The Long Way Around

About

About

We are Timo Götz and Salima Oudefel — filmmakers and parents of three daughters. We film what we live. No script, no crew behind us.

Timo Götz

Timo Götz

Direction, camera, editing. He started filming to hold on to what would otherwise be lost. “Auf Umwegen” is his second feature documentary.

Salima Oudefel

Salima Oudefel

Direction, camera, editing — as an equal. She is the voice of many scenes and decides which moments stay in the film.

Films

Auf Umwegen

2024 · 123 min · Documentary · Germany

The second journey: overland to Asia, a birth in Goa, ten months stuck in India.

Auf dem Weg – when encounters change you

2019 · Documentary · Germany

The first film. Three years in Asia with their then one-year-old daughter Emilia.

Alongside the films we run our own project for families travelling with children — and for schools: The Living Classroom

The German-language version: Welt als Klassenzimmer (German)