The student organisation Querfeldein e.V. hosted a round table with director
Alice Schmid…
...in which Alice talked about her professional career as a director and her
films that led her e.g. to Liberia, Sierra Leone, Bolivia and Nepal.
Alice Schmid is a director and author. Focus point of her cinematographic
work is the sensitive portrayal of the day to day life and biographies
of children from all over the world.
Following the documentary “City of Joy” there was a discussion
with the two experts Ara Stielau and Gisela Schneider.
Ara Stielau is head of the department for projects abroad at
medica mondiale e.V. She talked about the work of her organisation,
the exploitation of raw materials in the Congo and about the
history of her country.
Gisela Schneider is the director for the division advising on international
work in the health sector at Difäm. She gave insights into the
current situation of the hospital shown in the film and gave an update
on the situation of doctor Mukwege, whom she met a couple of weeks
ago.
Between the screenings our guests had a chance to catch up and talk (Gisela
Schneider, Kathrin Frenz, Simone Helmschrott)
Throughout the week of the festival the exhibition “Rojava - spring
of the women” could be seen in the foyer of the “Kino Museum”.
Expert Simone Helmschrott was ready to answer the audience’s questions
after the screening of “Reseba - The Dark Wind”.
Among other things Simone Helmschrott was part of the special contingent
for women and children from northern Irak that are in need of help
which was provided by Baden-Württemberg. She spoke about the
work of the special contingent, the current situation of yezidi women
and about the criticism from the yezidi community that was shown
in the film.
Moreover there was an audience discussion following the documentary “The
Poetess”. Our expert guest Collin Schubert was present at the discussion.
Collin Schubert has been active at TERRE DES FEMMES holding lectures
and education events since 1999. Within this work she focused on
the role of women and the image of women in the Islam. She talked
about the current developments in Saudi Arabia in relation to women’s
rights.
Max Steinacher spoke about the silent vigil for the Saudi Arabian
blogger Raif Badawi, which meets every saturday in front of the Stiftskirche.
In the evening Alice Schmid’s latest film „Das Mädchen
vom Änziloch“ was shown.
Following the film she talked about the production of the movie and the
region in which she lives and the film takes place in.
