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A Provenance

new film type experimental film, documentary film Production Country Germany, Austria production year 2025 runtime 13'57 colour Color,
screening format DCP aspect ratio 1.85:1 sound format 5.1 Audiomix

The provenance of 32 chess figures exemplifies the broader tragedy of looted Jewish collections and their rightful owners. Through archival images, resonant sounds of porcelain, and the ongoing search for these figures, the film uses an experimental cinematic language to illuminate the fate of the Gustav von Klemperer porcelain collection during the Nazi era — a legacy of loss deeply entwined with the Dresden State Art Collections. A PROVENANCE is a silent film — without being silent.

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A Provenance A Provenance
director Katharina Bayer Production Jyrgen Ueberschär, Katharina Bayer Editing Jyrgen Ueberschär, Katharina Bayer DOP Jyrgen Ueberschär, Katharina Bayer Original Score Toni Schlesinger Sound Design Toni Schlesinger Script Katharina Bayer
Festivals
2025 Internationale Kurzfilmtage Oberhausen, Germany
2025 Beijing International Short Film Festival, China
Production
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Distribution
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Katharina Bayer

Katharina Bayer, born 1987 in Gmunden, Austria, studied architecture at the TU Graz, Fine Arts at Zurich University of the Arts and the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and film at the Academy of Fine Arts Leipzig (Expanded Cinema).

Filmography
2024 Rocket
2024 Resonance
2025 A Provenance

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