Films by Annika Blendl

2017, 74 min
by Michael Schmitt

In Germany you need the so-called Missio Canonica to teach the Catholic religion in any public school. This legal teaching authorization is only granted by the Catholic Church itself to those who pledge to lead a life according to the moral ethics of the faith. The document can easily be revoked for certain violations of loyalty, for example for those who are openly gay. Therefore my sister-in-law Marika, who had always wanted to teach Catholic religion, has to keep the relationship with my sist

Germany 2012, 57 min
by Leonie Stade, Annika Blendl

What makes a person what he is? Caio (22) is a petty criminal who has got on the wrong path. But now Cajo wants to make a change, this time when he gets out of jail everything will be different. With his adoptive parents he sets out to start a new life. Euphoricaly, he looks for a home together with his pregnant girlfriend Rijelda. But soon his past catches up with him: Cajo pretends to be someone he is not. He invents characters, feigns being a car dealer, a professional football player or a ta