Kinostart Berlin: JOHNNY & ME - EINE ZEITREISE MIT JOHN HEARTFIELD

Cinema release Berlin: JOHNNY & ME - A TIME TRAVEL WITH JOHN HEARTFIELD

Film Synopsis:
Graphic designer Stephanie is in the midst of a creative crisis. Boring advertising jobs and a boss who doesn't value her work. During a visit to a museum, she is magically drawn to the satirical photomontages of world-famous colleague and Nazi opponent John Heartfield. Then the miracle happens. She ends up in his studio, where she finally picks up scissors and paper again. An adventurous journey through Heartfield's remarkable life 100 years ago begins.
Bertold Brecht called him one of the most important European artists. In 1918, Rosa Luxemburg personally handed over the party card to the communist of the first hour. George Grosz and Kurt Tucholsky were among his closest friends and artistic companions. He himself adopts an English name in protest against German warmongering. For the Nazis, however, the father of political photomontage John Heartfield quickly became one of the most dangerous enemies of the state. For years he is on the run in Europe, and later finds no safe home in the socialist GDR either.

Feature film, documentary animated feature film
104 minutes
Production: 2023, D, AT, CH
Distribution: REALFICTION

Festivals
** World premiere at the Annecy Festival 2023, competition contrechamp **
** Swiss premiere at the FANTOCHE 2023 **
** Masterclass with Katrin Rothe in Brazil. Oct. 4 - 8 at the ANIMAGE 2023 ** **
** German premiere at the DOK Leipzig Festival 2023. Oct. 12 **
** GoEast 2023, Cottbus Nov. 8 - 12 **
** FUTURE FILM FESTIVAL 2023, Italy Bologna & Malaga. Nov. 24 - 26 ** **
** Guangzhou International Documentary Film Festival 2023, China, Dec. 5 - 8 **
** Pontevedra International Film Festival 2023, Spain, Dec. 16 **

Website for the film: www.heartfieldfilm.de