ARNE BÜTTNER
CINEMATOGRAPHER
FILMMAKER
COLORIST

REEL 2024

Selection of documentary images, recorded between 2016 and 2023.



// PORTFOLIO



CARAVANERAS (tba)


(Cinematographer)

DOCUMENTARY
MX / IT / DE 2025
90 min


Four women decide to flee from unbearable conditions. Their best chance at a new life is to join a migrant caravan traveling 4000 km north. Collectively, they defy national borders and repressive migrations policies from Honduras to the USA.

Director: Jakob Krese
Production: Mandarina Cine (MX), Zero Stress Productions (IT), Majmun Films (DE)





NASIM


(Director and Cinematographer)

DOCUMENTARY
DE 2022
85 min


Nasim struggles against all odds for a self-determined life in Moria, Europe’s largest refugee camp.

ZDF Broadcaster

Interview Public Radio (Deutschlandfunk) 




PRIMER PAQUETE PARA HONDURAS

(First package for Honduras)

(Cinematographer)

DOCUMENTARY
DE 2021
14 min


Director: Jakob Krese, Production: Majmun Films

Dinora prepares to send her first care package from the US back home to Honduras.




LO QUE QUEDA EN EL CAMINO

(What remains on the way)

(Cinematographer)

DOCUMENTARY
DE BR MX 2020
93 min


Director: Jakob Krese
Co-Director: Danilo do Carmo
Production: Majmun Films

Lilian and her four children decided to leave their home in Guatemala and join the caravan to the north.

GERMAN CINEMATOGRAPHY AWARD




LA ESPERA


(Cinematographer)

DOCUMENTARY
DE BR 2020
14 min


Director: Jakob Krese
Co-Director: Danilo do Carmo
Production: Majmun Films

available at Vimeo Staff Pick

People wait for a train.