes. We learn how they deal with missing a loved one and how they experience the public discussion about whether or not it makes sense to deploy Bundeswehr-soldiers internationally.
- A young woman experiences the worst panic attack of her life as the world around her seems to be going faster and faster.
- A night in Buenos Aires. Young people between sunset and sunrise, in search of trash, love, justice, a future. Four life lines cross but never touch each other. A portrait of a society in crisis.
- Documentary film about the last Nazi trials still running in Germany. "Justice has no statute of limitations."
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- About Fathers tells the story of a guilt-ridden father who blames himself for the death of his sister. She died in an accident, when she was 14 years old. Now 40 years later the father is unable to establish a relationship with his son. Destiny seems to repeat itself...
- Tobi goes to boarding school to learn about life after his heart transplant. He grows half a meter in two years, begins to play the drums, makes friends. At the age of 21 he dared to go to Sarajevo for a year, fell in love and was rejected, life stripped him of all facets. Over the years he has wanted to write a letter to his donor's family saying goodbye to his old heart and embracing the new life. But he never feels ready. At the age of 23, he suddenly ended up in a psychiatric ward. He realizes that he wants to go back to who he was before the transplant: a fighter who keeps defeating death, not one who fails in life. The documentary confronts the viewers with the question of what the things are that are worth living for and gives insights into a world that normally remains closed to them.
- When Giuseppe the shy pizza baker is kneading his dough for the day, he looks out of the window of his small, shabby pizzeria. While outside life is going on, he spends most of his time on his own. One day he looks at the lovely smile of the most beautiful woman he ever set his eyes on. At first completely paralyzed, he manages to smile back timidly. Work is much easier after wards. From this day on Giuseppe waits for the beautiful woman every day at the same time. He waits for a smile which is only for him. But one day he has to find out that this smile is a very special one.
- Julius spends a vacation with his parents and grandfather by the sea. Whilst his parents are busy holding together their crumbling marriage, Julius has a hard time dealing with his obstinate and obnoxious grandfather. In a fit of anger and childish defiance he wishes him dead.
- Michael is a nice guy. Every fall, he helps his neighbor Yvonne carry her cactus from the garden to the attic, and every spring he carries it back down again. Although he doesn't tell Yvonne, he really hates the plant. He was always the one to carry it, he gets stung every time, and it gets heavier and heavier by the month. Just when he looks forward to a calm Sunday at home, he notices it's that time of year again, and Yvonne asks for the favor. Not wanting to ever touch the cactus again, Michael realizes that he has never learned to do one thing: say no.
- A shopping center somewhere in suburbia, teeming with people. It's Christmas tomorrow. Time to look back, to take stock. A young woman, a little girl, the star moderator of a talk show and a stray dog on heat will cross paths.
- After his mother's death, the 12-year-old Max, son of pharmacist Sternheim, wishes for a pet. One day a dog appears in Max's life. By his power of persuasion he is allowed to keep this dog and names him "Bello". In the meantime a new tenant, Verena Lichtblau, moves into Sternheim's house, and Max is not happy. But further Sternheim has got a present, that's a special mixture. After he has ruined Edgar's harvest with the mixture, the next accident happened: Bello drinks from the mixture, and so he transforms to a human. With Max's help, "Mr. Bello" continues a human-life. And Mr. Bello returns Max's enjoying of life again. But outside of Sternheim's house Mr. Bello gets in trouble, and there the story begins.
- Ten personalities from the industry look back on the highlights of German film history.
- FAUN represents nature. With him we explore his world: his mountains and rivers, his forests and valleys. LULU embodies the bavarian history and takes us on a journey through art, culture and progress. When FAUN is in danger LULU finds him and comes to help.
- How a great love became a masterpiece of European literature: the fascinating story of how the novel "The Leopard" came to be written. When Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa died in 1957, he was penniless. One year later, his only novel The Leopard was published and became an overnight success. Luchino Visconti's eponymous film won the Palme D'Or at Cannes in 1963. The story of how the book came to be written is largely unknown. It's based on the relationship between the writer and his Baltic German wife and how they lost almost everything against the background of the massive upheavals in Europe and who nonetheless managed to reinvent themselves.
- As a boy Chris Sanders was forced to watch on helplessly when the father he worshiped, the astronaut Mathew Sanders, was killed in a Soyuz capsule that exploded. What Chris didn't realize was that the accident was only staged to fool the public, and hide the real circumstances behind the mysterious "Omega Mission": AEON, a vast, indefinable mass out in space, was coming threateningly close to the earth and had to be destroyed. General Gossett, the head of the Omega Project, wanted to prevent mass panic by keeping the whole thing top secret. His colleague McBain protested fiercely, however, and was locked away in a psychiatric clinic. Ten years later, Chris himself is an astronaut, and has been chosen to go on his first mission to the International Space Station that is orbiting the earth. Shortly before the launch he meets McBain, who tells him about the phony accident ten years previously. Chris doesn't believe him, but Laura, an attractive journalist, investigates the matter and actually finds some evidence to support McBain's allegations. Meanwhile, Chris is in a shuttle out in space. His first mission turns into a disaster, however, when McBain takes over a relay station down on earth and uses software to block the shuttle's functions. Chris is in serious danger, and is only saved in the nick of time by his friend Nick after a daring rescue attempt. Back on earth, Chris travels with Laura to Russia to find out more about the mysterious Project Omega. Just as the two of them are about to solve the mystery Chris is called away to help prevent someone from destroying the International Space Station. Chris immediately realizes that McBain is involved again, but this time he's powerless to prevent the catastrophe: a missile destroys the station, killing his friend Nick in the process. Chris now realizes that Omega is doing everything in its power to cover something up. On his first mission to the moon, he stumbles across a top secret lunar base. Chris realizes he's finally on the point of uncovering the secret of the mysterious Project Omega once and for all ...
- With her stepfather repeatedly turning violent, a teenager decides to run away from home. Freedom seems within her grasp, but only as long as she believes she has company.
- Alice is unemployed, she can no longer tolerate the disgrace of daily life and refuses to get along with the requirements of the Jobcenter. Defiantly, she keeps afloat with petrol vouchers that she gets from small jobs in market research institutes and tries to find the thread of her life through this absurd exchange.
- Florian is a successful up and coming architect. However, when the firm goes bust, his life changes drastically. He has to take a job in a pizza place and move to a cheap and run down area of town. But not all is bad. He also learns that there's more to life than money and a professional career.
- Every year on Blood Friday (the day after Ascension Day) the blood relic is carried or ridden through the countryside.
- Two teenage boys spend their summer in a beach hut on the Pacific Coast. Their friendship is put to test when a mysterious woman moves next door. Both fall under her spell and get caught up in an emotional turmoil with dramatic consequences.