Filmschool Fest Munich 2018

A film about a couple on a wellness trip, where one partner disappears and the other isn't sure whether he's looking for her or himself. Within the bizarre world of the alpine wellness resort, Aron begins a new chapter in his life.

Not "da da da", "Hey. Ba-Ba-Re-Bop" is the sound of life. You just have to feel it, and then even still lives swing. Nothing is the way it used to be. Ideas about gender roles, for example, or that grandchildren are always encouraged in their endeavours. Yet, one thing hasn't changed: The grandparents sit on their sofa and defy all external odds with subtle humour and charming determination. Bit by bit, it unfolds that in German history Jazz is a good barometer of freedom.

As a man anxiously awaits a meeting in the local pub, he is forced to explore his own difficult memories and relationships in an evening that will leave him changed forever.

After a suspicious incident between a guard and one of the young detainees of a juvenile detention center, an educator named Eva starts to question the guard's side of the story.

Rose Garden is an absurd story about institutionalized elderly care and lust for life.

When an inspector from the Department of Labor shows up at her doorstep, a foreman at a machine shop must keep the business running while protecting her workers' interests. But she soon realizes she may not be able to do both.

The story of Elias, 10 year old reticent orphan living with his grandparents; a priest and a delusional grandmother.

Brussels: Friday, 7am. Luna and Amine cross paths. She is 26, he is 17. This is an encounter between two strangers at different stages of their lives. Together they walk through the city as it is waking up. Croisé shows an intense, prolonged moment between two strangers meeting, arguing, connecting and then separating again.

When a psychic fishmonger foresees Amadeo's death, his fellow villagers rally to give him the best final seven days for which one could ask.

Fifteen-year-old Jerusalem resident Noga, lost her father in a terror attack. On Memorial Day, she and her mother go on a journey, which ends up at the annual torch-lighting ceremony at the local community center. The torch that she lights will be her voice, and her rebellion.

Meir, a health care worker in a nursing home, has to deal with difficult questions following a complaint about his patient being hurt.

This film centers around the lives of a local fishing community in Cambodia and its marine ecosystem. Much larger Vietnamese trawling boats illegally enter Cambodian waters. Territorial disputes endanger the livelihood of the locals. Yet in this marine ecosystem, the act of trawling destroys seagrass, which prevents the reproduction of marine life, threatening the survival of sustainable fishing.

Mathias is transgender. Although he has gotten quite far into his transition, he still has to find his way in his new identity and especially in his new job. Also his relationship with his girlfriend seems to have changed due to the transition.

Deep down inside, a fifteen-year-old boy feels different from the other boys around him. When he becomes friends with an enchanting girl, he gets more and more tangled up in his confusion.

In a hot and sweaty summer in Haifa, Osher (17) takes her mother to battered women's shelter. When she returns home, she has to face the new reality her father sets. Her older brother, Avi, is torn between the two pols of the house - between his father and his younger siblings. Osher will be passing through the spaces of the house, both physically and mentally. each space will reveal another side of her personality. By the end of the day, she will have to choose between her love to her father and her own freedom. Written and directed: Oshri Zeituni Cast- Zohar Strauss Raya Ischakov Shefi Marziano Omri Meshulam Tal Shayat Crew- Director of photography: Zamir Nega Producer: Or Elsaesser Art Director: Tal Ziv Editor: Rotem Most Music: Assaf Amdursky

Omri is trying to direct a scene recreating the day his dog died. The attempt at restoration gets complicated when Omri discovers that his father remembers the events differently.

A group of wild boys who reject everything that has to do with the world of grownups as corruptible and hypocritical meet Vladan, who appears to be nothing like their weak fathers and decide to show him a dark secret hidden in the woods.

Dan, who suffers from PTSD after bring wounded in a terrorist attack, finds himself thrown together with his Arab co-workers when multiple terror attacks hit Jerusalem again.

In a small town with a central spiritual institution, Asa awakens to the day before the ceremony that turns him from a boy to a man. His father's expectations and the pressures from his surrounding makes him find his way on his own.

It's John's first day at school. Unexpectedly his eleven-year-old big brother Mika shows up to follow him to assembly. But Mika has plans other than just taking John to school. Mika sees it as his mission to teach John the hard facts of the world, starting with the merciless demands of the schoolyard.

The Sánchez family are looking after their neighbors house while they are on vacation. They have to water the plants and feed the dog. But Carlos Sánchez has other plans. He is attracted to his neighbor. And he is going to do everything he can to get to know her.

An undocumented filmmaker in Los Angeles traverses his surroundings - his neighborhood, the mall at which he works, a film set - in order to come to terms with the ugliness and beauty of his world.

It's the 23rd of June 2016. In the UK, a critical referendum is well underway, and across the Atlantic, an ominous American presidential campaign is gathering force. In Sweden, news broadcasting is carrying on as usual. In Germany, however, an identical, yet distorted, news broadcast is simultaneously being constructed by the citizens themselves.