https://marvinhesse.com marvinhesse.com Wed, 02 Sep 2026 09:16:13 +0000 https://marvinhesse.com en https://marvinhesse.com/Home Wed, 04 Jan 2023 16:58:50 +0000 marvinhesse.com https://marvinhesse.com/Home https://marvinhesse.com/Sternbrucke-Forever Thu, 20 Aug 2026 09:46:54 +0000 marvinhesse.com https://marvinhesse.com/Sternbrucke-Forever STERNBRÜCKE FOREVERcinematographyfeature–documentary 98 min,&nbsp; 2026dir.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Christian Hornungdp.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Marvin Hessesnd. &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Timo Selengiaprod.&nbsp; &nbsp; Tamtam Film, Dirk Decker, Andrea Schütte distr.&nbsp; &nbsp;jip film &amp; verleihin theaters: Oct. 8th 2026 STERNBRÜCKE FOREVER erzählt die Geschichte einer Brücke – und mit ihr die Geschichte eines ganzen Viertels. Clubs, Kneipen, eine lebendige Nachbarschaft: All das gerät ins Wanken, als feststeht, dass die Sternbrücke abgerissen und neu gebaut wird. Der Film begleitet Menschen, die um ihren Ort, ihre Gemeinschaft und um ihre Zukunft kämpfen.Mehmet verkauft Falafel, Martina betreibt einen Kiosk und Stefan repariert Autos. Und jedes Wochenende strömen junge Menschen in die Clubs, die Juri, Daniel, Ute und andere unter der Sternbrücke betreiben – einer über hundert Jahre alten Eisenbahnbrücke mitten im Hamburger Schanzenviertel. Doch ihre Zeit hier läuft ab: Die Brücke soll abgerissen und neu gebaut werden. Was folgt, bewegt ein ganzes Viertel. Denn die Pläne werfen Fragen auf, die aus Städten weltweit bekannt sind: Wer gestaltet die Stadt? Ist noch Platz darin für Subkultur und für bezahlbares Leben? Und ganz persönlich: Wie hält man durch, wenn man weiß, dass sich alles verändern wird – aber nicht weiß wann? Die Protagonist*innen begegnen dieser Ungewissheit auf ihre eigene Weise. Manche suchen das Gespräch, manche nehmen still Abschied von einem Ort, den sie liebgewonnen haben. Und manche kämpfen – unermüdlich und laut auf der Straße. <img width="1594" height="833" width_o="1594" height_o="833" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0378f261554e793b78b0e3e86ade0ab637a526be2a246a29b319e8736c47c223/001-STB.JPG" data-mid="253203924" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/0378f261554e793b78b0e3e86ade0ab637a526be2a246a29b319e8736c47c223/001-STB.JPG" /> <img width="1596" height="832" width_o="1596" height_o="832" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f68613276415d374b57b5766fe3a77653b9c2d255f8381197e9b3183b7328def/002-STB.JPG" data-mid="253203925" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f68613276415d374b57b5766fe3a77653b9c2d255f8381197e9b3183b7328def/002-STB.JPG" /><img width="1596" height="837" width_o="1596" height_o="837" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c226a0436493cb2bead67b0073dc6b6eee998673d550eed56597f0fed1dcaa21/003-STB.JPG" data-mid="253203926" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c226a0436493cb2bead67b0073dc6b6eee998673d550eed56597f0fed1dcaa21/003-STB.JPG" /><img width="1593" height="836" width_o="1593" height_o="836" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c0d11079eb239748d99745f15cbb44f0011b3b6e3e4635e4977a7fa59554cad7/008-STB.JPG" data-mid="253203931" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c0d11079eb239748d99745f15cbb44f0011b3b6e3e4635e4977a7fa59554cad7/008-STB.JPG" /><img width="1594" height="838" width_o="1594" height_o="838" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/de4b1379bf24696123d0511ed675936584799aa4b23e459fc7f77118939ae75d/007.JPG" data-mid="253203930" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/de4b1379bf24696123d0511ed675936584799aa4b23e459fc7f77118939ae75d/007.JPG" /><img