SCHAUHAUS
SHOWHOUSE

film type documentary film, experimental film Production Country Germany production year 2023 runtime 30'00 colour Color,
screening format DCP aspect ratio 1.78:1 (16:9) sound format Dolby Surround original-language German subtitles English

A look back at the colonial history of the Botanical Garden in Berlin-Dahlem combined with images of contemporary visions of the future: While colonial plant collections from the late 19th century tell of the categorization and domination of the "other", in this climate disaster era, notions of gardens expanding into space soothe fears about the limits of late capitalist civilizations and the impending catastrophe.

director Max Hilsamer, Anna Lauenstein Production Max Hilsamer, Anna Lauenstein Script Max Hilsamer, Anna Lauenstein Editing Max Hilsamer, Anna Lauenstein DOP Max Hilsamer Animation Max Hilsamer Original Score Sebastian Eppner Cast Cary Shiu, Minh Duc Pham, Emeka Ene, Johanna Ackva, Nadja Rothenburger
Festivals
2023 DOK Leipzig - Internationales Leipziger Festival für Dokumentar- und Animationsfilm, Germany
Production
  • Anna Lauenstein
Distribution
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Max Hilsamer

Max Hilsamer is a filmmaker and media artist. He studied at the Berlin University of the Arts and at Parsons, the New School, New York. His films have been shown at DOK Leipzig and FILE Sao Paulo, and his installations in exhibitions at Frontviews, Galerie Bernau, Display, Berlin;
The Others, and Turin, etc.

Filmography
2019 Hotel Xenia
2023 Schauhaus

Anna Lauenstein

Anna Lauenstein is a filmmaker, artist, and cultural anthropologist. She grew up in Chemnitz and Leipzig and lives in Berlin. Her work has been shown at DOK Leipzig and at frontviews, Galerie Bernau, Kunstraum Kreuzberg/Bethanien and BWA Gallery in Wrocław. She teaches at the University of the Arts in Berlin.

Filmography
2019 Hotel Xenia
2023 Schauhaus