The Filmmakers

Volker Schöwerling

lives and works as filmmaker and author in Berlin, Germany

born in Halle/Westfalen, Germany

Study of History, Dramatics, Literature and Drama in Berlin

works as actor and director in Berlin, Bremen, Frankfurt

design and organisation of art exhibitions and historical exhibitions(i.e. Gegenwart-Ewigkeit, Metropolis, Amerikanische Kunst der 20. Jahrhunderts, Afrika, Fernand Leger, Fragen an die Deutsche Geschichte, Topographie des Terrors)

Mechthild Katzorke

lives and works as a filmmaker in Berlin, Germany

born in the GDR

study of Visual Communication / Experimental Filmmaking at the Hochschule der Künste, Berlin

performances, installations, Super-8-films und experimental short films in the women’s artist group ANITA, work with Van Gogh TV and Ponton Media

autor and director for children’s television of the German television ARD

Films (selection)

  • Melken und Saugen, 1. Preis Kurzfilmtage Oberhausen (1992)
  • MUMMY. Eine angloindische Mutter. Film and performance
  • Störung Ost. Punks in Ostberlin, 1996
  • Licht verlorener Wege. Die kolumbianische Legende Geo von Lengerke, 1997
  • Screenplay for "Die Schatzinseloper", experimental-documentary opera, 2000
  • Leben mit Epilepsie, long term documentary, 2001 - 2005
    Many other films about epilepsy, 2001-2010, 2011 Sibylle Ried Prize
  • Desplazado, instalation, Museum f. Völkerkunde Munich u. Philips Universität Marburg, 2010
  • Desplazado, film, 2011