About the camerawoman, director, producer and sometimes distributor Susan was born in Hamburg, Germany. Before studying at the Academy of Film and Television in Munich in 1995, Susan joined practical training as a forest ranger, cook and a veterinarian in the 1980ies. After secondary school and studying business and commerce in Hamburg she went in 1990 for longer stays in Italy and France, developing her horsebackriding and photographic skills. In the early nineties Susan explored the advertising business, working with filmproductions and photographers. From 1993-1997 she was travelling the world taping the sound for TV-features. At the filmacademy (1995-2002) Susan became deeply impressed by the neorealistic italian epoque and the social and artistic aspects in films by Raymond Depardon and Ken Loach (lectures with Loach himself at the academy!). In combination with lessons by journalist Gerd Ruge (who arranged practical training as correspondent-trainee in the studios of ARD and ZDF in Nairobi, Kenia) she explored a wide branch of possibilities how to tell stories in pictures and sounds. At HFF Munich Susan produced, shot and …
Bhutan, 2001 Jakarta, 2014 Bali, 2014 Bali, 2014 Havanna, 2016 Havanna, 2016
2022-2024 Und plötzlich hat die Revolution ein weibliches Gesicht 90 min., 4K, Dir: Cordelia Dvorak, Prod: elemagpictures & Vinzenz TV 2023 A scheene Leich / Gerhard Polt und die Well Brüder Aufzeichnung Kammerspiele München, Dir: M. Rosenmüller, Prod: Südkino 2004-2017 Gestorben wird Morgen 73 min., HD, Dir: Susan Gluth, Prod: gluthfilm 2011-2016 Urmila - my memory is my power 87 min., HD, Dir: Susan Gluth, Prod: gluthfilm, zero fiction film GmbH 2014 Riebesehl, Gauditz, Giesel - die Spectrum Photogallerie 15 min., HD, Dir: Lars Tredup, client: Collection Regard, Berlin 2011-2024 Familienriss 90 min., HD, Dir: Catherine Menschner, Prod: Saxonia, Leipzig 2010 Fürstliche Orangeriekultur 12 min., HD, Prod. and Dir: Ysabel Fantou, München client: Bayerische Schlösser- und Seenverwaltung 2009 Heimatbilder 29x15 min., HD, Dir: diverse, Prod: Inter/Aktion, München, BR, BRalpha 2009 Pilawas Welt von morgen 75 min., HD, Dir: and Prod: Dethlev Cordts, Hamburg, ARD 2009 EADS-Airbus, une affaire d'Etats 90 min., HD, Dir: Fréderic Compain, Paris, ARTE, France Telèvisions, France 3 2009 Das Hüsselhuus - ein wunderbarer Ort 30 min., dv-cam, Prod. …
One of the most impressive documentary film shootings for me was the agency MAGNUM PHOTOS in Paris in 1998. Iconic photographs I have seen a thousand times were down on the table as originals / photographic negatives. Every angle in this kingdom of pictures was breathing the energy of Capa, Cartier-Bresson and all the other big names. One day we were invited by HCB for lunch. I remember a light-flooded apartment above the Tuilleries gardens and a little old man asking me to sit next to him. He was one of the most funny and at the same time decent hosts I ever met. Finally he gave me a little buddhist book and told me to read it over and over again. What I still do, until today. “Magnum is a community of thought, a shared human quality, a curiosity about what is going on in the world, a respect for what is going on and a desire to transcribe it visually” – Henri Cartier-Bresson
OFFICIAL TRAILER Youtube WATCH THE MOVIE Vimeo Amazon Prime Amazon USA Amazon UK Sooner Filmfriend Guidedoc AWARDS & NOMINATIONS PRE NOMINATION German Film Award 2016 PRICE OF THE MAYOR of Zakopane, Poland 2017 BEST FILM Kathmandu Mountainfilmfestival, 2016 SHORTLIST One World Media Award, London 2017 BEST DOCUMENTARY NAIFF Washington DC, 2017 Seal of Approval: HIGHLY RECOMMENDED FILM WEBSITES www.urmila-film.com www.urmila-film.de IMDB SYNOPSIS Urmila wants to change Nepal. This young woman fights with admirable energy against centuries-old social structures. She has but one goal: the end of child slavery. Her political activities drive her to assume responsibility for others, but must also think of herself. “Children go to school. Adults go to work!” Urmila shouts angrily in a protest march on the streets of Kathmandu. Together with her fellow campaigners she frees girls from captivity, demands of the Prime Minister the end of slavery, holds press conferences, travels to Oslo and New York – and tries back at home in Ghorahi to complete the next year at school. She has big plans: she wants to study …
AWARDS & NOMINATIONS Best documentary, Nordic Film Prize 2009 / Germany Best film, Int. Feminafilmfest 2009 / Czech Republic Best director, Riverrun Int. Filmfestival 2010 / USA Deutsche Film- und Medienbewertung: Prädikat besonders wertvoll OFFICIAL TRAILER Youtube WATCH THE MOVIE Vimeo Filmfriend LISTEN TO THE SONGS Ja Ja Ja from the album BAM BAM BAM / FINK Nils Koppruch on Spotify Nils Koppruch on apple music Nils Koppruch website LOGLINE Three women are slaving away in a laundry in Hamburg. Their wages are low but they cope with their everyday lives with dignity − and find a quantum of happiness from time to time. SYNOPSIS In the laundry the machines are already steaming and hissing when the workers in the smoke-filled break room stub out their early-morning cigarettes. It is 7.00 a.m., and time to start work. Resolute Tatjana is still tired as she feeds the wet serviettes through the groaning mangle while quiet Gerti struggles with the brassieres which have got tangled in the laundry net. Above them thuds and vibrations can be heard: …
