Fachhochschule Dortmund

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 ...

In 2008, through Russian military interventions, South Ossetia was declared an “independent” territory. Robinson and part of his family still live in the Georgian settlement that was built for the refugees. The story of a parallelism: while Robinson gazes into the distance, uprooted, life for his grandchildren begins in the here and now.

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.

A young woman. Young skin, old stare, messy hair and an outsized parka. She has been living in a psychiatry for the last two years. After being released, she tries a restart as a journalist alongside her best friend Jonathan.

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.

As she does every morning, an old woman prepares breakfast for herself and her husband - but on this day, the consequences of everyday life force her to make a decision that will change her future forever.

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.

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.

A student couple on the verge of separation attend the birthday party of a mutual friend. While dancing, a new woman enters the couple's lives. Neither of them finds happiness that night. - A story about the insurmountability of the attraction of feelings and their unpredictability.

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

1985: The outbreak of nuclear war drives the inhabitants of a small town into a bunker. Among them is a married couple whose son is missing. Their different ways of dealing with loss reveal the apocalypse of a love affair.

Four people talk about aspects of their work. A flight attendant on a 747 shows us some of what's involved in getting the cabin ready for the next flight. A man in a hardhat discusses the capacity of a huge steam shovel shaped like a wheel, as it turns and moves earth in the background. A man who sells room furnishings talks about trying to make advertising fliers. A cemetery manager describes burial options. All are cheerful.

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.

It's all about life and death for Jan and Arne - both on the job and in private. Pretty much business as usual in a mortician's everyday life. But what to do when most of your clients' graves get dug by the competition?

War orphans Elene and Leo have lived with their grandfather Davit in a small village near the town of Gori in Georgia since they were very young. Although the Russian-Georgian war of 2008 took place years ago, its effects are still clearly present: the border illegally erected by the Russian military runs close to the small family's home and is increasingly threatening their existence due to the creeping relocation.

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.

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

Toni, a trans* man, and his girlfriend Mika are attacked in a club in the evening and the situation escalates. When both return to their apartment, exhausted and drained, they both have to relive the experiences of the evening within their own four walls and Toni is forced to stand up to violence and transphobia.

A young man embarks on a journey through iceland, led by the diary of his late grandfather. On their journey, he and his friend follow not only these records, but also fading memories and ancient myths.