On the occasion of the International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust 2025, the Puschkino Halle, in cooperation with the City Museum of Halle (Saale), the Jewish Community, and the Master's program in Multimedia and Authorship, presented four short film productions from the film series "STOLPERSTEINE - Films against oblivion" on January 27, 2025, at 6 PM.
The four short films are the result of a creative process that originated within the Master's program in Multimedia and Authorship seminar Media Practice: Format Development 'STOLPERSTEINE'. In my role as artistic director of the seminar, I introduced the audience to the themes of the films. Together with my colleague Maren Schuster, I curated the program which is based on the quote: 'I am always running behind'. Irene Eber – the protagonist of the Film THE JOURNEY from whom this quote originates – said it in the context of a felt sense of deficiency:
"Had there been no war, I could have gone to school. I would have finished much earlier. I would have received my doctorate, my degree, much earlier. I would have started much earlier, but I am always running behind. I have lost time and I will never catch up."
This persistent feeling of running behind - from different, yet distinctly female perspectives - is the main metaphor within the framework of the films we curated for the screening as well as part of the panel discussion with one of the filmmakers Evi Lemberger after the screening.
