Selected filmography
LINKING WORLDS
The Buddhist, Wilfried Pfeffer
A film by Reinhild Dettmer-Finke
SWR 2009/ Behring Filmproduktion, 30 min.
Documentary 2008/9
A glimpse into the life of a former Sports and Biology teacher who has been running Freiburg’s Tibet- Kailash House for the past 10 years and who has drawn the Dalai Lama to Freiburg.
BETWEEN STOCKS AND STALLS
Breaking new ground in Agriculture
A film by Reinhild Dettmer-Finke
SWR 2008, 30 Min.
Documentary 2008
A film about agriculture beyond industrial cows and corn monoculture.
SCRAP-IRON, BONES AND PAPER
A film by Reinhild Dettmer-Finke
SWR 2007, 30 min.
Documentary 2007
Many still remember the days when the rag seller rode through the streets collecting rags and scrap metal with their horse. Today Scrap yards have become high security facilities and scrap - wanted loot.
SHOAH AND PIN-UPS
The NO!- Artist Boris Lurie
Documentaryfilm by Reinhild Dettmer-Finke and Matthias Reichelt
defi-filmproduktion/ WDR/arte, 2006/7, 88/60 Min.
New York/Woodstock/Paris; Ger./Eng.
Documentaryfilm 2006
SHOAH and PIN-UPS, a documentary film about breaking taboo.
“An impressive portrait. Highly recommended.”
TIP, Berlin, April 2007
FROM WOODSTOVES TO STEAM COOKERS
A film by Reinhild Dettmer-Finke
SWR 2007, 30 Min.
Documentary 2007
A journey through history, going from the farm kitchen, to the Frankfurter fitted-kitchen and ending with the modern, designer kitchen.
LIKE GLOVES FULL OF SAND
Documentary film for ARTE’s “Theme Night”
By Reinhild Dettmer-Finke
WDR / TAG / TRAUM 2006, 75 min. Ger./ Fr. / Eng.
Subtitles /45 min. 3sat
Documentaryfilm 2006
The film follows the lives of six people who live with the deadly motor neuron disease, ALS.
Awards:
Grand Prix (2000 €) at the 8th “International Life-Style Film Festival of Szolnok” in Hungary.
Gold Award from the international World Media Festival 2008 in Hamburg, Germany.
"An exceptional documentary about the human condition.”
Neue Zürcher Zeitung
LA ROUTE VERTE
From River Rhein to Turckheim
Film by Reinhild Dettmer-Finke
SWR / France3/ SCHAWA TV 2005, 30 Min.
Germany, France
Documentary 2005
The series “La Route Verte” documents life along this road and looks at how France and Germany have come closer and where there are national differences.
MAKING MONEY WORK
Foundations in Germany
A film by Reinhild Dettmer-Finke
SWR 2005, 30 Min.
Documentary 2005
The film MAKING MONEY WORK takes a look at what’s behind Germany’s foundation boom.
WHEN KIDS RUN AWAY
A film by Reinhild Dettmer-Finke
SWR/defi-filmproduktion/Behring Filmproduktion 2004, 45 Min.
Documentary 2004
The film “When Kids Run Away” recounts a nightmare many parents have.
COLD-PRESSED AND RUBBED-WARM
Film by Reinhild Dettmer-Finke for „ESSGESCHICHTEN“
SWR, 2004, 30 Min.
Documentary 2004
“ESSGESCHICHTEN (culinary stories)” introduce “oil makers” who extract
oil from nuts or linseed as done 100 years ago. A physical therapist
demonstrates an Ayurvedic oil massage and a musician reveals many
things one can do with linseed oil.
MTSKHETA - THE WONDER OF NINO
Film by Reinhild Dettmer-Finke for „ SCHÄTZE DER WELT“
SWR/Gigaherz/ 2003, 15 Min, 35 mm; Georgia
Film 2003
Meet Mtskheta, Georgia’s ancient capitol.
BAKU- IN THE LAND OF FIRE
Film by Reinhild Dettmer-Finke for „ SCHÄTZE DER WELT“
SWR/Gigaherz/ 2003, 15 min. 35 mm, Aserbaijan
Film 2003
Meet Baku, a city of 2 million inhabitants on the banks of the
Caspian Sea.
TAXI TO AFRICA
A documentary film by Reinhild Dettmer-Finke und Matthias Erbacher for ARTE
WDR/arte/M.Schlömer Filmproduktion, 2002, 52 min. Germany, Belgium, Cote d'ivoire, Mali
Documentaryfilm 2002/3
The film “Taxi to Africa” follows the adventurous journey of two transported vehicles from Germany to Mali and reveals the different worlds of the soccer player Boubacar Diarra.
HOW STERILE MEN BECOME FATHERS
Film by Reinhild Dettmer-Finke and Claudia Déja
SWR 2002, 45 min.
Documentary 2002
The film looks over the shoulder of leading andrologists and accompanies couples through the highs and lows of fertility treatment. A close-up on male emotions.
