Documentaries
Shatila Stories
Shatila Stories is a documentary film about the lives of Syrian children in one of the world’s oldest refugee camps.
Since the Syrian War 1.5 million refugees have fled to Lebanon making up one third of the country’s population. Shatila is one of the worlds oldest camps and is infamous for extreme poverty, routine violence, sexual exploitation and gang wars over drug territory. Amidst the chaos of Shatila, a group of scruffy and lively children work together to make their own film and process the trauma from war.
This film is currently in distribution with ORF Enterprise.
“Fahndung Spezial” delves into Austria’s most thrilling criminal cases, pulling back the curtain for an insider’s view. Eyewitnesses, forensic experts, journalists, psychologists, and criminologists reveal the untold stories behind the headlines.
WEAPONS OF CHANGE
Kisumu, Kenya, 2021. Amid the pandemic, gender-based violence soars—rape, AIDS, teen pregnancies, and domestic abuse rampant. Poverty and police corruption deepen the crisis.
But this film isn’t just about survivors. It’s about the fight for change. Lawyers seek justice, artists raise awareness, and community workers empower women. Through art, education, and empowerment, Kenyan women are fighting for a better future.
GOODBYE GÖTZ
A year before his passing in 2023, I traveled to Nepal to capture the story of my grandfather—a man whose boldness, brilliance, and flaws shaped me in ways I’m still discovering. This short documentary is both a farewell and a reflection on family, memory, and the complex bond we shared as I retrace the lessons, moments, and memories he left behind.
DOES MEAT STILL HAVE A FUTURE?
Meat, humans, animals: The dispute about how and whether meat can be eaten at all divides society. For farmers, the change is happening too fast, for vegan activists too slowly. Convinced meat eater or radical meat hater. What is the future of our meat consumption?
The Fight over the
female body
How self-determined are Austria’s women? The female body is still a combat zone for many actors who want to deny women the decision about their own bodies and others who stand up for women’s right to their own bodies. A seemingly endless conflict.
Genius, Rebel, Revolutionary – Beethoven in Vienna
FACES
FACES is a series of documentary shorts about interesting personalities.
The HISTORY OF NUDITY
A humorous take on the history of the nude and nude modelling in art.
17 minutes
THE WILD CAVE PEOPLE OF TENERIFE
We venture into the extraordinary lives of modern-day people who embrace a unique and unconventional lifestyle—living in caves on the breathtaking island of Tenerife! In this wacky and eye-opening documentary, we’ll uncover the surprising stories of these cave-dwelling residents and explore the reasons behind their intriguing choice of habitat.
Ayurveda:
A Back-Breaking
Story
After a spinal injury an alternative medicine sceptic spends a month in an Ayurvedic clinic in Kerala, India, to endure a range of traditional treatments and gets himself into some oily situations.
It is an example of me exploring the possibilities of performative documentaries, flipping the camera onto myself and pushing my personal boundaries in service of a good story.
AN DER SCHWELLE
Most of us ignore the reality of death. But physicians working in intensive care are confronted with mortality every day. The film follows doctors and health workers at the UKH Linz as they fight for their patient’s lives. What can be learned from seeing the process of dying up close?
Portrait of a Nullo
Ever since puberty Norbert struggled with the secret compulsion to get rid of his penis. But the desire to be a “nullo”, thus having no genitals, is not medically recognized in Europe. Ridiculed and abandoned, finally he took matters into his own hands …
What drives someone to cut off his penis? What role do Nullos take in the debate around gender identities? And why does the medical system leave no option besides dangerous self-surgery? In this documentary, we tell Norbert’s story to find the answers to those questions.
Berlin Underground
Berlin Underground is a series of documentary films about underground groups and movements in Berlin 2016-2018
BLEEDING CLOWNS
Glass eaters, sword swallowers, genital weightlifters and nipple staplers. This twisted, dark-humoured documentary explores the Freak Show scene in Berlin’s thriving and bizarre underworld.
Hooked:
getting High from pain
This documentary explores society’s attitude towards self-harm and focuses on “suspension”, the act of impaling oneself to gain euphoria and spiritual transcendence. 2018, 19 minutes
Germany’s
Swastika
Revivalists
The Swastika has recently found an unlikely come-back in the birthplace of Nazism, Berlin. A small group of activists are tattooing the Swastika as part of a movement that aims to reclaim the Swastika as a symbol of luck.