The film team spent several days accompanying the Circus Hein. Sandra, Benjamin, Enrico and Jessica appear alongside their parents in the ring as clowns or acrobats.
As of the late 1970s, young East German artists, especially in the larger cities, created spaces for cultural experimentation that were separate from official art channels. Through their art, they rebelled against both the existing art market, and the country’s political climate.
For more than 40 years, Quichua artists have painted colorful pictures of daily life, celebrations and traditions of their villages in the Ecuadorian Andes. In their work, reality and dreams blend with pre-Columbian myths and Christian influences.
A selection of ten Super-8 films made between 1983 and 1989 by young East German artists, musicians, performers and writers, who produced their films outside official channels.
Thirteen-year-old Janni struggles to feel accepted because her physical development lags behind that of the other girls her age.
On January 27, 2010, Okpako visited the (East) German author Christa Wolf to discuss a film project based on Wolf's novel Medea: A Modern Retelling.
On a lonely homestead lives potter and musician Kristian Körting, who describes himself as "a musician from birth on" and "a musician searching for true sound." His love for music is the motivation for making his own organ.
A film portrait of one of DEFA's best-known directors.
This collection of documentaries tells the story of the Friedrichstadt-Palast in Berlin, a central location for the city’s mixture of cultural, leisurely, war, occupation and political histories.
This entertainment film features a colorfully mixed program of musical numbers, along with the most popular artists of GDR music, film and television. Before each performance, the artists involved are seen in an everyday situation in their life.