Tobias Sauer

Born 1991 in Fulda, Germany, studied in the Film and Moving Image class at Kunsthochschule Kassel (Art University Kassel) from 2012 to 2020. His films cover a broad spectrum of essayistic, documentary and experimental forms. Among the recurring elements is an engagement with literature, film and media history as well as history in general. His short films have been shown at festivals such as Filmfest Weiterstadt, Stuttgarter Filmwinter, Festival de Cine de Huesca and IndieLisboa. They have won awards, e.g. at Lichter Filmfest Frankfurt and Festival La Cabina in Valencia. “Die Kafka-Konferenz” (“The Kafka Conference”) is his first feature-length documentary, “Kafkaland” is its prologue.
 

Past events

Films

  • "Simba in New York" D, CI: Tobias Sauer, ED: Daniel Maaß, DE 201631'

    Walt Disney died 50 years ago. But to this day, millions of children grow up with the films he produced. The legendary director is still seen as the embodiment of the American Dream. A student writing his bachelor thesis remembers his childhood fascination with the USA. He lost his mother at an early age and always identified with Disney's orphan characters. But by now, a different kind of film has caught his attention: amateur films, “home movies.” He seeks the “real” America in these images. The film is an amazing essayistic “stream of consciousness.”

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  • Kafkaland6

    In 1960, a young writer and a future film director trace Franz Kafka’s footsteps – in a village where he often visited his sister and wrote “The Castle.” They look for inspiration for a screenplay, but don’t have any success. Later, one of the two friends becomes a famous director in the USA and the other becomes a head of state. In 2019, another film team makes a journey to the same village.
     

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