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Halmaspiel

Chinese Checkers

Betina Kuntzsch // Germany // 2018 // 14:33 min

Animation, Documentary // Portrait

Language: German // Subtitles: English, French, German, czech

“My mother was always a great Halma player.” It’s a 20th century biography: growing up in the Nazi era, teenage years in post-war Germany, the the building of the Wall, and life in the GDR as well as in a united Germany. It’s a story of escaping, desperation and blending in.

Topics:

#Dependence   #everyday life   #Fear   #Work   #Berlin   #East Germany   #Family   #escape   #Women   #Prison   #History   #Society   #identity   #Capitalism   #Childhood   #Sickness   #War   #Art   #fashion   #Nazis   #Games   #surveillance   #change  

Part of the following short film programs

Borderlines and relations - 30 years since the Fall of the Berlin Wall

Festivals & Awards:

DOK Leipzig - Germany, 2017    
Tricky Woman  - Germany, 2018    
30. Filmfest Dresden - Germany, 2018  -  Special Mention
ITFS Stuttgart – Germany, 2018    
IFF Dortmund/Köln – Germany, 2018    
IKFF Hamburg – Germany, 2018    
Kurzfilmrolle Berlin – Germany, 2018    
Documentarist 11th Istanbul Documentary Days – Turkey, 2018    
Kurzfilmnächte am Elbufer – Germany, 2018    
27th dokumentART films & future, 2018    
interfilm IKFF Berlin – Germany, 2018    

Filmbewerungsstelle Wiesbaden