BROKEN – THE WOMEN’S PRISON OF HOHENECK
(KAPUTT)
Year
2016
Runtime
7 mins
Language
German
Subtitles
English
This short film precedes the following film(s): Shorts: Animation, Best of Shorts: Winners Announced
WINNER – Best Short Documentary
Gabriele Stoetzer and Birgit Willschuetz were political inmates at Hoheneck Castle, a notorious women's prison, where they were forced to manufacture goods. Their story is one of overcrowded cells, despotic hierarchies, ruthless everydays, and the enduring effects of incarceration.
Screening as part of the Animation Shorts & Best of Shorts packages.
Countries
Germany- Awards
- Grand Prix for the best film at 23rd Stuttgart Festival of Animated Film; Special Award of the jury at Animafest Zagreb 2016; Audience Award for the best shortfilm at Berlin Shortfilm Reel Festival 2016; Shortfilm Award for the best shortfilm at Filmkunstfest Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Schwerin; Special Mention of the jury at Filmfest Dresden 2016
- Festivals
- Berlin International Film Festival, Stuttgart Festival of Animated Film, Animafest Zagreb, Annecy International Animation Film Festival
- Director
- Alexander Lahl & Volker Schlecht
- Producer
- Max Monch, Alexander Lahl
- Screenwriter
- Alexander Lahl, Max Monch
- Animation
- Volker Schlecht
- Sound
- Hannes Schulze