Digital Restoration of “VATERLAND” (Fatherland)

We’ve just been immersed in *Vaterland* from 1992 – it sounds like a long time ago, but this feature film is, in fact, alarmingly relevant on so many levels and themes. The film never made it to cinemas in Germany back then – now I can see why! It won awards abroad… The ‘Deutsche Kinemathek’…

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THE DAY at the German Historical Museum (Zeughaus Cinema), Berlin Feb 27

Our 2006 film ‘DER TAG’ will be screened in a special showing on Friday 27 February 2026 as part of the ‘Rediscovered/&The Art of the Documentary’ series at the Zeughaus Cinema (German Historical Museum) Introduction: Ralph Eue followed by a discussion with the filmmaker Uli M Schueppel German premiere: @dokleipzig, international premiere @iffr Rotterdam Film…

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Digital Restoration of ‘NIHIL, or All the Time in the World’

For the digital restoration of ‘NIHIL, or All the Time in the World’, 40 years after its completion, I now had the chance to delve deep into the analogue material of the film once again. And as we worked on it again, I still don’t quite understand what we were doing and how we conjured…

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“Athens International Filmfestival”-Trailer/Opener

„Νύχτες πρεμιέρας/Athens Int. Filmfestival”“ kindly asked me to design and create the new Trailer/Opener for their 30th edition. Thanks to AIFF’s Artistic Director Loukas Katsikas & all the team for their trust! What a pleasure that the film festivals in the two cities I love so much, Berlin (where “my Berlinale-Trailer/Opener” has been running for…

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“OFF WAYS” (“Elektrokohle-VonWegen”) screened at concert venue – 35years after

‘Elektrokohle – Von Wegen’ (Off Ways) will be screened as part of the first Vietnamese/German pop culture festival ‘Song O Berlin’ at the original venue of the Einstuerzende Neubauten concert 35 years ago – now celebrating the 20th anniversary of the Dong Xuan Centre (formerly known as “VEB Elektrokohle”!)… Sunday 28 July, 21:00 – with…

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IN/SITE/OUT ATHENS – workshop Oct 19 – 26, 2024

  Practical film workshop on the topic of “Emotional Geography” in essay film (as well as all documentary-experimental film formats) – in and out of Athens (Greece) The masterclass workshop “IN/SITE/OUT ATHENS” under the direction of the acclaimed filmmaker Uli M Schueppel will introduce the participants to narrative methods and storytelling through “Emotional Geography” in…

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THE CENTER CANNOT HOLD – Exhibition Bucharest

THE CENTER CANNOT HOLD – an exhibition in two parts curated by Antje Ehmann – “Throughout history, Europe’s borders have changed. Its center has constantly shifted, and this perpetual dislocation can be measured. Berlin-based Romanian artist Patricia Morosan’s first solo show in Bucarest entitled ‘(I) Remember Europe’ poetically explores the arbitrary concept of borders. ‘(I)…

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JAHRE DER KÄLTE (Frozen Stories) at Filmmuseum Potsdam

  The Filmmuseum Potsdam is showing the film ‘Jahre der Kälte’ by Uli M Schueppel ( from the year 1994) in a special screening as part of the series ‘ZEITSCHNITT – Advent and Abyss. Living under Stalinism’ to commemorate the suppression of the uprising in the GULag Workuta on 1 August 1953. Introduction: Dr. Claus…

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“BACK TO ATHENS” shows ‘Inside The Place’ as videoinstallation

As part of the large multi-disciplinary art exhibition “Back to Athens 10/International Art Meeting 2023 – Geometry of Rational”, the video installation “Inside The Place” by Uli M Schueppel will be shown. Thanks to Γιώργος-Ίκαρος Ιωάννου Μπαμπασάκης (curating – ‘Large Form Logic’) & Georg Georgakopoulos (organisation) for the invitation! Back to Athens 10 International Art Meeting 2023 | Geometry…

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