Soirée de Brioche

Zirkus is nich

Life is by no means easy for eight-year-old Dominik from the Berlin district of Hellersdorf. Living with his younger brother and sister and his single mother, he finds himself constantly torn between his sense of responsibility ty to the family and his own desires as he struggles to make his own life. This documentary portrait of Dominik accompanies him during the ups and downs of his daily life.

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Zirkus is nich: Dominik und die Suche nach der verlorenen Kindheit

Gesichter der Armut - Unsere Kleidung aus Bangladesch

They sew our clothes, tan leather for shoes and bags. Twelve hours of work, every day. Despite this, the people in the supplier countries are often desperately poor. How does this poverty come about? Manfred Karremann explores this question using the example of Bangladesh, where much of what we use every day is produced. Bangladesh is the second largest textile producer in the world after China. The main reason for the poverty: goods are produced incredibly cheaply in Bangladesh. About nine cents an hour is paid for the dangerous work in a tannery. The seamstresses in the textile factories get a little more. Just enough to survive. Because that's what it's all about for the men, women and children who do any job, for any wage.

Dark Heart

Daniel Saxon is an aspiring writer with a life that mirrors the twisted world he habits: vacant. Abandoned. Burnt-out and fragile. Barely making ends meet, Daniel keeps to himself, struggling to finish both his novel-in-progress and the unwritten story of his life. As Daniel continues to write, he begins to struggle against his dormant inner demons - cryptic memories from his past come to haunt him. Nightmares of an old man, a child, and a deafening heartbeat plague him, keeping his relationship with Lauren from blossoming... and matters are only complicated when they begin spilling over into reality. Already emotionally vulnerable, Daniel finds his senile, estranged father thrust back into his life without warning; it soon becomes evident that the old man's past evils hold the key to Daniel's anguish. Soon, Daniel's novel, day job, and love life are thrown to the wayside as he cares for his father, and he is forced down a dark journey of insanity, hatred, writer's block, and murder.

Daddy’s Little Scratch

For the first time, Slava spends a day with her father, Roman, who is home on leave from the war. They go to return an expensive carpet he bought for her, and Slava must navigate the distance that eight years of service has created between them.

Rock Springs

After her father's death, a grieving young girl moves to Rock Springs, Wyoming with her mother and grandmother, only to discover something monstrous hidden in the town’s history and the woods behind their new house.

Into the Lion’s Mouth

Based on Larry Loftis’ bestseller of the same name, Dusko Popov is a double agent during World War II who was also a suave and sophisticated playboy while secretly spying for both the British and the Germans. In a daring twist, Dusko betrays the Germans and helps bring down the Nazi regime.

Audition

A young girl puts herself in harms way, all in the name of a film audition.

Vasilisa Melentievna and Tsar Ivan the Terrible

Based on the drama by Dmitry Averkiev. The reign of Tsar Ivan Vasilyevich the Terrible. Boyar Vorotynsky loudly expresses his indignation at the untruth. Many agree with the boyar in their hearts, only Malyuta hates him and dreams of revenge. Having whispered to Grozny about Vorotynsky, he receives an order to arrest him.

Chocolate para tres

Julia reaches the semifinals for the lead role in a musical comedy. But, because her grandfather wants to sell the family hotel, beloved by her father who died a year ago, she feels she must take over and postpones her dream, exacerbating her eating disorder. Her only hope is that her grandmother, who abandoned the family business, will return, reconcile with her grandfather, and take his place.

Short Working Day

A dramatisation of the workers' protests in June 1976 in Radom, seen from the perspective of the local Secretary of the Polish United Workers' Party.

Blind Chance

Witek runs after a train. Three variations follow on how such a seemingly banal incident could influence the rest of Witek's life.

The Shining Arc

On a cold night, psychology student Liu Kai took Jing Huan, a paranoid schizophrenia patient, to a mysterious frozen lake she had often dreamed of. The lake reflected an “8” shape, causing Jing Huan’s expression to change, unsettling Liu Kai. During an internship at a psychiatric hospital, Liu Kai’s classmate Xie Ni, who was in a relationship with him, became interested in Jing Huan, a former factory cashier who developed mental illness after embezzling funds. Xie Ni wanted to study Jing Huan’s condition for a thesis and asked Liu Kai to help her, even arranging for Jing Huan to stay at her home.

Don't Cry, Nanking

In December 1937, during the Second Japanese-Sino War, a Chinese doctor, his Japanese pregnant wife, their teenage daughter and their young son travel from Shanghai to Nanjing seeking shelter in the Capital during the Japanese invasion. The family faces the Rape of Nanking by the Imperial Japanese Army, with rapes, mass murder of prisoners of war and civilians including women, children and elders, and disrespect of international conventions.

Evening Bell

Taking place in the immediate aftermath of the Second Sino-Japanese War, Evening Bell follows a small platoon of five Chinese soldiers who must negotiate a devastated landscape, burying bodies, disarming mines, and eventually facing off against a starving band of Japanese soldiers who do not yet know that the war has ended.

Sparkling Fox

A cinema projectionist whose life has lost all meaning decides to go hunting for the fabled red fox in a northern forest in winter. There he meets another who’s been living in the forest six years, and is also in search of the fox.

Carol

In 1950s New York, a department-store clerk who dreams of a better life falls for an older, married woman.

The Evil Deeds of Cheriyachan

Cheriyachan, a landlord, feels threatened by industrialisation and leftist activities. But when he witnesses police atrocities on poor peasants, a feeling of guilt engulfs him and he feels responsible for the guilt of his entire class. He is last seen up a coconut tree trying to keep away from the police. The film is about a peasant's movement against the feudal system.