In the Georgian mountains, a cable car connects a village with a smaller town in the valley. Iva started working for the cable car as a conductor and is now in charge of handling the gondolas. While one gondola goes up to the village, the other goes down to the valley. Halfway down, the gondolas meet every half hour. This is exactly the moment when Iva and Nina, the conductor of the other gondola, meet each time. Where at the beginning only collegial greetings were exchanged, over time a flirtation develops. What follows is the big love and stress with the boss.

The monkey child Akiko lives in the zoo, but his family sends him on a big mission: he is supposed to go out into the world and get his relatives out of the forest. Together they want to free the animals from the zoo

Absurdistan is a whimsical and light-hearted tale about a village facing a water shortage. In an effort to solve their problem, the women of the village decide to go on a sex strike. As the village falls into chaos, a young couple tries to find a way to be together and save the day.

The Bra is a delightful movie that tells the story of a woman who embarks on a transformative adventure after losing her brassiere. With no dialogue, she finds herself in a rural mountain village, using a wheelchair and encountering various hilarious and heartwarming situations along the way. From playing the trumpet to whistling, kicking someone to walking on train tracks, the woman's journey is filled with unexpected twists and turns. With the support of a dog and the encounters with a jealous husband and a train driver, she learns valuable life lessons about love, jealousy, and finding her true self.

With the help of airport technician Dak, Alexej breaks out of the holding area for refugees. Dak puts up the Russian, who yearns to become a pilot, in an underground labyrinth of pipes and vents. The young Indian woman Nisha is an aircraft cleaner who dreams of being a flight attendant.

A behind-the-scenes look at the intricacies of casting actors in Hollywood films and TV shows.

Baikonur (2011) is a comedic drama that takes place in a remote village in Kazakhstan. The story revolves around a young man named Iskander, who dreams of becoming an astronaut and explores the abandoned space station in Baikonur. He accidentally comes across a stranded cosmonaut named Julie, who has crash-landed on Earth. As Iskander tries to help Julie get back to her spacecraft, their unexpected encounter leads to a captivating journey and an exploration of love, friendship, and the beauty of the rural setting.

In a crumbling bathhouse, a young man with a disabled father navigates a surreal world filled with quirky characters and bizarre situations. As he struggles to keep the bathhouse running, he becomes entangled in a romantic relationship and faces accusations of a crime he did not commit.

A Trick of the Light follows the journey of a talented but unrecognized artist who stumbles upon a supernatural encounter. This encounter catapults him into the spotlight, bringing him fame and success. As his popularity grows, he must grapple with the cost of his newfound celebrity and the true nature of his artistic abilities.

While his lover is sleeping, a man assembles around her a Rube Goldberg collection of malevolent-looking implements. Then he leaves and lights the fuse . . .

A short film and Azerbaijan-Germany co-production by Berlin filmmaker Veit Helmer. A lonely man searches a garbage dump for usable things. Beneath a pile of rubbish he finds a life-size shop-window mannequin. He takes it home and carefully washes and dresses it. Then he himself ready, shaves and gets on his bike with the doll for a trip through the oil fields. A group of excited children run after him. He collides with a flock of sheep and the mannequin falls into a puddle of oil and sinks. The story might have it's sad ending here, but just at this moment, the man meets the love of his life...

Lulu from Sicily drives with his small rickety Fiat to Paris to fulfill his lifelong dream: he buys a red cabriolet. From the top of the Eiffel Tower he has to watch as his car is stolen by a man who intends to steal the Mona Lisa. In the course of a chase with the police, his car is completely wrecked. When getting back to it, the police takes Lulu for the thief and arrests him.

Three Ukrainian girls break into the model business, a South African bachelor prepares for his shinto wedding and a priest from Finland runs for election… Just a few protagonists of the new documentary film by German director Veit Helmer. Japan was closed for foreigners until 1853. Now people from all over the world move to Tokyo to explore Japanese culture. Japanese meet foreigners with curiosity and anxiety. The film observes how foreigners struggle to make a living in a totally different society.

Tashkent Station in the Uzbekistan capital: Passengers rush to catch their trains. A couple, locked in an intimate embrace, so deeply affects the train driver that leaves the train standing and makes a fundamental change in his life. A miniature by Veit Helmer.

Homeless children are chased away at the harbour by boatmen. But the boys have an ingenious way of retaliating...