When one of her students is suspected of theft, teacher Carla Nowak decides to get to the bottom of the matter. Caught between her ideals and the school system, the consequences of her actions threaten to break her.
Set in the future on a war-ravaged Earth, four exhausted soldiers man Sentinel - a remote military base in a vast ocean that separates two warring continents. While their tour of duty ended three months ago, the relief crew still hasn't arrived and as the empty weeks turn to months, paranoia descends, testing relationships to breaking point...
Jennifer (Laura Dern) bliver stillet over for en række livsændrende spørgsmål, da hun finder en historie, hun skrev som 13-årig. I denne har hun beskrevet sin første seksuelle relation, og da hun genlæser historien, forstår hun, at hun må tage relationen og alt det, hun har fortalt sig selv for at kunne overleve, op til alvorlig genovervejelse.
Palermo, Sicily, 1980. Mafia member Tommaso Buscetta decides to move to Brazil with his family fleeing the constant war between the different clans of the criminal organization. But when, after living several misfortunes, he is forced to return to Italy, he makes a bold decision that will change his life and the destiny of Cosa Nostra forever.
The world’s most talented young pianists compete in the International Chopin Piano Competition, held every five years in Warsaw, Poland. A rare behind the scenes look at the triumphant highs and crushing lows of competition, Pianoforte is both a testament to the remarkable power of music and an intimate coming-of-age portrait.
I ”Personal Shopper” arbejder Maureen som personlig tøjindkøber for en manisk A-liste-berømthed. Maureen er frustreret over sit arbejde og opholder sig egentlig kun i Paris for at komme i forbindelse med sin afdøde tvillingbror. Som tiden går, ser ´kontakten’´stadig mere usandsynlig ud, men så begynder Maureen at modtage gådefulde tekstbeskeder fra en ukendt afsender.
Undine is a historian and tour guide at the Berlin City Museum specializing in urban development, while Christoph is an industrial diver. Linked by a love of the water, the two form an intense bond, which can only do so much to help Undine overcome the considerable baggage of her former affair.
Revolves around the Lunies family whose estranged members include mother Lissy, son Tom and daughter Ellen. They reconnect after each of them faces death in one way or another.
I DDR forelsker den kunststuderende Kurt sig i sin medstuderende Ellie. Kurt ved ikke, at han allerede har bånd til Ellies far, lægen Seeband, som begik en forfærdelig forbrydelse i nazitiden. Sammen vælger Kurt og Ellie at flygte til Vesttyskland. Kurt hjemsøges stadig af sine oplevelser i nazitiden og under kommunisterne, og han begynder at lave malerier, som afspejler hans egne og hans generations traumer.
Tobias er andenpilot på et fly, der er på vej fra Berlin til Paris. Ombord er også den mere erfarne Kaptajn Michael og en stewardesse, som Tobias har en ung søn med. Flyvetyren er ren rutine, men midt i det hele går det galt: Fire terrorister springer frem og forsøger at tage kontrollen over flyet, og det bliver op til Tobias at redde fly og passagerer. Joseph Gordon-Levitt spiller den altdominerende hovedrolle i denne intense thriller, der næsten udelukkede foregår i flyets cockpit.
Filmen 'Victoria' handler om den unge titelkarakter, der er taget fra Spanien til Berlin for at leve livet. En aften i byen møder hun fire unge fyre, der straks inviterer hende med videre ud på eventyr i natten. Men det der skulle have været en sjov bytur, tager en uventet drejning for dem alle. 'Victoria' er optaget i ét langt take. Det vil sige, at der ikke er nogle klip i filmen, der blev optaget mellem klokken 04:30 og 07:00 om morgenen i hjertet af Berlin.
Dette er fortællingen om et møde mellem Lazzaro, en ung bonde så god af sig, at han ofte forveksles med en enfoldig, og Tancredi, en ung adelsmand forbandet af en livlig fantasi. Livet i deres lille isolerede landsby domineres af den forfærdelige Marchesa Alfonsina de Luna, dronningen af cigaretter. En ubrydeligt bånd bliver forseglet, da Tancredi spørger Lazzaro om at hjælpe ham med at orkestrere sin egen kidnapning. Denne mærkelige og usandsynlige alliance er en åbenbaring for Lazzaro…
I DDR i 1980 forflyttes den unge læge Barbara til et hospital i en lille kystby som straf for at have ansøgt om visum til Vesten. Hun er fast besluttet på at flygte, men Stasi overvåger hende konstant. Samtidig kan hun ikke greje sin nye chef, André. Hvad betyder hans omsorg? Er han stikker? Eller er han forelsket i hende? Barbara begynder at miste kontrollen. Over sine planer, over sig selv, over kærligheden. ´Barbara´ modtog Berlin-festivalens Sølvbjørn for bedste instruktion.
The most famous murder scene in movie history comprises 78 camera settings and 52 cuts: the shower scene in Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho. 78/52 tells the story of the man behind the curtain and his greatest obsession.
Alice, a single mother who is more dedicated to her work as a genetic engineer than to her teenage son Joe, develops a new variety of flower that is supposed to have the ability to make its owner happy thanks to its special chemical properties.
A strange family: 17-year-old Phil lives with his mother and twin sister in an old mansion on the outskirts of town. When he returns from summer camp, the mood in the mansion has soured somehow. Phil doesn’t worry about it, hanging out with his best friend Kat instead. When he starts to feel attracted to a mysterious new student at school, Phil is plunged into emotional turmoil only exacerbated by the trouble at home.
A young East German woman leaves her husband and business partner and relocates to a West German city to start anew as an accountant, but he soon catches up with her.
Forsikringsagenten Max får besked om, at kræftsvulsten i han hjerne er uhelbredelig. Han elsker sin kone, og vil gerne skåne dem begge for et sygdomsforløb, hvor svulsten uigenkaldeligt vil forandre ham. Derfor tager han til det hemmeligt, afsidesliggende luksus-resort Aurora Hotel, der hjælper folk med et lykkeligt og smertefrit selvmord. Her får Max også på forunderlig vis mulighed for at genopleve den første elskovsnat med konen. Men kan Max fortryde? Og hvilke konsekvenser har det, hvis man fortryder?
Two westerners, a priest and a teacher find themselves in the middle of the Rwandan genocide and face a moral dilemna. Do they place themselves in danger and protect the refugees, or escape the country with their lives? Based on a true story.
Michaela, an epileptic, enrolls in college to study education. She goes off her medication and soon begins hearing voices and seeing apparitions that tell her to avoid religious objects, although she is devoutly Roman Catholic. One priest scoffs at the idea that Michaela could be possessed by demons, but a younger pastor arranges an exorcism for the young woman.