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After killing a man in self-defense, Vincent is sent to the Vortex.

This is the story of Sylvia, who intentionally loses her stepchildren on a shopping trip in Poland. For fear of also losing her husband's love, she is unable to tell him what actually happened and returns home, pretending everything is fine. After realizing that his children are missing, the father begins a desperate search, ready to give up anything in order to find them. Sylvia supports him in a way, attempting tries to comfort him and takes care of his vulnerable flame. For the first time, he really needs her. While the children are trying their best to get home, the police can not find them. When a very vague trace leads to Poland, the parents hit the road to find their children themselves.

19-year-old Johanna lives in the Brandenburg countryside - without prospects, without family support, without any recognition. So she decides to emulate her deceased father and make a career in the boxing ring.

The beautiful wife of a geologist frantically searches for her missing husband and is haunted by a man who bears a striking resemblance to him.

Three people are mysteriously stranded in a remote village in the wintry Alps. It gradually turns out that the village is the setting of a reality show, the content of which is the study of the fear of one of the three unsuspecting people

A portrait of three deserters from the American army, who now live in Canada. In Redemption, they speak about their memories of the war in Iraq, a war that they all now view as senseless. "Even sitting here now, I'm smelling burning flesh," one of them says. Such memories simply refuse to go away, however much the young men would like them to. If they could, they would all like to take back their decision to join the army. They also talk about the methods used to entice soldiers to join up. And we see how they now live: disillusioned, slumped on the sofa, drinking beer and smoking joints. In their early twenties, they already seem to have lost most of their youthful energy. These deserters also feel guilty -- not about deserting, but about having taken part in the war in Iraq at all in the first place. The interviews are interspersed with footage of the war and of the homes the deserters have left behind. So why did they ever join up? Boredom, unemployment, lack of self-worth. And -- above all -- the rosy picture painted of the army's role in Iraq: "I thought I would be feeding hungry children."

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.

19 year old Tobi does his civil service in a home for the elderly. There lives Mrs. Lichtenberg, a old and lonely woman who is dependent on constant presence of a care person. Tobi plans to celebrate into his 20th birthday in the evening, but the night nurse does not come. Coincidentally also Mrs. Lichtenberg has birthday, Tobi short hand decides to carry forward Mrs. Lichtenberg. But he does not know that she has her own plans.

19 year-old Maria works as a waitress in her parents' taverna, the " Acropolis ". Every chance she gets she sneaks off to the cellar of the restaurant to practice the cello. Her parents do not approve of their daughter's artistic bent. When her father suddenly suffers a heart attack, Maria is forced to give up her dream and take over the running of the taverna. Her grandfather and the young Greek-German bouzouki player Michael stand by her and lend a helping hand. The taverna becomes more and more popular but Maria finds no joy in it. It leaves her with no time for her music and the impending exams at the conservatory. Michael gives her the necessary push and falls in love with her. Maria realizes that the strength and value of her identity lie in the union of the two cultures in which she lives. Then the cello meets the bouzouki and Bach the rebetiko...