Films by Justyna Feicht

Germany 2018, 78 min
by Beate Middeke

"Mizuki means very strong" Mrs Wildenhahn says about the meaning of her first name. As a young woman, in the 1950s via London she came from Japan to Hamburg. She married Klaus Wildenhahn, a documentary filmmaker and gave birth to two children. Ten years later after Klaus Wildenhahn has left her, she built up a small shop at St. Pauli by selling nonessentials and everyday commodities from Japan. Now 92 years old she wants to convey an image of her homeland through her goods. Mrs Wildenhahn has re

Germany 2015, 89 min
by Christiane Büchner

FAMILY BUSINESS shows how an intimate bond is being woven amidst strangers - a German and a Polish family. Both get together to solve substantial problems. Jowita travels to Germany to care for 88-year old Anne and take the pressure of her working daughters. In Poland, Jowita's family is advancing at building a house where their adolescent daughter will have her own room for the first time.  This pragmatic union is not without friction. The situation is new and strange for both sides. Important

Germany 2012
by Corinna Schnitt

Corinna Schnitt's video narratives often begin with everyday scenes that gradually turn into the absurd. In Tee trinken various old people are shown within a modern living environment, sitting silently and without any motion. On different TV sets they all watch the same video of a young girl in a field of flowers, elegantly drinking tea and smiling. The video deals with the relationship between age and youth, nature and culture, and finally between reality and media. ''With her cinematic cabin

Germany 2009, 90 min
by Karin Jurschick

"...in terms of language, we participate in the creation of social reality, of the community..." (Framework of the curriculum of integration courses) Since January 1st, 2005 there has been a new Immigration Act in force in Germany. Integration is ordained.Whoever wants to stay here had better get to know Germany: with 600 language lessons and 45 lessons on orientation.The film tracks people from China, Somalia, Afghanistan, Morocco and other countries through their courses: what are they suppos

Germany 2009
by Corinna Schnitt

In a single shot the film shows different time-periods and creates a fairytaile atmosphere. A stillife is presented in an outside garden in front of a modern architecture, that has a fake- wooden-outside.fasade-.The paradox longing for feeling adventurous and homely is part of the children-song.

Germany 2009, 86 min
by Renate Günther-Greene

The Unworthy addresses a previously neglected aspect of the Nazi era. They categorised children on the basis of their value system. Worthy children were nurtured, unworthy children were culled and annihilated. Waltraud's mother is taken to a concentration camp, while Waltraud and her siblings are put into homes. Guenter is sent to a youth concentration camp for listening to swing music. Elfriede learns that children are being euthanised. Richard is wrested away from his mother and forced into sl