Films by Thorolf Lipp

Germany 2018, 52 min
by Anastasia Vinokurova

Tbilisi, Georgia: the eleven-year-old orphan Barbare has found unusual parents. Together with 17 other children she lives in a Christian Orthodox monastery. They are cared for by monks and nuns in a loving and unconventional way, and all live together as one large family. But this summer everything will be different, because Father Johannes, the monastery's leader, whom everyone calls Papa, suddenly has a new plan…

2017, 260 min
by Thorolf Lipp (Arcadia Filmproduktion), Anastasia Vinokurova

In Russia ’s Horses we travel to both Russia’s heartland as well as to the more remote regions of this vast country. We meet fascinating horsemen and observe them in their daily lives in order to get an insight into an often centuries-old history linking them to their beloved animals. According to a Russian proverb, people are reflected in their horses. But what does this really mean? Russian horses are definitely not like their Western European counterparts.Despite their inconspicuous appearanc

Germany 2015, 90 min
by Thorolf Lipp (Arcadia Filmproduktion)

At the age of 24, filmmaker and anthropologist Thorolf Lipp visited the legendary landdivers of Pentecost in Vanuatu for the first time. Impressed by how persistent the Kastom-Sahave defended their way of life against Western influences, he returns there again and again over the next 15 years. Over time, a close friendship is formed between Thorolf and Bebe Malegel, a young chief of the village. The idea is born to invite him and four other men for a return visit to Germany. Another five years l