It’s not present at the major festivals and is not nominated for an Oscar, it does not draw the masses to European cinemas and does not cause heated debates among critics: German film seems to be internationally irrelevant. Is this a temporary loss of form or already a structural crisis? What do local education and production conditions have to do with it? And is it a question of skill or will that German cinema hardly sets any narrative and aesthetic standards? A discussion about ambition, reality and what we want from German film.
Panelists:
- Feo Aladag, director
- Simone Baumann, CEO German Films
- Andreas Rothbauer, CEO Picture Tree International
- Andrew Bird, film editor
- Rüdiger Suchsland, journalist, e.g. for artechock
- David Kleingers, film theorist and critic, Deutsches Filminstitut & Filmmuseum
Moderator: Hannah Pilarczyk, journalist