Movies: Ifs Internationale Filmschule Koln Gmbh

After Arthur tries to take his own life, a time of awkward conversations and quiet moments begins for the group of friends. But as if that wasn't enough, they also have to bring a giant rabbit down to earth....

Sex is power, and Waseem, a Syrian gay-for-pay hustler seeking asylum in Cologne, wields it like a shield. Keeping his johns at an emotional arm’s length while satisfying their most carnal desires in order to eke out a living, he meets his match in L...

Berlin, 1934. Many men are forced to live their hidden homosexuality. Erich, a photographer, has an appointment in his photo studio with Wolfgang, a Nazi soldier, with whom he shares a loving, tumultuous, and passionate relationship. For both of them...

Sometimes the decisions we are faced with take a completely unexpected turn. This is exactly what happens to Jürgen, a terminally ill man who is on his way to the last thrill of his life....

Oliver has had an unsuccessful career in West Germany and returns to his East German home village. He now wants to sell the house where his mother died alone. His childhood friend Ronny helps him clean up the mess. But he can't admit his personal and...

Rebecca has recently split up with Ben. She now lives in the shared flat of her best friend sleeping on the sofa in a walk-through room. Rebecca is restless, walking through the streets of the big city, drifting. Rebecca goes to see her father in a n...

Bruno's unreasonable-symbiotic relationship with his mother Ton is put to the test when her new partner Hannah moves into their shared bungalow in Spain. Until now Bruno alone has been the centre of his mother's attention, now he has to share it with...

True love never dies, the loving heart never stops beating ... for Kerstin’s ex Thomas, who she still hopes will come back some day. Instead of Thomas, her mother Charlotte shows up at her door, mid-50s and freshly single again, too. Charlotte moves ...

When Dieter's wife Tamara, bored with her marriage, elopes, Dieter sets off for Mont Saint Michel with a chance acquaintance, Ronen....

Westfalia, 1873: Pillage and murder put the future existence of Hans' farm at stake. The farmer has to defend his remaining daughter and their goods against man and nature. A struggle of life and death begins....

Again and again, Elisha finds himself confronted by Alex, Timo, Sascha, and Mika – all 14-year-olds living in the boys’ orphanage with him. Their worlds ought to be similar and yet they are completely different....

The night in a big city. A young woman walks alone on a bridge, her gaze unfathomable. She stops, hesitates briefly, then jumps to her death. Under mysterious circumstances, Mara survives the jump and wakes up dazed in hospital. The doctors are stran...

During her internship in a remote clinic in the Allgäu region, the young psychology student Lea immerses herself in a mysterious world of unorthodox therapy methods and demonic traditions....

This anti-coming-of-age film follows Generation Y characters as they chase the desire for radical self-realisation....

A young man’s obsession with the half-naked figure of Jesus Christ leads him down a dangerous path of self-harm and masochistic tendencies...

Din lives with his family in a small village near Chittagong, the largest port city in Bangladesh. When he and his friend set off to find a job in the city, they embark on an odyssey that takes them further than they could ever have dreamed of....

18-year-old Marco made it: he has been selected as a young talent for a well-known soccer club. It's the golden ticket out of the small village and a once-in-a-lifetime chance to play with the big boys. Between wild Schützenfest celebrations and emer...

Thursday morning, Jerusalem. Nira goes to work. Ahmad in London does the same, Ralf in Cologne and a priest in Prague too. Matija, Croat, goes to work as well. Ok, he doesn't, but he acts as if he does. Ahmad is taking his routine red bus journey. Ou...

Silvia (55) returns to her office job at a pharmaceutical company after a long illness. While she is happy to see her colleagues again, she discovers that her Login no longer works - Silvia is no longer in the system....

A nearly finished construction site. The wiring is completed, the walls are painted, the final inspections are being done. The construction manager Thomas Zetzsche is proud of his achievement. The prestigious building he created is a modern dream com...