THE CLEVER GO GARDENING Documentary / 27 Min. / 2007
The film embarks on a search for the Laubenpieper – a typical German
allotment holder – and finds an old fashioned garden culture settled
somewhere between dusted GDR structures and the new artist elite of Berlin.
The film embarks on a search for the Laubenpieper – a typical German
allotment holder – and finds an old fashioned garden culture settled
somewhere between dusted GDR structures and the new artist elite of Berlin.
Writer & Director
Signe Astrup
Produced by
Sineast Filmproduction
With
Wladimir Kaminer, a.o.
NON-FICTION: Finished Projects
Festivals & Awards
Green Unplugged Film Festival 2011
Green Film Festival Seoul 2008
Docs-for-Sale at the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam 2007
METROPOLIS TV Short documentaries / each 5-10 Min. / 2008–15
Dutch short-documentary TV-series covering cultural and social themes for a
young, international audience. Sineast reports from Berlin/Germany and
Greenland.
Dutch short-documentary TV-series covering cultural and social themes for a
young, international audience. Sineast reports from Berlin/Germany and
Greenland.
Writer & Director
Signe Astrup
Robin Meurer
Lene Lavtsen
Produced by
Sineast Filmproduction
for VPRO and NED3 (Holland)
Finished Episodes (click to view):
Sweet 15 / Elvis – a worldwide phenomenon /
Social outcasts / The world of Billy / Superstition /
A Dog’s Life / Report on Cops in Greenland /
Report on Gays in Greenland / World of Soccer /
Prostitution / My Home / Gold
Sweet 15 / Elvis – a worldwide phenomenon /
Social outcasts / The world of Billy / Superstition /
A Dog’s Life / Report on Cops in Greenland /
Report on Gays in Greenland / World of Soccer /
Prostitution / My Home / Gold
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Festivals & Awards
Winner of the international MEDEA AWARD für innovative television.
Winner of the SILVER PRITCHETT at the Silver-Nipkow Prize.
Winner of the PRIX EUROPA SPECIAL COMMENDATION.
Winner of the DE TEGEL 2010 award.
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IN GOOD TIMES AND IN BAD Documentary / 48Min. / 2011
Klara (32) was looking for a pen-pal and got in touch with Brett (41), who is on
Death-Row in the U.S. since 1991. He’s a convicted murderer but claims to be
innocent - and for years now he’s fighting to get a new trial. After a short time
their pen-pal friendship turned into a love relationship. Although they can`t get
intimate they are keeping this going for almost seven years now. And their
bond is so strong that they now want to get married in prison. This film tells
their unusual story.
Klara (32) was looking for a pen-pal and got in touch with Brett (41), who is on
Death-Row in the U.S. since 1991. He’s a convicted murderer but claims to be
innocent - and for years now he’s fighting to get a new trial. After a short time
their pen-pal friendship turned into a love relationship. Although they can`t get
intimate they are keeping this going for almost seven years now. And their
bond is so strong that they now want to get married in prison. This film tells
their unusual story.
Writer & Director
Robin Meurer
Produced by
Sineast Filmproduction
in collaboration with
cine parallel Ltd.
Supported by
Cinestyria Filmkunst
TRAILER: coming soon
