Hope Road
Susann Maria Hempel
In a multi-layered voiceover monologue, Hempel reflects on her personal artistic crisis within the context of catastrophic social developments. How can hope emerge – amidst the tangle of conspiracy theories, war zones and climate disasters, alienation and exhaustion? Motherhood, on the other hand, changes everything, bringing the child’s perspective into focus. Empathy and a sense of connection spring from indigenous communities’ philosophy on life.
Susann Maria Hempel
Susann Maria Hempel, born in Greiz (GDR) in 1983, studied media design at the Bauhaus University Weimar. She has received numerous scholarships, stipends and awards for her experimental films, including the German Short Film Award (Experimental Film category) and the Grand Prix Labo at the Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival. Since 2017, she has been working on radio projects alongside her film work. In 2019, she won the Radio Play of the Year award and the Radio Play Prize for War Blinded Veterans.
Films by Susann Maria Hempel
Die Hüter des Unrats. Eine kurze Geschichte des Abfalls 2022 | Sieben Mal am Tag beklagen wir unser Los und nachts stehen wir auf, um nicht zu träumen 2014 | Der Grosse Gammel 2013 | Wie ist die Welt so stille 2012 | Die Fliegen (The Birds II) 2011 | Der Mann, der nicht weinen wollte 2009 | Der weinende Dritte 2008 | película 2007
