Anne Ratte-Polle – MRQE

Black Box

Mon, 01 Sep 2025 04:00:00 +0000

The exits of a Berlin courtyard are blocked by the police due to an ambiguous event outside and a state of emergency occurs. Among the residents of the building, insecurities start to pump fear. Suspicion takes over panic, prejudices bring polarization and another question appears: Is the real danger coming from inside or outside?

Ach, diese Lücke, diese entsetzliche Lücke

Thu, 12 Feb 2026 05:00:00 +0000

Twenty-year-old Joachim is unexpectedly accepted at drama school in Munich and moves into his grandparents’ upper-class villa. From then on, he tries to find his identity as a young man between the world of theater and the everyday life of his eccentric grandparents.

Bad Director

Sun, 24 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Follows Gregor Samsa, a washed-up director in his late fifties who is reviewing his life. Having wasted it as a cultural worker doesn’t exactly add to his joy.

Un été comme ça

Tue, 26 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

In a countryside house where they are meant to explore the troubles in their sexuality, three women spend days and nights apprehending their inner demons. A serene German therapist and a kind-hearted social worker supervise them, help them and try to maintain the fragile balance of the group. During 26 days, in the midst of summer, Geisha, Léonie and Eugénie will have to refrain from breaking down, tame the whispers from present times and consider the future.

Alle wollen geliebt werden

Sun, 24 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Ina is a therapist, the mother of a rebellious teenage girl, and a partner to a man who has always put his own career first. She puts everyones needs ahead of her own until one hot summer day, when her self-centered mother celebrates her 70th birthday, something happens that will change everything.

Undine

Sat, 23 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Undine works as a historian lecturing on Berlin’s urban development. When the man she loves leaves her, the ancient myth catches up with her. But falling in love anew, Undine reworks the myth of the mysterious water spirit as a modern fairy-tale in a disenchanted world.

Blindgänger

Sat, 06 Sep 2025 04:00:00 +0000

A tragicomic anthology film that weaves together stories of resilience and connection in a city on the brink. In the heart of Hamburg, the discovery of an unexploded World War II bomb not only leads to a large-scale evacuation but also triggers a state of interpersonal upheaval. As the residents are forced to confront their long-suppressed fears and traumas, unexpected bonds form amidst the chaos.

Die feinen Unterschiede

Mon, 25 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

In this acutely observed and sharply written debut feature from director Sylvie Michel, the contrasting parenting philosophies of a well-to-do divorcee and his immigrant cleaning lady becomes an angry debate over deeper issues of social class and cultural values when their teenage children disappear after a night on the town. (TIFF)

Shahada

Tue, 26 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

The fates of three German-born Muslims in Berlin collide as they struggle to find their place between faith and modern life in contemporary western society, caught at a crossroads where alluring liberated lifestyles conflict with deeply-rooted traditions.

Umdeinleben

Fri, 22 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000