Films by Antje Volkmann

Germany 2023, 82 min
by Annett Ilijew

His middle-class demeanour makes him inconspicuous and brings him close to world events. He was the first German to photograph Auschwitz. He became the chronicler of the young FRG and GDR. His iconic pictures of the ‘68 movement shape our perception to this day. He came closer to Beuys than anyone else. He continues to work on series of photographs that he began years ago: the legendary photographer Michael Ruetz. [38 DOK.fest München, Ysabel Fantou]

2022, 19 min
by Julia Roesler

Anna is remembering stories from her childhood that were told so often that they became a self-description. Anna as a fat child in ballet class, Anna with a family friend in Venice, Anna as a teenager in the disco. These memories are part of an identity that is defined by the fat body, by the implanted thought of being wrong. How do you get rid of such images?ANNA is the third hybrid short film by werkgruppe2, which is developed and realized together with performer Katharina Bill. The texts were

2016, 96 min
by Till Harms

687 candidates, 10 places, 9 instructors in 10 days. Year for year, the entrance exam at the National Acting School in Hanover is a special challenge for the candidates, but it is also an extraordinary endurance test for the staff. In the battle for the best talent, the examiners are just as passionately involved as the candidates themselves in filling the few coveted admissions. Up close and personal with the instructors and professors, the film focuses on an unknown side of the process, that o

Germany 2015, 81 min
by Marie Wilke

A one year observation of German police training. At a remote location high school graduates are trained to become police officers. Real-life simulations and practice at the shooting range are the preparation for the second part of their training: going out on the streets and face the real world. It’s their first year in the academy and on the beat: they are confronted with an extreme reality. For the first time this documentary gives an uncensored look into the German police.