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Twin 18-year-olds hitchhike to their mother's funeral in Spain. The journey changes their lives forever.

Ibro takes his son Armin from their small Bosnian village to Croatia to audition for a German film about the Balkan conflict.

It is the late nineties, Vietnam is in economic turmoil and overpopulation has sparked political concern. Vu, a photography student, arrives in the sprawling metropolis of Saigon and moves into a slum neighborhood where he meets a mix of eccentric characters including Thang, a charismatic young man, who convinces Vu to get a vasectomy in order receive money from the government.

In early-1980s East Germamy, Paul tricked Georg into handing over his girlfriend Anna to him, but they made a pact that stipulated that Georg could have her back at any time. Years later, Paul and Anna are successful and happily-married with two children. Then Georg reappears, and he has not forgotten the pact.

On a remote island in the Pacific populated by wolves, ravens, and two whale researchers, is a town with the promise of a second industrial boom torn between the wish to protect its territory and the pressure to cope with investors.

Two different misfits, who meet by accident in an old devastated villa, step by step discover their feelings for each other.

Tom Kummer is still considered to be the king of faked interviews, and his specialty was Hollywood. He met Sharon Stone, Sean Penn and Bruce Willis for long, sincere talks - which all turned out to have been invented. For four years, until he was exposed, Kummer supplied reputable publications in Germany and Switzerland with his stories. Today, he earns his living as a tennis coach in Los Angeles. Kummer tricked everyone: the media, the celebrities - and possibly even himself. A movie on the wasted life of a major talent and on the question of truth.

"The Photograph" tells the story of 17-year-old Adam who discovers an old picture of his mother with a strange man and tries to find out who his real father is. This is also a story about first love, infidelity and encounter with death.

Alerik, a dreamy 16-year-old boy, lives with his grandfather in a country that is at war. When the old man is killed in a bomb attack, Alerik becomes obsessed by the wish to take revenge. From now on, the war has him firmly in its clutches.

Claudio, a homeless mentally handicapped man, comes to Barcelona and meets Pelé, an old ailing ex-hippie living on the street. Together they will start a special friendship by preparing a street show of Chinese shadows. Other beggars from the Raval neighborhood will accompany our protagonists.

Being a referee is not exactly a path to popularity and when the whole stadium's chanting, "Maim the ref!" then it can be very lonely out there on the pitch. Georg Nonnenmacher and Henning Drechsler take a look at life as a referee, how they do the job, the skills and qualifications needed, how they cope with the insults, hidden fouls, difficult and sometimes wrong decisions, the threats (death and otherwise) and, above all, the question: why am I doing this to myself?

Documentary about the unconventional East German master builder Ulrich Muether and his famous shell construction.

Four people talk about aspects of their work. A flight attendant on a 747 shows us some of what's involved in getting the cabin ready for the next flight. A man in a hardhat discusses the capacity of a huge steam shovel shaped like a wheel, as it turns and moves earth in the background. A man who sells room furnishings talks about trying to make advertising fliers. A cemetery manager describes burial options. All are cheerful.