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