3-10 Sep ‘23
 
Rus

The Storyteller. After Walter Benjamin (2016)

The Storyteller. After Walter Benjamin
6+
  • Country:

    Germany

  • Duration:

    62 min

  • Program:

    Competition, 3rd MJFF

  • Type:

    Documentary, Feature

  • Director:

    Nathaniel Knop

  • Producer:

    Anatoli Skatchkov

  • Cast:

    Peter Eisenman, Nikolaus Hirsch, Simon Starling, Nikolay Polisski

About film

Walter Benjamin first expressed his ideas about the vanishing of the verbal form of storytelling in an essay in 1936. Following Benjamin's descriptions, we are looking at the storytellers of today. The selected protagonists are architects Peter Eisenman and Nikolaus Hirsch, artists Özge Açikkol & Seçil Yersel, Simon Starling, Nikolay Polisski, fakir Lalu Baba, activist Ali Shamsher, walrus hunter Boris Girgiroskyn. The film explores the role of a storyteller in contemporary art.

Rewards and nominations

  • New York Architecture & Design International Film Festival 2016 (USA) — Official selection
  • Pune International Film Festival 2016 (India) — Official selection
  • Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit 2017 (USA) — Special screening
  • Philosophicum, Basel 2017 (Swiss) — Special screening

Director

Nathaniel Knop

German documentary filmmaker. He made his debut as director and screenwriter of The Storyteller. After Walter Benjamin. His next work was The Watson's Hotel released in 2019 is a film about a place where colonial heritage, film history, and today's India meet together.

Along with
Workshop. An artist as a storyteller.

Along with
Workshop. An artist as a storyteller.

Trailer

Director

Nathaniel Knop

German documentary filmmaker. He made his debut as director and screenwriter of The Storyteller. After Walter Benjamin. His next work was The Watson's Hotel released in 2019 is a film about a place where colonial heritage, film history, and today's India meet together.