Films by Martin Hoffmann

Germany 2012, 90 min
by Cornelia Grünberg

Pregnant at fourteen! A statement that is often followed by a pause; thoughts and opinions collide. What moves these young girls, which dreams and fears do they carry inside them, when they decide to have their babies? ‘fourteen’ accompanies and observes the four girls on their path through pregnancy and motherhood. Shows what consequences this decision carries, how the girls and their environment handle the new situation and how they master their life with a child.

Germany 2008
by Thomas Grube

TRIP TO ASIA, the first film about the mysterious inside life of one of the worlds leading orchestras, is a breathtaking trip into the ego of this community of individuals. An inspiring film about the power of music, the challenge of finding harmony and the art of living – together.

Germany 2004, 100 min
by Thomas Grube, Enrique Sánchez Lansch

This Box Office hit is about Marie, Martin, Olayinka and 250 kids and teenagers who never danced or listened to classical music when they faced their biggest challenge: to perform Stravinsky’s ‘Rite of Spring’ with Sir Simon Rattle and the legendary Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra! Berlin, one cold January day. Amazing things are happening in the Arena down at Berlin’s industrial harbour. 250 Berlin schoolchildren from 25 different nationalities and socially difficult neighbourhoods are dancing t