DOK.focus DEMOCRAZY
After this film screening, festival director Daniel Sponsel and director Martin Weinhart will hold a discussion titled “Mit Rechten reden?” (Talking to the right?). The discussion will take place in German language.
Due to its structural processes, the film industry – in contrast to music and literature – has so far been protected from direct access by right-wing populists. The media generally paints a one-dimensional picture of right-wingers, thereby reinforcing their supposed role as victims. What possibilities are there for a differentiated examination of right-wing movements in documentary film? How can we approach populists adequately without giving them a stage?
FRAGMENTE AUS DER PROVINZ
Deutschland 2024 – Director: Martin Weinhart – German original version – with subsequent panel discussion – Length: 81 min.
“We are colourful. We are diverse and committed – but all you ever read in the headlines is: the Nazi village.” This film does things differently. It takes us through the everyday occurrences in an existential struggle for power, freedom and open reporting. A film about neo-Nazi strategies and East German counter movements that show us how you can oppose the threat of right-wing extremism. Morgane Remter
Biography
The multi-award-winning director Martin Weinhart has made over 30 multi-layered and socially relevant films and series since studying film in Munich. He also studied philosophy and ethnology as well as psychology.
Filmography (selection)
ROBERT LEMBKE – WER BIN ICH, DE 2024
DURST, DE 2013, 90 min.
DER ROTE SUFI, DE 2011, 59 min.
No youth rating
Camera: Pascal Hoffmann, Sebastian Bäumler, Markus Hering, Rougé Reinsperger, Martin Weinhart. Sound: Zoltan Ravasz, Udo Steinhauser, Christian Baumgartl, Niklas Edelmann. Editing: Pascal Hoffmann. Production: CROSS MEDIA Medienproduktion GmbH. Producer: Johanna Teichmann. International Sales: wird gesucht Distribution: wird gesucht