Chinese Checkers

Halmaspiel

Chinese Checkers

Betina Kuntzsch

2017
Animation film
15’
The Film All-Nighter

A collage of associations evoked by found objects. Her own family, three different Germanys including their treacherous subchapters. Her mother was a passionate Chinese Checkers player. On the one hand. On the other, a dressmaker and fashion designer in East Germany.

Director / Script / Cinematography / Editing / Sound / Contact

Betina Kuntzsch |

Betina Kuntzsch

Betina Kuntzsch (*1963 in Berlin) studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Leipzig. She graduated in 1988 with the video lm Ich saß auf einem Steine. She worked for East German television and film production companies. Since 1988, she has made videotapes and installations, graphic prints, animations and documentary films. She has received numerous awards for her work, including the Golden Dove from DOK Leipzig for Spirit Away. Kuntzsch lives and works in Berlin.


Films by Betina Kuntzsch (Selection)
Wegzaubern 2015 | Zeitlicht 2014 | Kunstarbeiter 2011 | Jeder Text ist ein Wortbruch 2008 | I.I – Auf der Suche nach Ela Geminada 2008 | Two-Step 1998 | Moskau im August 1992 | Fünfzehn Einheitsstücke 1991 | Ich saß auf einem Steine 1988