Films by Günter Atteln

2024, 88 min
by Günter Atteln

Recognized early on for her exceptional talent, Joana Mallwitz was Europe’s youngest general music director before becoming chief conductor of the Konzerthausorchester Berlin, one of Germany’s leading classical orchestras, in August 2023. Over two years, the film follows her as she embarks on a decisive phase of her international career – with debuts in Munich, Paris, Salzburg, and Amsterdam. At the same time, she and her husband have to reorganize their lives after the birth of their first child.JOANA MALLWITZ – MOMENTUM offers a candid and detailed portrait of the musician. We experience Mallwitz as a perfectionist who works hard, a music mediator, and an energetic orchestra leader. Despite all her success, we feel the enormous pressure that the conducting profession brings with it, which, like a musical crescendo, steadily increases until her inaugural concert in Berlin.

2019, 80 min
by Marita Stocker

Georgia: A multi-ethnic state in the Caucasus, hovering between the past and the future. Up upon a hill, the Paliashvili Music School for gifted children looks out over Tbilisi. The plaster is crumbling, hardly any instrument can be tuned, and many teachers are far beyond retirement age. While they still seek that spark of inspiration, the headmaster fights for a new building and the students pursue their calling in life. WHAT TO DO WITH ALL THIS LOVE is a film about a place lost in time and threatening disappearance, about growing up and aging, about great dreams and the art of improvisation.