Antje Starost

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Antje Starost and Hans Helmut Grotjahn with Stéphane Hessel in the Literaturhaus Berlin, October 2010

Antje Starost (* 1950 in Berlin ) is a German screenwriter, documentary film director, camerawoman and producer. She has been working regularly with the filmmaker Hans Helmut Grotjahn (born August 13, 1943 in Braunschweig ) since 1981 .

life and work

Antje Starost was born in Berlin-Prenzlauer Berg. After graduating from Hildegard-von-Bingen-Gymnasium in Cologne, studied in Berlin, qualified pedagogue with a focus on media. Teaching at the Free University of Berlin . 1975 Foundation of the media center, production group for youth and educational work. The aim is to create multi-media productions and documentaries as part of practical media work in socially disadvantaged areas. Main topics: living conditions of young people, youth unemployment, youth center movement, children in the big city, job profiles, etc. The productions are used throughout Germany in the areas of further education, universities, trade union education, in youth camps, kindergartens.

From 1978 she studied at the German Film and Television Academy in Berlin . The first study film Marika and Caterina was broadcast by ZDF Kleines Fernsehspiel in 1981. In 1980 Antje Starost founded her own production company. Antje Starost Film Produktion primarily develops original material, scripts and produces cinema films. The focus is on documentaries for the cinema. Three cinema projects were also funded by MEDIA during development . In addition, commissioned productions for TV, public institutions and church organizations are realized. Radio plays and features are also part of the work spectrum.

In 2011 a DVD label was founded.

Movies

The Diplomat (together with Manfred Flügge ) is the only documentary film in which Stéphane Hessel himself leads through the stages of his life and survival. And also answers the question why he is the child from the classic Jules and Jim by François Truffaut . The diplomat premiered in the International Forum of Young Films at the 1995 Berlinale and was the opening film of the Berliner Festwochen . It gained an unexpected topicality and re-performance in the cinema through the bestseller by Stéphane Hessel Outraged You .

Also Wurlitzer or the invention of the present (1985) had premiere at Berlin . It tells the life story of Hans Vogt , one of the inventors of optical sound film, in an "idiosyncratic way between the genres of documentary film, feature film and essay" and "captivates with the intensity of his cinematic language." ( Ulrich Gregor , Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin 1986) Wurlitzer or the invention of the present saw a revival in 2012 and Starost / Grotjahn were honored with the Hans-Vogt-Filmpreis der Stadt Rehau .

Chaupi Mundi-Die Mitte der Welt (1993) was the first cinema-length documentary for children's cinema, a genre that is rarely found in Germany. When it premiered in the competition at the Goldener Spatz Festival in 1993, it caused controversy among experts. The children's and cinema audience, on the other hand, makes it a “film classic” that is also part of the repertoire. Schäfer / Schoor speak of a "convincing conception" for Chaupi Mundi - Die Mitte der Welt, and Webersinke sums it up in their diploma thesis: "Alone in a wide field, which at least concerns the successful implementation of a semi-documentary original material for children's cinema."

The cinema documentary 7 or Why in the world am had its world premiere at the Hof International Film Festival (2011), resulted in 30 festivals, winning among others the first prize for documentary film in Biberach and in arthouse cinema like in the children's cinema long seller . The German film and media rating FBW awarded 7 or Why I am in the world with the “rating of particularly valuable” and named it film of the month. The reasoning states:

“This extraordinary documentary is exclusively dedicated to its young protagonists from Berlin, Paris, Bulgaria, Crete and Ecuador, without any reference to the adult world. The directors Antje Starost and Hans Helmut Grotjahn take the childish cosmos absolutely seriously. In this way, they succeed in relaxed and honest interviews with plenty of room for development. An entertaining patchwork of childlike wisdom, a fresh zest for life and positive energies! "

7 or Why I am in the world is also listed with educational material including at Durchblick / Bundesverband Jugend und Film and at the Stuttgart Children's Film Festival.

