Films by Michael Dreyer

Germany, Netherlands 2011, 85 min
by Frank Scheffer

The film tells the story of a German-Iranian orchestra and its leader, the composer and conductor Nader Mashayekhi. The orchestra attempts to perform key works of European musical tradition in Iran and is carried forward by the concept that music and musical expression cannot be prohibited. GOZARAN tells about the hope and failure of an idea that was born in the hearts of the young musicians. Despite the failure of their enterprise, they have learnt to express themselves through music.

Germany 2005
by Michael Wolff (fact+film)

The hot phase of space tourism has begun. Tourist agencies like “Space Adventures” and “Pro Toura” already offer everything the hearts of daring tourists desire, from astronaut training in space camps to zero-gravity flights all the way to flight into space. To boost the development of private transport systems for tourists, the so-called “X Prize” was offered in the USA. The first company to take passengers into space and bring them back to the Earth wins 10 million dollars. The film displays t

Germany 2002
by Michael Wolff (fact+film)

Up to now the fishery agreement between the EU and Morocco has made it possible for the Spanish fleet to fish Moroccan waters dry, a region which still had one of the highest fish populations in the world in the 1980s. In the meantime Morocco has undertaken great efforts to build up its own fishing industry. Now, for example, the state is setting up new fishing villages with training centres. Exemplary cooperation is already being developed between Bremen and the fishery centre in Dakhla. The do