Films by Romuald Karmakar

Germany 2024, 178 min
by Romuald Karmakar

On the grounds of Zurich Zoo, workers are transforming the brown earth into a savannah landscape, with concrete baobabs to serve as a feeding system and storage space. A “scenography of the wilderness” is being created here, as art historian Christina Katharina May terms this animal pen designed with an eye for detail, a combination of pared-down architecture and an almost natural appearance – a central component of the zoo’s efforts to make itself invisible. Across the seasons, Romuald Karmakar

2017, 100 min
by Romuald Karmakar

For DJ Roman Flügel his work is everything and something that he would never compromise. Romuald Karmakar’s new documentary takes a look at five pioneers of electronic music for whom work is their raison d’etre. The film commences with a still life of electronic equipment in which we find ourselves looking for several minutes at a wide shot of cables, consoles, amplifiers, keyboards and ‘controllers’ as Ricardo Villalobos – who was the subject of Karmakar’s 2009 film – will later call the flashi

Germany 2012
by Romuald Karmakar

On December 18th, 2011 Berlin-based 'Haus der Kulturen der Welt' hosted an event called DEMOCRACY UNDER ATTACK - AN INTERVENTION. This intervention consisted of ten statements by German intellectuals raising concerns about the state of democracy in the face of the European financial crisis. Austerity measures provide excuse for curtailing democratic rights. Politics refer to 'marketbased democracy', while institutions lacking legitimacy emerge, such as the ominous Troika. So-called rescue effort