Dear docfilm42 community,
The time has come.
The nationwide documentary film days LETsDOK are already in full swing in North Rhine-Westphalia, Hamburg, Lower Saxony and Thuringia.
The DIVERSITY of films, topics and perspectives is reflected in the wide range of local organizing initiatives.
“This year, we are once again placing a clear focus on the promotion of democracy, diversity, anti-Semitism and anti-racism,” says Petra Hoffmann, nationwide coordinator and managing director of Verein zur Förderung der Dokumentarfilmkultur e.V. (Association for the Promotion of Documentary Film Culture).
Together with many other organizations and partners, we are again bringdocumentary film to villages, gardens, churches, synagogues, train stations, mills, barns, monasteries, disused stores and even a fairground tent.
– to places where cinema once came from and also to places where it “hurts”.
Take a look around. You can find the complete LETsDOK program here.
This year, docfilm42 is again participating. We start in Berlin and Brandenburg on September 14 and on September 17 in Baden-Württemberg.
On September 20, we also invite you to an online screening with the film “Goldrausch – die Geschichte der Treuhand”.
You can find more information about the events below.
We would also like to thank our sponsors, whose support makes these eventspossible, including Medienboard BerlinBrandenburg, Stiftung Pfefferwerk, Stiftung Menschenwürde und Arbeitswelt, MFG Baden-Württemberg, Schillerstadt Marbach e.V. am Neckar and Stadtmarketing Schillerstadt Marbach e.V., Allianz für Beteiligung e.V., do-q media, VG Bild-Kunst, FFA and many others.
If you want to joinof docfilm42, you can become a member for 42€ per year. Students pay only 24€ in the first year.
You can find the membership form here.
If you have any questions about membership, write to us at vorstand@docfilm42.de.
Many exciting movie going experiences
wishes
the docfilm42 team
LETsDOK in Berlin
September 14, 2024 – 6 pm. KINOKINOKINO examines a major wave of movie theater closuresfrom 1999-2013 in Hamburg. Followed by a film talk with Dennis Albrecht (director), Katja Bienert (actress, author) and Benny Kohzer (Kinokompendium).
September 17, 2024 – 8 pm. In AMBULANCE Mohamed Jabaly experiences the Gaza war of 2014 in a hail of bombs and life-threatening maneuvers of the emergency vehicles. Cooperation with ALFILM followed by a film talk with the director (via video conference).
September 18, 2024 – 8 pm. NOT JUST YOUR PICTURE tells the story of two siblings who embark on a journey of political awakening after the death of their father in Gaza. In the presence of the protagonist Ramsis Kilani.
September 21, 2024 – 5:30 pm. PATROL accompanies the indigenous Rama and the Afro-descendant Kriol in their fight against illegal logging in their nature reserve “Indio Maíz”. Cooperation with Verein zur Förderung der Städtepartnerschaft Kreuzberg – San Rafael del Sur e.V., Drop-Out Cinema eG, Informationsbüro Nicaragua e.V., Brot für die Welt. Followed by a film talk with Camilo de Castro Belli (director).
September 22, 2024 – 8 pm. EINHUNDERTVIER accompanies a rescue operation in real time on the most dangerous refugee route in the Mediterranean and shows the lengthy rescue of 104 people from a sinking rubber dinghy.
Cooperation with Seawatch. Followed by a film discussion with Adrian Then (producer) and Giulia Messmer (Seawatch).
September 29, 2024 – 4:30 pm. UNION (Berlin premiere) shows the historic campaign of the Amazon Labour Union (ALU) to unionize its employees. The founding of the ALU is considered the greatest victory for labor since the 1930s. Cooperation with ver.di . Followed by a film discussion with Amazon employees from Berlin.
The programme is curated, coordinated, and organised by Natalie Gravenor, Ole Elfenkämper, and Susanne Dzeik.
More information about the Berlin program here.
LETsDOK in Brandenburg – almost 30 screenings from Bölzke to Wulkow
Selected highlights:
September 14, 2024 – 7 pm. 7 BRÜDER weaves the stories of those born in Mülheim an der Ruhr between 1929 and 1945 into a fascinating family universe. Followed by a film talk with Sebastian Winkels (director) – (Attention – for additional screenings of this film see program).
September 20, 2024 – 12:00 pm. VERGISS MEYN NICHT shows the tragic story of the young film student Steffen Meyn, who joins the resistance in the Hambach Forest out of fascination for activism and the belief in a better society and dies in a tragic accident. Followed by a film talk with Fabiana Fragale, Kilian Kuhlendahl, Jens Mühlhoff (director/editing) (Attention – for additionalscreenings of this film see program).
September 20, 2024 – 7 pm. VOLKSVERTRETER follows four AfD members of parliament over a period of three years, who provide an unusually candid insight into their thoughts and arguments. Followed by a film discussion with Andreas Wilcke (director).
September 20, 2024 – 7 p.m. HAUPTSACHE ARBEIT documents Uwe and René, who have opted for more money and less family. Followed by a film discussion with Jean Boué (director), composer HJ Brandenburg.
September 20, 2024 – 7 pm. PARCHIM INTERNATIONAL tells the story of Chinese investors who are buying a provincial airport in Wuckow, raising hopes of big profits and permanent jobs. Followed by a film discussion with Uwe Hädicke, Managing Director of Neuhardenberg Airport
September 21, 2024 – 4 pm. GOLDEN WEDDING WITH WITTSTOCK FILMS is based on four documentaries shot since 1974 and new footage focusing on former textile workers in the small town.
