Johnny & Me

 
 

The young visual artist John Heartfield became world famous in the 1930s with biting political satires through his innovative photomontages. Using scissors and paper, he pointedly criticizes social inequality, Hitler's war policy, and fascism. Johnny& Me presents relevant questions of today’s clima: How much resilience does an artist need, and what is art‘s roll in a broken society?

The graphic designer Stefanie is in a creative crisis. Boring advertising assignments and a boss who does not value her work. On a visit to a museum, she is magically attracted by the satirical photomontages of the world-famous colleague and Nazi opponent John Heartfield. Then the miracle happens. She ends up in his studio, where she finally picks up scissors and paper again. An adventurous journey through Heartfield's extraordinary life 100 years ago begins.
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Director and Script: Katrin Rothe
Camera: Thomas Schneider
Editor: Hannes Starz, Katrin Rothe
Design, Artwork, Storyboard: Lydia Günther, Tonina Matamalas, Gyula Szabo, Caroline Hamann
Music: Micha Kaplan

Animators: Lisa Neubauer, Lydia Günther, Jonathan Schwenk, Malte Stein, Mandy Müller, Amélie Cochet, Kerstin Zemp, Igor Kuzmic, Wolf Matzl, Birgit Scholin, Rosanne Janssens
Puppet making & costume: Anne-Sophie Réamy, Werner Kernebeck, Lisa Sinram
Puppetry and voices: Michael Hatzius and Dorothee Carls

With: Stephanie Stremler, Manuel Harder


Producers: Gunter Hanfgarn, Ralph Wieser, Sereina Gabatuler
Production: Hanfgarn & Ufer, Mischief Films, Dschoint Ventschr 2023

Participated in:
* World Premiere on 12.06.2023 in Annecy International Animation Film Festival
DOK Leipzig Filmfestival, 2023
Future Film Festival Bologna, 2023
Film Festival Cottbus, 2023
Animage Festival, Recife 2023
Fantoche International Animation Film Festival, Baden 2023
Guangzhou International Documentary Film Festival 2023
Novos Cinemas - Festival Internacional de Cinema de Pontevedra 2023
Beijing International Film Festival 2024
ITFS Internationales Trickfilmfestival Stuttgart 2024
48 Stunden Neukölln Festival, Berlin 2024
Film My Design Festival, Cairo 2024