HOUSE 4

With exceptional access, HOUSE 4 documents a year in the life of inmates at Berlin´s youth prison. Can therapy change their lives?

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68 min, 2026, color, 1.85:1

HOUSE 4

With exceptional access, HOUSE 4 documents a year in the life of inmates at Berlin´s youth prison. Can therapy change their lives?

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68 min, 2026, color, 1.85:1

THE UNICORN IN SNOWPANTS SUDDENLY RAN OFF

“The Unicorn” explores three blind children's fantasy worlds. Unicorns, call centers and flying grandfathers each play a role.

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18 min, 2023, color, 1.33:1

THE UNICORN IN SNOWPANTS SUDDENLY RAN OFF

“The Unicorn” explores three blind children's fantasy worlds. Unicorns, call centers and flying grandfathers each play a role.

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18 min, 2023, color, 1.33:1

SNAKE BOY

A twelve year old skips school and instead roams around Berlin, selling snakes to other children...

Produced by: Helena Zeppenfeldt, Melina Balmer for Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg in collaboration with SWR/arte

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19 min, 2026, color, 1.33:1

SNAKE BOY

A twelve year old skips school and instead roams around Berlin, selling snakes to other children...

Produced by: Helena Zeppenfeldt, Melina Balmer for Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg in collaboration with SWR/arte

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19 min, 2026, color, 1.33:1

SILENT NIGHT

A group of international tourists travel to Bethlehem in the occupied West Bank to see religious sites. But what they don´t see is even more striking…

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14 min, 2024, color, 1.85:1

SILENT NIGHT

A group of international tourists travel to Bethlehem in the occupied West Bank to see religious sites. But what they don´t see is even more striking…

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14 min, 2024, color, 1.85:1

©2026 Philipp Schaeffer

©2026 Philipp Schaeffer