PANDA MOONWALK or WHY MENG MENG WALKS BACKWARDS

film type experimental film Production Country Germany production year 2018 runtime 8'02 colour Color
screening format DCP aspect ratio 1.78:1 (16:9) sound format Stereo original-language Chinese subtitles English, German
screening format Media File (ProRes, mp4, mov) aspect ratio 1.78:1 (16:9) sound format Stereo original-language Chinese subtitles English, German

Two panda bears are lend by China to the Berlin Zoo. Unfortunately, this profit seeking attraction did not work out as planned – in fact it worked backwards: Meng Meng, the female panda will only walk backwards – protesting against her imprisonment. But the reporting press takes a different, sexist direction...

director Kerstin Honeit Cast Anne Hölck, annette hollywood, Fiona McGovern, Irene Pätzug, Jessica Páez, Johanna Zinecker, Marlene Denningmann, Paula Godínez, Sophie Hilbert, Surya Gied Production Jessica Páez, Bärenzwinger Berlin Original Score Mieko Suzuki Editing Kerstin Honeit Script Kerstin Honeit DOP Ben Brix, Katja Anzelewsky Sound Design Jochen Jezussek Jezussek
Festivals
2018 Kasseler Dokumentarfilm- und Videofest, Germany
2018 Stuttgarter Filmwinter - Festival for Expanded Media, Germany
2019 Internationale Kurzfilmtage Oberhausen, Germany
2019 Internationales Frauen Film Fest Dortmund+Köln, Dortmund, Köln, Germany
2019 Edimotion Festival für Filmschnitt und Montagekunst, Köln, Germany
2019 interfilm Berlin: Internationales Kurzfilmfestival, Germany
2019 KFFK/Kurzfilmfestival Köln, Germany
Production
  • Kerstin Honeit
  • http://www.kerstinhoneit.com
Distribution
  • Internationale Kurzfilmtage Oberhausen
  • Carsten Spicher
  • Grillostr. 34
  • 46045 Oberhausen
  • +49 208 8252652
  • http://www.kurzfilmtage.de
Sales
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Kerstin Honeit

Studied fine arts at the Weißensee Academy of Art Berlin;
has been teaching at the Kunsthochschule Kassel from 2014 to 2019;
her works have been shown at Off Biennale Cairo, Videoart at Midnight in Berlin, nbk Berlin, MMOMA in Moskau, La Centrale in Montreal, Bärenzwinger in Berlin, Berlinische Galerie and Schwules Museum in Berlin

Filmography
2009 Read my Lips
2010 On & Off
2012 How to say goodbye?
2013 Pigs in Progress
2015 Talking Business
2016 ich muss mit ihnen sprechen
2017 my castle your castle