Films by Till Schauder

USA, Germany 2018, 75 min
by Till Schauder

Jamaica has one of the highest murder rates in the world. But on November 16, 1997, when Jamaica's national soccer team – a.k.a. the 'Reggae Boyz' – qualified for the 1998 World Cup, not a single bullet was fired in the country.As the Reggae Boyz embark on their 2014 World Cup campaign, an amateur player named 'Tuffy' Anderson dreams of playing on the national team. Tuffy works in a steel factory by day and plays in the local amateur league by night, refusing to give up his dream of one day pla

2017, 87 min
by Till Schauder

When Iranian singer Shahin Najafi releases a satirical rap song about a revered imam, outraged hardline clerics issue a fatwa calling for his death. Though temporarily sheltered by the same German journalist who once gave refuge to Salman Rushdie, Shahin refuses to spend a decade in hiding,“I’m a musician,” he says. “I have to perform.”As the exiled voice of Iran’s youth, he gets caught in an impossible romance with Leili Bazargan, granddaughter of the first Prime Minister of the Islamic Republi

Germany 2017, 86 min
by Till Schauder

The Iraq native, Hassan Geuad hopes to hamper the growing trend of radicalism found amongst young Muslims in Germany. To this end, he has established an initiative geared towards campaigning against the IS on Facebook and in pedestrianised zones. He has assembled a group of young Muslim students to aid in the fight against religious extremism with stimulating and challenging performance art. The intent is to provoke a more forceful response from the Muslim communities to terrorism in Germany.The

Germany 2012, 91 min
by Till Schauder

When American basketball player Kevin Sheppard accepts a job to play in one of the world’s most feared countries - Iran - he expects the worst. But what he finds is a country brimming with generosity, acceptance, and sensuality. With a charismatic personality that charms everyone he meets, Kevin forms an unlikely friendship with three outspoken Iranian women who share with him their strong opinions on everything from politics to religion to gender roles. Kevin’s season in Iran culminates in some