To give stress, anxiety and other mental problems no chance, three people try to detect and combat abnormalities in their daily life as early as possible. Through long-term observations Marc Schmidt investigates the necessity and possibilities of prevention. Which behavior do we consider normal and which abnormal? What does a world look like in which our ideal self is the norm?

While making a film about the family of her brother, who lives or survives on the fringes of society, the life of the family and that of the filmmaker is turned upside down by an unexpected turn. How do you relate to your family when things happen that are unthinkable and who is ultimately responsible?

In less than two years, the mythical Chelsea Hotel, a haven for artists in New York for over a century, emblem of the counterculture from the sixties, will be transformed into a luxury hotel. Fifty-one elderly residents still live there, in the middle of the construction works. Between fear and excitement, each is preparing for the grand reopening in his own way: Merle, an octogenarian dancer, recreates a choreography;

Following the Soviet Union’s collapse, Moldova entered a long period of economic decline that lasts to this day. In the early 90s many young mothers left their country to provide an income for their families. These women stayed in touch with their children by sending large cardboard boxes filled with gifts and videotapes.

In LOVE IS NOT AN ORANGE Otilia Babara, a Moldavian filmmaker living in Brussels, tells the story of her generation. The story of a group of girls that grew up in the 90s and that, after the independence of their country, came at a crossroad in history. Using intimate private archives, this poetic film depicts the vulnerability of family ties through the eyes of mothers and daughters who were forced to live apart in order to survive.

With a tattoo of Atatürk's signature on their bodies, a diverse group of people show their deep fear of, and their protest against, living under political Islam.

Nikita, a young Indian artist from Mumbai (and most recently London), is married to a banana tree. According to Indian tradition, this is necessary to avert the bad karma of her future \"human\" marriage. Slowly torn between family relationships and superstition/religion, she tries to find her own identity/way. Married to a banana tree depicts the primal human struggle between the desire for security versus the desire for freedom.