Festival Guest - Director Franziska Stünkel

Director and screenwriter of The Last Execution, Franziska Stünkel, will be in attendance at the German Film Festival in Sydney, Melbourne and Canberra. Her film is based on a true story of the last death sentence in the socialist DDR (East Germany). It premiered at Filmfest Munich 2021 and was awarded with the prize for new German cinema. Stünkels’ work is also influenced by her work as a photo artist.

DIRECTOR’S STATEMENT

"In NAHSCHUSS, I wanted to examine the question of how political systems can control and manipulate people, and how individuals behave within such systems. This film is all about trust. Trust is always also a leap of faith. Trust can be abused – by people, but also by political systems".