Hamburg Media School

Young neo-Nazi Jan's world is somewhat limited, but stable. At least until he ends up in an Asian strip club while on the run from the police and experiences a moment there that rocks his world.

For a decade Kenya has been targeted by terrorist attacks of the Al-Shabaab. An atmosphere of anxiety and mistrust between Muslims and Christians is growing. Until in December 2015, Muslim bus passengers showed that solidarity can prevail.

A German couple adopts in Kolkata an Indian orphan. Their child suddenly disappears and they realize that they are part of the problem.

In the late 19th century young radiologist Georg starts to experiment with the recently discovered X-Ray technology. At first his methods seem promising and his patients get better. Soon however, he plunges himself more and more into his work and must learn the true devastating nature of his treatments.

Pouya is a political refugee from Iran who lives in Hamburg and is doing everything he can to bring his wife Nikta to safety. As a political activist and video maker, he finds it difficult to trust strangers, as he is always afraid of putting the regime on his wife's trail. When a passenger plane is shot down over Tehran and the political situation escalates, Pouya has to overcome his paranoia. He must be able to believe that he has found a friend.

In Anita's dreams, her father Martin is larger than life - even after he has died. Is she the only one seeing the strange things that happened to her family in the days before the funeral? Or is it really Martin's look she feels on her neck when she sits at the piano?

A theft with consequences: When introverted Didi is caught stealing a toy mermaid, his hyper-masculine father does not know how to handle it.

Belgrade, 2022: A photojournalist is threatened by right-wing extremist groups in her Serbian home and flees to Germany with her daughter. But then she also experiences increasing strong threats and attacks in her new home.

One night in a lonely hotel room, two strangers fatefully meet - one blind - one suicidal. During the night they spend together, they learn of each others differences and similarities and change as people.

Janosch, an interpreter, is called to help during a police deployment at the Port of Hamburg. A young African woman has barricaded herself in a container ship and threatens to commit suicide. In order to get her out, Janosch promises to help her, an offer which bears unexpected consequences.

On a bridge: a boy tries to stop his friends from performing a dangerous dare. In a cellar: a single man confronts his most painful memories. In a car: a family sets off to seek a long overdue encounter with this man. The day their fates are forever intertwined.

When Claudia Clodetti's venerable clown school invites applicants to show their skills in keeping quiet, Konny and Dimples begin an epic duel between fantasy and reality.

Istanbul 2014: Aslı gives shelter to a young political activist, who got into a fight with the police. The police investigates the case and ends up questioning Aslı's family. Her husband gets drawn into the affair. Their lives, and also their son's, start to become compromised. The situation escalates, as Aslı is not willing to cooperate with the investigators.

When a girl on a medieval farm says she dances with the devil, her stepmother must find out the real reason before it's too late.

Marco is new to the gym and quickly falls for Sarah, one of the employees. To make her like him, he takes up a strict workout routine. But in doing so, he runs the risk of losing himself over his efforts to impress her.

Max is on the road with his pregnant girlfriend Lina. He suddenly gets a call from his grandfather who wants to meet him shortly before he will be taken away.

The well-known activist couple Max and Lou made an extreme statement and had themselves sterilized under full media coverage: they do not want to bring children into this dying world. Following their sterilization they are now invited to their first TV show. The problem: shortly before they enter the studio, Max confesses to Lou that he couldn't bring himself to undergo the vasectomy.

Selina wants to get away from her broken circumstances. Her boyfriend Nico takes her on a joyride that ends prematurely. The abyss of their young love is unearthed. When Selina meets Katharina, she increasingly recognizes Katharina’s pain as her own and Selina must ask herself: What does love have to endure?

Night after night Bodo sweeps the empty city streets. Dirty work that no one notices. Attracted by electronic basses and gleaming lights he comes across a vernissage. A strange world in which he makes a familiar discovery and decides not to be invisible anymore.

Sascha is shy, overweight and sells baked goods. When no one is looking his hands fold delicate origami figures. Pia is not a customer but the only constant excitement he has. One brioche roll, one coffee and she is gone. Each and every morning. When Sascha gathers all of his courage and lets an origami flower slip into her bag, things begin to unfold.