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Frontalwatte is like running against a wall and falling softly. Teenagers, Franz, Adrian and Anastasia stumble through a world without consequences. They pass the time with home visits, jaw surgeries, triangle lessons, incest and poetry slams. Their search for identity degenerates to the search for the right role. It is like standing on stage with bandages in the mouth. Franz is left by his girlfriend, Claire and is going around visiting luxury apartments as a potential buyer who is obviously not rich but lives in a city where this can still be pulled of: Berlin. He meets an older woman, Ursula who wants to seduce her teenage son, Adrian, but he refuses so she uses Franz to replace him for her sexual inappropriateness. One day they are caught by Adrian.

A rare gem of cinematic storytelling that weaves docudrama, fictional reenactment, and experimental photography into a powerful, reflective work on the early days of German cinema. The film tells the story of the Skladanowsky Brothers, the German-born duo responsible for inventing the "bioskop", an early version of the film projector.

Shortly before Christmas, a mismatched German couple is driving not-completely-voluntarily through Poland in a ratty old car. Square lawyer-to-be Max Lowenberg investigates a formerly-German property; constantly-gabbling Anna just wants her car to be stolen. Both are surprised by Polish hosts and Santa Clauses. They become closer to their Polish neighbors--and each other--with help from hearty hospitality and lots of vodka.

A left-wing activist named Sydelia organizes the first Germany-wide general strike for interns.

A wild boy (Anton Vogt) living in a forest of giant rhubarb plants keeps an old comic-collage in his forest shack and tries to make sense of the colorful and figurative images that form this icon.

On a rainy night a battered taxi drifts through the streets of Berlin. Iona, a Russian immigrant, is behind the wheel. His son Sasha had financed the family by driving the taxi until his sudden death. Now Iona tries his best as a blundering taxi driver. But what he really wants is to find someone to talk to about his son's death.

Marie loves Bubi. - Irene conquers Bubi. - Bubi drops Marie. - Daisy and Freder have an affair. - Daisy tries to win Marie. - Freder seduces Lucy. - Marie loves Daisy. - Daisy breaks up with Marie and commits suicide. Seven young adults are in search of intense experience. They play at life, have fun, and realize only when it is too late just how caught up they have become in a web of dependence.

Once upon a time, when the Wild West was still wild, a Cowgirl and a Werewolf travel the hostile land. As a chicken walks their way a fight about the appropriate use of it makes them forget the danger around, till it seems to be too late.

Butterland is an allegory, an enchanting tale of our times. It tells of a strange and remote world, of yearning and of ones quest for happiness. It is with the eyes of a stranded young man that we enter this mystic island populated by bizarre inhabitants. Soon the young man begins to prepare his getaway and starts building a boat. However when we come to conclude that the stranger is in fact one of the islanders, we have to watch his shipwreck as he is washed ashore again.

Franz and Julia love each other, and he tries to keep everything bad away from her. But one night, the couple get harassed by some guys on the street, and Franz loses control.