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

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

Direction, camera, editing — as an equal. She is the voice of many scenes and decides which moments stay in the film.
2024 · 123 min · Documentary · Germany
The second journey: overland to Asia, a birth in Goa, ten months stuck in India.
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)