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Ralf Bücheler was born in 1975 and grew up in rural Bavaria. Studied Social Anthropology and German Literature in Munich and Swansea. MA. Later documentary direction at the University of Film & Television in Munich. Ralf works as a freelance filmmaker in Munich. CV |
8. November 2011
"Die große Passion" in German cinemas
Jörg Adolphs documentary on the Oberammergau Passion Play hits the big screen in Germany - on the 17th of October. Ralf contributed to the film as assistant director.
To the
movie Trailer
(in German) .
To dates
and venues.
To production company if...productions.
12. April 2011
Promotion video for the municipality of Oberammergau
Ralf Bücheler just finished the new promotional video for the municiplality of Oberammergau - "Oberammergau - The Passion Play Village". The documentary is 23 minutes long, tells the story of last year's 41st edition of the world famous Passion Play and portrays the village. The film comes in two versions - German and English. Watch it here:
15. January 2011
Ethnographic interviews for the Bavarian Forest National Park
On the 14th of January a new permanent exhibition opened it's doors at the visitor centre of the Bavarian Forest National Park, the "Hans-Eisenmann-Haus". It is located roughly 200 kilometres north-east of Munich in Neuschönau. The visitor centre is the the starting point to exoplore Germany's longest standing National Park.
In 2010 the park celebrated it's 40th anniversary - and on this occasion the permanent exhibition in the "Hans Eisenmann-Haus" was renewed completely. The HEH commissioned Ralf Bücheler and Johannes Rosenstein to conduct eight ethnographic interviews with people from the region. The essence of these conversations is now part of the exhibition.
The Royal Filmmakers were responsible for conducting, filming and editing of the interviews. We also prepared the clips for presentation in the exhibition and added subtitles in German, English and Czech.
Please click here for further information.
6. September 2010
"Tropic of Sheep" will be opening film of the 7th. Int. Film Festival Eberswalde
It's a great pleasure to announce that Ralf Buecheler's documentary "Tropic of Sheep" has been chosen as the opening film of this year's "Provinziale" at Eberswalde. The film will be shown on Saturday, the 2nd of October 2010 in the "Plenarsaalkino" at Eberswalde. The festival's motto is "films for the province - films about the province". This year's selection features 65 productions from over 40 countries that will be shown from the 2nd to the 9th of October 2010. The programme of the festival should be available soon at www.filmfest-eberswalde.de.
Further information on the film can be found here.
By the way: Eberswalde is only 60 km away from Berlin
12. July 2010
On Sunday, the 25th
of July German channel BR Alpha will show "Tropic of Sheep"
again - at 4:15 pm.
This will be the
third German broadcast of the film.
Further information on the film is available from the film's website.
19. May 2010
On Tuesday, the 25th of May German broadcaster NDR will air "Tropic of Sheep" again. The time: 23:30 - that's a straightforward documentary slot!
More information on the film is available from here, where you can find the film's mini-site oder further down on this page (trailer, press release, synopsis).
21. April 2009
On Thursday
the 13th of May 2010 German broadcaster "Bayerisches Fernsehen"
will show the documentary "The Passion of Oberammergau" at
7 p.m.
In
2010 the village of Oberammergau stages the Passion Play for the 41st time
since 1634. The film shows the work on the current production - through exclusive
observation and historical footage from the last 100 years. Ralf Buecheler
was the co-director of the film, researched the archival footage and edited
the film together with director Joerg Adolph.
"The
Passion of Oberammergau" will be available with English subtitles on
DVD in late spring 2010.
Further
Information (in German only):
Press release release from "Bayerisches
Fernsehen"
Webpage of the production company if...productions
27. November 2009
"Wendekreis des Schafs"
on television:
On Saturday, the 12th of December German broadcaster "Bayerisches Fernsehen"
will show Ralf Buecheler's documentary "Tropic of Sheep - Wendekreis
des Schafs".
Switch on at 11:15 pm!
If you would like to know more about the film, please go here: http://www.royalfilmmakers.com/tropic
Ralf Bücheler's film
"Tropic of Sheep" will be screened at the XVII. Int. Film Festival
"Cameriamge" in Lodz / Poland on Sunday, the 29th of November at
3 pm. The Venue: Polonia Cinema.
Further information @ www.pluscamerimage.pl.
28. Oktober 2009
Finally "Tropic of Sheep" can be seen in a cinema again: The English / Gaelic / Czech original version will be screened with German subtitles at Tuesday the 1st of December 2009 at the 4th Scottish-Gaelic Film Festival FILMALBA in Bonn / Germany. The screening will start at 7 pm at the cidema "Bonner Kinemathek" (Kreuzstrasse 16, 53225 Bonn-Beuel). Please visit the festival's website for further details: www.filmalba.de.
31. August 2009
The Website of Ralf Buecheler's film "Tropic of Sheep" is finished. Very simple, clear and easy to acces. This way, please: Click!
10. July 2009
Ralf Bücheler made the official trailer for the Oberammergau Passion Play 2010:
Further information (and tickets) @: www.passionsspiele2010.de
1. July 2009
The DVD production "Nuclear Power" is released. Ralf Buecheler directed this educational programme for the Munich based company Focus Multimedia. The film is available in Germany through a public educational media lending system ("Bildstellen"). At the moment only a German version exists.
More about the film: Click!
1. June 2009
A funny photo slide show from the world premiere of Ralf Buecheler's film "Tropic of Sheep" on the website of the 24th Munich International DOK.FEST 2009. We had a phantastic evening: Click!
5. May 2009
Ralf Buecheler's educational DVD "It's British - Isn't It? Holiday by the Sea" is released. This DVD is designed for pupils in their second and third year of learning English and was produced by Munich based company Focus Multimedia. The film is available in Germany through a public educational media lending system ("Bildstellen") and can be obtained by teachers by visiting the website of Focus Multimedia.
More about the film: Click!
1. May 2009
Ralf Buecheler's Film "Wendekreis des Schafs" is completed. The world premiere will take place at 5 pm at the 24th International DOK.FEST in Munich on the 8th of May 2009.
Wendekreis des Schafs - Tropic of Sheep (sysnopsis)
Barra was not what Marie had expected: She left the Czech republic for work and ended up on a tiny island in the Atlantic off Scotland. Now she lives here, on the edge of Europe, and starts to feel at home. Her boyfriend Andrej wants to go back.
Joan from London followed her parents - they started a hotel business on Barra, without any experience in the industry. On the island Joan seems to come to terms with a blow of fate long ago.
Crofter Iain has been working on the windy pastures of North Uist for all his life. Now it's time "to take a back seat". But there is one problem: Iains son is reluctant to take over. Iains daughter Joan would - and between lambing and sheep sales they make plans for an uncertain future. Around them: the vast, empty, and grand landscape of the islands.
Tales from the Western
Isles off the Scottish northwest coast - a way of life many dream of, being
rather different from a dream. A portrait of a place made of wind, clouds,
water, and light.
Produced by FR Entertainment GmbH, commissioned by Telepool und Bayerischer Rundfunk. World sales: Telepool GmbH
20. February 2009
Ralf Buecheler will be researcher and co-director of the film "Oberammergauer Leidenschaft". The 45minute documentary will show the history of and the preparations to the Oberammergau Passion Play 2010. It will be screened by "Bayerisches Fernsehen" just before the start of the Passion Play in 2010.