2024
Sunday, July 13, 11 p.m., Arte: Frans Hals. Painter of Laughter
Alongside Rembrandt and Vermeer, Frans Hals is one of the key figures of 17th century Dutch art. But unlike his contemporaries, who tended to paint gloomy or pensive pictures, the Haarlem artist was entirely devoted to joy. Frans Hals painted people who could barely conceal their lust for life – at a time when it was frowned upon to show teeth. The film explores the role that laughter plays in the art of Frans Hals and in our lives today. An Arte/ Bottega Berlin Productions Coproduction.
Monday, July 8th 5 p.m. WORLD PREMIERE
Alongside Rembrandt and Vermeer, Frans Hals is one of the key figures of 17th century Dutch art. But unlike his contemporaries, who tended to paint gloomy or pensive pictures, the Haarlem artist was entirely devoted to joy. Frans Hals painted people who could barely conceal their lust for life – at a time when it was frowned upon to show teeth. The film explores the role that laughter plays in the art of Frans Hals and in our lives today.
2023
The arte documentary “Caspar David Friedrich. Wanderer between the worlds on view at Museum Georg Schäfer.
Caspar David Friedrich is considered one of the greatest landscape painters ever. Almost forgotten after his death, his fog-shrouded landscapes and lonely mountains were able to unfold an unimagined effect in the 20th century. The one-hour Arte documentary “Caspar David Friedrich. Wanderer between the Worlds” by Nicola Graef and Frauke Schlieckau tells of the painter’s life in Greifswald and Dresden and searches for traces in the Elbe Sandstone Mountains and on the Baltic Sea. Now the film can be seen in the exhibition “Caspar David Friedrich and the Harbingers of Romanticism” at the Museum Georg Schäfer.
Friday, Jan. 13, 11 p.m. ZDF aspekte: Parallel worlds. What is reality?
A “truth”, a “reality” has not existed for a long time. If there ever was one. Putin, vaccination deniers, Mark Zuckerberg and his Metaverse – since digitalisation, it’s easier than ever to build new worlds, find approval and confirmation for one’s own worldview and simply block out the rest. But what are the consequences for our lives when reality feels increasingly surreal? When one can no longer agree on and rely on truths, values and norms? What does this mean for togetherness in the global community? And can culture help us to successfully counter this development? Written and directed by Frauke Schlieckau. A Bottega Berlin production for ZDF aspekte. 43 min.
2022
Alice Neel. Faces of America: Wednesday, 16th November, 01.55 a.m.
With unusual psychological and artistic brilliance, Alice Neel (1900-1984) painted the most interesting subject she could imagine: People. Like many great artists of her time, she was mostly not very successful during her lifetime, and even after her death she was not duly recognized for a long time. Today she is one of the most important artists in America. For Neel’s entire oeuvre is an expression of the deepest humanity. In her paintings, the American captured souls and used socially relevant themes. But why did she paint portraits almost exclusively, and what made the genre so appealing? How did the American artist manage to capture people’s souls in her portraits? And what do Neel’s portraits and self-portraits reveal about the time in which she lived and about her own artistic soul? Written / directed by Frauke Schlieckau. A Lona Media production.
Alice Neel. Faces of America. Sunday, 11/09, 4.51 p.m.
With unusual psychological and artistic brilliance, Alice Neel (1900-1984) painted the most interesting subject she could imagine: People. Like many great artists of her time, she was mostly not very successful during her lifetime, and even after her death she was not duly recognized for a long time. Today she is one of the most important artists in America. For Neel’s entire oeuvre is an expression of the deepest humanity. In her paintings, the American captured souls and used socially relevant themes. But why did she paint portraits almost exclusively, and what made the genre so appealing? How did the American artist manage to capture people’s souls in her portraits? And what do Neel’s portraits and self-portraits reveal about the time in which she lived and about her own artistic soul? Written / directed by Frauke Schlieckau. A Lona Media production.
Reload for the art world. How robotics and Ai are changing creativity. 10.09.2022., 7.10 p.m. 3Sat
Art is an expression of human experience, or so the conventional wisdom goes. But is this still true in the age of artificial intelligence, or can robots and algorithms also create works of art that touch us humans? Are the new technologies to be seen as an opportunity that expands and enriches the production of art, or rather as an approaching nightmare, because the machine threatens to replace man in the field of creativity as well? Written and directed by Frauke Schlieckau. A Lona Media production.
