Wie ich lernte, die Zahlen zu lieben

Director Oliver Sechting actually wanted to shoot a documentary about the New York artist scene, but he suffers obsessive compulsive disorder involving colors and numbers. Oliver Sechting lives with an obsessive compulsive disorder involving colors and numbers. His affliction ended up taking over his documentary HOW I LEARNED TO LOVE NUMBERS, which was originally meant to explore NYC's underground scene with co-director Max Taubert. Featuring interviews with directors Tom Tykwer, Ira Sachs and Jonathan Caouette. This doc-fiction film was shown at “achtung berlin” festival. All day long, Berlin based director Oliver Sechting is tortured by certain combinations of numbers and certain colors. At worst, they cause serious panic attacks and even fear of death. Director Oliver Sechting says about his own film and his motivation: "Our film is intended to encourage people with mental health issues to be true to themselves and go through life with confidence. Therapy can help, but it cannot always cure. You can either despair about this or try to make the best of it. As someone who is affected, telling your own story is a good step toward bringing yourself and others out of a dark corner of life and into the light."