Watching, reading, listening … and writing Films
Dortmund school students present their own subtitles

Early evening in the middle of nowhere, UK. In the pub, Zoe is trying to revive the interest of a former lover while her four small children – stomachs rumbling – hang around outside. Wasp is a sensitive and critically astute milieu study.
At this year’s festival, we will be watching the original version of the film in English with German subtitles. What’s special is this: the subtitles were composed by Year 11 school students at Dortmund’s Max Planck Senior High School. The film was the subject of a special project during which the students analysed the film in detail and translated the English into German. In that process, they were supported by members of the Oberhausen-based Sehsternchen, a cultural education agency. The students themselves will present the eagerly awaited results to an audience made up of friends, co-students, relatives and other guests. An intriguing look into the significance of the spoken language for film and into the way subtitles are created.

With kind support of Kurzfilmagentur Hamburg.

The project is based on an idea of the Forum Filmbildung NRW.

Awards for ›Wasp‹
Oscar, Best Live Action Short Film, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences 2005