Films by Heide Breitel

Germany 2020, 70 min
by Heide Breitel

The Film recounts episodes from the lives of District Mothers who do their work in Berlin-City Center. The women support immigrant families, and they do it with passion and great success. Because they’ve all endured the trials of immigra-tion, they know where their help is needed. Even during their training period, the women act as a bridge to German society for the needy families in their communityThe film documents these people in their environment: their training, its conclusion when they are officially certified, and their subsequent work in family centers as well as in refugee camps.

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 2008, 72 min
by Heide Breitel

Playing in virtual cyberspaces has become ordinary for many families. Those are permanently available havens of any kinds of common problems, only one click away from reality. The cyberspace is clearly structured, excitingly designed and always new in another way. This documentary tries to find answers with the help of neuroscientist Prof. Dr. Gerland Huether and child and youth therapist Wolfgang Bergmann about the consequences of this development for mental, psychological and social evolution of children and what they are missing in the real world.