# This Is What I Want to Do — Facts

**Logline.** Marc Thiele has run beyond tellerrand, a festival for designers, developers, and artists, since 2011. From 2019 to 2023, two friends followed him with their cameras — through the year every venue went dark.

- Genre: Documentary · Observational
- Tone: Emotive, light-hearted, positive
- Running time: 83 minutes
- Production year: 2024
- Production: filmed over four years, 2019–2023; five years from the first idea to the premiere
- Shooting ratio: 43:1 (60 hours of footage for 83 minutes of film)
- Premiere: 19 January 2024, Filmforum NRW, Cologne (210 guests)
- Setting: Pre- and post-pandemic Europe between 2019 and 2023, especially Krefeld, Düsseldorf, and Berlin.

## Synopsis
Stefan Nitzsche and Andreas Brüggemann followed Marc Thiele, founder of the festival beyond tellerrand, over four years of filming, 2019 to 2023. Marc gave them a rare insight into the planning, organisation, and realisation of a festival he has run for more than a decade — and into the energy he draws between festivals from his family, his running, and the people around him.

The multi-day beyond tellerrand takes place annually in Düsseldorf and Berlin. Visitors describe it as unique: a family atmosphere, a wide range of speakers, supportive partners, and a founder who cares about every detail.

Then the COVID-19 pandemic hit. The film shows the lockdown and the ban on events, the financial fears that follow, and the ups and downs Marc goes through. Will beyond tellerrand survive? And is a festival still the same after a worldwide pandemic?

## Versions
All five versions have English and German audio; only the burned-in subtitles differ.

- English: English subtitles for the German dialogue
- German: German subtitles for the English dialogue
- English CC: English subtitles (CC)
- German CC: German subtitles (CC)
- International: English subtitles for the German dialogue, German for the English

## Technical
- Running time: 83 minutes (1:23:13:20 at 25 fps)
- Picture: 4K UHD 16:9 (streaming), 4K DCI 2.39:1 scope (theatrical), 25p; 1080p (Full HD) as a fallback where 4K cannot be projected
- Formats: ProRes 4444 XQ or MP4 (H.264 or H.265); DCP on request
- Sound: Stereo and 5.1; immersive Dolby Atmos / Eclipsa Audio mix for the Esfera release

## Locations
Krefeld (Germany, 11 shoots), Düsseldorf (Germany, 15 shoots), Berlin (Germany, 5 shoots), Velbert (Germany, 1 shoot), Oostkapelle (Netherlands, 1 shoot), The Hague (Netherlands, 1 shoot), Essen (Germany, 4 shoots), Hamburg (Germany, 2 shoots), Auetal (Germany, 1 shoot), Neuss (Germany, 1 shoot), Brussels (Belgium, 1 shoot)

## The archive
- Material: 36.5 TB across 35,249 files
- Footage: 9,164 video clips; 6,493 audio files
- Shooting: 42 shoots, April 2019 to March 2024

Measured from the production archive, 28 August 2026.

## Key creative team
- Stefan Nitzsche: Director, Producer, Writer, Editor, Second camera, Sound recordist
- Andreas Brüggemann: Director, Writer, Director of photography, First camera, Colourist, Editor
- Nicolas Schuele: Original music, Producer
- Rob Draper: Title artwork
- Elliot Jay Stocks: Typographic consulting

## Contact
AMBIMYTH · Stefan Nitzsche · Schangstraße 2, 45259 Essen, Germany
hello@ambimyth.com · +49 201 87098780