AlleLiebenSchmidt - a Documentary about ALS

Everyone loves Bruno. Bruno is a family man. He lives in his childhood home with his wife, a dog and a cat – his 24 year old daughter will soon move into the house next door with her boyfriend. Bruno is a guy who cannot sit still, he laughs much and loud, he is very direct and open. He is also very open about his diagnosis, which seems to cause much more dismay for those around him than for himself – at least on first impression. Although one would expect … Show more

The goal of the film is to make a sustainable and emotional contribution to the topic of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).
ALS is a deadly disease. 60% of those affected die within the first 2-3 years and in many cases, the life expectancy is even significantly shorter.
We want to closely accompany a man and the people around him to educate about the disease and show how it can be dealt with. But most importantly, we want to portrait a man who is not lo… Show more

When you get a devastating diagnosis like Bruno did, you have two options:
1) you can lose faith, retreat and repeatedly ask yourself “why me”?
2) you can offensively approach your disease, and give positive energy to your environment and others with the same diagnosis – to address fears with an extra bit of motivation. This is what Bruno is doing. And we feel that Bruno deserves the biggest possible stage for his activities: “The world out there” needs to… Show more

If we reach the threshold of 20,000€, we can at least realize a film focusing on the Challenge in August. The expenses would cover the technical costs, travel and post production for 20 days of shooting.
Should we reach an amount between 20,000€ and 40,000€, we would extend the team with an important second unit, increase the technical effort and could at least partially compensate the team for their work. Should we reach an amount above 40,000€, we will s… Show more

We, Holger and Lars, make movies. Our company is based in Berlin, but we originate from Düsseldorf. In 2013, we broke the German crowdfunding record for our film “Fortunas Legenden”. We now want to take on the challenge of kicking off this project on the amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
In 2000, Lars lost his mother to ALS and has since kept in touch with the topic.