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360° Figaro, Virtual reality opera (to be completed in 2018)
With the support of Land Sachsen-Anhalt

Absolute Zero, Dance film with Saburo Teshigawara, 2002, 30 min. Nominated for the Dance Screen Award in Monte Carlo.
Co-produced by BR and ARTE. On DVD with ArthausMusik

Aida's Brothers & Sisters, Music Documentary on black singers in opera and concert, 1999, 100 min. Distributed with the support of Media II.
Co-produced by BR, SWR, WDR, WNET/Thirteen/New York, DRS, TSR, NRK and YLE. On DVD with ArthausMusik

Belcanto - The Tenors of the 78 Era, Music Documentary Series portraits of Enrico Caruso, Richard Tauber, Lauritz Melchior, Beniamino Gigli, Jussi Björling and others, 1996, 13 x 30 min. Awards at Columbus International Film Festival and at Classique en images.
Prizes at the Columbus Interantional Film Festival and at Classique en Images..
Co-produced by BR, NDR, ORB, SDR, SFB, SR, SWR and WDR. On DVD with MediciArts

Bella Figura - Do Singers Have to Be Fat?, Music Documentary 2007, 60 min.
Co-produced by SWR, ORF, SF, TSI, SVT, NRK, YLE, VRT, RTV, and Sky Arts.

Bound, Dance film with Saburo Teshigawara and Corinna Harfouch, 2002, 45 min.
Co-produced by SF DRS, ORF, ZDF/3sat and NRK. On DVD with ArthausMusik

Breath of the Gods, Documentary - A Journey to the Origins of Modern Yoga, 2012, 35 mm, 105 min.
Co-produced by FilmFernsehFonds Bayern, German Federal Film Fund, MEDIA.

Bruckner's Decision, Featurefilm 1995, 81 min.
Co-produced by TE DEUM MEDIA APS København, HFF München, ARTE/ZDF, ZDF and Danmarks Radio. On DVD with ArthausMusik

Celibidache - You Don’t Do Anything - You Let it Evolve, Music Documentary 1992, 100 min. Silver Medal at the Chicago International Film Festival, Nominated fort he German Film Prize, Midem Classical Award 2010.
Co-produced by ZDF and ARTE/ZDF. On DVD with ArthausMusik

Celibidache in St. Florian, Music Documentary 1993, 59 min.
Co-produced by BR, SDR, and brilliant media/Videal. On DVD with ArthausMusik

Celibidache Rehearses Bruckner’s Ninth, Music Documentary 2006, 60 min.
Co-produced by BR and ARTE.

Chopin at the Opera, Music Documentary Film essay with Roland Pöntinen, Vesselina Kasarova, Katerina Hebelkova, Peter Feuchtwanger and many others, 2010, 60 min.
Co-produced by ZDF/3sat, NRK, SVT, VRT, YLE and RB Film. On DVD with ArthausMusik

Cumponists Svizzers, Documentary Series 2001, 7 x 15 min.
Co-produced by SF DRS. On DVD with IdeeSuisse

Furtwängler's Love, Film Essay 2004, 70 min. Award at the Golden Prague Festival Director: Jan Schmidt-Garre.
Co-produced by MTV, NRK, ORF, SF, SVT, TSI, and YLE. On DVD with ArthausMusik

Gubaidulina: 2nd Violin Concerto, Concert Film 2008, 40 min.
Co-produced by SF.

Joseph Schmidt, Music Documentary 2004, 60 min.
Co-produced by SF, ZDF/3sat, ORF, VRT, and YLE. On DVD with Salzgeber

Klaus Huber at Work, Music Documentary 2009, 60 min.
Co-produced by BR, WDR, Ernst-Siemens Musikstiftung, SF.

Legato - The World of the Piano, Series of Documentary Portraits and Concerts Boris Berezovsky – Marc-André Hamelin – Roland Pöntinen – Pierre Laurent Aimard, 2006-08, 720 min.
Co-produced by EuroArts. On DVD with MediciArts

Long Shot Close Up – Andreas Gursky, Art Documentary 2010, 60 min. Honorable Mention at the 58th Columbus International Film and Video Festival 2010.
Co-produced by BR, ARTE and Tilk Filmproduktion.

Measure Color Light, Art Documentary Portrait of visual artist Gerhard Merz, 1992, 45 min.

No More Wunderkind - Sergei Nakariakov, Music Documentary 2004, 60 min. Nominated at Classique en Images.
Co-produced by BR and ARTE.

Notion Motion - Olafur Eliasson, Documentary 2005, 30 min.
Co-produced by ZDF/3sat. On DVD with ArthausMusik

Opera Fanatic, Operaroadmovie with Anita Cerquetti, Leyla Gencer, Magda Olivero, Giulietta Simionato, Stefan Zucker and many others, 1999, 93 min. Prizes at the Munich International Documentary Festival and at Golden Prague (Czech Crystal).
Co-produced by ZDF/3sat, YLE, NRK, and SF. On DVD with ArthausMusik

Reri Grist - Opera is Theatre, Music Documentary 2002, 58 min. Award at the Columbus International Film Festival.
Co-produced by BR.

Schiller and Music, Music Documentary Film essay with Peter GĂĽlke, 2008, 80 min.
Co-produced by SWR and Scholz Filmproduktion. On DVD with ArthausMusik

Sophia - Biography of a Violin Concerto, Music Documentary with Sofia Gubaidulina and Anne-Sophie Mutter, 2008, 60 min. Award at the Columbus International Film Festival,
nominated for Prix Italia.
Co-produced by SF DRS, ZDF/ARTE, NRK, SVT and YLE.

Stage Light - Stage Fright, Music Documentary 2008, 60 min.
Co-produced by SWR, NRK, SF, SVT and YLE.

Still Move, Dance Documentary with Saburo Teshigawara, 2003, 45 min.
Co-produced by ZDF/3sat and SF. On DVD with ArthausMusik

Suite of Multiple Attitudes, Dance Documentary 2000, 45 min.
Co-produced by SF DRS.

This not That - The Artist John Baldessari, Art Documentary 2005, 90 min.
Co-produced by ZDF/3sat, SF, and Bel Canto Society. On DVD with ArthausMusik