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SOLDIERS OF LIGHT - World premiere in Nyon!

Over the last three years, I've been working on a documentary with Johannes Büttner co-directing and at the editing table of the wonderfull Sebastian Winkels, that has pushed me to my limits in many ways. After my EINZELTÄTER-trilogy, in SOLDIERS OF LIGHT I had to deal with people who have (at least mental) overlaps with the right-wing extremist perpetrators of Munich, Halle and Hanau. Today, I am proud and glad that we took on this challenge, because the film is a movie about how we as a society can deal with the (emotional) roots of extremism.

Our film will celebrate its world premiere at the Visions du Réel International Film Festival in Nyon.

Many thanks to everyone who made this possible!

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EINZELTÄTER TEIL 3: HANAU - International Premiere

We are very happy that our EINZELTÄTER TEIL 3: HANAU will celebrate its international premiere at the One World Human Rights Film Festival in Prague.

Thank you so much for the invitation!

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EINZELTÄTER TEIL 3: HANAU @ Filmmuseum Frankfurt

Dear Frankfurt

On February 12, our EINZELTÄTER TEIL 3: HANAU will be screened in one of the city's most beautiful cinemas, the Deutsches Filminstitut & Filmmuseum, in the series “New Voices: German Cinema since 2000”. I'll be there too.

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Masterclass in Mainz

Yesterday I gave a joint masterclass on EINZELTÄTER at Mainz University of Applied Sciences (documentary film course) and Mainz University (journalism seminar). It was a very nice and inspiring exchange with the students. And I thought it was great that journalism and documentary film are being considered together here. Thank you very much for the invitation!

Im Dunkeln Sehn

This weekend, the event “Im Dunklen Sehn” will take place in Hanau, Offenbach and Frankfurt, dealing with critical remembrance work against the backdrop of right-wing terror.

On Sunday, we will be showing some material from EINZELTÄTER TEIL 3: HANAU as part of this event.

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EINZELTÄTER TEIL 2: HALLE in FFM

October 9, 2024 marks the fifth anniversary of the Halle attack. To honor this occasion, EINZELTÄTER TEIL 2: HALLE will be shown on Tuesday, October 8 at FilmForum Höchst.

The event is part of the series “Keine Einzeltäter”, organized by the initiative “Kein Schlussstrich Hessen”.

Many thanks for this!

Shows:
  • EINZELTÄTER TEIL 2: HALLE in FFM
  • Dienstag, 8. Oktober 2024
    18:30 Uhr
    FilmForum Höchst, Emmerich-Josef-Str. 46a, Ffm-Höchst
  • https://filmforum-hoechst.com

2 German Television Awards for EINZELTÄTER

Our EINZELTÄTER trilogy was honored in two categories at the German Television Awards:

Best Camera Information / Documentary and Best Documentary Series.

Many thanks to our wonderful protagonists, our wonderful team, Corso Film, ZDF's “Kleines Fernsehspiel” and of course the jury of the German Television Award 2024!

Nomination(s) at the German Television Award

EINZELTÄTER is nominated in two categories at the German Television Award 2024: Best Documentary Series and (which makes me especially happy because I was "DOP" for the first time) Best Camera Documentary/Information. Many thanks to everyone who made this possible:

Our wonderful protagonists, our team, Corso Film, Das kleine Fernsehspiel /ZDF and of course the jury of the German Television Award!

EINZELTÄTER TEIL 3: HANAU screened in Naxos-Kino/FFM

Dear Frankfurt, our EINZELTÄTER TEIL 3: HANAU is screening on September 3rd at 19:00 at Naxos Kino. Come all!

Shows:
  • EINZELTÄTER TEIL 3: HANAU in Naxos Kino
  • Dienstag, 3. September 2024
    19:00 Uhr
    Naxos Kino, Waldschmidtstraße 19 HH, 60316 Frankfurt
  • https://naxos-kino.de/programm/

Speaker at Film University Babelsberg

I am very pleased to be a speaker at this year's Summer School “Film and Immersive Media in Remembrance Work” at the Film University Babelsberg Konrad Wolf.

Rating 'particularly valuable' for EINZELTÄTER TEIL 3: HANAU

EINZELTÄTER TEIL 3: HANAU has received the “particularly valuable” rating.

From the jury's statement:

"This familiarity between the protagonists and the director is the key element of the film. The personal relationships and stories in the specific location of Hanau-Kesselstadt make it a living document of civil courage and yet radiate beyond the individual cases. Vogel uncompromisingly goes to the level of its protagonists, gives space to the experience of everyday racism, which ultimately found its explosive outburst in the attack."

