מערסט וויוד פון Film- und Medienstiftung NRW

Karl Escher, the son of a prominent banker, was accused of embezzlement and forgery at the bank and went to prison for three years. After his...

On a winter’s day, Nena gathers her family to celebrate her birthday. Il paradiso del pavone is a small journey into the intimacy and...

With the German Occupation in Greece (1941-1944) as a background, this film tells the love story between my father, an assistant professor at the...

In her documentary, director Eva Wolf accompanies police officers at a Münster police station for many months at work. The filmmaker asked...

After the death of her husband, silence and loneliness reign in this old lady's house. She made routine her best friend and faith her shelter. Only...

Iranian musician Shahin Najafi flees his homeland and heads to Cologne, Germany after harsh criticism by several clerics over the release of his song...

What do Dietrich Oepke, former GDR model plane champion, Dave Anthony, developer of “Call of Duty” and James Gimzewski, Professor of...

Composer and filmmaker Christian von Borries' new film Desert of the real visits these contemporary wastelands. In a rich collage of acted scenes and...

Every month the same - something awakens in Resa's uterus and seems to want to tear her apart. Now that's enough!

The local train is a sight to behold in the morning, overloaded with crowds fighting to get inside. A special compartment reserved for women appears...

Shadowed by weekly, racist demonstrations in East Germany former factory workers of the German Democratic Republic together with Syrian refugees...

A community maintains its peace, with everything working according to fixed rules. However, two members dare to break their structures.

A story about love, fight for identity, fleeing and freedom for 12,000 US dollars.

Pauline, 17, suffers from sudden attacks of narcolepsy and is abused by her father. She is almost dead, emotionally and sexually, from these...

The ambitious doctor and scientist, Lucy, develops the mom-ballon, an artificial womb, which disconnects the ability to give birth from the female...

Anna Hepp meets with renowned German director Edgar Reitz in one of Germany’s most famous cinemas: the Lichtburg in Essen. Reitz talks about...

The young Vietnamese couple Bien and Thien have come to Berlin illegally. They are prepared to lead a life of complete subservience for work and...