DOK.deutsch competition
For this screening, producer Susan Schimk, cinematographer Uwe Mann and editor Thomas Beyer are our guests for a subsequent Q&A.
FRAUEN IN LANDSCHAFTEN
Deutschland 2023 – Director: Sabine Michel – Original with English subtitles (Q&A with producer, cameraman und editor) – Length: 90 min.
Symbolic: on the election campaign stand in front of the Mäc Geiz discount store, the left-wing politician Anke Domscheit-Berg discusses the differences in pay between East and West Germany with passers-by – more than thirty years after reunification. She is one of four female politicians with East German backgrounds portrayed in the film. Alongside her, Manuela Schwesig, Yvonne Magwas and Frauke Petry analyse German history – and their own life stories. Anka Klauck
Biography
Sabine Michel
Worked as a director's and camera assistant. Work stays in Paris (FEMIS) and Lisbon, directing studies at the Film University "Konrad Wolf" Potsdam/Babelsberg. Foreign correspondent for N24. Since then, films for cinema and television that address socially relevant issues. Her portrait of the photographer Sibylle Bergemann is awarded the Adolf Grimme Prize and the Marler Gruppe Prize. She is a member of the German Film Academy.
Filmography
AUSLANDSKADER – BOTSCHAFTER DES SOZIALISMUS, DE 2018, 43 min.
MONTAGS IN DRESDEN, DE 2017, 83 min.
ZONENMÄDCHEN, DE 2013, 75 min.
Nominated for the DOK.deutsch Wettbewerb
Intense stories and the unusual on one's own doorstep: the competition presents films that deal with people and topics in German-speaking countries. The VIKTOR DOK.deutsch Competition is endowed with 7,500 euros. The prize sponsor is Sky.
Writer: Sabine Michel. Camera: Uwe Mann. Sound: Oliver Prasnikar. Editing: Thomas Kleinwächter, Hanka Knipper. Production: solo:film GmbH. Producer: Susann Schimk.
