The program for the 2019 Retrospective encompassed narrative and documentary features from the former East and West Germany between 1968 and 1990, as well as German films after re-unification in 1990. What the filmmakers and their protagonists have in common is an interest in exploring their own environment, and the search for their own cinematic idiom.
Films:
‘Manöver’ (West Germany, 1967, directed by May Spils)
‘Neun Leben hat die Katze’ (FRG, 1968, directed by Ula Stöckl)
‘Sie’ (GDR, 1970, directed by Gitta Nickel)
‘Ich denke oft an Hawaii…’ (FRG, 1978, directed by Elfi Mikesch)
‘Heim’ (GDR, 1978/1990, directed by Angelika Andrees, Petra Tschörtner)
‘Dress Rehearsal und Karola 2’ (FRG, 1979/1980, directed by Christine Noll Brinckmann)
‘Das Fahrrad’ (GDR, 1982, directed by Evelyn Schmidt)
‘Die Mitspeisenden’ (FRG, 1989, directed by Hermine Huntgeburth)
‘Wer fürchtet sich vorm schwarzen Mann’ (GDR, 1989, directed by Helke Misselwitz)
‘Miss World’ (GER, 1998, directed by Barbara Marheineke)
The Willy Haas Prize 2019 has awarded a “Special Mention” as part of the “cinefest - International Festival of German Film Heritage.”
