Fachhochschule Dortmund

How is it like to be forced to wait while people are drowning just a few miles away? "No News" gives an insight into the absurdity of European migration policy.

United States-Canadian border 1891: Twenty-three nuns and seven priests are found dead at a burned down monastery. U.S. Marshall William James Richford and Mounted Policeman Richard Custer need to work together to find one of the most ruthless gangs of their time.

One night Laura meets Safi, who has fled her homeland. The encounter gives Laura food for thought.

Lisa fails to clear up the misunderstanding that she is in a relationship with Jonathan, who suffers from amnesia. She becomes more and more entangled in the lies and puts their friendship at risk.

"Sleep Paralysis" dives in to the little-known phenomenon of the same name. Affected people from different cultures tell of their frightening experiences, while scientists try to find explanations.

Through a magical coincidence, the ambitious career woman Rebecca and the lively musical actress Maja switch bodies and have to find their way in each other's lives. What begins as a strange dilemma soon teaches them important life lessons.

Twenty-year-old Dora works as a maid in a hotel and has access to all of the guests' belongings while they are away. This time she is interested in the suitcase of a guest in room 34 ...

Every month the same - something awakens in Resa's uterus and seems to want to tear her apart. Now that's enough!

25-year-old IT student Kerim hacks the outdated computer systems of public institutions and medium-sized companies to earn money and anonymously sells the security vulnerabilities back to them. When his childhood friend Zofia catches him at it and recruits him for the mysterious activist group "The Alliance", the two of them slide deeper and deeper into a political struggle against the system.

A road trip after graduating from high school is the setting of this independent feature film, in which four fundamentally different teenagers set off to Portugal together to find themselves, their purpose in life, and great freedom after school.

Flight attendant Lynn and Damian from the ground crew spend an unusual first date in the unique atmosphere of the Ōsaka Lounge.

When Gabi and Gerd find out that they are going to be parents in less than nine months, they can hardly believe their luck. A dream that finally came true after so many failed attempts. What follows are more than eight wonderful years in which they laugh, dance, argue, cry and love. Day in, day out, little Noah plays with his toy cars, runs around the apartment and his laughter lights up almost every single room. Gradually, however, the seemingly perfect life loses its loving atmosphere and increasingly strange events change the lives of the protagonists in a surreal way.

Day after day, the romantic waiter Thino sets up the guests in the ice cream parlor. When one day he too is struck by Cupid's arrows and falls in love with Anna, an unknown visitor to the ice cream parlor, he is faced with a choice: does he take the chance or wait for the perfect moment?

Nikki is no professional athlete. Still, she swims the English channel to raise money for a good cause.

Somewhere in the Münsterland region of the 19th century, a shepherdess and well-known soothsayer - known as the "Spökenkiekerin" in Westphalian - causes an uproar in the village community with her seemingly insane prophecies. The mayor, in particular, is annoyed by her prophecies. He decides to have her chased out of the village. But a lovely young lady comes to the shepherdess's aid with her occult powers.

When the cheerful, self-determined Christiane learns after a serious illness that her life is now dependent on a machine, she has to decide whether she wants to give up her beloved independence in order to survive.

On the way home, young Laura finds an expensive mobile phone in the park. Back at her apartment, her roommate persuades her to contact the owner and arrange a handover with him for a finder's fee. After giving out their pickup address, the two make a terrifying discovery on the device.

A deal gone wrong, old debts and revenge - In fragments, "Brothers of the Night" tells of a maelstrom of violence in which drug lord Vince and the estranged brothers Leo & Mark find themselves.

To protect her daughter from being raped by Russian soldiers, 18-year-old Slava's mother cuts her hair like a boy and takes her to Germany, where Slava tries to start a new life while struggling with the trauma of war and her stolen identity.