ARMY & COOP When Mike "Army" Armstrong,a down-and-out professional hockey enforcer, is suspended
from the league, he uses his part-time sports bar gig, to embark on a testosteronefueled, skirt-
chasing struggleagainst old foes to win back his ex-girlfriend, and ultimately overcome his greatest adversary - himself.
One man must take down the corrupt politicians, policemen and the mob in Diesel City. That one man is Sid Trick. he's not a hero, but he's all they've got.
Music video based on real life events which inspired this song.
Directed by Michael Lindenberger
DEAL
When a disillusioned crack dealer is approached by a young boy with his own intentions of entering the drug game, he must deflect the boy’s misplaced zeal as he attempts to take him home.
Bruno has a monotonous everyday life as a factory worker who suddenly gets out of line when his son appears in the factory to work there. Bruno works in a factory on a machine that repeats its sequence every four seconds. His monotonous everyday life suddenly gets out of line when his son appears in the factory to work there. Bruno struggles for his son to take a different path of life.
A short film dealing with the energy generated through human confrontations with walls. The urge for freedom and fulfillment is just as human as the urge to build walls for everyday order. Three individuals in different countries are struggling under this tension - and finally decide to go all in.
Directed by Maik Schuster, Fatmir Dolci, Max Paschke
NOT MAKING EASY IS MOVIES
In this mazy filmplay Joggeli tries screening old film spools which leads to a nostalgic journey in the traces of his great-grandfather that bears astonishing resemblance to a film history and well-known black-and-white- comedian.
Domi is a 33 years old autistic boy, who never speaks and lives with his mother and father. They try everything to cure him, but no effect. The mother cynically tells the story of their unlucky family, she is hopeless. Only the books bring happiness in Domi's life. He is obsessed by books. The family tries a new psychologist, Aliz, who soon realizes how important the books are for Domi. Now Aliz starts to write a story for Domi. This book changes the world around Domi, we see the story becoming alive and driving the boy towards the solution..
The big wheel in the most exciting area of the city is the perfect real estate for Jakob and Nicole, a young, ambitious and firmly in the event culture anchored couple. When one of the popular gondolas becomes free, they do not hesitate to move into their first common flat. Unfortunately none of them both has taken the time to get to know his partner before.
Directed by Josef Brandl
NEAR CHANGE
Sometimes in life you find yourself at a crossroads between who you are, and the life you find yourself living. Dino and his best friend and associate Tony, are mid-level mafia foot soldiers. As they wait for breakfast in a diner, on an ordinary day like any other, Dino realizes he has reached his fork in the road. Unless “This” is all there is…something is going to have to change.
East Germany, 1987: The special investigator Mahler is said to have paranormal abilities. The police assigns him to solve the case of the 6-year-old Henry Kiefer, who is missing for weeks now, before this issue leads to political tensions with the West. But then he brings something to light that makes this family tragedy especially political...
Cold Storage is a short dance film that pays homage to the virtuosic physical performances and melancholy comedy of the classic silent screen. On a desolate arctic shore, a lonely fisherman discovers his prehistoric counterpart frozen in the ice, and thaws him out as his newfound soul brother.
Directed by Thomas Freundlich
BACKSTORY
As a young child our protagonist is left by his mother and has to live with his violent father. He fights his way through adolescence and falls in love with the woman of his dreams and just as everything seems to be finally working out for him, a sudden event changes the course of his life forever. A story about how everything we love, everything we learn, everything we build, everything we fear, will one day be gone.
We are the androids of the natural world, and just as we fear our creations will destroy us, we blindly destroy the world which created us. Be consumed by the personal apocalypse embark on the journey inward.
When a famous writer suffers a breakdown, a stranger takes him on a road trip.As they journey to the writer’s hometown in Iowa, an unusual friendship develops in this quirky drama exploring friendship, love, and the burden of regret.
Directed by Ted James
AVENHART
Ending relationships, dealing with guilt and suffering through uncomfortable reunions... Sounds pretty adult, right? In the case of 4-year-old Penny, it's the unfortunate circumstances of making a new friend and neglecting a trusted companion.This music video was created for Avenhart, a Denver-based indie folk band that combines powerful harmonies and honest lyrics with the warm and rich sound of a six-piece string band.
Directed by Bo Smith
RETURN SAFELY
Already too late to turn back, a young Traveler must complete her quest in returning a mysterious object, while battling the dangers of the landscape and predators.