Rosakinder

At first glance these five directors couldn’t be more different, and they certainly wouldn’t appear to have much in common. And yet, take a look at their biographies, and you will notice that one name connects them all: Rosa von Praunheim – probably Germany’s most uninhibited, confrontational and honest director. To commemorate his seventieth birthday, these ‘Rosakinder’ as they call themselves have created this cinematic tribute. As they talk about their own careers and how they came to work in film, Rosa von Praunheim’s influence on key phases in their lives and creative output becomes apparent. Each of these directors has created their own, personal film about their relationship to Rosa. The resulting work is a vibrant genre mix in a documentary setting in which their mentor begins to emerge as a father figure – with his creativity, his urge to be innovative, defiant and pushy and to provoke, but also with his insecurity and his love. The kind of father with whom you can sometimes argue so much you could punch him; but also the kind you call when you need to be alone and don’t really want to talk to anyone at all.