Anja S. Gläser

Matured through two years in prison, Babtou is looking forward to a new beginning with his buddy Dennis. A free man in a free world! But of all things, his welcome party where all the boys from the block are gathered ends in a police operation. Babtou has his hands cuffed again and is confronted with dramatic news. He will soon be deported to his “home country” of Senegal. To prevent a deportation, Babtou and Dennis are willing to do anything, including marriage.

When Sandra returns home from a foreign assignment, she feels like a stranger. People rushing to work on the subway, yoga classes and her job as a paramedic – Sandra is looking at it all from the outside, as if she doesn’t belong…

Unsuccessful actor Ben unexpectedly becomes the full-time parent of his nine-year-old daughter, Zoey, whom he has only seen every other weekend, after her mother is hospitalized following an overdose. Shot over a span of ten years, ZOEY & BEN follows their journey through life's triumphs and setbacks, charting Ben's transformation from a self-absorbed dreamer into a compassionate family man, and Zoey's evolution from a traumatized little girl into a confident young woman.