Deep Dive Genre

We talk to #Heimatfilm expert Dr. Sarah Kordecki - she wrote her thesis on the genre and watched more than 200 Heimatfilme. Our discussion runs the gamut from the importance of (German) music, to happy ends, to societal and political references and self-reflexion. Be it Sisi, Immenhof, The Trapp Family or the Meineidbauer. And on the way we got a few new Heimatfilm film recommendat

In this #Deep Dive Genre episode we talk to a director Daniel Alvarago about his new film HUNDSWUT. Why he initially didn’t have the #Heimatfilm genre on his mind, the hard process of making a truly independent film in Germany – and the great reactions of the audience. Enjoy! Find out more about Daniel and his latest work: https://www.alvarenga.de/ https://www.harpercollins.de/

There is a special place in Germany’s collective film-historic memory held by SISI - the films, the person – fictional and real. Naturally when we had the chance to talk to producer, director and showrunner Andreas Gutzeit about his very watchable and very successful TV series SISI we took it. Find out what the series does differently and where it may have some common ground wi

One particular corner of the Heimatfilm genre is occupied by the intrepid Schlagerfilme. So, of course we had to include IM WEISSEN RÖSSL - WEHE DU SINGST! in our season. And who better to talk to than the terrific queen of comedy and the film's lead actress: Diana Amft! We discussed the singing, dance scenes, the school trip atmosphere of the film shoot and why comedy is still no

In this #Deep Dive Genre episode we talk to a true and tested Heimatfilm expert – director Hans Steinbichler! He redefined the genre with his debut film HIERANKL and is showing again what the genre can do with his latest feature film, EIN GANZES LEBEN / A WHOLE LIFE. Along the way we talk about the uniqueness and magic of the word Heimat, the compliment of having done an “Alpen

We’re starting with bit of an #Heimatfilm outlier: Christmas cult classic 3 HASELNÜSSE FÜR ASCHENBRÖDEL. I talked to fellow 3 HFNA enthusiast Barbie Heusinger and our conversation ran the gamut from our favorite scenes, to the question if the film is a “good film” (spoiler alert: it is!) and what Heimat means and the continuing appeal of the genre. What a great way to star

We are going into season 4! And starting March 5th we'll be talking about all things HEIMATFILM.

For our last episode of season 3 we talked to the wonderful Hannah Schiller. About her series DIE NETTESTEN MENSCHEN DER WELT, her talent for drawing and her fascination with stories that are situated in the horror realm and how they captivate, touch and move us. What a great end to our third season – Enjoy! Find out more about Hannah and her latest work: https://players.de/actre

There are some people who have stories to tell, and then there are people who have STORIES to tell. Tommy Krappweis is the latter. The multi-hyphenate – writer, comedian, musician and all around-creative talent talked to us about his series KOHLRABENSCHWARZ, which was initially an audio play, then became a book series and finally a TV series. As you can imagine we had lots to tal

Today we're talking to film critic @adriangmelch about horror – why elevated horror is not the best term for what’s happening in the genre. Plus some horror genre and film history and a few great film suggestions, German and otherwise – enjoy! Find out more about Adrian and his latest work: https://adrian-gmelch.com/ https://www.buechner-verlag.de/autor/adrian-gmelch/ https:/