Understanding something makes me happy. This can be a complex fact hidden behind an inconspicuous observation, or the tragic background of a biography that makes me understand a person's motivations and emotions and gives me reasons for their actions. As a filmmaker, I want my stories to explore and contemplate these connections. I want to create meaning in order to be able to understand what I did not understand before. That's why common means and narratives sometimes have to be broken, in order to be able to create insight in the viewer and remain entertaining at the same time. That is my claim. My films help me to better understand the world and its phenomena and to make them accessible to myself and others. That fulfills me.