In 1913/14, adventure and documentary films were shot in the German colony of Togo that are still largely unknown today. Jürgen Ellinghaus travelled to the original film locations with a mobile cinema to explore the historical background of the film images and the effects of colonialism to this day together with the Togolese audience.
Premiere
36th International Filmfest Emden-Norderney, Germany
June 5, 2026 – 4:15 pm – Inselkino im Kurtheater, Norderney
June 6, 2026 – 7:00 pm – CineStar 6, Emden – in presence of the director
June 7, 2026 – 6:00 pm – CineStar 1, Emden
Strange objects stand around: on the beach, in the water, in the dunes. Technical and scientific terms accompany the measuring devices in the centre of the picture on a North Sea island. These constantly send out signals, as if they were communicating with each other.
December 2016
Happy Holidays
With this gentleman crossing the frozen Neva River in St. Petersburg in the year of the Russian Revolution 1917, we wish you Happy Holidays and a Happy New Year!
September 2016
First SCAPE demo and presentation at Radio Innovation Day
Enjoy a first glimpse of our Augmented Audio Reality project Scape in a video presentation here: www.maxim-film.de/en/portfolio-items/scape
And Scape will be presented at the Radio Innovation Day in Potsdam-Babelsberg on September 29, 2016. The title […]
Picture Lock for 1917 – THE REAL OCTOBER
The production of the animated documentary “1917 – The Real October” is to be finished soon. Picture Lock is done. The photo is taken during shooting. Director and producer Katrin Rothe (with painting in hand) […]
July 2016
Research in LOST WATER
For the continuation of the Verlorenwasser (Lost Water) film series, Peter Roloff visited the Verlorenwasser region southwest of Berlin. He also found unharmed the modest grave cross of Igor Gruzeveyitch, his hero from the third film […]
May 2016
Shorts at UTOPIA Festival
Maja Maria Liebau’s “8 and 16” as well as Oliver Behnecke’s and Peter Roloff’s “Folks Abroad” will be screened at a Utopia Festival organized by the Theater Bremen. Find more about the event on June 11, […]
SCAPE at re:publica 10
Marcel Dux, Tom Bisson and Paul Hadwiger (from left) presented our joint audio project SCAPE in the overcrowded Stage 7 at the Media Convention Berlin, a part of the re:publica 10 conference, on May 3, 2016.
Binaural […]