Films by Dorothea Carl

Germany 2023, 17 min
by Dorothea Carl (doro carl)

The surf tosses sand on the beach, the wind blows it inland. Nothing remains as it is, or where it was. Everything is in motion: the 200-million-year-old sand, the dunes, the sea, and the countless creatures that make their home amongst its grains. Yet human interventions such as dikes, coastal protection measures, and sand filling have made the dynamic line between water and land inelastic and stiff.With: Prof. Dr. Karsten Reise, Dr Annkatrin Weber, Sabine Gettner, Björn Mehrtens, Monika Povel, Patras Scheffler

Germany 2019, 15 min
by Dorothea Carl (doro carl)

On the way to the island Neuwerk you pass the mudflat. A world in between absence and presence, water and land. The essayistic film approaches this transition zone from different angles and time periods.The millennia-old landscape of the Wadden Sea on the North Sea coast has been protected as a natural heritage site for decades and is now facing destruction more than ever.The essayistic short film examines how this uncertain transition in the Hamburg mudflats cannot be seen but can be imagined with images from an intermediate world in overlapping rhythms, flowing absences and presences, tides, seasons, migratory birds, locals and tourists.withAlin Bîrlean, Jürgen Busse, Sabrina Goldbach, Imme Flegel, Johanna Hieronimus, Eric Walter

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

Germany 2017, 77 min
by Rasmus Gerlach

The lasting memories of the G20 summit in Hamburg are above all the pictures of destruction and escalating violence, which largely overshadowed the peaceful demonstrations. At the same time, protest performances went down very well as a new form of demonstration - like "1000 Gestalten [1000 Creatures]" in which artists with clay-painted faces wandered the streets like zombies, or the "megaphone choir" which drew attention by means of spoken art delivered via loudhailer. The Summit - Performing G20 gathers the most impressive moments, talks to those taking part and those affected and paints a complex picture of the complicated days of the summit. #FFHH17With: Megafonchor, Therese Schneider, Justus Schwerdtfeger, Schwabinggrad Ballet a.o.

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.