The works of the prolific German director get a two-night run
Kino Climates have been bringing some of the best underground and undiscovered work by European directors to the Star and Shadow for a long time, and now they’re honouring a man who has more than a bit in common with the Newcastle cinema. Across two nights, the Star and Shadow will play host to the independent short films of German director Bernhard Marsch.
Marsch – who is a prolific filmmaker as well as producer with his company Ramsch (literally meaning “trash”) – is based in Cologne and has made a large series of short films looking at the history of Germany from the margins. Mixing nostalgia with optimism or departure is a key theme in his works, which cover a range of topics throughout German history. Marsch himself is a member of a collective in Cologne similar to the Star and Shadow and, curiously, he is perhaps the only man on the planet who has been able to sell a porn musical to the French. That’s apparently a true story, and something that might be worth probing further in the post-screening Q&As that will take place on both nights.
