Max Thommes

Vienna, Austria, 1910. The young painter Egon Schiele is a rising artist, provocative and free, whose work, characterized by eroticism, shocks as much as it fascinates art lovers.

Sofia, a reserved and bookish 18 year old, is on the cusp of graduating high school when her free-spirited sister Joan dies in a tragic accident. Wracked with guilt, Sofia decides to take the European adventure that Joan had planned but would never complete. She sets out with Joan’s backpack and itinerary, drifting from city to city, encountering strangers and unfamiliar experiences, in search of something she cannot yet name

Jewish aesthete Cioma, 21, does not let anyone take away his joy of life, especially not the Nazis. In 1942, he has to find new ways to make his living in Berlin and escape deportation. In the process he discovers his talent for forgery: not only with passports, but also his own identity.

During a unplanned solo night out in Berlin, Esra is haunted by his memories of the loss of his former best friend.

In a small village, xenophobic sentiment spreads against an innocent family after the village mascot, a wild dog, is beaten to death.

Antoni, 32, lives with his girlfriend Sofie in Berlin. His relationship with time and space is gradually deteriorating. As time runs out and his confusion worsens, Antoni is forced to make an irreversible decision.

After WWII, Helene is ready to do anything to start a new life. As a young woman, she came to the exciting Berlin of the roaring 20s, wanting to become a doctor, and soon fell in love with a man named Karl. But the course of her life took a drastic, irreversible turn when the Nazis came into power.

A former European song contest singer, fading away in a pâté factory, falls in love with a young, aspiring boxer. Together, they decide she should attempt a comeback.

Former bank robber Linda (82) longs for her turbulent past. When one day her former partner-in-crime Tony (80) reappears, she is faced with a choice: to do one last job or to send him to hell.

Man-child Flëpp needs to sever the unhealthy ties that bind him to his mother in order to win the heart of young runaway Leena.

After her father passes away, Emma visits a therapist for the very first time. When, during the session, a pigeon flies straight into the window, Emma finds herself taking on the all too familiar role of good samaritan.