Films by Sylvia Rothe

Germany 2012, 57 min
by Sylvia Rothe

The students of the Talander School in Wangen in southern Germany are very special children and adolescents. From a very early age on each of them has had to cope with various problems: ADHD, learning difficulties, tough family/parent situations, not fitting in anywhere. Together with their teachers these students, aged 13 and 14, tackled a huge challenge - they crossed the Alps to Italy on foot in a three-week long hike. The film documents their adventure from the students’ point of view. They

Switzerland 2011, 73 min
by Sylvia Rothe

In Mont, Vreni lives and works with her extended family. Mathis (14), Toni (16) and Remo (18) live with their mother who works the fields using traditional methods, without the help of machinery. On the farm, along with the children, live other young people. There is Rola, who has been here for two weeks thanks to a project called Timeout, which allows youth who have had problems with violence, alcohol, and drugs to experience farm life. There is also Severin who, after a life of crime, has begu