Author: susan gluth

Wasser und Seife (Soap and Water)

AWARDS & NOMINATIONS Best documentary, Nordic Film Prize 2009 / Germany Best film, Int. Feminafilmfest 2009 / Czech Republic Best director, Riverrun Int. Filmfestival 2010 / USA Deutsche Film- und Medienbewertung: Prädikat besonders wertvoll OFFICIAL TRAILER Youtube WATCH THE MOVIE Vimeo Filmfriend LISTEN TO THE SONGS Ja Ja Ja from the album BAM BAM BAM / FINK Nils Koppruch on Spotify Nils Koppruch on apple music Nils Koppruch website LOGLINE Three women are slaving away in a laundry in Hamburg. Their wages are low but they cope with their everyday lives with dignity − and find a quantum of happiness from time to time. SYNOPSIS In the laundry the machines are already steaming and hissing when the workers in the smoke-filled break room stub out their early-morning cigarettes. It is 7.00 a.m., and time to start work. Resolute Tatjana is still tired as she feeds the wet serviettes through the groaning mangle while quiet Gerti struggles with the brassieres which have got tangled in the laundry net. Above them thuds and vibrations can be heard: …

Nulla si sa, tutto s’immagina … secondo Fellini

AWARDS AND NOMINATIONS Best feature film, Milano Filmfestival, Italy 2003 Best documentary-fff, dokfest Munich, Germany 2003 nomination: Best diploma film, Babelsberger Medienpreise, Germany 2003 nomination: Best camera, femme totale, Germany 2003 WATCH THE MOVIE Vimeo Filmfriend - coming soon SYNOPSIS An associative journey in pictures: a rapprochement to Italy, the people who live there and the places where they live and work in the form of a documentary essay accompanied by Federico Fellini, and determined by personal memories and impressions during moments of encounter and discovery. "When you shoot a film, you don't really know what it is about. (...) despise the sickness of our age: the need for ideology, the addiction to false clarity. Everything is tried by the tribunal of reason which analyses, makes a diagnosis and prescribes the treatment for that which cannot be understood, for the unconscious, our "dark zone" that feeds on the confused, the unexpected, the changeable and makes us feel uncomfortable and afraid. And yet, in fact, this is an extraordinarily precious part of us; why do we want to eliminate it and mutilate ourselves?" Federico …

Ostwärts

SYNOPSIS EASTWARDS. Encounters in Mecklenburg-West Pomerania ten years after Reunification. A journey through the most northeasterly state of Germany, in which we encounter people who tell us of their lives under the GDR and since the collapse of Communism. It becomes increasingly clear that there is a conflict today between their desire to live in Mecklenburg-West Pomerania and the feasibility of doing so. Through impressions and tales from the countryside, far from the main towns and cities, we search for common ground and points of difference between people from East and West Germany. PROTAGONISTS Wilfried and Annie Kloehn, Siggi Koeber, Adelheid Kunas, Joerg Hollnagel, Jens Czepkich, Christine Huettel , Joerg Schoof, Michael Unger, Hans-Georg and Inge Bohnsack, Karl Heinz Bretsch, Martin Goerbes, Eberhard Harning, Thomas Becken, Richard Sauer, Fred Spiegel, Birgit Heiden, Roman Langguth, Mario Immel, Uwe Schumacher, Frank Lueck, Ruediger Hacker, Tom Drahheim, Ralf Buchwald, Sven Sittauer, Peter Klaeser, Karsten and Silke Ziegler TEAM CAMERA Stefan Grandinetti   ORIGINAL SOUND  susan gluth   EDITORS  susan gluth, Isa Moeller    COMPOSER  Andreas Weidinger   RE-RECORDING MIXER  Gerhard Auer   PRODUCTION CONSULTANT  Claas Danielsen    GENERAL CONSULTANTS  Prof. Gerd Ruge, Claas Danielsen   PRODUCER  susan gluth   WRITTEN …

l’amour chez TATI

WATCH THE MOVIE Vimeo - coming soon Filmfriend - coming soon SYNOPSIS Marrying in white - is it still a dream? A social-milieu-study in the hugest store for wedding dresses in Paris. Women trying, mothers applauding, grandfathers paying and salesladies offering illusions. Le marriage en blanc - est-il toujours un rêve? Une étude sociale dans le plus grand magasin pour les robes de mariée à Paris. Il y a des femmes qui s’informent, les méres qui applaudent, les grandpéres qui achetent - et il y a les vendeuses, qui vendent les illusions. Existiert der Traum vom weißen Hochzeitskleid immer noch? Eine Milieu-Studie im größten Kaufhaus für Brautmoden in Paris. Über Kundinnen mit applaudierenden Müttern, zahlenden Großväter und kritische Töchter - und Verkäuferinnen, die täglich Illusionen bedienen. LINKS IMDbB PROTAGONISTS Marie-Annick Benali, Nicole Vernon, Eliane Chevalier, Lucette Sallettes, Mme. Lionelle, Mme. Marianna, Giberte Smadja, Famille Saidi, Daniele Penly et sa famille, Marie Jole Delaforte , Ferdinand Noutang, Monsieur Lambert, Elise Dounga, Monsieur Razak et ses amis, Marie Paule Rivaux, Mme. Valison Rakotomanana TEAM CAMERA  susan gluth   ORIGINAL SOUND Sophie …

Other Films

TWO BEATS ONE SOUL The musical colaboration project - a theatrical documentary and a compilation - between the US and Cuba. Montreal Black Filmfestival: " The film documents married music producers Ray Chew and Vivian Scott Chew on a discovering journey to Cuba. Two weeks of intense exchange and collaboration bringing together musicians from the U.S. and Cuba with the African heritage as comun basis. The film shines a light on Cuban culture and takes the viewer through the creative process and challenges of recording an album in Havana. Featuring Eric Benét, Jon B., Louie Vega, Jean Rodriguez, Sergio George - who has produced albums for Jennifer Lopez, Marc Anthony and the outstanding Cuban artists of the moment. A documentary full of passion, positive energy, grooving sounds and love, that all made this musical marriage so strong and convincing. Artists from so different countries in a unique cultural experience connected through their African roots: Two Beats One Soul". FILMSITE IMDB SPOTIFY TRAILER  Susan Gluth DIRECTORS Bille Woodruff, Sarah Nesson PRODUCTION  RVMK Films /  allthingschew EXECUTIVE …