Pix
2017 | 8 min | Shorts
Baby photos, Christmas snapshots, school enrollment photos, wedding photos - our lives are an endless succession of photogenic moments.
Carsten Stier
ActorCarsten Stier is an actor and producer known for his work in various independent films. While he may not be widely recognized in mainstream Hollywood, he has contributed to the film industry through his performances and production efforts. Some of his notable works include roles in "Beinahe negativ," "Caveman," and "Ultimate Justice." Despite his dedication to his craft, detailed information about his awards and broader filmography is limited.
Films
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Herzsofort.Setzung II (autogene Manipulationen)
1996 | 7 min | Icons & Media Art
Using Super8, CD-ROM, video, color copy, and computer prints, Brynntrup re- and deconstructs a sequence of images spanning ten years through image processing techniques. "Herzsofort.Setzung is an attempt to sensitize the everyday experience and perception determined by technology in such a way that it becomes aware of itself as such, i.e. as perceiving and giving meaning." (Michael Brynntrup)
Robin
2008 | 21 min | Shorts
The film was shot on the "Kölnberg" high-rise complex in Cologne-Meschenich, which is considered a social hotspot. Hanno Olderdissens's graduation film from the International Film School Cologne was awarded more than ten prizes internationally. Robin is eight when his mother Sabine becomes pregnant again. Because Sabine is overwhelmed with child, new boyfriend and pregnancy, Robin has to go to a foster home. When he returns after three months, the situation has not improved at all. The mother's new ...
Zownir: Radical Man
2006 | 60 min | Biography
Stanley Kubrick's screenwriter and satirical novelist Terry Southern called Miron Zownir the poet of radical photography. Born in Karlsruhe in 1953, Zownir moved to Berlin in 1976 and then to the U.S. in 1981. There he spent 15 years in New York, Los Angeles & Pittsburgh. Zownir is one of the greatest existentialist photographers of our time. His images are icons of lust, pain, hunger, madness, starvation & death.
Rosa
2004 | 2 min | Shorts
Eduard is afraid of the color pink. Sabine likes Robert and the color pink. Will that work out? Malte Wirtz is a German filmmaker and theater director known for his experimental and independent work. With a background in theater studies and directing, Wirtz's works often combine socio-critical topics with unconventional aesthetic approaches. His style is characterized by a clear handwriting that combines minimalism and intense character studies. In addition to feature films, he has also made short ...
Rot
2004 | 3 min | Shorts
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Shot In The Dark
2017 | 79 min | Documentary
"I only understood how powerful light is after I went blind." A documentary about three blind photographers: Pete Eckert, Sonia Soberats and Bruce Hall - three exhibiting artists. What do they see in their mind's eyes? "Even with no input the brain keeps creating images," says Pete Eckert. Sonia Soberats states, "I only understood how powerful light is after I went blind." A blind person is probably the last person you’d expect to be a photographer. Shot in the dark is an intimate portrait of ...
Loverfilm
1997 | 22 min | Icons & Media Art
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Elfie Semotan, Photographer
2019 | 76 min | Documentary
For over half a century, Semotan has worked successfully at the intersection of art, fashion and advertising photography and photographed Louise Bourgeois, Claudia Schiffer, Naomi Campbell, Willem Dafoe, Maria Lassnig or Udo Kier, among others.
AIDE MÉMOIRE - ein schwules Gedächtnisprotokoll
1996 | 16 min | Biography
Photographer Jürgen Baldiga (1959-1993) and filmmaker Michael Brynntrup engage in a private discourse and personal investigation into the handling of images of life and death. "AIDE MÉMOIRE recalls a deceased friend in a radically personal way. The intimate, tender gaze of the filmmaker causes a closeness also of the spectators on AIDS disease, death and transience." (Jury statement - International Short Film Festival Oberhausen)
Sehnsucht nach dem ganz Anderen
1981 | 13 min | Shorts
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