Tom Böttcher

A man sees the dark side of the time-manipulating biotech company he works for when a crushing debt forces his wife to give up 40 years of her own life.

Comedy short film directed by Maria Kindling.

Mona, her man Theo and daughter Hanna live in an idyllic villa on the outskirts. When the attractive daughter of a friend comes to visit, the problems and fragility of the small family are revealed and a tragic downward spiral continues.

Simone Carstensen-Kleebach actually has everything one could wish for in life: a husband who supports her and with whom she has been married for almost 20 years, a daughter and great career success. But the pressure to be perfect in all these roles lends Simone more and more. When she meets Leon on vacation, it sparks. And although Simone never thought it possible to "do something like that," she gets involved in an affair with him. Back in Hamburg with the family, Simone suddenly receives compromising photos of Leon and himself. But who took the pictures and what does the sender want to achieve?

The story of Basti and Raffaela. Both are “mid-20s”, Raffaela is currently writing her bachelor's thesis and is not getting anywhere, and Basti is working in a graphics start-up company and is frustrated. Raffaela breaks up, Basti accepts it and feels unable to do anything. Luft tells of the state of agony, an agony of the internship generation, which faces a multitude of possibilities in its life and yet is unable to take a path to make a decision.

Andreas and Martin share all the ups and downs of everyday life, and their son is maturing. A cautious approach to the traces of a long relationship. The love story of two people. Not about how they come together, not a phase they go through, but all of their shared experiences: all the years between the first kiss and today.

The rainbow fish, an outsider obsessed with his glittering scales, learns the power of friendship on an adventurous sea voyage with the little blue fish. He finds his place in a colorful fish community—and realizes that sharing brings people together.

Orphaned crown prince Sigismund, controlled by regent Queen Freya, climbs the Falcon dynasty's sacred tower with help from sorceress Eleonor, reawakened to magic by her adopted daughter Rapunzel, Sigi’s childhood friend. After Eleonor’s refusal to serve the queen again lands her and Rapunzel in the dungeon, Sigi helps them flee to a hidden tower only reachable via Rapunzel’s enchanted hair. But with the queen’s spies in pursuit, a final clash looms.

While Felix loses his voice, he believes he needs treatment. But is it really a disease that blocks or rather the feelings he tries to choke?

Vormärz in Germany: Gisela and Walther, a maid and a servant - a predestined path of life, which Gisela rebels against. Her free-thinking spirit puts her in great danger. Is Walther going to join her on this dangerous path?

Volkmar Stenzel is the quintessential branch manager: correct, responsible and always there for his customers. However, people like the 57-year-old are just as little needed in the global financial world as branches in the countryside. When the Chinese group that has just swallowed up his Frankfurt-based bank sends the young careerist Tutz to wind up his branch, Stenzel feels worthless. He rebels against the injustice and finally shows courage.

27-year-old Lena (Thea Rasche), an outgoing elementary school teacher from Berlin, accompanies her 29-year-old boyfriend Ole (Paul Boche) and his brother Lasse (Tom Böttcher) to the village where he grew up. But what initially feels like a relaxing break away from the hustle and bustle of everyday city life soon puts the couple's relationship to an existential test: in the old, emotionally barren environment, Ole changes and reveals traits that were previously unknown to Lena, which not only call the relationship into question, but also become increasingly dangerous for Lena.