DISCUSSION Monika Hauser – Ein Porträt
Edith Eisenstecken, Evi Oberkofler, Helga Kirchner, Monika Hauser
WITH MONIKA HAUSER, EVI OBERKOFLER, EDITH EISENSTECKEN UND HELGA KIRCHNER
In 2014, the women’s rights organisation medica mondiale approached the IWFF Dortmund | Cologne for the first time with the request to hold a film screening followed by a panel discussion. The Festival has gladly granted this wish, given that the theme of depicting violence and sexualised violence against women in films is a central topic for us as women festival organisers. Again and again we ask ourselves what the limits are to what can be shown, and at what point the representation of the topic in the media constitutes another misuse.
medica mondiale has been involved with traumatised women and girls in war and crisis zones for 25 years now, offering local help in the form of trauma-related and psychosocial health work as well as legal assistance and economic support. At political level, medica mondiale is committed to the upholding of women’s rights, and it demands the consistent punishment of crimes as well as effective protection, justice and political participation for the survivors of violence.
The film screening of Monika Hauser – A Portrait is followed by a discussion with Monika Hauser and the two directors Evi Oberkofler and Edith Eisenstecken. The interview will be hosted by journalist Helga Kirchner.
In cooperation with medica mondiale
Edith Eisenstecken
Edith Eisenstecken, born 1960 in Bolzano, South Tyrol in Italy, studied directing at the University of Television and Film Munich and qualified in film editing from the Bavaria Filmstudios. She has worked freelance for many years with her own radio show at the RAI station Bolzano and also teaching film montage. She lives by the Ammersee lake in Bavaria.
Alongside her own projects she has worked together with the director Evi Oberkofler.
Films by Edith Eisenstecken und Evi Oberkofler (Selection)
Der Kinomann aus Südtirol 2012 | Stenzel – Als Filme noch verrückt sein durften 2011 | Peter Mitterrutzner 2010 | Krista Posch 2009 | Luis Stefan Stecher 2007 | Sepp Mall 2006 | Joseph Zoderer 2005 | Margareth Obexer – Autorin 2004 | Helene Flöss – Eine Begegnung 2003 | Anita Pichler – Ich will einfach erzählen 2002
Evi Oberkofler
Evi Oberkofler, born in 1972, studied documentary film-making at the University of Film and Television/HFF Munich, lived in London and New York while studying, and after graduating started working on a freelance basis. Since then, she has lived and worked in Munich as a writer and film director.
Alongside her own projects she has worked together with the director Edith Eisenstecken.
Films by Evi Oberkofler und Edith Eisenstecken (Selection)
Der Kinomann aus Südtirol 2012 | Stenzel – Als Filme noch verrückt sein durften 2011 | Peter Mitterrutzner 2010 | Krista Posch 2009 | Luis Stefan Stecher 2007 | Sepp Mall 2006 | Joseph Zoderer 2005 | Margareth Obexer – Autorin 2004 | Helene Flöss – Eine Begegnung 2003 | Anita Pichler – Ich will einfach erzählen 2002
Helga Kirchner
Helga Kirchner began her career on youth radio at WDR Radio, presented morning and midday magazines on air, edited the Critical Journal and contributed to the guest commentary slot on Tagesthemen, ARD TV’s flagship news
programme. She helped develop the WDR radio phone-ins and for the ten years until her retirement, was in charge of the politics desk as radio editor-in-chief. For many years, she chaired the programme advisory committee of the Civis Media Foundation for Integration and Cultural Diversity in Europe. In 2010, the Association of Women Journalists awarded her the Hedwig Dohm Certificate.
Monika Hauser
Monika Hauser is the founder and managing director of medica mondiale e.V. and lives in Cologne. She studied medicine, completing her training as a specialist in gynaecology in 1998. Monika Hauser has received numerous prizes and awards for her work in the global fight against sexualised violence, including the Alternative Nobel Prize in 2008 and the State Prize of North Rhine-Westphalia in 2012. In 1996, she refused to accept the German Federal Cross of Merit in protest against the returning of Bosnian civil war refugees to Bosnia-Herzegovina.
