Jacob Matschenz

In 1942, a German U-boat torpedoed the RMS Laconia, sinking the British ship, which carried more than 2,000 passengers. Led by an outstanding cast, this harrowing story is dramatized with deft characterizations, narrative subtlety, and moral complexity.

Christian Petzold puts a unique spin on an ancient myth in this urban fairytale, combining legend, romance and architecture to magnetic effect. We dare you not to swoon at the chemistry between Paula Beer and Franz Rogowski, who prove themselves to be one of the greatest contemporary cinematic duos.

When a grisly murder brings Detective Maik Briegand back to his small hometown, he finds himself dredging up bodies, clues and his own past traumas.

Winner of major awards at the Tribeca and Vancouver Film Festivals, "My Wonderful Wanda" is a delightful satire of the haves and the have-nots set against the backdrop of a lakeside villa in Switzerland. At the story’s center is Wanda, a Polish caretaker who has left her own small children in Poland to look after Josef, the stroke-ridden patriarch of the wealthy Wegmeister-Gloor dynasty.

October 1941. Eighteen months into France’s occupation by German troops, young Communist members of the Resistance shoot dead an officer of the German Army. In retaliation, Hitler demands the deaths of 150 Frenchmen, as ‘retribution’.

Three overprotective fathers and brothers-in-law make a misguided pact to save their daughters from the supposed substandard men in their lives.

Same procedure as every year? Not this year! Young Miss Sophie, short on money, invites eligible bachelors to her country estate. But before she can make her choice, one of the suitors is murdered. As the remaining candidates compete for her heart, she secretly tries to uncover the killer. Always by her side is Butler James - and a tender yet seemingly impossible romance begins to unfold.

A Regular Woman portrays a glimpse of life for a free spirited young woman living with an ultra-conservative Turkish Muslim family in Berlin.