Benjamin Kempf

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Jan 2013

The Guler family have a dream: to take their son Jan to the pinnacle of world tennis. While his peers embark on apprenticeships or attend gymnasium classes, Jan joins the professional players' training camp. It's a huge challenge for the whole family. Over a period of five years, the film follows the Guler family on their road to success, showing first-hand how they cope with the sporting, family and social demands of a professional sports career. Little by little, Jan grows into a young man.
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The Hearing 2009

On 10th May 2008, Jimmy Mizen (16) strolled to his local South London bakery to buy a sandwich with his brother Harry. He never came back. This documentary observes the impact of teenage violence on one family during the murder trial.
Benjamin Kempf Siemens

Benjamin Kempf Siemens

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Early Birds 2018

Three pensioners who live as subtenants on tiny pensions find themselves wanting to escape the sadness and mundanity of their everyday lives in old-age and poverty. They relish the thought that they could experience one last adrenalin-fuelled thrill during the twilight of their lives. With that motivation in mind, they set about commencing preparations for a big heist. Early Birds is a tragic comedy, a short film about poverty in old age, dignity and death.
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Exit 2002

Erika has cancer and wants to die with dignity. Ruedi, her husband, does not want to live without her, so they decide to depart this world together. Everything is ready: someone is going to help them, but Ruedi suddenly has doubts. A reflection on “assisted suicide”, recounted in a tragicomic vein.