Foreign language film i thought ok thanks motivation has always been 1st and foremost to tell stories that interest her and these are often about family dynamics. Of the i there we construct our own set of years in this wonderful cinema. Probably. Before we talk about your films lets do a little q. And a to warm up. Do you prefer to work with child actors or adult professionals. Can i really like working with children because i like telling stories about childhood. That doesnt mean every moment is a satisfying as the work with well trained actors from whom you get a lot but i need kids. To tell the stories i want to tell. Them. You feel more at home in the editing suite or unset francis im 5 its got to line up at the start i sit alone at my desk at home and write my script then i have lots of fun on location with the crew really making the story come to life with some leave and then at 1st the editing is always hell but at some point its fun to rest before its what would you prefer being invited to the Film Festival in congress or in berlin. Unfortunately neither one has ever invited me but id really like one of my films to screen and can. Buy them when was the last time you cried at the movies as of us the last thing i enjoyed was joker but i didnt cry why would i make you walk out of a movie. Then especially when im bored if i feel i have Better Things to do im too busy i cant sit here anymore then im at least kind of under threat all is good for westerns or Science Fiction and you know one thing you should let me show you a photo for. You what it can discard what a shame shes no longer with us. Sadly she died last may before we finished making the film when hitler still pink rabbit. And if i really would like to show it to her its like thats what was it about carrs book that moved you so much that you wanted to tell the story on film. And the effect of what won me over was that the perspective is quite unique and that this very difficult time is told from a childs point of view in that she didnt feel it was only terrible these can. You dont see the horrors of the nazi era in all their enormity thank goodness. Because the stories you just cartels was also an adventure for her thats the way she described it it was actually a nice time inside. The premiere in berlin of links latest production when hitler stole pink rabbit the film adaptation of judith carrs bestselling autobiographical novel. A tells how cars family fled germany when the nazis seized power in 1933 despite its title the books not really about hitler. Its about her father theatre critic alfred carr her mother and her brother about how they flee to switzerland. Not long afterwards the nazis burned alfred cars books in berlin. And the German Jewish family was dispossessed judith carr never lived in germany again she worked as an author and illustrator in london until her death at the age of 95 her books sold millions of copies worldwide. Links film shows her familys flight through several countries and captures the fears and uncertainties of the time it seems to a childs eyes. This. Anti semitism is still an issue in germany today. In our country with the reemergence of antisemitism with a climate of intolerance and xenophobia stories such as this one are essential and important these issues need to be discussed time and again with children and young people to. Believe in god we live in a country where jew has once again become a curse word in schoolyards. For jews are attacked and i know jewish families who no longer dare to tell people theyre jewish for fear of being ostracized so its a highly charged topic on this. Site. Has there been another photo. Tufted mother and daughter they had a very close relationship. And i think they were soulmates who communicated with each other as equals even when she was still a little girl. That really touched me. And this was. His shift from. His that he says. Its just you know. So if i just had no could just go from one. Because this. One is this nations often still sound so much. So its kind of this and im just going to forget. Im superstitious. But it was the war a topic in your family. My nicole smith avanza to push my grandmother was one of those typical wartime women who saw her family through under difficult circumstances. The men were always absent on the streets and in daily life you still saw men who had clearly been wounded in the war. That still infiltrated our childhood. And on the weekend but only as an adult did i realize how recent world war 2 still was then we nod outside of it. For your film show things from a childs perspective. What are your favorite childhood memories. Growing up in a small or midsize town gave me a great sense of security. Bogen. We also had an incredible amount of freedom. My parents worked a lot they ran a restaurant in but now im kind of what my mother always went back to the restaurant in the evenings and nights when i saw that little slip of light under my bedroom door and someone was in the hallway or the living room and i fell asleep feeling secure because mama was home. Because most of the time she wasnt there i had a very independent life. Even as a young child because leaving from there for you kid. How did you get to know cinema in a small town and have you know its like you know that im there were 2 movie theaters one show a soft porn films for the spa guests things like the erotic adventures of highly unlikely the other showed mainstream movies weeks after their release. They certainly werent art films nothing where you could say well thats really the dog dont want us all 1st id like to show you another photo. Thats from beyond silence another close father Daughter Relationship you could say thats my theme my dad once asked me darling do we have an issue where you always talking about fathers and daughters. I dont have any deep psychological justification for it but daughters relationships to their fathers interests me. And if it. Does that its just used. To dance to she. She. Has parents