Loyola Productions Munich GmbH

2021, 43 min
by Christof Wolf

Why do some people manage to implement even difficult-to-realize life plans, but others do not? What does it take to be successful and happy in life? Are talent, external life circumstances and lucky coincidences decisive, or are there other factors that are more important? Philosopher Godehard Bruentrup accompanies Tamara Dietl (author, coach), Moritz Stahl (saxophonist) and Katharina Klein (actress, clown) on their search for a meaningful life.

2017, 13 min
by Uwe Wrobel, Felicitas Richter

In 2016 more than 65 million women, men and children are living as refugees or internally displaced people (UN). Jesuit Worldwide Learning (JWL) provides equitable high quality tertiary learning to people and communities at the margins of societies - be it through poverty, location, lack of opportunity, conflict or forced displacement – so all can contribute their knowledge and voices to the global community of learners and together foster hope to create a more peaceful and humane world. The doc

2017, 38 min
by Christof Wolf

The Jesuit Missions to the indigenous people of Latin America were founded in the beginning of the 17th century. Due to the intrigues of the political powers at the time, the missions were suppressed in 1767. The so-called ‘Holy Experiment’, the dream of a better, a just society, was at an end and since then, it has remained a utopian ideal. Today, 250 years later, we still long for a just, peaceful and free society. But the legacy of the ‘Holy Experiment’ lives on in Bolivia, in the Jesuit Pari

2012, 17 min
by Christof Wolf

Animatics are a creative way of telling stories. Especially when historical footage does not survive, or when a reenactment would be too costly. Animatics are used for commercials in order to have a cheap way of pre-visualising a scene. They are a combination of animation and splitting an image into different layers: foreground (e.g. people), middle ground (e.g. buildings and trees), and background (e.g. mountains, sky, etc.). When these layers are moved towards one another, changes occur in li

Germany 2012, 52 min
by Christof Wolf

On 2 June 2010 a small group of pilgrims from the Lassalle-Haus, Bad Schönbrunn, Switzerland, is setting out on foot with the aim of reaching Jerusalem by Christmas, which are: 4800 kilometers in 206 days. The way through the Alps, the Balkans, Istanbul, Turkey and Syria is an ancient pilgrimage route, but was also used by the Crusaders. The four pilgrims, two men and women, have deliberately chosen to take this road, to meditate and pray for peace while offering an opening for encounters a

2012, 45 min
by Christof Wolf

Political deadlock and a deep economic crisis have lead to widespread poverty and despondency in Zimbabwe. The situation in the country’s Chinhoyi diocese is no different. Here, people have to fight for survival every day. The church tries to help wherever it can but this is by no means an easy task. Today, the diocese is undergoing a profound change: it is about to transform from a mission church into a local church. And Chinhoyi’s young, native priests are ready for the challenge.

Polen 2008, 18 min
by Christof Wolf

In November 2006, Marian Kolodziej, Auschwitz prisoner no. 432, met with members of an interfaith retreat group on the grounds of the Auschwitz concentration camp. Marian came back to pray and to speak about the horrors of the camp where he spent 4 ½ years of his life. Afterwards, he gave a tour of his drawings housed in the basement of St. Maximilian Kolbe Franciscan Church in Harmeze, Poland, located about 10k from Auschwitz. This DVD includes some of his testimony and a number of his drawings

Polen 2008
by Christof Wolf

Auschwitz – unique symbol of methodically perfected horror, and at the same time destination for daily streams of tourists. How can an encounter with this place avoid the banality of a visit? This question was asked by New York Zen master Roshi Bernhard Glassman. His answer: the „Auschwitz Retreat“. He invites people of different ethnicity and belief to face Auschwitz directly and without cover. The group will spend five days in meditation, silence, prayer and sharing on the very grounds of the

Great Britain 2007
by Christof Wolf

During these past years David Blaine gained enormous publicity through his spectacular stunts. In 1999 he was buried alive in a coffin of glass for seven days. In the year 2000 he was frozen in a block of ice for almost 62 hours. In 2002 he stood for 35 hours on a 105 feet tall pillar. For his most recent action ‘Above The Below’ in fall 2003 David Blaine starved himself for 44 days, hanging on a Plexiglas box on a crane near Tower Bridge in London. According to the British Press, Da

USA 2006
by Christof Wolf

Bernard Glassman teaches a distillation of Zen wisdom that can be used as a guide for business, social ventures, peacemaking or just life. The documentary demonstrates the uniqueness and human impact of Glassman‘s work and life. Not only a Zen teacher, he works as a peacemaker in the field of interfaith dialog throughout the world. He has helped change a whole neighbourhood in Yonkers (New York). The film shows how one can live a life that matters.

USA, Germany 2010, 37 min
by Jason Schmidt

"I built Auschwitz... because I arrived in the first transport." Memory, art and hell collide as an Auschwitz survivor finally confronts the horrors of his past after 50 years of silence. Marian Kolodziej, prisoner number 432, was 17 and on one of the first transports to enter Auschwitz on June 14, 1940. Kolodziej, a Polish Catholic, survived five years imprisonment and never spoke of his experience until after a serious stroke in 1993. He began physical rehabilitation by doing pen and ink drawi