YouTube (since 2021, on-going, in German)
Somewhat surprisingly, my ‘film focus’ shifted to YouTube in 2025. After completing my first feature length documentary, I thought I would work on the next big film. But then I began posting more frequently on YouTube (in German) — about the need for economic systems change. The response has been surprising and very positive. There seems to be an audience in Germany that not only appreciates an unflinching look at the devastation that our economic system causes, but that is also willing to do something about it. Over the course of 2025, a project to develop a political organisation in Germany grew out of this.
You can find the channel here: youtube.com/@MartinOetting.
Documentary Feature Film ‘Purpose’ (2018–2024, English)
My first feature film is the documentary “Purpose”, about creating wellbeing economies. It had its premiere on June 11th 2024 at the Wellbeing Economy Forum in Iceland. Since then, we have been organising screenings around the world, including a number of environmentally-themed film festivals. An overview of screenings past, present and future is on the film’s website: purpose.film/screenings/
If you want to organise your own screening, please get in touch. The film is available in its original English version, and in adaptations in German and Italian.
Further & past projects
I also have an experimental YouTube channel called MOPALAB which is all about hand-drawn animation. I am posting fairly irregularly there, and I am not promoting the channel.
Past film projects and experiments are listed on the ‘Past Projects‘ page.
Updates about my film projects:
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I’m on Instagram — without being on Instagram
I have been paying attention to the political leanings of those who operate social networks for a while. That is why Instagram was never an option for me. Now it…
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The First Official ‘Purpose’ Trailer
Yesterday, we published the first trailer for our film ‘Purpose‘ on YouTube. Very excited. We also made a 10-minute making-of about how the filming, post production and premiere went which…
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My Only Comment About AI, the US Elections, Putin & Globalisation in 2024
Here is my latest animation film on MOPALAB. I think it will be the only public comment I will make about all these things. What else is there to say?
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My Latest Time-Lapse Drawings
In the background — behind all the work that is currently going on for our documentary feature film — my animation channel still doesn’t rest. Here are the latest time-lapse…
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Inventing Indiana Jones
I found a wonderful little treasure — at least for all film buffs: A transcribed conversation from 1978, in which George Lucas is pitching Steven Spielberg and Lawrence Kasdan his…
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My latest Animation Film: Italian-German Culture Clash
I couldn’t even say what triggered this — but one day I thought I had to deal with the horrible German notion of putting pineapple on pizza, from an Italian…
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A First-Time Filmmaker’s Rollercoaster Ride
When I decided to go to Iceland for the premiere of my first feature-length film, I realised that I had to document that journey. Here is the video about what…
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When a Japanese Monster Movie Gives Hollywood A Sucker Punch
While a lot of Hollywood’s so-called “blockbuster” fare is beginning to feel incredibly stale, others pick up the pace and do their own thing. Like this Japanese film that shocked…
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Feedback for our Film ‘Purpose’ in Iceland
I’ve been back from Iceland for over a week now, and I’m still terribly excited about the great feedback we received at the premiere of our film “Purpose”. Just check…
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Incredible Iceland
I just spent two weeks on a trip to Iceland, to present my first film ‘Purpose’ there for its premiere at the Wellbeing Economy Forum. It turned into one of…