ZIEGLER FILM GmbH&Co.KG

Germany 2017, 43 min
by Michael Jürgs, Bertold Baule

He was rich, powerful and feared: Media-Tsar Leo Kirch (1926-2011). The movie dealer shied the public. But the TV series and films he sold to television saw millions. The rapid rise of Kirch was followed by the deep fall. In the documentary "The great Zampano - Who was Leo Kirch?" the authors Berthold Baule and Michael Jürgs are searching for clues. Companions, friends and adversaries remember the successes and defeats of Leo Kirch and her encounters with business and private individuals. Among

Germany 2015, 76 min
by Wolf Gremm

In 2011 director and screenwriter Wolf Gremm is diagnosed with prostate cancer. According to the doctors, he only has about eight months to live. Naturally the devastating news shatters his active and fulfilled life initially, but soon he decides to fight back and go on the offensive with regard to his condition. From this point on a smartphone and a mini-camera are his constant companions.For Wolf the documentary is about what the cancer is doing to him: capturing intimate moments of pain and f

Germany 2011
by Ulrike Schamoni

FAREWELL TO THE FROGS is a portrait of the late German filmmaker Ulrich Schamoni realized by his daughter, renowned photographer Ulrike Schamoni, on the basis of her father’s video diary. Diseased of leukaemia Ulrich Schamoni films his own life until several days before he dies in 1998. Assembled with excerpts from his works, director Ulrike Schamoni and editor Grete Jentzen aim to preserve the legacy of one of Germany´s greatest filmmakers. Schamoni always lived his life to the fullest and even