Films by Thomas Riedelsheimer

Germany, Great Britain 2024, 111 min
by Thomas Riedelsheimer

Tracing Light explores the most fascinating and significant of natural phenomena – light, with leading artists and physicists and with nature itself, as they develop artworks through which the ineffable nature of light is made tangible to our senses.A film is time, sound and light. I have made a film about time, Rivers and Tides – Andy Goldsworthy working with Time and about sound, Touch the Sound – a Sound Journey with Evelyn Glennie. Now comes Tracing Light. Light is everywhere. Without light

Germany 2021, 96 min
by Corinna Belz, Enrique Sánchez Lansch

Hidden doors open in this film about the iconic Uffizi Gallery, home to the world's most prominent collection of Renaissance art. Guided by passion, German Director Eike Schmidt and his Italian team master the sensitive balancing act between conservation and renewal. We dive into famous masterpieces that captivate visitors of all ages and nationalities.

Germany, Great Britain 2017, 93 min
by Thomas Riedelsheimer

Andy Goldsworthy is best known for his ephemeral work with nature. Fifteen years ago Thomas Riedelsheimer met Andy for the first time. He agreed to be followed around and filmed by Thomas. Rivers and Tides a feature-length documentary was released in 2001 and became a very successful film in cinemas, television and DVD distribution.For more than 10 years Andy and Thomas barely kept in touch, but Thomas never lost his interest in him and his work. Thomas Riedelsheimer: "We finally met again in Sc

Germany 2016, 92 min
by Thomas Riedelsheimer

The Colour of Yearning is an impressive journey around the world in search of people, places andlandscapes, that make a great human feeling come alive.Qatar, Portugal, Mexico, Japan and Germany – those are the countries in which renowned Germandirector and cameraman Thomas Riedelsheimer is looking for THE COLOUR OF YEARNING. With strikingimages, music, poems and eight touching stories about love, home, hope, nature and freedomthis film talks about the tragedy but also the bliss to be human.92min

2012, 93 min
by Thomas Riedelsheimer

World famous Japanese artist Susumu Shingu sculpts the winds and follows them in search of a resting place, a windpowered home, for his long, lifetime dream of Breathing Earth. He talks with nature through his sculptures. His lifelong dialogue with the wind and with water has given the world uniquely beautiful works of fluid, unpredictable and everchanging movement. Susumu renders visible the veiled and the unseen and opens to us new perspectives. Thomas Riedelsheimer accompanies this quiet and

Germany 2009, 90 min
by Thomas Riedelsheimer

For 15-year old Pauline, 10-year old Richard and 6-year old Lenni, life means something very special. They suffer from leukemia and they are facing death. Pauline writes poems, Richard knows everything about his disease and Lenni's charm fills any room. Three strong young people with all their plans, hopes, triumphs and defeats. An unsusual cinematic approach to a situation that is not all about the disease but instead the search for life's energy and power.

2001, 90 min
by Thomas Riedelsheimer

Landscape sculptor Andy Goldsworthy is renowned throughout the world for his work in ice, stone, leaves, wood. His own remarkable still photographs are Goldsworthy's way of talking about his often ephemeral works, of fixing them in time.. Now with this deeply moving film, shot in four countries and across four seasons, and the first major film he has allowed to be made, the elusive element of time adheres to his sculpture.Director Thomas Riedelsheimer worked with Andy Goldsworthy for over a year