Bettina

by Lutz Pehnert
  • Jörg Möller
  • 2021 solo:film
  • Michael Weidt

    Synopsis

    A biography set in East and West Berlin in which singer-songwriter Bettina Wegner, born in 1947, sings about life in the GDR, her feelings of being uprooted in West Berlin, and looks back with humour and honesty on a life of resistance. [72 Berlinale]

    Festivals

    2022
    FIPRESCI PRIZE – 72 Berlinale PANORAMA DOKUMENTE
    Grand Prix Internazionale Media Fenix – 16 SalinaDocFest
    Clio Award – Moving History
    Gilde Prize – Best Documentary [AG Kino Germany]
    Audience Award – Heiman Europa FF
    LETsDOK
    doclisboa
    2023
    nominated for 59 Grimme Prize