Films by Andreas Wolter

Germany 2016, 89 min
by Heide Breitel

The documentary watches children in their day nursery and goes with them from age ten months until 2 . years. The film shows their learning ability, their pleasure of discovery and their excitement to design when they get on their way. Except for a few statements of nurseries, head of department and parents, the audience witness patient and intensive observation of the small children and see how they undergo joy, happiness or pain, often with a laugh, but sometimes also with tears. By watching them we share their experiences and development steps up to knowledge and ability. Likewise, the film takes a closer look at the attitude and behaviour of the nurseries: the way they accompany the children, also challenge them, never spoon-feed, always turned to the children and be attentive. So the nurseries succeed in an impressive way to encourage them on their way and build a deep stable confidence at the same time.

Germany 2014, 88 min
by Oliver Sechting, Andreas Wolter

How I Learned to Love the Numbers is a New York film and at the same time the study of a young man suffering from an obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD).The Berlin filmmaker Oliver Sechting (37) and his co-director Max Taubert (23) travel to New York with the idea of documenting the art scene there. However, the project is quickly overshadowed by Oliver’s OCD, and the two directors fall prey to a conflict that becomes the central theme of their film.Encounters with such artists as film directors Tom Tykwer (Cloud Atlas), Ira Sachs (Keep The Lights On), and Jonathan Caouette (Tarnation) or the transmedia artist Phoebe Legere seem more and more to resemble therapy sessions. At last, Andy Warhol superstar Ultra Violet succeeds in opening a new door for Oliver.