Films by Claudia Leder

Germany 2022, 71 min
by Marina Hufnagel

Edda is overcome with solastalgia, the pain of the destruction of our planet. In her refuge on the North Frisian island of Pellworm, she meets Sophie, a young farmer who is suing the federal government for her right to the future.

Germany 2021, 90 min
by Daniel Andreas Sager

Two years after exposing the Panama Papers, the investigative journalists at Germany's Süddeutsche Zeitung are facing new challenges: the political murder of the Maltese journalist Daphne Caruana Galicia and a mysterious arms dealer linked to the Iranian nuclear missile programme. Then a secret video is leaked to them in the spring of 2019, uncovering a new scandal involving Austrian Vice Chancellor HC Strache. For the documentary film BEHIND THE HEADLINES/HINTER DEN SCHLAGZEILEN, Germany's largest daily newspaper opens the door to its world-renowned investigative department for the first time, providing insight into work processes that are otherwise strictly confidential. With: Bastian Obermayer, Frederik Obermeier, Edward Snowden a.o.

Germany 2020, 30 min
by Jens Schanze

Asude lives in Lower Bavaria. Her grandparents came over from Turkey in the 1970s but have since returned back home. She's currently studying for her school-leaving examinations, but first she wants to become a kickboxing champion. Unreservedly supported by her sisters, Asude competes in the European Championship in Skopje. In her first match she meets an opponent from Turkey.

2019, 88 min
by Daniela König

Aishe, after losing her husband, suddenly became the sole provider for her three children. She participates in several workshops for emancipation of Muslim women and decides to pursue a career as a female plumber to ease her financial situation. WATERPROOF gives a humorous insight into the world of a plumber and her colleagues who try to stand their ground armed only with pliers and screwdrivers. They are the first femal plumbers in Jordan - one of the driest countries in the world.

Germany 2018, 52 min
by Benedikt Schulte

Frank Peter Zimmermann (violin), Martin Schleske (master luthier) How can we describe the intimate connection between an instrument and its player? How can a piece of wood become „the love of my life“, as Frank Peter Zimmermann calls his 1711 Stradivarius „Lady Inchiquin“? The instrument, worth 6 million Euros, was locked away in a safe for more than two years - due to bankruptcy of its lender, a German bank. This documentary follows the world renowned violinist as he reunites with his beloved violin.Zimmermann’s story is intertwined with another master’s search for perfection. We look behind the scenes and witness the creation of a contemporary violin by the “21st Century Stradivari”, Martin Schleske."What makes an exceptional violin and how does it enter into a relationship with a musician? A double portrait of the violinist Peter Zimmermann, who lost his Stradivari and then got it back again, and the master violin maker Martin Schleske, who is working on the instrument of his life." DOK.fest Munich