Music of the future. How classical music is reinventing itself. 21.08.2022, 7.10 p.m, 3Sat
Opera and classical concerts are out. Audience numbers have been declining for years. Young audiences simply don’t want to hear anything more about classical music. It almost seems as if the industry has lost touch. What must the industry do to successfully save classical music through the 21st century? And if so, how? Written and directed by Frauke Schlieckau. A Bottega Berlin production for Neue Zürcher Zeitung / SRF / 3Sat. 30 min
Stolen youth. Can we make up for lost time. 12.08.2022, 11 p.m. ZDF aspekte
In the face of current crises, Generation Z sees its future melting away. What does it mean to lose one’s youth? aspekte asks: What happens to people who lose the most important years of growing up? Written and directed by Frauke Schlieckau and Johannes Nichelmann. A production of Bottega Berlin Productions and Studio Jot. 44 min.
Forensic Architecture. 13.06.2022, 7 p.m. 3sat Kulturzeit
“Would you take up arms for your country if the worst came to the worst?” For Maksym Rokmaniko, architect and founder of the Ukrainian Center for Spacial Technologies, this is no longer a theoretical question. He may have left his country, but he still fights for its liberation – with the tools and methods of architecture and forensics. Together with Eyal Weizman and the renowned research agency Forensic Architecture, he investigated the Russian attack on the TV tower in Kiev. Their goal: to counter Putin’s narrative with the truth. A production by Bottega Berlin Productions for ZDF aspekte/3Sat Kulturzeit.
Music of the future – How classical music is reinventing itself. 19.06.2022, 23.00, SRF
Opera and classical concerts are out. Audience numbers have been declining for years. Young audiences simply don’t want to hear anything more about classical music. It almost seems as if the industry has lost touch. What must the industry do to successfully save classical music through the 21st century? And if so, how? Written and directed by Frauke Schlieckau. A Bottega Berlin production for Neue Zürcher Zeitung / SRF / 3Sat. 30 min
The end of individualism. Do we need more public spirit again? 10.06.2022, 11 p.m. ZDF aspekte
The consequences of Corona, war, migration and climate change are unmistakable. Our society is in the midst of a process of active upheaval. ZDF aspekte asks: Do we have to limit our individuality in order to exist as a community? With Forensic Architecture, Oscar Murillo and Norbert Bisky. Written and directed by Frauke Schlieckau & Johannes Nichelmann. A production of Bottega Berlin Productions & Studio Jot.
Sunday, Jan. 16, 2022. 4.45 pm., Arte
“Rembrandt’s Age. Art, Market and Business”. The Netherlands was a country of superlatives in the 17th century: the economy was booming: never before or since had such quantities of art been produced – and traded – in any country. New genres for new groups of buyers emerged. How did this come about? Written and directed by Frauke Schlieckau. A Westend Film & TV production. Arte, 52 min.
2021
WORLD PREMIERE: Tuesday, Dec. 7, 2021, 6 p.m., Hamburger Kunsthalle.
“Rembrandt’s Age. Art, Market and Business. The Netherlands was a country of superlatives in the 17th century: the economy was booming: never before or since had such quantities of art been produced – and traded – in any country. New genres for new groups of buyers emerged. How did this come about? Written and directed by Frauke Schlieckau. A Westend Film & TV production. Arte, 52 min.
Friday, 27.11.2021, 23.30, ZDF aspekte.
I create, therefore I am. Art is the expression of the unique in the individual. Whether Rembrandt, Dürer, Frido Kahlo or Cindy Sherman – whoever wants to be an artist shows himself and in his art his ego. But why? A short excursion into the history of the self-portrait. A Bottega Berlin production. 12 min. ZDF aspekte
Mittwoch, 17.11.2021, 7.20 p.m, 3sat Kulturzeit
A male model in a ball gown, a man in a swimsuit: with “genderbending,” British fashion designer Edward Crutchley challenges the traditional understanding of gender roles. Is the future of fashion gender-neutral? Written and directed by Frauke Schlieckau. A Bottega Berlin production for 3sat Kulturzeit. 5. min.
Friday, 12.11.2021, 11.30 p.m., ZDF aspekte
A male model in a ball gown, a man in a swimsuit: with “genderbending,” British fashion designer Edward Crutchley challenges the traditional understanding of gender roles. Is the future of fashion gender-neutral? Written and directed by Frauke Schlieckau. A Bottega Berlin production for ZDF aspekte. 5. min.
