Ariella Hirshfeld

A portrait of Austrian artist Gustav Klimt whose lavish, sexual paintings came to symbolize the art nouveau style of the late 19th and early 20th century.

When 22-year-old Rainer Werner Fassbinder storms the stage of a small, progressive theatre in Munich 1967, and seizes the production without further ado, nobody suspects this brazen young rebel to become one of the most important post-war German filmmakers. Despite early setbacks, many of his films breakout at the most renowned films festivals and polarise audience, critics and filmmakers alike. His radical views and self-exploitation, as well as his longing for love, have made him one of the most fascinating film directors of this time.

19. yüzyılın ortalarında Lübeck. Uzun süreden beri bu bölgede yaşayan Konsolos Jean Buddenbrook’un (Armin Müller Stahl) ailesi tahıl ticaretiyle zengin olmuşlardır. Konsolos ölünce soyunu zor zamanlar beklemektedir. Thomas Mann’ın Nobel Ödül’lü romanından uyarlanmış feodal yapılı bir ailenin yükseliş ve çöküşünü anlatan bir film.

Film, 1960'lı yıllarda Almanya, Türk işçi kotasını arttırınca, Anadolu'nun bağrından koparak zengin olma hayalleriyle bu ülkeye giden, yürekleri umut dolu Türk köylülerinin yaşadıklarını aktaran çarpıcı bir çalışma. Melike ve Mustafa, Doğu Anadolu'da ücra bir köyde doğup büyür ve birbirlerine aşık olurlar. Melike'nin hayattan tek bir isteği vardır; o da bir gün Mustafa'sıyla telli duvaklı bir düğün yapmaktır. Ne var ki, yıl 1969'dur ve Almanya, Türkiye'den gelecek vasıfsız ve ucuz işçilere kapısını açmıştır. Akın akın insan Almanya'ya çalışmaya gider. İlk gidenler doğal olarak erkekler olur. Karıları, ana babaları onlardan yıllar boyunca haber alamazlar. İşte Melike'nin Mustafa'sı da, arkadaşı Kadir ile birlikte bu furyaya katılır ve çalışıp para biriktirmek için Almanya'ya gider. Aradan iki yıl geçer, Mustafa'nın yolunu gözleyen Melike aşkından eriyip bitmiştir.

Isabel Burger would normally consider herself lucky. An unexpected inheritance takes Isabel, a trained chef, to Crete, where her German father left her a country house complete with its own olive grove. If only her failed startup in Munich and the resulting financial woes hadn’t led to the recent opening of insolvency proceedings against her. Isabel’s insolvency administrator gives her four weeks to sell her house on Crete as best she can and use the proceeds to pay off her creditors.

In early 1943, at the Auschwitz main camp, hundreds of Jewish women are confined in cramped quarters in BLOCK 10, which is separated from the rest of the camp grounds. Nazi doctors subject them to the most painful methods of forced sterilization. Prisoner doctors are forced to collaborate. The Jewish gynecologist Dr. Maximilian Samuel is blackmailed with the gassing of his 20-year-old daughter if he refuses to participate in the brutal experiments. Caught in this moral dilemma, he seeks his own path.

Yann, a photographer recently divorced, meets Alicia in a bar. Attracted to each other from the very first glance, they quickly embark on an affair. After a short while, Alicia leaves her husband and moves in with Yann, which leads to power struggles and position battles between them. Thilda, Yann's twelve-year-old daughter who lives with his ex-wife, instinctively resists Alicia, who expresses her mood swings in a borderline mode. Yann tries to escape the situation by getting involved with Tabea, while Alicia quits her job and resumes her unfinished psychology studies. However, she spends most of her days partying with drugs and is involved in multiple other affairs...

Based on a provocative autobiography, this story — set in a largely Muslim neighborhood in Berlin — follows a teenage gang member who is caught between hiding his Jewish identity and saving his life.

Senta and Thomas are dying to fall in love - just not with one another. Still, when two people - a hopeless romantic and a system analyst - meet, an unexpected amour fou ensues.

A team of inspectors investigates murders in and around the small Upper Bavarian town of Rosenheim, and they still have plenty of time to see idyllic landscapes and luxurious pre-alpine villas and enjoy sumptuous Bavarian fare with beer.