Deep Dive Genre

First a Best Director-award for his co-writer and director of Vaterland/Fatherland Pawel Pawlikowski in Cannes and now their film opens the Munich film festival. We talk to writer Henk Handloegten how Vaterland/Fatherland came about, the writing process, the influence of Edgar Reitz’ “Heimat” on his choice of career, the responsibility of a writer (hint: accuracy matters, but so does perspective) and we speculate how AI might change the business. It was a pleasure - Enjoy! Find out more about Henk and his latest work: https://players.de/writers/henk-handloegten/ You can find us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/shorttake/?hl=de

Actor Felix Kramer returns, this time to Deep Dive Genre, to talk about his series Oderbruch – including laying in fake blood for several hours during one particular scene, staying as curious as on day one and the powerful emotions film classic Nosferatu manages to portray. It was a pleasure - Enjoy! Find out more about Felix and his latest work: https://agentur-lambsdorff.de/schauspieler/felix-kramer/ You can find us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/shorttake/?hl=de

One shouldn’t have favorites – but I have to admit thanks to our interview I’m a little bit of a Mala-Emde-Stan. The talented actress talked about acting as a process, "play" being the most important part and why prep is both horrible, but also very important. And lest I forget: Sheep are also a big part of our wonderful and fun conversation. It was a pleasure - Enjoy! Find out more about Mala and her latest work: https://lilie2a-pr.de/mala-emde/ You can find us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/shorttake/?hl=de

“You discover a film while you’re making it” might be my new favorite quote about movies. A big thank you to cinematographer Markus Förderer for talking to us about the making of dystopian scifi feature HELL, what draws him to the genre and why throwing out the pre-planning is sometimes the boldest move you can make in film making. It was a pleasure - Enjoy! Find out more about Markus and his latest work: https://www.markusforderer.com/ You can find us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/shorttake/?hl=de

Today we talk to film critic and economic researcher Moritz Pfeifer about European films, political drama - and film financing. Our discussion covers a lot of ground: From European arthouse film, to film marketing to the FFG. Join us, won’t you? For the final chapter of season 7. Find out more about Moritz and his latest work: East European Film Bulletin: http://eefb.org/ Research Paper ("The European Film Industry as a Market for Lemons"): https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=5042964 (und ein Artikel zur Arbeit für die Öffentlichkeit: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/feb/13/film-europe-berlinale-industry-eu-funds-audiences) Films mentioned: “Kontinental '25” by Radu Jude “The Assistant” by Anna and Wilhelm Sasnal “Jupiter” by Andrey Zvyagintsev “Silent Friend” by Ildikó Enyedi You can find us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/shorttake/?hl=de

Back for a second stint with us and fresh of the Oscar® -Nomination for September 5 we talk to writer Moritz Binder about his writing process (hint: he’s not a solitary writer), how sometimes getting rid of dialogue can make a scene and the creative through-line of his projects (possibly Munich, just kidding – but also not). It was a pleasure - Enjoy! Find out more about Moritz and his latest work: https://agentur-midpoint.com/moritz-binder/ Find out more about Johanna Thalmann and her work: https://agentur-midpoint.com/johanna-thalmann/ You can find us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/shorttake/?hl=de

We talked to the indomitable writer & director Petra Volpe about her new film Heldin/Late Shift, filmmaking as a political act, her favorite quote “fiction is the lie that tells the truth” (by Albert Camus), how camera positions are micro-dramaturgy and we got a glimpse of her newest film, a passion project. Enjoy! Find out more about Petra and her latest work: https://die-agenten.de/profile/petra-volpe/ You can find us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/shorttake/?hl=de