"This is how Saxon works." presents a cinema tour through Saxony about the home, region and passion of the Saxons.
Premiere for "Heimat bewegt" - the cinematic journey through the Free State of Saxony
Shutter - Action - Film Off: On November 17, 11:45 a.m., the location campaign "So geht sächsisch" celebrated the premiere of the short film series "Heimat bewegt - #DraussenInSachsen" together with 13 young film teams from Saxony. At the Bergsichten Festival in the Hörsaalzentrum, the filmmakers presented their works and answered questions from the audience.
Over the past few weeks, the filmmakers have been traveling all over Saxony, visiting places where they find their own personal home and talking to people who make these places special. The result is 13 short films that could not be more different, but which are all characterized by a love of home and its many facets. It is a modern, young view of Saxony. For example, in the film by Julius Blum from Dresden, who accompanies young people building rafts on the Elbe in "Flosslassen" and also ventures on a test trip. René Eckert from Zwotental takes the viewer to Vogtland. In his film "SEIN", he talks about his life, which has seen a shift away from the jet set and towards the nature and beauty of the forest.
In the coming weeks, the short films will now inspire people throughout Saxony and beyond. To this end, the location campaign is working together with the Sächsische Zeitung newspaper, among others. The project has had its own page on the newspaper's new website www.sächsische.de since November 23. Every week on Fridays, one of the films is shown there and the filmmaker and their ideas are presented. You can also find exciting background information on the individual films. Of course, there will also be something new to see every day on the "So geht sächsisch" social media channels under the hashtag #DraussenInSachsen.
The "Heimat bewegt" cinema tour through Saxony started the week after the premiere at the Bergsichten Festival. All 13 films will be shown in selected cinemas throughout the state. Here too, individual film teams will be on hand to answer questions from viewers.
"So geht sächsisch." supported the work of the film teams for the short film series with 13 modern homeland films with a budget of 5,000 euros each and accompanied them during production. The films were shot from Leipzig to Görlitz and from the Vogtland region to the Ore Mountains and Saxon Switzerland. The 13 short portraits show diverse aspects of life in the Free State. The filmmakers used a variety of genres, including interviews, reportage, drone flights, crime stories and animated films.
Film teams:
Martin Förster (center films), Radebeul, "Enigma"
Steven Busch (mushroom productions), Erzgebirge, "MIRIQUIDI - A Forrest Called Home"
Julius Blum, Dresden, "Flosslassen"
Steffen Krones, Dresden, "RAUSCHEN"
Patrick Schwarz, Dresden, "Lensescape"
Sebastian Wirsching & Maureen Müller (MALOLEPZIE), Leipzig, "This is Leipzig"
René Eckert (blickinsfreie), Zwotental/Vogtland, "SEIN"
René Kästner (Red Tower Films), Chemnitz, "about Chemnitz"
Steffen Cieplik (creoflux), Görlitz, "Görlitz - Life in the heart of Europe"
Sebastian Linda, Dresden, "Gravitas"
Paul Evan Becker & Björn Hellgardt (frankandevan), Leipzig, "Home by frankandevan"
Manicx, Plauen, "Curiositas"
Philipp Herfort, Zittau, "O-SEE Challenge"
Dates:
December 13, 2018: Kronenkino Zittau
More information can be found at www.so-geht-sächsisch.de