Films by Michael Chauvistré

Germany 2021, 118 min
by Ulrike Franke, Michael Loeken, Michael Chauvistré

WE ARE ALL DETROIT - WHAT STAYS AND WHAT DISAPPEARS follows the explosive development of two cities on two different continents and its effect on the people who live there.These two very different cities - Bochum, in Germany's Ruhr region, and Detroit, in the US Rust Belt - have something ver important in common: both Detroit and Bochum were substantially shaped by the automobile industry. And both the beginning and the end of Bochum's auto industry can be traced to Detroit.Following the end of

2016, 94 min
by Miriam Pucitta (Pucitta), Michael Chauvistré

The brothers René and Helmut ventured out to China many years ago. Their work and craft as brewmasters were no longer in demand in Germany. The marketing division of the Paulaner Corporation came up with the idea of exporting German warmth and comfort together with their beer to Asia.Helmut – after eight years working in China – came back to Aachen again, the place he was born, making another attempt to start his own brewery and to sell Aachen beer. He tried hard to get financial support from th