Films by Maria Wischnewski

Germany 2021, 88 min
by Antonia Traulsen, Claire Roggan

Somewhere, in the middle of the economically underdeveloped region Wendland in Germany, people have decided to found a village for one hundred elders, one hundred refugees and one hundred young people. As if under a burning glass hot topics are being discussed in order to find solutions to problems that affect our whole society. It is a mammoth project, a bureaucratic hurdle race, an idealized utopia – carried by very special protagonists. The village could become a prototype for an European way

Germany 2021, 104 min
by Susanne Radelhof

Women have always witten art history and worked on eye-level with their male contemporaries. Together they claimed new paths and caused sensations – but despite this neither their names nor their works are known today. Up to this day women play minor roles in art history and are rarely mentioned as trailblazers of new art styles. LOST WOMEN ART explores the mechanisms of this systematic omission of highly talented artists. In two parts the documentary takes a look at the forgotten artists, tells

Germany 2021, 79 min
by Melanie Lischker

In LIFE ON TAPE director Melanie Lischker reconstructs the life of her mother whom she barely remembers from over 100 hours of video material of the family. In her diaries she finds the tragic story of a young woman who, driven by the spirit of emancipation of the 1970s, tries to free herself from the old thought patterns of her authoritarian parents. She is torn between her desire for freedom and that to lead a well-ordered family life. Even 20 years later her ongoing struggle with this rubs of

Germany 2018, 84 min
by Lars Barthel

Lars Barthel asks his Jamaican wife Antoinette why she often wears hair extensions. This personal curiosity leads Lars and his film to some complex and politically-charged questions. What is the relationship between hair and racism? And where do the hair extensions actually come from?

Germany, Switzerland 2010, 52 min
by Marc Burth, Marc Burth

After becoming a father, Marc Burth has a problem: Two children and no fitting religion for them. His father is Protestant, his mother is Jewish, and his sister a shaman. His wife's dad is a Moslem; her mother, Catholic. Making the right choice for his children in this intersection of religions is a diffi- cult job for the confused filmmaker! Searching for answers, Marc Burth meets people that have a relationship with God and some that consciously don’t. He talks to atheists, shamans, Jesu