Manuel Endraß

Halfway House

A facility for juvenile offenders in the middle of the Black Forest. Physical labor, uncompromising structure, circuit training and hierarchy. The disciplined inmate Jurek feels his status threatened by the arrival of the novice Sascha and finds himself caught in a delicate tension between fascinating attraction, suppressed aggression and rediscovered tenderness.

Genau wie früher

Kilian, 24, went to study in Berlin. Back in Vaihingen, his hometown, for a weekend, he bumps into his two high school friends, Lorenz and Sommer. A reunion with a bittersweet taste...

Gegenlicht

Between smoke, light and darkness, Celine meets Jakob. But when they get close to each other, Jakob learns that Celine wasn't born a woman. In the unromantic club toilet, they are forced to face their feelings and prejudices. But the more they open up to each other, the more they both have to realize that they only saw each other against the light. You can learn a lot from each other - albeit in small steps.

Pizza d'Amour

Her part-time job as a pizza delivery girl leads Suri to the house of Thomas, a man in his mid-fifties. There she is confronted with her biggest nightmare: Her parents' sexuality and the realization of her own double standards.