Die Unvorzeigbarkeit dessen, was nie hätte geschehen sollen
The impossibility of showing what should never have happened

film type documentary film, experimental film Production Country Germany production year 2025 runtime 24'56 colour Color
screening format DCP aspect ratio 1.78:1 (16:9) sound format Stereo original-language German subtitles German, English

While gardening together, two sisters trace the continuities of National Socialist child-rearing ideals in their own childhood. To what extent was their upbringing influenced by the Nazi educational guidebook "The German Mother and Her First Child," which continued to be published under a different title until 1987?

director Silke Schönfeld Cast Helene Fulton, Maria Fröhlich, Silke Schönfeld Production Silke Schönfeld Script Silke Schönfeld Editing Silke Schönfeld DOP Tommy Scheer Sound Design Volker Hennes
Festivals
2025 EMAF - European Media Art Festival Osnabrück, Germany (EMAF Award)
2025 Internationale Kurzfilmtage Oberhausen, Germany
2025 Flensburger Kurzfilmtage, Germany (Lobende Erwähnung)
Distribution
  • Silke Schönfeld
  • Sunderweg 1
  • Künstler*innnenhaus Dortmund
  • 44147 Dortmund
  • Germany
  • +49 177 7886022
  • https://www.instagram.com/silke.schoenfeld/?hl=de
Production
  • Silke Schönfeld
  • Sunderweg 1
  • Künstler*innnenhaus Dortmund
  • 44147 Dortmund
  • Germany
  • +49 177 7886022
  • https://www.instagram.com/silke.schoenfeld/?hl=de
Sales
  • Silke Schönfeld
  • Sunderweg 1
  • Künstler*innnenhaus Dortmund
  • 44147 Dortmund
  • Germany
  • +49 177 7886022
  • https://www.instagram.com/silke.schoenfeld/?hl=de

Silke Schönfeld

Silke Schönfeld is a visual artist and filmmaker. She studied fine art at the Düsseldorf Art Academy, among other places, and was a resident artist at the Rijksakademie Amsterdam (2020-2022). Her works are shown internationally and have received numerous awards, including the German Short Film Award in 2023.

Filmography
2015 kommt und guck selber (14 min)
2016 Nur wer die Arbeit kenn, der wird sie schätzen (22 min)
2017 The Lying Sun (15 Min)
2019 Mainacht - invented traditions part one (35 min)
2019 Mönchszüge - invented traditions part two (23 min)
2020 Die sehen ja nur, die wissen ja nichts (27 min)
2023 Ich darf sie immer alles fragen (15 min)
2025 Die Unvorzeigbarkeit dessen, was nie hätte geschehen sollen (25 min)