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.
March 2019
maxim short film of the month: THE ROBOT
Welcome to the the monthly film series with short films and background stories from over 20 years of our production activity. In March – springtime of the […]
February 2019
maxim short film of the month: THE BEST FILM OF THE WORLD
Welcome to the monthly film series with short films and background stories from over 20 years of our production activity. In February we present THE BEST FILM OF THE WORLD.
Anonymous sent a mountain of […]
January 2019
maxim short film of the month: SPECIAL OFFER
Welcome to the new year 2019 for the monthly film series with short films and background stories from over 20 years of our production activity. We start with the animation SPECIAL OFFER.
In January 2002, […]
December 2018
Happy Holidays!
We wish you a Merry Christmas and a healthy and happy New Year 2019!
The picture shows the “Cheese Bell” in Worpswede, now a Friends of Worpswede Museum, etching by Emy Rogge, filming […]
October 2018
Experimental film shooting for THE PARADISE SEEKERS (WT)
Experimental film shooting for the project development and a teaser for The Paradise Seekers (Die Paradies-Sucher – working title) in front of the “Cheese Bell” building (Käseglocke) in Worpswede in northern […]
September 2018
DVD out now: 1917 – THE REAL OCTOBER
A DVD of 1917 – The Real October is available in Germany, Austria and Switzerland on Amazon.de and in bookstores (ISBN 978-3-9812395-7-7). The DVD contains the English and German langage versions plus […]