Luisa-Céline Gaffron

23000 Lives (2026)

Unable to stand by and watch as countless refugees lose their lives attempting to reach Europe by sea, a group of young Berliners take action. Inexperienced but driven by passion and courage, they launch a crowdfunding campaign to buy an old ship. Venturing into the Mediterranean, they embark on a mission to save thousands of people ... (more)

How to Be Normal and the Oddness of the Other World

Fresh out of a psychiatric hospital, Pia moves back in with her parents to get her life together. Torn between a new job, lovesickness, psychotropic drugs and social stigmatization, she emerges into a world where everything seems out of control.

And Tomorrow The Entire World (2020)

My Son

Growing up is never easy, not for teenagers and certainly not for their parents. After Jason barely survives a serious skating accident, the relationship between him and his mother Marlene is put to the test. While Jason continues to feel invulnerable, Marlene wants to protect him more than ever ... (more)

Persian Lessons (2020)

1942, occupied Europe. Gilles Cremieux, a Belgian of Jewish origin, once in a concentration camp, pretends to be a Persian - for him this is the only opportunity to stay alive. This lie, indeed, saves him from being shot, but Gilles does not yet know what price he will have to pay for this salvation ... (more)

3 1/2 Hours (2021)

August 13, 1961: The passengers on the interzonal train from Munich to East Berlin learn 3½ hours before crossing the border that the Wall is being built in Berlin. They have 3½ hours to make a life-changing decision: to get off the train or keep going.