8th Chennai Film Festival 2020 : Retro 01 - Andres Veiel

8th Chennai International Documentary and Short Film Festival 2020

Retrospective : 01 - Andres Veiel



Andres Veiel was born in Stuttgart in 1959. In addition to his psychology studies, he completed directorial and dramaturgy training at the KünstlerhausBethanien under the Polish director Krzysztof Kieslowskiat the end of the 1980s. His play Der Kick was shown at the Maxim Gorki Theater in Berlin and at the Theater Basel.

Films to be screened:

BLACK BOX BRD
Director: Andres Veiel, colour, 100 min., 2000

An exploration of two contrarian, but equally radical lives that both found violent endings: Alfred Herrhausen, CEO of Deutsche Bank, died in 1989 in a bomb attack apparently carried out by the RAF (Rote ArmeeFraktion). Four years later, the presumed RAF terrorist Wolfgang Grams was supposed to be arrested on the Bad Kleinen train station; he died after a shoot-out under circumstances that have never been finally ascertained.

THE KICK
Dir: Andres Veiel, colour, 82 min., 2006 

On the night of 13 July 2000 brothers Marco and Marcel Schönfeld, together with their friend Sebastian Fink, violently attacked and killed 16-year-old MarinusSchöberl. Documentary maker Andres Veiel carried out extensive research for the play he wrote about the case which took place in Uckermark, a district of Berlin. The film is based on and takes its name from the play.

BEUYS
Dir.: Andres Veiel;107 min; 2017



Few 20th century German creative artists were as controversial as performance artist, sculptor, graphic artist, art theorist and occasional Professor Joseph Beuys (1921 – 1986). His work addressed a new, expanded concept of art, including the political shaping of society. Andres Veiel’s documentary embarks upon an extensive hunt for clues, bringing to light a host of unknown archive material and allowing contemporary witnesses like Klaus Staeck the opportunity to talk. What emerges is a collage of visual and audio documents providing viewers with access to Beuys’ complex work.