FILMSTUNDE_23
Germany 2023 – Director: Jörg Adolph, Edgar Reitz – Original language: German – Subtitles: English – Length: 82 min.
An 8th grade class of schoolgirls embarks on a voyage of discovery. They want to understand how film works. Because, as their teacher Edgar Reitz explains, filmmaking is not simply achieved by turning on the camera and recording something. At first they are passive, but they soon dare to take their first steps and master the technology. At a reunion many years later, we find out what effect these first film classes had. Ina Borrmann
Biography
Edgar Reitz is a renowned filmmaker, known among other things for the Heimat film series. He is the founding father of German auteur film and has published numerous texts on film theory and the future of cinema.
Jörg Adolph works as a freelance documentary filmmaker, writes film reviews and teaches. In his films, he often accompanies artistic creative processes.
Filmography (selection)
Edgar Reitz
HEIMAT, DE 1981–2012, film series
DER SCHNEIDER VON ULM, DE 1978, 115 min.
GESCHICHTEN VOM KÜBELKIND, DE 1969/1970, 25 Episoden, with Ula Stöckl
Jörg Adolph
DAS GEHEIME LEBEN DER BÄUME, DE 2020, 96 min.
ELTERNSCHULE, DE 2018, 117 min.
HOW TO MAKE A BOOK WITH STEIDL, DE 2010, 93 min.
No youth rating
English/Original Title: SUBJECT: FILMMAKING. Writer: Jörg Adolph, Edgar Reitz. Camera: Daniel Schönauer, Markus Schindler, Matthias Reitz-Zausinger. Sound: Jonas Egert, Jörg Adolph. Editing: Anja Pohl, Jörg Adolph. Production: if... Productions Film GmbH. Producer: Ingo Fliess. International Sales: Rise And Shine. Distribution: Real Fiction Filmverleih.
