Films by Moritz Minhöfer

2020, 108 min
by Miguel Müller-Frank

WITH ONE'S OWN EYES observes the daily work of the editors of the renowned German political TV magazine MONITOR which is known for its investigative, opinionative and often polarizing journalism since its first airing 55 years ago. The documentary focuses on the creation of one MONITOR program and follows the editors on their investigative research on right-wing extremists in connection with the murder of politician Walter Lübcke. Produced without television funds and solely funded by the Film- and Mediafund NRW, WITH ONE'S OWN EYES is the sixth full-length documentary by Miguel Müller-Frank.

2015, 45 min
by Jan Mocka

A film about growing up under the influence of the Arab Spring and Islam, Morocco’s only circus school and perhaps the most splendid hipster moustache in North Africa.“My mother says I’m still fooling around. That’s not true. I just live my life like I feel it.” Snoopy is 26 and wants to become a world-famous circus artist. But Morocco’s conservative society does not like oddballs like Snoopy, and an artist’s career is still frowned upon. “You like to watch a clown, but you don’t want to be one,” says Snoopy’s father. Sixty percent of all Moroccans are under the age of thirty, yet they have little say in important matters – even when it comes to their own professional choices, making it hard for young people like Snoopy to find their place in society. But Snoopy chooses juggling with fire over an imposed career as an architect. Inspired by the Arab Spring, he rejects the dictates of Moroccan society. One step at a time, he becomes a clown, juggler, fire-eater and beatboxer. A rebel, hipster and visionary. Snoopy and his friends dream of a new Morocco that allows self-fulfilment and the promotion of the arts and culture. However, before he can become a truly successful circus artist, Snoopy needs to win over his own family. A film about growing up under the influence of the Arab Spring and Islam, about Morocco’s only circus school and perhaps the most splendid hipster moustache in North Africa.

Germany 2013, 74 min
by Elí Roland Sachs

A young man takes a deep breath in and out again, then he swallows air to fill his lungs. Meditation and therapy, exercises for breath through breath control, artificial lungs and the voluntary transition boundary to the edge of unconsciousness. From the first to the last breath, from the martial artist to the boys’ choir: as simple and self-evident breathing seems at first glance, so complex and effective it is when we look closer. The film BREATH lives from the recent discovery of an everyday action that every person exercises every day a thousand times.