Sabine Panossian has been nominated for a special Grimme Award in the Fiction category for her outstanding cinematography in our film ECHO. Sabine Panossian studied at the Film University Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF and has since worked in both fiction and documentary filmmaking. Her short film Am Ende der Wald won the Silver Student Academy Award in 2016. Her graduation film Off Season was invited to the Berlinale in 2019 and was honored with the Michael Ballhaus Award for Sabine's cinematography, among others.

The Grimme Award is the most prestigious accolade for television content in Germany and has been presented by the Grimme Institute in Marl since 1964. The winners of the 61st edition will be announced on March 6. An overview of all nominations can be found here.

ECHO is a film by Mareike Wegener, co-produced with WDR (commissioning editor: Andrea Hanke), where it premiered in March 2024.

The Cinématèque Leipzig presents films in its "Tatorte" series that explore the crime genre in diverse and unique ways. Some of these films may feel familiar, while others challenge the audience’s viewing habits. The selection includes crime stories that inspire reflection or wonder, spark discussions, provoke laughter, or perhaps even lull one to sleep. Films that can be soothingly dull or thrillingly entertaining – but in any case, remarkably good in their own distinctive way.

Mareike Wegener's debut feature film ECHO, which plays with elements of the crime genre to explore themes of history, haunting, and repetition, will be screened on Sunday, January 5, at 8:15 PM at the Cinématèque Leipzig.

For Museum Night on November 2, MOOZ will present a short film program in the new spaces of the Academy of Media Arts Cologne. MOOZ is essentially a virtual space for artistic works featuring moving images from the Academy and, as an anagram of ZOOM, it focuses on experimental audiovisual formats. The program includes Mareike Wegener's first short film "Haarteile" (2005, 7min, 16mm, b/w).

Under the title talk talk, MOOZ will showcase artistic works for Museum Night that vary in approach—documentary, experimental, performative, or installation-based. Each piece communicates in a distinct, intense, and personal language, drawing attention to diverse forms of communication.

"Haarteile" was created in the seminar "Documentary Miniatures" under Dietrich Leder, with the assignment of documenting a repetitive action. During the seminar, Mareike Wegener watched "Oskar Langenfeld. 12 Mal" (1966) by Holger Meins, which had a profound impact on her both thematically and formally, influencing the fragmentary structure of "Haarteile". The film is an intergenerational study of hair rituals among women, where biographical patterns seem to repeat themselves. By observing three women of different ages engaging in their hair rituals, one discovers more commonalities than differences: young-middle-aged-elderly, morning-noon-evening, styling-dyeing-hairpieces.

During the summer break, the KINDL invites visitors to an open-air film programme exploring the topic of fragility both artistically and thematically. The curated selection, titled States of Fragility, features seven short films by contemporary international artists and directors. Our film RIAFN will screen alongside works by Factory of Found Clothes (FFC), Eva Giolo, Sky Hopinka, Yeo Siew Hua, Pauline Curnier Jardin, and Alice Rohrwacher & JR. These films explore themes of transformation and change, the natural cycle of life and death, and the rituals in between. They engage with myths, ancestors, and traditional beliefs, portraying a vulnerable world and the fragility of ecosystems. Some films reference actual events and build narratives around them, while others unfold through montages of images and the creation of atmospheres. The overarching theme of fragility and its far-reaching facets connects all the films.

Wednesday, August 21st, 8 pm at KINDL - Zentrum für zeitgenössische Kunst in Berlin. With an introduction by curator Katherina Perlongo. Free admission.