Films by Nicole Schmeier

Germany 2024, 110 min
by Kathrin Jahrreiss

In her father's basement, the director finds letters and photos from her German-Jewish family history, in which three brothers are torn between the fronts of political ideologies from the Third Reich to divided Germany. DER DRITTE BRUDER is the grandfather of the filmmaker, who, in confronting her father, tries to understand where in the past the father's sense of family fell by the wayside.The cinematic journey also reveals how the third brother's decisions have shaped the family for generations and how repression and speechlessness about the Nazi era and a divided Germany have been passed on.

Germany 2022, 107 min
by Daniel Hofmann

The film highlights the development of the scene genre 'Thrash Metal' especially in Germany and makes jumps between bands, organizers and fans. It gives outsiders an exclusive insight into a special and extraordinary fan culture that originated in the Ruhr area and still connects people from all over the country and on an international level.With: Jürgen “Ventor” Reil (Kreator), Thomas “Onkel Tom” Such (Sodom), Andreas “Gerre” Geremia (Tankard), Schmier (Destruction), uvm. Pelle Below & Thomas Ex (Metalclub Velbert) Andreas “Stoney” Stein (Manager), uvm.

2015, 71 min
by Miguel Müller-Frank

Kilian (24) and Thomas (26) are successful poker players and part of a clique of young German players who have met over the years during various poker events. They travel totournaments together, share the stakes, are friends and 'business partners'. They hardly have time to reflect upon their lives as there is always the next tournament, the next poker session coming up. Alternating between live and online poker they are in limbo between the daily ups and downs of the game, between winning and losing. The film is an unusual portrait of the two players taking the audience into a kind of parallel world in which victory and defeat go hand in hand.