<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\nI completed the degree program \u201cDigital Television\u201d at the Salzburg University of Applied Sciences, graduating as Dipl. Ing. in 2009. During my studies, I worked on more than ten short films in various roles, and I directed and co-developed the screenplay for four of them. In 2009, I completed my graduation film, for which I wrote, edited, produced, and directed the entire project myself.
I had already begun working as an assistant director on an early-evening TV series during my studies. This became the starting point for what is now a 12-year career as an assistant director on various projects and for different broadcasters. During this time, I was able to gain extensive experience in the planning and execution of film productions.
Over the past 15 years, I have had the privilege of working with some of the best and most renowned television directors in Germany. Through this experience and the strong collaborations, I was able to learn a great deal and develop my own approach. These experiences, combined with my personal growth, have prepared me for the next step in my artistic and professional development: becoming a director.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Director Statement<\/p>\n\n\n\n
DIRECTOR\u2019S STATEMENT<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Mother\u2019s Love is, at its core, a family drama about the most intimate and least questioned bond we know: the love between a mother and her child. The film follows Beate, a woman torn between grief for her deceased daughter and her conflicted feelings toward her young son\u2014who bears partial responsibility for the tragic accident that tore their family apart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
How unconditional is a mother\u2019s love? And what happens when the unthinkable challenges a bond we are taught to believe is absolute?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In our culture, motherhood is idealized. Mothers are expected to be selfless, forgiving, and endlessly resilient. But behind these expectations lie hidden sacrifices\u2014needs pushed aside, emotions suppressed, identities quietly abandoned. Mother\u2019s Love exposes the fragile, human truth behind this ideal: that a mother is not an archetype, but a person shaped by her own history, her own wounds, and her own limits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
My connection to this story is deeply personal. My father died when I was two. My mother\u2014suddenly alone with three sons\u2014gave up much of her own life to hold the family together. Only years later did I understand the weight she carried, and the unspoken expectations that shaped both her life and mine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This film began with a simple question: What if a child causes an irreversible tragedy? But what truly drove me was the follow-up question few dare to ask: How does the mother live with it? What does grief do to her love? And is she still allowed to be human when the world demands she remain a symbol?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
With Mother\u2019s Love, I aim to strip motherhood of its mythology and explore the raw, uncomfortable emotional territory that lies beneath. The film is not about judgment\u2014it is about empathy. It invites the audience to sit with a woman at her breaking point and to witness a love that is shaken, complicated, and painfully real.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
PLAY MOVIE (please click here)<\/a><\/p>\nBeate, 43, lives with her husband Uwe and their eight-year-old son Benjamin in a small town. On the surface, they appear to be an ordinary family\u2014yet they are still reeling from the tragic bus accident that claimed the life of their eldest daughter, twelve-year-old Jana. The loss continues to weigh heavily on Beate, piercing through her daily life like a wound that refuses to heal.<\/p>\n
When Benjamin is unexpectedly summoned to the police for questioning, Beate learns that her own son carries partial responsibility for the accident.<\/p>\n
This revelation shatters her. A storm of emotions begins to rage within her, pushing her into a psychological limbo between grief and maternal love. She can barely look Benjamin in the eyes without seeing in him the cause of her daughter\u2019s death.<\/p>\n
How is she supposed to face her child now?
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![<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\nI completed the degree program \u201cDigital Television\u201d at the Salzburg University of Applied Sciences, graduating as Dipl. Ing. in 2009. During my studies, I worked on more than ten short films in various roles, and I directed and co-developed the screenplay for four of them. In 2009, I completed my graduation film, for which I wrote, edited, produced, and directed the entire project myself.I had already begun working as an assistant director on an early-evening TV series during my studies. This became the starting point for what is now a 12-year career as an assistant director on various projects and for different broadcasters. During this time, I was able to gain extensive experience in the planning and execution of film productions.Over the past 15 years, I have had the privilege of working with some of the best and most renowned television directors in Germany. Through this experience and the strong collaborations, I was able to learn a great deal and develop my own approach. These experiences, combined with my personal growth, have prepared me for the next step in my artistic and professional development: becoming a director.<\/p>\n\n\n\nDirector Statement<\/p>\n\n\n\nDIRECTOR\u2019S STATEMENT<\/p>\n\n\n\nMother\u2019s Love is, at its core, a family drama about the most intimate and least questioned bond we know: the love between a mother and her child. The film follows Beate, a woman torn between grief for her deceased daughter and her conflicted feelings toward her young son\u2014who bears partial responsibility for the tragic accident that tore their family apart.<\/p>\n\n\n\nHow unconditional is a mother\u2019s love? And what happens when the unthinkable challenges a bond we are taught to believe is absolute?<\/p>\n\n\n\nIn our culture, motherhood is idealized. Mothers are expected to be selfless, forgiving, and endlessly resilient. 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And is she still allowed to be human when the world demands she remain a symbol?<\/p>\n\n\n\nWith Mother\u2019s Love, I aim to strip motherhood of its mythology and explore the raw, uncomfortable emotional territory that lies beneath. The film is not about judgment\u2014it is about empathy. It invites the audience to sit with a woman at her breaking point and to witness a love that is shaken, complicated, and painfully real.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PLAY MOVIE (please click here)<\/a><\/p>\nBeate, 43, lives with her husband Uwe and their eight-year-old son Benjamin in a small town. On the surface, they appear to be an ordinary family\u2014yet they are still reeling from the tragic bus accident that claimed the life of their eldest daughter, twelve-year-old Jana. 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