Nach jahrelanger Funkstille kreuzen sich die Wege der einst engen Freundinnen Lore Winter und Anneliese Müller unter abstrusen Umständen: Lores Ehemann hat sie gegen ein jüngeres Exemplar eingetauscht, und Anneliese ist frisch gebackene Witwe. Und so beschließen sie, in ihren alten Jahren eine Frauen-WG zu gründen und endlich all die Erfahrungen zu sammeln, die ihnen ihre brave Jugend und ihre jahrelangen Ehen verwehrt hatten.

Straight to the heart: a fleeting collision on a street corner, Mathilda and Bronski's first encounter. Andi will meet Johanna, who has to tame her daughter Mandy. Andi will meet David, who is trying to cope with his girlfriend Ali's ambitious career aspirations with an extensive load of booze. Tragicomic stories of encounters, relationships, loneliness and love....

Two friends fall in love with the same girl and end up in a situation that can only make everyone unhappy. In Forget America, it is also reinforced by the setting, a small East German town. Life in Aschleben is difficult enough in itself for David, who would like to be a famous photographer, for Benno, who desperately wants to open an American road cruiser store in his dreary hometown, and for Anna, who dreams of a career as an actress, but it is their feelings for each other that rob them of practically any chance of a little happiness.

A single man must suddenly look after his nephew.

2001 film by Vanessa Jopp

2023 film directed by Vanessa Jopp

2007 film by Vanessa Jopp

Emmi would like to cancel her subscription to "Like" magazine via e-mail. But due to a typo, her messages land in Leo Leike’s inbox. When Emmi repeatedly sends mails to the wrong address, Leo decides to inform her of her mistake. This marks the beginning of an extraordinary e-mail exchange, which can only be held between two strangers. Treading the fine line between complete strangeness and noncommittal intimacy, the two are soon sharing their innermost secrets and longings – until they need to face the unavoidable question: Will their feelings, sent and received virtually, survive the test of a real-life encounter? And what will happen if they do?

2014 film by Vanessa Jopp

This film is a series of seven funny and moving vignettes, from seven different directors, all linked by one bus journey. Pattex and Horst are waiting forever for a bus after a long night at a rock concert and their stories link the other vignettes together. Rita dreams of weddings and a honeymoon in Verona, Italy. On her way to marry a man she met through a dating agency, she meets Ewald. There's also Franziska, who is picked up bus driver Charlie, and eventually comes to remember that she just crashed her boyfriend's car, with him in it. Seven German directors, including Uschi Ferstl, Academy Award winner Florian Gallenberger and Vanessa Jopp, present a collection of stories that move fluidly between youthful angst and comedy.Honolulu