A Day in Smara
The documentary tells the story of one day in Smara, a refugee camp in the south of Algeria. A handmade symbolic toke takes us through the lives of six characters and the reality of the situation in Sahara: The past, pre
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The documentary tells the story of one day in Smara, a refugee camp in the south of Algeria. A handmade symbolic toke takes us through the lives of six characters and the reality of the situation in Sahara: The past, pre
Smara is the city of dust, kingdom of sirocco, a surviving ruin of a suffocating region… Thousands of Sahrawis who fled Western Sahara after the war against Morocco (36 years ago) live in this refugee camp, located in th
This is the story of Buyema Abdelfatan, also known as Castro, an ex Saharan soldier that now a days runs a centre for disabled children in the refugee camp of Smara (Tindouf, Algeria). A personal project that has earned
Emerald Green is the stunning conclusion to Kerstin Gier's Ruby Red Trilogy, picking up where Sapphire Blue left off, reaching new heights of intrigue and romance as Gwen finally uncovers the secrets of the time-travelin
This final digital version is based on the performance TABULA SMARAGDINA which I played together with the musician Thomas Köner between 1997 and 2004. For more information look at Performances. - In 2008 I started to dig
This downbeat, grim drama about three brothers who are reunited at their mother's funeral is actually visually as dark as its story, making it difficult at times to clearly distinguish a scene. These brothers are not par
The film follows Smaragda, a middle-aged woman on a journey of self-discovery. After countless failed relationships and a stagnant career, she decided to jump into social media for some notion of visibility, which she de
A 1997 live recording of Thomas Köner & Jürgen Reble's collaborative film. A separate final version was released as a digital recording in 2010.
Theo Staats arrives at his uncle's rubber plantation in 'Our' Indies, The Emerald Belt. He meets Ems, the beautiful singer of the club, and falls head over heels for her. Ems, who comes from a poor Indonesian-European fa
Mega Mindy, Grandpa and Grandma Fonkel, and Toby must solve the mystery of the sparkling emerald. There is a strange unknown man who wants to pay a lot of money for a painting that Grandma bought at the flea market. Gran
A cunning jewel thief has been giving Scotland Yard Inspector Grey a hard time for a long time. Nobody suspects that the man keeping the police on their toes is the likeable Roger Edgeston, the son of the Duke of the sam
A tribute and reflection on the political turmoil and tragic loss of life during the late '80s in Sri Lanka.
A legendary stolen Inca emerald comes into the possession of a man’s daughter after he fled to the jungles of South America following a hit-and-run accident. The valuable gem causes chaos in a small German town, a situat