width="1590" height="837" width_o="1590" height_o="837" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/bfb3812b394ea7db5cdc0e610505ec9cd53159cde20ecdbfc98675b13a46910e/004-STB.JPG" data-mid="253203927" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/bfb3812b394ea7db5cdc0e610505ec9cd53159cde20ecdbfc98675b13a46910e/004-STB.JPG" /><img width="1592" height="837" width_o="1592" height_o="837" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/58f813a3fc05a32831a0e424a65f0e1602ccfd037ff9bce71e38378b7d06b3fa/005-STB.JPG" data-mid="253203928" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/58f813a3fc05a32831a0e424a65f0e1602ccfd037ff9bce71e38378b7d06b3fa/005-STB.JPG" /><img width="1594" height="839" width_o="1594" height_o="839" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7d21809b4a86dd7c429a5c3b05c263ffb4a65a4f5c0c35eca983d03b97b7dc74/006.JPG" data-mid="253203929" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/7d21809b4a86dd7c429a5c3b05c263ffb4a65a4f5c0c35eca983d03b97b7dc74/006.JPG" /><img width="1594" height="829" width_o="1594" height_o="829" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/fdc9257d0a856a166f55a740f70fce48584052a72fb826b80e8b58f6b671c455/009-STB.JPG" data-mid="253203932" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/fdc9257d0a856a166f55a740f70fce48584052a72fb826b80e8b58f6b671c455/009-STB.JPG" /><img width="1593" height="832" width_o="1593" height_o="832" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/346b07d206129776eea7d9f44c34e2c0cc271f019407e180e3a29aa729c5e7a5/010-STB-.JPG" data-mid="253203933" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/346b07d206129776eea7d9f44c34e2c0cc271f019407e180e3a29aa729c5e7a5/010-STB-.JPG" /><img width="1592" height="834" width_o="1592" height_o="834" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f53132c37527362d21cc0f0b34a72732bd96eec6a669962cadecad813590d1cf/011-STB.JPG" data-mid="253203934" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f53132c37527362d21cc0f0b34a72732bd96eec6a669962cadecad813590d1cf/011-STB.JPG" /><img width="1588" height="829" width_o="1588" height_o="829" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3f625fa08d81b3e1cf142761ba63b6524a4f702e8bd0aa451ce6b44fc9c639d5/012-STB.JPG" data-mid="253203935" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/3f625fa08d81b3e1cf142761ba63b6524a4f702e8bd0aa451ce6b44fc9c639d5/012-STB.JPG" /> <img width="768" height="1080" width_o="768" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c19870843c2d94a88e4bf9a30892ad7de2c3cb3d3d0a60628c9395c68ce78c01/91b046a2a6b80879f1d051f41de12bb2.jpg" data-mid="252004499" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/768/i/c19870843c2d94a88e4bf9a30892ad7de2c3cb3d3d0a60628c9395c68ce78c01/91b046a2a6b80879f1d051f41de12bb2.jpg" /> https://marvinhesse.com/Daniel-Richter Wed, 04 Jan 2023 21:54:30 +0000 marvinhesse.com https://marvinhesse.com/Daniel-Richter Daniel Richter cinematography – in collaboaration with Daniel Gottschalk feature–documentary 106min,&nbsp; 2023 dir.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Pepe Danquart prod.&nbsp; b14 Film, Vanessa Nöcker, Benjamin Seikel in theaters: Feb. 2nd 2023 Few artist portraits give us the privilege of getting as close to the painter as if we had free access to his studio. Over a period of three years, Pepe Danquart got to accompany the painter Daniel Richter, watching him paint, negotiate with his gallerist, talk to his publisher and joke with fellow artist Jonathan Meese. Danquart interviews collectors, attends auctions and even visits record shops.From all this the complex image of an artist emerges who appreciates the abstract as much as the figurative and who seems to be searching constantly for the meaning of his work. Daniel Richter’s paintings fetch top prices on the art market – an aspect that neither