Ruzica Hajdari

After meeting face-to-face with the punk scene in 1977s West Berlin, a Yugoslav philosophy student has to learn how to confront and accept the person he really is.

Oray speaks in a quarrel with his wife Burcu three times 'talaq', the islamic formula for repudiation. The imam informs him about the consequences: he has to divorce his wife. Now Oray is in a dilemma: Should he stay with Burcu or with the community?

Five young German women organise a holiday at Lake Garda, with the apparent wish to celebrate their adolescence and bring back to life those little rituals that have consolidated their friendship. Despite the genuineness of their intention, the experience gradually turns out to be catastrophic.

Carla's daily life is thrown off when she receives an unexpected visit from her daughter Feline, whom she has lost sight of for some time. While searching for Carla's swarmed bees together, the two different women get closer again.

In a hot summer during the Covid pandemic, the property management decides to renovate Karsten’s apartment and evicts him. Whether he’ll be able to quickly find something new in Cologne is uncertain. But Karsten remains relaxed. He packs his mattress into the borrowed moving van and turns it into an improvised home. Sophie and Miray also urgently need a place to live and join Karsten. For a while, their set-up seems perfect. However, a few days turn into months. Too much closeness and the impending autumn chill take a toll on the three of them.

“Underrath Stays!” demand the residents who have barricaded themselves inside Camilla’s village pub. Andreas, the cynical representative of the lignite mining corporation, makes one final attempt to hand out the contracts and remove the people of Underrath without conflict. But before a single pen can touch the paper, the pub door swings open and a mysterious cowboy steps into the room.

A daughter spends an endless night with her recently deceased father in the traditional Serbian wake. Confronted with the loss of the person she both treasured and feared her whole life, the quietest night becomes the loudest.

Martina is a good immigrant. At least she has always done her best to be perceived as such. But then she meets the young Dunja during a short vacation at Lake Starnberg. She is self-confident, non-conformist and, above all, she stands by her Yugoslavian origins - in contrast to Martina. Suddenly, Martina is forced to confront a part of her identity that she has repressed all her life.

Fun-loving Anna and her brittle lodger Mr. Kurtz are already living under the same roof as an old married couple. The balance of opposites threatens to tip when Anna's helper syndrome kicks in twice. Her friend Gundi, who has injured her knee, needs help with her everyday life and a barrier-free home, but she can hardly afford a new apartment on her meagre pension. Anna's ex Willi needs a place to stay even more urgently. Soon there is the danger of a senior citizens' flat share.

Together with his students, Ralph is faced with an unpleasant task: The evening school is moving to an innovative educational center. Ralph thinks this is a bad joke.

Silvia (55) returns to her office job at a pharmaceutical company after a long illness. While she is happy to see her colleagues again, she discovers that her Login no longer works - Silvia is no longer in the system.

Master hairdresser Karl Holzer has his own hairdressing salon, has been happily married to his wife Elsa for many years and his beloved granddaughter Nora also contributes to his idyllic life in a small German town. However, when his son Thomas, Nora's father, is suspected of having been involved in serious crimes with a right-wing terrorist background with his recently deceased childhood friend, Karl begins to doubt his ability as head of the family. Meanwhile, 15-year-old Anyá's life is also shaken: Anya's parents' right to stay has expired after 17 years and the family is to be sent back to Kosovo. Anyá is the only member of her family to manage to escape. While trying to get in touch with her parents, the girl meets Karl Holzer, who soon has a terrible suspicion...