Films by Alexander Riedel

Germany 2021, 120 min
by Alexander Riedel

This film is about the period of transition between work and retirement. It consists of partly funny, partly sad, also bizarre, but definitely life-affirming stories about farewells and new beginnings. The resulting round dance takes a humorous look at our lives and the world of work.With: Alim Isik, Hartmut Becker, Jutta Kammann, Karl Schwegel, Marion Gröschel

Germany 2013, 87 min
by Alexander Riedel

SHINE WELL tells about Indian monks, who be prepared in Kerala, the heartland of the Indian Catholicism, to go out to save the religion in the world. They are posted to cushion the shortage of priests in the western churches. In return transfer payments flows to India to pay the training and the work of the monks.The young monks of India still see a real task to help humans in need. In Bavaria they meet a church who is in a crisis and who lost for a lot of people the the right to existence. With

Germany 2012, 30 min
by Bettina Timm, Alexander Riedel

The film tells the story of Kiran, who lives with his mother in a yurt in the Pyrenees. Kiran is eight years old and know how to plant salad, which meadow-plants taste good and which you should not eat. But he has no idea what’s going on in the evening on TV and can not deal with the computer. His greatest wish is to go to a public school to learn to read and write at last…

Germany 2010, 92 min
by Alexander Riedel

A film about people who are all around the age of forty - that major turning point in life - but still haven't gotten where they think they ought to be by that age. Three people who are filled with longing. Judith. Ulrike. Jochen. Three people in a big city who all lead double lives, for different reasons, whether voluntarily or not, whether professionally or privately. They are all people who haven't found themselves and who have to keep inventing themselves on their search for meaning and love