Films by Lena Rem

2019, 90 min
by Irene Langemann

The Putin era in Russian politics began on 31 December 1999, after Yeltsinmins resignation and shortly before the millennium celebrations. The children born on that day have now come of age. They have only ever known ex-KGB man Vladimir Putin at the pinnacle of power. What do the Putin generation think and feel? How do they want to live in the future?

Germany 2014, 92 min
by Mo Asumang

THE ARYANS is a personal journey of Activist Mo Asumang into the madness of racism during which she meets German neo-Nazis, the US leading racist, notorious Tom Metzger and Ku Klux Klan members in the alarming twilight of the Midwest. A documentary about right-wing movements worldwide - and their completely wrong interpretation of ‘aryanism’ - a phenomenon which began with French philosopher Arthur de Gobineau and went on with the Nazis. Filmmaker Mo Asumang sets out for a tour de force into the abyss of the political evil and finds out that the Aryans originally come from an area which belongs to Iran nowadays.4.500.000 clicks / watch a short Interview of Mo Asumang on BBC plus Film scenes of her film "The ARYANS"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jiTXnKEyecg

Germany 2010, 59 min
by Anna Hoffmann

"I don't want to stayhere any more!" says Martina to her mother via webcam in an internet café near Lake Constance. Meanwhile, her mother in Slovakia tries to calm down her daughter. After all, they need the money. Martina is working as a home help and carer to an elderly couple. Lore, the mistress of the house, is in a wheelchair. She has difficulty getting around. Otherwise, she's full of energy and keeps a tight rein on the household. Her husband, Max, can no longer speak but observes everything that goes on around his bed. Theirs is a tiny world, over which Lore holds sway. The fact that their idyll has now been penetrated by a young Slovakian woman who is going to spend the Summer looking after Max and Lore is a bitter pill for Lore to swallow. The German language alone poses countless problems. Lore insists on giving Martina step-by-step instructions on how to make Swabian noodles, but Martina isn't used to being observed while she works. Lore wants to live, with the aid of this young woman. But she has to do everything the way Lore wants her to. Lore doesn't miss a trick but it frustrates her when the girl's lack of German hampers the communiation, and so Lore decides to give Martina vocabulary to learn. But when Martina complains to the agency that she doesn't get enough to eat and flatly refuses to wait another four weeks before she can go back home for a visit, Lore decides to fire her home help. "May I know what you think?" Martina asks her mother, hoping for her support. But there is no answer. And so Martina must go her own way. Contact: Stephan Grobe [Producer] s.grobe@gmx.net

Germany 2010, 90 min
by Thomas Ladenburger

Djemaa el-Fna is a marketplace in Marrakesh filled with dance, song, stories, acrobatics, magic tricks and fortune-telling. The onlookers gather in so-called "halqas", or circles, around the performers and storytellers to admire their artistry and skill. The UNESCO placed this location on its list of Masterpieces of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity in 2001. The interactive walk-in room sculpture by Thomas Ladenburger and Hannes Nehls attempts to reconstruct this unique location with the aid of projectors, light, film and acoustics. The ubiquitous tradition of oral storytelling is hardly cultivated anymore in Central Europe and has probably never possessed the performative energy that radiates from Djemaa el-Fna. This installation will go on display in Berlin and Paris. Venues and schedule: House of World Cultures, Berlin, February - March 2011 Institut du Monde Arabe, Paris; September 2011