Filmography (selection)

All films together with Hans Helmut Grotjahn

  • Marika and Caterina (1981) ZDF, director, camera and co-production
  • Schuhmann (1985) Director, camera and co-production
  • Wurlitzer or The Invention of the Present (1985) Director, Cinematography, Production
  • Painting is Life - Fritz Köthe (1987) Director, Production
  • Outside like a stone (1988) SFB , director
  • Faces (1988), director, camera, production
  • Dem (1989), director, producer
  • With awake eyes (1989) SFB, director
  • Chaupi Mundi - The Middle of the World (1992) Director, camera, production
  • Der Diplomat (1995) director (together with M. Flügge) camera, production
  • The Piggy (1998) Director, Cinematography, Production
  • Elena and Pancha (2000 ZDF / Kika ) director, camera
  • The first great love (2003) WDR / arte director, co-production
  • Stéphane Hessel (2008) Director, Production
  • 7 or Why I'm in the World (2010) Director, co-production
  • Story of a Love - Freya (2016) Director
  • Outrage! Get involved! Stéphane Hessel (2017) WDR / arte, director

Radio plays

  • Living nicely - experiences in looking for an apartment (together with Erhard Backhaus, Hans Helmut Grotjahn, Karl-Heinz Schmidt) RIAS / NDR 1977
  • Come on, ask! About the difficulty of media work with young people (together with Backhaus, Grotjahn) SFB 1977
  • Grandfather and the Mountains, 8 episodes in the eared bear , SFB 1998
  • Original sound feature A child by Jules and Jim - The rebirth of Stéphane Hessel , Deutschlandradio Kultur 1997/2002/2011/2014

Festivals (selection)

Awards / prizes

For 7 or why I'm in the world

  • Award for the best documentary film ( Biberacher Film Festival )
  • Best Documentary (International Film Festival, Armenia)
  • Grand Prix (International Film Festival, Armenia)
  • Special Mention (Olympia Int. Film Festival, Pyrgos, Greece)
  • Adult Jury Award for Best Picture
  • Mencion honorifica, Prize of the Children's Jury (16th Childrens Film Festival Mexico)
  • Particularly valuable and documentary film of the month by FBW

for Wurlitzer or The Invention of the Present

literature

  • Hedwig Rohde : Kreuzberg Apartment Search, in: epd / Church and Radio No. 34 of May 7, 1977
  • Stephanie Lobback: Documentaries for Children , HFF Master Thesis 2008
  • Katharina Webersinke: The situation of children's documentary films in Germany, HFF diploma thesis 2009
  • Schäfer, Wegener: Childhood and Film, History, Topics and Perspectives of Children's Films in Germany, Konstanz 2009
  • Schäfer, Schoor: The young German children's film, Meitingen 2011
  • "7 or why I'm in the world" / review and interview with Starost / Grotjahn in: Kinder und Jugendfilm Korrespondenz 1/2010
  • Uta Beth: 7 or Why I'm in the World, Lexicon of Children's and Youth Films, 2010
  • Uta Beth: Chaupi Mundi - The Middle of the World, Lexicon of Children and Youth Films, 2011
  • Chaupi Mundi: Cronología del siglo XX: cultura y política en Ecuador y el mundo, Quito 1996
  • Frauke Geyken: Freya von Moltke, Munich 2011

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Information on the radio play A Child by Jules and Jim on the Deutschlandradio website
  2. ^ Film and History - Hans-Helmut Grotjahn. Retrieved June 17, 2019 .
  3. ↑ Antje Backhaus-Starost, Erhard Backhaus: Leisure activities of young workers, Ffm 1975
  4. ↑ Media work, experience processing and coping with life (together with Erhard Backhaus and Hans-Helmut Grotjahn) in: medium June 1976
  5. ↑ Giving the silent majority a vote (together with Erhard Backhaus, Gert Möbius) in: medium August 1974
  6. ^ Photo, newspaper and video in the youth leisure sector (together with Erhard Backhaus, Gert Möbius) deutsche jugend, Dec 1974, Munich
  7. ↑ When young workers enjoy learning - requirements for media use in youth leisure time (together with Erhard Backhaus, Gert Möbius) deutsche jugend Nov 1974, Munich
  8. ↑ Perhaps a job will come up to me, experience in the production of a sound slide show with unemployed young people (together with Erhard Backhaus and Hans-Helmut Grotjahn) in: Ästhetik und Kommunikation, June 1976, Kronberg
  9. ↑ Youth without career prospects (collaboration) Ed. HJ-Petzold, Weinheim and Basel 1976
  10. ^ Social pedagogical workplaces (collaboration), editor CW Müller Weinheim / Basel 1977
  11. ↑ Katharina Webersinke: Situation of children's documentary films in Germany, HFF diploma thesis 2009
  12. ↑ http://www.fbw-filmbeval.com/film/7_oder_warum_ich_auf_der_welt_bin
  13. ↑ http://www.durchblick-filme.de/sieben/index.htm
  14. ↑ - ( Memento of the original from December 23, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.stuttgarter-kinderfilmtage.de
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  16. ↑ Int. Film Festival for Youth, Vancouver
personal data
SURNAME Starost, Antje
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German screenwriter, documentary film director, camerawoman and producer
DATE OF BIRTH 1950
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin