BÜCHNER FILMPRODUKTION GmbH

2022, 95 min
by Steffi Wurster

In the small Lithuanian town of Rukla, NATO combat troops are training for an emergency. The east-west conflict is real here. While the threat still seems very abstract to some people in the town, others intensively prepare for military conflict. But then the war in Ukraine escalates and a new era begins for everyone.

Germany 2020, 105 min
by Sabine Herpich

At the art workshop for people with disabilities in Berlin Spandau, 16 artits work from Monday to Friday – and their work is defined as gainful employment. The art workshop is part of a whole range of workshops, where contract work for the industry is completed. Here, Art is produced on the same terms.Observing the artists at work, one can clearly see how persistently they are fighting for the desired expression. It reveals something substantial about the aim of art: Giving shape to the world, t

Germany 2018, 88 min
by Dario Aguirre

Initially Dario moved from Ecuador to Germany to be with Stephanie. But from the very first day there was a third party in their relationship: government agencies. They issued him 10 visas during the following 15 years. A long trail of papers, stamps, permits and restrictions connected Dario to Germany whilst also keeping him at a distance. Until one fine day the mayor of Hamburg invites Dario to become a German citizen. A profession of love? Dario responds with a tender-ironic road movie that t

Germany 2016, 90 min
by Thorsten Trimpop

A small town in Fukushima’s exclusion zone searches for normalcy after the world’s biggest nuclear catastrophe since Chernobyl.A small town in Fukushima’s exclusion zone searches for normalcy after the world’s biggest nuclear catastrophe since Chernobyl. A teen rocker, a media-savvy activist, a conflicted TEPCO engineer, and a female horse breeder cope with the loss of their homes and the unseen danger of radiation. Each faces a crucial decision: to stay or to go? Furusato, or hometown, is an un

Germany 2015, 89 min
by Christiane Büchner

FAMILY BUSINESS shows how an intimate bond is being woven amidst strangers - a German and a Polish family. Both get together to solve substantial problems. Jowita travels to Germany to care for 88-year old Anne and take the pressure of her working daughters. In Poland, Jowita's family is advancing at building a house where their adolescent daughter will have her own room for the first time.  This pragmatic union is not without friction. The situation is new and strange for both sides. Important

Germany 2010, 80 min
by Dario Aguirre

Since more than 10 years the director Dari­o Aguirre lives between two totally different worlds, Germany and Ecuador. He decides to make an extraordinary journey, visiting five unknown men called Dari­o Aguirre as well: One in Mexico and four in Argentina. To meet each other develops into a reconcilement with their own past lives and permits a briefly glance into the protagonists present time.For two months Dario shares five different lives, adapting himself to situations and activities he has n

Germany 2008, 84 min
by Christiane Büchner