Films by Christian R. Timmann

Germany, Austria 2022, 52 min
by Mathias Frick

Oil has inspired artists around the world to produce spectacular and controversial works of art. On a journey through cultural and contemporary history, the documentary looks at the petroleum age as reflected in art.No other substance has defined the 20th and early 21st centuries as profoundly as petroleum. The petroleum age is now drawing to an end and we are finally beginning to comprehend just how dependent modern society has become on this substance. Oil has become a black reflection of the

Hungary, Germany 2021, 54 min
by Balint Revesz

What does the world’s most watched mega-event and a remote indigenous community have in common? A forgotten indigenous tribe in Borneo is devastated by a merciless logging company. Determined to find the source of the forces ravishing their ancestral forest, three tribesmen take matters into their own hand and follow their stolen wood. This sets in motion a quest which will take them to Tokyo, and the heart of the Olympic phenomenon.

Germany 2013, 74 min
by Marco Wilms

Jungle child Manop is nine years old and dreams of becoming a star in Thailand’s most popular folk opera LIKAY. He lives among the elephants in the middle of the jungle near the remote border to Burma, and performs in the LIKAY children’s group in his village school. Manop is a Burmese refugee. He does not have a Thai passport, is not allowed to leave his village and will not receive a school report despite his diligence. Manop’s mother cleans the school for free so her son may attend. The famil