Zahlvaterschaft
Fatherland

film type documentary film Production Country Germany production year 2021 runtime 22'18 colour
screening format DCP aspect ratio 1.78:1 (16:9) sound format Dolby Surround languages Deutsch Subtitles Englisch, Französisch

Gerson Liebl, grandson of a German colonial officer from Togo, has been fighting to get German citizenship and residency permission for the last 30 years. As a last-ditch effort he resorts to a hunger strike. Images of his unwavering persistence in front of the Rotes Rathaus cityhall in Berlin are accompanied on the soundtrack by statements, testimonies, clauses from laws, legal texts, political positions and prevarications - then and now.

www.siebertfilms.com

director Moritz Siebert Produktion / Production Moritz Siebert, Hanna Keller Drehbuch / Script Moritz Siebert, Hanna Keller Schnitt / Editing Moritz Siebert Bildgestaltung / DOP Moritz Siebert Tongestaltung / Sound Design Niklas Kammertöns
Festivals
2021 Berlinale - Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin, Germany
2021 London Short Film Festival, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
2021 CURTA CINEMA - Rio de Janeiro International Short Film Festival, Brazil
2021 International Film Festival of Kerala, India
2021 Cotonou International Digital Cinema Festival, Benin
2021 Africa in Motion, Schottland, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
2021 Nuremberg International Human Rights Film Festival (NIHRFF), Nürnberg, Germany
Production
  • Moritz Siebert
  • +49 1577 3868266
  • http://www.siebertfilms.com
Distribution
  • Arsenal - Institut für Film und Videokunst e.V.
  • Angelika Ramlow
  • Potsdamer Str. 2
  • 10785 Berlin
  • http://www.arsenal-berlin.de
Sales
  • Arsenal - Institut für Film und Videokunst e.V.
  • Angelika Ramlow
  • Potsdamer Str. 2
  • 10785 Berlin
  • http://www.arsenal-berlin.de

Moritz Siebert

Originally trained as a medical doctor and cultural anthropologist in Berlin, Moritz Siebert studied documentary filmmaking at the National Film and Television School in the UK. He lives in Berlin, where - besides working on his film projects - he continues to practice as a family doctor.

Filmography
2005 Belgrad Backspin
2008 My Name is Karl
2009 Long Distance
2013 Erntehelfer
2016 Les Sauteurs – Those Who Jump
2019 ma nouvelle vie européenne