Monika Funke Stern

doctor of philosophy, professor for moving images Düsseldorf
filmdirector/producer/author/media artist
assistent professor for visaul communication at the University of Fine Arts Berlin,
guest professor for video-production at the Film Academy Berlin
1987-2008 professor for film and video at the University of Applied Sciencies Duesseldorf
2002 nomination for best directing NRW
lives and works in Berlin/Falkensee and Crimea

Actually:


Gel(i)ebtes Leben (PDF, 360 KB)

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Silbernes Jubiläum!
Vor 25 Jahren, 1985, lief dieser Film
im Internationalen Wettbewerb der Berlinale:

Zum Glück gibt s kein Patent
Fortunately there is no Patent for Fortune
Par fortune il n y a pas de brevet pour la fortune

14 min., 35mm, colour

Mit Hella von Sinnen als Norma DIN
Ric Schachtebeck/Dirk Linke als Erfinder
Sebastian Gartlgruber als ROBOT

PLAY IT ... SHORT! PLAY IT... AGAIN!
Berlinale 2010

Mi 17.2. 17h Zeughauskino
Do 18.2. 22:30h CinemaxX 8
So 21.2. 14h Teddy- Rolle im International

Hella von Sinnen ist am 18.2. zur Vorstellung im CinemaxX anwesend!


www.funkefilm.de
www.art-movie.de
www.deutsche-filmakademie.de
www.endmoraene.de
www.imaionline.de
www.kulturserver-nrw.de
www.nbk.org


Main works:

1982
Out of the Blue, 112 min., 16mm, Feature film
Basisfilm distribution, Price for best film, festival Mannheim

1984
The Divorce of Frankenstein, 45 min. Experimental, Production Neuer Berliner Kunstverein, Collection Centre Pompidou, price of RTBF

1985
Lucky there is no patent for happiness, 15 min, 35mm short film
Int. Competition Berlinale, Festivals Hng Kong u.a.

1986
The next morning the minister did`nt return to his place of work, 87 min., 16mm, fiction, Max Ophuels Price Festival

1987
Parfait d´amour, 11 min., 16mm, short film, Price of the film critic Oberhausen

1987
Queen of Junk, 11 min., 16mm, Festival Hamburg a.o.

1988
Alien views, 60 min, 1 inch, TV fiction film, Price fort he most outstanding film Festival Vigo

1990-2001
Shortfilms, Ivory coast, Nigeria (executive producer)

1993
Banja, 15 min., 35mm, erotic short film for RTL

1997
Nika-The show must go on, 90 min., 35mm, feature film

2000
The essence of transformation, 8 min., Exposition Me is something different, Kunstsammlung NRW , Festivals Den Haag a.o.

2002
Long live net pleasure, 4 min. music clip

2004
Strip&Tease (Interactive Film), Exposition Malkasten Duesseldorf

2007
Your songs, ever and ever again, 4 min., music clip, Exposition Galery of Arts Berlin

2008
Passage, Galery of Arts Berlin

2009
Debts Mountain, 10 min., Betacam SP, fiction, Galery of Arts Berlin


Executive Producer (Selection):

"Pile ou Face". Head or Tale.
Two young musiciens want to promote their songs. Intrigues are allowed. A merrygoround between two couples.
Shortfilm. 20 min. U-matic HB/, Abidjan/Ivory coast.
Festival Oberhausen, Den Haag. Prod.: Goethe-Institut/ RTCI, Screened by Swedish TV

AWA, 20 Min. Abidjan, Ivory Coast
The small Awa and her girlfriend are going to be circumcised. Awa escapes.
Shortfilm about Female Genital Mutilation,

La vraie Démocratie, True Democracy. 25 min. Betacam SP, Colour Shortfilm,
Abidjan, Ivory Coast
Democracy means equal rights for everbody. The politician who is engaged for this thinks he has special rights concerning his private life. His wife shows him what it means to have equal rights: she has a lover too.

The Mission, 15 min., Kurzspielfilm, Jos, Nigeria 2002
A missionary wants to teach civilazation, truth and clothes to the naked savages. When these discover that he has nudies in his suitcase they chase them out of their village.

2003
Rites of Passage, 30 min., Dokufilm about marriage at the peopple of Anga.

2003
Four Ways of Lighting a Cigaret, 4 Shortfilms Filminstitut Jos, Nigeria,

2005
When I grow up, I want to be a Tourist, 6 min. on demand of „Fernweh, Forum Tourism and critics“

2006
Good Governance, 3 Spots on Demokracy in Nigeria, Lagos, Production Goethe-Institut Lagos, Sponsor: Adenauer Stiftung, Communication for Change,
Director: Tunde Kulani