A Self-Made Hero

Djarama Bo... Feature film.

Die unheimlichen Frauen "Since the beginning of history women have also been perpetrators. They have been as courageous and brave as men. They can be equally brutal and criminal and of course just as horny. Nevertheless, to this day, there exists the feminine ideal of "non-aggressiveness – peacefulness – asexuality“ with which women have been surpessed for centuries. This film shows women as soldiers, partisans, watchmen, criminals, as well as child-bearing, drunk, masturbating strong femals but also as circumsized, dismembered victims, who must pay for the fear that women cause within men. Scenes from old and recent documentaries, from trivial films and my own stagend sequences are mounted to a collage of images. These are sup-plemented by a collage of sounds and a montage of quotes and my own texts. It’s also about me about my fears and my fighting to be able to live my own strength." - Birgit Hein

Die Reise von Petersburg... The idea for the film has its origin in the novel of the same name by Alexander Radischchev, published in 1790 - a literary voice against the oppression of people, which was denigrated as a danger. Tsarin Catherine II first pronounced a death sentence and later sent Radischev into Siberian exile. In the Soviet Union, his criticism of the conditions in Tsarism was considered decisive for the socialist idea.

Der schwarze Kasten Interview with Jochen Girke, a retired East German Stasi agent, filmed March, 1990 to June, 1991. Questions explore his study of psychology for use as a filmmaker and trainer of interrogators and informers. Segments include conversations with his parents, teacher, former girlfriend and wife.

Das Capitol Where do people's wishes and dreams come from, and what becomes of them? A question for people in the midst of a period of political upheaval. At the same time, a question for the cinema, a place of wishes and dreams – a question for the "Capitol." The film tells the story of the Capitol cinema in Schwerin from the fall of the GDR to December 1991 and from its opening in 1936 to the present day. Over a period of one and a half years, observations were made of the lives of the people who work in the cinema.

Brder und Schwestern... Pavel Schnabel travelled to Weimar in 1988 on behalf of German regional public broadcaster SWR, to film a news feature on the city partnership between Trier and Weimar. He was assigned four "production assistants" from Eastern German television who introduced him to hand-picked protagonists for his film. After the fall of the Wall, Schnabel went to see these individuals again under radically altered circumstances.

The Old Song Is life like the fairy tale of Lucky Hans, who lost his lump of gold when he swapped the life he had, for what he thought was a better one?

Blockade During the Second World War, Leningrad was besieged by German troops. A merciless struggle for survival erupted. People were starving and afraid, yet they did not give up but kept on fighting, refusing to surrender.

Parov Stelar - Live at S... Parov Stelar - Live at Hungary

Lovers in a Hotpot A Chinese hotpot restaurant in Antwerp is full of lovers, though it doesn't seem to be at the first sight. The three couples came from different cultural and geographical background. Though their daily routine, off-work gossip, we get into a private cosmos.