DOCUMENTARIES

Movie poster for 'The Last Spy' showing a split image of a man with glasses on the left in black-and-white and another person on the right in color with red overlay. The poster contains confidential stamps, clandestine documents, and barcoded images, with a quote about film insightful into espionage. The title 'The Last Spy' is prominently displayed along with credits and production logos at the bottom.

The Last Spy

The Last Spy is the riveting biography of 102-year-old CIA spymaster Peter Sichel, revealing for the first time the epic and unvarnished history of the US foreign intelligence service from the inside. With a good dose of wit and humour, Sichel unpacks the obscured roots of conflicts that plague today’s world and the toll espionage took on his personal life.

A FILM BY KATHARINA OTTO-BERNSTEIN

Production: Documentary Feature | USA-Germany | 2025

Distributor: Menemsha Sales: Dogwoof

Writer & Director: Katharina Otto-Bernstein

Producers: Katharina Otto-Bernstein, Oleg Dubson, Kathrin Lohmann, Sabine Schenk

Executive Producers: Simon Kilmurry, David Dinerstein, Frida Torresblanco, Frank Murray

Co-Producer: Federica Belletti

Cast: Peter Sichel, Carl Bernstein, Sylvia Sichel, John Hadden, Erick Arbenz, Adam LeBor, Stephen Kinzer, Scott Anderson, Stella Sichel, Bettina Sichel, Peter Grose, Kartika Soekarno

Black and white promotional poster for the film 'Mapplethorpe' featuring a portrait of a young man with styled hair and a leather jacket.

Mapplethorpe: Look at the Pictures

The only thing more outrageous than Robert Mapplethorpe's photographs was his life. This is the portrait of an artist who turned contemporary photography into a fine art, with a vision that created a culture war, still raging to this day.

A FILM BY FENTON BAILEY & RANDY BARBATO

Production: Documentary | USA | 2016

Distributor: HBO

Directors: Fenton Bailey & Randy Barbato

Producers: Fenton Bailey, Randy Barbato, Sara Bernstein, Mona Card, Katharina Otto-Bernstein

Cast: Harry Mapplethorpe, George Stack, Nancy Rooney

Executive Producers: Sheila Nevins

Associate Producer: Kathrin Lohmann, Jordan Papadopoulos

Awards:

Outstanding Cinematography for a Nonfiction Program, Emmy Nomination

Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Special, Emmy Nomination

Berlin International Film Festival, Best Documentary Film Nominee

Best Documentary Feature (TV/Streaming) - Critic’s Choice Awards Nominee

Festivals: Sundance, Berlinale, Zurich Film Festival, New Zealand International Film Festival, The Buenos Aires International Independent Film Festival, Jerusalem Film Festival, Festival Do Rio, Austin Film Festival, Miami Film Festival, BFI London Film Festival, Madrid Doc Festival

Movie poster for 'Absolute Wilson' featuring a man in profile with a contemplative pose, text highlighting awards and cast members including Robert Wilson, Susan Sontag, Philip Glass, and David Byrne, with film festival laurels from Berlin, Sydney, Melbourne, Warsaw, Copenhagen, Jerusalem, Rio de Janeiro, Seattle, and Vancouver.

Absolute Wilson

Absolute Wilson chronicles the epic life, times and creative genius of Robert Wilson, intimately revealing for the first time one of the most controversial, rule-breaking and downright mysterious artists of our era. More than a biography, the film becomes an exhilarating exploration of the transformative power of creativity itself - and the inspirational tale of a boy who grew up as a troubled and learning-disabled outsider in the American South only to become a fearless artist with a profoundly original perspective to share with the world.

A FILM BY KATHARINA OTTO-BERNSTEIN

Production: Documentary | USA | 2006

Distributor: HBO (North America), Studio Canal (Europe)

Streaming: Amazon Prime

Director/Writer: Katharina Otto-Bernstein

Producer: Katharina Otto-Bernstein

Co-Producers: Penny Stankiewicz, Kathrin Lohmann

Cast: Robert Wilson, David Byrne, Tom Waits, Susan Sontag, William S. Burroughs, Philip Glass, Jessye Norman

Festivals: Berlinale, Sydney Film Festival, Melbourne Film Festival, Torino Film Festival, Vancouver International Film Festival, Jerusalem Film Festival, Seattle Film Festival, Silver DOCS, International Festival Rotterdam, Festival do Rio, Oxford Film Festival, Copenhagen, MOMA, Guggenheim, Warsaw International Film Festival, The Smithsonian.

