Michael Kotschi

Фильмы

Игра на выживание
Director of Photography
Владелец техасского автосалона решает разыграть внедорожник среди двадцатки избранных. Безобидное шоу с живой музыкой и бесплатной выпивкой оборачивается нешуточным испытанием для его участников. Среди претендентов – молодой отец семейства Кайл, стремящийся всеми силами упрочить свои жизненные позиции. Он должен продержаться до конца, несмотря на нечеловеческую усталость и козни соперников…
Wagenknecht
Director of Photography
Left-wing politician Sahra Wagenknecht’s working day is marked by applause and admiration but also doubts and intrigues. This film follows her and her team: from the 2017 election campaign to her withdrawal from political leadership in 2019.
Don't Worry, I'm Fine
Director of Photography
A family drama about a German teenager who leaves home totally unexpectedly to join the ranks of the so-called Islamic State (IS) in its armed struggle. When the boy's father and older brother set off on an adventurous journey to the Syrian border, they manage to find him and bring him back to Germany. However, back home, questions start being asked: did he return of his own free will, has he disassociated himself from the IS ideology, or is he in fact a 'sleeper' agent awaiting orders?
Strange Daughter
Director of Photography
Seventeen-year-old Lena meets 19-year-old Farid, a young Muslim. She has a clear-cut attitude towards his culture and religion: utter rejection. Despite their differences – or perhaps because of them – they fall in love.
Toter Winkel
Director of Photography
Не в своей шкуре
Cinematography
В 17 лет мир Милана рушится — он осознал свою гомосексуальность, и после неудачной попытки открыться своему другу, решает свести счеты с жизнью. Выжив после автокатастрофы, Милану и его семье предстоит наладить свои отношения и решать как жить дальше.
California City
Cinematography
The films follows a man through the post apocalyptic environment of the housing crisis in the Mojave Desert. His job is to rid the pools of foreclosed homes of unwanted pests. On the road through this isolated region, he reflects on alternative ways of living and finds himself in his own solitude. CALIFORNIA CITY is a hybrid film which fluidly crosses the borders between fiction, documentary and essay. The form reflects the narrator's state of mind through feature film elements and an impressionistic use of images, photos and narration.
The Prize
Director of Photography
Architect Alexander Beck has just won an architecture prize. He wants to modernize GDR building blocks in Thuringia. Alex travels to the heart of rural Eastern Germany where he grew up and where people remember him as Alex from the Free German Youth, a pro-GDR youth organization.
The Aristofrogs
Cinematography
A short promotional film for the 2010 Oldenburg Film Festival consisting of various actors and film personalities telling a joke about an exceptionally talented frog.
Призраки
Grip
Три женщины по воле случая встречаются в Берлине. Скрещение этих трех судеб, ощущение глобального одиночества и напряженный поиск внутренней идентичности легли в основу психоделической драмы Кристиана Петцольда.