are both deaf mute so she hears and interprets the world for them. The film was a hit with critics and audiences alike. Link was just 32 when beyond silence was nominated for the oscar for best Foreign Language film since. Though she loves her family love feels trapped music is her escape. Thats why of us beyond silence was a milestone. In the mid ninetys comedies were big in german cinema and then you came along with your 1st major film. Was it a big risk starting out with a film like that. From the sleazy courts or through. Have a look sometimes ive wondered why im quite intransigent in a certain way and i think thats because they had no expectations as far as my success was concerned. Folks maybe its because my parents and the world i come from didnt have any either so ultimately if not many people see my film or nobody sees it and it doesnt matter. If i kind of like it its not its all i got helps i thought the main thing is i got to make it and thats always given me a sense of freedom in my opinion thats the most important thing for a movie to be successful it needs to have interesting and complex characters. No matter how great the story around them is the core is always the person the character. And those theyre confronted with. One of them states again. And that i as a viewer follow this character whom i find authentic and truthful. After this unless it was a lie which is what i always have in mind that you put a lot of yourself into the story even though the framework doesnt have to come from your own world. I conveyed commonwealths but at heart when its about family about family relationships about conflicts but also about the great bonds love and affection within a family. Then that has something to do with me and through my characters i relate something im intimately familiar with. This can not just leave my job he doesnt even. Know here groans. What shall i say it slowly starting to bore me i dont know what more i can say theres nothing that i havent said before or that i havent said a 100 times already but im glad im still glad it went over to the oscar is still being used as a doorstop in my living room after all these years nothing has changed. And the are 8 sort of ghosts to. Germany for no where in the. Epic film set in africa was a revelation and brought her an oscar the 1st ever to go to a german female director its the tale of a jewish family fleeing the nazis and almost breaking apart while living in exile in kenya the relief of having survived is marred by the pain of being uprooted. Its. Only the daughter finds contentment in their new home. Putting this into his pocket. So i guess yes this is tough but its supposed to be. At your house its in the kitchen to mention that for the prestige of these cars yeah this is nice but it was a good idea my son she was taking care of a little bit on what i hear you say that. Was winning the oscar liberating or did it feel like a burden yeah. I can honestly say it was a burden for me but at the time i had a little baby which id wanted for a long time. Id finally gotten pregnant and given birth to this wonderful child and just at that time shed fallen ill toward conk went on to win an oscar right then and to celebrated the way that was expected of me it completely overwhelmed me and i couldnt cope despite the oscar you never worked in hollywood was hollywood never an option for you. Make your own its not that interesting to me because i can make the films i like to make in europe in germany i dont need more money in order to make good films. And go through them and i imagine i might not have the same freedom in the us that i have in europe in germany. So youve made about 10 films in 30 years. Your figure films need a long gestation period or. The other says its mine and since i write my own script that usually takes quite a while. And also because i like to live my life see my friends and do other things apart from shooting films im probably not the quickest director i was quick now though i made 2 films back to back indeed. And uli is what can i say those 2 really liked each other. When they met in the studio in berlin it was quite beautiful. Couple looked at him and said youre me now. In your use look back at him and said yes im you know. This is. Something i speak to you its a feeling. Yeah. And i said to be in such good that i might have im far too much but you go just yet. But. Who. Bittersweet comedy set in the industrial war region of the 1970 s. An emotional journey through west german history. Probably the links film is based on the autobiography of papa care because one of germanys best loved comedians. Is a portrait of a sheltered childhood thats been touched by trauma. And predicts the tale of a boy fighting a battle against his mothers Mental Health problems with the force of his opinion personality and joyce flamboyance. What. Was. Stated on talk. I speak. Inside the inside said ultimately its a battle he loses but thanks to a sprawling supportive family life goes on. Youre not too bothered about success but youre successful none the less for course that this was the most successful german film in 2018 and had audiences in tears myself included how do you do it. When people say thats so touching i always think what exactly did i do. And thats its always a fine line between kids and real deep emotion so you need the ability to judge of course whats corny and whats good. Its kids like school but youve obviously got a knack for finding appropriate actors especially for the children is there a moment where you go yes you know thats the one. Saying thats the one puts a lot of pressure on a kid its more like i think ok ill be able to work with him or her oh you know when you know link works really well with children but how do they view working with her. I thought it was super right reba yes she was so helpful if there was something i didnt know she told me what i had to say and i could just repeat it that made it much easier and she was so nice. But when its the 1st film theyre still pretty open minded and when i say walk over there they walk over there when they dont question anything. Actors usually try to convey something or feel something thats why i like working with children whove never acted before because theyre not as selfconscious they dont think about the effect theyre having. Fostered over. The screen daniel and i are you good thanks now. Lets talk a little bit about making films in germany there are great film Schools Support for emerging talent millions of euros and grounds does it not hurt as a woman that there are relatively few female directors in germany for. You but for important. Ok whats absolutely not ok is the fact that 50 percent of all students are female and then we end up with maybe 10. 