Biography Dox

Merkel

Eva Weber
Screening time  
30.03. / Thursday, 19:30 - 21:30 Theatre 3  

Merkel tells the astonishing story of how a triple political outsider – a woman, a scientist, and an East German– became Germany’s first female chancellor and the de facto leader of the free world. Using vast archive materials and interviews with those who know her, the film creates a rich portrait, from Merkel’s upbringing in communist East Germany, studies in quantum chemistry, her surprising start in politics and fast ascent. It reminds us how Merkel’s success came despite the double standards facing women leaders, and makes a case for politics marked by truth and integrity. It is a thoughtful re-examination of her life and career from both a domestic and international perspective, told with humor, subtlety, and poignancy befitting of its subject.

Evaweber

Eva Weber

A London-based, German filmmaker, working in both documentary and fiction, Eva Weber has found acclaim with films like the 27-minute documentary The Solitary Life of Cranes (“one of the most absorbing documentaries of the year” – The Observer), the mid-length film Black Out (“An eye-opening doc ... moves seamlessly between the straightforward and the poetic” – The Hollywood Reporter), and the fiction short Field Study (nominated for the European Film Awards). Eva is the recipient of a Sundance Institute Mahindra Global Filmmaking Award; and a Fellow of the Sundance Screenwriters Labs, Directors Lab, Composers and Sound Design Lab, and Creative Producing Summit. Eva’s other films include: The Intimacy of Strangers (President’s Award at Full Frame); City of Cranes (Best Documentary Short at LA Film Fest, broadcast on Channel 4 and POV); Steel Homes (premiered at IDFA with the North American premiere at Sundance); Reindeer (festival screenings at Sundance, Telluride, and AFI Fest); Of the Unknown (made for Tribeca Film Institute and Nelson Mandela’s Power of Word series with festival screenings at San Francisco, Telluride and AFI Fest); and Skywards (festivals include Telluride, Hot Docs and Sheffield Doc Fest). In 2006, Eva set up her production company, Odd Girl Out Productions Limited, with the purpose to develop and make cinematic films and documentaries. She is a member of PACT.

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Merkel

Denmark, Germany, Great Britain
2022, 97'

Directed by:
Eva Weber

Cinematography:
Reinhold Vorschneider, Konrad Waldmann

Edited by:
Daniel Greenway

Music:
Jon Opstad

Producers:
Lizzie Gillett, Eva Weber, Sonja Henrici, Sigrid Jonsson Dyekjær, Regina Bouchehri

Produced by:
Passion Pictures, Odd Girl Out Productions, Sonja Henrici Creates, Real Lava, Looks Film & TV GmbH

Festivals & Awards:

Telluride FF (2022), IDFA (2022)