Herbstfilm Produktion GmbH

Germany 2011, 88 min
by Christoph Roehl

In 2010 a scandal at the Odenwaldschule, arguably the most renowned boarding school in Germany, created a media storm. Not only were there the revelations that generations of children had been systematically abused for over three decades but it also became clear that when two former victims came forward in 1999 saying that “they were not the only ones”, their claims were ignored. In his film, director Christoph Roehl, who spent two years at the school himself, tries to explore how this shocking

Germany 2011, 80 min
by Katja Dringenberg, Christiane Voss

What happens to us after death? Through whose hands do our bodies pass, before they vanish from this world once and for all? ENDLICH / AT LAST - LIVING WITH THE DEAD seeks out the mysterious places that the dead pass through. In this shadow realm, it is the service providers for the dead that rule, the carers and the disposal experts. Our journey leads us from the Berlin Crematorium to a eulogist, who presents a final image of the deceased that befits them and that provides some comfort for t