Sebastian Becker

Two countries,two languages,two groups of friends. Between black humor and bitter realism the film Pencil Knife Baton composes a tragicomic puzzle about friendship in the paradox world we live in.

Bogdan, an internationally acclaimed concert pianist, retires from the stage when his wife Iza dies, and he seeks solace on his mother's little farm. The little village on the Baltic coast is where he and his wife had sworn to love each other for all eternity when they were still children. Now that everything has changed, Bogdan succumbs to fate and begins to drink heavily. Thankfully his resolute mother has a formula to free the despairing Bogdan from his state of lethargy: renovating the run-down farmhouse and hard work in the stables. One day Bogdan makes a fateful discovery. A surprisingly musical cow, of all things, rekindles Bogdan's life spirits and gives him a crazy idea. His friends and family throw their hands up in horror, and when he tops things by organizing a village feast, things run completely out of control.

Nina and Paul's marriage is over, they are just waiting for an opportunity to teach it their son Tim. During a chance encounter, Nina flirts with Viktor, her son's hockey coach, and goes with him to his house. A decision with serious consequences because Nina is nearly raped, defends herself and kills Viktor in the process. Paul followed the two and witnesses the misfortune, what makes a self-defense situation implausible for others. Agitated, the two drive home without notifying the police. While the investigations begin in the background and there is hardly any other topic in the circle of acquaintances of the other hockey parents, Nina and Paul have to stick together and assort new. Through the confrontation with the events and the solidarity as a "couple of crime" they find each other again in the course of the story. But can they also live with this guilt?

Aspirant à une seconde chance, cinq Berlinois en panne d'inspiration, dont un physicien et une ex-actrice, cherchent une lueur d'espoir qui leur redonnera goût à la vie.

Eleven young people live in a city. It is midsummer. This is the starting point of the escalation of seemingly harmonious relationships. A postmodern urban fairy tale about loneliness of dependency. About the question of what is greater, freedom or love.

Jenny Kramer est une mère célibataire qui fait actuellement l'objet d'une action en justice contre son ex-mari, à qui elle demande une pension alimentaire. Cependant, lorsque son avocat, Maximilian Mertens, ne se présente pas à l'audience, elle souhaite se plaindre à son bureau. Mais avant qu'elle en ait l'occasion, la fille du patron l'a prise par erreur pour la nouvelle assistante du bureau. Jenny, qui est à nouveau à la recherche d'un emploi, décide sans plus attendre de saisir cette opportunité et de simplement prendre le poste...

Practical semester at the Halle/Saale Police College: Finally out of the seminar rooms and into real life - which for the students means: real murder cases. With the support of their trainers in the homicide squad, they will have to solve this. The beginners sometimes overshoot the mark, make mistakes and have to learn new things on their way to becoming fully qualified detectives. In each episode, a case between the university and real life is dissected, discussed and solved, while the private complications of the students, lecturers and trainers are not neglected.