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 hap…

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 …

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 sho…

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 th…

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 c…

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 …

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 situate…

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-crea…

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 fil…

Tim Oliver Schultz has shown his versatility on the screen many times – never more so as villain Theo in #heilstaettenderfilm. We talked to the actor and producer about the found footage film, the ho…

Talking to a real genre expert und pop-culture geek? Priceless – and a lot of fun. #BloodRedSky and #OldPeople producer Benjamin Munz took time out of his busy X-FAKTOR – DAS UNFASSBARE production sc…

#BloodRedSky director (and writer) Peter Thorwarth joins us as the first guest of season 3 to talk about his film, why it’s maybe not a horror-film per se, the challenges they faced, using the sun (l…

Our third season starts next week - We'll be talking about horror!

Join us, won't you?!

For our last episode of season 2 we talked to fellow RomCom enthusiast Karoline Herfurth. Our conversation with the talented director, actor and writer runs the gamut from the often overlooked societ…

Composing music for films and TV is no piece of cake. Let alone for a romantic comedy. Find out more about the  creative process from prolific composer Boris Bojadzhiev and which Disney classic start…

It’s 30 years this summer that ABGESCHMINKT !/ MADE UP! was released in German cinemas and turned into a bona fide hit. We talked to director Katja von Garnier in our latest #Deep Dive Genre episode …

If there is a golden formula for a successful RomCom is might be a combination of believability and chemistry between the love interests… In our newest episode we talk to film expert and journalist S…

We go deep into romcom territory with director Aron Lehmann when talking about his wonderful film DAS SCHÖNSTE MÄDCHEN DER WELT – and cover everything from rap battles, the importance of the female p…