Toby Ashraf

Pour son premier téléfilm - un remake des Larmes amères de Petra von Kant - Vera, réalisatrice, veut le casting parfait. Mais le premier jour de tournage approche rapidement et les nombreuses séances de casting n'ont pas encore permis de trouver une actrice convenable pour jouer le rôle principal.

"What is to be done?" three women with artistic and creative professions in temporary living conditions are wondering. They are sharing a flat in an old building close to Berlin Central Station. The area is one of the city's last remaining gaps between buildings. They decide to end their flat share as soon as the first trenches will be dug. With mixed feelings they are heading towards the time when their spontaneous life comes to an end, which means they have to make one or more (life) decisions eventually. The current flat is a symbol for their own life scripts so far: unformed and all bets are off but it already starts to be uncomfortable. They spend the remaining days in their flat with friends, celebrations, discussions and the strong feeling for the dawning of a new era.

A Berlin, Philippe aimerait faire des études de photo. Wiebke recherche un compagnon. Jessica souhaiterait que tout change et Maria que rien ne bouge. Swantje cherche la vérité, Michael ne sait pas ce qu'il veut et Thomas n'a envie de rien. Quand il faut de surcroît changer de lieu de vie, tout se complique. Des couples volent en éclats, d'autres se forment. Et chacun s'aperçoit que déplacer des meubles et des cartons n'est jamais tout à fait anodin. A chaque déménagement, chacun doit reprendre ses marques, s'adapter à une nouvelle vie. C'est l'occasion de comprendre qui sont ceux qui comptent vraiment dans l'entourage...

Un chien bourgeois et ancien cinéaste confie comment il est devenu quadrupède en échouant en amour, en ramassage de pommes et en révolution. Une comédie politique aux rebondissements magiques.

Kôichi is a Japanese man living alone in Berlin. He has no job and hardly any friends. One night Kôichi meets Ryota at a bar which is also a sex club. Ryota came to Berlin to visit a German guy whom he had "met" on a dating app. His high hopes for romance (and marriage?) were quickly crushed since the German was only interested in sex, not even letting Ryota stay for the night. That is why Ryota ended up spending the night in the dark room of the sex club. Kôichi for some reason lets Ryota stay at his apartment. They have sex. Ryota goes out almost everyday to get laid by various local men and comes home to Kôichi's. Increasingly caught up with a strange feeling that is akin to but not quite frustration or curiosity (needless to say, it is not even close to love), Kôichi gradually gives himself up to sex with Ryota.

Susie Bannion, jeune danseuse américaine, débarque à Berlin dans l'espoir d'intégrer la célèbre compagnie de danse Helena Markos. Madame Blanc, sa chorégraphe, impressionnée par son talent, promeut Susie danseuse étoile. Tandis que les répétitions du ballet final s’intensifient, les deux femmes deviennent de plus en plus proches. C’est alors que Susie commence à faire de terrifiantes découvertes sur la compagnie et celles qui la dirigent…

The latest episode continues to voyeuristically document what goes on in the minds and bedrooms of urban gays. In Berlin, Mathews lingers on the tension and circular nature between intimacy and loneliness by documenting a handful of Berliners -some single, some coupled, some hooking up- over the course of one day.

Lost love, lost artistic collaboration, the two are meeting for one night as she briefly visits the city where he still lives.

It's a cold December night in Berlin. Once again, Hänsel and Gretel have lost their way. They stumble through the big city in search for warmth and company. An invitation to a night club ('Witch's night - couples welcome') looks like lucky turn...

Simon, jeune médecin allemand vivant et travaillant à Marseille, ne donne plus aucune nouvelle. Son appartement est abandonné. Valérie, sa mère, est désespérée. Elle ne comprend absolument pas pourquoi il a pu disparaître. Elle demande alors à Jens, l'ex-petit ami de Simon, de venir la rejoindre à Marseille pour l'aider dans ses recherches...

Trentenaires épanouis, Dina et Michael finiront ils leurs jours ensemble ? En quinze tableaux courant sur une petite décennie, une comédie allemande pleine de mordant sur les vicissitudes de la vie à deux.

A modern story of an actress that is in a theatre. In a place designed for representation, for daily reenactments of human passions, the film is focusing on the cruel awakening of the actress to her true self. More precisely to an “ancient self”. The one most people edit out of their lives: the garbage self.

A modern story of an actress that is in a theatre. In a place designed for representation, for daily reenactments of human passions, the film is focusing on the cruel awakening of the actress to her true self. More precisely to an “ancient self”. The one most people edit out of their lives: the garbage self.