Montags in Dresden
Merkel Must Go
Drei Jahre lang begleitete die gebürtige Dresdnerin Sabine Michel drei überzeugte Pegida-Sympathisanten der ersten Stunde mit dem Ziel, sie zu verstehen und die Gründe für ihr Denken und Handeln zu ergründen: einen Unternehmer, das ehemalige Mitglied im Organisationsteam René Jahn und eine alleinerziehende junge Mutter. So fängt auch ihr Film an, mit der Frage: Wer geht hier auf die Straße, und aus welchen Gründen? Und um was geht es ihnen wirklich? Montags in Dresden taucht unkommentiert in das Privatleben der Protagonisten ein, in Alltag und Überzeugungen, und kommt ihnen dabei manchmal fast unangenehm nah.
There have been weekly demonstrations in Dresden since October 2014. Calling themselves "Patriotic Europeans against the Islamisation of the Occident", Pegida in short, numerous people have banded together to carry their protest against the government into the street. "Who protests here and what are their reasons?" To find answers, director Sabine Michel followed three Pegida supporters. With its open-minded interest in the life and mindsets of its protagonists, the film gets very close to phenomena which often seem containable only by hackneyed phrases: angry citizens, fake media, the left-behinds, the elites. (Lukas Stern, Dok Leipzig)
Director's Biography
Sabine Michel
Born 1971 in Dresden, she first worked as a camera assistant. She studied film at the FEMIS in Paris and later at the “Konrad Wolf” school for Film and TV in Potsdam/Babelsberg. In 2005 she directed the feature “Nimm dir dein Leben”, working with renowned DP Jürgen Jürges. In 2013 she directed the documentary “Zonenmädchen”, in which she processed her own experiences after the fall of the Berlin Wall.
Film Selection: Montags in Dresden (Merkel Must Go, 2017, doc) — Zonenmädchen (2013, doc) — Mein Leben – Der Gentlemanboxer Henry Maske (2011, TV doc) — Take a Picture – Die Fotografin Sibylle Bergemann (2011, TV doc, Adolf - Grimmepreis) — Mädchengeschichten – Liebe Pauline (2010, TV doc) — Mädchengeschichten – Bom Dia, Jana (2008, TV doc) — Nimm Dir Dein Leben (2005) — Hinten scheißt die Ente (2001)
Born 1971 in Dresden, she first worked as a camera assistant. She studied film at the FEMIS in Paris and later at the “Konrad Wolf” school for Film and TV in Potsdam/Babelsberg. In 2005 she directed the feature “Nimm dir dein Leben”, working with renowned DP Jürgen Jürges. In 2013 she directed the documentary “Zonenmädchen”, in which she processed her own experiences after the fall of the Berlin Wall.
Film Selection: Montags in Dresden (Merkel Must Go, 2017, doc) — Zonenmädchen (2013, doc) — Mein Leben – Der Gentlemanboxer Henry Maske (2011, TV doc) — Take a Picture – Die Fotografin Sibylle Bergemann (2011, TV doc, Adolf - Grimmepreis) — Mädchengeschichten – Liebe Pauline (2010, TV doc) — Mädchengeschichten – Bom Dia, Jana (2008, TV doc) — Nimm Dir Dein Leben (2005) — Hinten scheißt die Ente (2001)
Competition Documentary 2018
Sabine Michel
Deutschland 2017
color
83 Minuten
Deutsch OmeU
Drehbuch Sabine Michel
Kamera Martin Langner
Schnitt Vinzent Kutsche
Ton/Sounddesign Johannes Schneeweiß
Produzent*innen Susann Schimk
Produktion
solo:film GmbH, MDR, RBB
Internationale Premiere
Weltpremiere / World PremiereDOK Leipzig 2017
Premierenstatus / Premiere Status
Austrian Premiere