00 to 15. 00 directors in total its unacceptable and. Its also boring we want to see a female perspective in cinema 2 we want to see how women see our society. There are many reasons for this who calls the shots who gets the opportunities to producers editors and sponsors support women in cinema but as always to. Female students in film school youve got to want it to really want it and it comes at a price. A lot and one does have to a certain extent you cant always be nice. And leave us made. You dont support having a quota at Film Festivals. If you didnt sign if its i wouldnt want there to be a fixed number but there could be more pressure to give women a platform to say hello have a look at what weve got here the fall off on its own and theres a lot more where that came from fear what do you think of Development Since hashtag me to has anything changed in the german film business as of and what is it its definitely good that there is no where in a sea of these issues my daughter is 17 years old. I can now talk to her about how its definitely not ok when some guy just touches her behind because he thinks hes so great and powerful and goes come with me day yeah weve all experienced this ive even had some guy knocking on my Hotel Room Door while his wife is sitting in the lobby downstairs who does he think he is why does he think its ok to. Primarily meet feature films many of your colleagues also do t. V. Or work for streaming platforms what about you do you have any interest in making a t. V. Series. Im doing a series next its about a childrens psychotherapy practice and specifically children who display behavioral problems. More or less against one backdrop its very stripped down its almost a bit experimental what weve got a plan to get is fast is an experiment to elicit a form or another with children. Yes children are somehow always involved. Although what i definitely dont want is to make childrens movies not because i dont enjoy them but because i feel like now my daughter is 17 ive moved on. And its a bit i dont want to keep doing the same thing. But talking about society through childrens eyes thats something i really enjoy and. I just do you just learn to be an indian bond of someone who hasnt been people who dont know that you just become vanished because a. Device to seal off the end of the. Deceased was also for the prince william. Weve covered a lot of ground but we havent talked about the city thats been your home for a long time. But we go outside with. A sort of were going to do their. Part to. Munich germany. Home to the various studios in the bavaria film. Many successful films have been produced here including. Expertly made films for the global market. Munich was the center of german film for a long time with most german oscar winners like a link based here they all studied at the citys university of television and film the high fat a huge number of its graduates have gone on to stellar careers. To go through as one of germanys film is munich the place to be for movie makers and primark the place could be my eyes it might have amazon and weve got some serious competition in thats berlin of course young people go to berlin partly because its much more affordable to live there. But i like being in munich. You think is a good base to start off from its a good city to come home to. When you travel around the world and see all kinds of exciting things but also get a bit stressed out from it all then munich is a lovely place to return to its a sheltered and structured world. I find its a very orderly city. If indeed this and that im for you started out studying documentary filmmaking when did you make the transition to feature films. It up does it i dont have so can i realised fairly quickly to be honest i sneaked my way into film school via documentary films because the entry requirements for documentary filmmaking were more up my street. And so thats what i applied for and once i was unrolled i wanted to work with actors shops naked back this is nice ok but i realized pretty early on that i didnt like just following people with the camera but rather including them in the story that im shaping. Hes in and you grew up in a small town and have been living in munich for over 30 years are you a local now. Is 12 a dozen i dont know that i can ever be a local i definitely dont sound very and when i try its embarrassing. But yes munich is my home now as if i shall but its manageable and its not as challenging and tiring as a big city like berlin like the littlest everybody. Do so i would say this yeah thanks and goodbye its been a pleasure really are. You ready for this. Ouch. Would you like a piece of shoulder. And Cake International the baked goodies are more than mere tasty desserts mary artists from all over the world come here to compete and one of the top makers shows us the ropes. Youre lomax. W. The show must go on. The 77 percent right from the streets of africa everybodys talking about the poor. But how are people coping with the threat of coded 19. Guys who dont have offices to go to the catch work from home. And how is the corona pandemic impacting africans at home and abroad. Fight against. The 77 percent. In 60 minutes d. W. Like. 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