Followed by a film discussion with Volker Koepp (director) (Please note – on the occasion of Volker Koepp’s 80th birthday, his films BERLIN-STETTIN (Sept. 15), SEESTÜCK (Sept. 17) and LANDSTÜCK (Sept 19) will also be shown).
September 22, 2024 – 7 pm. – READING and FILM: THE HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR ALBRECHT WEINBERG – Albrecht Weinberg is 99, East Frisian and one of the last survivors of the Shoah. Since he returned from the USA over 10 years ago, he has been on the road to educate and warn about this horrible era of history. (see also other films at Thalia Programmkino Potsdam)
The programme is curated, coordinated, and organised by Ira Kormannshaus.
More information about the Brandenburg program here.
LETsDOK in Baden-Württemberg – over 20 cinema film screenings and events from Freiburg to Mannheim
Selected highlights:
September 17, 2024 – 8 pm. PETRA KELLY – ACT NOW! redraws the portrait of the Green politician, anti-nuclear and peace campaigner. Followed by a film talk with Doris Metz (director) (Attention – further screenings with the film)
September 21, 2024 – 7 pm. Preceding short film: MY INTERNSHIP REPORT by Uliana Drashchenko
depicts an unusual way of apartment hunting and in HAUSNUMMER NULL the drug addict Chris lives on the street, trapped in a vicious circle. Followed by a discussion with Lilith Kugler (director)
24.09.24 – 3:45 pm. Special Event: haping democracy Part 1 – Media create echo chambers – Media workshop TRUTH AND CREDIBILITY?
with practical examples – for young people, young adults and anyone interested. Workshop leader Sascha Seidel (BFS) sheds light on the hierarchy between image, sound and text and examines the effects of the formats with the participants from the viewer’s perspective.
September 24, 2024 – 6:30 pm. Shaping democracy part 2 – Media create echo chambers –
Short films & panel: HOTEL SILBER – Nie wieder zurück by students Ann-Cathrin Schlieder, Isabella Solarte Llanos and Anna Wekwerth investigates the history of the hotel, which was the Württemberg headquarters of the Nazi secret police (Gestapo) from 1933 until the end of the war, and in DEMOKRATIE SIND WIR, students Anna Erben, Maéva Lelièvre, Lukas Bürgstein, Arman Noormohammad and Jay Eckert shoot at an event with MrWissen2go (aka Mirko Drotschmann) on questions about democracy.
Followed by a film talk and discussion on shaping democracy with Ann-Cathrin Schlieder, Isabella Solarte Llanos (director), Friedemann Rincke (Haus der Geschichte/protagonist), Thomas Franke (Landeszentrale für politische Bildung), Phileas Hammer (city councillor/protagonist), NN (student* of the film team), NN (community studies teacher)
Both events are a cooperation with Treff Q Marbach, Stadtmarketing Schillerstadt Marbach e.V. and the municipality of Marbach am Neckar.
September 25, 202424 – 7:30 pm. Preceding short film: WAY OF THE DANUBE by Sabin Dorohoi tells of the longings of 7-year-old Ionut, whose parents work as Romanian migrant workers in Germany or Austria, and MOTHERLAND sheds light on the difficult time as Italian guest workers had in Switzerland from 1954 to 1974. Followed by a film talk with Miriam Pucitta (director).
September 26, 2024 – 7:30 pm. Preceding short film: GERICHTSZEICHNER by Jochen Kuhn is a study of law, religion and representation and AN HOUR FROM THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE takes us to rural Stewart County in southwest Georgia, to one of the largest deportation prisons in the United States. Followed by a film talk with Ole Elfenkaemper and Kathrin Seward (directors)
September 27, 2024 – 7:30 pm. Special Event: Impro meets documentary with exhibition of some gouaches
Preceding short film: UNTER EINEM DACH by Jonah Kay-Miko Lehmann delves into the world of a house inhabited by students at the Stuttgart University of Music and their human and musical connections and DIE LIEBE, MEIN SCHATZ, IST BODENLOS sheds light on the life and work of Charlotte Salomon, who, while fleeing from the Nazis, painted one of the most unusual works in art history, the three-color singspiel ‘Leben? Or Theatre?’.
Followed by a film discussion with Sabine Willmann (director), Oliver Heise (film music) and protagonists from UNTER EINEM DACH.
By invitation of the Stuttgart improv theater groups Frackwürdig and Die Maßschneiderei.
Free admission, limited number of participants, registration at: ba-wue@letsdok.de.
September 29, 2024 – 11:00 am. Opening film: ENOLA by Christoph Boekel is an experimental approach to visualising the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and WAR AND JUSTICE tells the 25-year history of the International Criminal Court (ICC) in its mission to put an end to the most serious crimes against humanity. Followed by a film discussion with Marcus Vetter (director).
The program is curated, coordinated and organized by Sabine Willmann.
You can find more information about the Baden-Württemberg programme here.
LETsDOK Online
In a doc&talk docfilm42 presents GOLDRAUSCH – The History of the Treuhand on 20.09.
Even 35 years after reunification, the consequences of the liquidation of East German companies can still be felt and the process of coming to terms with the sell-off has not yet been completed.
In the early summer of 1990, the Treuhandanstalt was founded to privatize the state-owned enterprises of the GDR. In the following four years, around 4,000 of these companies were closed and around two and a half million jobs were lost. The Treuhand incurred debts of 256 billion marks and was defrauded of billions of marks. This scandal remained largely unresolved.
Discussion with Rudolf Hickel, moderated by Eberhard Spreng