Heimat Is a Space in Time
57th New York Film Festival
September 27 - October 13, 2019
Shot in monochrome black-and-white, Thomas Heise’s monumental essay film combines a wealth of archival footage and materials to reflect on the fraught evolution of Germany’s national identity through the prism of one family’s history.
Q&A with Thomas Heise on Oct. 6
Stretching from the dawn of World War I to the present day, Thomas Heise’s monumental essay film reflects on the fraught evolution of Germany’s national identity through the prism of one family’s history. The film, shot in monochrome black-and-white, combines a wealth of archival footage and materials––including letters written by Heise’s grandparents during the war––with new footage in which the director traces vestiges of his country’s national trauma to the very sites and landscapes that once played host to unspeakable violence. As he visualizes his ancestors’ forced displacement across East and West Germany, Heise achieves a moving meditation on the relationship between home and heritage.
Special thanks to German Films Service + Marketing GmbH.
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