WORK AS DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY
‘Should We All Be Feminists?’, short-documentary - 25 min.
‘Should we all be feminists?’ looks at different Women’s cultural, social, religious and political perspectives on role models and modern feminism in Berlin. A shocking, moving and admirable glimpse into their lived reality.
The documentary is based on contrasting women‘s perspectives meanwhile talking about kindness, respect, empowerment and equality in their personal life. The main goal was to dig deep and find the right balance between sorrow and happiness, while respectfully capturing each story through an intimate cinematography. ‘Should we all be feminists?’ is a shocking, moving and admirable glimpse into each protagonist's lived reality.
Director - Silke Meya
Director of Photography - Laura Mentgen
Production - Noumia Film
Co-Production - WDW Entertainment
Executive Producers - Amy Dowd and Elisabeth Hopper
Sound Design & Music - Gerald Mandl
Color Correction - Ole Richter
Sound on set - Andreas Fertig
with: Tehila, Lulo, Nina, Anna, Hend, Len, Kya & Pepe
‘Mojsłońik’, doc-fiction - 80 min.
‘Mojsłońik”’ tells the story of two artists who perform an elephant costume together, bringing it to life. Luzi (Marlene Ruther) is affected by an insidious disease. Nevertheless, she strives to express herself artistically in the form of performance dance. She finds herself in a constant fight with her own body which keeps her from living her dream. On some days the pain gets unbearable and Luzi begins to believe that there is a demon living inside of her, embodying her disease. Her very close and loving friendship to Magda (Ariane Bothe) seems to give her energy and room for imagination. Driven by love and care for Luzi, Magda builds the elephant. When Luzi meets Mika (Burak Yiğit) the girls’ friendship is put to the test and Luzi is forced to decide what's right for her.
Cast:
Marlene Ruther (Luzi)
Ariane Bothe (Magda)
Burak Yiğit (Mika)
Friederike Frerichs (Grete)
Crew:
Director - Silke Meya
Director of Photography - Laura Mentgen
Production - Noumia Film
Music - Martin Kohlstedt
‘Djado Ivan’, documentary - 20 min.
The 70 year old "Djado Ivan" lives in Grivitsa, a small bulgarian town close to the romanian border. In close communion with nature and his many animals, he spends his life on his small farm and thereby maintains his very own rhythm of life.
In order to portray his life, Silke Meya (Director) and Laura Mentgen (Director of Photography) spent one month with Ivan in Bulgaria where they were able to capture his philosophy of life.
Director - Silke Meya
Director of Photography - Laura Mentgen
Cast - Ivan Dimitrov
Production - Noumia Film
Postproduction - Noumia Film
Sounddesign - Gerald Mandl
Color Correction - Marco Nieschka
Music - Swinx