The former bank robber Wanja is released from a long prison sentence. As her feelings of loneliness escalate, Wanja sets out to find work and hereby a new identity. Against all odds she lands an internship at a horse race track. In the stable she gets to know the troubled teenager Emma, and a strong friendship develops between the two women. When Emma slips deeper into her own drug abuse, Wanja decides to rescue her.
Feeling neglected by her mother and sister on their holiday in Spain, 13-year-old Claire tries to help a young Senegalese beach vendor to escape his misery.
A short magical realism dance film explores the quirky personalities and awkward encounters that one only finds in a nail salon.
PETRA & PETER is a documentary drama about consequences of both alcoholism and adoption for two very different siblings. They are grown up and now living separate lives. But they have one thing in common - they both want life to be something else.
