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German Perspectives Animation Films about the Berlin Wall The Other Side (Die andere Seite) UK/ Germany, 2007, 5 min, Director: Ellie Land In this starkly animated documentary about the Berlin Wall, the subjects recall what they imagined was on the other side of the Wall. The Scent of the West (Der Duft des Westens) Germany, 2013, 5 min, Directors: Mark Huff and Arne Breusing A story of escape - between 1949 and 1989 about three million people left the GDR and the Soviet-oc- cupied zone. Reinhold Huff, Mark Huff’s father, esca- ped in September 1973 through the inner German border into Bavaria in western Germany. Sitis East Germany, 1987, 11 min, Director: Rainer Schade The cartoonist for this film, which depicts a charac- ter who runs his life into a wall, is still surprised that an East German state operated and controlled studio would produce a film with such a storyboard. Monday, December 8, 6:30 pm A selection of films dealing with the topic of the Berlin Wall, curated by Annegret Richter, Head of Animation at DOK Leipzig. All films either have English subtitles or no dialogue. Micki Germany, 2014, 5 min, Director: Alexander Lahl Micki recounts the story of Marienetta Jirkowsky, who tried to escape across the Berlin Wall for love. With only a few more meters remaining to climb, her story came to a tragic end.
Transcript of German Perspectives - Goethe-Institut · All films either have English subtitles or no dialogue....
German Perspectives
Animation Films about the Berlin Wall
The Other Side (Die andere Seite)UK/ Germany, 2007, 5 min, Director: Ellie LandIn this starkly animated documentary about the Berlin Wall, the subjects recall what they imagined was on the other side of the Wall.
The Scent of the West (Der Duft des Westens)Germany, 2013, 5 min, Directors: Mark Huff and Arne BreusingA story of escape - between 1949 and 1989 about three million people left the GDR and the Soviet-oc-cupied zone. Reinhold Huff, Mark Huff’s father, esca-ped in September 1973 through the inner German border into Bavaria in western Germany.
SitisEast Germany, 1987, 11 min, Director: Rainer SchadeThe cartoonist for this film, which depicts a charac-ter who runs his life into a wall, is still surprised that an East German state operated and controlled studio would produce a film with such a storyboard.
Monday, December 8, 6:30 pm
A selection of films dealing with the topic of the Berlin Wall, curated by Annegret Richter, Head of Animation at DOK Leipzig.All films either have English subtitles or no dialogue.
MickiGermany, 2014, 5 min, Director: Alexander LahlMicki recounts the story of Marienetta Jirkowsky, who tried to escape across the Berlin Wall for love. With only a few more meters remaining to climb, her story came to a tragic end.
German Perspectives
Animation Films about the Berlin Wall
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Hollow Land (Terre d‘écueil)France, 2013, 14 min, Dierectors: Uri and Michelle KranotA story about the eternal human search for home, Hol-low Land begins with the dream of utopia. Solomon and Berta are two seekers who arrive in a land that promises respite from their many journeys. Hollow Land captures the state of being displaced—whether by circumstance or by choice.
Chronicle of Oldrich S. (Kronika Oldricha S.)Czech Republic, 2011, 18 min, Director: Rudolf SmidMr. Sedlacek wrote one-sentence entries in his journal from 1981 to 2005, recording everyday stories of his family‘s life, the life of the village and its surroundings, and international events.
EsterhazyGermany/Poland, 2009, 23 min, Director: Izabela PlucińskaA small Esterhazy rabbit travels to Berlin in 1989. After months of looking for the mysterious wall, he finally finds it and meets Mimi. Right in that moment, the Berlin Wall falls.
Monday, December 8, 6:30 pm
Annegret Richter, the curator, is a member of the selection committee and the Head of Animation at DOK Leipzig. She was formerly Festival Director of the International Short Film Festival – Filmfest Dresden, film editor for various radio stations and magazines, and the curator of the 2008 special animated documentary program at the International Leipzig Festival for Documentary and Animation Film.
