Two films receiving production funding are dedicated to artists from Schleswig-Holstein. The filmmakers Sönje Storm and Max Milhan portray artists inJürgen Friedrich Mahrt (Max Milhan Filmproduktion, 15,000 euros) is a portrait of the eponymous pioneer of documentary photography in the north. His main motif: rural life in the early 20th century. Mahrt was actually a farmer, but preferred to collect butterflies and set up a private museum. The film opens up his estate - a time capsule from the era after the First World War.
No other painter has characterised the image of the idyllic coastal and hilly landscapes of Schleswig-Holstein as much as Klaus Fußmann. The portrait filmIt's time - The painter Klaus Fußmann by Wilfried Hauke (dmfilm und tv, 15,000 euros) follows the artist in his studios in Gelting on the Baltic Sea and in Berlin - and tries to uncover the secret of this highly modern romantic.
In the DocumentaryAm I a clone? Mr Thiele searches for his past by Tim Boehme (TOB Filmproduktion, 15,000 euros), the main character Bernd Thiele sets out in search of his past. The 35-year-old would love to be "normal", but his mother drank alcohol during pregnancy and damaged his brain as a result. Mr Thiele - who grew up in institutions and with foster parents - is determined to reclaim his identity.
The filmMessage in a bottle by Michael Heuer (Bildschön, 10,000 euros) is a road movie along the water: on their journey north, people tell their stories of messages in a bottle - sometimes funny, sometimes tragic, with a lot of fun and even more longing.
In production development, four documentary projects received a positive funding decision. These includeThe heart of Holstein about the almost 120-year-old history of the traditional sports club Holstein Kiel by Antje Bremer (Joker Pictures, 4,000 euros),The comic pioneers Rudolph and Gus Dirks by Martina Fluck and Tim Eckhorst (Yucca Film, 4,000 euros),The petrified lightning bolt by Christian Meurer (3,000 euros) andYou live twice by Johanna Maria Jannsen (3,000 euros).
At the presentation of their films, the Documentaries receiveHere rests the dust of the shell by Hilke Elisabeth Saggau,Paths by the water by Anja Ross and Frank Tonner andOur village school each received a cash injection of 2,000 euros from Hanno Hart (hannohart film).
OneDetailed overview of all funded film projects is available on our website.
The funding decisions were made by Oliver Keidel, Arne Sommer and Yasemin Yilmaz on Thursday, 26 October 2017.
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