Leni Riefenstahl Archives |

Let’s talk about Riefenstahl

Melita Zajc / September 13, 2024

IDEOLOGY: Leni Riefenstahl shaped a controversial legacy, prompting reflection on whether her work’s fascist ideals still resonate in contemporary culture.

Andres Veiel, Beta Cinema, cinema, Elfriede Kretschmer, Fritz Lang, Hitler, Horst Kettner, ideology, Ji.hlava IDFF, Leni Riefenstahl, Marlene Dietrich, Nazi, Riefenstahl, Roma, Thessaloniki Documentary Festival, Third Reich, Venice Film Festival, Vincent Productions

A cruel game by Hitler’s favourite filmmaker, exposed

Melita Zajc / February 20, 2022

HISTORY: Nina Gladitz’s film about Roma and Sinti survivors of Shoah has been hidden in the WDR archive since 1982. Reactions to her book show we live in times when searching for the truth and giving voice to the weakest in societysociety causes suspicion, not respect. But simply accepting that such are the times might be the real problem.

arte, Auschwitz, Béla Balázs, Dieter Hinrichs, fascism, France, Germany, Helmut Kindler, History, Hitler, Johathan Rosenbaum, Josef Reinhard, Julian Assange, Kitzbuhel, Leni Riefenstahl, National Socialist, Nazi, Nina Gladitz, Piotr Uklanski, Poland, Roma, Salzburg, Sinti, Social media, Spain, Switzerland, USA, WDR, Willy Zielke

Totalitarian regimes

Melita Zajc / November 15, 2019

STALIN: Loznitsa’s new film has several levels of gazes that organizes what the audience sees. A timely warning.

Andrey A. Tarkovsky, Andrey Tarkovsky. A Cinema Prayer, copenhagen, CPH:DOX, Danielius Kokanauskis, Dokufest, FIPADOC, Georgy Malenkov, IDFA, Leni Riefenstahl, Lvrenty Beria, Maria Choustova, One World Romania, Sergei Loznitsa, Soviet Union, Stalin, State Funeral, Triumph of the Will, Uljana Kim, Venice International Film Festival, Visions du réel