Films by Uwe Bossenz

Germany 2018, 94 min
by Veronika Kaserer

Heiko, 29, is a fun-loving dance teacher from Berlin. For the past seven years he has battled with a fatal illness. Just when his family and his friends had begun to get used to Heiko’s continued survival in spite of all the prognoses, he receives the diagnosis that he does not have much longer to live. He decides to return to his parents’ house to die. But even now, Heiko and especially his father, Jürgen, refuse to give up hoping for a miracle. His mother, Karin, on the other hand tries to pre

Germany 2015, 81 min
by Marie Wilke

A one year observation of German police training. At a remote location high school graduates are trained to become police officers. Real-life simulations and practice at the shooting range are the preparation for the second part of their training: going out on the streets and face the real world. It’s their first year in the academy and on the beat: they are confronted with an extreme reality. For the first time this documentary gives an uncensored look into the German police.

Germany 2007, 73 min
by Dörte Franke

The documentary STUMBLING STONE (73 min) is a portrait, a road movie and the story of the largest decentralized memorial in the world. The focus is on the conceptional artist Gunter Demnig, who has set 12 000 names of forgotten Nazi victims in concrete of Germany's and Europe's pavements. The project is declined by members of the Jewish community, Neo-Nazis are fighting it, and in some cities it is illegal. But behind every stone stands a committed helper and private donations. They see a possib