Erica Jong - breaking the wall
Documentary, 96 min.engl. 75. Locarno Filmfestival 2022 58. Solothurner Filmtage 2023
Director: Kaspar Kasics Cinematography: Isabell Casez, Gabriel Lobos, Christine Maier Editor: Cris Schniebel Location Sound: Diego Reinwald, Judy Carp, Jacques Kieffer Music: Roger Eno, Brian Eno
Her books inspired a lot of women but also men all over the world. She is smart and provocative. This documentary presents a woman with humor, with inexhaustible energy, and a confidence in the power of words.
„WE’RE ARE TOLD THAT WE ALL NEED ROMANTIC LOVE IN OUR LIFES. NOT TRUE. WE NEED TO LET WOMEN’S CREATIVITY TO FLOURISH!“
Video Installation of two corresponding Screens - Jewish Museum Frankfurt
Video Installation 2 Screens (17 min. German with subtitles) from 17 July 2023 - 4. January 2024 Director & Project Management: Ruth Olshan Assistant: Niva Ehrlich Cinematography: Rasmus Sievers Editor & Dramaturgy: Cris Schniebel Sounddesign: Justus Wirth.
As part of the exhibition “FADE IN /FADE OUT” which illuminates an aspect of West German film history that is largely unknown.
The video installation Opposing/ Voices is placed in the first room as Entrance/Exit of the exhibition. It presents ten contemporary artists.
They form a chorus of voices that talks of recent and past experiences in the German film industry in terms of their Jewish identity. The question of visibility, but also of (foreign) attribution of Jewish identity is the theme. The exhibition is about Jewish filmmakers, sometimes on the margins, sometimes at the center of film production in the Federal Republic.
Video Installation - Jewish Museum Berlin
Delphine Horvilleur, Rabbi of the French Jewish Liberal Movement, quotes the writer Amos Oz: “We Jews would never agree with a sentence that starts with: “We Jews.”
THE WAY WE WALK is philosophical exploration around jewish traditions and the Halacha.
The Video Installation “HALACHA - The way you walk” 25. min. eng. fr. german with subtitles is part of the permanent exhibition in the Jewish Museum Berlin Director& Project Management: Ruth Olshan Cinematography: Rasmus Sievers Editor & Dramaturgy: Cris Schniebel
Participants are the Rabbis: Joshua Spinner, Tobias Jona Simon and Delphine Horvilleur. As well as Philosopher: Elad Lapidot and practitioner: Anna Chernyak
Documentary 85 min. eng. International Premiere: Jewish Filmfestival San Fransisco 2007 / TV ARTE 2009
Director: Wendla Nölle Cinematographer:Kevin Fritz, Ian Vollmer Location Sound: Anna Fenske Editor: Cris Schniebel
The Chosen Ones is a colourful portrait of a new generation of Jewish Musicians in NYC. In this Essay Film questions about heritage, faith and music as an open source for communication are raised. Some of them struggle to align their faith with their musical ambitions others find inspirations in their traditions. A portrait of a city and its diversity which provides a home for dreamers.
