Niko von Glasow

El director de cine discapacitado Niko von Glasow se declara enemigo del deporte y considera los juegos paralímpicos una total incongruencia; no puede entender cómo alguien puede proponerse una meta como esta, cuando la vida cotidiana de las personas con discapacidad ya es un reto diario más que suficiente. Con estos prejuicios, von Glasow se adentra en las vidas de 4 atletas y un equipo de voleibol que compiten en los Juegos Paralímpicos de Londres 2012. Con ellos habla del deporte, pero también de la vida y de los miedos.

El director de cine discapacitado Niko von Glasow se declara enemigo del deporte y considera los juegos paralímpicos una total incongruencia; no puede entender cómo alguien puede proponerse una meta como esta, cuando la vida cotidiana de las personas con discapacidad ya es un reto diario más que suficiente. Con estos prejuicios, von Glasow se adentra en las vidas de 4 atletas y un equipo de voleibol que compiten en los Juegos Paralímpicos de Londres 2012. Con ellos habla del deporte, pero también de la vida y de los miedos.

This film goes behind the scenes and under the skin of a unique live theater production. Film director Niko von Glasow brings together a company of performers to conceive and perform a new stage comedy. In the play, a group of physically and mentally disabled hopefuls show up to audition for a TV talent show. They are sent to a separate and suitable room, where they are forgotten. Believe it or not, this up-close and often upsetting documentary is full of laughter, fun and moments of genuine theatrical magic.

Ringu Tulku is a Buddhist teacher from Tibet. This film shows him preparing western students for a retreat which lasts 3 years, 3 months and 3 days in Sikkim, North India. It offers an insight into his working life and into the trials of enlightenmen

German filmmaker Niko von Glasow embarks on a very personal project with this documentary that profiles thalidomiders: people born with malformed or missing limbs because their mothers took thalidomide for morning sickness during pregnancy.

Cologne towards the end of the Second World War. The city is in ruins, everyone is afraid, many are dead. It is a time of great inhumanity. Cologne’s young Edelweiss Pirates refuse to submit to the pressure of the Nazi regime. They fight with the Hitler Youth and scrawl anti-war propaganda on walls. Karl is an Edelweiss Pirate; his younger brother, Peter, is in the Hitler Youth movement. The two young men have been alone ever since their mother’s death in a bombing raid; their father is serving at the front, and their older brother, Otto, has been killed in action. Otto’s financée, Cilly, is doing her best to survive the war with her children. Carl is trying to help her.

Cologne towards the end of the Second World War. The city is in ruins, everyone is afraid, many are dead. It is a time of great inhumanity. Cologne’s young Edelweiss Pirates refuse to submit to the pressure of the Nazi regime. They fight with the Hitler Youth and scrawl anti-war propaganda on walls. Karl is an Edelweiss Pirate; his younger brother, Peter, is in the Hitler Youth movement. The two young men have been alone ever since their mother’s death in a bombing raid; their father is serving at the front, and their older brother, Otto, has been killed in action. Otto’s financée, Cilly, is doing her best to survive the war with her children. Carl is trying to help her.

Cologne towards the end of the Second World War. The city is in ruins, everyone is afraid, many are dead. It is a time of great inhumanity. Cologne’s young Edelweiss Pirates refuse to submit to the pressure of the Nazi regime. They fight with the Hitler Youth and scrawl anti-war propaganda on walls. Karl is an Edelweiss Pirate; his younger brother, Peter, is in the Hitler Youth movement. The two young men have been alone ever since their mother’s death in a bombing raid; their father is serving at the front, and their older brother, Otto, has been killed in action. Otto’s financée, Cilly, is doing her best to survive the war with her children. Carl is trying to help her.

Marie es una mujer adolescente que vive en Prusia en 1813 con su madre, una condesa. Viven en un palacio observando el camino de la historia desde un punto de vista lejano.

Marie es una mujer adolescente que vive en Prusia en 1813 con su madre, una condesa. Viven en un palacio observando el camino de la historia desde un punto de vista lejano.

A female photographer from Western Europe drives through Poland and stops in a village. By chance, her eye is caught by the arrival of a wedding party. This marks the point of departure for several stories which unfold during the course of the wedding.

A female photographer from Western Europe drives through Poland and stops in a village. By chance, her eye is caught by the arrival of a wedding party. This marks the point of departure for several stories which unfold during the course of the wedding.