Pepe Danquart nor the painter leave out, but that is, fortunately, not the focus here. Openings, auctions and gala dinners structure the narrative, but its heart is Richter’s studio, where we see him as a craftsman, a restless doer, who reflects surprisingly frankly and self-deprecatingly on his work, which to him is always also a political act. He talks about the process of creation, the effect, meaning and significance of his paintings, makes clear statements and, notwithstanding a certain amount of craving for recognition, ultimately doesn’t take himself more seriously than necessary. Words: Christoph Terhechte, DOK-Leipzig 2022&nbsp; <img width="1279" height="531" width_o="1279" height_o="531" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6a02343e33aee8a49c88ede672f7023796c4eed11a5a038c9f4820a39b7fc826/DR-Top.png" data-mid="164988277" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/6a02343e33aee8a49c88ede672f7023796c4eed11a5a038c9f4820a39b7fc826/DR-Top.png" /> <img width="1280" height="532" width_o="1280" height_o="532" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/559109a752f64a74eeb89583632ebbb24e40112dcf9b1a1a4d5fdaebc272f87c/DR-Atelier.png" data-mid="163638479" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/559109a752f64a74eeb89583632ebbb24e40112dcf9b1a1a4d5fdaebc272f87c/DR-Atelier.png" /> <img width="1278" height="529" width_o="1278" height_o="529" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f2392172d9d68e18cb3167372afb0701a39de8930057ac19b6073c4206bb9b54/DR-TalR.png" data-mid="164988276" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f2392172d9d68e18cb3167372afb0701a39de8930057ac19b6073c4206bb9b54/DR-TalR.png" /> <img width="1253" height="521" width_o="1253" height_o="521" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1cd3675bebb1948b1612d2b4864cb81f07b01e58c825ffcd0d4443b5fe6c1bbc/DR-DOC-NY-JORG.png" data-mid="164988834" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/1cd3675bebb1948b1612d2b4864cb81f07b01e58c825ffcd0d4443b5fe6c1bbc/DR-DOC-NY-JORG.png" /> <img width="1281" height="532" width_o="1281" height_o="532" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4a0481a235c0c2fe9115464fe9bacdf54bb341bcd5c1c08570f8879b01236559/DR-Falkenberg.png" data-mid="164988278" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4a0481a235c0c2fe9115464fe9bacdf54bb341bcd5c1c08570f8879b01236559/DR-Falkenberg.png" /> <img width="1281" height="532" width_o="1281" height_o="532" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/399a30921418d893eb61cc47d18ebdda5f55829ce328b4a2f6eb3db91e067044/DR-Meese.png" data-mid="164988320" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/399a30921418d893eb61cc47d18ebdda5f55829ce328b4a2f6eb3db91e067044/DR-Meese.png" /> https://marvinhesse.com/everyone-in-hawaii-has-a-sixpack Tue, 17 Jan 2023 16:13:49 +0000 marvinhesse.com https://marvinhesse.com/everyone-in-hawaii-has-a-sixpack EVERYONE IN HAWAII HAS A SIXPACK ALREADY documentary 58min.&nbsp; 2018 dir./dp&nbsp; Marvin Hesseco-dir.&nbsp; Salka Tiziana prod.&nbsp; &nbsp; Marvin Hesse everyone-film.com Festivals: IFFR Rotterdam 2018, NL — BrightFuture 15. Hamburger Dokumentarfilmwoche GER — Dokland Festival de Malaga 2018 ES — official selection Cine Latino Tübingen GER — official selection D’A Barcelona 2018 ES — Sala Jove D'A's opening Film IberoDocs 2018, Glasgow SCT — official selection DocumentaMadrid ES— national competition dokumentART 2018 GER — national competition doxs! 2018 Duisburg GER — „große klappe“ nominee RedRockFilmfestival 2018 USA— official selection 35. Kasseler Dokfest GER— junges dokfest A38 nominee Bangkok Underground Filmfestival THA — official selection &nbsp;A portrait of lively adolescence in a paradisiacal corner of the Canary Islands; one last summer of hedonism, dreams and hormones before it all ends: the island throws out all young people at the age of fifteen, and they are about to get thrown out of heaven."Everyone in Hawaii has a Sixpack Already is a film that manages to capture pleasure on the edge of the abyss.