In 2008 Lars Büchel directed the film 'LIPPELS TRAUM' (based on a novel by Paul Maar) which was shot in Morocco, Munich and Passau. It was nominated for Best Feature Film at the North German Film Awards 2007 and Justus von Dohnányi was nominated for the German Film Awards in the category 'Best Male Supporting Role'. In 2006 the feature film 'BIS ZUM ELLENBOGEN' (written and directed by Justus von Dohnanyi) was produced. PAULAS GEHEIMNIS (written and directed by Gernot Krää in) won the main prize at the International Children's Film Festival 'LUCAS' in Frankfurt on September 30, 2006. The episodic film NICHTS-WEITER-ALS, produced by Element E, was screened in the series 'Perspektive Deutsches Kino' at the 56th Berlinale. According to the ranking of 'Horizont' and 'W&V', Element E Filmproduktion has been among the top 10 most creative German film productions since its foundation.

In recent years, Element E has produced numerous commercials for Allianz, Mercedes Benz, Citroen, ZDF, Loewe, Sparkasse, Amorelie, PAYONE, Share Now and many others that are part of Element E Filmproduktion's portfolio.

Hoefflin, which produces both feature films and commercials. The film music thus won the German Film Prize 2004.Īt the beginning of 2005 Büchel founded the production company Element E Filmproduktion GmbH in Hamburg, together with producer Bernd T. With 'Erbsen auf halb 6' (2004) about the journey of a blind man and his teacher for the blind to his mother in Russia was also highly praised, especially the performance of Fritzi Haberlandt attracted attention. Lars Büchel's film also received the Film Prize of the City of Lünen. With this film, the leading actresses received the Ernst Lubitsch Award for the best German comedy. It tells the story of three old ladies who become bank robbers in order to fulfil a lifelong dream. This was followed by 'Jetzt oder nie, Zeit ist Geld' (2000), which was a huge success with an audience of 1.2 million. His first feature film '4 Geschichten über 5 tote' (1998) was nominated for the Max Ophüls Prize. Since January 2010 he is a professor at the Academy of Media Arts for the field of feature film directing. Followed by the Academy of Media Arts in Cologne, where he was a student of Dominik Graf, among others. He started his studies in Berlin, where he studied theatre and philosophy. Lars Büchel works as an author, film producer and director.