Films by Andreas Köhler

Germany 2018, 90 min
by Jasmin Herold, Michael Beamish

On a journey for an answer to the question, "How high is the price for a better life?", the director explores Fort McMurray in the far north of Canada, home of the largest industrial project and the third largest oil reserve on the planet. People from all over the world come here to earn sky-high salaries at the sacrifice of the environment. Film and reality collide as the director finds herself in her own personal nightmare.

Germany 2018, 88 min
by Melanie Andernach, Andreas Köhler

The Shaash family is spread out all over the world. The civil war in Somalia forced them into exile. Suddenly, the oldest family member, Imra (88), must leave her exile in Ethiopia. The rest of the family has to find a fast solution. But where should she go? And where can she go? Some where where other family members have already found a new home and a new future? Based on these questions, a transnational family drama unfolds, one in which a family tries everything and fails to find a new home for Imra. In the end, her only choice is to return to war-torn Somalia. GLOBAL FAMILY offers insight into the fate of the many people who have had to leave their homeland – for whatever reasons. They hope for a life together with their families, but have to live separated from one another, spread out all over the world.

Germany 2012, 97 min
by Yael Reuveny

Perhaps it's true that things can change in a day. That the outcome of a decision made by a brother and sister in1945 can effect the course of whole lives, for decades to come. FAREWELL, HERR SCHWARZ is an epic documentary about stories that can be inherited like the color of your eyes. A personal journey between Israel and Germany. 1 missed-meeting, 2 families, 3 generations.