Bardo Böhlefeld

Niko drifts aimlessly through everyday life without paying attention to social rules.

JESUS CRIES is a modern adaptation of the New Testament. The story is set in a fictitious metropolis in the near future. The First and Third Worlds are reflected in one city. The divide between poor and wealthy continually grows. As insurrection begins, Jesus of Nazareth becomes the political and spiritual force behind change. He is arrested, tortured, and executed. After his death, his disciples are thrown into confusion with feelings of doubt and guilt. They fight over the interpretation of his teachings and their responsibility to his vision. Will they themselves move to action?

A girl spends her life exclusively in her digitized apartment, her sole contact with the outside world is by online chat. That is, until a power cut forces her to switch to traditional forms of communication.

Amir is 28, gay and has just fled from Iran. Agnes is 101 and still too young for a retirement home - she thinks. The two move in together - and save each other's lives.

Lars, a male nurse from Saarbrücken, moves to Berlin with his lover, Roland. They begin to renovate an apartment and their happiness seems almost complete. What Roland doesn’t know is that, while secretly checking out Berlin’s night life, Lars is also experimenting with a deadly poison.

After her boyfriend becomes extremely ill, Mascha re-evaluates her path and decides to leave her previous life behind. But it's only by returning home that she can find peace.

Commissioner Branka Marić is summoned to the idyllic yet secretive island of Brač, where two women are brutally murdered in quick succession, forcing her and partner Emil Perica to unravel a web of long-buried feuds, jealousy, and vengeance among tight-lipped locals.