Films by Andrea Schönherr

Germany 2012, 70 min
by Beatrice Möller

Any instructions on how to be a woman these days? Everything seems possible for the thirty-somethings tackling their lives today, as the globalized world offers a myriad of options - more than ever before. On the flip side, the certainties we used to lean on have become alarmingly shaky: Wedding rings don’t actually possess love-preserving magic powers; a university degree does not necessarily come with a job offer - and let’s just not speak of retirement provisions. Past generations’ gender rol

Germany 2011
by Miriam Faßbender

After his second failed attempt, the young Malian Mohamed finds himself in Gao, northern Mali. Gao is a hub for refugees from Central and West Africa and usually the first stop on one of the world's oldest migration routes via Algeria and Morocco to Europe. This is where Mohamed tries to regain his strength and earn the necessary money for his next attempt. Actually Mohamed wanted to work as a rice farmer in his homeland, Mali, but after his father's death his mother took him out of school and s

Germany 2010, 75 min
by Ulrike Böhnisch

„Homosexuality is a disease and needs to be treated“, states the Turkish Minister of Family Affairs within an interview. Turkish military considers homosexuality to be a „psycho-sexual disorder“ that exempts one from service. Therefor homosexuality needs to be diagnosed by Military physicians. If a psychological examination is inconclusive, doctors are required to use other methods. Either an anal examination is called for or the applicant must submit pornographic images of himself engaged in