Photo: © Michael Amendolia
God of Sight
DOCUMENTARY FILM / IN PRODUCTION / DIR & PROD BY WEINERT BROTHERS / CO-PROD BY AMONDO FILMS / 90'
A filmmaker travels to the Himalayas to trace the inspiring story of the “God of Sight”: Nepalese eye surgeon Dr. Sanduk Ruit, who grew up in a remote mountain village, but went on to give more than 150,000 people their eyesight back. As the filmmaker follows the milestones of Ruit’s life, he discovers a deeper journey – one into the many other forms of blindness that afflict society, and the universal quest for purpose.
DOCUMENTARY SHORT, 2020 / 3SAT & ZDF / DIR & PROD BY WEINERT BROTHERS / GRIMME AWARD NOMINATED / 36'
Over the past years brothers Dennis and Patrick Weinert have built a reputation as young crisis reporters in their native Germany, but a dangerous incident now forces the brothers to re-think their chosen path in life.