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Film one hundred and four
Only the people who are exposed to this enormous pressure can probably best explain how a sea rescue operation works. The documentary accompanies a sea rescue team on a real mission that is a matter of life and death. Every year, thousands of people lose their lives on the world's deadliest escape route. Civilians put themselves in danger because the European Union's border policy violates existing rights and helpers are criminalised and threatened.
In EINHUNDERTVIER, Jonathan Schörnig documents a sea rescue in real time and impressively shows the work of Mission Lifeline. He was honoured four times at DOK Leipzig 2023, including with the Golden Dove in the German Competition. Christine Schäfer from Haus des Dokumentarfilms spoke to him about the development of the film and the difficult shooting conditions at sea.
In co-operation with the Burgenlandkreis Partnership for Democracy.
19:00
Jakobsring 5 | Naumburg
Admission: 6,- €
After graduating from high school in 2011, he began to gain directing experience through several assistantships and internships in television and film.
In 2015, he successfully completed his training as an image/sound media designer with his graduation film "Mr Lindner and his garden" and won the FineX trainee award.
He then worked as a cameraman on various television formats and documentaries. In 2020, he achieved his first successful festival release with the short documentary "Never give up".
Jonathan Schörnig has been studying at the Bauhaus University in Weimar since 2021.
With EINHUNDERTVIER, Jonathan Schörnig won the Golden Dove at the 66th International Leipzig Festival for Documentary and Animated Film as well as the Goethe-Institut Documentary Film Prize, the ver.di Prize for Solidarity, Humanity and Fairness and the Leipzig Ring Film Prize.
JADRIAN THEN - author and co-producer - was born in Leipzig in 1985 and produced his first feature film as a cameraman at the age of 17 with Romeo and Juliet. In 2009, he started his own business with AV productions and educational media projects.
After graduating with a degree in media technology engineering from HTWK Leipzig, he initially worked in live broadcasting, animation, camera and editing and has been a media educator at the Evangelical Church in Central Germany (EKM) since 2011. As a freelance production manager, Adrian Then worked full-time for MDR in Leipzig from 2015-2020 in the production management of history and
Documentaries. Adrian Then worked temporarily as a production manager at the film agency
and produced image and advertising films as well as the Kika series Freundschaft Spezial. In addition to various media projects, Adrian Then is once again working full-time for the EKM media centre.
Adrian Then and Jonathan Schörnig got to know each other during film projects in their youth. Since then, their paths have crossed on individual productions. With EINHUNDERTVIER, they made their first feature-length film together.
UWE NITSCHKE - Producer - born and raised in Leipzig has been working as a cameraman since the mid-90s. He has been running the production company U.N TV-Produktion since 1998, which is active both nationally and internationally. Under his direction, he has produced numerous reports, documentaries and magazine programmes for public and private broadcasters. Their content covers a wide range of social, political, scientific, environmental and sporting topics. Focal points have included the documentation of the genocide in Rwanda, the social development of Easter Island and the consequences of the reactor accident in Fukushima.
