Germany 2023, 90 minby Julia Charakter
Korntal – a little town in the south of Germany, is the scene of the greatest abuse scandal ever to rock the Protestant Church. An estimated 150 former children from homes run by the Pietist Brotherhood have broken their silence: They are revealing the physical and mental horrors to which they were exposed. Many of them were victims of sexualized violence at an early age. The 9,000-person town have responded to the accusations with disbelief and denial. They cannot imagine that this could have happened in their God-fearing town. The film is sensitive portrait of 6 protagonists, who are telling their stories.
The Children of Korntal
Germany 2017, 12 minby Julia Charakter
In the 60s and 70s more than one million children were mentally and physically abused in nursing homes. Often led by nuns and priests, the defenseless children were beaten and forced to hard physical work. In the end of the 1990s a financial compensation was offered for the victims per law.In animated flashbacks the anonymous protagonist tells of the everyday life in an orphanage of the 70s and her personal struggle against the ruthless authority of the nuns. 40 years later, when she is to be financially compensated by the authorities, she meets with incomprehension and renewed ruthlessness.
without mercy
Germany 2017, 7 minby Julia Charakter
Every day, a grandmother prepares her beloved indian milkfungus which makes out of ordinary milk healthy kefir, while in the neighboring city of Mariupol, the Ukrainian war causes chaos and threats and costs many lives. The cinematography and editing of the film focus on her pace and meditative contemplation about a living organism that transforms matter.
My Grandmother and her Indian Milk Fungus
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