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Talk Volker Schlecht

Volker Schlecht, born in 1968, he works as an illustrator and filmmaker in Berlin. He studied Communication Design and he taught animation at the HFF Konrad Wolf Potsdam-Babelsberg. Professor at the BTK University of Art and Design. Together with Alexandra Kardinar he founded their collaborative label Drushba Pankow in 2002. His films deal with political themes and pop culture with particular attention to the narration. Kaputt/Broken – The Women’s Prison at Hoheneck made his world premiere at the 66th Berlinale and won numerous. Awards, including the Special Jury Prize at Zagreb Animafest 2016 and Sundance Film Festival 2017, and the Grand Prix at the 23rd Stuttgart Film Festival. In 2017 he was nominated for the Oscars.

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Kaputt / Broken – The Women’s Prison at Hoheneck
Germany 2016 / 07’02

Based on interviews with former prisoners, this animated documentary provides a glimpse into the most notorious women’s prison in East Germany. A film about political imprisonment, forced labour, and enormous profits on both sides of the Iron Curtain.

direction: Volker Schlecht, Alexander Lahl
script: Max Moench, Alexander Lahl
animator: Volker Schlecht
editing: Volker Schlecht
soundtrack: Hannes Schulze
production: Max Moench, Alexander Lahl

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Germania Wurst
Germany 2008 / 10’22

Germania Wurst is a rapid rundown of German or rather Germanic “national history” – starting with the ancient Roman empire and ending with the German “reunication” and the consumer society during the time of the production of the film. These episodes were told by symbolic and metaphoric pictures and transformations. A sausage hereby is a kind of time line, a connecting element between the scenes and also an ironic national symbol.

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