"HERZ STICHT” is the story of a patchwork family that passes on emotional wounds and patterns of (mis)communication over four generations in Austria and Germany. Through combining Observational Cinema, archival footage and interviews, the director Michaela Resch dives into an intimate quest of exploring reoccurring separations in each of her family’s generation. The 98 years old Ernestine leads through the documentary that takes place in Carinthia, Vienna, Bonn and Berlin. Resch’s relatives reflect their personal family histories, their experiences and emotions, revealing the complexities of a family system and its members. “HERZ STICHT” opens up a sensitive discussion about memories, sense of belonging and the tension between family ideals and actual family life.
SCREENINGS
Schikaneder Cinema Vienna
Cinema Central Berlin (Premiere)
RE:AW:RE:FW
Documentary Short, 2016
Anna Caroline Arndt, Michaela Resch
Germany
7min
Awarded with the special price of the Foundation of the Sorbian People (Stiftung für das sorbische Volk) at the 26th Filmfestival Cottbus
Nominated for the European filmprice for political child and youth documentaries ”GROSSE KLAPPE” – founded by the Federal Agency for Civic Education (Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung/bpb)
Miriam sends an email to a complaints office. An email that tells a painful story. A story of everyday racism. A story that happens in Germany on a daily basis. Through Miriam's personal perspective the film discusses her feeling of powerlessness, her pain, her questions.
SCREENINGS (Selection)
Children's Documentary Film Festival Mumbai and Prune 2020
Filmabend “Achtung und Respekt” – cellu l’art Shortfilmfestival Jena & Thüringer Kompetenznetzwerk Gleichstellung
41st Grenzland-Filmtage Selb
Special Programme “Shortfilm and School” at 24th International Shortfilmweek Regensburg
16th doxs! documentaries for children and youth – 41st Duisburger Filmwoche
14th annual Reykjavik International Film Festival
41st Open-Air Filmfest Weiterstadt
mo&friese 19th children’s short film festival Hamburg – 33rd Hamburg International Short Film Festival
Filmtour “Ich bin ja kein Rassist, aber…” – Cellu L’Art Shortfilmfestival Jena & Amnesty International
3rd edition DocuTIFF – Tirana International Filmfestival
14th Cottbus Filmshow at 26th Filmfestival Cottbus (Premiere)
HALTUNG
VOR MEINUNG
STANCE BEFORE OPINION (eng. title)
Documentary Short, 2017
Michaela Resch
Austria
15min
“HALTUNG VOR MEINUNG” reflects on the political onlinemovement #immernochbesseralsstrache (#stillbetterthanstrache) two years after its first launch. During Austrian regional and municipal council elections in 2015, a group of friends took action to fight against the FPÖ, a rightwing populist party. The film gives an insight into the activists’ motivations and discusses questions of freedom of speech, sense of community and one’s role in a democracy.