“&nbsp;cinemaldito.com <img width="1980" height="1114" width_o="1980" height_o="1114" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e26dcc15d9913b6d8e03026f7a6d84e23491d8861be2fe87c3cc1abd8957bb1a/STILL-02-EVERYONE-IN-HAWAII-HAS-A-SIXPACK-ALREADY-300dpi.jpg" data-mid="165036561" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e26dcc15d9913b6d8e03026f7a6d84e23491d8861be2fe87c3cc1abd8957bb1a/STILL-02-EVERYONE-IN-HAWAII-HAS-A-SIXPACK-ALREADY-300dpi.jpg" /> <img width="1980" height="1114" width_o="1980" height_o="1114" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3413d810261ed623db50b588cc4acd5be70cfd5fd17826ee3fb96dc6ab22aaf2/STILL-04-EVERYONE-IN-HAWAII-HAS-A-SIXPACK-ALREADY-300dpi.jpg" data-mid="165036563" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/3413d810261ed623db50b588cc4acd5be70cfd5fd17826ee3fb96dc6ab22aaf2/STILL-04-EVERYONE-IN-HAWAII-HAS-A-SIXPACK-ALREADY-300dpi.jpg" /> <img width="1980" height="1113" width_o="1980" height_o="1113" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c784ed42eea1d8ea19338345d5ff4b28272612843b1c565f645b870022ffa232/STILL-03-EVERYONE-IN-HAWAII-HAS-A-SIXPACK-ALREADY-300dpi-.jpg" data-mid="165036562" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c784ed42eea1d8ea19338345d5ff4b28272612843b1c565f645b870022ffa232/STILL-03-EVERYONE-IN-HAWAII-HAS-A-SIXPACK-ALREADY-300dpi-.jpg" /> <img width="1980" height="1114" width_o="1980" height_o="1114" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5e3a9cb634fccc586f4f335508b08111ae205e5b9c8cc413d91d8259a02f88e3/STILL-05-EVERYONE-IN-HAWAII-HAS-A-SIXPACK-ALREADY-300dpi.jpeg" data-mid="165036564" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/5e3a9cb634fccc586f4f335508b08111ae205e5b9c8cc413d91d8259a02f88e3/STILL-05-EVERYONE-IN-HAWAII-HAS-A-SIXPACK-ALREADY-300dpi.jpeg" /> https://marvinhesse.com/not-how-or-when-or-why-but-yes Tue, 17 Jan 2023 10:54:54 +0000 marvinhesse.com https://marvinhesse.com/not-how-or-when-or-why-but-yes not how or when or why but yes feature–documentary 63min,&nbsp; 2022 dir./dp&nbsp; Marvin Hesseco-dir.&nbsp; Lea Semen&nbsp; &nbsp; prod. &nbsp; &nbsp;Sabbatical Office Film, Marvin Hesse, Lea Semen commissened by ZDF/3sat Kaiya (23) is doing Interrail. She travels criss-cross through Europe. Faces, conversations, landscapes in the train window, everything merges. Everything becomes ephemeral. Paris, Belgrade, Sofia. She drinks coffee, visits exhibitions, writes, takes pictures, chats with others. Everything could be the beginning or the end of something, you think. But there she is already on the train again. Talking to the camera or to the person behind it. And with herself. NOT NOW OR WHEN OR WHY BUT YES is a wilful visual diary. About traveling and perceiving. The story of an artistic co-production of the protagonist and the filmmaker. In Kaiyas words: The problem is: It’s not mine to talk about and why should I get to be spokesperson? I don’t want to say it wrong or make it sound any less scarily complex than it really is. And to say I feel guilty, for the fact that I could walk away, for the fact that I look for creative ways to process my surroundings while some people just have to strive and struggle. For the fact I even have the chance to sit on a windowsill and talk about it and not quite explain it right and so desperately want to – but still not. Kaiya Bartholomew (23), Note from her Diary June 2019 &nbsp; <img