Movies: Navid Navid

In this adaptation of the critically acclaimed debut novel by Iranian American author Dalia Sofer, a secular Jewish family is caught up in the maelstrom of the 1979 Iranian Revolution....

A new English teacher who is secretly a lesbian is hired by a small town school. The wife of the school's principal dislikes her, but the two women end up falling in love and begin a passionate affair. That's when the trouble starts....

Culture-Clash-Comedy about Turkish brides importet into Germany....

Against the tumultuous backdrop of Iran's 1953 CIA-backed coup d'état, the destinies of four women converge in a beautiful orchard garden, where they find independence, solace and companionship....

Turbulent comedy about two Palestinian brothers who smuggle the dead body of their father from Jerusalem to Ramallah with the Israeli Police, a bunch of terrorists and the Russian Mafia breathing down their necks....

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Old farmer Pesonen gets a kitten from his neighbour Mrs Kosonen and calls the cat Viiru. When Viiru starts to talk, the two become inseparable friends....

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Now that we’re all living longer and “40 is the new 30,” why can’t 60 be the new 40? That’s what Louise and Frans think when they embark on bold new life adventures. Louise is a molecular biologist who decides to make a withdrawal from the sperm bank...

A fictionalized account of the September 11 hijackers....

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The relationship between the sensitive free spirit and self-proclaimed feminist Luca and his father Mathi, an old-school man with a classic understanding of his role, is complicated. Now father and son are expecting a baby at the same time. When the ...

Centers on a group of weary Middle Eastern refugees who have made their way to Turkey to apply for European visas....

Survival is not enough. Fariba Tabrizi has made it. Under peril of death she has fled from Iran. In Germany she has no alternative way of avoiding the threat of deportation other than to assume the identity of a deceased co-detainee. So what happens ...

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Match Factor is a story about the power the prejudices and the strength of trust. Ahmed, a young football player from Iraq comes to Berlin to participate in the FIFA Charity Match. When he disappears from his hotel, a search for him is mounted as a p...

Lilo is a resolute woman, creative in her mind and images, until a devastating diagnosis tears her from everyday life and forces her to face unpleasant truths. Without further ado, she makes her escape with the help of the illegal truck driver Sami a...

Den Traum vom Lebensabend im sonnigen Spanien haben sich inzwischen immer mehr Deutsche erfüllt. Die iberische Halbinsel wird bei Aussteigern immer beliebter. Eher zufällig kommt in Peter Lichtefelds „Playa Del Futuro“, seinem erst zweiten Projekt in...

Splendid story of a friendship that evaporates just before 9/11....