Awards:
Warsaw International Film Festival, Best Documentary nominee
Art Basel “Art Film of The Year” Award

An elderly woman walking alone on a snowy path, wearing paint-splattered clothes and a beanie, with trees and houses in the background.

The Price of Everything

Exploring the labyrinth of the contemporary art world, The Price of Everything examines the role of art and artistic passion in today’s money-driven, consumer-based society. Featuring collectors, dealers, auctioneers and a rich range of artists, from current market darlings Jeff Koons, Gerhard Richter and Njideka Akunyili Crosby, to one-time art star Larry Poons, the film exposes deep contradictions as it holds a mirror up to contemporary values and times, coaxing out the dynamics at play in pricing the priceless.

A FILM BY NATHANIEL KAHN

Production: Documentary | USA | 2018 | Distributor: HBO

Streaming: Amazon Prime

Writer & Director: Nathaniel Khan

Producers: Jennifer Blei Stockman, Debi Wisch, Carla Solomon

Executive Producers: Regina K. Scully, Katharina Otto-Bernstein, Audrey & Zygi Wilf, Jane & Mark Wilf, Jeffrey Pechter, Nathaniel Khan

Cast: Jeff Koons, Larry Poons, Gerhard Richter, George Condo, Mary Boone, Gavin Brown, Connie Butler, Amy Cappellazzo, Njideka Akunyili Crosby, Simon de Pury, Jeffrey Deitch, Stefan Edlis, Marilyn Minter, Jerry Saltz

Festivals: Sundance, San Francisco Film Festival, AFI, Full Frame Documentary Film Festival, Nantucket Film Festival, Rhode Island Int. Film Festival, Jerusalem Film Festival, Athens International Film Festival, Vancouver Film Festival, Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Film Festival, Cleveland International Film Festival, Philadelphia Film Festival, Full Frame, le FIFA

Awards: 2019 News & Documentary Emmy Award

A promotional poster for the film "BeauToria: The Model Movie" featuring a woman sitting in a suggestive pose with a man holding a camera, in black and white with red framing and credits at the bottom.

Beautopia

Filmed in five countries, with an unprecedented cast that includes Kate Moss, Cindy Crawford, Claudia Schiffer, Naomi Campbell, Elle McPherson, Eva Herzigova, Carla Bruni, Helena Christensen, Veronica Webb, Lauren Hutton, Veruschka, Calvin Klein, Karl Lagerfeld, Isaac Mizrahi, Valentino, Oscar de la Renta, Mario Testino, Francesco Scavullo, John Casablancas and many more familiar faces, BEAUTOPIA is the first documentary of its kind to demystify the glamour of the modelling profession by drawing us into the personal struggles of young girls thrown into the cut-throat world of hero worship.

A FILM BY KATHARINA OTTO-BERNSTEIN

BEAUTOPIA follows four teenagers: Petra Svabenksa, Susanne Hoppe, Sarah Cookson and Dana Douglas, as they leave home and on their attempt to become top supermodels. Director Katharina Otto-Bernstein masterfully deconstructs the glamour of the profession by exposing the business behind the beauty.

Director/Writer : Katharina Otto-Bernstein

Producer: Katharina Otto-Bernstein

Cast: Kate Moss, Cindy Crawford, Claudia Schiffer, Naomi Campbell, Elle McPherson, Eva Herzigova, Carla Bruni, Helena Christensen, Veronica Webb, Lauren Hutton, Veruschka, Calvin Klein, Karl Lagerfeld, Isaac Mizrahi, Valentino, Oscar de la Renta, Mario Testino, Francesco Scavullo, John Casablancas

Production: Documentary | USA | 1998

Streaming: Amazon Prime

Festivals: Sundance (1998), Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival, Festival do Rio, Chicago International Film Festival, Doc Aviv, Tokyo Film Festival

Awards: Winner of the Silver Hugo Award for excellence in the field of social/political documentary at the Chicago International Film festival

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