width="1161" height="1646" width_o="1161" height_o="1646" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9016665e6004ae6d5d81b65b0bf060ad3733f1f0fac3c6d8640182e2d033dda2/NHOWOWBY_Poster_Prev_V01_small.jpg" data-mid="164994619" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/9016665e6004ae6d5d81b65b0bf060ad3733f1f0fac3c6d8640182e2d033dda2/NHOWOWBY_Poster_Prev_V01_small.jpg" /> <img width="6000" height="4500" width_o="6000" height_o="4500" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0ff7d886bed34ac092d04941bba9030525a1ac7b5fdc71921dc00d6e71e438dd/NHOWOWBY-Still-01-JPG.jpg" data-mid="164994435" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/0ff7d886bed34ac092d04941bba9030525a1ac7b5fdc71921dc00d6e71e438dd/NHOWOWBY-Still-01-JPG.jpg" /> <img width="6000" height="4500" width_o="6000" height_o="4500" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/21f7c4567cbb38eec8b590159f1d18733ca367fa3e2596e6488041d79e91d6af/NHOWOWBY-Still-04-JPG.jpg" data-mid="164994441" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/21f7c4567cbb38eec8b590159f1d18733ca367fa3e2596e6488041d79e91d6af/NHOWOWBY-Still-04-JPG.jpg" /> <img width="6000" height="4500" width_o="6000" height_o="4500" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8c80bf10810fb95dc8f0f9aea5863371ac45afdb6fba260ede10eeb28e4fdf01/NHOWOWBY-Still-03-JPG.jpg" data-mid="164994439" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8c80bf10810fb95dc8f0f9aea5863371ac45afdb6fba260ede10eeb28e4fdf01/NHOWOWBY-Still-03-JPG.jpg" /> <img width="6000" height="4500" width_o="6000" height_o="4500" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/dac13d26ab057e951658001b96caecd23cedbdfe10f0005cf7ce360facdfaa62/NHOWOWBY-Still-05-JPG.jpg" data-mid="164994442" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/dac13d26ab057e951658001b96caecd23cedbdfe10f0005cf7ce360facdfaa62/NHOWOWBY-Still-05-JPG.jpg" /> THE DISCOVERY OF THE CONTINENT KAIYA Clouds, a herd of sheep, a grazing cow from behind, a river bed, bus stops, grain silos, clouds, rest areas, industry, power poles, tunnel, mountains, clouds. Kaiya is on the train. She travels cross-Europe. Anonymous places string together and separate again, faces and conversations merge. Like clouds. Kaiya “is doing Interrail”, as it was called in the 1970s, when this affordable train combo ticket still meant the way to the absolute open air. Usually after school or before graduation, the citizen-parents handed their citizen-children over to the care of European railway companies and thus released them, sheltered in a certain way, into neighboring European countries. The splinted route into liberty. Freedom that delivered the feeling of a wild, hippieesque life – despite the fully developed rail network. Even if there was no freeway, no desert dirt tracks, no greater danger than missed connections. But at least you could get on and off as you pleased. Utilising a hedonistically confused self as a compass. Oh, Interrail! The magic word that has you click the heels of your red shoes in order to escape the everygrey familiar. So much for the myth of Interrail, which you should definitely know about when taking a seat in Marvin Hesse‘s NOT NOW OR WHEN OR WHY BUT YES. Kaiya, the protagonist, a 23-year-old British student. She is not a daughter of the middle classes, and it‘s not the 1970s, train travel is “retro” and at the same time CO2-friendly transport sparing you flight shame. The Interrail ticket still exists, it is even subsidized1 by the EU, for the children of past-tense parents, for the descendants of Generation X, of parents who once were distant relatives of Linklater‘s Slacker or Salinger’s Catcher in the Rye. Interrail is a promise for those considering the world less a will than an idea. Interrail was and still is a projection whose cinematic quality becomes once again palpable in NOT NOW OR WHEN OR WHY BUT YES. The train