AWARDS AND NOMINATIONS Best feature film, Milano Filmfestival, Italy 2003 Best documentary-fff, dokfest Munich, Germany 2003 nomination: Best diploma film, Babelsberger Medienpreise, Germany 2003 nomination: Best camera, femme totale, Germany 2003 WATCH THE MOVIE Vimeo Filmfriend - coming soon SYNOPSIS An associative journey in pictures: a rapprochement to Italy, the people who live there and the places where they live and work in the form of a documentary essay accompanied by Federico Fellini, and determined by personal memories and impressions during moments of encounter and discovery. "When you shoot a film, you don't really know what it is about. (...) despise the sickness of our age: the need for ideology, the addiction to false clarity. Everything is tried by the tribunal of reason which analyses, makes a diagnosis and prescribes the treatment for that which cannot be understood, for the unconscious, our "dark zone" that feeds on the confused, the unexpected, the changeable and makes us feel uncomfortable and afraid. And yet, in fact, this is an extraordinarily precious part of us; why do we want to eliminate it and mutilate ourselves?" Federico …
SYNOPSIS EASTWARDS. Encounters in Mecklenburg-West Pomerania ten years after Reunification. A journey through the most northeasterly state of Germany, in which we encounter people who tell us of their lives under the GDR and since the collapse of Communism. It becomes increasingly clear that there is a conflict today between their desire to live in Mecklenburg-West Pomerania and the feasibility of doing so. Through impressions and tales from the countryside, far from the main towns and cities, we search for common ground and points of difference between people from East and West Germany. PROTAGONISTS Wilfried and Annie Kloehn, Siggi Koeber, Adelheid Kunas, Joerg Hollnagel, Jens Czepkich, Christine Huettel , Joerg Schoof, Michael Unger, Hans-Georg and Inge Bohnsack, Karl Heinz Bretsch, Martin Goerbes, Eberhard Harning, Thomas Becken, Richard Sauer, Fred Spiegel, Birgit Heiden, Roman Langguth, Mario Immel, Uwe Schumacher, Frank Lueck, Ruediger Hacker, Tom Drahheim, Ralf Buchwald, Sven Sittauer, Peter Klaeser, Karsten and Silke Ziegler TEAM CAMERA Stefan Grandinetti ORIGINAL SOUND susan gluth EDITORS susan gluth, Isa Moeller COMPOSER Andreas Weidinger RE-RECORDING MIXER Gerhard Auer PRODUCTION CONSULTANT Claas Danielsen GENERAL CONSULTANTS Prof. Gerd Ruge, Claas Danielsen PRODUCER susan gluth WRITTEN …
WATCH THE MOVIE Vimeo - coming soon Filmfriend - coming soon SYNOPSIS Marrying in white - is it still a dream? A social-milieu-study in the hugest store for wedding dresses in Paris. Women trying, mothers applauding, grandfathers paying and salesladies offering illusions. Le marriage en blanc - est-il toujours un rêve? Une étude sociale dans le plus grand magasin pour les robes de mariée à Paris. Il y a des femmes qui s’informent, les méres qui applaudent, les grandpéres qui achetent - et il y a les vendeuses, qui vendent les illusions. Existiert der Traum vom weißen Hochzeitskleid immer noch? Eine Milieu-Studie im größten Kaufhaus für Brautmoden in Paris. Über Kundinnen mit applaudierenden Müttern, zahlenden Großväter und kritische Töchter - und Verkäuferinnen, die täglich Illusionen bedienen. LINKS IMDbB PROTAGONISTS Marie-Annick Benali, Nicole Vernon, Eliane Chevalier, Lucette Sallettes, Mme. Lionelle, Mme. Marianna, Giberte Smadja, Famille Saidi, Daniele Penly et sa famille, Marie Jole Delaforte , Ferdinand Noutang, Monsieur Lambert, Elise Dounga, Monsieur Razak et ses amis, Marie Paule Rivaux, Mme. Valison Rakotomanana TEAM CAMERA susan gluth ORIGINAL SOUND Sophie …
TWO BEATS ONE SOUL The musical colaboration project - a theatrical documentary and a compilation - between the US and Cuba. Montreal Black Filmfestival: " The film documents married music producers Ray Chew and Vivian Scott Chew on a discovering journey to Cuba. Two weeks of intense exchange and collaboration bringing together musicians from the U.S. and Cuba with the African heritage as comun basis. The film shines a light on Cuban culture and takes the viewer through the creative process and challenges of recording an album in Havana. Featuring Eric Benét, Jon B., Louie Vega, Jean Rodriguez, Sergio George - who has produced albums for Jennifer Lopez, Marc Anthony and the outstanding Cuban artists of the moment. A documentary full of passion, positive energy, grooving sounds and love, that all made this musical marriage so strong and convincing. Artists from so different countries in a unique cultural experience connected through their African roots: Two Beats One Soul". FILMSITE IMDB SPOTIFY TRAILER Susan Gluth DIRECTORS Bille Woodruff, Sarah Nesson PRODUCTION RVMK Films / allthingschew EXECUTIVE …
