
Directing
Jan Ole Gerster
Born 1978-01-01 · Hagen, Germany
Acting credits
Behind the camera
6.1In this twisty thriller, a tennis coach at a tropical resort finds himself at the center of a missing persons mystery. Tom teaches tennis during the day and parties at night. When an enigmatic tourist arrives, Tom is unable to shake the feeling he has met her before. Tension and attraction grow, until her husband disappears, and the police suspect Tom.
Islands
2025
6.1In this twisty thriller, a tennis coach at a tropical resort finds himself at the center of a missing persons mystery. Tom teaches tennis during the day and parties at night. When an enigmatic tourist arrives, Tom is unable to shake the feeling he has met her before. Tension and attraction grow, until her husband disappears, and the police suspect Tom.
Islands
2025
7.2Niko, a twenty-something college dropout, lives for the moment as he drifts through the streets of Berlin, curiously observing everyone around him and oblivious to his growing status as an outsider. Then on one fateful day, through a series of absurdly amusing encounters, everything changes.
A Coffee in Berlin
2012
7.2Niko, a twenty-something college dropout, lives for the moment as he drifts through the streets of Berlin, curiously observing everyone around him and oblivious to his growing status as an outsider. Then on one fateful day, through a series of absurdly amusing encounters, everything changes.
A Coffee in Berlin
2012
6.7Today is Lara’s 60th birthday, which happens to fall on the same day as her pianist son’s career-defining concert. A failed pianist herself, Lara spends the time before his performance pacing about Berlin—boiling with jealousy, nerves, and pride—trying to get hold of her elusive son.
Lara
2019
5.8Thirteen German directors present short films exploring the state of their country.
Germany ’09 – 13 Short Films About the State of the Nation
2009
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Der Brandenburger
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Follows a journalist planning a new beginning with his family in Brandenburg, who gradually loses himself in a maelstrom of paranoid fears and conspiracy theories.
German Angst
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A spectacular escape from East Germany based on true events. In October 1964, more than 50 people made their way from East to West Berlin through a tunnel under Bernauer Strasse.
Freiheit
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