In the organizer's words:
Something is happening in queer German cinema, as the three extraordinary graduation films by Merle Grimme, Julia Fuhr Mann and Fabian Stumm show us. Unambiguities and clear models of representation are no longer a matter of course, but spaces for negotiation that are questioned sometimes with relish, sometimes painfully or as a political rewriting of history. Gay relationship models, gender in sports history and intersectionality are the focus here.
An evening of discussion about film, the political and the private, and what queer cinema made in Germany can and wants. With film excerpts from CLASHING DIFFERENCES, LIFE IS NOT A COMPETITION, BUT I'M WINNING and KNOCHEN UND NAMEN.
About Julia Fuhr Mann
Julia Fuhr Mann, born in 1987, studied philosophy, literature and sociology. She then went on to study documentary film at the University of Television and Film Munich.
Julia Fuhr Mann worked for a long time as a curator for the feminist film festival Bimovie, is part of a queer-feminist film group and a member of the Queer Media Society. Julia Fuhr Mann also plays guitar in the band "Baby Deluxe". She has participated in panels and collaborated with the Berlinale, the Münchner Kammerspiele and the Literaturhaus München.
Julia Fuhr Mann's hybrid cinema documentary "Life is not a competition, but I'm winning", which revolves around the dissolution of gender stereotypes in sport, celebrated its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival 2023 and was recently awarded the prize for best image design at the First Steps Awards.
Julia Fuhr Mann is currently working on her debut film, a revenge fantasy against the patriarchy.
About Merle Grimme
Merle Grimme is a German Black screenwriter, director and producer.
She is a graduate of the University of Television and Film (HFF Munich) and previously completed her Bachelor of Arts degree at the University of Hildesheim
As a screenwriter, director and producer, she completed her diploma studies at the HFF Munich with the feature film and the mini-series of the same name 'Clashing Differences'. The two formats are a co-production between a.little film production, Sperl Film- und Fernsehproduktion and HFF Munich, in collaboration with ZDF - Das kleine Fernsehspiel and ARTE.
The feature film celebrated its split world premiere at the International Film Festival Munich (New German Cinema) and the Frameline Film Festival in San Francisco. Clashing Differences was nominated in all categories of the New German Cinema Award (Best Director, Best Production, Best Screenplay, Best Acting Performance). Merle Grimme won the award for Best Screenplay. With the series of the same name, Merle Grimme won the Big Audience Award at the First Steps Awards 2023. Further prizes followed for Clashing Differences. She has been a Junior Member of the German Film Academy since October 2023.
As a producer, she developed an anti-discriminatory and inclusive production concept especially for this project, which has been tested on various levels and implemented in essential parts. This includes the establishment of workshops on critical whiteness, empowerment training, discrimination-sensitive confidants on set and a diverse team and cast. Merle Grimme's goal is to promote social justice by addressing inequalities, discrimination and implicit prejudices. Merle Grimme has attended various Writers Labs with industry leaders such as Robin Swicord (Women's Writing Lab; Drama), Taç Romey (Drama Series), Robert Krause and Florian Puchertn(Rewrite Lab; Drama). Screenwriter, director and producer Robin Swicord is advising Merle Grimme on one of her upcoming projects.
Merle Grimme's other directing work includes the documentary 'Regretting Motherhood', which has been invited to several national/international film festivals and panel discussions. Her social spot 'Der deutsche Kinderwunsch?', won the jury prize for the ZEIT Legacy Study, was named ZEIT Online best of 2017 and achieved over 500,000 views online.
With her interdisciplinary work and political commitment, she confronts social taboos, questions social structures and initiates current discourses in the media and the public. In 2021, she was awarded the Engagement Prize of the German National Academic Foundation and was also nominated for the German Engagement Award.
About Fabian Stumm
Fabian Stumm is an actor, author and director. After studying at the Lee Strasberg Theatre & Film Institute New York, he performed at HAU - Hebbel am Ufer, Münchner Kammerspiele, Volksbühne Berlin, The Kitchen New York and Tate Modern London, among others. Since 2009, he has worked closely with the artist Keren Cytter, who has cast him in many of her videos and performances.
His film and TV work includes award-winning feature films such as LORE by Cate Shortland, BELA KISS by Lucien Förstner, GROSSE FREIHEIT by Sebastian Meise and IVIE WIE IVIE by Sarah Blaßkiewitz as well as the series DRUCK and OH HELL.
In 2020, he made his debut as a writer and director with the short film BRUXELLES. This was followed in 2021 by his second film DANIEL, which won the award for best medium-length film at the Achtung Berlin Festival in 2022. His feature film debut KNOCHEN UND NAMEN, which he wrote, directed and starred in, premiered at the 2023 Berlinale in the Perspektive Deutsches Kino section and won the Heiner Carow Prize. The film then went on an international festival tour, including Outfest Los Angeles, New Horizons International Film Festival, Lichter Filmfest, Chéries Chéries Paris and Neiße Film Festival, where it won the Screenplay Award. His new feature film SAD JOKES has already been shot.
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