Thomas Bestvater

Meier, a paperhanger in East Berlin, inherits from his father in West Berlin. With this money he wants to fulfil himself the dream of his life: a...

The film describes what it’s like growing up in Germany as Afro-German, with all its facets. The film was made after the racist killing of the...

The new tenant in a strange house: Vinzent.

The twelve-year-old Emil and his father are haunted by bad luck. To take a break from a series of family disasters, Emil is allowed to spend a few...

A right-wing radical, who is not quite aware that he is one, goes around with his buddies beating people up and taking part in scene events. Things...

Sibylle, a pragmatic architect, mother and wife, witnesses a suicide of a woman her age while on vacation in Italy. Devastated by this incident, it...

Everything was taken away from her, even hope. She left with no choice - to die or to become a murderer. The brutality has made her impregnable....

Berlin in June of 1940. While Nazi propaganda celebrates the regime’s victory over France, a kitchen-cum-living room in Prenzlauer Berg is...