Films by Maria Hemmleb

Germany 2023, 77 min
by Juliane Tutein

The documentary provides a unique glimpse into the struggle for democracy in Belarus and the lives of three women after the major protests of 2020. These protests were the largest in Belarus's history, but the Lukaschenko regime brutally suppressed them. Over the course of an entire year, the film follows these exceptional women from different generations, all of whom continue to tirelessly fight for a democratic Belarus. The documentary concludes amidst Russia's destructive war of aggression in

Germany 2022, 8 min
by Christian Bau

During an art auction, at which Gerhard Richter's "Abstraktes Bild (H.M.)" is being offered for sale, a photo of a dead man appears on the livestream. A paranormal phenomenon?

Germany 2016, 87 min
by Christian Hornung

SOME HAD CROCODILES is a portrait of Hamburgs famous and notorious harbor area - or better: a portrait of the people who came decades ago in search for a different way of live, and who stayed throughout the years. Former exotic dancers and bartenders, sailors and pimps, today they all meet in their favorite pubs remembering the good old days - and saving some money for the hard times to come: All of them are members in the so called 'Saving Clubs'.

Germany 2010, 58 min
by Christian Bau

This poetic documentary film links the fate of the New York artist Jimmy Ernst and his parents Max Ernst and Louise Straus on several narrative levels with the story of the print shop Augustin in Glueckstadt. 1935 - Jimmy's parents had to flee to Paris - the Augustin family take in the 15 year-old as an apprentice typesetter. He learns how to set foreign languages such as Chinese or Arabic as well as Runic characters and cuneiform script. Inspired by his work he develops a fascination for symbol

by Christian Bau

After the catastrophe of Fukushima a new term appears in the Japanese language: Genpatsu-Rikon, incalligraphy composed of the characters for ’atomic’ and ’divorce’.In 2011 the filmmaker Christian Bau travels to the east cost of Japan and tries to find out more aboutthe background for this word creation.What did he see?“I’ve seen everything”.“You saw nothing, nothing at all”.