Film Talk with Christian Johannes Koch & Jonas Matauschek, Directors of WIR WAREN KUMPEL

Moderation: Ina Bormann


WIR WAREN KUMPEL, DEE, CH 2023, Christian Johannes Koch, Jonas
Matauschek


In 2018, anthracite mining comes to an end in Germany.
Generations of miners have known nothing but shift work
underground and coal dust on their skin and under their
fingernails. Now this era is ending and a new one is dawning. The
film accompanies five miners as they cross the threshold into the
unknown. A grand documentary narrative filmed in Cinemascope.


Biographies


Christian Johannes Kochwas born in Lucerne and first studied
photography in Leipzig, then film directing at the Film
University Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF.


Jonas Matauschek was born in Dresden and studied photography in
Leipzig and film in Halle.