These three very original stories range from a realistic cinema verite style depiction of illegal immigrants to a high concept recap of history in the form of a romantic thriller, and finally a very sinister meeting.

A grandchild recounts his grandfather's difficult past and the burden of his own inheritance. Winner of the Grand Jury Prize for World Cinema Shorts at the **Indianapolis International Film Festival**.

Anna and Marie are two women who could possibly love each other. Marie wants to be open to this new overwhelming feeling, even if she has to throw away all that she has ever held to be right. Anna on the other hand, enjoys the attention from this gentle soft girl Marie, who seems to love her, not in spite of but also because of her sharp edges. It could all be so easy if it weren’t for Zoe, the woman who has been at Anna’s side for years.

In order to reconnect his TV satellite, Helmut decides to climb out of his window in a resolute manner. His neighbor Walter misinterprets this action as an attempted suicide. While trying to clear this misunderstanding, the two become friends.

A young black man is verbally harassed by an older woman on a streetcar, while the other passengers remain silent. He finally exacts his revenge. Won the Oscar for Best Short film in 1994. Winner of an **Academy Award** for Best Short Film. Official Selection at the **Cannes Film Festival** and **Toronto International Film Festival**.

Georg and his colleges surprisingly get laid-off by their company without even getting a decent compensation. Knowing that noone will rehire over-fifty-year-olds he risks everything by asking his boss for a conversation that could change his life in any direction – a personal call of 15 minutes.

An **Academy Award**-winning short film set in Germany in 1942. In order to protect her son Marianne Meißner tries to make him believe that the Jewish neighbors are going on a journey to “Toyland." One morning her son has disappeared and the Jewish neighbors too. TOYLAND is a film about guilt, responsibility, truth and lies.

A subtle, disturbing version of the vampire legend. A young man attempts to find and kill a vampire that has assumed the form of an old woman.

At the end of WWII, 60 minutes of raw film in an East German archive was discovered. Shot by the Nazis in Warsaw in May of 1942, the film became a resource for historians seeking an authentic record of the Warsaw Ghetto. The later discovery of a long-missing reel, including multiple takes and cameramen staging scenes, complicated earlier readings of the footage. Presented is the raw footage in its entirety, falsely showing the 'good life' of Jewish...

Gasherbrum, der leuchtende Berg = The dark glow of the mountains: Portrait of mountain climber Reinhold Messner. Ballade vom kleinen Soldaten = Ballad of the little soldier: Portrait of Nicaragua's Miskito Indian tribe who were persecuted by the Somoza regime and then fought the Sandinistas with guerrilla units composed largely of children. Massnahmen gegen Fanatiker = Precautions against fanatics: Fake-documentary short involving German celebrities...