Premiere Mentoring-Programm Block 1

In the organizer's words:

Block 1

Saturday, July 12, 2025, 12:00-14:00, Filmhaus Köln

The 4th year of the *Mentoring Program of the Filmhaus Köln presents its work! A total of nine medium-length and feature-length films have been created, which are now celebrating their premiere at the Filmhaus. They will be shown in 4 blocks on July 12 and 13.

The following films will be shown in Block 1:

Give me your love with Steve Blame, 25 min, Jamin Fischbach
English with German subtitles
Why do we do the things we do? After years in public life and two decades in Cologne, Steve moves to Athens to make a fresh start. On his search, he encounters the importance of visibility and recognition for his identity construction.

The Rabbit Hole, 70 min. Xenia Bezdenezhnykh
Russian with English subtitles
"The Rabbit Hole" is an autobiographical documentary in which the camera becomes a guide through the complex trauma of a political refugee from Russia.

It documents her desperate attempt not to disappear - over the course of one year, in a single room, within the layers of new migratory trauma.

The descent into The Rabbit Hole becomes a radical act of resistance.

Trigger warning: This film contains depictions of violence, depression, suicide and traumatic experiences. Please be mindful if these topics may be distressing to you.

*This program supports people aged 18 and over in particular who have not yet had the opportunity to try their hand at filmmaking. At the beginning of the program, participants were introduced to dramaturgy, directing, editing and other tools of documentary work in a series of workshops. To this end, the Filmhaus Köln organized six workshops with experts from the fields of idea development, camera, directing, sound and editing. During the creation of the films, the mentors continued to provide the participants with advice and support.