Films by Claudia Reiche

2018, 5 min
by Claudia Reiche

poetry in motion on the question of sex/gender change of stars, planets and human beings. On the transgressions of different cultural knowledges and enjoyments

2016, 20 min
by Dorothea Carl (doro carl), Claudia Reiche

The film BODENERHEBUNGEN / GROUNDS RISING focuses on recent changes in the district of Altona, in Hamburg, Germany. On former railway-owned grounds the ‘New Heart of Altona’ is being built with a public park that is meant to integrate heritage protected relics. Only that past residents from crafts, art and music who had made use of the formerly neglected landmark buildings are definitely not meant to be integrated in the new rise of the area.With: Ronnie Henseler, Tamara Juhan, Martin Kahl, Aljoscha Mir, Knarf Rellöm, Yvonne Rokita, Kai Schupp and textparts from Mario Bloem, Birgit Gebhardt, Frank John, Hermann Jonas, Prof. Dr. Ing Ursula Kirschner, Angela Rieke, Dipl. Ing Frank Schwieger, Prof. Jörn Walter u.a.

2015, 83 min
by Dorothea Carl (doro carl)

Große Bergstraße in the Hamburger district of Altona: the first pedestrian zone in Germany and the recurring playground for the ideas and visions of town planners and investors. Once envisioned as a boulevard with exclusive shops, the street went into decline and artists occupied the empty shops. Since its arrival in mid-2014, the inner-city branch of IKEA was designed to modernize and spruce up Große Bergstraße and encourage new ideas. The film accompanies the building of the furniture emporium from the ground-breaking ceremony up to its opening and asks locals, activists, shopkeepers and artists what has now changed with this gigantic project. Kurze Zukunft portrays a street between demolition and reawakening – and looks back at the failed attempts at upgrading of the past.(Hamburger Filmfest)

Germany 2014, 82 min
by Dorothea Carl (doro carl)

Fourteen people share their stories of fleeing from their native countries. By foot, on boats or with the help of escape agents, they were chased away by war, toxic gas, torture, fear and hunger. Some are still kids, strong only through the courage of despair, led by their hopes and wishes. Their personal stories of and experiences with their arrival in Hamburg, in the county of Pinneberg, in container camps, sleepless nights and the struggle with paperwork intertwine with a “banning space”, which subjects them to registration, restrictions and controls which are often a means to send them back either soon or sometimes even after decades. In the film, the individual struggles are narrated in interviews whereas the 'banning space' is visualized by the use of cinematic techniques. with: Abdulla Mehmud, Heide Sanati, Moshen Rezai

Germany 2011, 13 min
by Dorothea Carl (doro carl), Claudia Reiche

In the course of urban redensification and gentrification processes, the demolition of buildings produces numerous spectacles of precise destruction that strongly attract passers-by. Collective protest is an exception. Instead, there is either admiration for the unbelievable power of the demolition machinery or fascinated dismay at the sight of destruction. The experimental film, consisting of documentary footage of various demolition sites in Hamburg, creates a new space when being combined in a fragile constellation with the acoustic space of various analytical and emotional comments. The zone of uncertainty between the spectacular and the (hidden) structural elements of capitalism forms the subject of the film.