Angela Schanelec
Angela Schanelec | |
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| Born | 14 February 1962 |
| Occupation(s) | Actress, film director, screenwriter |
| Years active | 1985–present |
Angela Schanelec(German:[aŋˈɡeːlaˈʃaːnəlɛk];[1]born 14 February 1962) is a German actress, film director and screenwriter.
Her filmPlaces in Citieswas screened in theUn Certain Regardsection at the1998 Cannes Film Festival.[2]In 2019, Schanelec won theSilver Bear for Best Director,for her filmI Was at Home, But,at the69th Berlin International Film Festival.[3]During the73rd Berlin International Film Festival,in 2023, Schanelec won theSilver Bear for Best Screenplay,forMusic.[4]
Biography
[edit]Schanelec was born in Aalen, Baden-Württemberg, in Germany. Her artistic career began as an actress onstage.[5]
Today she is best known for her career as a filmmaker, which began during her time at theBerlin Film and Television Academy(dffb). There, she studied underHarun Farockiand Hartmut Bitomsky.[6]She metChristian PetzoldandThomas Arslan,with whom she has comprised the so-called first wave of theBerlin School.During this time, she produced her thesis film,I Stayed in Berlin All Summer,a 47-minute featurette.[7]
Schanelec, Petzold and Arslan found support in the budding artistic scene ofpost-reunification Berlin,and in the production company Schramm Film, operated by Michael Weber and Florian Koerner von Gustorf.[6]Since graduating from dffb, she has written and directed 7 features and contributed segments to the anthology filmsBridges of SarajevoandGermany 09.[8]
Critical reception
[edit]Schanelec's films have premiered at numerous renowned film festivals, including theCannes Film Festival,theBerlin International Film Festival,and theToronto International Film Festival.Critics have generally embraced her cinematic style, which almost exclusively employs lengthy, static shots with little action and ambiguous emotional content, tenuously connected by a narrative. Marco Abel, a scholar of the Berlin School, argues that her films function through "affective images" which reach the viewer primarily through their visual content, mostly without requiring narrative context.[7]She is frequently compared to several European avant-garde filmmakers, such asChantal Akerman,[9]Michelangelo Antonioni,[6]andRobert Bresson,whom she has cited as an important influence.[10]However, Derek Elley, writing forVariety,calledPlaces in Citiesa "joyless snoozer" and remarked that Schanelec's films "throw out no emotional lifelines for the viewer."[11]
Filmography
[edit]As Filmmaker
[edit]- 1991-Lovely Yellow Color(short)
- 1992-Far Away(short)
- 1992-Prague, March '92(short - documentary)
- 1992-Über das Entgegenkommen(short)
- 1994-I Stayed in Berlin All Summer
- 1995-My Sister's Good Fortune
- 1998-Places in Cities
- 2001-Passing Summer
- 2004-Marseille
- 2007-Afternoon
- 2009-Germany 09: 13 Short Films About The State Of The Nation(segment:First Day)
- 2010-Orly
- 2014-Bridges of Sarajevo(segment: Principe, texte)
- 2016-The Dreamed Path
- 2019-I Was at Home, But
- 2023-Music
As actress
[edit]- 1984-Die Familie oder Schroffenstein(TV movie), as Agnes
- 1985-The Death of the White Stallion,as Anna
- 1994-I Stayed in Berlin All Summer,as Nadine
- 1995-My Sister's Good Fortune,as Isabel
- 1997-Daily Chicken,as Frau Rötting
- 1999-Dealer,as Eva
- 1999-Dragonland(TV movie), as Mother
- 2001-Passing Summer,as Thomas' geschiedene Frau
- 2007-Afternoon,as Irene
- 2014-A House in Berlin,as Käthe Blacher
- 2015-Take What You Can Carry(short), as Angela
Accolades
[edit]- 2019-Silver Bear for Best Director,forI Was at Home, But[3]
- 2023-Silver Bear for Best Screenplay,forMusic[4]
References
[edit]- ^"Angela Schanelec presenta ESTABA EN CASA, PERO... | 4 de septiembre en cines".Atalante. 2 September 2020.Retrieved24 February2023.
- ^"Festival de Cannes: Places in Cities".festival-cannes.Retrieved3 October2009.
- ^ab"Berlin Film Festival 2019: Nadav Lapid's 'Synonyms' Wins Golden Bear".Variety.16 February 2019.Retrieved17 February2019.
- ^abRoxborough, Scott (25 February 2023)."Berlin: French Documentary 'On the Adamant' Wins Golden Bear for Best Film".The Hollywood Reporter.Retrieved15 June2023.
- ^Baer, Hester (1 January 2013). "Affectless Economies: The Berlin School and Neoliberalism".Discourse.35(1): 72–100.doi:10.13110/discourse.35.1.0072.JSTOR10.13110/discourse.35.1.0072.S2CID140443155.
- ^abcRoy, Rajendra; Leweke, Anke; Arslan, Thomas; Grisebach, Valeska; Heisenberg, Benjamin; Hochhäusler, Christoph; Hoss, Nina; Lim, Dennis; Nicodemus, Katja; Petzold, Christian; Rother, Rainer (2013).The Berlin School: Films from the Berliner Schule.ISBN9780870708749.
- ^abMarco, Abel (2013).The Counter-cinema of the Berlin School.Rochester, NY: Camden House. p. 10.ISBN9781571134387.
- ^"Angela Schanelec".MUBI.Retrieved23 May2018.
- ^"Saying Something: The Films of Angela Schanelec - Cinema Scope".Cinema Scope.3 September 2016.Retrieved8 March2017.
- ^"Interview: Angela Schanelec - Film Comment".Film Comment.3 January 2017.Retrieved8 March2017.
- ^Elley, Derek (15 June 1998)."Review: 'Places in Cities'".Variety.Retrieved8 March2017.
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