Lichtfeldfilm

Through its film projects, the company develops stories about art, memory, relationships, belonging and personal change. Its slate includes both contemporary narratives and period subjects, with characters confronting questions that shape their lives and the societies around them.

Grosz (working title) follows painter George Grosz after the First World War as he uses provocative art to warn against another catastrophe, ultimately facing a major trial concerning artistic freedom. Oktopus centres on a filmmaker in Berlin exile and his editor, whose search for a language against forgetting turns into a film that seems to observe them in return. Rausch auf Zeit explores the tensions between two friends at a small scene festival, while G-Moll depicts a young piano student making sense of his feelings for his teacher through music. Niemcy – Die Fremden (working title) follows Katarzyna, a Polish woman whose seasonal restaurant job in western Germany prompts her to reconsider her future. lichtfeldfilm’s work brings intimate perspectives and socially resonant themes to the screen.