We would like to thank our wonderful protagonists for this familiarity and sharing your stories... Many thanks to my team! And many thanks to the German Film Rating and Media Rating for the award!

to the jury's statement

Nomination for the Roman-Brodmann Prize

EINZELTÄTER is nominated for the ROMAN BRODMANN PRIZE in the category Political Documentary Film.

Many thanks to the whole team, to our wonderful protagonists, to CORSO Film, the format "Das Kleine Fernsehspiel" and of course to the jury!

Grimme Prize for EINZELTÄTER-trilogy

Great joy: Our EINZELTÄTER-trilogy has been awarded the Grimme Prize 2024.

Many thanks to our wonderful protagonists for their strength and trust, to our team, to Corso Film, to the ZDF format "Kleines Fernsehspiel" and of course to the jury and the Grimme Institute!

From the jury's statement:

"'Einzeltäter' is a four-hour work that raises many questions. These include: Do you really have to experience discrimination yourself in order to be able to understand the devastation that right-wing extremist terror causes? And who actually feels spoken to when the Federal President adresses a "we" in a speech after the attack in Halle? Julian Vogel doesn't ask such questions explicitly. He works in a documentary manner, not journalistically. He doesn't bring any prefabricated theories and doesn't use classic interview methods."

Zur Jurybegründung

EINZELTÄTER: MÜNCHEN at Kunsthochschule Kassel

The the art school Kunsthochschule Kassel is showing EINZELTÄTER TEIL 1: MÜNCHEN on 16.05. at 6:00 p.m. as part of the Ton-Bild-Zeit series.

I am really looking forward to the exchange with the students.

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EINZELTÄTER TEIL 3: HANAU on tv

19.02.2024 marks the fourth anniversary of the racist attack in Hanau.

On the night of 19.02. to 20.02. at 00:30 ZDF is now showing the third part of our trilogy.

I would like to thank my wonderful protagonists for their strength and trust, my wonderful team, CORSO Film and the ZDF format "Kleines Fernsehspiel".

ZDF Mediathek

EINZELTÄTER TEIL 1: MÜNCHEN in Karlsruhe

EINZELTÄTER TEIL 1: MÜNCHEN will be shown on 11.05. at the dokka Festival in Karlsruhe. Thanks a lot for the invitation!

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EINZELTÄTER at Filmhaus Köln

The Filmhaus Köln is showing our EINZELTÄTER series in May.

I'm very glad that the films are being shown together on the same (big) screen again.

Come on over!

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Thank you Grimme Prize!

Yesterday the Grimme Prize was awarded for our EINZELTÄTER-trilogy.

I would like to thank my wonderful protagonists and my wonderful team for walking this path together!

And of course many thanks to the Grimme Institute!

You can see the award ceremony here. (It's the Einzeltäter's turn at minute 31.)

Photo credit: (c) 2024 Neuhaus / Grimme Institute

EINZELTÄTER: HANAU at police academy

On 29.02. our EINZELTÄTER TEIL 3: HANAU was shown at the Hessian University for Public Management and Security in front of around 200 police recruits.

The film discussion afterwards was conducted with me by Ajla Kühn, Hamza's sister. It was a special experience to discuss the film with police officers, some of whom are and were deployed in Hanau. After the event, some of them expressed their gratitude for the fact that the film gave them an insight into the perspective of those affected.

Thank you Kathrin Hartman & Peter Schmidt for the invitation! And thank you very much, Ajla, for your strength and your courage!

EINZELTÄTER 1-3 at FSK in BERLIN

Our three EINZELTÄTER films are finally coming to cinemas in Berlin. On 03.02. from 2:15 p.m. they will be shown one after the other at the FSK Kino at Oranienplatz. Come on over!

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Grimme Prize nomination for EINZELTÄTER

Our EINZELTÄTER-trilogy is nominated for the Grimme Prize.

Thanks a lot to our wonderful and strong protagonists and our wonderful team and to everyone who supported us!

And of course to the selection committee!

HESSIAN FILM PRIZE for EINZELTÄTER TEIL 3: HANAU

Our EINZELTÄTER TEIL 3: HANAU won the Hessian Film and Cinema Prize in the documentary category yesterday. Many thanks to our wonderful protagonists for the journey together, to our team for the joint work, to the ZDF format "Das Kleine Fernsehspiel", to Corso Film, and to the jury and the team of the Hessian Film Prize.

->Ausschnitt meiner Rede

Photos (c) Robert Schittko

EINZELTÄTER in Duisburg

All three EINZELTÄTER films - Munich, Halle and Hanau - were invited to the Duisburger Filmwoche this year. We're very grateful because the Duisburg Film Week is, of course, one of the greatest festivals in Germany, but also because it gives you the opportunity to see all three parts in conjunction with each other in the cinema: On 08.11. starting at 10:00 a.m. Thanks a lot to everyone involved, our wonderful protagonists and of course to the great Duisburg Film Week!

