Peter Nestler Movies

“Don’t be scared,” he’d whisper, “There’s nothing to be scared of. It’s just the hollow people.”...

The film presents artists from the Sinti and Roma minority who shape the trauma of persecution and very personal experiences in their works.

Peter Nestler's poetic documentary Verteidigung der Zeit is not only an hommage to Jean-Marie Straub's and Danièle Huillet's film Quei loro...

A documentary about the Sami people across Norway, Sweden, Finland, and Russia, and about the environmental devastation in that area throughout the...

Nestler traces the history of Frankfurt’s Jewish ghetto from the middle ages to the present day.

Stoff (1) is part of a series of films made for television and aimed at young audiences. The series was dedicated to the history and techniques...

Second documentary short by Peter Nestler about Iranian migration in Sweden

Documentary about the journey of a barge through East Germany.

Today, the Römerstrasse in Italy's Aosta valley, is a significant traffic artery in the center of modern Europe. Nestler's journey explores the...

Jewish painter Leopold Mayer fled his native Frankfurt at the rise of the Nazi regime. Although briefly finding refuge in France, where he changed...

In this tale based on a Brothers Grimm story, Prince Alfred searches for an enchanted castle that holds a magic fountain whose waters can cure his...

Shot in the commercial harbor of Fos-sur-Mer in Southern France, this film denounces the destruction of the region and the poor living and working...

Still photography combined with moving imagery in this portrait of civic life in Chile. Made for Swedish public television almost a decade after the...

A documentary of the town of Sheffield's main pub and the people who went there.

Documentary short about Iranian migration in Sweden

Peter Nestler's short focusses the works of four Chilean artists: two painters [Nicolas de la Cruz and Jorge Kuhn], a graphic designer [Rolando...

short film about a wicker weaver in Budapest

Greker i Sverige [Greeks in Sweden] consists of a staged discussion between Greek political refugees in Sweden. Dialogue is mainly in Greek, but the...

Documentary short made for Swedish public television (SVT) about the past and current situation for Native Americans in the US. The film was produced...

A reflection on the dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet captured in its economic and social causalities. Originally shot for a TV youth program but...