DER ENGEL DER GESCHICHTE

THE ANGEL OF HISTORY

A border in Europe. A painting by Paul Klee. A poem by Walter Benjamin. A film about borders, escape and migration. About yesterday and today, and how difficult it is to recognize one behind the other.


Trailer

Eric Esser
Eric Esser
photos © Eric Esser
  • Genre
    Documentary, Experimental, History, Literature, Society
  • CATEGORY
    Short
  • YEAR OF PRODUCTION
    2019
  • DIRECTOR
    Eric Esser
  • CINEMATOGRAPHY
    Michael Zimmer
  • PRODUCER
    Eric Esser
  • PRODUCTION COMPANY
    MakeShiftMovies
  • RUNTIME
    10 min
  • LANGUAGE
    German
  • FESTIVALS
    FilmZ Mainz 2019, Warsaw Jewish FF 2019, Flensburger Kurzfilmtage 2019, Festival Internacional de Cinema em Balneário Camboriú 2019, L’Aquila FF 2019, Zebra Poetry Berlin 2019, Independent Days Karlsruhe 2020, Watersprite Int. Student Festival Cambridge 2020, Int. Short Film Week Regensburg 2020, Laurus FF Kazakhstan 2020, contrast Bayreuth 2020, Short Movie Club Minsk 2020, Rencontres documentaires Nancy 2020, Short of the Year Madrid 2020, Kinoki Int. Student FF Mexico 2020, Apox Croatia 2020, Tlanchana Festival de Cine y Arte Digital Mexico 2020, Festival of Nations Austria 2020, Southern Cone Int. FF Chile 2020, Student Short Showcase Netherlands 2020, Black Int. Cinema Berlin 2020, Kunstgriff Rolle Heide 2020, Encounters South Africa International Doc Fest 2020, Filmfest Dresden 2020, Odense 2020
  • AWARDS
    Best Non-Fiction Flensburger Kurzfilmtage 2019, Short of the Year: Award of Merit 2020, Best Short Documentary Student Short Showcase 2020
  • SALES
    MakeShiftMovies
    eric.esser@makeshiftmovies.info
    www.makeshiftmovies.info