Nicki gets into trouble. By chance, the sheet of music containing Ludwig van Beethoven’s last unfinished composition ends up in the school bag of ten-year-old Nicki. This piece of music is called “Morphus“ and according to Fama, its melody has magical forces. Nicki does not suspect anything of that when he goes on a winter holiday with his father and takes the sheet with him.

Jenny‘s mother died when the girl was ten years old. The deceased mother left behind four letters for her daughter which she gave to her father for safekeeping. Each of the letters is for a special occasion in Jenny‘s life. Jenny receives the first letter on the day of her Bat Mitzvah. She is now 12 years old and admitted to the adult world in accordance with Jewish tradition.

East Berlin in the autumn of 1989: A Finnish father visits Berlin and witnesses the fall of the Berlin Wall. Here he rescues a dog puppy‘s life and takes him home for his young daughter Pearl. The cute baby dog immediately captures the heart of the sevenyear-old girl and is called “Stormheart“ from now on. He becomes a loyal companion of the girl. None of the family knows anything about the origin or race of the dog.

Champ loves cycling above all. Whenever he sees a bike, it overcomes him. He steals it and undertakes the most daring bicycle tours with his young niece Masoumeh. Even when the police catches the two, the 40-year-old is not reasonable. Because Champ is disabled. Only Masoumeh can cope with him and he listens to her. The clumsy man loves the little girl above everything else.

Mai, 17 years old, lives with her three siblings and her mother in poor conditions in a village in the middle of Vietnam. As her father always builds up debts, although he no longer lives with the family but with his girlfriend, and her mother takes to the bottle regularly, the family’s situation is getting worse and worse. In order to escape this misery, Mai wants to go to Saigon and earn her living as a seamstress.

There is great excitement in the forest. The moon has disappeared! Badger, frog, duck and ladybird are in the dark. It is really pitch dark. Suddenly they discover that a bright light shines in moonbear’s house. How is this possible? While the others worry about the moon which disappeared, moonbear and the moon sit peacefully at the table and play draughts.

Laura believes in themselves and their talent. Her new comic comes certainly good. But in the harsh world of publishing is simply not enough talent. Plagiarism is everyday life, but Laura is new.

After the death of their mother, the father marries again. Initially brother and sister look forward to it because they even get a playmate - their stepmother’s daughter. But she turns out to be quarrelsome. Nothing suits her. No game proposal is right for her. In view of the parents they pretend to be harmonious siblings. Overwhelmed by his feelings about the wonderful new family the father reveales the place of the family assets.

Matěj works as a servant for a rich farmer. He has been in love with the farmer’s beautiful daughter Majdalenka for a long time, and she loves him. But the farmer does not agree to his daughter marrying a servant, so he fires Matěj. On his travels, Matěj learns by chance that the king wants to marry his daughter Rozmarěna to the man who is able to solve three riddles.

Jakob lives with his parents in a small town. His father is a shoemaker and his mother sells vegetables and herbs on the market. Jakob himself is a handsome, well-shaped boy. He likes to accompany his mother on the market. One day an old woman comes to their vegetable stand. After touching all the goods she rants and raves complaining about the allegedly poor quality.

At Martin‘s 12th Birthday comes every year as Uncle Helmer. And his gift is also like every year yellow. As Uncle Helmer decides to his house in the colour yellow to emphasize the protesting neighbors.

Since the death of her parents, ten-year-old Thuy has lived with her uncle who owns a raffia mat factory. He only considers the girl as two more hands to work. Thuy must work really hard. But when she makes a mistake, her uncle insults her as a good-for-nothing and an unnecessary eater. The little girl is deeply hurt, she takes her piggy bank and leaves the village.

17-year-old Lya lives in a Parisian suburb. Family idyll does not exist. Her adult sister Chirine is only concerned about her appearance and only cares for herself. One day she wants to be successful as a model. Her father beats her mother, who never defends herself, and Lya as well, whenever he does not get his own way. He treats Chirine disparagingly. Only little Inés, 7 years old, has nothing to fear.

Anton’s sister is seriously ill. But he is never allowed to her. Somehow he is not true in the hospital. One day he meets the caretaker.

Leni‘s dad is a robot. He runs completely broken, does not smile and he has a remote control. Leni finds this quit normal – not thus her class-mates Olaf and Franz.

A mouse escapes from a cat - and this happens five exciting times!

Some owls land at the Arctic and start a new life there. Their main attribute is their stupidity combined with the lack of long-term memory.

It is not so easy for father cactus showing all his love to his child.

All days are transient, also these ones at the sea side ...

This Christmas should be something special for ten-year-old Karla. But that is not so easy because her parents are divorced. Karla’s father tends to be an alcoholic. Her mother married again. She and her husband Leif, however, have no time for the children. Karla’s little brother, five-year-old Lillebror, has invented an invisible friend, “Licky.“ Her stepbrother Mads-Morten is only interested in football.