journey as a quintessentially cinematic hetereotopia. An ephemeral home in which one is moved while sitting. That you yield your seat to others after a certain time belongs to the basic makeup, just as in cinema. The train ride’s diegetic space is a world racing by behind the window. You see an exclusive moving image presenting fields, forests, suburbs, and cities – an illusionary space-time phenomenon created in the minds of travelers and cinema audience alike. This is also why the agenda of Kaiya’s journey does not need any logical order. Paris, London, Sofia, Belgrade, somewhere in between Dover. The change between reality and its possibilities accompanies the protagonist Kaiya and the filmmaker Marvin Hesse on their way across a continent. It is a crossover of travelogue and inverted cinema direct: of unrestrained subjectivity and tolerated observation. Marvin Hesse is not a fly on the wall. He belongs to the sneaker caught by a camera tipping to the floor, to the breath on the soundtrack after a more exhausting “chase”. He is there, all the time, behind the apparatus to which Kaiya willingly exposes herself. Even with her sensations, opinions, her powerlessness. She reflects on the medium, its appropriations, and speculations, she is assailed by a guilty conscience regarding her ability to travel, to cross borders, borders that in the end do not secure a humanistic European vision but Western wealth, borders hardly bridgeable for migrants. She fumbles for words that all too easily might trigger fremdscham – the feeling of being embarrassed on her behalf – and the impulse to take refuge in one’s own imperturbation. But Kaiya takes risks. She talks so unhamperedly, it sometimes hurts. She laughs, she flirts, she babbles. It stays in the film. Because it happened at that moment. Kaiya takes nothing back. Whatever gets caught, forms a thought or becomes an image, Kaiya has jotted it down, drawn, spoken, played it. It joins the loose sequence of encounters. Ephemeral and fleeting. Like everything else does, when you travel, and life and time push past the train window as if on a screen. Marvin Hesse’s film lives from the rhythm of movement, from the ostensible arbitrariness with which places are entered and left, from all the discontinued contacts, the colours of the cities and the undertones of moods. You can feel when Kaiya is annoyed, see when she brushed the camera off, when she uses the camera gaze against or for herself. She is the one who decides to keep instabilities, and thus, in a way, offers the film “climaxes” that are dramaturgically useful. She reflects the medium, the situation of recording, the “we” and the “I”. Hesse’s camera is characterised by how it does not let go. It keeps at it. At Kaiya looking out of the train window, nodding off on the upholstered seats, drinking coffee in somewhere, and looking out of the train window again. The camera tells about the discovery of a continent that naturally cannot be further than Kaiya’s gaze, Kaiya’s sleep, Kaiya’s train of thoughts, Kaiya’s drawings, Kaiya’s photographs. Just the continent of Kaiya – Marvin Hesse is her ethnographer, her chronicler. She is his image. And her own. This makes NOT NOW OR WHEN OR WHY BUT YES a special artistic co-production of model, voice, and cinematography. by Birgit Glombitza 1 Refering to the DiscoverEU Program wich started in 2018 &nbsp; &nbsp; https://marvinhesse.com/THE-LIGHTS-THEY-FALL Thu, 20 Aug 2026 09:17:17 +0000 marvinhesse.com https://marvinhesse.com/THE-LIGHTS-THEY-FALL THE LIGHTS, THEY FALL light/gaffer featurefilm 87min. 2026dir.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Saša Vajdadp.