Sunday, 10.10.2021, 16.15, p.m. arte.
Caspar David Friedrich is considered one of the greatest landscape painters ever. The documentary tells of the painter’s life in Greifswald and Dresden and searches for traces in the Elbe Sandstone Mountains and on the Baltic Sea. Written and directed by Nicola Graef and Frauke Schlieckau. A Lona Media production. 52. min.
WORLD PREMIERE: Thursday, 7.10.2021, 6.00. p.m., Passage Kino Leipzig.
Caspar David Friedrich. Wanderer between the worlds. Caspar David Friedrich is considered one of the greatest landscape painters ever. The documentary tells of the painter’s life in Greifswald and Dresden and searches for traces in the Elbe Sandstone Mountains and on the Baltic Sea. Written and directed by Nicola Graef and Frauke Schlieckau. A Lona Media production. 52. min.
Friday, 20.08. 2021, 23.00, p.m. ZDF aspekte
Alexander Calder. Minimal Maximal. Alexander Calder is the master of unstable balance. With the invention of his serene and mobile mobiles, he was the first artist to detach sculpture from the ground, thus creating a new, valid form for modern art. Written and directed by Frauke Schlieckau A Bottega Berlin production for ZDF aspekte. 5 min.
Friday, 20.08. 2021, 23.00, p.m. ZDF aspekte
Alexander Calder. Minimal Maximal. Alexander Calder is the master of unstable balance. With the invention of his serene and mobile mobiles, he was the first artist to detach the sculpture from the ground, thus creating a new, valid form for modernist art. A Bottega Berlin production. 5 min.
31.05.2021, 23.30, p.m. ORF 2
Climate change in the arts. Written and directed by Frauke Schlieckau. A Kobalt production. 37. min. 3sat
Friday, 28.05. 2021, 23.00, p.m. ZDF aspekte
A portrait about Mirna Funk. As a self-confident writer, Mirna Funk stands for a new generation of German-Jewish literature. Written and directed by Frauke Schlieckau. A Bottega Berlin production. 5. min. ZDF aspekte
Friday, 07.05. 2021, 23.00, p.m. ZDF aspekte
Rembrandt, habibi. Journalist Amina Aziz teaches us how to decolonize our gaze in the museum. Written and directed by Frauke Schlieckau. A Bottega Berlin production. 5. min. ZDF aspekte
Thursday, 06.05. 2020, 19.20, p.m. 3sat Kulturzeit
Rembrandt, habibi. Political image-maker Amina Aziz teaches us how to decolonize our gaze in the museum. Author: Frauke Schlieckau. A Bottega Berlin production. 4. 30 min. A Bottega Berlin Production
Saturday, 16.01.2021, 19.20,p.m. 3sat.
Reload for the Art World. How robotics and AI are changing art. Written and directed by Frauke Schlieckau. A Lona Media production. 37. min. 3Sat
2020
04.07. 2020, 11.55, a.m. SRF.
Sternstunde Kunst: Climate change in art. There is still a lot to do. Written and directed by Frauke Schlieckau. A Kobalt production. 52. min. SRF
26.06.2020, 19.20, p.m. 3sat.
Climate change in art. Written and directed by Frauke Schlieckau. A Kobalt production. 37. min. 3sat
15.03.2020, 16.45, p.m. Arte.
Jerome Bel in portrait. Written and directed by Frauke Schlieckau. A Kobalt production. Arte Metropolis. Written and directed by Frauke Schlieckau. A Kobalt Production. 8 min.
Sunday, 27.02.2020, 16.45, Arte Metropolis
Emotions in art. Showing feelings in art is considered frowned upon – wrongly. The exhibition “Feelings” at the Pinakothek der Moderne dispels a prejudice. Written and directed by Frauke Schlieckau. A Westend Film & TV production. 6 min.
Sunday, 27.02.2020, 16.45, Arte Metropolis.
Metropolis Heidelberg. Metropolis follows artists through their beautiful hometown. Written and directed by Frauke Schlieckau. A Westend Film&TV production. 13 min.
19.01.2020, 16.45, p.m. Arte.
“A Hidden Life”. Actor August Diehl talks about Terrence Malick and his new film. Written and directed by Frauke Schlieckau, A Kobalt Production. Arte Metropolis. 8 min.