EINZELTÄTER TEIL 2: HALLE on ZDF

On 03.10., at prime time 00:20, EINZETLÄTER TEIL 2: HALLE will be shown on ZDF. On the Day of German Unity and a week before the anniversary of the attack. You can find all EINZELTÄTER films in the ZDF Mediathek.

EINZELTÄTER TEIL 3: HANAU nominated for the Hessian Film Prize

EINZELTÄTER TEIL 3: HANAU is nominated for the Hessian Film and Cinema Prize in the documentary category.

We are very grateful and would like to thank everyone who was and is still involved! Especially our exceptional protagonists who shared their stories, their struggles and their grief with us.

And thanks to our team who managed to turn these stories into a film.

Many thanks to CORSO Film and ZDF, Hessen Film und Medien GmbH and of course to the jury and the team of the Hessian Film Prize!

From the jury statement:

"Julian Vogel shows gridlock, literally. He makes anger and desperation palpable. The images are torturous because they make life on pause tangible. Vogel gives the survivors and bereaved space and time, lets the viewer take part in the mourning for the son, the brother, but also in the beautiful memories of the best friend. And he also reveals the filmmaker's own helplessness in the face of pain, anger and despair. They don't just disappear, they stay -- forever."

EINZELTÄTER TEIL 3: HANAU at LET'S DOK

On 17.09. EINZELTÄTER TEIL 3: HANAU will be shown at 2:30 p.m. as part of Let’s Dok at the Bali Cinema in Kassel.

Everybody please join!

EINZELTÄTER now on ZDF

All parts of our EINZELTÄTER-trilogy are now online in the ZDF [media library](https://www.zdf.de/filme/das-kleine- Fernsehenspiel/einzeltaeter---muenchen-100.html). EINZELTÄTER TEIL 1: MÜNCHEN also runs on ZDF at 00:00.

We are happy about every viewer.

EINZELTÄTER TEIL 1: MÜNCHEN in cinema

Our EINZELTÄTER TEIL 1: MÜNCHEN is also getting a small cinema tour in July.

The film will be shown in Munich before the anniversary of the right-wing terrorist attack at the OEZ on 22.07. at the following dates:

On Wednesday, 05.07.23 at 8 p.m. in the Werkraum Kammerspiele followed by a discussion with the audience.

On Friday, 07.07.23 and Monday 10.07.23 at 6 p.m. in the Werkstattkino

On Wednesday, 12.07.23 at 6:30 p.m. in the Monopol Kino in cooperation with the DOK.fest Munich in the MittDOKs-Delikatessen series with a subsequent audience discussion.

On Monday, 17.07.23 at 10 a.m. as a school screening in the NS DOKUMENTATIONSZENTRUM (link to register).

It will also be running in Nuremberg on 04.07.24 at 7:30 p.m. in the Casablanca Filmkunsttheater.

We are very excited!

Theatrical release for EINZELTÄTER TEIL 3: HANAU

EINZELTÄTER TEIL 3: HANAU will be released in cinemas on 08.06. as part of the Hessian film tour.

The playing times:

08.06.2023 at 5:30 p.m., KOMMUNALES KINO WEITERSTADT

09.06.2023 at 8:00 p.m., LICHTSPIELHAUS LAUTERBACH

11.06.2023 at 12:00 p.m., KINO TRAUMSTERN, LICH

11.06.2023 at 7:30 p.m., KINOPOLIS HANAU

12.06.2023 at 8:00 p.m., CAPITOL KINO, MARBURG

11.07.2023 at 7:30 p.m., CAPITOL KINO, WITZENHAUSEN

12.07.2023 at 7:30 p.m., KINOPOLIS GIESSEN

13.07.2023 at 7:30 p.m., REX KINO, DARMSTADT

14.07.2023 at 7:30 p.m., CASABLANCA ARTHOUSE, BAD SODEN

16.07.2023 at 5:00 p.m. at Mal Seh’n Kino, Frankfurt am Main

Everybody please join us! Thanks a lot to Nina Friemann of Filmbüro Hessen!

EINZELTÄTER TEIL 2: HALLE at the Neisse Filmfestival

Our EINZELTÄTER TEIL 2: HALLE will be shown at 20. Neisse Film Festival in Görlitz and the surrounding area.

The film will be shown at the following times:

Wednesday, 24.05. at 8:00 p.m. KunstBauerKino 2

Thursday, 25.05. at 5:30 p.m. Camillo

Thanks a lot for the invitation!

Thanks a lot to DokFest München!

We would like to thank DokFest München for the wonderful premiere!

From today on you can also see our EINZELTÄTER TEIL 1: MÜNCHEN online.

PHOTO (C) 2023 MIRJA KOFLER