1976

As a teenager on the death lists of Hitler and Stalin, in 1966 ATW - Andrzej Tadeusz Wirth - was catapulted by political events from Sovietized Poland to the United States. From the point of view of his interest in theatre, he was always fortunate to be in the right place at the right time: with Kantor and Grotowski in Poland, Bertolt Brecht and „Gruppe 47“ in Berlin, and Robert Wilson in New York.

In 1982, ATW founded the legendary Institute of „Applied Theatre Studies“ (Angewandte TheaterWissenschaften) in Gießen, a seminary for artists like R.Pollesch, H.W.Kroesinger, M.Rinke, Rimini Protokoll, Gob Squad and She She Pop. Since then he had no inhibitions calling himself ATW, an anagram of his name and the discipline he invented.

Orphaned at birth and raised by storks, the teenage sparrow Richard believes he is one of them. But when the time comes to migrate to Africa, his stork family is forced to leave him behind in the forest, as he is not a migratory bird and would not survive the journey.

Determined to prove he is a stork after all, Richard ventures south on his own. But only with the help of Olga, an eccentric owl with an imaginary friend and Kiki, a narcissistic, disco-singing parakeet, does he stand a chance to reach his goal and learn to accept who he really is.

Maria and Niels are struggling with their marriage and move from Germany to Hammerfest, Norway, to save their relationship. In the northernmost city in the world, where two months of winter have no daylight, Niels starts an affair instead. The Northern lights distract Maria while driving home from work, and she hits something.

Thinking it was an animal, she is shocked when she later realizes it was a girl she ran over. The couple agrees to not tell anyone, and it is this secret that finally revives their relationship. But can life go on like this?

A traveling salesman peddles the company's classic clothing line to boutiques catering to women over 35. When he loses his drivers license but can't afford to lose the season's sales to a younger rival, his son is forced to chauffeur him around instead of celebrating his high school graduation in Spain.

As the three men's paths cross, long-hidden secrets are revealed and things come to a hilarious head. In taste, there is no right or wrong, but is it in fashion?

Cazzo-Film, a Berlin gay porn production, is shooting their new movie in Mallorca. A TV-show team and a cinema-direct documentarist are joining them.

Everyone is searching for different kinds of intimacies, behind and in front of the camera. How are they detected, used and sold? Is there any intimacy left when everything is public?

Heinz el Aleman, his friend Carlos da Costa, and their helping hand Victor Hugo are seeking the treasure of Juan de Deus Limpius.

Taking their chance in a small boat, they plunge into the Bolivian jungle. What starts as a welcome change becomes an adventure between hope and disbelief. And in the middle of nowhere friendship is finally put to the test.

While still a teenager, „Rappa“, gets locked up in a monastery, an AEA, which is a type of “work education institution”. He has three month to prove that he is able to lead a “normal life” or he would have to stay there for at least two years together with 7 other addicted delinquents.

“To be an adult means to have a 'normal' life-style. If you are grownup you want to make something out of your talents – the best. I don't ever want to grow up, never!“