Films by Nina Ergang

2024, 104 min
by Doris Metz

Petra Kelly was one of the most influential political personalities of the 20th century, a figurehead of the peace movement and co-founder of the first green party to find success. Her life was one of achievements, its end a tragedy.Petra Kelly was one of the most influential political figures of the 20th century. In 1980, she co-founded the German Green Party, the world’s first green party to rise to prominence. She fought relentlessly for radical social change, disarmament and a society at one with nature. For Kelly, environment, peace and human rights issues were one. At the age of 44, she was murdered by her long-time friend and political companion. Raised by her mother and grandmother, she grew up in 1960s America and campaigned for Robert Kennedy’s election in the months before his assassination. Petra Kelly was convinced that a single person could change the world. Influenced by the American civil rights movement and Martin Luther King’s concept of “civil disobedience”, she campaigned to protect the environment and ban uranium mining, demonstrating solidarity with the peace movements in both the East and West. Today, her spiritual legacy is continued by many young climate activists. The issues that concerned her are more topical today than ever before. Close friends and companions talk about Kelly’s personal and political life for the first time. With previously unseen international film footage, the film paints a picture of a sensitive, unwavering woman who let no one -stand in her way. [NEW DOCS catalogue]

Germany 2022, 94 min
by Birgit Schulz

A smart and unsparing documentary portrait of art adviser Helge Achenbach. It starts with him being sentenced to jail for defrauding his clients for tens of millions. The emerging character is fascinatingly complex and controversial, brokering extremely expensive and giant artworks first to banks and corporations, then to celebrity billionaires. It's no wonder his life's story is closely related to the absurd developments of prices for modern art over the last forty years. [FFCGN 2022]

Germany, Czech Republic 2021, 90 min
by Helen Simon

Over 3 billion people living worldwide are fighting for their survival due to exploitation. 2,4 million are being forced into human trafficking every year. It is the culmination of a centurys long struggle with dehumanization. It is an epidemic fever infecting us all, an outcry of mankind’s soul. If we listen closely, it will tell us a tale. VOICES FROM THE FIRE tells of a revolution of power. A power once stolen, being slowly regained. It is the power of the poor, the desperate, the unprooted, the unseen and the voiceless. This is their voices, it is their tale.

2021, 97 min
by Elena Alvarez Lutz

What does jewellery have to do with homesickness? With her “wearable art,” the internationally-collected artist Helen Britton is part of a Munich genre that is rich in tradition. A multi-layered portrait of an artefact hunter in Germany and Australia. With: Helen Britton, Carlier Makigawa, Jill Stovel, Ted Snell, John Parkes, Dianne Beevers, Harald Wild, Karl Dieter Braun, David Bielander u.a.Music: The Notwist, Driftmachine, Radio Citizen, Sasebo, Mount Hush, Sound-Voyage, Exlex