From grand gestures to small moments – hardly any movie can do without the theme of love. Yet love is far more than just a romantic feeling. Love means devotion, trust and responsibility. Wars, crises and political upheavals currently dominate reality and the media. Society is more polarized than ever, hatred and agitation are part of everyday media life.
From grand gestures to small moments – hardly any film doesn’t touch on the theme of love. Yet love is much more than a romantic feeling. Love means devotion, trust and responsibility.
Our reality and the media are currently dominated by wars, crises and political upheaval. Society is more polarised than ever, with hate and agitation part of everyday media life. The film series Lots of Love aims to counter the bad news with a ray of light, at least on screen, showing the most beautiful feeling in the world in many different facets – romantic love stories, unconventional relationships, stories of care, friendship and loyalty.
Over a period of twelve months, the film series Lots of Love will share love stories with us and show how people find and stand by each other despite what may divide them.
► How it worksJanuary
Orphea in Love
Director: Axel RanischYear: 2022
Genre: Musical, opera film
Length: 107 min.
Scene from the film “Orphea in Love” | Photo (detail): © Sehr Gute Filme
Seeking to overcome the dreariness of their everyday lives, call centre agent Nele and small-time crook Kolya discover each other as soulmates through music, opera and dance. In this fusion of opera and film, they soon have to face trials of mythological dimensions.
► Unfortunately, this movie was only available until the end of January 2025.
February
Seven Freckles
Scene from the film “Seven Freckles” | Photo (detail): © DEFA-Stiftung
Director: Herrmann Zschoche
Year: 1978
Genre: Drama, Coming of age
Length: 79 min.
Karoline and Robby experience first love in a GDR holiday camp. The daily routine is strictly regulated, but they find the freedom they need during play rehearsals. The film approaches the longings and problems of youth, away from political reality.
► Unfortunately, this movie was only available until the end of Febuary 2025.
March
Bones and Names
Scene from the film “Bones and Names” | Photo (detail): © Salzgeber
Director: Fabian Stumm
Year: 2023
Genre: Drama
Length: 109 min.
The long-standing relationship between Boris and Jonathan is crumbling. The actor and the writer have slowly grown apart. An intelligent and entertaining reflection on relationships and life plans that must be constantly renegotiated.
► Unfortunately, this movie was only available until the end of March 2025.
April
One in a Million
Scene from the film “One in a Million” | Photo (detail): © Flare Film/Lydia Richter 2022
Director: Joya Thome
Year: 2022
Genre: Documentary
Length: 85 min.
On the one hand, an idolised social media star in the USA; on the other, a huge fan in Germany: this sensitive coming-of-age film captures the growth of two girls thousands of kilometres apart and allows us to share in their lives.
Unfortunately, this movie was only available until the end of April 2025.
May
Three
Scene from the film “Three” | Photo (detail): © X-Filme Creative Pool/Berlin
Director: Tom Tykwer
Year: 2010
Genre: Drama
Length: 119 min.
Their relationship has worn a little thin over twenty years; Hanna and Simon seem to live more in the past than in their belief in a shared future. When they fall in love with the same man, the trio finds a surprising solution.
► Unfortunately, this movie was only available until the end of May 2025.
June
Kaddish for a Friend
Scene from the film “Kaddish for a Friend” | Photo (detail): © SiMa Film
Director: Leo Khasin
Year: 2011
Genre: Drama
Length: 94 min.
Ali is new to the Kreuzberg neighbourhood and takes part in a dare: breaking into the home of a Russian-Jewish neighbour. In order to prevent his deportation, he makes amends, and a touching story of unlikely friendship unfolds.
► Unfortunately, this movie was only available until the end of June 2025.
July
Relativity
Scene from the film “Relativity” | Photo (detail): © Trimafilm
Director: Mariko Minoguchi
Year: 2019
Genre: Drama
Length: 111 min.
“Relativity implies that the future and the past have the same validity for the present,” says physicist Aron. Shortly thereafter, he dies in the arms of his girlfriend Nora during a bank robbery, whereupon the exciting love and crime drama, undertakes to prove his theory of how everything is connected, the past with the future.
► Unfortunately, this movie was only available until the end of July 2025.
August
Anima – My Father's Dresses
Scene from the film “Anima – My Father's Dresses” | Photo (detail): © Flare Film / Privat archiv: Familie Decker
Director: Uli Decker
Year: 2022
Genre: Drama
Length: 99 min.
Uli Decker films her father’s secret: he was a clandestine cross-dresser. The director interweaves the story of this ambivalent father figure with her own. A delicate, personal film about social conventions and the search for identity.
► Unfortunately, this movie was only available until the end of August 2025.
September
Raw Materials
Scene from the film “Raw Materials” | Photo (detail): © Ben Bernhard / Wood Water Films
Director: Tuna Kaptan
Year: 2023
Genre: Drama
Length: 86 min.
During a luxury construction project, an illegally employed worker is killed. Site manager Lutz covers up the accident, but the victim’s daughter is desperately searching for her father. An ambivalent relationship develops, revolving around guilt, responsibility and unexpected intimacy.
► Unfortunately, this movie was only available until the end of September 2025.
October
Beyond the Blue Border
Scene from the film “Beyond the Blue Border” | Photo (detail): © Jakob Fliedner
Director: Sarah Neumann
Year: 2024
Genre: Drama
Length: 105 min.
Swimming 50 kilometres across the Baltic Sea – Hanna crosses the inter-German border for her best friend Andreas. This dramatic adventure tells the story of a close friendship under the burden of harsh repression in the GDR.
► Unfortunately, this movie was only available until the end of October 2025.
November
The Legend of Paul and Paula
Scene from the film “The Legend of Paul and Paula” | © DEFA-Stiftung/Herbert Kroiss, Manfred Damm
Director: Heiner Carow
Year: 1973
Genre: Drama
Length: 105 min.
Paula is a single mother and falls in love with the discontented political functionary Paul. She is determined to find her happiness, while Paul hesitates at first. The DEFA classic is a plea for the right to individual happiness in a socialist state.
December
Happy
Scene from the film “Happy” | Photo (detail): © CORSO Film- und Fernsehproduktion
Director: Carolin Genreith
Year: 2016
Genre: Documentary
Length: 89 min.
Year after year, to escape his loneliness, Dieter Genreith travels to Thailand. It was there that he met Tukta, who is about the same age as Carolin, Dieter’s daughter. In her very personal documentary, the director attempts to understand her father’s new life.