Known for Production
Jonas Katzenstein (born in 1980) began his career as an audio engineer in 2002. Two years later he founded the recording studio "artaudio" in Cologne. In 2008 he created the film production company augenschein Filmproduktion together with Maximilian Leo.
Filmography
24 films


Bloody Tennis
2026 · 1h 34m
country: Germany
Sophie joins a prestigious tennis academy, where the brutality of competitive sports is taken to its extreme and only the hungriest survive.


The Weight
2026 · 1h 52m
country: United States
When Samuel is torn from his daughter and sent to a brutal prison, Warden Clancy offers him a high-stakes proposition: smuggle gold out of a remote mine with a dangerous crew of prisoners and he’ll win his freedom.


Mother Mary
2026 · 1h 52m
country: United States
Long-buried wounds rise to the surface when iconic pop star Mother Mary reunites with her estranged best friend and former costume designer Sam Anselm on the eve of her comeback performance.


Dead of Winter
2025 · 1h 38m
country: Germany
A widowed fisherwoman, travelling alone through snowbound northern Minnesota, interrupts the kidnapping of a teenage girl. Hours from the nearest town and with no phone service, she realizes that she is the young girl's only hope.


Islands
2025 · 2h 3m
country: Germany
In this twisty thriller, a tennis coach at a tropical resort finds himself at the center of a missing persons mystery. Tom teaches tennis during the day and parties at night. When an enigmatic tourist arrives, Tom is unable to shake the feeling he has met her before. Tension and attraction grow, until her husband disappears, and the police suspect Tom.


The Assessment
2025 · 1h 54m
country: Germany
In a climate change-ravaged world, a utopian society optimizes life, including parenthood assessments. A successful couple faces scrutiny by an evaluator over seven days to determine their fitness for childbearing.


A Sacrifice
2024 · 1h 34m
country: France
American social psychologist Ben Monroe investigates a local cult connected to a disturbing event. While he immerses himself into his work, his rebellious teenage daughter, Mazzy, gets involved with a mysterious local boy, who introduces her to the city’s underground party scene. As these two worlds head towards an intersection, Mazzy finds herself in great danger and Ben will need to race against the clock to save her.


The Dive
2023 · 1h 31m
country: Belgium
Two sisters go diving at a beautiful, remote location. One of the sisters is struck by a rock, leaving her trapped 28 meters below. With dangerously low levels of oxygen and cold temperatures, it is up to her sister to fight for her life.


All Russians Love Birch Trees
2022 · 1h 45m
country: Germany
After her boyfriend becomes extremely ill, Mascha re-evaluates her path and decides to leave her previous life behind. But it's only by returning home that she can find peace.


Home
2021 · 1h 40m
country: Germany
An ex-felon returns home from prison and must confront the demons of his past.


Stowaway
2021 · 1h 56m
country: Germany
A three-person crew on a mission to Mars faces an impossible choice when an unplanned passenger jeopardizes the lives of everyone on board.


7500
2019 · 1h 34m
country: Austria
When terrorists try to seize control of a Berlin-Paris flight, a soft-spoken young American co-pilot struggles to save the lives of the passengers and crew while forging a surprising connection with one of the hijackers.


Cloud Whispers
2018 · 1h 33m
country: Germany
On an impulse, 60 year old Charlotte leaves her husband stranded at a gas station in the middle of nowhere. A deep and driven instinct has her setting off, away from her old mundane life as a grandmother, a mother, a wife, and towards a new and different life. Little does she know that her granddaughter, Jo, a wonderfully whimsical child, is hiding in the back of the car. Charlotte’s spontaneous escape triggers off a journey, not only for her and her granddaughter, but also for her husband Paul and daughter Alex. As Paul and Alex pursue Charlotte and Jo across the countryside, they stumble into their own mishaps, self discoveries and emotional confrontations.


Schule, Schule - Die Zeit nach Berg Fidel
2017
country: Germany
Filmmaker Hella Wenders follows four children – David, Jakob, Anita, and Lucas – who attend the inclusive Berg Fidel school in Münster, where students are accepted regardless of physical, mental, or social differences and all kinds of impairments are accommodated. She documents the careers of David, Jakob, and Anita, as well as their former classmate Samira, after they left their old school and transferred to different secondary schools. She shows the different dreams, hopes, worries, fears, and hardships of the four children and young people, but also their academic and personal successes.


The Wounded Angel
2016 · 1h 53m
country: France
In a godforsaken Kazakh village four adolescent teenagers try to find their place in the world. Crapaud looks for metal in the village in search of treasures, whilst Aslan trains to be a surgeon to help support his girlfriend.


Tour du Faso
2014 · 1h 30m
country: France
Culture clash on the sandy streets of Burkina Faso. Africa’s biggest cycling race, the Tour du Faso, is a ten-stage challenge where adventurous European amateur cyclist and African local heroes compete passionately to make their dreams come true. Yet the film does not focus on the question of who will win – instead, it puts the protagonists’ experiences centre stage. TOUR DU FASO takes the audience time travelling back to pre-commercialised decades. Following the Tour du Faso, we learn more about cycling, Africa and the extraordinary fighting spirit of the underdogs. Here, it is still the taking part that counts...


My Brother's Keeper
2014 · 1h 28m
country: Germany
Two very different brothers: Gregor (32) and Pietschi (30). Whereas one is reliable and committed, the other is spontaneous and aimless. Gregor is married and is a good doctor; Pietschi in contrast is something of a ladies’ man and a hedonist. According to tradition, the two see each other at least once a year for a weekend of sailing. But this year Pietschi drops out without leaving a message, and simply disappears. Gregor’s life goes on, but he is confused and searches everywhere for a sign of his brother’s whereabouts. The more Gregor realises how little he knows about his brother, the more he becomes fascinated by these things he doesn't know. And the longer Pietschi remains missing, the more obsessed Gregor becomes with his brother’s fading echo, even going so far as to try and slip into his brother’s life. But what happens when one of them suddenly disappears from the mirror image? Can the other continue to be the person they are. Or rather, were?