Godehard Giese

Liebmann is a visually evocative, subtly emotive story of a man who must face the ghosts of his past before he can start a new life and engage in the possibility of true happiness.

A refugee escapes fascism by adopting a dead man's identity, leading him into an intriguing pursuit of the deceased's enigmatic wife.

Janik and Samuel are best friends celebrating the end of high school. Janik's parents are seemingly perfect, while Samuel comes from a broken home. One impulsive moment threatens their friendship forever. In an attempt to rekindle their relationship, the boys set off on a trip to Istanbul. A thoroughly modern take on the bonds that develop between young men.

The former best friends Laura and Maria have fallen out over a terrible story of deception. They meet again after years of silence on a farm, where Maria's terminally ill sister Kathi has retreated. All three women are on the verge of an inner collapse - they force each other to drop their masks until they have to face existential questions and their deeply buried love for each other.

Despite the threat of war in the autumn of 1939, a German sea expedition is launched to the Norwegian arctic with British explorers onboard. When war is declared, the German government commands them to commit a military operation to help sink a British war ship that is carrying 1,200 soldiers.