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Tom Ottegaffer&nbsp; &nbsp;Marvin Hesse (LD) / Anton Schniewindfeat. &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Yassin Ben Majdouba, Flor Prieto Catemaxca, Mahira Hakberdieva, Safet Bajraj, Shanthi Philipp prod.&nbsp; &nbsp; vajda film production – in coproduction with Schuldenberg Films, ZDF Das Kleine Fernsehspiel – in collaboration with Bord Cadre films, Sovereign Filmsdistr.&nbsp; &nbsp; grandfilm In theaters: August 20th 2026 In der Hitze des Berliner Sommers liegt Maria im Sterben. Ihr 16-jähriger Sohn Ilay driftet mit seinen Freunden durch die Peripherie der Stadt, während zu Hause die mexikanische Palliativpflegerin Ana die Schwerkranke umsorgt. Zunehmend gerät Ilay in einen Zustand von Schlaflosigkeit und Tagtraum, flieht vor dem nahenden Tod seiner Mutter und droht, die Verbindung zur Realität zu verlieren. Ana hat zugleich mit ihrem fordernden Berufsalltag und mit einer Bürde aus ihrer schwierigen Vergangenheit zu kämpfen… In stillen, intensiven Bildern zeigt Saša Vajdas erster Langspielfilm den Alltag von Ilay und Ana. Zart sind die Bande zwischen den Figuren und sanft verwebt sich Alltägliches mit Traumhaftem. Der Film feierte seine Premiere in der Sektion Generation im Rahmen der 76. Berlinale 2026. 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&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; <img width="735" height="1105" width_o="735" height_o="1105" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6abba4d04e11ce25457b2cf0ac55544539a8d0c6e81e6abec95b9cc361d57524/Screenshot-2026-08-20-at-11.03.18.png" data-mid="251422901" border="0" data-scale="25" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/735/i/6abba4d04e11ce25457b2cf0ac55544539a8d0c6e81e6abec95b9cc361d57524/Screenshot-2026-08-20-at-11.03.18.png" />&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;<img width="800" height="528" width_o="800" height_o="528" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3498277ddb9c13c05aba31d5ee1fc175dbd6d6ea59e275fc85f9a7dd545e56d6/Jasin-On-Set-Emma-Schroder.png" data-mid="251422898" border="0" data-scale="100" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/800/i/3498277ddb9c13c05aba31d5ee1fc175dbd6d6ea59e275fc85f9a7dd545e56d6/Jasin-On-Set-Emma-Schroder.png" /> https://marvinhesse.com/RAIN-FELL-ON-NOTHING-NEW Wed, 19 Aug 2026 10:09:55 +0000 marvinhesse.com https://marvinhesse.com/RAIN-FELL-ON-NOTHING-NEW RAIN FELL ON NOTHING NEW light/gafferfeaturefilm 85min. 2025 dir.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Steffen Goldkamp dp.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Tom Ottegaffer&nbsp; &nbsp;Marvin Hesse feat.&nbsp; &nbsp; Noah Sayenko prod.&nbsp; &nbsp;Tamtam Films, Dirk Decker, Andrea Schütte &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; <img width="1920" height="1038" width_o="1920" height_o="1038" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/924ebe646bec1d1ea3a52193bd050dc4f4610e408aab8e4a19924f19f98abada/RegenFaelltAufNichtsNeues_FTR_DE-en_PRHQ_1080p24_185_709_mute_2024-10-28.mov.10_18_15_03.Standbild023.jpg" data-mid="251381959" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/924ebe646bec1d1ea3a52193bd050dc4f4610e408aab8e4a19924f19f98abada/RegenFaelltAufNichtsNeues_FTR_DE-en_PRHQ_1080p24_185_709_mute_2024-10-28.mov.10_18_15_03.Standbild023.jpg" /><img width="1920" height="1038" width_o="1920" height_o="1038" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d0572301fc4a5142b305d0aa3607b18483c5cff226a5771cd27f513e091fbbe8/RegenFaelltAufNichtsNeues_FTR_DE-en_PRHQ_1080p24_185_709_mute_2024-10-28.mov.10_13_13_21.Standbild011.jpg" data-mid="251381958" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d0572301fc4a5142b305d0aa3607b18483c5cff226a5771cd27f513e091fbbe8/RegenFaelltAufNichtsNeues_FTR_DE-en_PRHQ_1080p24_185_709_mute_2024-10-28.mov.10_13_13_21.Standbild011.jpg" /><img