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PODCAST

Deep Dive Genre

Deep Dive Genre presents in-depth interviews with German creatives of the film industry. Each season will focus on a different genre.

tv & film film interviews

All Episodes

00:21:34

Nora Fingscheidt

Deep Dive Genre ·

2024/10/29

Director & writer Nora Fingscheidt’s last three films – Systemcrasher, The Unforgivable and The Outrun - have been very different, but what they do share are radical protagonists that live outside the norms of society. She reveals why a director is more like a conductor and what she loves about working with longtime creative collaborators. Enjoy our conversation!Find out more about Nora Fingscheidt and her latest work: https://www.agenturhomebase.de/clients/nora-fingscheidt/ You can find us on

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00:28:14

Andreas Dresen

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2024/10/08

Director Andreas Dresen and his wonderful films hold a very special place in the German movie canon. He tells stories about regular people, that keep the country – and the world – running. And the price they often pay for it. In our Podcast-interview we talked about his Super 8-Beginnings, Theatre, Opera, Music, the future cinematic generation and lots more - Enjoy! Find out more about Andreas Dresen and his latest work: https://henschel-schauspiel.de/de/person/58 You can find us on

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00:23:30

Caroline Link

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2024/09/17

Telling stories full of emotions is director Caroline Links’ special talent. The Writer and director – or as she says in her own words: Life-Observer - of such terrific films such as Beyond Silence, A Year Ago in Winter, When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit makes movies because she wants to tell about life and people that move her. Enjoy our wonderful conversation with Caroline! Find out more about Caroline Link and her latest work: https://players.de/directors/caroline-link/ You can find us on

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00:00:51

Teaser Season 5

Deep Dive Genre ·

2024/09/10

Welcome to Deep Dive Genre Season 5! Starting September 17th we are celebrating 70 years of German Films. And what better way to do that than to highlight German filmmakers and their work in this special edition. So join us, won’t you? See you next week!

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00:44:42

Dr. Sarah Kordecki

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2024/05/14

We talk to #Heimatfilm expert Dr. Sarah Kordecki - she wrote her thesis on the genre and watched more than 200 Heimatfilme. Our discussion runs the gamut from the importance of (German) music, to happy ends, to societal and political references and self-reflexion. Be it Sisi, Immenhof, The Trapp Family or the Meineidbauer. And on the way we got a few new Heimatfilm film recommendations to boot. Enjoy!Find out more about Dr. Sarah Kordecki and her

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00:19:01

Daniel Alvarenga

Deep Dive Genre ·

2024/04/30

In this #Deep Dive Genre episode we talk to a director Daniel Alvarago about his new film HUNDSWUT. Why he initially didn’t have the #Heimatfilm genre on his mind, the hard process of making a truly independent film in Germany – and the great reactions of the audience. Enjoy!Find out more about Daniel and his latest work: https://www.alvarenga.de/ https://www.harpercollins.de/collections/daniel-alvarenga You can find us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/deep_dive_genre/

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00:32:00

Andreas Gutzeit

Deep Dive Genre ·

2024/04/16

There is a special place in Germany’s collective film-historic memory held by SISI - the films, the person – fictional and real. Naturally when we had the chance to talk to producer, director and showrunner Andreas Gutzeit about his very watchable and very successful TV series SISI we took it. Find out what the series does differently and where it may have some common ground with the classic film trilogy. #Heimatfilm Inspiration, anyone? Enjoy!Find out more about Andreas Gutzeit and his

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00:28:22

Diana Amft

Deep Dive Genre ·

2024/04/02

One particular corner of the Heimatfilm genre is occupied by the intrepid Schlagerfilme. So, of course we had to include IM WEISSEN RÖSSL - WEHE DU SINGST! in our season. And who better to talk to than the terrific queen of comedy and the film's lead actress: Diana Amft! We discussed the singing, dance scenes, the school trip atmosphere of the film shoot and why comedy is still not recognized in Germany as the high art, that it is. Enjoy!Find out more about Diana Amft and her

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00:28:39

Hans Steinbichler

Deep Dive Genre ·

2024/03/19

In this #Deep Dive Genre episode we talk to a true and tested Heimatfilm expert – director Hans Steinbichler! He redefined the genre with his debut film HIERANKL and is showing again what the genre can do with his latest feature film, EIN GANZES LEBEN / A WHOLE LIFE. Along the way we talk about the uniqueness and magic of the word Heimat, the compliment of having done an “Alpen-Scorcese” and the delight of musicals – Enjoy!Find out more about Hans Steinbichler and his latest work:

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00:34:04

Barbie Heusinger

Deep Dive Genre ·

2024/03/05

We’re starting with bit of an #Heimatfilm outlier: Christmas cult classic 3 HASELNÜSSE FÜR ASCHENBRÖDEL. I talked to fellow 3 HFNA enthusiast Barbie Heusinger and our conversation ran the gamut from our favorite scenes, to the question if the film is a “good film” (spoiler alert: it is!) and what Heimat means and the continuing appeal of the genre. What a great way to start our fourth season – Enjoy!Find out more about Barbie: https://ams.focal.ch/barbie-heusinger/ You can find us on

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00:00:52

Teaser Season 4 Deep Dive Genre

Deep Dive Genre ·

2024/02/27

We are going into season 4! And starting March 5th we'll be talking about all things HEIMATFILM.

