Films by Reinhild Dettmer-Finke

Germany 2021, 52 min
by Reinhild Dettmer-Finke

Design has become a driver of hyper-consumerism. How can design help solve the problems of the world, many of which it is has been the cause of? This film showcases designers who experiment with unusual materials, study energy-saving production methods in interdisciplinary teams and ask critical questions about the responsibility of design.

Germany 2020, 78 min
by Reinhild Dettmer-Finke

"Am I crazy? I see dead people and fireflies with teeth"All of the sudden, a mental illness becomes part of your life. It changes everything: your habits, your attitudes, and your goals. A life-altering event can make you feel like you're falling apart, or it can come out of the blue. Friends avoid you, and you can no longer work or study. The illness takes over your entire life. How do people and society deal with it? "The rooster is dead, so I climb up to the roof and yell, 'Cock-a-doodle-doo!

2018, 52 min
by Reinhild Dettmer-Finke, Claudia Dejá

Germany 2017, 58 min
by Reinhild Dettmer-Finke

Nowadays, the desire to optimise ourselves affects almost all spheres of life. We meet people who dedicate themselves to self-optimisation and scientists who have spent years studying this social transformation.Self-optimisation technology is booming. A gigantic industry is constantly urging us to measure our bodies with new smartphone apps and developing pills and potions to improve the performance of our brain. The line between the desire to improve ourselves and an obsession with self-optimis

Germany 2013, 70 min
by Reinhild Dettmer-Finke

For two years I lived in Tokyo - together with 36 million people. In 2011, I returned to Germany – my bags filled with images and stories about people that fill TOKYO’S BELLY. The film footage allows a look into otherwise closed places like water and sewage treatment plants. It shows sanitation workers, fishmongers, and farmers at work and illustrates the Japanese values of ritual, discipline, and belonging to a group. Since the 11th of March 2011, the perspective has shifted. In July 2012, I we