width="3360" height="1802" width_o="3360" height_o="1802" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/dac9ee9d69a6adadded6f88a66dbeeace5d9bd3c8a4ef5b733c3d057a11e0d34/Screenshot-2026-08-13-at-21.23.38.png" data-mid="251423636" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/dac9ee9d69a6adadded6f88a66dbeeace5d9bd3c8a4ef5b733c3d057a11e0d34/Screenshot-2026-08-13-at-21.23.38.png" /> https://marvinhesse.com/DO-KRAJA-DANA-UNTIL-THE-DAY-ENDS Thu, 20 Aug 2026 10:27:20 +0000 marvinhesse.com https://marvinhesse.com/DO-KRAJA-DANA-UNTIL-THE-DAY-ENDS DO KRAJA DANA / UNTIL THE DAY ENDSlight/lightingdesignfeaturefilm 91min. 2026 dir.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Jelena Maksimovićp dp.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Paul Speengemanngaffer&nbsp; &nbsp;Anton Schniewind prod&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Taurunum Film, Kelek Film &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; <img width="1200" height="1600" width_o="1200" height_o="1600" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c7ea506c391c9b2e7247faa092ae90c6414fbbba67f43653906b17778fbc3d3e/Do-kraja-dana-Until-the-day-ends.jpg" data-mid="251765227" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c7ea506c391c9b2e7247faa092ae90c6414fbbba67f43653906b17778fbc3d3e/Do-kraja-dana-Until-the-day-ends.jpg" /> https://marvinhesse.com/SEPTEMBER-AFTERNOON Thu, 20 Aug 2026 10:28:04 +0000 marvinhesse.com https://marvinhesse.com/SEPTEMBER-AFTERNOON September Afternoonlight/gaffer 2026 dir.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Nicolass Schmidt dp.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Thomas Oswaldgaffer&nbsp; &nbsp;Marvin Hesse prod.&nbsp; &nbsp;Amerikafilm GmbH, Maximilian Haslberger, Balthasar Busmann&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;<img width="1208" height="1706" width_o="1208" height_o="1706" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8a0bd4f5dd4afeb586e3c7ae4f87db44e56392cd7e25d38d19cb847bd0e4e0d3/SA-Poster-JPG.jpg" data-mid="251765447" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8a0bd4f5dd4afeb586e3c7ae4f87db44e56392cd7e25d38d19cb847bd0e4e0d3/SA-Poster-JPG.jpg" /><img width="968" height="545" width_o="968" height_o="545" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ae704e5915da42cce17ad255a6f2f5223073aef5cb9819a3637a31800cb9b827/September-Afternoon-film-still-3-Locarno-Film-Festival-1-jpg.jpeg" data-mid="251765463" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/968/i/ae704e5915da42cce17ad255a6f2f5223073aef5cb9819a3637a31800cb9b827/September-Afternoon-film-still-3-Locarno-Film-Festival-1-jpg.jpeg" /> <img width="968" height="545" width_o="968" height_o="545" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/fa2928ed2d4b63589e49ce31998a9f839d9d6c5cce719b8b0e941295fe723210/September-Afternoon-film-still-2-Locarno-Film-Festival-1-jpg.jpeg" data-mid="251765462" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/968/i/fa2928ed2d4b63589e49ce31998a9f839d9d6c5cce719b8b0e941295fe723210/September-Afternoon-film-still-2-Locarno-Film-Festival-1-jpg.jpeg" /><img width="968" height="545" width_o="968" height_o="545" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2247d2f689bf23f63b1bd75980bd5cfdd49c55ccb00f9640e3574679911a587d/September-Afternoon-film-still-Locarno-Film-Festival-1-jpg.jpeg" data-mid="251765464" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/968/i/2247d2f689bf23f63b1bd75980bd5cfdd49c55ccb00f9640e3574679911a587d/September-Afternoon-film-still-Locarno-Film-Festival-1-jpg.jpeg" /> https://marvinhesse.com/GLUEY-FEATHERS Wed, 02 Sep 2026 09:16:13 +0000 marvinhesse.com https://marvinhesse.com/GLUEY-FEATHERS Gluey Feathers light/gaffer shortfilm 2026 dir.&nbsp; 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