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KOL ISHAH - The Rabbi is a Woman

2010 USA/A DVCam 38 min.
Director/Producer/Cinematographer: Hannah Heer
Editor, Sound, Co-Cinematographer, Co-Producer: Werner Schmiedel

This documentary provides rare insight into the workings of the rabbinical world, as envisioned, enriched and experienced by four women rabbis: Rabbi Laura Geller (Los Angeles), Rabbi Judith Hauptman (New York), Rabbi Elisa Klapheck (Frankfurt & Amsterdam), Rabbi Chava Koster (New York).

Film Festival: Vienna Jewish FF

THE ART OF REMEMBRANCE: SIMON WIESENTHAL

1995 A/USA 16mm 95 min.
Director/Producer/Cinematographer: Hannah Heer
Co-Director, Producer, Editor, Sound: Werner Schmiedel

THE ART OF REMEMBRANCE follows the life and work of Simon Wiesenthal, the eponymous humanitarian and Holocaust survivor, a man who has become one of the most important Jewish heroes of our time.

* New York Premiere at The Human Rights Watch International Film Festival

Film Festivals:
Human Rights Watch International Film Festival in New York, Los Angeles, Seattle, and film festivals in Denver, Sao Paulo, Ft. Lauderdale, Miland, Italy, and Mumbai, India.

THE OTHER EYE

1991 A/USA 16mm 125 min.
Director/Producer/Cinematographer: Hannah Heer
Co-Director, Producer, Editor, Sound: Werner Schmiedel

THE OTHER EYE is a thought-provoking documentary about G.W.Pabst, director of such classic silent works as JOYLESS STREET and PANDORA'S BOX.

"I was strongly impressed with the high standard of work done by Ms Heer and Mr Schmiedel."
- Fred Zinnemann, film director "High Noon"

* Premiered at The New York Film Festival, Film Society of Lincoln Center

Film Festivals:
The New York Film Festival, The Telluride Film Festival, The Berlin Film Festival, The Jerusalem International Film Festival, Valladolid FF, Spain