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. https://heartfieldfilm.com
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
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 Festival Cinéfil, Charleville-Mézières 2024