Halim’s parents came from Morocco to Sweden years ago but he was born in this country. He knows the language and is accustomed with the Swedish traditions. At home, the family lives mainly according to Moroccan traditions and Halim loves it. But after the death of his mother, his father begins to change. He buys a small business, and both move house. Now his father wants to adapt himself a bit more to the Swedish way of life.

Mikkel is 15, lives in Oslo and loves his skateboard. It is his passion. When he transforms the street into a halfpipe, he is the greatest. But Mikkel’s mother takes up a new job in the mountains. Together they move to Voss, a mountain village as described in travel brochures - idyllic, quiet, snowy. He does not get far with his skateboard.

15-year-old Ljubica, known as Bica, and her younger brother are totally neglected and live in the streets of Bucharest. They support themselves by various thefts. In a raid, her little brother is caught and taken to an orphanage. Bica is desperate and considers how to get her brother back. Then she meets Cristu, a former policeman. He promises Bica much money, if she comes to Germany with him.

21-year-old Sebastian feels shattered and finished. When he took his A-levels two years ago, the world looked quite different to him. But now, he has stayed behind all his friends and acquaintances who are going their way. Only Sebastian still does not know what he wants to become. He considers whether he would like to study, and if so, what. But Sebastian has a much more serious problem.

Eastern Anatolia: An unconscious girl lies on the river bank. It is 17-year-old Meryem. She was raped. Since she refuses to reveal the name of her tormentor, they lock her in a shed, give her a rope and tell her to see to the matter herself. Meryem notices that her stepmother watches her with gloating. Out of spite, she stays alive. So the family hands the “matter“ over to Cemal, a former soldier.

After 14-year-old Krabat lost his mother in the turmoil of the Thirty Years War, he moves around as a begger. One night he rouses from his sleep. An inner voice lures him to a mysterious mill, and he follows the call despite all warnings. The very first moment when the miller opens the door, Krabat has a feeling of unease. The journeymen present all seem speechless.

Nicholas lived 100 years ago in a small village in Lapland, high up in the inhospitable north. A cruel misfortune robbed him of his parents and his beloved little sister. The villagers decide that each family looks after him for one year. Soon Nicholas has many new parents and new siblings. But when a famine breaks out, Nicholas can no longer be nourished.

Russia is famous for its strong heroes, but also for its robbers. The king rules over all of them. He leads the country and keeps law and order, if need be. And this time it is necessary again. Although the most feared robber of the country, the robber Nightingale, has only just been released from prison, he has committed an offence again.

Before 16-year-old Tiuri can become a knight, he has to keep night watch in the church. The prospective knight must neither speak nor eat or drink. But when someone knocks at the church’s door in the middle of the night, Tiuri opens the door and breaks his silence. Outside he finds the severely wounded knight Edwinem, who gives him a letter for the king of Unauwen before he dies.

Roelli is a troll like many others. He lives in Rollivillage in the middle of the forest. He is full of mean tricks, creates unrest and chaos. And as a real troll, he naturally hates bathing and kissing. The elves are quite different, among them the elf girl Milli. She enjoys the beautiful things of life. She likes flowers and loves peace. And she is incredibly clean.

Two young women - one lives in the 20s of the 20th Century, the other in the 21st Century. Unhappiness and drugs lead to a break in both the time and suddenly meet each other.

Dublin, 1979: For 13-year-old Maeve there is only one topic at the moment: bras and cup sizes. Finally she is also wearing one, as well as her friends Ruth and Orla. Only Claire tries to be special again. As a feminist she wants to live a self-determined life and does not want to submit to the rules of the others. Topic number two, how should it be otherwise, is boys.

Petr grows up living with his mother. She and his father, headmaster of the local grammar school, have been divorced for a long time. But they still do not get along with one another and always make mutual accusations when it comes to the upbringing of their son. And a great deal is going wrong here indeed. Petr attends school only sporadically.

1930s: Branko lives only with his mother. She often tells her son about his father, a traveling musician. When his mother dies, Branko sets out to look for his father. His search begins in a Croatian coastal town. He has the photograph of a hotel in town where his father often played. But people chase the alleged begging boy away. At the fish market, he sees a small fish on the ground.

A little boy digs himself and his stuffed animal into the imaginative world of books. One adventure follows the other – but suddenly it becomes dangerous ...

Bommel and Squeek are two little monsters who really cannot stand each other. But somehow they reach an understanding.

How rebellious nails can end up.

The vegetable faries give a concert today. Let us see who participates in it.

Chrisitan knows his mother will be disappointed if he fails his examination again. But he does not feel like learning.