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This movie is based on the popular children's book, Emil and the Detectives. Emil lives with his long-term unemployed father in a small town in eastern Germany. His father finally finds work as a vacuum-cleaner salesman. Emil's mother has left to start a new life in Canada, so when his father has a car accident, has his license revoked and is in hospital, Emil is sent to stay with his teacher's sister in Berlin. However, on the train to Berlin he befriends a stranger, who drugs and robs him. From there, it's an old-fashioned adventure as Emil meets some street smart local kids who help him track down the thief. Stars Tobias Retzlaff, Anja Sommavilla and Jürgen Vogel. Directed by Franziska Buch

Sandor (Gyorgy Gazso) is a middle-aged office worker who is fired from his job. He decides to start a whole new life, and takes off in his car with caravan attached, headed for the Adriatic coast. He hasn't got very far when he is pulled over by police and is booked, unjustly, for drunk driving. Things only seem to get worse for Sandor as he falls in and out of various comedic situations, including one where he befriends a youth who painted graffiti all over Sandor's caravan while he was held up at the police station. Sandor decides he prefers his caravan that way. This film also stars Eszter Marko and Peter Laszlo and was directed by Bence Miklauzik. (In Hungarian, English subtitles)