Films by Johannes Praus

Germany 2024, 91 min
by Daniel Abma

When parents can no longer fulfil their duty of care, the children’s world often falls apart. Nothing stays as it was. Suddenly it is no longer mum or dad who are in charge but the youth welfare system. Daniel Abma followed a youth housing group in a rural area over several years, showing professional educators who want to give five boys between the ages of seven and fourteen what they need most urgently, day by day: security, orientation, a home.The documentary focus is not on the children but

2023, 103 min
by Mark Michel

HERDERS – GUARDIANS OF THE EARTH follows five herders and their families in Peru, Kyrgyzstan, Uganda, India and Germany throughout the seasons. For months they trek through changing landscapes with their herds, living only from what nature provides. It is a life far from the romantic picture we have, a life under harsh conditions, in direct contact with nature and its extreme elements – birth, death, storm and sun, rain and drought are fundamental parts of their lives. HERDERS tells the story of

Germany 2022, 90 min
by Christa Pfafferott

Oberdorla. Thuringia. Street corner Sperlingsberg. The swallows are buzzing. A film crew investigates a case.In 1945, shortly before the end of the war, an unknown American soldier was shot here. A photo went around the world. The corner still looks the same today as it did back then. It seems as if there is an invisible connection between the times.On the corner, older and younger residents are still touched by the event. Then a young descendant of the soldier appears. He travels to the corner

Germany 2011
by Olaf Held

Axel, Tino and Jan live their dream of sex, drugs and rock & roll since fifteen years ago, working as stagehands for bands and festivals. Now they approach forty, their bodies do not work as they did once, the tension between the punk rock attitude and the desire to settle down grows. The film asks the question of how to grow old in a business that once proclaimed: ”Live fast, love hard, die young“. ROADCREW is a coming-of-age film, in which the protagonists are no longer teenagers but still hav