Films by Oliver Stiller

2024, 20 min
by Oliver Stiller

On the night of 26 to 27 September, students from the University of Ayotzinapa were attacked by Mexican security forces in the city of Iguala/ Mexico. Forty-three students were kidnapped. Six people died during the night. Most of the kidnapped people are still missing. Ernesto and Eduardo were among the victims of the night. Unlike their abducted fellow students, they survived the attacks. To this day, they have not let go of that night and their lives have changed dramatically.

2019, 22 min
by Oliver Stiller

In October 2018, 7000 people from Honduras, Guatemala and El Salvador fled the rampant gang-crime and the precarious economic situation in their home countries. They joined together in a massive trek with one goal: to cross Mexico and enter the USA.Exodus introduces the people of the first caravan of Central Americans who left everything behind but their faith in God to start a dangerous and thousands-of-kilometers-long journey into the unknown.

2015, 21 min
by Oliver Stiller

On September 26 2014 in Iguala/ Mexico 43 students of the University Raúl Isidro Burgos of Ayotzinapa disappeared after being attacked by municipal police units. During the same night further six people died. Officially the case has been closed and the missing young men were declared dead, although none of them has been found. The lawyer Luis Salas classifies the scanty evidence. A student named Ernesto survived the violent acts. He still hopes to be reunited with his fellow students in class. Since the night of the incidents, the parents of the forty-three students have been demonstrating on campus, hoping and waiting for the return of their children, or at least for certainty and justice.

Germany 2013, 29 min
by Oliver Stiller

LA CEREZA EN EL PASTEL is a flying visit to the perspectives, dreams and realities of four people living in Mexico. Roberto is worried about his country. Roberto sells oranges and juice on markets in Mexico City. He is a pioneer: He developed his juice squeezer himself. Montserrat wants to dance her way to Spain. The young Montserrat lives for her career as a dancer. The way to the top is hard, especially because she is not from a wealthy family. Domingo demands more educational opportunities for the people of Chiapas. Living in the poorest state of Mexico, the farmer Domingo is constantly struggling to feed his family. Metatrón is the King of Angels. The Mexican wrestler has been fighting professionally for eleven years now, but still awaits his entry into stardom.