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Karine Guignard

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Moments of Resistance

Moments of Resistance

2019 | 99 min | Documentary

Politically engaged women of today respond to the voices of historical resistance to National Socialism and make connections to current events. This film weaves together current and historical portraits of women to create a multi-voiced collage of resistance spanning several decades. "In my family there were active Nazis and those who remained silent, as well as a resistance fighter and a concentration camp survivor. When I started this film in 2014, I wanted to make something about resistance ...

No News

No News

2021 | 81 min | Documentary

For months, the crew of the Mission Lifeline sea rescue ship is stuck in the port of Malta. The ship's captain is on trial for rescuing hundreds of refugees. This feature debut portrays the crew during their wait for a redemptive and anchor-releasing verdict. Ten months during which life, and death, continues in the Mediterranean. Sober shots of everyday life on the ship alternate with distress calls from the ship's radio, about boats in distress or of the isolated rescue of survivors. "This documentary ...

Nunca Más - No More War In Colombia?

Nunca Más - No More War In Colombia?

2018 | 36 min | Documentary

Left-wing militant guerrillas on one side, state violence and right-wing paramilitaries on the other, waged a bloody conflict over land, drugs and power. The consequences for the civilian population: hundreds of thousands dead and millions of refugees. The FARC, South America's largest guerrilla, signed a peace treaty in 2016, transformed itself into a political party, and 7,000 resistance fighters laid down their arms. The government promised training and reintegration programs to integrate the ...

God is not Working on Sunday!

God is not Working on Sunday!

2015 | 82 min | Documentary

After the bloody genocide 20 years ago, Rwanda made a remarkable turnaround, which was primarily made possible by the country's women. It sounds like a feminist utopia: the country is ruled by a majority of women, it is a leader in IT technology, and it is experiencing rapid economic growth. Only 20 years after the genocide, Rwanda is considered one of the most progressive nations on the African continent. First and foremost, women have been responsible for reconciliation within society. GOD IS ...

GDR Experimental: First Leipzig Autumn Salon

GDR Experimental: First Leipzig Autumn Salon

2006 | 22 min | Icons & Media Art

In 1984, the artists Lutz Dammbeck, Günter Firit, Hans Hendrik Grimmling, Frieder Heinze, Günter Huniat and Olaf Wegewitz occupied a trade fair building in the center of Leipzig to stage one of the first independent and public exhibitions in the GDR – the 1st LEIPZIGER HERBSTSALON. The event was an act of resistance against the GDR's system of state control and a creative form of self-assertion. The artists defied the restrictive guidelines of cultural policy and created an autonomous space for avant-garde, ...

It's All Good

It's All Good

2018 | 70 min | Documentary

While the healthcare system in Venezuela crashes, and millions flee the country, a doctor, a pharmacist, an activist and two cancer patients are trying to survive amidst the chaos. They face the daily dilemma of choosing to protest or to acquiesce, to emigrate or to stick it out, to lose all hope or to hang on to faith? Together they take to the stage to act out their circumstances and find emotional release.

Of Neo-Nazis and Superheroes – How the Far Right is Changing a Small German Town

Of Neo-Nazis and Superheroes – How the Far Right is Changing a Small German Town

2018 | 56 min | Documentary

This small town has hosted right-wing rock concerts in the past, but now, remarkably, a diverse group of anti-right activists has emerged to challenge local right-wing organizations. The film offers new insights into how the societal shift to the right took place and how a right-wing parallel world that was able to establish itself in town and how creative forms of protest can flourish.

In Heaven's Meadow

In Heaven's Meadow

2018 | 30 min | Drama

Maya awakes suddenly in Heaven Meadow. She is not dead, she is in Vienna. It is night. She checks out her body. What is she missing? Her shoes, that's for sure. The culprits are gone. Injured and without shoes, Maya runs back to the city - home. Without further ado she goes to Italy, to Daniel, her boyfriend. Daniel does not know what happened to her in Vienna, but he senses something is different. Maya wants to regain control over her life, not be a victim. And yet she's just drifting through ...

Make Up the World

Make Up the World

2024 | 99 min | Documentary

In MAKE UP THE WORLD, filmmakers Susanne Weirich and Robert Bramkamp explore the profound impact of film props, venturing into prop warehouses like Studio Babelsberg, Delikatessen Berlin, and FTA Props in Hamburg. Each item, from lamps to paintings, embodies narratives that transcend their physical form, enriching cinematic stories from "Kolberg" to "Großstadtrevier." Through the perspective of BiPOC activist and actress Thelma Buabeng, the film also explores the post-colonial history of certain ...

Recycling Medea: Not an Opera Ballet Film

Recycling Medea: Not an Opera Ballet Film

2013 | 75 min | Music, Dance, Theater

While the classical play MEDEA by Euripides is performed on stage, young people on the streets of Athens fight against a state that steals all their opportunities. In associative form, the film interweaves the ancient myth of a mother who kills her children with images of violent street protests and lines from Anne Frank's diary. Six solo dancers - including an extraordinary Maria Kousouni as Medea - in expressive close-ups, in a mixture of classical ballet and modern expressive dance, interwoven ...