Free Fall
Who You Are (2026)
Marc has the life he's supposed to want — a career in the police, his pregnant girlfriend Bettina, a future already written. Then he meets Kay. Desire becomes love, and love becomes a choice that could change everything.
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World's first true theatrical recut
Recut.
Reimagined.
Reborn.
Built entirely from the original footage;
not a remake, not simply a director's cut.
25 min
of never-before-seen material, cut back into the story for the first time.
New edit
More closeness, more room for Kay, Marc and Bettina. A new narrative structure.
New score
30 songs — Moderat, M83, Portishead, Khan of Finland and more.
New sound
+ color
Full foley and re-mix, new color grade, slow-motion passages.
World-class
AI dub
English dub tuned to the original actors' timbre. Lip-sync stays human post-production.
Featuring an exclusive new recording of
'Tainted Love’
by
Marc Almond
A signature song, reintroduced
for a new generation.
Recut. Reimagined. Reborn.
A radically reimagined version of the LGBTQ+ cult classic.
Free Fall
The Original
Rewatch the 2013 original.
Available alongside the recut.
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Cast &
Key Moments
Three unforgettable performances
at the heart of a cult classic.
Hanno
Koffler
Max
Riemelt
Katharina
Schüttler
Stills from the film
Powerful words. A lasting impact.
Press &
Audience
“I love every second of it.”
“One of the most powerful, intense and beautifully acted films I've seen in years.”
“A powerful and moving portrayal of forbidden love.”
“A compelling, intimate drama that resonates long after the credits roll.”
“A gripping and emotionally charged love story.”
“A smart, sensitive exploration of desire and repression.”
€8.99
96-hour rental
Every rent supports the trilogy of Free Fall
This story
doesn't end here.
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The Free Fall Trilogy
Our dream is bigger than one film.
Free Fall was never only a love story. It was the beginning of something that, for years, never truly left us.
So what is Free Fall now?
Free Fall is no longer only the film people discovered in 2013. It is becoming a new cinematic journey — beginning again with Free Fall: Who You Are, a version that is RECUT. REIMAGINED. REBORN. Not to erase what came before, but to open the story for what comes next.
Why does it continue?
Because one question has never disappeared: What happens after the fall?
We are all born in between. Between expectation and desire. Between who we are… and who we think we should be. We grow up trying to fit, trying to be loved, trying not to lose what feels safe. And at some point, we all fall. Not because we fail — but because we begin to live honestly.
Usually the story ends with the coming out. We want to show what happens when honestly lived life begins.
Our goal is clear
We want to bring the Free Fall Trilogy to life.
This new experience is our first step toward restarting Free Fall as a trilogy — a cinematic journey through love, identity, consequence, and truth.
Where is the journey going?
From awakening to aftermath to acceptance. From the first rupture to the search for happiness. From losing control to finding the inner core of who we are.
Free Fall is about love, but also about time. About the courage to lose control. And about the possibility that falling may be the only way to become free.
We know this road will not be easy. There will be challenges. Creative ones. Financial ones. Structural ones. Maybe even impossible-looking ones. But we have a plan. We have built the foundation. And we will give everything to make this trilogy real.
For everyone who has carried Free Fall with them. For everyone who has asked, again and again: what happens next? And for everyone who still believes that some stories deserve another chance.
This is where we begin again.
Not with the end of Free Fall. But with its rebirth.
CHILL
Behind an unmarked Berlin door, the chill has been going for hours. Clothes are optional, inhibitions are gone, and the next hot guy is only a swipe away. A nervous first-timer is dared to let go, two seasoned daddies flirt their way into something unexpectedly real, and a room full of beautiful men can't stop picking themselves apart. CHILL is a sexy, funny and tender dramedy about what happens between the hookups, when desire, loneliness and the need to belong all come out at once.
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Three episodes, one chill that never quite stops.
Episodes
Episode 1 | 12:55
Just Chill!
Alex has never been to a chill, and the half-naked strangers at Karim and Milan's housewarming know it the moment he walks in. He's one step away from an exciting and terrifying new world. Will he be brave enough to cross the threshold?
Episode 2 | 12:19
The Old Ones
Oli and Tom, two seasoned daddies, meet over a cigarette in the kitchen of a chill while the party roars next door. They've seen it all, but are they ready for something truly genuine and romantic?
Episode 3 | 11:54
Bacchanalia
Too fat? Too skinny? Too old at 30? Horny, high and swiping for more, a group of men spill their deepest insecurities, stumbling into a conversation that they are usually too afraid to have.
Each episode is rented individually for €1.99 · 96-hour rental starting from that episode's first play.
Cast &
Key Moments
The faces behind CHILL.
Dominik
Hartz
Aviran
Edri
Omer P.
Striks
Klaas
Mertens
Julius
Riek
Arturo A.
Villalobos
Jochen
Schropp
Constantin
Lücke
Alexander P.
Osei
Jan
Andreesen
David
Sánchez Calvo
Christopher P.
Kuwahara
Stills from CHILL
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Good stories begin when the film ends.
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