Films by Marco Wilms

Germany 2018, 88 min
by Marco Wilms

From rock star to politician: Freddy Lim is Taiwan's most political heavy metal singer, progressing from passionate stage performer to active member of parliament. We follow him during the early days of his political career and show him campaigning tirelessly for a democratic Taiwan.Shaking his long hair and yelling hoarsely into the microphone, Freddy Lim from Taiwan is in his element performing on stage as the lead singer of his heavy metal band. But he’s no less passionate about his political

Germany 2016, 90 min
by Jeremy JP Fekete, Marco Wilms, Tuan Lam

In the ARTE-series “Gasoline Deluxe”, consisting of 10 episodes, the entertainer and gas station lover Friedrich Lichtenstein searches for the most beautiful and most extraordinary gas stations in Europe. His aim: he wants to convince the world that gas stations are the most romantic places in our present age.10x26mins or 90mins, French, German or English version available8x5mins web-series

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

Germany 2013, 90 min
by Marco Wilms

Art is a weapon! This motto still holds true in Cairo. After 30 years of autocracy, President Mubarak was swept away by his people. Now the street belongs to them, the young rebels and artists. Graffiti sprayers and painters make the walls speak. They recount the days of fighting in blood-smeared portraits, the time of anarchy in wild collages, the attempts of liberation from a suppressed sexuality in obscene pictures. Walls become a chronicle of the rush of events; electro pop and rap supply a

Germany 2010, 52 min
by Marco Wilms

„One life is not enough“, says Peter Weibel. This is the reason why he lives several lives at the same time in his „pluriverse“. He is a wild Viennese Actionist and lets his partner Valie Export lead him through Vienna on a dog leash. He studies mathematics, becomes a curator, rockstar, director of multimedia operas, author of hundreds of books and professor at several universities. Today Peter Weibel is 66 years old and amongst others the creative head and chairman of the Center for Art and Med

Germany 2009, 90 min
by Marco Wilms

Although the official colour of communism is red, real existing socialism in East Germany presented itself in shades of grey. The entire country was forced to dress in clothes that were twenty years behind western standards. How can a political system survive such a deficiency in taste? Well... history shows it didn‘t survive. Filmmaker and former GDR model Marco Wilms sets out on a journey into the heart of the GDR‘s Kafkaesque fashion scene and reveals what really made the Berlin W