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Hannah Schiller

Deep Dive Genre ·

2023/11/21

For our last episode of season 3 we talked to the wonderful Hannah Schiller. About her series DIE NETTESTEN MENSCHEN DER WELT, her talent for drawing and her fascination with stories that are situated in the horror realm and how they captivate, touch and move us. What a great end to our third season – Enjoy!Find out more about Hannah and her latest work: https://players.de/actresses/hannah-schiller/ https://www.instagram.com/hannah_schiller/ https://www.instagram.com/konvers_ation/ You can find us

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00:45:30

Tommy Krappweis

Deep Dive Genre ·

2023/11/07

There are some people who have stories to tell, and then there are people who have STORIES to tell. Tommy Krappweis is the latter. The multi-hyphenate – writer, comedian, musician and all around-creative talent talked to us about his series KOHLRABENSCHWARZ, which was initially an audio play, then became a book series and finally a TV series. As you can imagine we had lots to talk about in regards to genre-mix and folk tales. Enjoy! Find out more about Tommy and his latest work:

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Adrian Gmelch

Deep Dive Genre ·

2023/10/24

Today we're talking to film critic @adriangmelch about horror – why elevated horror is not the best term for what’s happening in the genre. Plus some horror genre and film history and a few great film suggestions, German and otherwise – enjoy! Find out more about Adrian and his latest work: https://adrian-gmelch.com/ https://www.buechner-verlag.de/autor/adrian-gmelch/ https://www.upress.state.ms.us/Books/M/M.-Night-Shyamalan You can find us on

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Tim Oliver Schultz

Deep Dive Genre ·

2023/10/10

Tim Oliver Schultz has shown his versatility on the screen many times – never more so as villain Theo in #heilstaettenderfilm. We talked to the actor and producer about the found footage film, the horror genre in general and why villains tend to think they’re the heroes. What a great conversation – enjoy! Find out more about Tim and his latest work: https://agenturadam.de/actor/tim-oliver-schultz/ https://caay.de/tim-oliver-schultz/ You can find us on

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Benjamin Munz

Deep Dive Genre ·

2023/09/26

Talking to a real genre expert und pop-culture geek? Priceless – and a lot of fun. #BloodRedSky and #OldPeople producer Benjamin Munz took time out of his busy X-FAKTOR – DAS UNFASSBARE production schedule and went on a deep dive with us to talk about the two projects. Besides many incredible stories about the long production journey of BLOOD RED SKY – like chasing Nicholas Cage at a film festival or Arnold Schwarzenegger on an airplane – we talked about creative choices, preconceived notions about

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Peter Thorwarth

Deep Dive Genre ·

2023/09/12

#BloodRedSky director (and writer) Peter Thorwarth joins us as the first guest of season 3 to talk about his film, why it’s maybe not a horror-film per se, the challenges they faced, using the sun (light) as a character and what his one regret regarding the movie is. Enjoy - and welcome to all things film and horror! You can find us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/shorttake/?hl=de © Volker Condarus

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Teaser Staffel 3

Deep Dive Genre ·

2023/09/05

Our third season starts next week - We'll be talking about horror! Join us, won't you?!

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00:46:57

Karoline Herfurth

Deep Dive Genre ·

2023/06/20

For our last episode of season 2 we talked to fellow RomCom enthusiast Karoline Herfurth. Our conversation with the talented director, actor and writer runs the gamut from the often overlooked societal importance of RomComs, to its ropes such as the “big gesture” – spoiler alert: we’re of slightly different opinions on this – and of course Karoline’s creative process behind her hilarious and warmhearted romantic comedies SMS FÜR DICH and EINFACH MAL WAS SCHÖNES. It was a pleasure! Find out more

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Boris Bojadzhiev

Deep Dive Genre ·

2023/05/30

Composing music for films and TV is no piece of cake. Let alone for a romantic comedy. Find out more about the creative process from prolific composer Boris Bojadzhiev and which Disney classic started his lifelong love affair with all things music. Find out more about Boris and his projects: https://annettegentz.com/boris-bojadzhiev-film.html You can find us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/shorttake/?hl=de

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