Andreas Voigt

Director

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Born in Eisleben in 1953, director Andreas Voigt is one of Germany's defining documentary filmmakers, whose work intensely examines social upheavals in East Germany. He became known for his Leipzig Cycle, a long-term project that began with the film "Leipzig im Herbst" (Leipzig in Autumn, 1989) about the Monday demonstrations. For this and its follow-up film "Letztes Jahr Titanic" (Last Year Titanic), he received the prestigious Grimme Prize for each. Other installments in the series, such as "Glaube, Liebe, Hoffnung" (Faith, Love, Hope, 1994), which won the Joris Ivens Award in Amsterdam, and "Alles andere zeigt die Zeit" (As Time Goes By, 2015), continue his chronicle-like observations. His films are regularly screened at international festivals like the Berlinale.

Films on Sooner

  • Als wir die Zukunft waren

    2016

    87 mins

    Documentary, Independent

    Seven DEFA directors recall their childhood and youth in the GDR—full of longing, resistance, rebellion, and surprising openness.

  • Borderland

    2021

    97 mins

    Documentary, Independent

    A moving journey through a landscape and its history: from the border triangle of Germany, Poland and the Czech Republic up to the Oderhaff.