MY DREAM OF BEING A SOCCAR STAR
A Long-term Documentary by Reinhild Dettmer-Finke and Sigrid Faltin
WDR/ I. Behring Film/ 2001, 45 min.
Documentary 2001
“The knee never heals” - this was meant about 18 year-old Sebastien Deisler. In autumn of ’98, no one knew whether or not this young and talented soccer player would ever make it in the professional league, but then he kick-started his career…
TUBINGEN´S SOUTHSIDE
From experiment to success model
A filme by Reinhild Dettmer-Finke
SWR 2008/1999, 2 x 30 min.
Documentary 1999/2008
This film tells about a new kind of urban life. In 1993, the city of
Tubingen built a new district out of the former French military
garrison. It was intended to be a lively urban neighborhood and not a
faceless, newly built-up suburb.
TAXI TO AFRICA
A documentary film by Reinhild Dettmer-Finke und Matthias Erbacher; SWR/WDR/M.Schlömer Filmproduktion, 2001, 30/45 min. Germany/Belgium/Cote d'Ivoire/Mali
Reportage 2001
Boubacar Diarra works as a professional soccer player in Germany. He has purchased two, used transporter vans to be brought from Freiburg, Germany to Bamako in Mali. There the vans are to be used as taxis to provide economic livelihood for the family.
WHEN YOU SLEEP WITH THE SAME PERSON TWICE
From prudery to the Sexual Revolution
A Film by Reinhild Dettmer-Finke
for „DIE WILDEN 60ER“ (the wild 60's)
SWR 2000, 45/30 min.
Documentary 2000
The 1960’s are considered to be the decade of the sexual revolution. The beginning, however, was awkward. Witnesses of the time remember their first kiss in dimly-lit cellar bars and wild fumbling around in the cinema.
RIBBED TANKS AND CUP SIZE
The German world of underwear
A filmic investigation by Reinhild Dettmer-Finke
SWR 2000, 45 min. Germany/Belgium/France
Documentary 2000
In this film, we sneak a peak at the German world of underwear. Following the work of designers and lingerie manufacturers, we find out what men and women are really wearing “underneath” and inquire about the changing awareness of the body and attitude towards the erotic.
BECKENBAUER’S GRANDSONS
A Long-term Documentary by Reinhild Dettmer-Finke and Sigrid Faltin
SWR/ White Pepper 1999, 45 min.
Documentary 1999
We accompany three talented soccer players from the German Bundesliga for a time span of more than one season.
BOCCE IN ITALY
A film by Reinhild Dettmer-Finke and Verena Knümann
SWR 2001, 30 min., Italy
Film 2001
Through appealing images, the film tells the story of Italy’s traditional Bocce game whose beginnings took place in early industrial Piedmont. A film from the series SPIELE DER WELT (Games of the World).
START-UPS
From concept to opening day and first struggles
A Long-term Documentary by Reinhild Dettmer-Finke and Jochen Loebbert
SWF 1997/1998, 10 x 30 Min.
Documentary 1997/98
Filmmakers, Reinhild Dettmer-Finke and Jochen Loebbert went to catch
this spirit for South-Western Broadcasting (SWF) and spent one year
accompanying new business owners.
2 WITH THE SUN
Sustainable living
Film by Reinhilld Dettmer-Finke
SWR 1996, 30 min.
documentary 1996
Freiburger solar architect, Rolf Disch and Hanna Lehmann, Director of
Studies for the Katholische Akademie Freiburg (Freiburg Catholic
Academy), are a couple with vision....
CUTTING DEEP
When women hurt themselves intentionally
Film by Reinhild Dettmer-Finke
NDR 1996 , 45 min.
Documentary 1996
An enlightening and suspenseful documentary about two women who had their own personal experience with self-destruction.
THE IMPACT OF VIOLENCE
WAR / HATRED / PEACE
Films by Reinhild Dettmer-Finke
NDR 1993, 2 x 45 min. Germany/Croatia/Serbia/Bosnia
Documentary 1993 / 94
"The Impact of Violence” reports on numerous aid programs for
traumatized women and children in former Yugoslavia. “War - Hatred -
Peace” investigates the reasons for this atrocious war on both sides of
the front.
THE QUIET JOY OF THE MESCALERO
BUBACK
Film by Reinhild Dettmer-Finke and Hans Sternsdorff
NDR 1993, 45 min.
Documentary 1993
In April, 1977, the Attorney General, Siegfried Buback was shot. A
student newspaper sets off a political scandal when an obituary signed
with the name “Mescalero” expresses a quiet satisfaction about the
assassination.
WE’LL GET OLDER LATER
LILO AT 70 / ENOUGH TO LIVE ON
A documentary series in multiple parts about the positive aspects of aging. By Reinhild Dettmer-Finke
NDR, 1991-2, 3 X 45 min. Ger.
Documentary 1991/92
Lilo lives in shared housing with both young and old, goes to lectures at the university, travels frequently and enjoys being 70. “This age is the best time in my life, because I have learned to live more in harmony with myself.”