Films
"Holler for Service" - feature documentary, 2025
"An Hour from the Middle of Nowhere" - feature debut documentary, 2023
"Viva House" - short documentary, 2018
"Concerned Travelers" - short documentary, 2017
"Crossing the Balkans - Tabanovce Train Station" - short documentary, 2017
"The Leopards on Jabal Samhan" - short documentary, 2015
Holler for Service - feature documentary, 2025
In a small Southern town in the USA, a sharp-witted woman runs the local hardware store — and shakes up tradition, one corn bag at a time.
A film by Ole Elfenkaemper & Kathrin Seward
77 min / 1.66:1 / Stereo / Germany, USA / English
An Hour from the Middle of Nowhere - feature documentary, 2023
In the Deep South, the lives of an immigration attorney, a community, and a family intertwine in the shadow of one of the largest immigration detention prisons in the United States.
A film by Ole Elfenkaemper & Kathrin Seward
83 min / 1.66:1 / 5.1 / Germany, USA / English, Spanish, Portuguese
Viva House - short documentary, 2018
Every Wednesday, Viva House opens its doors in Southwest Baltimore, where Willa and Brendan have run a food kitchen for over 50 years. In one of the city’s poorest neighborhoods—marked by unemployment, homelessness, and violence—the couple and their team of volunteers have created a haven of dignity and care. Set entirely within the two modest row houses they’ve operated since 1968, the film follows a single day at the food pantry, offering an intimate glimpse into their daily work. Over the decades, Willa and Brendan have served more than a million meals, launched after-school programs, and led reading groups for children—building a network of support that empowers their community. Though the camera never leaves the confines of Viva House, the film speaks to the broader struggles of life in the inner city and the quiet strength of those who refuse to give up.
A film by Ole Elfenkaemper & Kathrin Seward
15 min / 1.66:1 / STR / Germany, USA / English
For Willa.
Concerned Travelers - short documentary, 2017
Concerned Travelers is set on Lesbos during the last weeks before the EU-Turkey agreement came into effect in early 2016. One Million people reached Europe by sea in 2015 and almost half of them arrived on the beaches of Lesbos. The film follows migrants who arrive on Lesbos, before they move with a ferry to the Greek mainland and continue to travel north to central Europe. With the influx of migrants on the Greek Island, tourism came to a sudden halt and changed the livelihood of many islanders profoundly. Tourists who discuss their concerns in online travel forums regarding the crisis create the tone for this short documentary.
A film by Ole Elfenkaemper
7 min / 1.66:1 / STR / Germany / German
